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After finally being held to a draw by Kasparov in round seven, Karpov gets back to his winning ways in round eight, this time against The Boy From Minsk, Boris Gelfand.
[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {Dautov} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3
dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 (11. Ne5 Nc6) 11... Bxc3 12.
bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Rc1 (14. c4 Rfe8 {/\15…Bf3 16.Qf3 e5} 15. Bh4 (15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Nd7 {/\Nf8}) 15... Nh5 {/\Qf4}) 14... Qd6 $146 (14... Rfe8
15. Bh4 Qc6 $146 (15... Rac8 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. c4 Rcd8 18. Bf1 Qc8 19. Bh4 $14 {
Speelman,J-Kumaran,D/Dublin(zt)/1993/1:0 (64)}) (15... Qd6 {Dautov} 16. Bg3 Qa3
17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Bb5 Rec8 19. c4 Ne4 20. Bf4 Ndf6 21. Ba4 $14 {
Vyzmanavin-Djuric/Tilburg (1)/1993}) 16. Bf1 Rac8 17. c4 h6 18. Qb3 $14 {
Christiansen,L-Winants,L/Antwerpen/1993/1:0 (50)}) 15. Bh4 (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Qd5 17. f3 Nd7) 15... Rfc8 16. Bg3 Qa3 $6 (16... Qf8 $5 $14) 17. c4 (17.
Qb3 {Dautov} Qe7 18. c4 (18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rd8 $10) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5
20. Be4 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rab8 $10 {/\Nf6}) 17... Nf8 (17... Qxa2 $2 18. Ra1 (18.
Bd6 $5 Qa5 19. Ne5 $36 {ףa5}) 18... Qb2 19. Bd6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Kh8 (20... Rc6 {
Dautov} 21. Be7 $1 (21. Re2 Qxa1 22. Qxa1 Rxd6 $14) 21... Re8 (21... a5 $2 22.
Re2 Qc3 23. Ra3 $18) (21... Kh8 22. Bf1 {/\Re2}) 22. Re2 Qxa1 23. Qxa1 Rxe7 24.
Qxa7 $16) 21. Bf1 $1 {/\22.Re2 Qc3 23.Rc2+-/}) 18. Ne5 $1 (18. Qb3 Qxb3 19.
axb3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rd8 21. Rcd1 Ng6 $14) 18... Ng6 (18... Qxa2 {Dautov} 19. Ra1
Qb2 20. Bh4 $5 N8d7 (20... Rd8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4+ Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24.
Bxg6 $1 Rxd4 25. Qh5 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Rxa7 $1
$18) 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Be7 $36 {/\Re2}) 19. Re3 (19. Qb3 Qxb3 (19... Qe7 20.
Rcd1 Rd8 21. Bb1 $14) 20. axb3 Rd8 21. Rcd1 Nh5 (21... Rxd4 $2 22. Bxg6 $18)
22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Be5 $14) 19... Qf8 (19... Qxa2 $2 {Dautov} 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21.
Ra1 Qb2 22. Rb3 $18) 20. f4 $5 (20. f3 Rd8 21. Bf1 $14) (20. Nxg6 $5 {Dautov}
hxg6 21. Be5 Qe7 (21... Nd7 22. Bf4 {/\Rh3,Qg4}) 22. Rh3 Nd7 23. Bf4 Qf6 24.
Be3 e5 25. Qg4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Qc6 27. f3 $16) (20. h4 $5 {Dautov} Nxe5 21. Bxe5
Nd7 22. Bf4 Qd8 23. Bg5 $16 {->}) 20... Qd8 (20... Ne7 {Dautov} 21. Bh4 Ng6 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ng4 Nxf4 24. Nxf6+ Kh8 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 $16) (20... Rd8 $2 {
Dautov} 21. f5 exf5 22. Bxf5 $16) 21. Bb1 Ne7 (21... Qf8 22. f5 $16) (21... b5
$5 $132 {Dautov}) 22. Bh4 Ng6 23. Bg5 $1 $16 b5 $5 24. Bxg6 $2 (24. Bxf6 $2
Qxf6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. cxb5 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Qxd4 $17) (24. c5 $1 Nxe5 (24... Qd5
25. Qd2 {/\26.Bf6 gf 27.Be4+-;/\26.f5+/-/}) (24... Qf8 25. f5 $16) (24... h6
25. Bxf6 (25. Bxg6 $5 fxg6 26. Bh4) 25... Qxf6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qg4 $16 (27.
c6 $16)) 25. fxe5 Qd5 26. Rg3 Ne8 (26... Ne4 $2 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Bf6 g6 29.
Qd2 $18) 27. Qd2 $16) (24. f5 {Dautov} Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ng4 $132)
24... hxg6 $17 25. Rh3 Rc7 26. d5 (26. c5 Qd5 27. Rg3 (27. Rc2 $2 Rxc5 $1 $19)
27... Ne4 $17) (26. cxb5 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Qxd4+ $17) 26... exd5 27. c5 (27. cxb5
Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Qb6+ $17) 27... Bc8 $1 28. Rb3 Qe8 29. Qd4 Bf5 30. Re3 Qf8 31.
Bxf6 (31. c6 Qd6 $17) 31... gxf6 32. Nf3 Be4 33. Nd2 (33. Qxf6 Rxc5) 33... f5
34. Rec3 a5 35. c6 (35. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 36. c6) 35... Qb4 36. Nb3 $2 (36. Qxb4
axb4 37. Rc5 Rxa2 38. Nxe4 dxe4 39. Rxb5 Ra6 40. Rxb4 Raxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxc6 $17)
36... Qd6 $1 37. Qf2 b4 38. Rc5 a4 39. Nd4 Bd3 40. Qd2 Bc4 41. Qxb4 (41. Rb5
Rxc6 42. Rxb4 (42. Nxc6 Bxb5 43. Nxb4 d4 $19) 42... Rb6 $19) 41... Qxf4 42. Qc3
Re8 43. Rd1 Re3 44. Qc1 Qe4 45. Qa1 Rc8 46. Ra5 (46. c7 Qe7) 46... Ra3 47. Qb1
Qe3+ 48. Kh1 Rxa2 49. Nf3 (49. Qb7 Re8 50. h3 Qf2 $19) 49... Bb3 50. Qc1 f4 51.
Re1 Rc2 52. Qa1 Qb6 0-1
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After this victory, Karpov stands alone at the top with a score of 7.5 out of 8.
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott