[Event "Chess Gate"]
[Site "ChessMind"]
[Date "2026.03.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vancouver Turbo, 20MHz"]
[Black "Karpov, 2100"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2026.??.??"]
{[%evp 21,91,14,18,11,12,-5,-10,-8,-8,-12,-8,-13,3,-7,-9,-7,-9,-11,-6,-8,-7,-156,-145,-263,-262,-299,-313,-483,-477,-449,-367,-506,-497,-495,-475,-511,-510,-505,-500,-556,-543,-562,-540,-612,-606,-584,-587,-660,-624,-733,-724,-772,-774,-841,-838,-880,-874,-853,-848,-895,-888,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 h6 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. e5 {The position is equal.} dxe5 15. dxe5 Nfd5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 16. Ne4 {[%cal Oe5e6]} Bf8 17. Qe2 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 (19. Qxb5 $2 Rxa1 20. Qxb7 c4 $19) 19... Qxa8 20. Qxb5 {[#] aiming for Nd6.} Ba6 {[%cal Bb7a6,Ba6b5,Bb5e2][%mdl 32]} 21. Qd7 {Hoping for Bxd5.} c4 22. Bd1 ({Don't play} 22. Ba4 Re7 23. Qg4 Bc8 24. Nf6+ (24. e6 $2 Bxe6 25. Qg3 Qxa4 $19) 24... Nxf6 25. Qxc4 Nfd5 $19) 22... Re7 ({Avoid the trap} 22... Nd3 $2 23. Nd6 (23. Ba4 $2 Rd8 $19) 23... Re7 24. Qf5 $19) 23. Qg4 Nd3 {[%csl LRc1,LRe1,LRe5]} 24. Be2 (24. Nd6 $142 Nxc1 25. Bc2) 24... Nxe1 $19 25. Nxe1 Bb5 26. Qg3 Qa1 27. Bd2 c3 28. bxc3 Bxe2 29. f3 Qa7+ 30. Qf2 Rb7 31. Bc1 Rd7 {[%cal Bb7d7,Bd7a7,Ba7a2,Ba2f2][%mdl 32]} 32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. cxd4 Ra7 34. Kf2 Bb5 35. g4 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 Bb4 37. Ng2 Bf1 38. Nf2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Be1 40. Ba3 Rxf2+ 41. Kg1 Nf4 {Black mates.} 42. h4 Nh3+ 43. Kh1 Rc2 44. Bc1 Bg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rc2h2]} 45. Bd2 Rxd2 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rd2h2]} 46. h5 Rh2# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.56/Black=0.09 (flawless)} 0-1
This looked even easier for Karpov. Lets see how he will fare against a TM version.