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Article: Karpov Storms Back in Game 16
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- The Washington Post
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- November 24, 1987
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World chess champion Gary Kasparov held on through 40 moves
yesterday in Game 16 of the world chess championship. But when the
game was adjourned, after five hours of intense play, he wrote down
his 41st move and sealed it in an envelope in a position that looked
hopeless.
Exactly how challenger Anatoly Karpov will finish off the
champion remained to be determined in a session of overnight analysis
with his team of experts. But there seemed little doubt that he can
do it, tying the match 8-8.
Karpov not only had a crucial extra pawn; his queen, rook and
knight were centralized on the key d- and e-files and controlled the
strategically vital center. While Karpov's pieces dominated the ...