[Event "Interpolis-07"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1983.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[Beauty "6598948815367"]
[GameId "1114898490155008"]
[EventDate "1983.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 Be5 11. Qd3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Bxd4 13. exd4 Bf5 14. Bd1 Re8 15. Na4 Nc6 16. f3 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. g4 Bg6 22. Bb3 Bc2 23. Bxc2 Nxc2 24. Rad1 f6 25. Bf4 Nf8 26. Rd2 Ne6 27. Bg3 Ncxd4 28. Rfd1 Nc6 29. Rxd5 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Ncxd8 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. f4 g6 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Ng7 36. Ke4 Nc6 37. Bd6 Ne7 38. Nc5 b6 39. Na6 Ngxf5 40. Bb8 Ke6 {40 moves have been played, which means the first time control would have been made. The way international events worked at the time, games would be adjourned after five hours of play, and with a standard time control of 40 moves in two and a half hours it was common to have the adjournment occur on move 41. I don't know how much time the players used, so I can't say if the game was adjourned here or not, only that it was very common. Even if the players had reached move 40 with time to spare on their clock they'd often burn enough time to reach the five hour mark so they could analyze at home. As for the position, it's equal, but with bishop vs. knight it's Karpov who will be trying to squeeze something out of the game.} 41. Bxa7 Nd6+ 42. Kd3 Nd5 43. a4 f5 44. b4 f4 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5 Kd7 47. Nc5+ Kc6 48. Nb3 Nb4+ 49. Ke2 Kb5 50. Kf3 Nc6 51. Bb6 Nc4 52. Bc7 {White wants to play Kxf4 and then take his king to h6 to collect Black's h-pawn. So here's the critical moment. "Mediocre club players" (Timman's phrase, not mine) are invited to set this position up against Stockfish or whatever engine you use and to play Black. See if you manage to make a draw - no cheating, please! (This is a fair test, by the way, because Karpov and his assistants spending hours on the analysis of this adjourned game could probably do just about as good a job with it as Stockfish can given a few minutes. I'd still give the nod to the computer, but not by much, especially in a position like this.)} 1-0
