[Event "Aix en Provence"]
[Site "Aix en Provence"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "3(1)"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2611"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2
d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 c6 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Bf1 bxc4 16. bxc4
Nb6 17. Nd2 Na4 18. Qa3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 d5 20. e3 Qe7 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qc2 h5 23. Bg2 f5
24. Rb1 Rab8 25. Rec1 h4 26. Rb3 Rxb3 27. axb3 Rb8 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. gxh4 Nd2
31. Qc6 Qe7 32. Rxa5 Rxb3 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Qxd5+ Kh7 35. Qxf5+ g6 36. Qd5 Rb6 37. Kg2 Ne4
38. h5 Rf6 39. hxg6+ Kg7 40. f4 Rxg6+ 41. Kf3 Nf6 42. Qa8 Nd7 43. Rh5 Nf6 44. Ra5 Rh6 45.
Ra7 Nd7 46. Qd5 Rd6 47. Qg5+ Qxg5 48. fxg5 Kg6 49. Kg4 Nb6 50. h4 Rd7 51. h5+ Kf7 52.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 53. Kf5 Kg7 54. e4 Nb6 55. d5 Nc4 56. e5 Kf7 57. h6 Ne3+ 58. Ke4 Ng4 59. Kf4
Nf2 60. Kf5 Nd3 61. g6+ Ke7 62. h7 Nb4 63. h8=Q 1-0