Before His Immortal Game Against Korchnoi, Karpov Slayed Giks Dragon

In this highly interesting attacking chess games 12th World Chess Champion demonstrates how to slay Sicilian Dragon Anatoly Karpov vs Evgeny Gik 05, Moscow chstud (1968), rd 5 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. Yugoslav Attack Main Line (B77) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 OO 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. OOO Bd7 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. h5 Nxh5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. Rh1 Qe3+ 22. Kb1 Qxf3 23. Rxh5 e6 24. g6 Nxg6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Rf5 Qxb3+ 27. axb3 exf5 28. Nf4 Rd8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Nxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Ke8 33. exf5 Rc8 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Kd8 36. f6 10 Become a Patreon Video Thumbnail Credits: , chess, anatolykarpov