Anatoly Karpov’s 20-Move Brilliancy against Beliavsky – Linares (1994)

#agadmator Anatoly Karpov vs Alexander Beliavsky
Linares (1994), Linares ESP, rd 13, Mar-??
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E06)

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 cd4 13. Nd5 Qd5 14. h4 Nbd7 15. Nd4 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Qc4 Rfd8 18. b4 Na4 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. e3

The 12th Annual Linares Super Tournament held from February 23rd to March 14th, 1994 was the first Category XVIII event ever held. Fourteen of the world’s best players, including both World Champions, competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of Elo): Garry Kasparov (2805), Anatoli Karpov (2740), Alexey Shirov (2715), Vishwanathan Anand (2715), Vladimir Kramnik (2710), Vassily Ivanchuk (2710), Gata Kamsky (2695), Boris Gelfand (2685), Evgeny Bareev (2685), Alexander Beliavsky (2650), Veselin Topalov (2640), Judit Polgar (2630), Joel Lautier (2625), and Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2590). When asked about the strength of the tournament, Kasparov famously stated that the winner could consider himself the world champion of tournament chess. Ironically, it was to be Karpov, his longtime rival, who would be the man of destiny, culminating in the greatest single tournament performance of all time! Karpov won the whole ball of wax, undefeated with an astonishing 11/13!!!

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