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If Kasparov had played the Colle..

If Kasparov had played the Colle..

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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Karpov played the Colle regularly - ooooh, controversial, Nimzo doesnt want people to know 😛
awesome chess commentary,

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I only found one Karpov colle game and that was in 2001?!?

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Originally posted by nimzo5
I only found one Karpov colle game and that was in 2001?!?
It was in his casual unpublished games i was talkin about. Plays it all the time . . .

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So.....

would Karpov have beaten Fischer playing the Colle in 75?

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Originally posted by nimzo5
So.....

would Karpov have beaten Fischer playing the Colle in 75?
Karpov playing the Colle against Fischer? Get outta here. lololol


Originally posted by nimzo5
So.....

would Karpov have beaten Fischer playing the Colle in 75?
I would suggest (only half tongue-in-cheek) that Karpov would have played whatever Furman and Geller told him to play!

Karpov routinely gets Colle-like positions from the French Tarrasch, and he favors Colle-like white positions where black avoids ...d5. GMs master positions, and can plot an arrival into them from a variety of move orders. It is a dance:

Position after move 6:
  • 8
  • a
  • 7
  • b
  • 6
  • c
  • 5
  • d
  • 4
  • e
  • 3
  • f
  • 2
  • g
  • 1
  • h
1.d4b6
2.e4Bb7
3.Nd2e6
4.c3g6
5.Bd3Bg7
6.Ngf3Ne7
7.Qe2d6
8.O-Oa6
9.e5Nd7
10.Re1d5
11.Nf1c5
12.h3Nc6
13.N1h2h6
14.h4b5
15.Bf4Qb6
16.Qe3c4
17.Bc2Ne7
18.b4cxb3
19.axb3b4
20.cxb4Nc6
21.Rec1Nxb4
22.Bd1a5
23.Be2Nb8
24.Ng4h5
25.Nf6Bxf6
26.exf6N4c6
27.Rc5Nd7
28.Rxd5Nxf6
29.Rb5Qa7
30.Bd6Ba6
31.Qf4Ng4
32.Rc1Qd7
33.Rb6Bxe2
34.Rcxc6Bxf3
35.gxf3e5
36.Bxe5f6
37.Re6

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      Position after move 9:
      • 8
      • a
      • 7
      • b
      • 6
      • c
      • 5
      • d
      • 4
      • e
      • 3
      • f
      • 2
      • g
      • 1
      • h
      1.d4b6
      2.e4Bb7
      3.Nd2e6
      4.c3g6
      5.Bd3Bg7
      6.Ngf3Ne7
      7.Qe2d6
      8.O-Oa6
      9.e5Nd7
      10.Re1d5
      11.Nf1c5
      12.h3Nc6
      13.N1h2h6
      14.h4b5
      15.Bf4Qb6
      16.Qe3c4
      17.Bc2Ne7
      18.b4cxb3
      19.axb3b4
      20.cxb4Nc6
      21.Rec1Nxb4
      22.Bd1a5
      23.Be2Nb8
      24.Ng4h5
      25.Nf6Bxf6
      26.exf6N4c6
      27.Rc5Nd7
      28.Rxd5Nxf6
      29.Rb5Qa7
      30.Bd6Ba6
      31.Qf4Ng4
      32.Rc1Qd7
      33.Rb6Bxe2
      34.Rcxc6Bxf3
      35.gxf3e5
      36.Bxe5f6
      37.Re6

      0


          Position after move 8:
          • 8
          • a
          • 7
          • b
          • 6
          • c
          • 5
          • d
          • 4
          • e
          • 3
          • f
          • 2
          • g
          • 1
          • h
          1.e4e6
          2.d4d5
          3.exd5exd5
          4.c3Bd6
          5.Bd3c6
          6.Nf3Ne7
          7.O-OBg4
          8.Nbd2Qc8
          9.Re1O-O
          10.Nf1Ng6
          11.Ng3Nd7
          12.h3Bxf3
          13.Qxf3Qc7
          14.Nf5Rfe8
          15.Bg5f6
          16.Nxd6Qxd6
          17.Bd2Ndf8
          18.Qg4Qd7
          19.Bf5Qd6
          20.h4Ne7
          21.Bd3f5
          22.Bxf5Nxf5
          23.Qxf5Qg6
          24.Qxg6Nxg6
          25.g3Kf7
          26.Kg2h5
          27.Bg5a5
          28.Kf3a4
          29.g4hxg4
          30.Kxg4Nf8
          31.f4Nh7
          32.Kf5g6
          33.Kg4Re4
          34.Kf3Rae8
          35.Rxe4Rxe4
          36.Rh1Nxg5
          37.hxg5Kg7
          38.b3a3
          39.b4b5
          40.Rb1Re8
          41.Rb3Ra8
          42.Kg4Kf7
          43.f5gxf5
          44.Kxf5Kg7
          45.Ke5Kg6
          46.Kd6

          0


              Position after move 9:
              • 8
              • a
              • 7
              • b
              • 6
              • c
              • 5
              • d
              • 4
              • e
              • 3
              • f
              • 2
              • g
              • 1
              • h
              1.Nf3f5
              2.d4Nf6
              3.Bg5e6
              4.Nbd2Be7
              5.Bxf6Bxf6
              6.e4O-O
              7.Bd3g6
              8.Qe2Bg7
              9.c3Nc6
              10.O-O-Od5
              11.e5b6
              12.h4h6
              13.Rdg1Ne7
              14.g4f4
              15.h5g5
              16.Nxg5hxg5
              17.h6Bh8
              18.Nf3c5
              19.Nxg5cxd4
              20.Bh7

              0


                  Position after move 6:
                  • 8
                  • a
                  • 7
                  • b
                  • 6
                  • c
                  • 5
                  • d
                  • 4
                  • e
                  • 3
                  • f
                  • 2
                  • g
                  • 1
                  • h
                  1.d4d6
                  2.Nf3g6
                  3.e4Bg7
                  4.c3Nf6
                  5.Bd3O-O
                  6.O-ONc6
                  7.Na3Bg4
                  8.h3Bxf3
                  9.Qxf3e5
                  10.Nc2Qe8
                  11.Re1Nd7
                  12.Be3Ne7
                  13.Rad1Kh8
                  14.dxe5Nxe5
                  15.Qe2Qa4
                  16.Nb4Nxd3
                  17.Qxd3a5
                  18.Nd5Nxd5
                  19.Qxd5Qc6
                  20.Bd4Rae8
                  21.Qxa5Bxd4
                  22.cxd4Ra8
                  23.Qb4Rxa2
                  24.Rc1Qb6
                  25.Qxb6cxb6
                  26.Re2Kg8
                  27.Rc7Ra1
                  28.Kh2Rd1
                  29.Rxb7

                  0

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