Their game was timed, with Karpov playing with two minutes on his clock to Osipov’s 10, in consideration of Karpov’s superior skill and experience. (“It was a beautiful game!”) Osipov played the Nimzo-Indian defense, and played it well.īut Osipov took a long time to consider each move, while Karpov played quickly. He greeted Karpov warmly, and complimented his showdown with Viktor Korchnoi, which Osipov had studied to prepare. In this case, before a studio audience on the Russian television program The Best, broadcast on the state-run Channel One. His opponent, Mikhail “Misha” Osipov, had never played on quite so big a stage before.
Anatoly Karpov, the 66-year-old former World Chess Champion, was comfortable playing chess underneath the bright lights and in front of the cameras on a television studio set.
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