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Utut Adianto-Anatoly Karpov Match, Jakarta 1997

		PGN 2020.01.09. 6 games. Incomplete. 1 blitz game is missing.
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1997.11.20-25. 2 rounds normal, 2 rounds rapid g/25′, 2 rounds rapid blindfolds g/25′, 1 round blitz g/5′. 2 players. Rating average 2677.

The full title of the match was “Clash of the Titans Bank Tamara: Adianto-Karpov Match”. Bank Tamara was a local bank in Indonesia who sponsored the match.

Indonesian ace, GM Utut Adianto, possibly inspired by that wordy title, played a match of his life. He led until the penultimate round by winning one game in normal time control and another in rapid blindfold. GM Anatoly Karpov levelled the scoreline after winning the last round played in rapid. That was a tie, 3-3.

Karpov rode his luck when finally he won the decider in a blitz game. Adianto had a brief comment to the journalists about his loss in the blitz game: “Karpov’s hand seems not moving.” After all by sharing 3-3 in the first 6 games with a world champion, Adianto could be proud of himself.

Selected Games (viewer © ChessTempo)

Utut Adianto Wahjoewidajat 7100019 g 2610

Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov 4100026 g 2745

Utut Adianto-Anatoly Karpov Match
Jakarta 1997.11.22 Round 3
1-0 E32 Nimzo-Indian Classical (4.Qc2): 4…0-0

Utut Adianto Wahjoewidajat 7100019 g 2610

Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov 4100026 g 2745

Utut Adianto-Anatoly Karpov Match
Jakarta 1997.11.20 Round 1 Blindfold
0-1 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation: sidelines

Sources

• 1997 Karpov ke Jakarta
• Chessbase
• Intisari Catur 53 1997
• Karpov to visit Cuba

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