Youth Without Youth

Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov – Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
Match game 2; Riga, July 7, 2015
Sicilian Defence B30

Time control: 25 minutes, with a 10-second delay. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. d4!? cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qc3. Sveshnikov’s move seems to be far more convincing than 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e5 f6 10. Nc3 fxe5 11. Qxe5 Qf6 12. Qg3 Qg6 as in the game van Kampen – Dimitrov, 19th European Team Championship, Warsaw 2013. Whatever it is, Tolya spent a lot of time figuring out all his possible next moves, just to roll slowly down into a helpless position. 8. ... Qf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Nd2 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. f4 Bc7 16. c3 Ke7 17. b4 d6 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Kf2 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3 Rb6 22. Ra8 Bd7 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Ra1 e5 25. f5 Bc6 26. Ra7+ Rb7 27. Ra6 Bd7 28. Na5 Rb8 29. Ra7 Ke8 30. Rc7 1 : 0. Karpov run out of time in a desperate situation.

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov vs. Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov. Photo: Chess in Latvia.