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world championship match?How would you like to play for theworld championship and not know it?Such is the dilemma of Victor Korchnoi and Anatoly Karpov as they square off in their official semifinal contest. If Fischer doesn’t renege on his decision to resignhis title, the winner of this match automatically will become champion.Perhaps it is the unique conditions of this situation that already are causing Korchnoi to act zany. The Leningradgrandmaster has publicly suggested thatit would be to Karpov’s advantage to lose! At 23. Anatoly is too inexperienced to beat Bobby, Korchnoi believes. If he is discouraged by a loss, his over-all development might be slowed. Therefore he (Korchnoi) will do his young adversary a favor and beat him, whether he likes it or not. Of course Karpov need not be discouraged as he will have excellent chances to be champion the next time around, three years hence.*Karpov make tproclivitiesdietedsubmittedercise.question of who will win mav bestylistic one. Can thesometimes opportunisticdetermined and stvle of Kor-*«***%%%«*♦ftchnoi prevail over the imperturbable and classic simplicity of his opponent?ONE BRIEF sketch of Korchnoi’s play refers to “his constant struggle for the Initiative, his tactical inventiveness and his love of unusual dizzifying combinations/’ Korchnoi undoubtedly will%strive to create disconcerting uncertainty, while Karpov should follow his habitof thematic simplification. If Karpov gets his kind of game, his subtlety and precision may be overwhelming.A fine example of Karpov’s play is the ninth game of his match with Boris Spassky. In this instance, Karpov, using the “simplest” means, built on a slight opening advantage. In the penultimate position of the game (given in Diagram One), his pieces are well coordinated and aggressively posted, while Spassky’s are in disarray and his pawn position weak.Here Karpov played 35. RxB and Spassky resigned. There is no adequate defense in the position reached after 35 .. .RxR; and 36. B-K7 (as given in Diagram Two). The threat of QxP check iseitheranlt;a»*4It will be interesting to see if Karpov can control the flow of play with the same apparent ease against the more unpredictable Korchnoi as he did against Spassky.Address your questions in care of this column to Paddock Publications, P.O. Box 280, Arlington Heights, III., 60006.Copyright 1974 by Shelby Lyman1.2.3.4.5.6. 7. 8010.11.12.13.1415 16.17.18.19.20. 21. 22. 2324.2526272829303132333435KARPOV (White)P-K4N-KB3 P-Q4 N x PN-QB3B-K20-0P-B4B-K3N-N3P-QR4B-B3R-B2Q-KB1!P-R3B-N4! BxNQ-B4R-KRlN-Nl! K-R2P-B3R-K2N-Q2 N-B3 R-Q2 Q-K6 RxR R-Ql I B-B5 RxBISPASSKY(Black)P-QR P-k; P\f N-K Bip-q;B-K:O-CN-BI B-P-Q N-QN5B-B3P-KN3 P-K4Px X PxP(-B1-Q2 P-R4 Q\B B-R5 Q-K2 KR-Q1 Q-N2K-N2N-R3 R-KB1 B-QlP-B3B-K2Rlt; B\ N-NlR-RlResigns(Diagram l)BLACKSPASSKYKARPOVWHITEWmte to play?(D agram 2)BLACKSPASSKYKARPOVWHITENo defense I
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