Junior squad/Kasparov simul in 1986

[Kevin Thurlow]

Fascinating list - I've played a lot of them, some I have never heard of, but it is depressing to see some are no longer with us.

[Phil Pinto]

Thanks for reply, Kevin....and you've played many.
The 1979 simuls were 40 years ago now; crickey so long ago.

[Ian Thompson]

Thanks for reply, Kevin....and you've played many.
The 1979 simuls were 40 years ago now; crickey so long ago.

It would be interesting to know how many of those 90 players are still playing today. I counted 17 I know still play; there are a few more who are still involved in chess but don't play competitively any more; there are some I've never heard of and don't know. I'd guess no more than a third still play competitive chess.

[MJMcCready]

The qualifying junior age for the Kasparov simul would have been born after 1.9.64. At that time the British, London and junior squad U21 events were all very strong, and my understanding then was that the definition of junior for using funds from Lloyds Bank and the Slater Foundation was under 21 at the start of the academic year.
My unreliable memory suggests that Gary Lane (born 11.64) did play on a high board, along with Peter Wells (born 1965) who I think could be the player behind Kasparov's shoulder in the picture which is where the top boards in the match were seated, in front of the demo boards.
There were three Karpov simuls. The first was the clock simul in 1977 which launched Lloyds Bank sponsorship and was staged in the middle weekend of the British Championship meaning that several players including Short and Hodgson had to travel up from Brighton. Karpov won 9.5-0.5, conceding half a point to Tony Williams, Simon Williams's older brother.
I was not best pleased with this outcome, and the opportunity for revenge came in 1982 when Karpov was playing at Phillips&Drew in London. Peter Barton persuaded him to give the simul at Westergate, Sussex just a day or two before round 1 of P&D and we fielded a very strong team of 30 headed by Hodgson and King, with several others of near-IM strength. James Howell, later board 1 against Kasparov, was board 18 against Karpov. The bottom board Edward Lee was a specialist simul killer who had won his previous six games against GMs, outplayed Karpov, and went on later to beat Korchnoi for eight straight.
It took Karpov eight hours, but he managed a tolerable plus score and admitted that it was his hardest simul ever. As a simul giver, he impressed me more than Kasparov. A couple of days later he played his first round at P&D, still tired, and drew with Nigel Short.
At the final Karpov exhibition, again at Westergate, in 1984 he remembered his bad 1982 experience, made the date after rather than before P&D, and stipulated 'no IMs' but our team was still headed by Peter Wells and Jonathan Levitt who had IM norms. On around Board 10 Neil Carr played the same line that Azmaiparashvili had used to defeat Karpov in the USSR championship that year, Karpov played what I assume was an intended improvement, and Carr crushed him with a double rook sac. Our team was not quite so strong as 1982 and Karpov scored a bit better.
There was also then a memorable secondary simul by Polugaevsky. Memorable, because Byron Jacobs, who was down to play Karpov, arrived too late, was drafted into the Polu simul, and blew him off the board in the first game to finish. This terrified Polu, who assumed that all his opponents were just as strong (actually they averaged 150-160) and retaliated by making his moves at a funereal rate. After some five or six hours Karpov had finished, the Russians had to leave for the airport, but Polu still had more than half the games still going. So he then adjudicated them, some in his favour with small advantages, though Nick von Schlippe successfully argued for a draw by addressing Polu in Russian. On the drive to the airport Peter Barton was harangued by Karpov and Polu claiming that the latter had been ambushed by a team of candidate masters...
I guess Nick Thomas probably played in that final Karpov simul.

Leonard, with regards to the 1982 simul, do you know where I could find a list of those who participated, hopefully a list of games even? I am presently speaking to one of the participants, Colin Garwood, who has given me quite an in depth account of his experience but does not have any record of his game, which he apparently had good chances in. I have managed to find the names of a few participants but no more than that but I should say what little evidence I have found states that there were 25 juniors playing and not 30 as you have stated here. Thank you for your account posted, it's an interesting read.

[Leonard Barden]

I think there was a booklet about the 1982 simul which was available at the time. Some copies may still survive.

[John Saunders]

Re the 1982 simul, here is the BCM report...

Chichester — Anatoly Karpov played a simultaneous exhibition against the BCF Junior Squad on 25 boards at Westergate School on April 13th. The exhibition lasted over 6 hours and the final result was a win for the Muscovite by 11 - 4 with 10 draws. The four winners were John Cox, John Richardson, Alan Byron and the very bottom board 14-year old Edward Lee of Essex. Karpov conceded that this was the strongest opposition he had ever met in such an event. An audience of 150 watched the exhibition, sponsored by Lloyds Bank and Amey Roadstone Corporation, and gave the Champion a round of applause at the end.

I couldn't find a report in CHESS. BCM later gave a game score and I have been able to source four in total:

[Event "ARC Simul - Karpov +11=10-4"] [Site "Westergate"] [Date "1982.04.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Lee, Edward S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B16"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1982.04.13"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "BritBase"] [Source "John Saunders"] [SourceDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. c4 Nd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. h3 h5 12. Qc2 Bh6 13. Qc1 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Rdg8 16. Kh1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rg5 18. a4 Rhg8 19. Bf1 Rf5 20. Qe2 Qf4 21. a5 Nd7 22. a6 b6 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Ra3 Qd6 25. c5 Nxc5 26. Rc3 Qd5 27. Rdc2 Qxd4 28. Rc4 Qd5 29. b4 Re5 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Re1 32. Rc1 Rdd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34. Kg2 Nxa6 35. Rf4 b5 36. Rxf6 Nxb4 37. Rxf7 Rd7 38. Rf8+ Kb7 39. f4 a5 40. f5 exf5 41. Rxf5 Kb6 42. Rxh5 a4 43. Rh4 a3 {Source: BCM, September 1982, p374} 0-1 [Event "ARC Simul - Karpov +11=10-4"] [Site "Westergate"] [Date "1982.04.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Cox, John J"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C06"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1982.04.13"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "BritBase"] [Source "John Saunders"] [SourceDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb6 9. O-O a5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Ng3 h5 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bb5 15. a3 Nc6 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Bc1 Rc8 18. Nc3 Kd7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 a4 21. Nd2 Ke8 22. Re3 Nc4 23. Rg3 Qb6 24. Ne2 Bh4 25. Rxg7 N4xe5 26. dxe5 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Nxe5 28. Qb5+ Kf8 29. Rg3 Bxg3 30. Nxg3 h4 31. Ngf1 Rg8 32. Qb4+ Ke8 33. Qxa4+ Nc6 34. g3 h3 {Source: Liverpool Daily Post, 1 May 1982 (Nigel Davies column)} 0-1 [Event "ARC Simul - Karpov +11=10-4"] [Site "Westergate"] [Date "1982.04.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Byron, Alan M"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E88"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1982.04.13"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "BritBase"] [Source "John Saunders"] [SourceDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 Na6 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. O-O c5 11. g4 h5 12. h3 hxg4 13. fxg4 Bxg4 14. Bg5 (14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Rf3 Qh4 16. Bf2 Qh2+ 17. Kf1 Nb4 18. Ng1 f5 19. Bb1 b5 20. cxb5 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Nxf2 23. Nxf2 Rf8 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nxd5 $13 {Byron }) 14... Bxh3 15. Ng3 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 Nb8 17. Re1 Re8 18. Re2 Nbd7 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. Nd1 Qf8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qe7 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. Bf1 Qf4 26. Kg2 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Kf8 28. a3 Ke7 29. Nf2 Rh8 30. Kg2 Raf8 31. Bd3 Rh4 32. b3 Rfh8 33. Nf1 R8h5 34. Ng3 Rh2+ 35. Kg1 Rh8 36. Nf1 R2h5 37. Ng3 Rh4 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Kf3 Rf4+ 40. Kg2 Kg5 41. Be2 Rfh4 42. Kf3 Rh2 43. Nf1 R8h3+ 44. Nxh3+ Rxh3+ 45. Kf2 Rxb3 46. a4 Rb4 47. a5 Ra4 48. Kg3 Ra3+ {Sources: Liverpool Daily Post, 1 May 1982; (moves 13b-16b): CHESS, August 2018, Vol.83, no.5, p7} 0-1
[Event "ARC Simul - Karpov +11=10-4"] [Site "Westergate"] [Date "1982.04.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Brown, Stuart C"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1982.04.13"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "BritBase"] [Source "John Saunders"] [SourceDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. a3 Bf6 14. Ne4 h6 15. Nc5 Nxd4 16. Nxb7 Qe7 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Bf4 c6 23. Re7 Rfe8 24. Rae1 Kg6 25. f3 h5 26. Kf2 Bc4 27. Bg3 a5 28. b3 Bd5 29. Bh4 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Rb8 31. Re3 Rb5 32. Rc3 Nh7 33. Bd8 Nf8 34. a4 Rb8 35. Bxa5 Ne6 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. b4 Kf5 38. Ke3 e5 39. Rc5 Ra8 40. h4 Ra6 41. Rc3 Ra8 42. Kf2 g6 43. Re3 e4 44. fxe4+ Bxe4 45. g3 c5 46. Ra3 Bc2 { Source: Hull Daily Mail, 30 April 1982 (John Lawson column)} 1/2-1/2

Leonard posted a story in the Guardian the next day:

Boy beats Karpov - By Leonard Barden, Chess Correspondent

World chess champion Anatoly Karpov, was beaten last night by a 14-year-old Essex schoolboy.

Edward Lee of Fairlop High School was the youngest of four players to defeat Karpov, who played 25 boards simultaneously against England Juniors. The contest, at Westergate, near Chichester, lasted 6½ hours. Karpov won 11 games, drew 10, and lost four.

Edward said: “It hasn’t sunk in yet, but I’ve defeated the world champion. I caught him with a knight move which captured two of his pawns.”

The other England winners were John Cox, aged 20, of Telford, an Oxford University student; John Richardson, 18, of Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School, New Cross, London; and Alan Byron, 19, of Leicester, a Sussex University student. Karpov awarded Cox and Byron the Lloyds Bank trophies for the best two games against him.

The Times also had a short report the next day:

After six and a half hours’ play, Anatoly Karpov, the world champion, finished a simultaneous display at Westergate against 25 selected juniors with a score of 16-9. He won 11 games, drew 10, and lost four, and said afterwards that it was the strongest simultaneous display he had ever encountered — and the worst result he had ever achieved.

The four winners against him were John Cox aged 20; Oxford University; John Richardson, aged 18, of Aske's school and Lewisham Chess Club; Alan Byron, aged 19, Sussex University; and Edward Lee, aged 14, the youngest competitor, Barkingslde and Fairlop High School.

The Daily Mirror had a similar report on the same day.

In his column in the Liverpool Daily Post, 1 May 1982, Nigel Davies gave the Byron and Cox game scores. He gives a longer version of Karpov's post-simul comments:

"This was probably the strongest team I’ve ever met in a simultaneous match and it was the best score ever made against me,** said Karpov.

“I gave two others against Young Pioneers in the USSR which were also difficult as well as the one against top Parisian masters including two Olympic players. But here the top three had international experience in addition to the high overall standards.

“The English juniors are specially strong in tactical complications, though almost all my opponents didn't handle the endings precisely. I realised the match would be hard, but it was still harder than I expected. I got tired after two or three hours and made some mistakes in the later stages'*.

John Lawson in the Hull Daily Mail, 30 April 1982, gave the Stuart Brown game score and some more detail concerning grades.

KARPOV V. STUART BROWN
I have now received the detailed report of the simultaneous display given by world champion Anatoly Karpov, when he took on the top 25 England junior players at Chichester on April 13th.

As most readers will know, Hymcra College and St Andrews player, Stuart Brown scored a draw against Karpov and the game is given below.

Karpov won the match in 6½ hours with a score of 11-4 and 10 drawn games.

The players who beat him were John Cox (BCF 213), John Richardson (206), Alan Byron (196) and Edward Lee (196) The strength of the England team can be measured in the grades which ranged from 223 down to 196.

The Bristol Evening Post (Friday 23 April 1982) had a reference to Colin Garwood losing a lengthy rook and pawn ending to Karpov but no further detail.

The Torbay Express and South Devon Echo (Thursday 15 April 1982) referred to Gary Lane, of Churston Grammar School, losing a six-hour endgame.

Regional newspapers mentioned other players. John Hawksworth and Stuart C Brown were amongst those who drew, while Alan Dyson and James Howell both lost. Neil Dickenson took part but I couldn't discover his result.

EDIT: removed the Carr game which was actually played in the 1984 simul - see below. Thanks to Leonard Barden for reporting this error - JS

[John Saunders]

P.S. Hold the front page... I've just discovered the score of Colin Garwood's game from the simul which I will input and add here.

[John Saunders]

Here's the Garwood game, from Leonard Barden's column in the Guardian, 24 April 1982...

[Event "ARC Simul - Karpov +11=10-4"] [Site "Westergate"] [Date "1982.04.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Garwood, Colin P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1982.04.13"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "BritBase"] [Source "John Saunders"] [SourceDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. f3 Rfd8 14. a5 $1 { The Karpov queen's side blind which has destroyed many opponents, notably Polugaevsky in their 1974 match. Here Black simplifies cleverly but White keeps a Q-side majority and a superior endgame.} d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qc4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. c3 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke8 23. Ke2 Rc6 24. Bf2 Nh5 25. g3 Nf6 26. Nd2 Bd8 27. Ra1 Kd7 28. c4 Be7 29. Ra4 Rc8 30. b4 Kc7 31. Bb6+ Kc6 32. Nb1 Nd7 33. Be3 Kd6 34. Nd2 Kc6 35. Kd3 f5 36. Kc3 Bf6 37. Kb3 Rd8 38. Kc2 Nf8 39. Bb6 Rd7 40. Ra3 Bg5 41. Be3 Ne6 42. Bxg5 Nxg5 43. Re3 Nf7 44. Kc3 Rd6 45. Re1 Rd7 46. Nb3 Re7 47. f4 e4 $2 (47... g6 $1) 48. Nd4+ Kc7 49. Nxf5 {Source: The Guardian, 24 April 1982} 1-0

The relevant text from the same column (which also has the score of the Cox game, already posted above)...

ANATOLY Karpov’s simultaneous match against the England junior team at Westergate, Sussex, last week proved an interesting test of how the world champion compares with such legendary simul specialists as Capablanca, Pillsbury and Flohr. Karpov won 11 games, drew 10, and lost four in 6½ hours.

The opposition, in spite of their youth, averaged a BCF rating of 204 (2230 on the world scale). Karpov emerged with laurels intact. He scored 6½-5½ on the top dozen boards, where his opponents were led by IM-elect Daniel King and fielded world under-16 champion Conquest on ninth board. Lower down, Karpov turned on his strategic mastery and won at least two games in a style reminiscent of his 1974 candidates’ matches. So hard was the battle that it was 4½ hours before the first game finished.

The juniors had their moments, notably on bottom board where 14-year-old Edward Lee outplayed the world champion to score his sixth win in a row against 2500 + GMs. His earlier victims were Nunn, Speelman, Ftacnik, Kupreychik and Kochiev. Back in the middle 1960s the Scottish expert Nicholas Young also defeated six titled players in simuls, among them Botvinnik, Keres, and Gligoric; but two of Young’s opponents were not GMs at the time.
Mr Young says he always aimed for the initiative, but didn't specialise in particular openings. Edward Lee, in contrast, relies on the Caro-Kann with gxf6 and the Dutch Defence to upset his eminent opponents with fast counter-attacks.

At the end of Leonard's piece it mentions the (then) availability of a bulletin with all 25 games from the simul and a 16-page match programme, to be bought from P Barton of Barnham, Bognor Regis, Sussex. I should rather like to have a copy of that programme, or else the games from it should someone have a copy.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

I found mentions of Peter Barton on this page about the history of Bognor and Arun Chess Club:

http://www.bognorandarunchessclub.co.uk/archive.html

It might be worth contacting them to see if they or others in the area have anything relevant?

Unlikely, but you never know.

Also, Richard James mentioned a possible Peter Barton that was still active in 2015:

viewtopic.php?t=7555#p158864

There's a Peter Barton currently involved in Sussex Junior Chess at Burgess Hill who may be the same person

There are a number of mentions of Peter Barton in several threads on this forum.

(Of course, even if he is still around and active, he may not have any copies of the bulletin!)

[NickFaulks]

I've just played through the Neil Carr game. You didn't often see Karpov get kicked around like that.

[Leonard Barden]

The Carr game is actually from the 1984 simul, not 1982, as stated in the Guardian report quoted above. Karpov awarded it the Lloyds Bank Trophy after some hesitation and nudging from me.

[MJMcCready]

Many thanks for the input. I will attend to this according in the coming days.

[John Saunders]

The Carr game is actually from the 1984 simul, not 1982, as stated in the Guardian report quoted above. Karpov awarded it the Lloyds Bank Trophy after some hesitation and nudging from me.

Yes, you're quite right, Leonard, my mistake. Here is the Carr game again, now with the correct date...

[Event "ARC Simul - Karpov 20bds"] [Site "Westergate"] [Date "1984.05.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Carr, Neil L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1984.05.12"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "BritBase"] [Source "John Saunders"] [SourceDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Bxb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Qe2 f4 16. Bd2 g5 17. Qf1 Rf6 18. Qh3 Rh6 19. Qd7 Qf8 20. Qxc7 Rc8 21. Qxa5 Nf6 22. Kf1 g4 23. Ke2 gxf3+ 24. Kd3 Rxh2 25. Qb6 Ng4 26. Rf1 Rb8 27. Qxd6 Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. a4 Rg2 30. Kc4 Rg6 31. Qd7 Nc8 32. Kb3 Nd6 33. Rh1 f2 34. Rf1 Rb7 35. Qh3 Nxb5 36. axb5 Rxb5+ 37. Ka2 Ra6+ 38. Kb1 Rxb2+ 0-1

[Christopher Kreuzer]

The Carr game is actually from the 1984 simul, not 1982, as stated in the Guardian report quoted above. Karpov awarded it the Lloyds Bank Trophy after some hesitation and nudging from me.

Yes, you're quite right, Leonard, my mistake. Here is the Carr game again, now with the correct date...

[Event "ARC Simul - Karpov 20bds"] [Site "Westergate"] [Date "1984.05.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Carr, Neil L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1984.05.12"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "BritBase"] [Source "John Saunders"] [SourceDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Bxb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Qe2 f4 16. Bd2 g5 17. Qf1 Rf6 18. Qh3 Rh6 19. Qd7 Qf8 20. Qxc7 Rc8 21. Qxa5 Nf6 22. Kf1 g4 23. Ke2 gxf3+ 24. Kd3 Rxh2 25. Qb6 Ng4 26. Rf1 Rb8 27. Qxd6 Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. a4 Rg2 30. Kc4 Rg6 31. Qd7 Nc8 32. Kb3 Nd6 33. Rh1 f2 34. Rf1 Rb7 35. Qh3 Nxb5 36. axb5 Rxb5+ 37. Ka2 Ra6+ 38. Kb1 Rxb2+ 0-1

Nick F above is quite right that Karpov was trounced in this 1984 simul game by Neil Carr, but it was remarkedly ill-advised of Karpov to carry out that sortie with the Queen.

The White queen sidles over to f1 via d2 and e2, and then jumps out to h3 before swooping into d7, nabbing the pawn on c7 and grabbing the pawn on a5. The White king then frantically flees to d3, followed by the White queen returning to h3 via b6 and d7 while grabbing the pawn on d6. The king then goes from d3 to b1 via the c4-a2 diagonal. In contrast, Black's king just sits on g8 after castling, while Black's queen just moves from d8 to f8 (that is it, no other moves from the Black queen).

You can kind of understand while Karpov might not have wanted to draw attention to that standard of play!

[NickFaulks]

Here is the Carr game again, now with the correct date...

[Event "ARC Simul - Karpov 20bds"] [Site "Westergate"] [Date "1984.05.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Carr, Neil L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1984.05.12"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "BritBase"] [Source "John Saunders"] [SourceDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Bxb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Qe2 f4 16. Bd2 g5 17. Qf1 Rf6 18. Qh3 Rh6 19. Qd7 Qf8 20. Qxc7 Rc8 21. Qxa5 Nf6 22. Kf1 g4 23. Ke2 gxf3+ 24. Kd3 Rxh2 25. Qb6 Ng4 26. Rf1 Rb8 27. Qxd6 Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. a4 Rg2 30. Kc4 Rg6 31. Qd7 Nc8 32. Kb3 Nd6 33. Rh1 f2 34. Rf1 Rb7 35. Qh3 Nxb5 36. axb5 Rxb5+ 37. Ka2 Ra6+ 38. Kb1 Rxb2+ 0-1

Still highly recommended!