Classic game · 1974White won
Karpov's Bind
White
Anatoly Karpov
Black
Wolfgang Unzicker
Karpov restricted Unzicker until counterplay disappeared, offering a clean model of positional bind and patient conversion.
Open interactive game review- White
- Anatoly Karpov
- Black
- Wolfgang Unzicker
- Year
- 1974
- Result
- White won · 1-0
Why this classic game matters
Karpov slowly removed Unzicker's counterplay, showing how a positional bind can make conversion look inevitable.
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