Karpov's Immortal Chess Endgame vs Garry Kasparov - Game 9, 1984 - Amazing Game

[Event "Moscow-Wch I Unzicker,W"] [Site "Moscow-Wch I Unzicker,W"] [Date "1984.10.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Anatoly Karpov"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1984.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Rc8 15. Bd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Ne3 Be6 (17... d4 18. Rad1 Be6) 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qa4 Rd8 20. Rd3 a6 21. Rfd1 Nc4 (21... b5 22. Qxa5) 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Qa5 Rc5 24. Qb6 Rd7 (24... Rc6) 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rdxc7 27. h3 (27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc2) 27... h5 28. a3 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Bf3 b5 32. Kg2 R7c5 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 (33... dxc4 34. Rd6 a5 35. Rb6) (33... bxc4 34. Rd4) 34. Rd4 Kf8 35. Be2 Rxd4 (35... Rc7 36. a4) (35... Rc6 36. Bd3) 36. exd4 Ke7 37. Na2 Bc8 38. Nb4 Kd6 (38... a5 39. Nc6+ Kd6 40. Nxa5) 39. f3 Ng8 40. h4 Nh6 41. Kf2 Nf5 42. Nc2 f6 {adjournment} 43. Bd3 g5 (43... Ne7 44. Ne3 Be6 45. g4 Bf7 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Nf5+ Nxf5 48. Bxf5) 44. Bxf5 (44. hxg5 fxg5 45. g4 hxg4 46. Bxf5 Bxf5 47. Ne3 Be6 48. fxg4) 44... Bxf5 45. Ne3 Bb1 46. b4 gxh4 47. Ng2 (47. gxh4) 47... hxg3+ (47... h3 48. Nf4 h2 (48... Bf5 49. Nxh5) 49. Kg2) (47... Kc7 48. Nxh4 a5 49. Ng2 axb4 50. axb4 Ba2 51. Ke3 Kd7 52. Nf4) 48. Kxg3 Ke6 49. Nf4+ (49. Kh4 Kf5 50. Kxh5 Be4 51. fxe4+ (51. Nh4+ Kf4) 51... Kxe4) 49... Kf5 50. Nxh5 Ke6 (50... Be4 51. fxe4+ Kxe4 52. Nxf6+ Kxd4 53. Kf4 Kc4 54. Ke3 Kb3 55. Nxd5 Kxa3 56. Kd4) 51. Nf4+ Kd6 52. Kg4 Bc2 53. Kh5 Bd1 54. Kg6 Ke7 (54... Bxf3 55. Kxf6 Bg4 56. Ng2 Be2 57. Nh4 Bf1 58. Nf5+ Kd7 59. Ke5) 55. Nxd5+ Ke6 56. Nc7+ Kd7 57. Nxa6 Bxf3 58. Kxf6 Kd6 59. Kf5 Kd5 60. Kf4 Bh1 61. Ke3 Kc4 62. Nc5 Bc6 63. Nd3 Bg2 64. Ne5+ Kc3 (64... Kb3 65. Kd3 Kxa3 66. Kc3 Ka2 67. Ng4 Bb7 68. Nf6 Bg2 69. d5) 65. Ng6 Kc4 66. Ne7 Bb7 67. Nf5 Bg2 68. Nd6+ Kb3 69. Nxb5 Ka4 70. Nd6 {By this game Karpov was leading 4-0 with 5 draws. Everybody thought it is going to be the most one-sided worldchampionshipmatch in the history of chess.} 1-0 ♚Play turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Instructive game tags: 1984 aborted match, aborted world championship match, Campomanes, immortal endgame, tarrasch variation, isolated queens pawn, fianchetto system, exploiting IQP, translating weaknesses, converting weaknesses, exploitable weaknesses, elegant set up, enormous d5 pressure, piece harmony, piece and pawn harmony, positional torture, Adjournment, deep analysis, deep endgame analysis, advantage of seconds, analytical assistance, giving up bishop, knight vs bishop endgame, knight vs bishop, fixing down pawns, fixing structure, fixing opponent pawns, pawn sacrifice, leaving king a square, keeping a square available, keeping h4 available, aggressive king, keeping king paths available, keeping king possibilities, frontal pawn attack, pawn sac in endgame, access routes, king access routes, helpless bishop, useless bishop, useless endgame bishop, pawns away from colour of bishop, immune pawns, safe pawns, playing on squares away from opponents bishop, accurate endgame play, dynamic endgame play, amazing knight vs bishop endgame, overloading bishop, endgame bishop, endgame bad bishop, knight maneuvers in endgame, overloading opponent in endgame, endgame zugzwang, endgame overload, knight winning pawns ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq ►Playlists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH ►Kingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb ►FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher Thumbnail Karpov By Suyk, Koen / Anefo [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons