[Event "URS Training"] [Site "Soviet Union"] [Date "1980.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1980.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [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. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 Bb7 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nc4 c5 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. Re1 cxd4 16. Nc2 Nc5 17. Bh6 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Re8 19. Nxd4 Ng4 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. g3 Bf6 22. Bc3 Rad8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Qe2 Ne5 26. Re1 Qd5 27. h3 Qb7 28. f4 Nd7 29. Kh2 Qd5 30. Nb5 Bxc3 31. Nxc3 Qc6 32. Rd1 Rf8 33. Nd5 Kg7 34. b4 1-0 [Event "Bugojno"] [Site "Bugojno"] [Date "1982.05.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2605"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1982.05.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "Kasparov"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Na3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Rac1 Nc6 12. Nxc4 Qe7 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 $16 Nd5 15. Rfd1 Nb6 16. Qa5 $1 g6 (16... f6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 {+-}) 17. Rd3 $1 Nd5 (17... Rd8 18. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 19. Rxd8+ Qf8 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rc7 $18) 18. e4 Nb6 $8 {? 19.... f6 20.?c4 ?c4 21.?c4 b6 22.?c3 ?a6} (18... Qb4 $2 19. Rxd5) 19. Bf1 $1 Re8 (19... f6 {?} 20. Nc4 Bd7 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Qxb6 Bc6 23. a3 {?/+-}) 20. Rdd1 $1 Rf8 (20... f6 21. Nc4 Bd7 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Qxb6 Bc6 24. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 $18) 21. a3 $1 Kg7 22. b3 {? a4-a5 +-} Kg8 23. a4 Rd8 24. Qc5 $1 (24. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 (24... Qe8 25. Ng4 $1) 25. Rxd8+ Qf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rc7) 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-12c"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1982.09.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1982.09.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qb3 Bg4 11. e3 a5 12. a3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a4 14. Qd1 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd7 16. Rc1 Na5 17. Bxa5 Rxa5 18. Rc5 Rea8 19. Qc2 c6 20. Rc1 g6 21. Qd3 Kg7 22. R1c3 h5 23. h4 Qe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-25"] [Site "Luzern"] [Date "1982.11.13"] [Round "13"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Andersson, Ulf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1982.10.30"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Sweden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "SWE"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 Qe7 8. Rd1 Rd8 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. e4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 e5 16. Rd2 Bc6 17. Rfd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Niksic International"] [Site "Niksic"] [Date "1983.09.05"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "65"] [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. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. Nd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. f3 c6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. Rad1 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Ncb5 Qb8 21. e5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 Qb8 24. Nf5 Ne6 25. Nbd4 Re8 26. Bb5 Nxd4 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Qxd4 Qc7 29. Bxe8 Qc1+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Ke3 Qxf5 32. Qxb6 Qg5+ 33. Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Match Kasparov-Huebner +3-0=3"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1985.06.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Huebner, Robert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1985.05.28"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Nh5 12. e4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Qe3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. a3 c5 18. exd5 exd5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qe2 Qa8 21. Nb3 dxc4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxc4 h6 24. Rdc1 Rfc8 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Qc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zaragoza sim"] [Site "Zaragoza"] [Date "1986.05.31"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Diaz, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1986.05.31"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8. Nc3 e5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 Ng4 12. Rae1 a5 13. Re2 Nh6 14. Ne1 Nd7 15. Nd3 f5 16. f4 exf4 17. exf5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. gxf4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 exf4 21. f6 f3 22. Bxf3 Bg4 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. f7+ Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne4 Qf8 27. h3 Nf6 28. Qf4 Kg8 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Re7 c6 32. d6 c5 33. d7 Kf8 34. Rxh7 Rd8 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Re7 Kf8 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 39. Kf3 1-0 [Event "OHRA-A"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1986.12.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2650"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj/Kasparov"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1986.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 {For this game I had prepared a variation that would be little known to Kasparov.} c5 {A move brought into practice by the Riga master Vitolins, which had been rarely employed in Soviet events.} 5. g3 ({Subsequently the theoreticians came to the conclusion that the strongest move is the immediate exchange on b4.} 5. Bxb4) 5... Qb6 6. Bg2 {Kasparov thinks, this follow-up could have waited-NSH} ({He recommends} 6. Nc3 $5 $11 {instead.}) 6... Nc6 {Only a few moves have been made, and white is already losing a pawn. The world champion has to think-how to give it up, such that it looks like a sacrifice.} (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. e3 $5 (8. Bc3 e5 9. Nf5 Bxf2+ $6 10. Kf1 O-O 11. b4 $1 $13) 8... Bxd4 9. exd4 Qxd4 10. O-O $44) 7. d5 {In the past Kasparov had sacrificed numerous pawns and won games this way. But the situation on the board is somewhat different, non-standard, and it will be harder for White to develop an initiative.} ({Giving up the pawn in another way came into consideration:} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Na4 Qa3 11. Bc1 Qb4 12. Bd2 Qa3 {It is probable that White's initiative does not compensate for the lost material. Even so it would be interesting to test this in practice.}) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O ({How about the sacrifice of a second pawn?} 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Qxb2 11. Nc4 Qc3+ 12. Nfd2 {It is probable that White's intiative does not compensate for the lost material. Even so it would be interesting to try it in practice.}) 9... Nde7 $1 ({Kasparov gives} 9... Bxd2 $2 10. Nbxd2 $16 {If} Qxb2 $2 11. Nc4 {-NSH}) 10. e4 $146 {A novelty improvised over the board-NSH} ({Neither I nor my opponent suspected that all this had already occurred before. That game went} 10. Be3 d5 $1 11. a3 d4 12. Bf4 Ba5 13. Nbd2 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 O-O 15. b4 {with some activity for the sacrificed material. (Tukmakov-Salov 1984).}) 10... d6 $1 ({Kasparov gives} 10... O-O 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Rd8 13. Ng5 $16) ({and} 10... Bxd2 11. Nbxd2 $14) 11. Be3 {A trappy move.The threat is a2-a3 and b2-b4, winning the bishop.However, it turns out to be a loss of tempo as soon the bishop has to move to f4. After the immediate} (11. Bf4 Bg4 $1 12. Qxd6 {"White would have regained the pawn with a roughly equal game. However, the world champion probably thought that 'a roughly equal game' with White was insufficient for him." Kasparov continues the line with} Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bd1 $15) 11... Qc7 $1 (11... Bg4 12. a3 Qa6 13. Qxd6 Rd8 14. Qf4 $13 {Kasparov}) 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bf4 $6 ({Kasparov gives} 13. e5 $5 Nxe5 (13... dxe5 14. Bxc5 $44) 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Bb6 17. Nc3 $1 $44 O-O 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qd6 $13) ({In a later game White succeeded in improving on the world champion's play.} 13. Nbd2 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Be6 15. Re1 a5 16. f4 f6 17. Qh5+ Bf7 18. Qg4 O-O 19. h4 $16 {(Chiburdanidze-Chandler, Hanige 1988)}) 13... Ne5 $1 $17 14. b4 $5 {Kasparov does not think it possible to play a position a pawn down without initiative-you must aim for initiative at any price! And so he gives up a second pawn, but that is not all. In this game he will have to give up even more material...} cxb4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Qa4+ N7c6 17. Nd4 a5 $6 ({Kasparov gives} 17... Bc5 $19 {leading to more exchanges and consolidating Blak's material gains .}) 18. Nc3 $1 Bd7 $1 ({Not} 18... Bxc3 $2 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. Nxc3 O-O 21. Rfd1 $15 {-Kasparov}) 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nf5 O-O {After parrying the serious and minor traps Black has completed his development, retaining a solid position. White's pieces, especially his knights, are actively placed. It's time for White to create threats to the opponent's king.} 21. Qd1 Bc5 22. Rc1 $1 {Black intends to push his a-pawn.By staying a1 this rook would have prevented the pawn from queening. But White, being two pawns down is obliged to play actively.The White pieces must advance and create threats. It has to be agreed that Kasparov has a wonderful feeling for attack!} a4 23. g4 ({After} 23. Qh5 {Black has two good replies, 23...g6 and 23...f6, both of which would have shown that the queen had joined the attack too early.} g6 (23... f6)) 23... a3 24. g5 a2 {Black already needs to watch out for the threats to his king.} 25. Qh5 ({After} 25. Nxg7 $2 {Black has only one, but a sufficient reply.} Bg4 $1 (25... Kxg7 {gives White some practical chances, although they also prove insufficient-NSH}) 26. Nf6+ Qxf6 27. gxf6 Bxd1 28. Rfxd1 Bd4 $19) (25. Nh6+ {also does not work:} gxh6 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qh5 Rg8 28. Qxh6 Rg7) 25... Bxf5 {Korchnoi thinks, this move is forced. However, Kasparov shows a stronger alternative-NSH} (25... Nd3 $1 26. Nf6+ (26. Rc3 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 a1=Q 28. Rh3 h6 $19) 26... gxf6 27. Qh6 Bxf5 28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Bg6 $19) 26. exf5 Bd4 $1 27. Bxe5 $138 {White must exchange one of the defending knights as early as possible.} ({After} 27. Be4 $2 Re8 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 {is very strong.}) ({Kasparov shows,} 27. f6 $2 {will not work on account of} Ng6 28. Be4 Re8 $19) ({Instead} 27. Ra1 $5 {deserves attention according to him.}) 27... Nxe5 $138 28. Be4 Re8 {The only move. The e7 square needs to be defended.} 29. Rc7 $1 {What else? There is a struggle in progress for the e7 square. However, it is not hard to imagine that in this struggle White is doomed to fail.} ({If} 29. f6 $2 Ng6 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 $1 $19) 29... a1=Q 30. Rxa1 {White must remove his king from a possiible...Nf3+ as a preparation for his sacrificial operations.} Rxa1+ 31. Kg2 $19 Ra2 $6 {A natural move in time trouble.} (31... Re1 $1 {was more energetic, and if} 32. Bc2 Rc1 $1 {-when this bishop is eliminated, White will not have any attack.} 33. f6 Rxc2 34. Ne7+ (34. Rxc2 Ng6 35. Rd2 Re5 36. Rxd4 Rxd5) 34... Rxe7 35. fxe7 Qe8 36. Rxc2 Nc6 $19) ({Kasparov gives} 31... Ng6 32. fxg6 fxg6 {as winning. But it only appears to draw.} 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Qxg6 Re2 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ {and White has perpetual check-NSH}) 32. Re7 $1 {If there had been even five minutes each on our clocks, the world champion-a rook and two pawns down would have had to resign. But our flags were hanging, for the last eight moves we had less than a minute left .Therefore he had the moral right to prolong resistance, and even had some hope, although a faint one of saving the game. There are no saving moves, and all that remains is to hope for a miracle, for the psychological effect of some surprise. And the champion finds the most surprising move in this position! White threatens both f5-f6 and also Nf6+ gxf6, g5-g6.} (32. f6 Ng6 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Ne7+ Qxe7 $1 (34... Rxe7 {also wins.} 35. fxe7 Rxf2+ 36. Kg3 Qa8 $1 37. Qg4 Qa3+ $19 {-Kasparov}) 35. Rxe7 gxh5 36. Rxe8+ Kh7 $19) ({If} 32. Ne7+ Rxe7 33. f6 Ng6 34. fxe7 (34. Rxe7 Nf4+ $19) (34. Bxg6 Rxf2+ 35. Kg3 Re3+ 36. Kxf2 hxg6 {followed by...Qxc7 wins.}) 34... Rxf2+ 35. Kg3 Rg2+ $1 36. Bxg2 Nxe7 {and Black is three pawns up.}) 32... Rxf2+ 33. Kg3 Rxe7 $4 {It is most difficult to win after this obvious move.It has to be admitted that at the chess board 13th world champion is a subtle psychologist.} (33... Ng6 $1 {a move planned long ago would have won without difficulty.}) 34. f6 $1 Ng6 35. Nxe7+ Kf8 36. Qxh7 Bxf6 $2 {Black's nerves fail him. Apparently my opponent had persuaded me that I was threatened with dozens of mates.} (36... Nxe7 $2 37. Qh8+ {etc.} Ng8 38. Qxg7+ Ke8 39. Qxg8+ Kd7 40. Qxf7+ Kc8 41. Qxb7#) ({After} 36... gxf6 $1 37. Bxg6 (37. Nxg6+ fxg6 38. Bd5 Qe8 $19) 37... fxg6 $1 (37... fxg5 38. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 39. Ng6+ Ke8 40. Qg8+ Kd7 41. Qxf7+ Kc8 42. Ne7+ Kb8 43. Kg4 $15 {?}) 38. Nxg6+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qf7+ Kc8 41. Ne7+ Kb8 42. g6 f5 43. g7 (43. Nxf5 $4 Qg5+ $19 {-NSH}) 43... f4+ 44. Kh3 Bxg7 $1 $19 {If} 45. Qxg7 Qd7+ {wins the knight with the attack continuing-NSH}) 37. Nxg6+ fxg6 38. Kxf2 $2 {A bad move. White is again on the verge of defeat. He is two pawns down and his king is under attack.} ({It was correct first to exchange queens by} 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qxd8 Bxd8 {and then only take the rook.} 40. Bd5+ Kf8 41. Kxf2 $11) 38... Qb6+ $2 {Korchnoi does not question this move.} ({Kasparov prefers} 38... Bd4+ $19) 39. Kg2 Qb2+ 40. Kh3 (40. Kf3 {was correct.}) 40... Bxg5 $2 (40... Be5 $1 {would have won.} 41. Kg4 (41. Qxg6 {is not possible on account of mate in three.} Qxh2+ 42. Kg4 Qg3+ 43. Kh5 (43. Kf5 Qh3#) 43... Qh3#) 41... Qe2+ 42. Bf3 Qc2 $19) 41. Qxg6 Qf6 ({After} 41... Bf6 {White would still have had to solve some problems. But not too serious ones-the opposite colour bishops would gurantee a draw.}) 42. Qxf6+ {This game, in my view a shameful one for both grandmasters, left its mark on our chess relations. It is probable that the world champion convinced me of his infallibility, his invincibility. After it I lost seven times to Kasparov, without reply... (Kasparov's analysis of this game has been cited from Chess Informant No.42 wherever necesssary-Nagesh Havanur)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "SWIFT-Chess World Championship playoff"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "1987.04.??"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Bc3 O-O 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. e3 Qb6 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Nxd4 13. exd4 d6 14. O-O h6 15. b4 e5 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Re1 f6 20. Qe4 Rfd8 21. c6 b6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4+ Kf8 24. h3 Rd4 25. Qe6 Re8 26. Qf5 Kg8 27. b5 Red8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Rg3 R4d5 30. a4 Rd4 31. Qb3 R8d5 32. Qa3 Rc5 33. Rd3 Rcc4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. Qb4 Rd4 38. Qb3 e4 39. Qg3 Qxg3 40. fxg3 Rd8 41. g4 Kg6 42. Kf2 f5 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. gxf5 Kxf5 45. Rf1+ Ke5 46. Rc1 Rd3+ 47. Ke2 Rd8 48. c7 Rc8 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Rc6 Ke5 51. h4 Kd5 52. g4 Ke5 53. h5 Kd5 54. Rc1 Ke5 55. Rc4 Kd5 56. Rc1 Ke5 57. Rc2 Kd5 58. Rd2+ Ke5 59. Rd7 Kf6 60. Kxe4 g6 61. Kd5 gxh5 62. gxh5 Kg5 63. Kc6 Kxh5 64. Rd8 1-0 [Event "Brussels"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1987.04.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "49"] [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. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. Be2 d5 10. b3 Ba6 11. Qb2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nc6 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Rd1 Na5 15. c5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qd5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. O-O Rc3 20. Qd2 Rxa3 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Interpolis"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1989.09.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1989.09.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8. O-O Rd8 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. b4 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Bb5 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Nfe5 b6 18. Bb7 Rc7 19. a4 Nxb4 20. axb5 Rxb7 21. Nd6 Re7 22. Nc8 Ree8 23. Nxa7 Nbd5 24. Nac6 Ra8 25. Nc4 Ne4 26. Kf1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nc7 28. Na7 Rd8 29. Nxb6 Nc3 30. Ra5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Nd7 f6 33. b6 N7d5 34. Nc8 Nxe2 35. b7 Rg1+ 36. Kh3 Nef4+ 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Kf3 1-0 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1989.11.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Schussler,Harry"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1989.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8. O-O Rd8 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qe3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Be8 12. Nb3 {Timman himself has continued with 12. a3, preparing for b2-b4, in two games versus Predrag Nikolic. With his new move Kasparov wants to put the knight on the good square a5 putting pressure on b7 and c6.} Nbd7 13. Na5 Rab8 14. Rab1 Rdc8 15. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 {15. - cxd5 could have been answered by 16. ?xc8 ?xc8 17. ?xb7.} 16. Qd2 c5 17. e4 N5b6 18. e5 h6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Nc4 Rd8 (20... cxd4 21. Qxd4 N7b6 22. Nd6 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Bc6 $10) 21. Qe1 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc5 23. Rd1 $14 Nb6 24. Nd6 Nc8 25. Rbc1 Na4 26. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Nxe6 $1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nab6 30. Rc7 Qe4 31. Qd8 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. f3 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qb5 37. a4 Qxa4 38. Nc5 (38. Nd4 $1 Kh7 39. b3 Bd7+ 40. e6 Qxd4 41. exd7 Nd6 42. Qe7 $18 {(Timman)}) 38... Qb5 39. Nd7 Qf1+ 40. Kg4 Nd6 41. Nf6+ gxf6 42. exd6 h5+ 43. Kh4 Qe2 44. h3 Kg7 45. Re7 Qb5 46. f4 Bd7 47. Re5 Qf1 48. Rg5+ fxg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Lima sim"] [Site "Lima"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Urday Caceres, Henry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "PER"] [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 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Nd5 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 c5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. Bc2 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rae8 18. Re2 e4 19. h3 Re5 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Qc3 R5e7 22. Ba4 Rd8 23. Re3 h6 24. a3 Qf4 25. Qc2 Rb7 26. Qe2 Re7 27. Qc2 Rb7 28. Bc6 Ra7 29. Qc3 Re7 30. Qb3 Rb8 31. Qc2 Rc7 32. Qc3 Re7 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Ra7 35. Qb2 Qd6 36. Rb1 Rf8 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Ra3 Re7 39. Qe2 Nd7 40. Bxd7 Qxd7 41. Qe3 Qd6 42. Rab3 Rc8 43. Rb7 Rxb7 44. Rxb7 f5 45. g3 Qa6 46. Qb3 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qd4 48. Rb8 Rf8 49. Rxf8+ Kxf8 50. Qb8+ Kf7 51. Qf4 g6 52. Qc7+ Kf6 53. Qd6+ 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Dolmatov,Sergey"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "1996.12.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Tischbierek} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Ne5 (9. b3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ne5 $13 {Palatnik,S-Rashkovsky,N/Palma de Mallorca/1989/}) 9... Nfd7 (9... Bb7) 10. Nd3 (10. Nxc6 $2 Nxc6 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12. Qe4 Bf6 $17) 10... Bb7 11. Rd1 a5 (11... Na6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Rac1 c5 $13 {Skembris-Tiviakov,S/Gausdal/1993/}) 12. a3 $6 (12. Be3 $5 b5 13. c5 Ba6 14. a3 $14) 12... Ba6 13. cxd5 (13. b3 a4 14. cxd5 axb3 15. Qxb3 cxd5 $10) 13... cxd5 14. Be3 Ra7 $10 15. Nc3 Rc7 16. Bf4 $6 (16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rac1 Bd6 (17... Bf6 18. Nf4 g6 $10) 18. Bf4 $10) 16... Rc8 17. Bxb8 Nxb8 18. Rac1 Nc6 19. e3 Bc4 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. Nf4 (21. b3 $2 Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Bxa3 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Ra1 Bb4 $17) 21... b5 (21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 b5 23. Qe2 b4 24. Na4 Qb7 25. Nc5) 22. Bxc4 (22. Nxb5 $2 Nb4 23. axb4 Bxf1 $17) 22... bxc4 23. e4 Bf6 (23... Qa7 $5 24. exd5 Nxd4 25. Qe4 e5) 24. exd5 Nxd4 25. Qe4 (25. dxe6 Qb7 (25... fxe6 26. Qe4 e5 27. Nfd5 $10) 26. Qe4) 25... e5 26. Nh5 $1 Bg5 27. f4 f5 (27... Qg4 $5 28. Nxg7 Bxf4 29. Kh1 f5 30. Nxf5) 28. Qg2 Qf7 (28... Bh6 $5 {Tischbierek} 29. fxe5 $140 (29. Rb1 $5 g6 30. fxe5 gxh5 31. Kh1) (29. Ne2 g6) (29. Qh3) 29... Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Qe8 $1 $19) 29. Nxg7 Qxg7 30. fxg5 Qxg5 (30... e4 31. h4 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 $13) 31. Kh1 (31. d6 $5 e4 (31... Rcd8 32. Qd5+ Rf7) 32. Qf2 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Ne5 34. Qd4 Nd3 35. Qd5+ $16) 31... e4 32. g4 (32. Ne2 $5 Nf3 33. Nf4) 32... Kh8 33. gxf5 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Nxf5 35. Kh1 $11 (35. Re1 e3) 35... Nd6 36. Re1 Rf4 37. a4 (37. Re2 $5 Kg7 38. Rce1 Re8) (37. Rg1 Rf2 38. Rg2 Rxg2 39. Kxg2 Kg7) 37... Rb8 38. Re2 $2 (38. Nb5 $142 $1 Nxb5 39. axb5 Rxb5 40. d6 $1 (40. Rxc4 Rxd5 41. Rcxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Rd2+ 44. Kg3 Rxb2 45. Re5 a4 46. Ra5 $10) 40... Rd5 (40... Rxb2 41. d7 Rf8 42. Rxc4 Rd8 43. Rc8 Rb8 44. Rxb8 Rxb8 45. Rxe4 $18) 41. Rcd1 Rxd1 42. Rxd1 Rf8 43. d7 Rd8 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Rd4 Rxd7 48. Rxc4 $10) 38... Kg7 39. Rce1 Rb4 $1 40. Nb5 (40. Nxe4 Nxe4 41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 c3 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. bxc3 Rb1+ $19) 40... Nxb5 41. axb5 Kf7 42. d6 Ke6 43. Rd2 Kd7 44. Rg1 Rf7 45. Re1 a4 46. Re3 $6 (46. Kg2 $5 Rf6 (46... Rxb5 47. Rxe4 Rg5+ 48. Kh3 $10) 47. Rxe4 c3 (47... Rxd6 48. Rc2 $10) 48. Re7+) 46... Rg7 47. Rxe4 (47. h3 $142 {Tischbierek} Rb3 (47... Rg6 48. Rxe4 Rxd6 49. Rc2 Rd5 50. Rexc4 $10) (47... Rxb5 48. Rxe4 $10) 48. Rxe4 Rxh3+ 49. Rh2 Rhg3 $5 (49... Rd3 50. Rh6 Rd1+ 51. Kh2 Rd2+ 52. Kh3 Rxb2 53. Rxc4) (49... Rxh2+ 50. Kxh2 Rg5 51. Rxc4 Rxb5 52. Rxa4 Rxb2+ $10)) 47... a3 (47... c3 48. Rxb4 cxd2 49. Rd4 $10) 48. Re7+ Rxe7 49. dxe7+ Kxe7 50. bxa3 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 c3 $19 52. Re2+ Kd6 53. Kf3 Kd5 54. a4 Kd4 55. a5 Rxb5 56. a6 (56. Ra2 Kd3 57. a6 c2 $19) 56... Ra5 57. Re4+ Kd5 58. Re3 c2 59. Rc3 Rc5 (59... Rc5 60. Rxc5+ Kxc5 61. a7 c1=Q 62. a8=Q Qh1+ $19) 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Lichthof Champions"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2006.08.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2006.08.22"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nb5 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne7 15. f5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. f6 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng6 19. fxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd6 Ba6 21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. Rf5 Qh4 23. Bg5 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Legends rapid m"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2015.04.25"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 {A typical Bogo-Indian situation. The move Nbd2 has become more popular in the past years, basically replacing Bd2.} c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. e3 (8. g3 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 {is a little awkward for White.}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nb5 {White in the long run has the advantage of the two bishops. Black is trying to be solid and keep his counterplay chances alive. For this reason Short does not want to trade queens as there would be no way to increase the pressure on White's position.} Qc6 (10... Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Nc6 12. f3 $14 {and it feels White is slightly better.}) 11. f3 a6 12. Nc3 (12. Nd4 Qc7 {allows e5 in the near future and the white knight has no good retreat.}) 12... e5 13. e4 Nbd7 (13... Be6 {was a little more flexible. In some lines the knight might want to go to c6 instead of d7.}) 14. Qf2 Nc5 15. Be3 Nb3 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Be2 {The pair of bishops are leaving their mark. It's not even easy to get rid of them with Bc4 without leaving a weakness on d5.} Rfd8 18. O-O Ne8 $6 {An unfortunate move. The knight wants to reroute, this is true, but it wasn't the time to do so. As Kasparov also pointed in the postmortem, the knight on b3 looks pretty, but it doesn't do much... there are no pieces on the queenside!} 19. Qg3 $5 f6 20. f4 $1 {Breaking through on the kingside while the knight is away on b3 and dormant on e8.} Nd4 21. Bh5 $1 {Preserving the bishop.} (21. fxe5 $6 Nxe2+ (21... Qxc3 {is cute but does not work.} 22. Bxd4 (22. bxc3 $4 Nxe2+ 23. Kf2 Nxg3 $19) 22... Qxg3 23. hxg3 {and White has an extra pawn plus the pair of bishops.}) 22. Nxe2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qxe4 $14) 21... Bc4 22. fxe5 $1 {An excellent sacrifice! White's attack on the kingside is well worth the exchange, and the tempi are important.} Bxf1 {never suffer for free. Short at least gets some material compensation.} 23. Rxf1 Kh8 24. Nd5 {Natural but imprecise.} (24. Qh4 $1 {With the very strong threat of Bg6 was excellent. It also removes the ideas of Qxc3 followed by Ne2+ in case the bishop on h5 moves.}) 24... Rxd5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Qf2 $6 (26. Qh3 $1 Qxe5 27. Bg6 h6 28. Bxh6 {was definitely strong, but difficult to see.}) 26... fxe5 27. Qf8+ Qg8 28. Qe7 Nf6 29. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 30. Bh6 Nf5 31. Qxf6+ Ng7 32. Qxe5 {It feels like White has a very strong advantage, but crashing through is far from easy. He has some problems with his king also, and any queen trade is bad. Furthermore it is not trivial to reorganize the bishops into attacking anything. Black is nearly paralyzed, but his rook can still play.} Rc8 33. Bf3 Qf7 34. h3 b5 35. Be4 $6 (35. Bd2 $1 {Re arranging the bishop to the c3-h8 diagonal seems strongest to me.}) 35... Re8 36. Qd4 Qe7 37. b4 Qe5 {Black is not worse now.} 38. Qd7 Qa1+ (38... Re7 $1 39. Qc8+ Ne8 {and suddenly Black has some chances of gaining an initiative!}) 39. Kh2 Rxe4 {Forcing the draw after a crazy game.} 40. Bxg7+ Qxg7 41. Qd8+ Qg8 42. Qf6+ Qg7 43. Qd8+ Qg8 {And a draw by perpetual check. A crazy an entertaining game, for sure! Kasparov had his chances, but Short defended like a magician and somehow survived.} 1/2-1/2