Anatoly Karpov HUMILIATES Kasparov with Quiet Positional Moves! - [Master Method]

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The rivalry between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov is perhaps the greatest in chess history. After all, they fought in no less than 5 World Championship matches against each other - a record.
This game comes from their final match which took place in New York (games 1-12) then Lyon, France (games 13-24). This, game 17, sees an incredible demonstration of positional play, with Anatoly Karpov (White) using subtle tactics to achieve his strategic aims.
Anatoly Karpov Garry Kasparov 1990GM Susan Polgar starts her coverage of this game after Black's 22nd move. The main feature of this position is White's control of the c-file. Kasparov's last move (...Qb7) does a few things - not least getting the Queen out of harm's way - but the main idea is, after some preparation, to play ...Rc8 and exchange rooks.
Now White does something very strange: he pushes d4-d5. This pawn move doesn't attack anything, it actually reduces the number of central squares controlled and it opens up the diagonal for Black's fianchettoed bishop, making it more active. Why did Anatoly Karpov, considered one of the greatest positional players of all-time, make such a move?
There is, of course, method to his madness. A method that only becomes apparent several moves later.
Anatoly Karpov Garry Kasparov 1990 Rc6Kasparov brings his knight to c4 and it's soon exchanged. Then Garry gets in his ...Rc8 move. If the rooks are exchanged, the position is level and we can expect a draw. But what if White had 2 moves? He would be able to move his rook along the c-file then place his Queen behind it, maintaining control.
Anatoly Karpov finds a neat tactical way to achieve exactly this with 26.Rc6! Kasparov cannot take the rook as 26...Rxc6 27.bxc6 Qxc6 (or leave a passed pawn on the 6th rank - guaranteed to promote soon) 28.Qd8+ Bf8 29.Bh6 winning.
This 'free move' allows White the time and space he needs to bring his Queen to the c-file too.
What's really impressive is how Anatoly Karpov increases the pressure on Kasparov with a long series of moves that completely tie Black up. GM Susan Polgar explains the ideas behind each of these moves in her usual clear manner so you can use similar techniques in your own games.
Enjoy this video and, if you want to improve your positional chess with more brilliant ideas like this one, check out Susan's The Polgar Method for Positional Play.

[@user-ts2co4ov5h]

Great technique like capablanca, and Susan is awesome... Not only is she very SMART & accomplished in chess , she is INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL... difficult combination to Pull off , But Susan does it Effortlessly !!! Her list of accomplishments are far too many to list here

[@leslassiter6378]

Excellent video and very challenging. I could not find Karpov's winning method on my own. I wanted to play Qa3 instead of Rc6 which I believe would still have won, but of course, Karpov's move was better with a clear long term plan behind it. Even candidate masters should get something out of this.

[@ChesscomGames]

Thanks!

[@leslassiter6378]

You are certainly welcome.

[@jasonm950]

My favorite attacking players are Alekhine,Tahl and Kasparov,on the other hand my favorite positional ones start with Capablanca,Petrosian and Karpov,yet there are other greats with lets say "universal skill/style such as Lasker,Spassky and the uncrowned P.Keres.

[@ChesscomGames]

Carlsen and Kramnik would also be as universal players.

[@Katu1337]

Lasker was just as attacking as Tal. Tal even said that

[@geores9152]

Hi

[@yurimuniz267]

Ty for the lesson... It was very important.

[@ChesscomGames]

Thanks!

[@MarianoFreyreX]

Rc6. Very beautiful.

[@dmaster20ify]

This is serious. [5:57] and and the position looks calm to me. I don't see any other move than trading rooks and bishop a5 by white. Yet still she says if white plays a simple move like trading rooks his advantage evaporates. I can't see anything else. A serious problem in my game!

[@traptigoel7712]

such a nice technique but i am not able to access the free course, i am opening the link and i gave my name and mail id and they said they will send confirmation mail but i didnt get any mail,please help

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The course may take a couple of days to arrive, check your SPAM folder and if you still don't get it, contact [e-mail]

[@whitenightf3]

Susan and Judit are very active in chess what happened to Zofia. BTW I love Susan's videos especially her critique of my favourite opening the London System. I would like to see her look at The Levitsky Attack.

[@SmilingIbis]

Loaded with good information, but maybe use a little more of arrows to indicate possible moves to help the viewers visualize the move without actually playing down a little move string. Almost 20 minutes of a slow monotone doesn't help maintain attention.

[@dmaster20ify]

Shit! I saw Rc6 but as a rubbish move. I didn't calculate deeper. Again! I thought of this position as simply calm.

[@user-ts2co4ov5h]

Pls watch the language, kids are watching too...lol

[@gulsenbello1789]

Good but would be better if she makes vital moves slowly ; so that we can follow (instead of rapid moves eg Black Queen killing off White Rook)

[@maxnullifidian]

At 15:04, could Black have played g5 to stop White's f4?

[@ChesscomGames]

It would have weakened Black's king side.

[@arsenalfanrichi]

Amazing

[@mrkreepers1489]

7:30 Bc3 looks very strong for white

[@clementowusu9963]

Mr Kreepers... I don't see that working; black will take the Q and white has to recapture, then black moves B to c7 and finally to d8 where it would be a blockade impossible to remove before black K gets over to capture the past pawn.

[@jarmokajander7990]

KIITOS PALJON!!

[@Gregoryt700]

Obtuse title. They're both great, both have great wins, but Gary certainly 'humiliated ' Tolya more often

[@dennisthemenace8168]

What, by 2 games? They would always either draw and Kasparov would retain the title or he would win by 1 game, mind you if Karpov didnt lose to Kasparov the first time, he could probably hold the title for many years to come in similar fashion. Something suspicious happened when Kasparov won his first match ( cough cough, not really first, cough cough, he would lose the first)

[@davidbm7201]

looks how Judit hate Kasparov hahah

[@medexamtoolscom]

koustav it's worse than you think. It wasn't a touch-move controversy. He LET GO of the piece after moving it and quickly put his hand back on it and pretended he didn't. The video cameras recorded that he had let go of it for only one frame, and everyone knew this, and then all the footage mysteriouly disappeared. And the event destroyed her will to continue her chessing. So Judit hates Kasparov for very good reason.

[@lorifairhead8124]

@koustav chatterjeeAre you serious? At my lowly level just playing club tournaments they have always taken that rule extremely seriously. I remember once someone moving their rook and then they moved the king to the other side as if to castle, well their opponent ended up calling the arbiter to say since they moved the rook first castling was invalid and the arbiter agreed and the guy lost because of that... I can't imagine anyone on a high level getting away with touch-move violations, no siree

[@lorifairhead8124]

@@medexamtoolscomI can't imagine how that could be true. One thing is an accusation of touching a piece quite another is actually moving that piece before supposedly retiring it and then moving another? Or did the move involve the same piece? In that case I might understand...

[@jpr4747]

​@@lorifairhead8124 It happened though in Linares 1994. Kaspar cheated against Judith Polgar ( because he was angry to be humiliated by Karpov winning all his Games) but it was possible thanks to the judge Falcone, that Kasparov was alllowed to choose for his games ( privilège). There's a video. Kasparov got strong supports at the FIDE that alllowed him to win by not fair means even in 1984.

[@leonddr2116]

I REMMBER THAT GAME !!!DEAR /GREAT SUSAN , THATS NOT HUMILIATION , THATS NOT MORE THAN ONA OF THE BORING CHESS GAMES MADE BY KARPOV THANKS TO MENY MISTAKES MADE BY KASPAROV !!! YOU SEE ,CHESS IS NOT ALLWAYS THAT YOU PLAY ,WIN OR LOSE AND THTS IT ,ITS ABOUT =MODE/FEELINGS ALLSO !!! WHEN SUPER G/M SUCH AS KASPAROV PLAY AND HE IS IN BAD MODE ,SAME FOR OTHERS /G/M ??THE BRAIN DONT WORK WELL , YOU CANT DO NOTHING ABOUT AS MUCH AS YOU WILL TRY ,NO METTER WHAT YOU WILL DO ,BAD DAY , TOO OLD ??? ALL OF US =ARE HUMANS ,KASPAROV WAS AND STIL IS =MUCH MUCH BETTER THAN KARPOV ,SAME LEVEL WITH TAL , CARLSEN AND ALL OF THE 3 ??? SECONED ONLY TO THE BEST CHESS PLAYER EVER /UNDISPUTED =BOBBY FISCHER R.I.P !!!THANKS FOR SHARE THE LOSS ,NOT HUMILIATION !!!

[@caballitodetotora7087]

Hahaha no reason to take him seriously! He is just trolling

[@kaustavkundu6426]

Very true.Kasparov was probably better but by a hair's breadth, probably because he had that killer instinct a little more and he was mentally tougher in absolute crunch situations.

[@samiraljubory6223]

Fischer terrified and frightened Karpov fled and did not dare to confront him