the first move that seems unusual is h5, saccing a pawn to open up the h file.
a karpov game
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Jun 25, 2012
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Active prophylaxis is how people describe his awesome playing style.
I think that the h5 pawn sac is a quite normal theme when the opponent short castles isn't it?
I don't think that 14... Bxh6 is good. I think I would of went 14... Be6 instead. I wouldn't want to just give the white queen h6 like that. If I had to put my finger on it, I would say that this is where black messed up. It is just a guess though... These are just my thoughts.
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i figure we should start off with a few karpov games, considering that hes known as the best positional player. Here is Anatoli Karpov vs. Evgeny Gik