At the 1976 USSR Championship Soviet chess grandmaster Efim Geller crosses up the reigning World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov, whom he was coaching. To Karpov’s own unusual defensive choice Geller delivers a surprising move in French defense and with a brilliant attacking game manages to beat the World Chess Champion!
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Efim Geller (2620) vs Anatoly Karpov (2695)
USSR Championship (1976), Moscow URS, rd 3, Nov-29
French Defense: Winawer. Petrosian Variation (C16)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bd2 Ba6 7.Bxa6
Nxa6 8.O-O Nb8 9.Ne2 Be7 10.Rc1 b5 11.Nf4 h5 12.b3 Ba3 13.Rb1
a5 14.c4 c6 15.c5 Bb4 16.Bc1 a4 17.Nd3 Ba5 18.bxa4 bxa4
19.Qxa4 Qa7 20.Bg5 Bc7 21.Rxb8+ Qxb8 22.Qxc6+ Kf8 23.Nf4 Ra7
24.Nh4 Qe8 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Nfg6+ Qxg6 27.Nxg6+ Ke8 28.Nxh8 Ra4 29.Rd1 Ne7 30.Bxe7 Kxe7 31.Ng6+ Kf7 32.Nf4 Bxe5 33.dxe5 Rxf4 34.Rc1 Ke8 35.c6 Kd8 36.c7 Kc8 37.g3 Ra4 38.Rc6 Rxa2 39.Rxe6 g5 40.Rd6 Rd2 41.e6 Kxc7 42.e7
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