Karpov, Anatoly - Taimanov, Mark E
URS-ch39, Leningrad
1971.09.15, 1-0, Opening: B44
1. e4 c5 2. ♘f3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. ♘xd4 ♘c6 5. ♘b5 d6 6. ♗f4 e5 7. ♗e3 ♘f6 8. ♗g5 ♗e6 9. ♘1c3 a6 10. ♗xf6 gxf6 11. ♘a3 ♘e7 12. ♘c4 d5 13. exd5 ♘xd5 14. ♘xd5 ♗xd5 15. ♘e3 ♗c6 16. ♗c4 ♕xd1+ 17. ♖xd1 ♖c8 18. ♗d5 ♗xd5 19. ♖xd5 ♔e7 20. ♔e2 ♔e6 21. ♖hd1 f5 22. g3 f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. ♘g2 ♖xc2+ 25. ♔f3 ♗c5 26. ♘xf4+ ♔f6 27. ♘d3 Karolyi explains that this placing of the knight is very typical of Karpov. I was immensely impressed by the strength of this idea. All of black's counter play slows down significantly as the knight defends against both the rook on the seventh(second) and bishop's pressure on f2.
Reccuring ideas - Watu Kobese