Karpov’s King Is In The Center But He Turns The Table

Anatoly Karpov vs Alexander Zaitsev
Russian Championship (1970), Kuybyshev URS
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Ne5 Bf5 8.c3 e6 9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 Bd6 11.Qe2 c5 12.h5 Be4 13.f3
cxd4 14.Qb5+ Nd7 15.Nxf7 Bg3+ 16.Ke2 d3+ 17.Ke3 Qf6 18.Kxe4
Qxf7 19.Rh3 a6 20.Qg5 h6 21.Qe3 e5 22.Kxd3 Bf4 23.Qg1 O-O-O
24.Kc2 Bxc1 25.Rxc1 Qxa2 26.Rh2 Rhf8 27.Rd2 Qa4+ 28.Kb1 Qc6
29.Bd3 Kc7 30.Be4 Qb6 31.Qh2 Rde8 32.Rcd1 Nf6 33.Bg6 Re7
34.Re1 Qb5 35.Rde2 Nd7 36.Bf5 Rxf5 37.gxf5 Qd3+ 38.Ka1 Qxf5
39.Qh4 Nf6 40.Qc4+ Kd8 41.Qc5 Nd7 42.Qd5 Kc8 43.Re4 b5 44.Qa8+
Kc7 45.Qa7+ Kd8 46.Qxa6 Qxh5 47.f4 Qf5 48.Qa8+ Kc7 49.Qa5+ Kc6
50.c4 b4 51.Qxb4 Re6 52.fxe5 Kc7 53.Qa5+ Kb7 54.Qb5+ Rb6
55.Qd5+ Kc7 56.Kb1 Qf2 57.R4e2 Qf5+ 58.Qe4 Qxe4+ 59.Rxe4 Nc5
60.R4e3 Ne6 61.Kc2 g5 62.Kc3 h5 63.b4 Ra6 64.c5 Ra3+ 65.Kc4
Rxe3 66.Rxe3 h4 67.b5 Kd8 68.b6 Kd7 69.Rd3+ Kc8 70.Rd6 h3
71.Rxe6 g4 72.Rh6
1-0
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