Here is the Cross Table:
Amsterdam, 1980
Average Rating: 2582 (Category 14)
Player | Rtng | Score | Ka | Ti | So | Ho | Ri | Do | Va | La | Perf Chg | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1: | Karpov, Anatoly | 2725 | 10.0 / 14 | XX | == | == | =1 | 10 | =1 | 11 | 11 | 2720 -1 |
2: | Timman, Jan H | 2600 | 9.0 / 14 | == | XX | == | =1 | == | =1 | =1 | 1= | 2682 +15 |
3: | Sosonko, Gennadi | 2545 | 8.0 / 14 | == | == | XX | == | == | == | 1= | =1 | 2637 +18 |
4: | Hort, Vlastimil | 2595 | 7.5 / 14 | =0 | =0 | == | XX | =1 | == | 1= | 1= | 2609 +1 |
5: | Ribli, Zoltan | 2610 | 7.0 / 14 | 01 | == | == | =0 | XX | 1= | 01 | 10 | 2578 -7 |
6: | Dolmatov, Sergey | 2535 | 7.0 / 14 | =0 | =0 | == | == | 0= | XX | 1= | 11 | 2589 +11 |
7: | Van der Wiel, John TH | 2465 | 4.0 / 14 | 00 | =0 | 0= | 0= | 10 | 0= | XX | 10 | 2441 -3 |
8: | Larsen, Bent | 2585 | 3.5 / 14 | 00 | 0= | =0 | 0= | 01 | 00 | 01 | XX | 2389 -36 |
56 games: +20 =29 -7
I can't really tell you about the history of this tournament, or anything like that. I wasn't even born yet. All I know is that these tournaments in Amsterdam were sponsored by or in some way affiliated with IBM. So, the winner was Karpov and he had 7 wins for me to look at. I'd like to share with you Karpov's win with the black pieces over Bent Larsen. Here is the decisive moment:
Question: White is to move - what is Black's threat? |
Answer: 1...Rxe3 2.fxe3 Qxe3+ forking the king and rook.
White just played Nd4 attacking the queen. Question: What is wrong with that move? |
Answer: After 1...Bxd4 2.Bxd4 Qd2 Black has a triple attack.
Question: What are Black's three threats in that position?
Answer:
1) The Black queen attacks the rook on c1
2) The Black queen attacks the bishop on d4
3) The Black rook threatens 1...Re1+ 2.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 3.Bf1 Ba6
So, if you saw from the diagrammed position: 1...Bxd4 2.Bxd4 Qd2 3.Qf4 Re1+ 4.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 5.Bf1 Ba6, good job because Bent Larsen missed it when he played Nd4.
Here is the complete game:
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