ken@alice.UucP (Ken Thompson) (10/23/85)
white: Karpov
black: Kasparov
event: World Championship 1985
result: +-+
opening: B85/06 11. Re8
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 c:d4
4. N:d4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6
6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7
8. f4 O-O
9. Kh1 Qc7
10. a4 Nc6
11. Be3 Re8
12. Bf3 Rb8
13. Qd2 Bd7
14. Nb3 b6
15. Bf2 Bc8
16. Bg3 Nd7
17. Rae1 Bb7
18. e5 Rbd8
19. Qf2 Rf8
20. Be4 d:e5
21. f:e5 Nc5
22. N:c5 b:c5
23. Bf4
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Karpov 0++11+++++0++++0++ 8+
Kasparov 1++00+++++1++++1++ 9+derek@uwvax.UUCP (Derek Zahn) (10/25/85)
At the risk of looking stupid (I am used to that), I have a question.
I just read over game 18 of the world championship, and although I
haven't played it out yet, something seems amiss. Two pawns were
traded, and then a knight. That's a draw???
It seems to me (naive though I be) that there should be some chances
for play for both sides. If I paid to see this game, I'd want my
money back! It seems that Karpov, with white, would strive a little
longer to try to save a match that is slipping through his fingers.
Or has chess become a game where, with reasonable play, a draw is more
or less inevetible?
derek
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derek@wisc-rsch.arpaashby@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU (11/01/85)
Oh, you don't know your chess history very well, do you? This game is identical to one first played in 1746 between two Timbuctooan monks, and since played numerous times. The player to move (White, Black, what's the difference) has a well-known 34 move combination at his disposal, culminating in a decisive draw. Rather than bore the audience, all of whom have undoubtedly seen or even played this before, the two K's decided to call it a day and go down to the pub for a brew together.