Nikola Padevsky GM (1933-2023)
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Nikola Padevsky GM (1933-2023)
The death has been announced of the veteran Bulgarian GM, for many years one of his country's strongest players who represented them at several high level individual and team events. His numerous scalps included a young Karpov at the 1972 Olympiad.
And we can cross off another name from the steadily dwindling list of those still alive who played Fischer.
And we can cross off another name from the steadily dwindling list of those still alive who played Fischer.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Re: Nikola Padevsky GM (1933-2023)
Couple of draws against Fischer I think.
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Re: Nikola Padevsky GM (1933-2023)
Both at the Varna Olympiad in 1962(!), when the event was still run in preliminary groups followed by Finals. USA and Bulgaria both qualified from the same preliminary group.
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Re: Nikola Padevsky GM (1933-2023)
Can't have been bad then. Karpov's only loss at Skopje was with his never-too-convincing Sicilian (though it did transpose to a French where Black was clearly better).
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Re: Nikola Padevsky GM (1933-2023)
At a later Olympiad in 1978, he inflicted a painful defeat on Boris Gulko with the black pieces - this was a key moment in the USSR just losing out on the gold medals to Hungary, which caused a sensation in world chess at the time. Gulko's indifferent performance in that event was maybe what began his falling out with the Soviet chess establishment, and then his lengthy emigration saga.
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Re: Nikola Padevsky GM (1933-2023)
Some interesting games mentioned. Any chances of links to them, or PGNs being posted?
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Re: Nikola Padevsky GM (1933-2023)
Any postings on here represent my personal views
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Re: Nikola Padevsky GM (1933-2023)
A game Karpov himself would have been proud of.
I don't feel he was ever very comfortable with IQP as Black; he was much better playing against it!
I don't feel he was ever very comfortable with IQP as Black; he was much better playing against it!