The World Chess Championship match between World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR) and Victor Korchnoi (Switzerland), winner of the competition, was held from October 1 to November 18, 1981 in Merano (Italy).
The rules of the match were the same as in 1978 - a game with up to 6 wins, in case of defeat, the champion has the right to a rematch.
Chief Arbiter - P. Klein (Ecuador).
A. Karpov retained the title of champion, winning with a score of 6: 2 (with 10 draws).
Content
- 1 Match table
- 2 Noteworthy parties
- 2.1 Korchnoi - Karpov
- 2.2 Karpov - Korchnoi
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Match Table
| No. | Members | one | 2 | 3 | four | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Anatoly Karpov | one | one | ½ | one | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | one | ½ |
| 2 | Victor Korchnoi | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | one | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| Gaming days | 10/10 | 3-4.10 | 10/05 | 8-9.10 | 12-13.10 | 15-16.10 | 10/17 | 22-23.10 | 10/24 | 10/29 | |
| No. | Members | eleven | 12 | 13 | fourteen | fifteen | 16 | 17 | eighteen | Victory | Glasses |
| one | Anatoly Karpov | ½ | ½ | 0 | one | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | 6 | eleven |
| 2 | Victor Korchnoi | ½ | ½ | one | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Gaming days | 10/31 | 2-3.11 | 5-6.11 | 9-10.11 | 12.11 | 14-15.11 | 11/16 | 18-19.11 | |||
Notable Parties
Korchnoi - Karpov
( Denied Queen's Gambit )
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1. c4 e6 2. Kc3 d5 3. d4 Ce7 4. Kf3 Kf6 5. Сg5 h6 6. Сh4 OO 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Сb7 9. Сe2 Кbd7 10. cd ed 11. OO c5 12. dc bc 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Rb6 15. Rb1 Rfd8 16. Rc2 Re6 17. Rg3 Rh5 18. Rcd2 R: g3 19. hg Rf6 20. Rc2 g6 21. Ra4 a6 22. Rd3 Rg7 23. Bb1 Rb6 24.a3? (see chart)
24 ... d4 25. Ke2 de 26. fe c4 27. Ked4 Fc7 28. Kh4 Fe5 29. Kh1 Kg8 30. Kdf3 F: g3 31. L: d8 + C: d8 32. Qb4 Ce4 33. C: e4 K: e4 34 Rd4 Rf2 + 35. Rg1 Rd3 36. Rb7 Rb8 37. Rd7 Bc7 38. Rh1 R: b2 39. R: d3 cd 40. R: d3 Rd6 41. Rd4 Rd1 + 42. Rg1 Rd6 43. Rhf3 Rb5 , 0: 1
Karpov - Korchnoi
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1.e4 e5 2.Кf3 Кc6 3.Сb5 a6 4.Сa4 Кf6 5.OO К: e4 6.d4 b5 7.Сb3 d5 8.d: e5 Сe6 9.c3 Сc5 10.Кbd2 OO 11.Сc2 Сf5 12. Кb3 Сg6 13.Кfd4 С: d4 14.c: d4 a5 15.Сe3 a4 16.Кc1 a3 17.b3 f6 18.e: f6 Ф: f6 19.Кe2 Кb4 20.Сb1 Фe7 21. Фе1 Лfe8 22.Кf4 Сf7 23.Fc1 c5 24.d: c5 ff6 25.C: e4 L: e4 26.Ke2 d4 27.gg3 Lee8 28.Фd2 Kc6 29.Сg5 e55.Lac1 d3 31.Лfd1 gg6 32.Ce3 6e6 33.Сf4 ff6 34.Le1 Rae8 35.L: e6 L: e6 36.Rb1 h5 37.h3 h4 38.Cg5 Qd4 39.Ce3 Qd5? (see chart)
40.Kf1? (the move 40.Ke2 is stronger ! ) Ce4 41.Сf4 С: g2 , 0: 1
Literature
- Victory in Merano. Moscow: Izvestia, 1981. 112 p.
- Geller E.P. Victory in Merano. Moscow: Military Publishing, 1982.80 p.
- World Championship Match: Merano-81. Moscow: Physical Culture and Sports, 1982.143 p.
- Kiknadze A.V. Merano from afar and nearby: Documentary narration. Moscow: Moscow Worker, 1983. 128 p.
- Karpov A.E. , Geek E.Ya. Inexhaustible chess. - M .: Publishing house of Moscow University , 1983. - S. 11-39. - 320 p.