A Picturesque Position

Submitted by benws on Sat, 05/23/2009 at 5:49pm.

Efim Petrovich Geller (1925-1998) was one of the great Soviet chess masters. He played in the Candidates events an amazing 6 times, and had a positive or equal score against many of the greatest masters of his time.

In this game, the new world champion Karpov decided to play the French Defense for the first time in his life. Let's see what came of it...

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by gxtmf1 - 5 months ago
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Geller was one of Karpov's seconds in the World Championship matches vs. Kasparov.

by bmincfunnyguy - 5 months ago
Auckland New Zealand

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cool game. thanks for putting it up

by bmincfunnyguy - 5 months ago
Auckland New Zealand

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awesincoolakhflaiuracitut

by davidetal - 5 months ago
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THat's a seriously entertaining game. Thanks for the post! Sure Karpov played a bit sloppy, but the way Geller took advantage of some loose moves was chess of the highest order.