tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post7695773700677301959..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Either/Or?Tom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-82682167343035212412007-02-05T14:27:00.000+00:002007-02-05T14:27:00.000+00:00Most unusual for Karpov to lose at all at the time...Most unusual for Karpov to lose at all at the time, let alone with the White bits: after being declared champion his first loss as White was to Andersson in Milan in 1975. I can find only three others between that and the Taimanov game. At least one is from a simul and I suspect a second one (a Schliemann) may be too.<br /><br />The Taimanov defeat may have shaken him though, as he lost his next White but one, to Beliavsky.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com