Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod) wrote:
Hey guys, can you spell: k a r p o v ? In his
(miniature :-) monograph with chess miniatures
by world champions, his limit is 30 (thirty) moves.
Did Karpov ever beat a GM under 20 moves in a
tournament or match play?

Does 20 moves exactly count?

Karpov-Beliavsky, Linares 1994: 1-0 (20)
Portisch-Karpov, Biel 1996: 0-1 (20)

I can't find anything under 20 moves, though. But, he lost to
Korchnoi in 19 in the 1974 candidates' final and to Christiansen in
12 at Wijk aan Zee (1993).

If you meant under thirty (Karpov's criterion) then there are plenty.


Dave.

[Event "Linares GM tournamen"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[ECO "E05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2
a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Nxd5
Qxd5 14. h4 Nbd7 15. Nxd4 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Qc4 Rfd8 18. b4 Nxa4
19. Qb3 Qb6 20. e3 1-0


[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SWI"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2
Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Nd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. e3 Rc8 12. Be2 c5 13.
dxc5 Rxc5 14. Qxg7 Rg8 15. Qxh7 Rxg2 16. Qh4+ Nf6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Nd4
a5 19. Nb5 Rxb5 20. Bxb5 Rg4 0-1

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