[Event "Kasparov Chess sim"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2000.03.14"] [Round "19"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Benbachir, Amine"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E40"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2000.03.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. Bd3 Nef6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne2 c5 11. Qb1 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. f3 Qb6 14. Qa2 c4 15. Bc2 Qe6 16. Ng3 Nf8 17. e4 Ng6 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 Qc6 20. f5 Ngf8 21. Bf4 Nb6 22. Rae1 h6 23. Nh5 Bd7 24. Re3 g5 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Rg3 Re6 28. Qb1 Be8 29. Nh5+ Kh7 30. Qc1 Nc8 31. Bxh6 Nd7 32. Qg5 Ne7 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34. exf6 Re2 35. f7 Bd7 36. Qh4 Nf5 37. Bxf5 1-0 [Event "Moscow TV"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E41"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1987.05.08"] [EventType "team-schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. a3 O-O 12. Qd3 h6 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Re8 16. Re1 Ne7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Bb1 Ba4 21. Rd2 Qa5 22. b4 Qc7 23. Rde2 Bb5 24. Rc2 Qd7 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. g4 Qd8 27. Rd1 Qg5 28. Ng2 Nd6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. h3 Bc6 31. Ne3 Ke7 32. Qc2 Rc8 33. Re1 Bf3 34. Qd3 Kf8 35. d5 Bxd5 36. Nxd5 Qxd5 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. Kg2 Rc3 40. Rxd5 Rxa3 41. Rd4 Rb3 42. Ba2 Rb2 43. Bd5 Kf6 44. Bf3 Ke5 45. Rd5+ Ke6 46. Rd4 b6 47. Kg3 a5 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. Ra4 Rb5 50. h4 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Be2 Rc5 53. f4 f6 54. Kf3 Rc3+ 55. Kf2 gxf4 56. Rxf4 Ke5 57. Ra4 Ne4+ 58. Kg2 Rc5 59. Kf3 Nc3 60. Ra3 Kd4 61. Bf1 Re5 62. Kg3 Re3+ 63. Kh4 Re5 64. Bg2 Kc4 65. Ra1 a4 66. Rf1 Re6 67. Rf4+ Kb3 68. Bf1 Kc2 69. Bc4 Re1 70. Rxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Galicia sim"] [Site "Galicia"] [Date "1991.07.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Veiga Goy, Jose Luis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E41"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1991.07.19"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 e5 11. a3 Ng6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 h5 14. f3 Nh7 15. b4 b6 16. Ra2 Qe7 17. Rf2 Ng5 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qc1 f6 21. Kf1 Rae8 22. Qe3 Rf7 23. f4 Bh3+ 24. Ke2 exf4 25. gxf4 Qg4+ 26. Kd2 Rfe7 27. Rf3 Qc8 28. Rxh3 Nxf4 29. Rg3 h4 30. Rgg1 Nh3 31. Rgf1 cxb4 32. axb4 Ng5 33. Ra1 Qg4 34. Rf2 f5 35. Be2 Nxe4+ 36. Nxe4 Qxe4 37. Qxe4 fxe4 38. Ke3 Kh7 39. Rg1 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Rf4 Rb8 42. Rxh4+ Kg8 43. Rxe4 Rb3+ 44. Bd3 Rxe4+ 45. Kxe4 a4 46. Ra1 a3 47. c5 dxc5 48. d6 Kf8 49. Bc4 Rb4 50. Kd5 1-0 [Event "Internet sim1"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1995.12.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Srinavasan, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E41"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1995.12.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O b6 9. e4 h6 10. f4 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. dxc5 Re8 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Rxe2 17. c4 Ne3 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. cxb6 Qd4 20. Ba3+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch47 Final"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.12.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E42"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1979.11.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. d5 d6 10. Nf4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Nc7 15. Qd2 f5 16. f4 Bd7 17. Be2 exf4 18. exf4 Qh4+ 19. g3 Qh3 20. Kf2 Ne8 21. Bf1 Qh6 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Bd3 Rae8 24. Rhe1 Qh5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Re1 Kf8 27. b4 a6 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Nd1 Qb8 31. Qc3 Kf7 32. Ne3 g6 33. Nd1 Ba4 34. Nf2 Qb6 35. h3 Bd7 36. Kf3 Qd8 37. g4 Qc8 38. g5 Nh5 39. Qb2 Ke7 40. Bc2 Qd8 41. Qc3 Kf7 42. Nd1 Qf8 43. Qa5 Ke7 44. Qe1+ Kd8 45. Qa5+ Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Baku 20 Years"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1980.03.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Csom, Istvan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E42"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1980.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O (6... d5) 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 (8. g3 d5 (8... Qc7 $5) 9. c5) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... Bc5 $5 $13) 10. g3 (10. Be3 Ng4 (10... d6 {?/?}) 11. Bd4 Nh6 $3 {? ?f5} (11... Bf6 {?/?}) (11... d6) 12. g4 (12. Ng3 Bxa3+ 13. Be2 Bxb2 14. Nb5 $13 {Ree-Ligtering/1984/}) 12... d6 13. h3 f5 $17 {Groszpeter-Adorjan/1983/}) (10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 Re6 12. Bg2 Rxd6 13. Qc2 $36) 10... Bc5 11. Bg2 (11. Na4 b6 $1 (11... Bf8 12. Bg2 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Bd4 {?/? Polugajevsky-Cholmov/1961/}) 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. Be3 Ng4) 11... d6 (11... Ng4 12. O-O Qf6 (12... Qb6 13. Ne4 (13. Qe1) 13... Rxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kg2 d6 17. Bxh7+) 13. Nf4 Nxf2 14. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 g5 16. Ne4 Qb6+ 17. Be3 Qxb2+ 18. Kg1) 12. h3 $1 (12. O-O Bg4) 12... Bf5 $6 (12... a6 $1 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Nd4 Ne5 {? 15.... ?d7= Chandler-Andersson/1980/}) 13. O-O Nbd7 $6 (13... Ne4 {?} 14. Na4 Nd7) 14. g4 $1 Be4 (14... Bg6 15. Ng3 Ne5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Nce4) 15. Ng3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf8 17. g5 N6d7 18. h4 Ne5 (18... Rc8 {? ? 19.... ?b6, 20.... ?c5}) 19. h5 $1 {? ?ce4, h6; ? ?ce4, b3, f4} f6 20. Nce4 $1 fxg5 (20... Nfd7 21. f4 Nf7 (21... Nc4 22. Qd3 b5 23. b3) 22. g6) (20... Qd7 21. h6) 21. Bxg5 Qb6 22. h6 Nf7 23. hxg7 Nd7 24. Nf6+ $18 Nxf6 25. Bxf6 {? 26.b4 +-} Qb5 26. Rh1 Bb6 27. Qf3 $1 Ne5 (27... Bd8 28. Bc3 Ne5 29. Qf5 Qxd5+ 30. Ne4) 28. Nf5 $1 (28. Qf5 $18) 28... Nf7 29. Rxh7 $1 1-0 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.04.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Andersson, Ulf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E42"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Belov,Igor"] [PlyCount "166"] [EventDate "1981.04.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... Bc5 10. Na4 d6 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Nc3 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 $10) 10. Be3 $6 (10. g3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. h3 a5 13. b5 Qc7 $10 {Gligoric,S-Timman,J/Niksic/1983/0:1 (27) Inf 36/670/}) (10. d6 $5 Bf8 11. g3 b6 (11... Re6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Rxd6 14. Qc2 Re6 15. Bg2 Nc6 $10 {Korchnoi,V-Kindermann,S/Beer-Sheva/1984/0,5 (24) Inf 37/620/}) 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Bf4 Ne5 $10 {Miles,A-Csom,I/Esbjerg/1984/0,5 (58) Inf 38/744/}) 10... d6 $6 (10... Ng4 $142 11. Bd4 Nh6 $1 12. Qd3 d6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bf6 $15 {Semkov,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/Saint John/1988/1:0 (46) Inf 45/691/}) 11. h3 (11. g3 $5 $14) 11... Nbd7 (11... Bf8 12. g4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bg2 (14. Qd2 $5) 14... Rxe3 $5 15. fxe3 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Nd7 17. Nd4 Ne5 $13 {Lukov,V-Vilela,J/Cienfuegos/1983/Inf 35/(647)/}) 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Be2 Rxe3 $6 (13... g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Bd4 $14 {Kasparov/}) 14. fxe3 g6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Qd4 Bg7 (16... Bh6 $5 17. Rf3 Ne5 18. Rf2 (18. Rf4 $5 Bxf4 19. exf4 $14 {Kasparov/}) 18... Ned7 19. Nf1 $16) 17. Qf4 Ne8 $5 (17... Ne5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 (20... Bf5 21. Ng3) 21. Nd2 $16) 18. Rac1 Be5 19. Qf2 Ndf6 20. Bd3 h5 21. Nge2 $1 Nh7 22. Nf4 Nf8 (22... Bd7 23. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxf7+ $18) 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Rc2 (25. Nf3 $5 {? e4,?e1,e5/}) 25... Bg7 26. Qg3 Rb8 27. Re2 Nf6 (27... h4 $6 28. Qf2 {? ?f3/}) 28. Nf3 Be8 $1 29. e4 N6d7 30. Rc2 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Qf2 Nd7 {× e5/} 33. b4 Qd8 34. Be2 Bg7 35. Nd3 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Rfc1 (37. h4 $5) 37... Kg7 38. Rc7 Qg5 $6 (38... h4 $142) 39. R1c2 (39. h4 $142) 39... h4 $1 40. Bg4 Kh6 $1 41. Kh1 b6 42. Ra7 (42. Bd7 Bxd7 43. Rxd7 f6 44. Rcc7 Rh8 45. Qxb6 Qf4 $132) 42... Bg3 43. Qd2 Bf4 44. Qd4 Be5 45. Qg1 $1 a5 46. Qc1 Bf4 47. Qa1 Be5 48. Qg1 {Zugzwang/} axb4 49. axb4 Bf4 50. Qa1 Be5 51. Qa3 $1 Kg7 (51... Qf4 52. Qc1) 52. Rf2 Bf6 53. Qd3 Qe5 54. Be6 $1 Kg8 55. Qf3 Kg7 56. Qf4 Qd4 57. Rf1 {? ?d6/} b5 58. Bg4 $1 (58. Rc7 Ra8 {? ?a1/}) 58... Rd8 $1 (58... Qxa7 59. Qxf6+ Kg8 60. Qxd6 $18) 59. Rc7 Qb2 (59... Ra8 60. Qxd6 Ra1 61. Rcc1 $18) 60. Rc2 $1 Qd4 61. Rd2 Qe5 (61... Qc3 62. Rd3 $1 Qb2 63. Rdf3 $1 Be5 64. Qg5 Ra8 65. Qe7 $18 {Kasparov/}) 62. Qxe5 Bxe5 63. Rc2 Bd7 $1 64. Be2 $6 (64. Bxd7 Rxd7 65. Rc8 $18) 64... f5 $1 65. Rc7 Kh6 66. Bd3 fxe4 67. Bxe4 Kg5 68. Bd3 Bd4 69. Rb7 $6 (69. Rf3 $1 Bb6 70. Rb7 Bd4 71. Kh2 $3 Be5+ 72. Kg1 Bd4+ 73. Kf1 $18 {Kasparov/}) 69... Bc3 $1 70. Bxb5 Bf5 71. Be2 Ra8 72. b5 Ra2 73. Bf3 Rb2 74. Rb8 Bd4 $44 75. Rd1 Bc5 76. Kh2 Be3 77. Re1 Bf2 78. Rf1 Bc5 79. Re8 Bd4 $1 80. Rd1 Bf2 $1 81. Be2 Bd7 82. Re4 Bf5 83. Re8 Bd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "SWIFT-Chess World Championship"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E42"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1987.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 bxc5 12. dxc5 a5 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Na4 Ne5 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Qd4 Qc7 19. c6 Nf6 20. Rc2 Rab8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ne4 23. Rb1 Nd6 24. Rc5 Qa7 25. Nc3 Nf5 26. Qf4 d4 27. Ne4 d3 28. c7 Rbc8 29. b5 Qa2 30. Re1 Qb2 31. h4 Nd4 32. Kh2 Nxb5 33. Re3 d2 34. Rd3 Qb4 35. Nf6+ gxf6 36. Qxb4 1-0 [Event "Murcia m"] [Site "Murcia"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Psakhis, Lev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E42"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rad1 Rc7 15. Qh3 Ne7 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. Qg3 Rd7 18. d5 $3 exd5 (18... Bxd5 19. Bb5 $1 Rd6 (19... Rc7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qb3 $16) (19... Rb7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bc6 Rb8 22. Bxd5 $16) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ne4 $1 $16) 19. Bf5 Re7 (19... Rd6 20. Nb5 Rc6 21. Nxa7 $16) 20. h4 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rfe1 Re7 (22... Rd8 23. h5 Nf8 24. h6 $36) 23. Nb5 Rfe8 (23... a6 24. Nd6 Bc6 25. Nc8 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 b5 $2 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Ne7+ $18) 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Bh3 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 (26... Nxc8 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxd5 $16) 27. Nxa7 Rc2 28. b4 Kf8 29. Be3 Nf5 30. Bxb6 Ng4 (30... Nxh4 31. Bc5+ Ke8 32. Re1+) 31. Bc5+ Ke8 32. Nb5 Ra2 33. Nc3 Rxa3 34. Nxd5 f6 35. b5 Rb3 36. b6 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"] [Site "Debrecen"] [Date "1992.11.??"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E42"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1992.11.20"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "EU-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Georgia"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d6 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. Be3 g6 12. Rc1 a6 13. c5 (13. b4 $5 {(Kasparov,G) ?}) 13... Bg7 14. Na4 Nc6 15. Nb6 (15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 (16... dxc5 $6 17. Ndb6 $1 $16) 17. Qxd5 dxc5 (17... Qh4 $6 18. Rc4 $16) 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxc5 (19. Nb6 $6 Rb8 20. Bf4 $2 Bxb2 $1 21. Rxc5 Bd4 $1 $15) 19... Nd4 20. Bc4 $10) 15... Rb8 16. b4 d5 17. Qb3 g5 (17... Ne4 $6 18. Rfd1 {? a4, b5? ×d5}) 18. Nh3 (18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 (19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Qb2 e5 $1 21. dxe5 Ndxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 $1 {? d4}) 19... Bxd7 20. Qb2 Qf6 21. f4 Nxd4 22. fxg5 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxb2 24. Nxb2 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bc3 $15) 18... h6 19. Rcd1 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxc8 (21. Nxd5 $6 Be6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $44) 21... Qxc8 22. Rfe1 Re7 23. Bf1 (23. f4 $5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Qe8 26. Bd2 Ne4 (26... Rd8 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Re1 Qc7 29. Bc3 $16) 27. Bc1 $1 {? ?f2?}) 23... Qc7 24. Bd4 Rbe8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. f3 g4 28. Nf2 g3 29. hxg3 Qxg3 30. Qd3 h5 (30... Re5 $5 31. Nh1 (31. Nh3 Rh5 32. Kh1 $8 {?} Rxh3+ $2 33. gxh3 Nh5 34. Qf5 $1 {? ?g4}) 31... Qg5 32. Qd2 Re3 33. a4 $13) 31. Qf5 Re6 (31... Bh6 $2 32. Qxf6 Be3 33. Qb2 $18) 32. Nh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.05.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Achileus"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E42"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1998.05.24"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. c5 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 12. O-O-O Bf5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 e4 16. Qc3 b5 17. Bf4 a5 18. Qg3 Re8 19. h4 a4 20. h5 b4 21. Rh4 f5 22. h6 g6 23. Rh5 bxa3 24. bxa3 Qf6 25. Bg5 Qf7 26. Be3 Rab8 27. Rg5 Re6 28. Kc2 Qb7 29. Kd2 Rf6 30. Ke1 Qd7 31. Bf4 Rb3 32. Qh4 Kf7 33. Rg3 Qb7 34. Bg5 Re6 35. Qf4 Rb2 36. Bh4 Ke8 37. Rg5 Qa6 38. Rd2 Rb1+ 39. Rd1 Nxd4 40. Qd2 Nf3+ 0-1 [Event "Kasparov-SUI sim"] [Site "Switzerland"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2435"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1987.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. d5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. O-O-O Qe8 13. Rhg1 dxc4 14. Bxc4+ Kh8 15. g4 fxg4 16. Rxg4 Nf6 17. Rdg1 Nxg4 18. Rxg4 Rf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rg8+ Qxg8 21. Bxg8 Kxg8 22. Qc4+ Kf8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Nf4 Nc6 25. Nh5+ 1-0 [Event "Cordoba sim"] [Site "Cordoba "] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Yosifides, Aris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2295"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 f5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. f3 Ng5 11. Qe2 d6 12. e4 Qf6 13. Ba3 c5 14. Rae1 Nd7 15. exf5 exf5 16. h4 Nf7 17. Qe6 Qxe6 18. Rxe6 g6 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Kf2 Rfd8 21. g4 fxg4 22. fxg4 b5 23. h5 Nf8 24. Re7 Ba8 25. Rxa7 b4 26. Ree7 bxa3 27. Rxf7 Bc6 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. h6 1-0 [Event "Internet sim1"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1995.12.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Lerner, Al"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1995.12.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. e4 d6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Re1 g5 13. Nf1 Ba6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Qc2 O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 17. Qa2 Nh5 18. Nf5 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rdg8 20. Rb1 Kc7 21. f3 f6 22. Rb2 Ng6 23. Bd3 Nf4 24. Bf1 Ng6 25. Bd3 Nf4 26. Bf1 Ng6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.08.29"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Graf, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 c5 11. f3 Nd6 12. Ba3 Na6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 e5 17. d5 Nc7 18. Kg1 Rf8 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. Bc1 d6 21. Rb1 Bc8 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Be3 Nh8 24. a4 Ng6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rb7 Bg4 27. Nd2 Ra8 28. Qa4 Bc8 29. Rb1 Qd8 30. Qxa5 Ne6 31. Qxd8+ Nxd8 32. Ra1 a5 33. g3 h6 34. Kf2 Nf8 35. Nb1 Nd7 36. Na3 Nf6 37. Ke1 Nf7 38. Rb1 Bg4 39. Kf2 a4 40. Kg2 Bh5 41. h3 Bg6 42. Kf3 Rf8 43. Bd2 Nxe4 44. Ke3 Nfg5 45. Rf1 Rxf1 46. Bxf1 Nxg3 47. Bg2 Be4 48. h4 Bxg2 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Nb5 Nf5+ 51. Kf2 Be4 52. Bxg5 Bd3 53. Na3 Kf7 54. Ke1 Kg6 55. Bd8 e4 56. Kd2 Kh5 57. Bc7 g5 58. Nb5 Bxc4 59. Nxd6 e3+ 60. Ke1 Nxd6 61. Bxd6 a3 0-1 [Event "Patras sim"] [Site "Patras"] [Date "2001.07.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Androutselis, Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E44"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2001.07.22"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Bxg2 9. Rg1 Bb7 10. e4 g6 11. Bg5 d6 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. e5 Ne8 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Ng7 18. Bh3 Re8 19. Qd2 a5 20. Bf6 Ne6 21. Qh6 Nxf6 22. exf6 1-0 [Event "Botvinnik Memorial m 30'"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2001.12.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E44"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2001.12.07"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 087"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Be2 Bf8 10. e4 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Be3 c6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rcd8 17. Kh1 Qf7 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. b4 e5 20. Nf5 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Nb5 Qg6 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Qb1 e4 25. Nh4 Qf7 26. Be2 a6 27. Nc3 dxc4 28. Qb2 b5 29. Nf5 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Qxf5 31. Nc3 Nf6 32. h3 Rcd8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Qd7 36. Be2 Bc6 37. Qc1 g6 38. Qg1 Bg7 39. Bd4 Kg8 40. Be5 Nd5 41. Bxg7 Qxg7 42. Nxd5 Bxd5 43. Qc5 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Bf7 45. Bg4 Kg7 46. Qc7 Qf6 47. Bd1 h5 48. a4 Qd4 49. Bc2 e3 50. f5 e2 51. fxg6 e1=Q 52. Qxf7+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "URS"] [Site "Soviet Union"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Vdovin, Sergei1"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E46"] [Annotator "Kasparov,Garry"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Na6 $5 (9... a5 10. O-O Na6) 10. O-O Nc7 11. h3 $5 (11. f3 c5 $11) 11... Ne6 12. g4 Bd6 (12... h5 13. Ng3 hxg4 14. hxg4 Ng5 15. f3 $14) 13. f4 g6 14. Ng3 Ng7 15. Nh1 $1 (15. e4 $2 dxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 $15) 15... Bc7 (15... h5 16. Nf2 $1) 16. Nf2 $2 (16. Bd2 $142) 16... Nge8 $1 17. Bf3 Nd6 18. g5 Nfe8 $1 (18... Nfe4 $2 19. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxh3 22. Nf6+ $16) 19. Ng4 f6 20. Nh6+ $6 (20. h4 Bxg4 21. Bxg4 f5 22. Be2 h5 $1 $15) 20... Kg7 21. h4 Bf5 $6 (21... Nf5 $1 $15) 22. Qe2 Qe7 23. Qg2 $1 fxg5 24. hxg5 Kh8 25. Bd2 Ng7 26. Rac1 Ne4 $2 (26... Qd7 $142 27. Ng4 Bxg4 28. Bxg4 Ngf5 $11) 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Be2 Bd6 29. Bc4 a5 30. Ba2 $1 Be6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. d5 $1 cxd5 33. Bc3 Rac8 34. Bd4 Rc4 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Qd2 $18 b6 37. Bxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qd4+ Rf6 39. f5 Be5 40. fxe6 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Bxd4 42. e7 1-0 [Event "Banja Luka"] [Site "Banja Luka"] [Date "1979.04.24"] [Round "14"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kurajica, Bojan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1979.04.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. Ng3 c6 10. f4 Ne8 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O 1/2-1/2 [Event "URS-ch47 Final"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.12.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E46"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1979.11.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 a5 9. Bg2 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. h3 Bd6 12. g4 h6 13. f4 Na6 14. Ng3 b5 15. Qf3 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nce2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qf2 g6 20. Ng3 f5 21. b3 Be7 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Qe2 Rf8 24. Qh5 Qe8 25. Qxh6 Rf6 26. Qh5 Qxh5 27. Nxh5 Rg6 28. Kh2 Be6 29. Bd2 Kh7 30. Rg1 Kh6 31. Ng3 Rgg8 32. Ra5 c5 33. Rga1 Nc7 34. dxc5 Rad8 35. Bxb4 Rd3 36. Be1 Rxe3 37. Ra6 Nxa6 38. Rxa6 Rg6 39. Bf2 Rxb3 40. Bxe4 fxe4 41. f5 Rbxg3 42. Bxg3 Bxf5 43. c6 Kg5 44. Ra7 Bc5 45. Rc7 Bb6 0-1 [Event "Match/Training Kasparov-Tal +1-0=1"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1980.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1980.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Be7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Kc2 b6 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Bg2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Kb3 Nd6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. a4 a6 22. b5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Ne4 25. Ba3 Kf8 26. Na7 Nd2+ 27. Kc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Baku 20 Years"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1980.04.10"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Lechtynsky, Jiri"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2450"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1980.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. b4 Nf8 13. f3 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Ne6 16. e4 Qb6 17. Na4 Rxa4 18. Qxa4 dxe4 19. Kh1 exf3 20. Bxf3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bb2 Qc4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Bg2 Kg7 25. Qd1 Be5 26. b5 Bg4 27. Qd2 cxb5 28. Rb4 Qe2 29. Rf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "RUS-ch 57th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2004.11.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Epishin, Vladimir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2004.11.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 104"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6 9. Nf4 b6 10. Be2 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Ba6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Nd3 Rfa8 17. f3 R6a7 18. Kh1 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 20. Rc1 Qc8 21. Qc2 Rab7 22. Ra1 e5 23. Bc1 e4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Nb2 Nf6 27. Nc4 Qe6 28. Bd2 Bd8 29. Ba5 Bxa5 30. Rxa5 Nd5 31. h3 Nb4 32. Qe2 Nd3 33. Nb6 g6 34. Qa2 Qxa2 35. Rxa2 f5 36. g4 f4 37. exf4 Rd8 38. f5 Rxd4 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. fxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rg8+ Rg7 42. Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cannes sim"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Jones, Lee"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E47"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qc2 Ng6 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. h3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qf2 Re8 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Bf1 Ne7 20. Bc5 Nf5 21. g4 Ne7 22. b4 Qd8 23. Bg2 Qb8 24. f5 h6 25. Re1 Nc6 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Nxd5 Ne5 28. Rd1 f6 29. a4 Kh8 30. Nf4 Qc8 31. Ne6 Nd7 32. Bxb7 Qxb7 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Nb6 35. a5 Nc4 36. a6 Rb8 37. Bxa7 Rxb4 38. Rd8 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final B"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.05.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2380"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1981.05.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. f3 c5 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Nf4 Nb8 13. g4 Bd6 14. Kh1 Re8 15. g5 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Nh5 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. f4 g6 19. Qf3 b6 20. f5 Rb7 21. f6 Be6 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Re5 Rd8 24. Qe3 b5 25. Be2 b4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Bxh5 gxh5 28. g6 hxg6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qh6 Rb7 1-0 [Event "Brussels"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1987.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Meulders, Richard"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "1987.04.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. Qd3 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Ne5 14. Qd4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bg4 16. f4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qd3 Re8 19. Nc3 Qf6 20. Bd2 h5 21. Rae1 Bf5 22. Qf3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Qd4 24. Qd1 b5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Bd3 28. h3 a5 29. Kh2 Kf8 30. Nd1 Bd6 31. Kh1 Qxd5 32. Bxa5 Bxf4 33. Bd2 Bc7 34. Bb4+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Nf2 Bg6 37. Qe3 Qc4 38. Kg1 Bf4 39. Qe1 f6 40. Bc3 Bb8 41. Qe3 Bd6 42. Qd4 Qc6 43. Kf1 Bc5 44. Qd2 Bb6 45. Qe2 Qd5 46. Qd2 Qc4+ 47. Qe2 Qf4 48. Bd2 Qf5 49. Bc3 Bf7 50. Qf3 Qb1+ 51. Nd1 Bc7 52. Ke1 h4 53. Kd2 Bg6 54. Bd4 Qe4 55. Qxe4 Bxe4 56. Nc3 Bxg2 57. Nxb5 Bh2 58. Bf2 g5 59. Nd4 Kg6 60. b4 Bxh3 61. b5 Bg2 62. a4 h3 0-1 [Event "Brussels"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1987.04.24"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2605"] [Annotator "Nikitin,Aleksander S"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1987.04.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 $5 (10. axb4 dxc3 11. b5 Ne5 12. Nxc3 Bg4 13. f3 d4 14. Bxh7+ Nxh7 15. exd4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Re1) 10... Bxc3 (10... Be7 11. f3 $1 {[%CAl Yc1f4,Yd1d2,Yg2g4,Yg1h1,Yf1g1,Ye2g3]}) 11. bxc3 $1 {[%csl Gd4]} (11. Nxc3 Nxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd4) 11... Ne7 {[%CAl Yc8f5]} (11... h6 12. f3 {[%csl Rh6][%CAl Yg2g4,Yg1h1,Yf1g1]}) (11... Bg4 $142 12. Bg5 $1 Qd6 $140 $2 13. Qb1 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rh7]}) 12. Qc2 (12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Bh4 Nd6) 12... Bd7 13. Bg5 $1 Ng6 14. f4 h6 (14... Re8 15. f5 Nf8 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Nh5 N8d7 18. Rf3) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f5 $1 Ne7 17. Ng3 Nc8 (17... Kh8 {[%CAl Ye7g8,Yg8f6]} 18. Nh5 Qg5 19. f6 $1 Qxh5 20. fxe7 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Be6 22. Rxe6 $1 $18) (17... Qg5 18. Rf3 $1) 18. Rf4 $1 (18. Rf3 Kh8) 18... Nd6 (18... Qd6 19. f6 $3 Qxf4 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kh8 23. Nxf4 $18) 19. Qf2 $1 Rfe8 (19... Ne8 20. Nh5 Qg5 21. h4 $1 Qxh5 22. g4 $1) (19... Qd8 20. f6 (20. h4 $1) 20... g5 21. Nh5 $1) 20. Nh5 Qd8 21. Nxg7 $1 Ne4 (21... Kxg7 22. f6+ Kh8 23. Qh4) 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. f6 Kh7 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qf4 Bc6 26. Re1 $1 (26. Qf5+ Kh8 (26... Kg8 $2 27. Ne6 $1) 27. Rf1 (27. Ne6 $2 fxe6 28. Qg6 Qf8 $1 $17) 27... Qd5) 26... Qf8 27. c4 $1 (27. Re3 Qxa3 28. Rh3 Qa1+ $13) 27... Qxa3 28. Nf5 Qf8 29. Re3 Bd7 30. Rg3 Bxf5 31. Qxf5+ (31. Qxf5+ Kh8 32. Rg7) 1-0 [Event "Kasparov Chess sim"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2000.03.14"] [Round "13"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Abdullah, Che Hassan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2000.03.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 h6 10. e4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bb1 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ba3 Nbd7 15. dxc5 Ne5 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Ng3 Kh8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qc7 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Rd6 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Na5 23. Qb4 Nc6 24. Qb1 Bc8 25. h3 e5 26. Bc1 Qf7 27. Be3 Qe8 28. Bxh6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 gxh6 30. Bxc6 Qh5 31. Bf3 Qg5 32. Rg6 Qf4 33. Qe4 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Qh4 Qf4+ 36. Qxf4 exf4 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Rd6 Re5 39. c6 b6 40. Rd8 Bf5 41. Rd5 Kf6 42. Rxe5 Kxe5 43. Bg4 Bxg4 44. hxg4 Kd6 45. g5 Kxc6 46. g6 Kb5 47. g7 f3 48. g8=Q fxg2 49. Qd5+ Ka6 50. c4 g1=Q+ 51. Kxg1 1-0 [Event "New York Man-Machine m"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2003.02.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Comp Deep Junior"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2847"] [Annotator "Mueller,Ka/Schulz,A"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2003.01.26"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 094"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 {The Deep Junior has changed the opening strategy. They obviously don't want to see g2-g4 against the Semi Slav again. Das Deep Junior Team hat offenbar die Strategie gewechselt und will kein Kasparovsches g2-g4 gegen Halbslawisch mehr sehen!} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {The Nimzoindian Die nimzoindische Eröffnung} 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 {now a structu re from the Queen's gambit has arisen. nun geht das Spiel in damengambitartige Strukturen über.} 6. cxd5 {frees the Bc8, but gives White the opportunity to launch a majority attack with f3 followed by e4 or a minority attack (e.g. with b4-b5, if Black plays ...c6). Befreit den ?c8, gibt Weiß aber die Möglichkeit einen Majoritätsangriff mit f3 nebst e4 oder einen Minoritätsangriff zu starten (insbesondere mit b4-b5, falls Schwarz c6 spielt).} exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. a3 {rather tame. wirkt recht zahm.} c6 $146 10. Qc2 Bxh2+ $5 {A very courageous sacrifice by Deep Junior! Which other computer program would have played like this? Ein sehr mutiges Opfer von Deep Junior! Welches andere Computerprogramm hätte dies gewagt?} 11. Kxh2 {This is neccessary as Die Annahme ist Pflicht, denn} (11. Kh1 $2 Bc7 {is just bad. kann es natürlich nicht sein.}) 11... Ng4+ 12. Kg3 {only move einziger Zug} (12. Kg1 $2 Qh4 13. Rd1 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Rxe3 $19) (12. Kh1 $4 Qh4+ 13. Kg1 Qh2#) (12. Kh3 $4 Nxe3+ 13. Kh2 Nxc2 $19) 12... Qg5 13. f4 (13. Bxh7+ $6 Kh8 14. f4 Qh5 15. Bd3 Qh2+ 16. Kf3 Qh4 17. Ng3 Nh2+ 18. Kf2 Ng4+ 19. Kf3 $11) 13... Qh5 14. Bd2 Qh2+ (14... Rxe3+ $2 15. Bxe3 Nxe3 16. Qd2 Nxf1+ 17. Rxf1 $16) 15. Kf3 Qh4 16. Bxh7+ {Kasparov contends himself with a draw and puts his hopes in the last game on Friday. The alternative 16.g3!? had probably too wild complications to try it against a machine: Kasparov fügt sich ins Remis und setzt seine Hoffnungen damit in die letzte Partie am Freitag. Er hat die Alternative 16.g3 wohl wegen ihrer taktischen Komplexität verworfen:} (16. Ng3 Nh2+ 17. Kf2 Ng4+ 18. Kf3 $11 {(Gulko)}) ({Is Black's compensation after Hat Schwarz nach} 16. g3 $5 {really sufficient? This is certainly not easy to say and we have to wait for more detailed analysis. I can just look at some interesting lines: wirklich genügend Spiel für die Figur? Es ist jedenfalls nicht leicht zu sehen und man wird genauere Analysen abwarten müssen. Ich gebe lediglich einige Varianten an, für eine erschöpfende Analyse reicht die Zeit nicht aus:} Qh2 (16... Nh2+ 17. Kf2 Ng4+ 18. Ke1 $16 {Gulko: I don't like this for Black at all.} Qh3 19. Nd1 $5) 17. Rae1 (17. Rh1 $4 Qf2#) (17. f5 $6 Nd7 $1 18. Kxg4 Qg2 19. e4 ({One possible line after Eine mögliche Variante nach} 19. Rh1 $6 {is: lautet:} Nf6+ 20. Kh4 h6 21. Rag1 Bxf5 22. e4 Qf3 23. g4 dxe4 24. Bc4 Qf2+ 25. Rg3 Bxg4 {with powerful attack. mit gewaltigen Angriff.}) 19... Nf6+ 20. Kf4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 22. Nxe4 Nd5+ 23. Ke5 Bxf5 {with great complications according to IM Nikolai Vlassov in Chess Today 822. mit großen Verwicklungen. IM Nikolai Vlassov hat diese fantastische Variante in Chess Today 822 angegeben.}) 17... f5 (17... Nxe3 $2 18. Bxe3 Qh5+ 19. Kg2 Bh3+ 20. Kf2 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Qh2+ 22. Kf3 Qh5+ 23. g4 Qh3+ 24. Ng3 Rxe3+ 25. Kxe3 Qxg3+ 26. Kd2 $18) (17... Qh5 $2 18. Rh1 $18) 18. Bxf5 Qh5 19. Bxh7+ Qxh7 20. Qxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rh1+ Kg8 22. e4 {and White is better. und Weiß steht besser.}) 16... Kh8 17. Ng3 Nh2+ 18. Kf2 Ng4+ 19. Kf3 Nh2+ {Deep Junior has added a new, fascinating example to the long chapter of Bxh7+ (resp Bxh2+) Greek gift sacrifices! Deep Junior hat das lange Kapitel über die Läuferopfer auf h7 (bzw h2) mit dieser Partie um ein sehr interessantes Beispiel bereichert!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Niksic International"] [Site "Niksic"] [Date "1983.08.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E49"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2480"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1983.08.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. f3 Re8 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 c4 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rae1 h5 17. e4 g6 18. Bc1 Nh7 19. Qh6 Re6 20. f4 Ne7 21. f5 gxf5 22. Qxh5 dxe4 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Rxf5 Rae8 25. Re3 Rg6 26. Rh3 1-0 [Event "Cordoba sim"] [Site "Cordoba "] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Tejero, Maximiliano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E49"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. f3 c4 11. Bc2 a6 12. O-O Re8 13. Ng3 Qa5 14. Bd2 b5 15. e4 Qb6 16. Kh1 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bg4 18. Qc1 Rad8 19. Bg5 Ne7 20. h3 Nh5 21. Nxh5 Bxh5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qg5 1-0 [Event "Linares 20th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2003.03.07"] [Round "12"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E50"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2847"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2003.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 094"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne7 8. e4 d6 9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qf5 14. Qxf5 Nxf5 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rac1 h5 17. Kf1 a6 18. h3 b5 19. b3 Kf8 20. Ng5 h4 21. Re2 Rab8 22. Rce1 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 Nd7 24. f4 g6 25. Kd3 Ba5 26. Nge4 bxc4+ 27. bxc4 Bd8 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Nxb1 Nf6 30. Nbc3 Ke8 31. Be1 Nh5 32. Ne2 Kd7 33. Bc3 Be7 34. Kd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates qf Kasparov-Beliavsky+4-1=4"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1983.03.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Kasparov,Garry"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1983.02.27"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bd3 $1 Qxc3 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. d5 $1 Bxd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe3 $1 Kg7 18. Rac1 Nc6 $1 19. Be4 $2 ({Alle Vorteile der weißen Position konnten hier mittels} 19. Nd4 $1 {abgesichert werden. Danach wäre es für Schwarz nicht einfach gewesen, eine hinreichende Verteidigung gegen alle weißen Drohungen zu finden.}) 19... Qd6 $1 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rc4 Qd7 $2 (21... Ne7 $142 $1 {z.B.:} 22. Rh4 Nf5 23. Rg4+ Kh8 24. Qd3 Ne7) 22. Rh4 Qf5 23. Rxd5 $6 (23. Qh6+ $142 Kh8 24. Rf4 Qg6 25. Qh4 f5 26. Qh3 $1 (26. Rxd5 $2 Rad8)) 23... Ne5 $2 (23... Qb1+ 24. Ne1 Kh8 (24... Rg8 $5 25. Rdh5 (25. Rd3 Kf8 $1 (25... Kh8 $2 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qe4+ {[%csl Rb1][%CAl Ye4b1,Ge4h7]}) 26. Rxh7 Ne5 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Re3 Rac8 $13) 25... Kf8 $1 26. Rxh7 Re8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 $13) 25. Rdh5 Rfe8 26. Rxh7+ Qxh7 27. Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qh3+ Kg7 $13) 24. h3 $1 Rfe8 $1 25. Nd4 Qg6 26. Qf4 (26. Qd2 $2 Rad8 $1 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nf5+ Qxf5 29. Qxd8 Qg5 $15 30. Re4 $4 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Qb5+ 32. Re2 Qb1+ 33. Re1 Qxe1#) 26... Rad8 (26... Rac8 $2 27. Nf5+ Kh8 28. Nd6 Red8 (28... Rg8 {Nimzo 7.32} 29. g3 Rc5 $14) 29. Rh6 {mit Zertrümmerung der schwarzen Stellung.}) 27. Nf5+ Kh8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qe4 $1 Rc8 $1 (29... b5 $143 30. Kh2 $1 (30. f4 $2 Nf3+ $1) (30. g4 $2 Qg8 $1 31. Rh6 Ng6 32. Qc6 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd8 {und Schwarz kann sich behaupten}) 30... a5 31. g4 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%CAl Yh4h6,Yf2f4]}) 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Qa8+ Qg8 32. Qxa7 Rxh4 33. Nxh4 Qg5 34. Qa8+ $1 Kg7 35. Qe4 h5 $4 ({Das naheliegende} 35... Ng6 {führte nach} 36. Nf5+ Kg8 37. Qa8+ Nf8 {zu einer Position, in der Weiß dank seiner besseren Bauernstruktur und angesichts des machtvollen Springers ein gewaltiges positionelles Übergewicht erhält, aber das reduzierte Material erlaubt es Schwarz zumindest noch, auf eine Rettung zu hoffen.}) 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Ne7+ Kh6 38. f4 1-0 [Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.10.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Knaak,Rainer"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2000.10.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 079"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Seit 1985 war der Weltmeistertitel in der Hand von Gary Kasparov. Nach der Tradition der Schachwelt in über 100 Jahren wird Weltmeister, wer den amtierenden Titelträger in einem Weltmeisterschaftsmatch besiegt. Genau dies gelang - etwas überraschend - Vladimir Kramnik. Der 25-jährige Russe geht damit als 14. Weltmeister in die Schachgeschichte ein. Bei seinem 8,5:6,5-Sieg ließ er Kasparov nicht zur Entfaltung kommen. Dessen scheinbar schwaches Spiel war wohl in Wirklichkeit der Stärke des neuen Weltmeisters geschuldet.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Zu Nimzoindisch kam Kasparov erst, als er sowohl mit Grünfeldindisch als auch mit dem Angenommenen Damengambit Schwierigkeiten hatte.} 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 {Dieses System nennen Insider auch Karpov-Variante. In der Tat hat der Exweltmeister dieses System in den 70-er Jahren populär gemacht. Für Karpov war es die Hauptwaffe gegen Nimzoindisch mit 4.e3.} 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 {Diesen aggressiven Aufbau habe ich früher selbst gespielt; Schwarz spielt nun am sichersten 13...?xc3.} Be7 {Das wurde zunächst getadelt, doch wahrscheinlich zu Unrecht.} (13... Bxc3 14. Rxc3 h6 15. Bh4 {Ob Weiß hier Vorteil hat, ist sehr fragwürdig.} Bd5 (15... Qe8 $5) 16. Ne5) (13... Ba5 $6 {Das gab ich in ECO Band E 2. Auflage als zum Ausgleich führend an; wohl ein Irrtum.} 14. Ne5 Qc7 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qd4 16. Bxe6 Ng4 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. Bxc8 Ng4 19. Bxb7 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. h3 $16 {1-0 Knaak,R-Espig,L/Fuerstenwalde 1981/MCD (57)}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7 Rf8 19. Qe7 Ng4 (19... Qb8 20. Bh4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 $14 {1-0 Knaak,R-Spassov,L/Sochi 1980/MCD (64)}) 20. f4 Qc6 21. d5 $1 {(Fritz)} (21. Re2 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qd5 23. Rd2 Rf7 $11 {(ECO)}) 21... Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Be7 $1 Rc8 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Re7 $16) 14. Bxf6 {Vielleicht ist ja dieser viel gelobte Zug gar nicht so gut.} (14. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nb5 Rc5 $2 (17... Qg5 $5 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Ba6 20. Nd6 (20. a4 $5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nxe5 23. Rc7 $13) 20... Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Nxc4 Rc8 $11) 18. f4 Rfc8 $2 19. Nxa7 Rd8 20. Nb5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Rd2 22. Bf1 $18 {1-0 Shulman,Y-Smagin,S/St Petersburg 1994/EXT 98 (36)}) 14... Nxf6 ({Hier würde} 14... Bxf6 {die in der Partie folgenden Verwicklungen vermeiden.} 15. Nb5 Bxf3 $1 (15... Ra8 $2 16. Nd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxd4 18. Nxf7 Qf6 19. Bxe6 Qxf3 20. Ng5+ {mit großem weißen Vorteil.}) 16. Qxf3 a6 17. Nd6 (17. Na7 Rc7 (17... Bg5) 18. Nc6 Qc8 19. Bd3 Nb8 20. d5 exd5 21. Bf5 Qb7 22. Nb4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 24. Rd1 Bxb2 25. Nxd5 {und Fritz sieht trotz Minusbauern einen kleinen Vorteil für Weiß.}) 17... Rc7 18. Nxf7 (18. Bxa6 $2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nb8) 18... Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Nf8 20. Rxc7 (20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Bxf7 Rxf7 22. Rcd1 Rd7 23. Re4 $13) 20... Qxc7 {und Vorteil für Weiß ist nicht in Sicht.}) 15. Bxe6 $1 {Ein typisches Motiv, und sogar schon gespielt worden.} fxe6 $2 {Schwarz muss nicht schlagen.} (15... Rc7 $142 16. Ng5 (16. Bc4 $5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bd6 $13) 16... Bd6 {droht 17...?f4} (16... Qxd4 $1 $13) 17. Nb5 $1 (17. Rcd1 h6 18. Nxf7 Rcxf7 $13) 17... Re7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bc4 Qf4 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Rd7 22. Red1 $16 {/? Diese Stellung gilt es gegen die Partiestellung nach z.B. 21.?d6 abzuwägen, um zu bewerten, ob 15...?c7 wirklich besser gewesen wäre.}) 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Qxe7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxd4 {Es ist noch nicht so schlimm für Schwarz, Weiß versucht nun sofort die Schwäche der gegnerischen Grundreihe auszunutzen.} 19. Nb5 $1 Qxb2 $2 ({Auch} 19... Qf4 $6 {ist schwach:} 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd6 Qxf3 $2 (21... Ra8 22. Nf7+ (22. Ne8 Nxe8 23. Qxe8+ Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Rxf8 25. Re7 $14) 22... Kg8 23. Nd8 (23. Qe6 Rf8 24. Nd8+ Kh8 25. Qe7 Nd5 26. Ne6 Nxe7 27. Nxf4 $14) 23... Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Qg6 $14) 22. Nxc8 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke2 Qxc8 25. Kd2 $18 {1-0 Hazai,L-Danielsen,H/Valby 1994/EXT 98 (32)}) (19... Qd2 $5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd6 Rb8 $14) 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd6 Rb8 ({Nach} 21... Ra8 {Aber} 22. Ne8 $1 (22. Nf7+ Kg8 {kann von weißer Gewinnstellung noch keine Rede sein.} 23. Qe6 (23. Nd8 h6 24. Ne6 Nh5 (24... Ne8 $6 25. Re4 $1) (24... Nh7 $5 25. Qb7 Re8 26. Qd7 Rb8 27. Qxa7 Re8 28. Qd7 Rb8 29. f4 Qf6) 25. Qb7 Re8 26. Qd7 Rb8 27. Qxa7 Re8 28. Qd7 Rb8) 23... h6 $1 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 {Nun kann Weiß mit Springerzügen einen kleinen Vorteil behaupten, aber es geht nicht} 25. Qh3 $2 {weil nach} (25. Ng4 $16) 25... gxh6 26. Re7+ Kg6 27. Qg3+ Kf5 {kein Turm auf b8 hängt; Weiß hat nur Dauerschach.}) 22... Ng8 23. Qd7 h6 24. Kg2 $18) 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Qe6 Rf8 {Das verliert sofort.} ({Nach} 23... h5 {kann Weiß jedoch ebenfalls gewinnen:} 24. Ng5+ Kh8 25. Qf5 $1 {und das Eindringen des weißen Turmes über e7 oder auch e6 bringt die Entscheidung.} Qxa2 (25... Kg8 26. Re7) (25... h4 26. h3 Qxa2 27. Re7 Qa3 28. Rf7 Kg8) 26. Qg6 Qa3 27. Re6 Kg8 28. h4 $18) 24. Nd8+ Kh8 25. Qe7 1-0 [Event "EUR-ASIA m 30'"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2001.09.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2001.09.17"] [EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 086"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxc4 15. Qxa8 Nc6 16. Qb7 Nd5 17. Re1 Rb8 18. Qd7 Rd8 19. Qb7 h5 20. Bc1 Na5 21. Qxa7 Qc6 22. Qa6 Nc4 23. Rb1 Nc7 0-1 [Event "URS-ch49 Final"] [Site "Frunze"] [Date "1981.11.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Psakhis, Lev"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E55"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1981.11.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Ba2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. a4 Bb7 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Rfc1 Nd6 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Nd2 Nf5 19. axb5 Nd5 20. Bg3 axb5 21. Qxb5 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Nxd4 23. Qd3 Ra4 24. Nc4 Qd5 25. f3 Rfa8 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Bb1 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Qc5+ 29. Ne3 Qxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 Rxb1 32. Rb3 Rb4 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qd2 Bxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rb3+ 36. Kg2 h6 37. Qc2 Rb5 38. Kf3 Rf5+ 39. Kg2 h5 40. h4 g5 41. hxg5 Rxg5 42. Kh3 Rf5 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qd7 1-0 [Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.10.28"] [Round "12"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E55"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Wells,Peter K"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2000.10.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 080"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.01.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Having struggled a little with both the Grunfeld and the QGA, Kasparov switched to the Nimzo and showed it a greater tolerance! His loss in Game 10 led most to expect a change, but there is a rich variety of possible black defences in the Rubinstein.} 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 {A deviation from Game 10, where the position in the centre was immediately clarified. Stylistically, not to mention 'politically' it seemed strange to see Kasparov playing like Karpov, who was for many years the specialist in that particular IQP version!} 9. a3 {By far the most forcing, and I am surprised to find, clearly the second most popular choice behind 9 Qe2. The idea of course is that at this stage, black cannot happily take on c3, since any subsequent capture on d4 will be re-captured with the c-pawn, when white has a strong centre with no weaknesses. Since the game follows a very critical course, the assessment of 9 a3 will be seriously influenced by the ultimate consensus concerning Kramnik's compensation after move 12.} ({The main line} 9. Qe2 {used to be likely to introduce one of the sharpest and most tactical skirmishes within the entire Nimzo Indian complex, but nowadays there is a growing tendency for either side to deviate earlier, eg.} b6 (9... a6 $5) 10. d5 (10. Rd1 {is the quieter alternative - one recent example:} cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 $1 (12... Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 $14) 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rfe8 15. Re1 {This loss of tempo seems quite a strong case for 8...Nbd7 provided such a straightforward IQP type position can be reached.} Rac8 16. a4 Bd5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qh5 g6 (19... Nf8 $5) 20. Qh4 Bc4 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Bf4 Qxc3 22. Bxe5 Qxd3 23. Qf6 $40) 21. Bc2 Qb8 $6 22. Bg5 Bd5 23. Re3 $6 (23. Qh6 Kh8 24. Re3 $18) 23... Nxe5 24. Rh3 h5 25. Bf6 Nd7 26. Rg3 $40 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Ionescu,C/Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Wells] (42)}) 10... Bxc3 11. dxe6 Be5 (11... Ne5 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. e4 $1 Qe7 15. Re1 b5 {[%CAl Yc4f7]} 16. Bxb5 {[%csl Rf7]} Nh5 17. Bg5 $1 Qe6 (17... Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxg5 19. fxg4 Nf4 20. Qf3 Rxf7 21. Qg3 $14) 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxf7 $5 20. Be2 Ng6 $5 $44 {This huge complexity is now more often found in correspondence chess!})) 9... cxd4 {Looks best. As discussed above black would like to execute the 'standard exchange' on d4, after which he can further take on c3, and in this case a3 would represent something of a tempo loss.} (9... Bxc3 $6 10. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Yc3,Yd4,Ye3][%CAl Gc5d4,Gc3d4] would merely strengthen white's centre for no compensation,}) ({but} 9... Ba5 {is a legitimate alternative. However, a3 'for free' represents a reasonable partial gain of tempo after 10 Qe2 for instance.}) 10. axb4 {Of course!} (10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 {would lead to a typical set-up where a3 represents a costly loss of time.}) (10. Qxd4 {looks largely for the peacefully inclined!}) 10... dxc3 11. bxc3 {This structure, which is almost exclusively a child of the Nimzo-Indian, offers both sides interesting possibilities in comparison with the more standard backward pawn set-up with c3/d4. White has chances to make use of the a-file, while black may find a use for the move ...e5, one manifestation of the fact that white does not here have the grip over the e5 square characteristic of other variations. Black's main weapon however, is that it is his move, by which he can immediately force a concession} Qc7 {[%csl Rc3][%CAl Gc7c3]} 12. Be2 $5 {White has a chioce of concession to make - he can acquiesce in a slight misplacement of his pieces, or he can sacrifice a pawn. Of course the latter is the critical course - what is unclear to me is to what extent this formed a part of Kramnik's preparation. Clock times reveal little here - his 13th was played at speed, his 14th only after considerable thought.} (12. Qb3 b6 $5 {This looks perhaps the most promising way of exploiting the queens sally to the queen-side.} (12... Nb6 13. Be2 e5 14. c4 Be6 15. Bb2 Nxc4 16. Rfc1 {might give white a tiny edge}) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. c4 (14. h3 Ne5 $1 $132 {[%CAl Gb7g2]}) 14... Ng4 $1 15. g3 {[%CAl Gb7h1] with promising-looking counterplay.}) (12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Bd3 e5 $1 14. e4 Be6 {[%csl Rc4][%CAl Ge6c4] enabled black to set up a very comfortable blockade in 0-1 Villeneuve,A-Kosten,A/Torcy 1991/TD (79)}) 12... Qxc3 $1 {Right in principle - any other move fully vindicates 12 Be2. Right in terms of the match situation - Kasparov was trailing by two points and having difficulty making a real impact with white. Also, to my mind unrefuted by any of the subsequent analysis, for all that white's compensation makes a pleasing visual impression. In any case, White would like to play c4 next, and the other move tried in the position enabled him to do this without inconvenience.} (12... e5 13. c4 b6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qb3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. c5 $1 axb4 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Bxe5 $1 Qc6 21. Bf1 $14 {½-½ Garcia Gonzales,G-Balashov,Y/Leningrad 1977/MCL (95) - white has a distinct plus, based upon the bishop pair and extra central pawn.}) 13. Ba3 $5 $146 {In fact the first new move, since 12...Qxc3 has already been encountered in correspondence chess. The bishop is likely to be headed for b2 which in spite of the loss of time involved is much the most offensive square.} ({The alternative} 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qb1 Nd5 15. Rc1 Qb8 {gets white's pieces into the fray one move quicker, but to less daunting squares. Like Kramnik's choice, it offers compensation, but nothing really concrete.} 16. Bd3 $6 (16. e4 Nf4 17. Bb5 Ne5 $5) (16. Qe4 $5) (16. g3 $5 {[%CAl Yd2f4,Ye3e4]}) 16... h6 17. e4 Nf4 18. Bc3 b5 19. Bf1 a6 20. Qb2 f6 21. g3 Ng6 22. Bg2 e5 23. Qa2+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Nb6 25. Be3 Nc4 $15 {1-0 Schlosser,F-Kayser,F/corr WT/M 1991 (76)}) 13... Nd5 $1 14. Qb1 $1 {As in the previously quoted game this seems to be the correct formation for white's major pieces - from a1,b1,c1 they get maximum use out of the open files and diagonals. strange is that this move took a lot of time, whereas 13 Ba3 did not. 13...Nd5 is a strong move, but not perhaps an especially difficult one.} (14. e4 Nf4 15. b5 Re8 16. Bd6 e5 17. Ra3 Qc1 $5) 14... Qf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. b5 Rd8 17. Bb2 (17. Nd2 $5 {was suggested by Shipov, but his antidote also looks to deny white any clear route to a plus viz:} a5 $5 (17... Nc3 $6 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 $32 {[%csl Ya3,Ye4][%CAl Ya3e7,Ye4b7]}) 18. Ne4 Qh4 19. Rd1 $5 {Wells} (19. Rc1 Ne5 20. Be2 b6 21. Bd6 Ng6 22. Bg3 Qe7) (19. Nd6 $6 Ne5 20. Bh7+ (20. f4 {Wells} Nxd3 $1 (20... Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Ng4 22. h3 Ngxe3 23. Rf3) (20... Ng4 $4 21. Bh7+) 21. Qxd3 b6 22. f5 Nf6 $13) 20... Kh8 21. f4 (21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Nc3 23. f4 Rxd6 24. fxe5 Rd7 $17 {-Wells}) 21... Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Ng4 $17) 19... f5 (19... Ne5 20. Be2 $13) 20. Nd6 Ne5 (20... Nc3 $2 21. Qb3) 21. Qb2 $13) 17... Qe7 18. Ra4 $40 {[%csl Gf6][%CAl Yd3h7,Yb2g7,Ya4g4,Yg4h4,Gf7f6,Gd7f8,Gc8d7,Gd7e8] Several commentators have suggested that white's position looks really imposing, and noted that Kasparov himself said he would have enjoyed a crack at the white pieces! True, one might have expected to find the players on opposite sides of such a principled battle between all-out attack on the king, and defence/conversion of the material. Still, while it can hardly be denied that white has compensation, I am a little surprised by the general acclaim for white's chances. I regard myself as a keen, even on occasions incautious investor of material, but I am not sure how enthusiatically I would adopt the white cause - in principal white's superiority on the dark squares ( black's absence of dark-squared bishop ) is relatively easily blunted by the move ...f6 ( + possibly ...e5 ). This of course creates white square hazards in turn, but black is not so far away from moves such as ...Ne7, and Bd7-e8 which would serve to cover these in turn. I do not want to overstate the case - I strongly suspect that white is not worse - but I believe that Kasparov's play has been 'correct per se', rather than just ' correct for the occasion'.} Nc5 {Again looks the right decision.} (18... e5 $6 19. Rc1 N7b6 20. Ra5 {[%csl Ra7,Re5] seems merely to boost white's prospects of compensation on both sides of the board.}) 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rh4 $5 {Again commentators regard this as tempting, but due to white's decision to switch in a moment to holding the queenside suggest that 20 Rc4 might have been better.} ({In view of what I said above about the role of the move ...f6, the really striking thing for me is the unpromising nature of the apparently logical} 20. Rg4 {This really succeeds in opening up the dark squares, but nonetheless the concrete tactics still favour black after} e5 $1 (20... Nf6 $6 21. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Rh4 $40) 22. Rf4 Qe7 23. Ne5 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6]}) (20... f6 $6 21. Nh4 $40) 21. Rg3 $5 (21. Rxg7 $2 Kxg7 22. Nxe5 Nf6 $17) (21. Bf5 $5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 f6 $13) 21... e4 $1 (21... f6 22. Nh4 $40) (21... Nf6 22. Nxe5 $1 Nxh7 $140 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc6+) 22. Bd4 (22. Rxg7 $2 Nf6 23. Rg5 (23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Bxe4 Qg7 $17) 23... hxg5 24. Nxg5 Rd5 $17) (22. Bxe4 $6 Qxe4 23. Bxg7+ Kh7 24. Bd4 (24. Qa1) 24... Qxb1 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Rg7+ Kf8 28. Rxb1 Ne6 $17) (22. Ne5 $6 Nf6 $1 (22... Kxh7 $2 23. Nc6 bxc6 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Ba3) 23. Bg6 Be6 {and again black defends.}) (22. Qa1 Nf6) (22. Bxg7+ Kxh7 23. Bd4 Nf6 24. Qa1 Nh5) 22... Nf6 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxe4 Nh5 $1 $17) ({Therefore,indeed, attention must switch to} 20. Rc4 $5 {In comparison with the game, white has the e5 square for his knight, and more squares on the a1-h8 diagonal, but not the weakness on g6 to aim at. It is still a matter of debate which counts for more.} Bd7 21. Ne5 $6 (21. Ba3 $5 b6 22. Ne5 $44) 21... Bxb5 22. Rh4 Bxf1 23. Rxh6 Bd3 $1 {Shipov} 24. Bxd3+ Kg8 25. Bh7+ Kf8 {and again black escapes.}) 20... f6 $1 {[%csl Gf6,Rg6][%CAl Yb2f6]} 21. Rc4 {This clearly is a big psychological moment. It is not that white necessarily gives up any hope of a king-side attack ( the g6 square is not running away ), but coming after a very long thought it clearly represents a belief that all immediate attempts were found wanting, as well as a switch into 'defensive mode' on the queenside which reveals a lack of false pride and speaks volumes for Kramnik's pragmatic common sense. Indeed, analysis has yet to unearth anything approaching a knock-out punch:} (21. Rh3 Bd7 22. Nh4 Be8 23. Ng6+ Bxg6 24. Qxg6 Qe8 $1 $15) (21. Rc1 $5 Bd7 (21... b6 $5) 22. Ba3 $5 b6 23. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Ra7] is a sensible try which again stresses the positional over the 'all-out attack'. I suspect white has enough for the pawn in such a case, although not more.}) (21. Rh5 Bd7 22. Nh4 Be8 23. Ng6+ Bxg6 24. Qxg6 Qe8 {is a now familiar story.}) (21. Rg4 Bd7 22. Nh4 {[%csl Rg6]} Be8 $1 $15) (21. Qg6 $5 {is a great idea of Shipov's, intending} Bd7 $1 22. Ne5 $5 {but unfortunately} fxe5 (22... Be8 23. Rxh6 $1 fxe5 24. Qg3 $1 Nf6 25. Bxe5 {leaves black strangely in deep trouble}) 23. Bxe5 Nd3 24. Ba1 e5 $19 {is a jolt back to reality.}) 21... Bd7 22. Ba3 (22. Nh4 {is as usual best met by} Be8 $1 {but Kasparov was apparently concerned by white's compensation after the simple} 23. Ng6+ Bxg6 24. Bxg6 $13 {Of course, this would clearly vindicate white's 21st, since c4 is much the best square for complementing the bishop pair in such a case.}) 22... b6 23. Be4 $2 {Kramnik apparently either missed or underestimated black's reply which takes advantage of the 'time-out' to liquidate black's backward pawn on a7.} ({Necessary to the efficient execution of his intended holdng operation on the queen-side was to keep this pawn backward by} 23. Bd3 $1 {preparing to meet} a6 {with} 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 $1 Rb6 27. Qc1 {and full equality.}) 23... a6 $1 {Good reflexes! Both players were by now short of time.} 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxc5 (25. Qb2 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 Bb5 {would not be an improvement from Kramnik's point of view.}) 25... bxc5 26. Rfc1 Ra5 $17 27. Qb2 (27. Nh4 {is no longer well-supported, and can by now be simply side-stepped by} Qd6 $1) 27... Rb5 28. Qa3 Nb6 $5 {Tricky indeed, but probably the simple} (28... Rc8 {is objectively better.}) 29. R4c3 (29. Rxc5 $2 {loses very artistically to} Bc6 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%CAl Rd1g1,Rd8d1]}) 29... Rb4 30. Nd2 $1 {A difficult move - it is easy to see that the desirability of the knight performing the dual role of defending e4, and covering c4, much more problematic to understand that it is not simply too vulnerable here.} f5 $6 $138 (30... Bc6 $1 {would have been stronger. Black retains some winning chances after either} 31. Rxc5 ({or} 31. Bxc6 Rxd2 32. Rd3 Rdb2 33. Rcd1 (33. Be4) 33... Rb1 $17) 31... Rxe4 $1 32. Qa5 (32. Nxe4 Bxe4 $17) 32... Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Bd5 34. f3 {and white's defence will not be easy, but black has some way to go to coordinate fully.}) 31. Bf3 $6 $138 {The position is simply too difficult to play to expect perfection in mutual zeitnot.} (31. Rxc5 $1 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Qb4 Na4 34. R5c4 Qxb4 35. Rxb4 {[%csl Re4] is quite a different story structurally. White is fine here.}) 31... Na4 $6 {Again time-trouble causes Kasparov to prioritise the tricky over the solidly founded.} ({Better} 31... Rc8 $1 $17) 32. Rxc5 $1 Rb2 33. Nc4 $1 Qxc5 $11 {A fascinating struggle, and about as close as Kramnik came to losing in the match. Theoretically the jury is still out. At the moment white's compensation looks sufficient, but not more. If something concrete is found, then black would have to think twice about 8...Nbd7 since after 9 a3 the play is quite impressively forcing.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.16"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E59"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Psakhis,Lev"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Surprise for Kasparov. Kramnik never played Nimzo in his life. Gary made now every move after long thoughts.} 4. e3 {I suspect, that two great K spent a lot time together anylizing 4.Qc2} O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 {Rare move.Normal continuation here} (11... e5 {??g4} 12. h3 b6) 12. Re1 $5 (12. Qe2 e5 13. d5 e4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. c4 {[%CAl Yf2f4]} Neg4 16. f4 exf3 17. gxf3 Ne5 18. Kh1 {1-0 Furman,S-Kondratiev,P/Leningrad 1952 (32)}) 12... e5 13. e4 Bg4 $6 {New and not best move. Clearly stronger} (13... cxd4 $5 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bg5 (15. e5 Ng4) 15... Bg4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qe5 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Rd3 Ne7 $13 {½-½ Knaak-Horvath,Cs/Dresden 1988 (56) with unclear game.}) 14. dxc5 $1 {Natural 14.d5 will be serious positional mistake- bishop on a2 could be closed for a long time.} bxc5 15. h3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $14 {[%CAl Ya2f7,Yc1g5,Ya1b1] Kasparov has clear advandage with two bishops in open position.} Rd6 18. Bg5 $5 (18. Be3 Qa5) 18... h6 19. Bh4 Rfd8 (19... Rb8 20. Red1) 20. Rab1 $5 {[%CAl Yb1b7]} Ne7 $5 {Kramnik trying to improve knight's position} (20... Rd3 21. Re3 {[%CAl Rh4f6]}) 21. Bc4 Nc8 {[%CAl Yc8b6]} (21... Ng6 $5 22. Bg3 Rd2 (22... Rb8 $6 23. Qf5 {[%CAl Rf5g6]}) (22... Rb6 $5) 23. Qf5 Kh8 $14) 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Bb5 Re6 24. a4 $1 {White has to push away knight from b6.} c4 $5 {[%csl Gd3]} (24... a5 $6 $16 {[%csl Rb5]}) 25. Qe2 Rd3 26. a5 Nc8 $6 ({Better chances for positive result gives} 26... Nbd7 $5 {For example:} 27. Rb4 Rxc3 28. Qa2 $1 (28. Qd2 Ra3 29. Rxc4 Qxa5) 28... Nc5 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Rc6 31. Bd5 Nd3 $1 32. Bxc6 Nxe1 33. Bd5 Nd3 $14) 27. Rb4 $1 Rxc3 (27... Nd6 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. Qxd3 $18) 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 (28... Qxa5 $6 29. Qd2 $1 {Maybe Kramnik missed this move when he played 26...?c8}) 29. Qxc4 Qb8 (29... Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Rc6 31. Bf1 Rc5 32. a6 {is not great choice also.}) 30. Qc5 $1 Nd6 31. Bd3 Nd7 32. Qa3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Re5][%CAl Ye1b1] White's plan is very easy: to play in good time a6, and to attack weak pawn on a7.} Nf8 33. Rb1 Qc7 34. Rc1 Qd8 35. a6 $1 Ng6 36. Qc5 Re7 37. f3 $1 {[%CAl Yg3f2,Rf2a7]} Ne8 38. Bf1 {Difference between bishops and knights is very clear now.} Rc7 39. Qe3 Rd7 (39... Rxc1 40. Qxc1 {and Black can't protect a7 pawn.}) 40. Kh2 $5 {Kasparov shows that he has enough time for his plan and doesn't need to be in hurry.} Re7 41. Rc6 (41. Rb1 $142 $1 $18 {??b7 Dokhoian}) 41... Kh7 42. Qc1 {Everything according to rules: Rook ahead of Queen on the open line.} Nc7 43. Qc3 Qd7 44. Rc5 Qd6 (44... Ne6 45. Rd5 Qc7 46. Bxe5 Nxe5 47. Qxe5 $18) 45. Bf2 Ne6 46. Rd5 Qb8 47. Rb5 Qd6 48. Rb7 {Rook came on b7- beggining of the end.} Nd4 49. Qb4 {Move by move, Kasparov blackmailed his opponent with queen exchange.} Qf6 (49... Qxb4 50. Rxb4 Rc7 51. Bxd4 (51. Rb7 Rc1 52. Bxd4 exd4 53. Bb5) 51... exd4 52. Rxd4 $18) 50. Qc5 Nc6 51. Be3 $1 Re6 52. Bc4 Re7 53. Bd5 $18 {With simple but strong moves Kasparov got a completely winning positions.} Nd4 54. Rxa7 Rxa7 55. Qxa7 Ne7 (55... Nxf3+ 56. gxf3 Qxf3 57. Qxf7 Nf4 (57... Qe2+ 58. Bf2) 58. Qf5+ Kh8 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Bg8+ Kg6 61. Qf5#) 56. Bc4 h5 57. Qc5 {Great positional achievments for Kasparov.} 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E59"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 069"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 10380]} 1. d4 {Wells. Ftacnik. McShane} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {Wells: 'Ivan has written both a book and a monograph on 4 Qc2, but is also increasingly branching out in this direction. '} O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 {'!?' Wells.} (9... dxc4 {Wells} 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 {is a more common route to the position we encounter at move 12. The move order in the game reflects a prevailing belief that 10 cxd5 does not offer white any clear route to a plus.}) 10. Qc2 (10. cxd5 {Wells} exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Nd2 Re8 $1 {is looking pretty resilient at the moment. Black has good chances of maintaining his light-square blockade.}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bd3 Re8 (12... Bg4 {McShane: is also possible, and after} 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 {with the two bishops White is a little better.}) 13. e4 {'!?' Wells. Wells: 'Ivan Sokolov has been very productive of interesting ideas for white in the Nimzo-Indian with both 4.Qc2 and latterly 4.e3. Here however his talent has been for some admirable archaelogical digging. The text move was popular in the 1950s and to some extent the 60s too, before dying out, as is often the case for no particularly convincing reason. The main line '} (13. dxe5 {Wells} Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 {leads to heavily analysed structures.}) 13... exd4 (13... c4 14. Bxc4 exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 (15... Rxe4 $5 16. Bd3 (16. Ng5 $2 Nxd4 17. Qa2 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne2+ $17) 16... Re7 17. Bg5 (17. d5 Nxd5 (17... Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Rxe5 20. d6) 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bg5) 17... Bg4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 20. Be4 Rh8 (20... Rae8 $1) 21. g3 f5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Bh3 24. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Nor,I-Seidl,J/Graz 1998/EXT 99/[Wells] (35)}) 16. Bd3 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Nxe4 {should be about equal, but isn't really Kaparov's style. He heads straight for the tactics. Wells: 'is given as '?' by Ivan Sokolov. '} (17... Nxe4 {Wells: is given as '?' by Ivan Sokolov.} 18. Re1 Nd6 19. Bf4 Nac4 20. Bb3 Bf5 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Nd3 Rad8 23. Nc5 Bc8 (23... Bd5 $4 24. Bxd6 $18) 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Bc7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rf8 27. d5 Nxa3 (27... b6 $5) 28. d6 Nb5 29. Re7 a5 (29... b6 $5) 30. Bb8 a4 31. Nxa4 Be6 32. Rxb7 Bd5 33. Rb6 Nd4 34. h3 h5 35. Nc5 Ne6 36. Na6 Rc8 37. Bc7 Kf8 38. d7 Ra8 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. d8=Q+ Rxd8 41. Bxd8 {1-0 Rogers,I-Solomon,S/Sydney 1999 (41)})) 14. cxd4 Bg4 15. e5 (15. Qxc5 Nxe4 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. Be3 (17. d5 Ne5 18. Be2 Qh3 19. Qe3 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ng6 21. Qg5 Rxe2) 17... Nxe4 (17... Nxe4 {Wells} 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. fxe4 Qg4+ $11 {is one route to early peace. The text leads to a rather forcing sequence resulting in a very sharp position due to the vulnerability of both sides' kings.})) 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng5 (17. Ne5 Be6 18. Be3 $11) 17... Rxd4 (17... Re7 18. Qc2 g6 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Qd2 Kxf6 22. d5 Rd8 23. Bb2+ Ne5 24. f4 Qc5+ $15) 18. Bb2 Rd3 $17) (15. dxc5 {McShane} Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 {is not good news for White}) 15... Bxf3 16. exf6 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bb2 Rad8 {'?' McShane. McShane: 'With the c-pawn pinned, White was threatening Bxd4+'} (19... Qe5 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. gxf3 Rh8 22. Qe4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Rxh7 24. Qxd4+ f6 25. Qd6 $16) 20. gxf3 (20. Rfc1 Rh8 (20... Re2 21. Bxd4+ Rxd4 22. Qc3 (22. Qxc5 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxc5 $19) 22... Qf4 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Kxh7 25. Rxc5 Rdd2 $15) 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Kxh7 23. Bxd4 Rhg8 24. Be5 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rg6 26. Rc3 Bg2+ 27. Ke2 Re8 28. Re3 {½-½ Langeweg,K-Kuijpers,F/Leeuwarden NK 1980 (28)} Rc6 $15) (20. Bf5 $5 {Wells might be a safe option for a minimal edge} Re2 (20... Rh8 21. h3) 21. Bxd4+ Rxd4 22. Qc3 Bd5 23. Rfe1 {and white's king is somewhat the safer, although black's pieces are well centralised and it may not amount to too much.}) 20... Rh8 21. Kh1 Rxh7 {Ftacnik: 'Only Kasparov could answer the question, why he refrained from the more promising idea 21...Kf8!?' Wells: 'The problem with this is that by his next couple of moves white is able to gain time to both cover h2 and to mount a dangerous counter-attack on the g-file. If we can detect a reason why white once gave up this interesting line, it might be due to the alternative '} (21... Kf8 22. Qe4 (22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. f4 Rxf4 $17) 22... f5 $1 (22... f6 23. Bxd4 (23. Qh4 Rxh7 (23... Qg7 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Qh3 Rd7 26. Qf5 Rxh7 27. Qxc5+ Qe7 $132) 24. Qxf6+ Ke8 25. Rfe1+ Kd7 26. h4 Rf8 27. Re7+ (27. Qg5 Qf4 $19) 27... Rxe7 28. Qxf8 $132 {0-1 Endzelins-Bouwmeester/Eu-Echecs Jub T /FS 1984 (44)}) 23... Rxd4 24. Qg6 Rxh7 25. Qxf6+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rac1 c4 $17 {0-1 Vladimirov-Lisitsin/Moscow semi-finals 1955 (33)}) 23. Qh4 Rxh7 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Rfe1+ (25. Qg6+ Qf7 26. Rfe1+ Kf8 $17) 25... Kd7 26. Re5 Kc8 (26... Rdh8 27. Bxd4 Rxh2+ 28. Kg1 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 R8h2+ 30. Kg3 Rh3+ 31. Kf4 Rh4+ 32. Kxf5 Rh5+ 33. Ke4 R1h4+ 34. f4 $18) 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Qxf5+ Kb8 $17 {0-1 Marks,I-Tenev Teno,P/cr EU/M/GT 1988 (39)}) 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg3 (23. Bxd4+ Rxd4 24. Rg3 b6 25. Rag1 Qc8 26. Qe2 f6 27. Qf1 Rdh4 28. R1g2 Rd4 29. Qg1 Rd8 30. Rg6 $132) 23... Qe5 24. Rag1 {McShane: 'Here White threatens Qxh7+ and Rh3 mate. '} Rh4 $2 $16 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The first independent move is very unfortunate, it seems that black's position instantly becomes hopeless.'} (24... Qh5 25. R1g2 f6 (25... b6 26. Rg4 $16) 26. Qg6 (26. Qc4 Qf7 27. Qxf7 {'!' Wells. Wells: 'I.Sokolov'} (27. Qxc5 $1 {Wells I.Sokolov} Ne2 28. Qg5 Rd1+ (28... Nxg3+ 29. fxg3 Rd6 30. Rc2) 29. Rg1 Nxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rd6 31. Rc1 Rh5 32. Qf4 $16) 27... Rxf7 28. f4 b5 $15 (28... Rd6 $6 $11 29. Rh3+ Rh7 30. Rhg3 Re7 31. Rh3+ Rh7 32. Rhg3 {½-½ Porath,Y-Stahlberg,G/Amsterdam 1954 (32)})) (26. Qd1 Re7 27. Qg1 b5 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. Rxg8+ Kh7 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. Rxg4 Rd7 $17 (31... Nxf3 32. Bxf6 Rd7 $15)) 26... Qxg6 27. Rxg6 f5 28. R2g5 Rf8 29. Rd6 Rg7 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Rff7 32. h4 Kh7 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Rxf5 Kh6 $11) 25. Qc1 $2 $11 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'The position appears to be in the balance: Black has a healthier queenside in return for his weaker king position. But it is the weaker king that counts when Sokolov powers through on the g-file. Kasparov can't do a thing to challenge the white rooks, as his own rooks aren't working together.'} (25. f4 $1 $16 Qh5 (25... Qd6 26. Qf5 Qc6+ 27. f3 Qh6 28. R3g2 b6 (28... Qxf4 29. Qxc5 $18) 29. Qxf7 $18) 26. R1g2 (26. Bxd4+ cxd4 27. R3g2 Qf3 $15) (26. f3 $1 Qh6 (26... Rh3 27. Rxh3 Qxh3 28. Qe4 f6 (28... Qe6 29. Qxb7 $16) 29. Qxb7 Qd7 30. Qe4 $16) 27. Qg2 Qf8 28. Rg7 Rh6 29. Qg5 Rg6 (29... Rh3 30. Qf6 $18) 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 $18) 26... Re8 27. Qd2 Qd5 28. Rg5 Qe4 (28... f5 $1 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Bxd4+ Kh7 (30... cxd4 31. Qxd4+ $18) 31. Be5 Rg4 32. Rg3 Rxg3 33. hxg3 $132) 29. Rxc5 Qe1+ 30. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Rg1 $18) 25... Kh7 $4 $18 (25... Qh5 $1 26. R3g2 (26. R1g2 Re8 27. Qg1 Qe5 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. Rxg8+ Kh7 30. Ra8 $1 (30. Rf8 {Ftacnik} Qg7 31. Qb1+ $1 Kh6 32. Bc1+ Kh5 33. Be3 $18) 30... Qf4 31. Qg8+ Kh6 32. Qh8+ Kg6 33. Qg8+ Kh6 $11) 26... f6 (26... b6 27. Qe3 {[%CAl Ge3e7]} Qd5 28. Qe7 Rh6 29. Rg3 {[%csl Rh8][%CAl Ge7f6]} Kh7 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rxf7 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qh5+ 33. Kg3 Rg8+ 34. Kf4 Qxf3+ 35. Ke5 $1 $18) 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qb3 Qh7 30. Qa4 Ra8 31. Re1 Qf7 32. Qb4 (32. Re4 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Rd8 34. Qa5 $1 b6 35. Qf5 Rg8 36. Qh3+ Qh7 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qc8+ (38. Qxh7+ Kxh7 39. Kg2 b5 40. Kf3 a5 41. Ke2 b4 42. a4 $11 (42. axb4 axb4 43. Kd3 b3 44. f4 Kg6 45. Kd2 Kh5 46. h3 $11)) 38... Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qxd4 Qh3 $44) 32... Rd8 33. Re7 Qd5 34. Qxb7 Qxb7 35. Rxb7 d3 36. Rg1 d2 37. Rd1 Rc4 38. Rbb1 $11) 26. Qb1+ {'!' McShane.} Kh8 (26... f5 27. Bxd4 cxd4 (27... Rdxd4 28. Qxb7+ $18) (27... Qxd4 28. Qxf5+ Kh8 29. Rh3 $18 {[%CAl Gf5h5]}) 28. Qxb7+ Kh8 29. Qf7 $1 $18) 27. Qf1 Qe6 28. Qg2 {McShane: ' White has the unmeetable threat of Rg8+ followed by mate.' Ftacnik: 'The pressure along the g-file is simply too strong.'} 1-0