Answers.Body: <p>In the book "How Karpov Wins" by Edmar Mednis it is stated on page 174 that "White overstepped the time limit and lost". The book seems to be fully available on Google books and has a lot more analysis of the match.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=x8MV0uoAJp0C" rel="noreferrer">https://books.google.com.au/books?id=x8MV0uoAJp0C</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: last move of time control too, what a bummer
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Answers.Text: @CecilDeVere ah you mean just 1 more move until the players get the time bonus?
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Body: <p>I can't understand how Taimanov (playing White) resigned in the following position against Karpov from the Moscow team leagues in 1973:</p>
  
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  <p>After 40.Rc2 or 40.d5 the position seems to be equal. I know Taimanov was notorious for getting into time trouble. Did he just forfeit on time?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Stockfish actually favors `d5` over `Rc2`, but its mostly a draw.
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Title: How did Taimanov lose this game to Karpov?
ThreadText: # How did Taimanov lose this game to Karpov?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-01)
  
  I can't understand how Taimanov (playing White) resigned in the following position against Karpov from the Moscow team leagues in 1973:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/m1dCT.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/m1dCT.png)
  
  After 40.Rc2 or 40.d5 the position seems to be equal. I know Taimanov was notorious for getting into time trouble. Did he just forfeit on time?
  
  **Tags:** history
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Stockfish actually favors `d5` over `Rc2`, but its mostly a draw.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-08-01. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
  
  In the book "How Karpov Wins" by Edmar Mednis it is stated on page 174 that "White overstepped the time limit and lost". The book seems to be fully available on Google books and has a lot more analysis of the match.
  
  <https://books.google.com.au/books?id=x8MV0uoAJp0C>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: last move of time control too, what a bummer  
  > **username_3**: @username_0 ah you mean just 1 more move until the players get the time bonus?  
  
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