[Event "BBC Master Series 8 (unshown on TV)"] [Site "Bath"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Miles, Anthony J"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2585"] [Annotator "Llewellyn, Alan"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1983.11.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] {Anthony Miles was the most successfull British player of the 1970's. Upto then he was Britains most successfull player of the modern era. He won many tournaments but his nemisis over the board was Anatoly Karpov, here is a rare victory by him against many peoples nemisis ie the said Anatoly. His record against Anatoly was lost-13, drew-14, won-2 and as he was rather strangely mostly Black in those games hmm.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 {The Caro-Kann Defence.} 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bf4 Nd7 8. c3 Qb6 9. b4 $6 { too weakening of both the dark and light squares on the Queenside for Anatoly.} e5 10. Bg3 O-O-O 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Be4 $1 (12... Bg4 13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 h4 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Bd6 $13) 13. Nd2 $2 (13. h4 $11 {this was simpler.}) 13... Bd5 $1 14. Bxh5 $6 {although this looks good to the untrained eye -a more carefull assessment would say opening up the h-file to attack was certainly not worth the pawn.} exd4 15. c4 $5 (15. cxd4 Qxd4 $17) 15... Be6 16. a3 Ne5 17. Re1 d3 $5 18. c5 Qb5 {there was not much choice there the Queen on c7 would tie down the Knight with it pinned by the Bishop on g3.} 19. Rb1 Bh6 20. a4 Qa6 21. f4 Nc4 $1 {forward men!!!} 22. b5 cxb5 23. Rxb5 Na3 $3 {The Knight goes on a journey.} 24. Rb2 Nc2 25. Bf3 Bd5 26. Re7 Bf8 27. Bxd5 $6 (27. Rexb7 Bxc5+ 28. Kh1 Bb6 $14) 27... Rxd5 28. Rbxb7 $2 (28. Rxf7 Bxc5+ $11) 28... Bxe7 29. Rxe7 Qc6 $6 (29... Nd4 30. Ne4 Nf5 $17 {covering the d6 square with a Knight retreat was best.}) 30. Rxf7 $6 $19 (30. Bf2 $17) 30... Rxc5 $2 $11 ( 30... Nd4 31. Qg4+ f5 $19) 31. Qg4+ f5 32. Qg7 $2 (32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Qxf5+ Qd7 34. Qa5 $13) 32... Re8 33. h4 $4 {the squares around the King are too weak.} ( 33. h3 Ne3 34. Bf2 Qxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Nxg2 37. Kxg2 Rc2 $19 {this is winning for Anthony.}) 33... Ne3 34. Bf2 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+ 36. Kg3 Nxf2 37. Nf3 Ne4+ 38. Kh2 d2 $1 39. Nxd2 {forced} Nxd2 {'Youre taking all my bits'-Anatoly.} 0-1