[Event "Olympiad-25"] [Site "Luzern"] [Date "1982.11.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2535"] [PlyCount "101"] [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 "Yugoslavia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "YUG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. b4 O-O 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Be2 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O cxb4 16. axb4 Rfc8 17. Qd4 Nb6 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. f3 Qc7 23. e4 Ba8 24. b5 Nfe8 25. Qa4 f5 26. Qb3 Qc8 27. exf5 Qc5+ 28. Kf1 Bd5 29. Qa3 Qxa3 30. Bxa3 exf5 31. Bc5 Nc8 32. Nc6 Kf7 33. Nxa7 Nxa7 34. Bxa7 Ke6 35. Bd4 g6 36. Kf2 Nd6 37. Ke3 g5 38. g3 Nc4+ 39. Kd3 Nd6 40. Kc3 f4 41. Kb4 fxg3 42. hxg3 h5 43. Bf2 Nf5 44. f4 gxf4 45. gxf4 Ng7 46. Kc5 Bg2 47. Bd4 h4 48. Bxg7 h3 49. Bg4+ Ke7 50. Bxh3 Bxh3 51. Kb6 1-0 [Event "World-ch31-KK2 Kasparov-Karpov +5-3=16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.09.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1985.09.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qd1 Ng7 14. h4 f5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. f3 Qe7 17. Qb3 Kf7 18. O-O-O Rh8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nc4 cxd4 21. cxd4 f4 22. Bf2 Nh5 23. Bc2 fxe3 24. Bxe3 Bd5 25. Qd3 Rag8 26. Ne5+ Nxe5 27. dxe5 Nf4 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Rxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "URS-ch55"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "14"] [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. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. b3 d5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. c5 a6 16. a4 Nd5 17. Qd2 b4 18. a5 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Qf4 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Ra4 Nd5 23. Nd2 Rc7 24. Raa1 Nb8 25. Nc4 Bc6 26. Nd6 Ra7 27. f3 Ne7 28. Rc4 Nd5 29. Rcc1 Ne7 30. Rc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1988.10.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Hjartarson, Johann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1988.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. O-O b5 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Bf1 Bc8 18. Nf2 Ng6 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. b4 Rfc8 21. f4 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Rc2 23. Rec1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ne8 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Bd3 Qf6 27. g3 h5 28. Be3 h4 29. Bd4 Qd8 30. Qd2 Nf6 31. Be2 Qe7 32. Bf3 Ne8 33. Re3 Qd8 34. Bd1 hxg3 35. hxg3 Nf8 36. Bb3 Ng6 37. e5 dxe5 38. fxe5 Qg5 39. Ne4 Qh5 40. e6 fxe6 41. Nc5 e5 42. d6+ Kh7 43. Nxd7 exd4 44. Re2 Rc3 45. Qe1 Nh4 46. Nf8+ Kh8 47. Ng6+ Qxg6 48. Rxe8+ Kh7 49. Bg8+ Kh6 50. Qd2+ Kh5 51. Re5+ Nf5 52. Qe2+ Kg5 53. d7 Qd6 54. Qe4 Rxg3+ 55. Kf2 g6 56. Rd5 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1988.10.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Sax, Gyula"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1988.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 d5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 Re8 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf2 c5 14. Nf4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qd2 a5 18. b5 Nc5 19. Rd1 Nb3 20. Qb2 a4 21. Be2 Qa5+ 22. Kf1 Bd7 23. Bh4 d4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. exd4 Bxb5 26. Kf2 Bxe2 27. Nxe2 Qg5 28. Rd3 Re7 29. Rhd1 Rae8 30. Ng3 f5 31. Kf1 Qh4 32. d5 Nc5 33. Rd4 Qxh2 34. d6 Re3 35. Kf2 Rxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Re3+ 37. Kxe3 Qxg3+ 38. Kd2 1-0 [Event "Madrid rapid"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Hjartarson, Johann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [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. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 c5 13. Bf5 Qc7 14. Nh3 g6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Nf2 Rac8 18. Qd2 h5 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. Rad1 Qf8 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. e4 Nb6 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Ne4 Re6 25. Qg5 Qg7 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxb2 28. Rd1 c4 29. Qg5 c3 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kh7 32. Bf6 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Skelleftea"] [Date "1989.08.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Andersson, Ulf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1989.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. b4 c5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rfc8 14. Rfd1 Ne8 15. e4 Rc7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nexf6 19. f3 Kf8 20. Bf1 Ke7 21. Be2 g5 22. Kf2 g4 23. fxg4 Nxe4+ 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. g5 Ne5 26. Rd4 Bg6 27. h4 Nc6 28. Rd2 Ne5 29. h5 Be4 30. Rcd1 Nxc4 31. Bf6+ Ke8 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxd6 Bd5 34. Re1 Kf8 35. Re2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1989.11.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Kozul, Zdenko"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "42"] [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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. a3 {N} Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxc5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. b4 Na4 13. e3 b6 14. Nf3 Ba6 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rac8 $10 17. Rc1 d5 18. Ke2 dxc4 19. Nxc4 (19. Rxc4 Nb2 20. Rxc8 Rxc8) 19... Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Ba6 21. Rd2 $4 b5 {Ftacnik} 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-30"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1992.06.20"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Hjartarson, Johann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1992.06.08"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Iceland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ISL"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bd3 f5 13. O-O Qe8 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qh5 16. Be2 Qg5 17. f3 Rad8 18. Rad1 e5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. b5 f4 21. Qd6 fxe3 22. Qc7 Bc8 23. Rd5 Rde8 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Qxd7 Rd8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Bxe5 Rd2 29. Re1 Ra2 30. f4 Rd8 31. h4 Rdd2 32. Bf3 Rxa3 33. h5 h6 34. Kh2 1-0 [Event "Linares 11th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 034"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh4 c5 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Bf2 Bc6 17. Nc3 Nf8 18. Rfe1 Ne6 19. Bh4 Ng5 20. Bf5 Bd7 21. Bc2 Bc6 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. Qf2 Rcd8 24. h3 Ngh7 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. e4 dxe4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qxc5 Ng5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Qc4 31. fxe4 Qd4+ 32. Qe3 Qxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Rd2 34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Nxe2 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Bxe4 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. g3 Ke7 39. Ke3 Bc6 40. h4 Bd7 41. Kf4 Kd6 42. g4 f6 43. h5 Ke7 44. Nd4 Kf7 45. b4 Ba4 46. Nf5 g6 47. Nd6+ Kg7 48. Nc8 a6 49. Nd6 Bd1 50. Ne8+ Kf7 51. Nxf6 Kxf6 52. g5+ Kf7 53. h6 1-0 [Event "London m"] [Site "London"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Comp Pentium Fritz4"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [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. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ne2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. b3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 d5 17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bxd8 Rfxd8 20. fxe4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rxc4 23. Kd2 Ra4 24. Ra1 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 b5 26. Rb1 a6 27. Rb3 Rxe4 28. Rc3 Ra4 29. h3 h5 30. g3 f5 31. Rb3 Kf6 32. Rc3 Ke5 33. Kf3 Kd5 34. Rd3+ Kc4 35. Rd6 Kb3 36. Rxe6 Kxa3 37. Ke2 a5 38. Re5 b4 39. Rb5 b3 40. Kd3 Kb2 41. h4 Ra1 42. Rxf5 a4 43. Rxh5 a3 44. Ra5 a2 45. h5 Rh1 46. Ke4 a1=Q 0-1 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.20"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Kramnik,Vladimir"] [PlyCount "87"] [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 {Ftacnik Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 {Botvinnik's idea} Nbd7 10. Nh3 $5 {Alternative is} (10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 (11... h6 {Dolmatov} 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. b4 d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Nb6 $6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc3 $14 {Sorokin,M-Atalik,S/Cheliabinsk/1991/}) 12. Qb3 cxd4 13. exd4 d5 $6 14. O-O dxc4 15. Bxc4 h6 16. Bh4 Nb8 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Rfe1 {White's position is preferable, Sokolov,I-Almasi,Z/It Groningen NED 1995}) 10... c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 Qb6 (12... d5 {Dolmatov} 13. O-O-O $6 Qb6 14. Rd2 Rfe8 15. Rhd1 Bc6 16. Kb1 Rab8 17. Bh4 Ba4 18. Rc1 Rec8 $17 {Xu,J-Stefansson,H/1994/}) (12... a5 $5 13. O-O (13. Rd1 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bf4 $5 e5 $5 $10) 14... Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfxd8 17. Rxd6 Ne5 18. Rxd8+ (18. Rb6 Ba6 19. f4 Nd3+ $36) 18... Rxd8 $44 {Zaitsev,I-Kimelfeld,R/USSR/1990/}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 (14... a4 15. Rfd1 Ra6 16. Bf2 Qb8 17. Nf4 Rb6 18. Rd2 Rc8 19. Bd1 Bc6 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Bg3 e5 22. Ne2 Nf8 {½-½ Drasko,M-Levin,F/Podgorica (12)/1993 (28)}) 15. Rfd1 d5 16. Rd2 (16. Bf2 $5 {? ?f4?}) 16... Rfe8 (16... Bc6 $1 17. Bf2 Rfb8 $1 {? ?b3?} 18. Bd1 $1 e5 $6 (18... a4 $5 {? ?a5, ?b6}) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Ba4 Qe6 $1 (20... Bc6 21. Rd6 Rc8 22. Rad1 $14) 21. Rad1 $1 Nb6 $1 22. Bc2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxh3 24. Qxe5 $1 $8 Re8 $1 {Georgiev,Ki-Razuvaev,Y/Elenite/1992/1-0 (60)}) 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Bf2 Qa7 19. Nf4 Bc6 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Ne2 Qb6 23. Bf5 {½-½ Drasko,M-Kolev,At/Ubeda op/1996 (38)}) 13. O-O d5 (13... a5 {Ftacnik} 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15. Rd2 h6 16. Bh4 d5 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. Bf2 Rb8 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Qc1 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Qb5 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. e4 N5b6 {½-½ Burijovich,L-Adla,D/Mar del Plata op (02)/1994 (32)}) 14. Rad1 (14. cxd5 {Ftacnik} exd5 15. b4 c4 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Qd4 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Kf2 Qc7 20. Nf4 Re5 21. Rac1 Rae8 22. Rc3 g5 23. Nh3 Bc8 24. Bf1 Bxh3 25. gxh3 Nh5 {0-1 Kumaran,D-Almasi,Z/WchJM-U18 Bratislava (09)/1993/ (38)}) 14... Bc6 (14... h6 {Dolmatov} 15. Bf4 a5 16. Bg3 Ba6 17. Rf2 Ra7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qc1 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 $14 {Karpov,A-Andersson,U/Haninge/1990/} (20. Rxe2 {Ftacnik} Qb5 21. Rc2 Rb7 22. Nf2 {? ?e4} N5f6 23. e4 $16 {1-0 Karpov,An-Andersson,U/Haninge/1990/ (35)})) (14... a5 {Ftacnik} 15. Rd2 Rab8 16. Bh4 Bc6 17. Bf2 a4 18. Nf4 Qc7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nd3 Rb3 21. Qc2 Qa5 22. Nc1 Rb6 23. Na2 Rfb8 {Perez,Rol-Bitoon,Ri/Greenhills op (06) 1996/0-1 (56)}) 15. Nf2 (15. Rd2 $5 {Dolmatov} h6 16. Bh4 Rab8 17. Bg3 Rb7 18. Nf4 $14) 15... h6 16. Bh4 Ba4 (16... Rab8 {Ftacnik} 17. Rd2 a5 $10) 17. Rd2 Bb3 18. Ng4 $1 {The original idea. Opening the f-file, White is preparing an attack on King side} (18. Rc1 {Dolmatov} Rfc8 $15) 18... Nxg4 (18... Nh7 {Ftacnik} 19. Rc1 f5 20. Ne5 $14 d4 $140 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxe5 23. c5 $16) 19. fxg4 Rab8 (19... f6 $2 {Karpov} 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bf3) 20. g5 (20. cxd5 $142 {Karpov} exd5 21. Rf5) 20... hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rb7 {× f7, g7} (21... Qc6 $6 {Dolmatov} 22. Bf3 $13 (22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bh4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Nb6 26. Qf4 Rb7 $17)) 22. Be7 $2 {This is unnecessary move. White simly loses a tempo xf7} (22. Bh4 $142 {Karpov}) 22... Re8 23. Bh4 Nf8 (23... a5 {Ftacnik} 24. Bh5 $1 Nb8 25. Rdf2 $14) 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Bh4 Rdd7 (25... Re8 26. Rf3 $1) (25... d4 {Ftacnik} 26. exd4 (26. Bxd8 dxc3 27. Bxb6 cxd2 28. Bxc5 Rd7 29. Bd4 e5 30. Bxe5 d1=Q 31. Bxd1 Bxd1 $15) 26... cxd4 (26... Rxd4 27. Bf2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 $14) 27. Qd3 Rc8) 26. cxd5 Rxd5 (26... exd5 $5 {Dolmatov} 27. Rc1 (27. Bg4 {Ftacnik} d4 (27... Rd6 {Karpov} 28. Qe5 $132) 28. exd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Qd3 Ba4 31. Rf2 $10) 27... Ne6 (27... Qh6 28. Bf2 Ne6 $10) 28. Qe5 Rb8 29. Bg4 Re8) 27. e4 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Ba4 (28... Nd7 $5 {Karpov ? e5}) 29. Bh5 $1 (29. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Rd7 $10) 29... Be8 (29... Qxb2 $2 {Ftacnik} 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Be7 $16) (29... g6 $1 {Ftacnik} 30. Qh6 (30. Bf6 Nh7 31. e5 Qxb2 32. Qd8+ Nf8 33. Bf3 Rd7 $17) 30... Nh7 31. Bd1 (31. e5 Qxb2 32. Bxg6 (32. Bf6 $2 Nxf6 33. exf6 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Qxf6 $19) 32... fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Rg7 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 $17) 31... Qxb2 32. Bxa4 Qd4+ 33. Bf2 Qxa4 34. Bxc5 Qxe4 $15) 30. Bf2 Qb5 $2 {It is hard to explain why Karpov missed the simple} (30... Qxb2 31. Qxb2 (31. Qd8 Bb5 32. Re1 (32. Bxc5 $2 {fails to} Bxf1 33. Qxf8+ Kh7 34. Kxf1 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 Qg5+ 37. Bg4 Rb3+) 32... Rd7 33. Qe8 Rc7 (33... c4 {and now correct is 34.Qb8. If} 34. Bc5 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rd2+ 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Bxe8 38. Bxc4 Bc6 39. Kf3 a5 40. Ke3 Nd7 {and Black is a pawn up}) 34. Qd8 Rd7 {draw}) 31... Rxb2 32. Bxc5 Rb5 $1 33. Bxf8 (33. Rc1 {Dolmatov} Nd7 34. Bd6 Rxh5 35. Rc8 Nf6 (35... Kh7 $1 {Karpov} 36. Rxe8 Nf6 37. Re7 Nxe4 $17) 36. e5) 33... Kxf8 {and Black has a better endgame}) 31. Qd8 {After the game, Kasparov mentioned that 31.Qd6 was even better} (31. Qd6 $142 {Kasparov}) 31... Bc6 32. Bg3 {Ftacnik: White can not claim advantage, since his pieces are not so well coordinated and weaknesses b2,e4 still loom. Ftacnik: Weiss kann kaum behaupten, Vorteil zu haben, weil seine Kräfte nicht besonders gut koordiniert sind und die Schwächen b2 und e4 bleiben.} Rd7 {This loses. Black could of continue with 32... c4, for instance 33.Bd6 Qxh5, and Black stood even better because White's attack is over! 32... Qb6 also deserves attention} (32... c4 {Dolmatov} 33. Bd6 Qxh5 (33... Qb6+ 34. Qxb6 axb6) 34. Qxf8+ (34. Bxf8) 34... Kh7 35. Rf3 c3 (35... Rb3 36. Qxf7 Qxf7 37. Rxf7 Rxb2 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Be5+ Kg6 40. Bxb2 Bxe4 41. Kf2) 36. b4 (36. bxc3 $2 Rb1+ $19) (36. Rh3 $2 Qxh3 37. gxh3 cxb2 $19) (36. Rxc3 $2 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Rxb2+) 36... c2 37. Bf4 e5 $11) (32... Bxe4 $5 {Ftacnik} 33. Bc7 (33. Bd6 Qxb2 34. Qxf8+ Kh7 35. Bf3 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Qd3 38. Rf2 Rb2 39. Kg2 (39. Rxb2 $4 Qf1#) (39. Bg3 $4 Rxf2 40. Bxf2 Qf1+ 41. Bg1 Qxf3#) 39... Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Qd2+ $10) 33... f6 34. Bd6 Qxb2 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 36. Bf3 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Bxf3 38. gxf3 $14) (32... Qb6 33. Qxb6 axb6 $15) 33. Qe8 $1 {Excellent move! Now White has all the chances} Qxf1+ ({If} 33... f6 {then} 34. Bd6 Rxd6 35. Bf7+ Kh7 36. Qxf8 Rd2 37. Qg8+ Kh6 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Qh5#) (33... g6 34. Bd6 $1 {wins} ({Of course not} 34. Bxg6 $2 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Bxe8 37. Kxd1 Nxg6 {and now Black is winning!}) (34. Bd6 {Dolmatov} Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rxd6 36. Qb8 $18 (36. Qe7 {Ftacnik} Rd7 37. Qxc5 $16))) 34. Kxf1 Rd1+ 35. Bxd1 Bxe8 36. Bf2 Bb5+ (36... Nd7 37. Ba4 {the pin is unpleasant} a6 (37... f6 {Ftacnik} 38. Bxc5 (38. Bxd7 Bxd7 39. Bxc5 a6 40. Kf2 $14) 38... Nxc5 39. Bxe8 Nxe4 40. Ke2 $16) 38. Ke2 {White is much better}) (36... Bc6 {Ftacnik} 37. Bxc5 a5 38. Bc2 $18) 37. Be2 (37. Ke1 {Ftacnik} Nd7) 37... Bxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Nd7 39. Kd3 {Black cannot protect his weak pawns. The game is over.} a6 40. Bg1 (40. Kc4 {Dolmatov} Nf6 (40... Ne5+ {Ftacnik} 41. Kxc5 Nd3+ 42. Kb6 Nxf2 43. Kxa6 Nxe4 $19)) 40... f5 (40... Ne5+ {Ftacnik} 41. Kc3 Nd7 42. Kc4 Nf6 43. Kxc5 Nxe4+ 44. Kb6 $18) 41. exf5 exf5 42. Kc4 Ne5+ 43. Kxc5 Nd3+ 44. Kb6 (44. Kb6 {Ftacnik} Nxb2 45. Kxa6 Nd3 46. a4 Ne1 47. a5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires sim"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1997.09.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Panno, Oscar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2450"] [Annotator "Winants,Luc"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1997.09.06"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 061"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 4200]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8. e3 d6 9. dxc5 bxc5 {Il s'agit d'une variante classique de la défense Nimzo-indienne. Les Blancs occupent le centre avec les pions et disposent aussi de la paire de Fous. Mais les Noirs comptent sur le contrôle des cases blanches (point e4, diagonale a8-h1) pour obtenir du contre-jeu.} 10. O-O-O $1 {Un nouveauté théorique qui remplace avantageusement le coup habituel 10.?d3} Ne4 {[#] Voilà qui paraît bon.} ({Supposons} 10... Ne4 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Rxd6 {, il suivrait} Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Ge4,Rf2,Rh1][%CAl Ye4d6,Ye4f2,Yf2h1] gagnant du matériel.}) 11. Qd3 $3 {[%csl Rd6] Une réplique ahurissante et vraiment admirable.} ({Remarquez que le coup apparemment plus solide} 11. Qc2 {, n'aurait pas atteint son but, car après} Nxg5 12. h4 {les Noirs auraient pu continuer soit par} f5 ({soit avec} 12... Nh3 13. Nxh3 Qe7) 13. hxg5 Bb7 {obtenant une bonne partie dans les deux cas.}) ({Or après} 11. Qd3 {, la menace contre d6 réduit le choix des Noirs.}) 11... Nxf2 {Forcé:} ({si} 11... Nxg5 12. h4 {[%CAl Rh4g5,Rd3d6]}) 12. Bxd8 Nxd3+ 13. Bxd3 Rxd8 14. Be4 {[%CAl Re4a8] La pointe des coups précédents. Les Noirs sont contraints de lâcher du lest.} d5 $8 15. cxd5 Bb7 (15... f5 16. Bf3 e5 17. d6 e4 18. Be2 Be6 19. Nh3 $16 {[%CAl Yh3g5,Yh3f4]}) 16. Ne2 {[%csl Ya8,Yb8,Gc1,Rc5] La position s'est éclaircie et on peut d'ores et déjà conclure à un avantage blanc: ils jouissent d'une avance en développement, leur Roi est plus rapproché du centre et le pion c5, isolé sur le flanc-Dame, est vulnérable.} Nd7 {Un coup maladroit.} ({Toutefois,} 16... exd5 17. Nc3 Nd7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 {n'était guère plus attrayant.}) 17. dxe6 Bxe4 18. e7 $1 {Un joli contre-pied.} ({Plus faible serait} 18. exd7 Bxg2 19. Rhg1 Bf3 20. Rge1 Bg4 {etc.}) 18... Re8 19. Rxd7 f6 {[%csl Re7][%CAl Yg8f7] La réponse naturelle. Le grand-maître Oscar Panno, ancien candidat au titre mondial, projette de jouer ...?f7, pour capturer le dangereux pion passé au plus vite.} ({Nous avons pourtant passé beaucoup de temps à analyser les conséquences de} 19... Bxg2 {Une fois la solution trouvée, tout paraît simple.} 20. Rg1 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Ge8][%CAl Ye2g3,Yg3f5,Yf5d6,Yg3e4,Ye4d6,Ye2c3,Yc3e4,Yc3b5,Yb5d6,Yd6e8] la suite adéquate car le plan des Blancs consiste surtout à transférer leur Cavalier vers d6} (20. Rhd1 {[%csl Gd8] préparant 21.?d8} f6 $1 (20... Bf3 $2 {serait un coup dans l'eau, car après} 21. Rd8 f6 22. e4 $3 {pour libérer le ?e2 du clouage et attirer le Fou sur une case exposée.} Bxe4 23. Ng3 {[%csl Gd6][%CAl Yg3f5,Yf5d6] les Blancs gagneraient en conduisant ce Cavalier vers d6.}) 21. Ng3 g6 {et les Noirs tiennent bon.}) 20... Bc6 ({si} 20... Be4 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Rgd1 {[%csl Gd8,Ge8][%CAl Yd7d8,Ye7e8,Yd1d8] suivi de 23.?d8}) ({ou} 20... Bh3 21. Rc7 f6 22. Nc3 {[%csl Gd6,Ge8][%CAl Yc3e4,Yc3b5,Ye4d6,Yb5d6,Yd6e8] et le Cavalier arrive à destination via b5 ou e4.}) 21. Rc7 Rec8 (21... Bf3 22. Ng3) 22. Rxc8+ (22. Rd1 Rxc7 23. Rd8+ Be8 24. Rxa8 Rxe7) 22... Rxc8 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Rd6 $1 Bf3 {et maintenant:} 25. Ng3 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Ge8][%CAl Yg3f5,Yf5d6,Yd6e8]} (25. Rd8 Bc6 26. b4 ({un faux espoir serait} 26. Ng3 f6 27. Nf5 Kf7 $1 28. Nd6+ Kxe7 $17 {et les Noirs prennent le dessus.}) 26... f6 (26... cxb4 27. Nd4 Ba4 28. Nf5) 27. bxc5 Kf7 28. Nd4 Be4 29. Nb5 Rxe7 30. Nd6+ Kg6 {et le pion passé en c5 favorise les Blancs.}) 25... f6 ({si} 25... g6 26. Rd8 Bc6 27. Ne4 {[%csl Rf6]} Kg7 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Nd6 {[%csl Gd6,Ge7] et gagne}) 26. Nf5 Kf7 ({ou} 26... a5 27. Rd7 $1 {[%CAl Yf5d6]} Bg4 $8 28. Rd8 Kf7 29. Nd6+ Kxe7 30. Rxe8+ Kxd6 31. Ra8 {[%csl Ra5]}) 27. Rd2 Rxe7 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. Kc2 {[%csl Rc5][%CAl Yc2c5] et les Blancs devraient l'emporter.}) 20. Ng3 Bg6 ({Le pion g2 ne pouvait toujours pas être pris:} 20... Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bc6 (21... Bh3 22. Rb7 {le plus précis} (22. Rc7 Rac8 23. Rxa7 Kf7 24. Ne4 Rc6) 22... Rab8 (22... Kf7 23. Ne4 Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rxg7+ Ke6 26. Rxh7 {et les Blancs auront bientôt deux pions de plus.}) ({ou} 22... Reb8 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Ne4) 23. Rxa7 Kf7 24. Ne4 Rb6 25. Nxc5 {avec gain facile.}) 22. Rc7 Rec8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nf5 g6 25. Nd6 Ra8 26. Rg4 {[%csl Rc5,Gd6,Ge7][%CAl Yg4c4] et le soldat avancé étant enfin en sécurité, les Blancs gagnent tranquillement.}) 21. h4 $1 {[#] Un coup d'apparence anodine, mais extrêmement instructif. Kasparov a pour but de bloquer les pions du flanc-Roi afin de créer des points d'appui au profit du Cavalier et de combattre ainsi le Fou efficacement.} h6 {Pour reculer le Fou en h7 et garder le contrôle sur f5.} ({Si} 21... h5 22. Rhd1 Kf7 23. R1d5 {etc.}) 22. h5 Bh7 23. Rh4 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%CAl Yh4c4] La goutte d'eau qui fera déborder le vase. La Tour se dirige vers c4 pour molester le pion c5.} Kf7 24. Rc4 Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rxc5 {[%csl Yf5,Yg3,Yg7]} Kd6 27. b4 $18 {La cause est entendue. Mais ne ratez surtout pas l'occasion d'admirer la technique du champion. Elle vaut le détour.} Re8 28. Kd2 Re5 29. Rxe5 Kxe5 30. a4 Bg8 31. b5 Bb3 ({Une variante instructive serait} 31... Bd5 32. e4 $1 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Kxe4 34. Kc3 {et les Blancs gagnent car le pion h5 surveille deux fantassins à la fois (g7 et h6). Par exemple,} Kd5 35. Kb4 Kd6 36. a5 ({ou} 36. Ka5) 36... Kc7 37. Kc5 Kb7 38. g4 Kc7 39. b6+ axb6+ 40. axb6+ Kb7 41. Kb5 Kb8 42. Kc6 Kc8 43. b7+ $1 ({beaucoup plus rapide que} 43. Kd6) 43... Kb8 44. Kb6 f5 45. gxf5 g6 46. hxg6 h5 47. g7 {et mat au coup suivant.}) 32. a5 Bc4 {Précipite les événements.} ({Toutefois} 32... f5 {n'aurait pas sauvé les Noirs:} 33. Ne2 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Gd4,Rf5][%CAl Ye2d4,Yd4f5,Yd4c6,Yc6a7]} Bd5 34. g3 Bf3 35. Nd4 Bb7 36. Kc3 Bd5 37. Nc6+ Bxc6 38. bxc6 Kd6 39. Kd4 Kxc6 (39... a6 40. c7) 40. Ke5 Kb5 41. Kxf5 Kxa5 42. e4 Kb6 43. e5 a5 44. e6 Kc7 45. Kg6 {et les Blancs arrivent les premiers.}) 33. b6 axb6 34. axb6 Bd5 35. e4 $1 Bb7 36. Ke3 Bc6 37. Nf5 Bxe4 38. g4 $1 {[%csl Yf6,Yg7,Yh6][%CAl Yh5h8] [#] Nous sommes enfin en mesure d'apprécier les effets du 21e coup blanc. Tous les pions Noirs sont condamnés.} (38. g4 Bd5 39. Nxg7 Kd6 40. Nf5+ Kc5 41. Nxh6 Kxb6 42. Nf5 Kc5 43. Ne7 $1 Bb3 44. h6 Bc2 45. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Gh8][%CAl Yh6h8] et le pion va à Dame.}) 1-0 [Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.03.08"] [Round "13"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Kostakiev,Dimitar"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1998.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 064"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 4376]} 1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. Bd3 d5 $1 $146 (13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Be2 (15. O-O Ng6 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. a4 a5 {Gerstner,W-Farago,I/BL2-S9697 1997/BL2-S/½-½ (51)}) 15... Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. g3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Kf2 Ne5 $14 (20... Rfd8 $14 {½-½ Hoang Than Trang-Eperjesi,L/It (cat.2) Budapest (Hungary) 1994 (24)}) (20... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 21. Rhd1 Ne5 22. b3 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Bd5 24. Nd2 Be6 25. Ne4 Bxb3 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Nh5+ Kf8 {½-½ Hoang Than Trang-Eperjesi,L/Budapest FS07 IM 1994/EXT 94 (37)}) 21. cxd5 $14 {½-½ Hoang Than Trang-Lin Ye/Izt (w) Kishinev (Moldova) 1995 (23)} (21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Be6 24. Ne4 Kg7 {Hoang Than Trang-Lin Ye/Kishinev izt-W 1995/EXT 95/½-½ (80)})) (13... Nxe4 $2 {Ftacnik} 14. Bxe4 Qxh4+ 15. g3 $18) 14. exd5 (14. e5 g5 (14... Ne4 $1 {Ftacnik} 15. Bxd8 (15. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 16. g3 Qh5 17. Nd6 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxe5+ 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 $15) 15... Nxc3 16. Be7 Rfe8 17. bxc3 (17. Bd6 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5 $15) 17... Rxe7 18. cxd5 Bxd5 $15) 15. Bf2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 $15) (14. Bg3 $6 {Ftacnik} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 $19) (14. dxc5 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 16. g3 Qe7 17. Nd6 Rxc5 18. Nxb7 Rc7 $17) 14... exd5 15. O-O {} (15. cxd5 {Ftacnik} Re8+ 16. Kf1 g5 17. Bf2 Nxd5 $17) 15... cxd4 (15... dxc4 $5 16. Nxc4 cxd4 $15) 16. Qxd4 Nc5 (16... dxc4 $5 17. Bxc4 Re8 $132) 17. Bxf6 (17. Bf5 $5 {Ftacnik} Ne6 (17... dxc4 $2 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bxc8 $16) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rad1 (19. Rfe1) 19... Qc7 $14) 17... Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bf5 $14 {Kasparov must be better, but the damage is limited due to the active black pieces.} Rcd8 20. Rfe1 (20. b4 $6 {Ftacnik} dxc4 21. Nxc4 Nb3 22. Rae1 Ba6 $15) 20... Ba6 (20... d4 $6 {Ftacnik} 21. Re7 $14) 21. Rac1 (21. Re7 {Ftacnik} dxc4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rfe8 24. Rxa7 Bc8 25. Rc7 f5 26. Bc2 b5 $11) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nb3 (22... Rd5 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. Bb1 Rfd8 $13) 23. Rc3 Nd4 24. Bh3 (24. Bb1 {Ftacnik} Rfe8 25. Kf2 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Re8+ $132) (24. Bd3 Nb5 (24... b5 $142 25. Ne3 b4 26. Bxa6 bxc3 27. bxc3 $44 {Kramnik}) 25. Rb3 Nd4 26. Rc3 Nb5 $11) 24... Rfe8 25. Kf2 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Ne2 (27... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 28. Ke3 $1) (27... f5 $1 28. Ne3 $8 f4 29. Nc2 $11 {Kramnik}) 28. Re3 (28. Rc2 {Ftacnik} Nf4 $1 $11) 28... Rd8+ 29. Kxe2 Bxc4+ $11 30. Ke1 Kf8 31. Bf5 {True sign of a poor form, black would still have to labour for the half point after more exact 31.?c3.} (31. Rc3 {Ftacnik} Re8+ (31... b5 32. b3 $1 Rd3 33. Rxd3 Bxd3 34. Kd2 $16) 32. Kf2 Re2+ 33. Kg3 Be6 34. b4 $14) 31... Re8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. Be4 Be6 (36... Bxe4 {Ftacnik} 37. Kxe4 Ke6 38. g4 $16) 37. Bd3 Bc8 38. Bc4 Ke7 (38... Be6 {Ftacnik} 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. g4 $1 $14) 39. Ke4 (39. Kd5 {Ftacnik} Be6+ 40. Kd4 Bc8) 39... Bb7+ 40. Bd5 Bc8 41. Kd4 Bd7 42. Kc4 (42. Bb7 {Ftacnik} Kd6 $11) 42... Be8 43. b4 Bd7 (43... Kd6 {Ftacnik} 44. Kd4 f5 $1 $11) 44. f4 f5 {Ftacnik: White will bot be able to penetrate with a king any further.} 45. Bf3 Kd6 46. Bh5 f6 47. Bd1 Bc6 48. g3 Bd7 49. Bc2 Ke6 50. a4 Kd6 51. a5 Ke6 52. Kd4 $14 1/2-1/2 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.05.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Gambrinus"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "84"] [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. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Nf3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Ng5 Bxd5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qe6+ Rf7 19. Bg5 Qc8 20. Qd6 Qb7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. e3 Rae8 23. Rad1 Rd7 24. Qf4 h6 25. Rd2 Qc6 26. Rfd1 Qe6 27. Qf3 Red8 28. Qf4 a5 29. Qa4 Rd6 30. Qb5 d4 31. exd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Qd3 Qd5 35. h4 a4 36. f3 b5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Ke2 h5 39. Kd2 Qe5 40. Qe4 Qxe4 41. fxe4 Ke6 42. Ke2 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Internet m2"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.05.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Psakhis, Lev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2565"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1998.05.24"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.07.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Be2 Rac8 15. O-O Qc5 16. Bf2 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rc7 18. b4 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Ne8 20. Nf1 Kf8 21. Ne3 Ke7 22. Kf2 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd2 a5 25. Rb2 Ra8 26. Rbb1 axb4 27. axb4 Rcc8 28. Ke1 Nc7 29. Kd2 e5 30. Bc3 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Bxa8 33. g3 Bc6 34. Bd3 f6 35. f4 exf4 36. gxf4 Ne6 37. f5 Nf4 38. fxg6 Nxg6 39. Nf5+ Ke6 40. Nd4+ Kf7 41. Nxc6 Nxh4 42. Be2 Kg6 43. Ne7+ Kg5 44. Bd4 Ng2 45. Bf1 Nh4 46. Ke3 Ng6 47. Nxg6 Kxg6 48. Bh3 Ne5 49. Be6 1-0 [Event "Chess Classics Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1998.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 c5 11. cxd5 g5 12. Bf2 Nxd5 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. exd4 e5 15. h4 exd4 16. hxg5 Re8+ 17. Ne2 d3 18. Rxh6 dxe2 19. Bd4 f6 20. gxf6 exf1=Q+ 21. Kxf1 Ne3+ 22. Kf2 Nc6 23. Bxe3 Qxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Ba6 25. Bc3 Re2+ 26. Kg3 Kf7 27. Rh7+ Ke6 28. Rah1 Bc4 29. R1h6 Rg8+ 30. Kf4 Rf8 31. g4 Bd5 32. g5 Rf2 33. Rh3 Rg2 34. Rg3 Rxg3 35. Kxg3 Kf5 36. Rg7 Bf7 37. Kf2 a5 38. Ke3 Nd8 39. g6 Bxg6 40. Rd7 Bf7 41. Rd6 Re8+ 42. Kf2 Ne6 43. Rxb6 a4 44. Ra6 Nf4 45. Ra5+ Kg6 46. Rxa4 Nd3+ 47. Kg3 Be6 48. Ra7 1/2-1/2 [Event "EuroTel Trophy"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "1998.09.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2815"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Golod,Vitali"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1998.09.06"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 067"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.30"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 14460]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 ({Another line is:} 7... Bb7) 8. e3 $5 (8. dxc5 {See comments to Kasparov,G-Timman,J(3round),Prague1998(cbm67),1/2-1/2 (28) Golod,V}) 8... d6 ({Black has several options:} 8... h6 $5) (8... Bb7 $5) (8... Nc6 $5) (8... cxd4 $5) 9. Bd3 $5 ({worse:} 9. f3 Nbd7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nh3 Qb6 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. Bf2 Ba6 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Be2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. O-O Qb3 {And black is better,0-1 Maksimenko,A-Dautov,R/Leningrad 1989/TD 89\09 (28)}) (9. dxc5 $5 bxc5 (9... dxc5 $143 $14) 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Qd3 {See-8.dxc5}) 9... cxd4 $6 $146 {After this move white has strong pawn centre} ({Better:} 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Ng3 $6 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 $15 {0-1 Sleisz,T-Mochalov,E/Eger 1993/EXT 93op (60)}) 10. exd4 d5 $6 (10... Bb7 $5 11. Nf3 h6 {?d5}) 11. cxd5 $1 Qxd5 {[%csl Rg2,Rg5]} (11... exd5 $6 12. Nf3 $5 (12. Ne2) 12... Re8+ 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. O-O Nxe5 $6 15. dxe5 d4 16. Qe1 {(?17.?f6 gf6 18.?e4)} Bb7 17. f3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge1,Yg3,Yh4][%CAl Ge1g3,Ge1h4]}) (11... Nxd5 $2 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 $8 (12... Kxh7 13. Qh3+) 13. Qg3 $1 f6 14. Bg6 $18) 12. Bxf6 $1 (12. Nf3 $2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 14. Qe3 Bb7 {=/?}) 12... gxf6 (12... Qxg2 $5 13. Be2 $1 {[%CAl Ge2f3]} (13. Bf1 $2 Qxh1 14. Qg3 Qe4+ (14... g6 $5) 15. Ne2 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Bg2 gxf6 18. Bxa8 $17) (13. Ne2 $4 Qxh1+ 14. Kd2 Qxa1 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh3+ Kg8 17. Qg3 Qxb2+ 18. Kd1 Qb1+ 19. Kd2 Qg6 $19) (13. Nh3 $2 Qxh1+ 14. Kd2 Qxh2 $1 $17 (14... Qxa1 $2 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (15... Kh8 $4 16. Bc2 $1 $18 {[%CAl Gc3g3,Yc3d3]}) 16. Qd3+ Kg8 17. Ng5 Qxb2+ 18. Kd1 Qb3+ 19. Qxb3 gxf6 20. Qg3 fxg5 21. Qxg5+ $11)) (13. O-O-O $4 Bb7 $1 {[%CAl Gf8c8]} 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Rhg1 Rxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxf2 17. Rxg7+ Kf8 $19) 13... Bb7 {This is the best move!} (13... Ba6 $143 14. Kd2 $1 gxf6 (14... Qxf2 15. Rf1 Qg2 16. Be5 $16 {[%CAl Gc3g3]}) (14... Qxh1 $2 15. Qg3 g6 16. Bf3 $18) 15. Nh3 Kh8 16. Rag1 Qd5 (16... Qc6 17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxa6 Nxd4 $18) 17. Bf3 $16) (13... Qxh1 $4 14. Qg3 g6 15. Bf3 $18) 14. Bxg7 Qxh1 (14... Rc8 $143 15. Qxc8+ Bxc8 16. Bf3 Qxg7 (16... Bb7 $2 17. Bxg2 Bxg2 18. Be5 Bxh1 19. f3 $16 {[%csl Rh1][%CAl Ge1f2,Gg1e2]}) 17. Ne2 $1 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ye2][%CAl Ye2d4] (white has strong initiative)}) 15. Qg3 Qg2 (15... Qe4 $144 16. Bh6+ Qg6 17. Bxf8 Qxg3 (17... Kxf8 18. Rc1 $14) 18. hxg3 Kxf8 19. Rc1 $14) 16. Bxf8+ Qxg3 (16... Kxf8 17. Rc1 $14) 17. hxg3 Kxf8 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Ne2 $14) 13. Ne2 $1 $14 {??g3(f4),?e4} Rd8 $4 {This move is very weak} (13... Bb7 $5 $14) (13... Ba6 $6 14. Nf4 Qb7 $8 (14... Qg5 15. Be4 Rc8 (15... Qxf4 16. Bxa8 Rc8 17. Qd2 $18) 16. Qf3 $18) 15. O-O $40) 14. Ng3 Qxd4 (14... f5 $144 15. Be2 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rd5][%CAl Ge2f3]} (15. Nh5 $2 Qxd4) 15... Bb7 (15... Qxd4 $2 16. Bf3 $1 (16. Qxd4 $5 Rxd4 17. Bf3 Rd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 $18) 16... Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rd5 18. c4 Re5+ 19. Kd2 $18) 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Nh5 Qe7 (17... Kf8 18. Qb4+ $1) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. d5 $18) (14... Bb7 $144 15. Be4 Qd7 16. Nh5 $1 $18) 15. Be4 Qxc3+ $8 16. bxc3 Rd5 17. Rd1 $1 $18 ({Worse} 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rd1 {because of} Be6 $16 (18... Bb7 $2 19. O-O $18)) (17. c4 $6 Re5 18. O-O-O Rxe4 19. Nxe4 Kg7 $16) 17... Bb7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 (18... exd5 $143 19. O-O $18) 19. Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Nd7 $8 20. c4 Bc6 21. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 (22... Kf8 23. Nxd7+ Ke7 24. Ne5) 23. Nxd7 f6 {[%CAl Ga8d8,Yf6e5]} 24. Ke2 Rc8 {??c7;?f7-e7(?d7)} 25. Rc1 $1 {[%CAl Gc4c5]} Rc7 (25... Kf7 26. c5 Ke7 27. cxb6 Rxc1 28. bxa7 Rc8 29. Nb8 $18) 26. Nb8 1-0 [Event "EuroTel Trophy"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "1998.09.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2815"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Golod,Vitali"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1998.09.06"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 067"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.30"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 4124]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 ({Another line is:} 7... Bb7) 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 $5 ({White has several options:} 9. Nf3 $5) (9. Nh3 $5) 9... d6 $5 {This is the usual move.} ({Black has few options} 9... a5 $5) (9... Bb7 $5) (9... Nc6 $5) (9... h6 $5 {(see comments to Kiriakov,P-Epishin,V,Maikop1998(cbm66),1-0(50) Golod,V)}) 10. O-O-O $5 {There are other lines.See comments to Drasko,M-Knezevic,B,Belgrad,1998(cbm64),1-0(42)Gershon,A} Ne4 $142 {Other moves are not actual.} 11. Qd3 Nxf2 (11... Qxg5 $2 12. Qxe4 d5 13. cxd5 Bb7 14. Nh3 $1 $16 {??f4(×d5)}) (11... Nxg5 $2 12. h4 $36 {and} Ne4 {worse, because of} 13. Qxe4 Qb6 (13... d5 $2 14. cxd5 Bb7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Bc4) 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Rxd6 $1 Nc6 (15... Bxa8 16. Rxb6 axb6 17. Nf3 $16) 16. Qxf8+ Kxf8 17. Nf3 $16) 12. Bxd8 $8 Nxd3+ 13. Bxd3 Rxd8 14. Be4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb7 $5 (15... f5 $143 16. Bf3 e5 17. d6 (17. e4 $143 Nd7 18. exf5 Nf6 19. g4 Bb7 {?/=}) 17... e4 18. Be2 Kf7 19. Nh3 $1 $14) 16. Ne2 exd5 $5 $146 (16... Nd7 $143 {in view of} 17. dxe6 Bxe4 18. e7 $1 Re8 19. Rxd7 f6 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. h4 h6 22. h5 Bh7 23. Rh4 $16 Kf7 24. Rc4 Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rxc5 Kd6 27. b4 Re8 28. Kd2 Re5 29. Rxe5 Kxe5 30. a4 Bg8 31. b5 Bb3 32. a5 Bc4 33. b6 axb6 34. axb6 Bd5 35. e4 Bb7 36. Ke3 Bc6 37. Nf5 Bxe4 38. g4 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Panno,O/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 97 (38)}) 17. Nc3 (17. Nf4 $144) 17... Nc6 $5 (17... Nd7 $6 18. Bxd5 Rab8 (18... Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%CAl Gh1d1]}) 19. Rhf1 $5 {[%csl Rf7]} Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $14) 18. Bxd5 $140 (18. Nxd5 $6 Rab8 $11) (18. Rxd5 $6 Na5 19. Rxd8+ (19. Rxc5 $4 Nb3+ 20. Kc2 Nxc5 $19) 19... Rxd8 $11) 18... Na5 19. Bxb7 (19. Rhf1 $5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nb3+ $5 (20... Rab8 $142 $5) (20... Nc6 $6 21. Rf2 $5 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%CAl Gf2c2]}) (20... Kf8 $6 21. Nc7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 $14) 21. Kc2 Nd4+ 22. exd4 Rxd5 23. dxc5 Rxc5+ 24. Kb1 Rc7 25. Rd6 Kf8 {?/=}) 19... Nxb7 $11 20. Rhf1 $5 {??f4(f5)} (20. Rd5 Rxd5 21. Nxd5 Rd8 22. Rd1 Kf8 $11) 20... Kf8 21. Kc2 Rac8 $5 {?22..?e723.Nd5+?e6(×c7)} 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rf5 Ke7 {[%csl Rd5][%CAl Ge7e6]} 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Rg5 Kf8 (25... g6 $2 26. Re5+ Kd7 (26... Kf8 27. g4 $5 h6 28. Kc3 $14) 27. g4 $1 $14) 26. Rd5 (26. Kc3 $5 Re8 27. Nxc5 (27. Kd3 Rd8+ 28. Kc4 Rb8 $1 $11) 27... h6 $5 28. Rd5 (28. Nd7+ $4 Ke7 29. Rd5 (29. Rb5 Nd6 $19) 29... Rd8 $19) 28... Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxe3+ 30. Kd2 Rb3 31. Kc2 Re3 $1 $11 (31... Rb7 $143 32. b4 $14)) 26... Ke7 27. Re5+ Kd7 28. g4 f6 (28... f6 29. Rh5 h6 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kosmos m 5'"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1998.11.28"] [Round "16"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2815"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "1998.11.27"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. e4 Ne7 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. Ba6 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Nd4 Rab8 22. Bg3 f6 23. O-O-O Kf7 24. f4 Ng4 25. f5 e5 26. Bc4+ Ke8 27. Nxc6 Nxc6 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Re1 h5 30. h3 Nh6 31. Rd1+ Kc7 32. Rd6 Na5 33. Bd5 Nb3+ 34. Kd1 Nd4 35. Ra6 Rxb2 36. Rxa7+ Kb8 37. Rxa4 Rxg2 38. Rxd4 Rxg3 39. Rb4+ Kc8 40. c6 Nxf5 41. Be6+ Kc7 42. exf5 Kxc6 43. h4 Kc5 44. Rb7 Rg4 45. Ke2 Kc6 46. Ra7 Kb6 47. Rd7 Kc5 48. Ke3 Kc6 49. Rf7 e4 50. Kd4 Kb6 51. Bd5 Rxh4 52. Rxg7 Rh2 53. Bxe4 Rd2+ 54. Ke3 Rd6 55. Rh7 Kc5 56. Rxh5 Ra6 57. Rh2 Ra3+ 58. Kf4 Ra4 59. Rc2+ Kd6 60. Rd2+ Ke7 61. Rd5 1-0 [Event "Kosmos m 5'"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1998.11.28"] [Round "20"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2815"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1998.11.27"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 f5 15. Bb5 c6 16. Bd3 c5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. O-O cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Rfc1 Ncxe3 22. Nxe6 Rfe8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bxe3 Nxe3 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Kf2 f4 28. g3 Nf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Ke1 fxg3 31. hxg3 Rd7 32. b4 Kf7 33. Rc4 g5 34. f4 Be6 35. Rc6 Re7 36. Kf2 gxf4 37. gxf4 Kg7 38. Bd3 Bd5 39. Rd6 Bb3 40. f5 Rf7 41. Rg6+ Kf8 42. Rxh6 Ke7 43. Ke3 Rf6 44. Rh7+ Rf7 45. Rh4 Kd6 46. Kd4 Rf6 47. Rg4 Bf7 48. Rg7 a5 49. b5 a4 50. Be4 Be8 51. Rb7 Rf8 52. Rxb6+ Kc7 53. Re6 Bxb5 54. Ke5 Bd7 55. Re7 Kd8 56. f6 Re8 57. Kd6 Bb5 58. Bf5 Rf8 59. f7 Rh8 60. Be6 Ba6 61. Ra7 Bc8 62. Bxc8 1-0 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.06.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Golod,Vitali"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 072"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3 $5 {Other options are:} (8. e3 $5) (8. f3 $5) 8... d6 (8... h6 $5 {See comments to Anand,V-Adams,M/Tilburg ,1998/CBM68(1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 d5 $5 ({Besides:} 10... c5 $5 {and}) (10... h6 {-see comments to Van Wely,L-Timman,J/Breda,1998/CBM 65(½-½)(Golod,V)(32)}) 11. e3 Re8 $5 (11... c5 $5 12. dxc5 bxc5 (12... Nxc5 $2 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 h6 16. exf6 hxg5 17. fxg7 Re8 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Rd1 $16) 13. Bd3 h6 $5 (13... Qb6 14. O-O $14 {½-½ Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Linares 1998 (33)}) 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3 $13) (11... Rc8 $143 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. Bf5 Rce8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Kf2 Re7 19. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Timman,J/Breda m(5) 1998 (38)}) 12. cxd5 $5 $146 (12. Bd3 $5 {?0-0} h6 13. Bh4 e5 $1 {?/= See comments to Van Wely,L-Timman,J/Breda,1998/CBM 65(½-½)(Golod,V)(32)}) 12... exd5 {Is the best move.} ({Dubious:} 12... Nxd5 {in view of} 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bh4 $5 (14. Bxc7 $6 Nd5 15. Bb5 Nxe3 {[%csl Ra1,Re1][%CAl Ge3c2]} (15... Nxc7 $2 16. Bxd7 Red8 17. Ba4 $16) 16. Rc1 Nd5 $8 17. Bxd7 (17. O-O Rec8 18. Bd6 N7f6 $11) 17... Re7 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Bb5 e5 $36 {[%csl Rb5,Re1]}) 14... Nd5 15. Bf2 {and white has a positional advantage(because of good knight at a point d2)}) 13. Bb5 $5 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6][%CAl Gb5d7,Gg5f6]} c6 $140 14. Be2 (14. Bxc6 $4 Rc8 $19 {[%csl Rc3,Rc6,Gc8]}) 14... Qe7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 32] ?c5 or h6} ({Worse is:} 14... h6 {in view of:} 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Bf2 $14 {[%csl Re3,Yf2]}) 15. b4 {[%csl Yb4,Yd4]} h6 ({Interestingly:} 15... a5 $5) 16. Bxf6 ({Badly:} 16. Bf4 {because of:} g5 {[%csl Re3] or} (16... Nh5 $5)) 16... Nxf6 17. Kf2 {This move better than:} (17. Nf1 a5 $15) 17... Qd6 $5 {[%csl Rh2]} (17... a5 $143 18. Rhc1 Qd6 19. Nf1 $11) 18. Nf1 {[%CAl Gf1g3]} a5 19. Ng3 Ba6 $5 ({After:} 19... axb4 20. axb4 Qe6 21. Rhc1 {[%csl Ye6][%CAl Ye6f5] white has a slight positional advantage.}) 20. Bxa6 ({Dubious:} 20. Bd1 {in view of:} Bc4 {?/=}) 20... Rxa6 21. Rhc1 {[%csl Rc6]} b5 $6 ({Good enough:} 21... Qe6 {[%csl Re3,Ye6,Rg3][%CAl Ye6f5]}) 22. bxa5 $1 {?23.a4 or 23.?b4} Rea8 $140 23. Nf5 Qe6 $6 (23... Qxh2 $142 24. Qc5 Kh7 $13) 24. g4 $14 h5 ({Probably better is:} 24... Rxa5 25. Qxc6 b4 26. a4 Kh7 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} (26... Qxc6 $2 27. Rxc6 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Nxh6+ $16 {[%csl Rf6]}) 27. Qc2 g6 28. Ng3 Qd7 {[%csl Ra4]} 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Kg7 31. Rb6 {[%csl Rb4]} (31. Rg1 $2 Rxa4 $140 32. Nf5+ $2 gxf5 33. gxf5+ Kf8 34. Rxf6 Ra2+ 35. Kg3 (35. Kf1 Rb2 $19 {[%CAl Ga8a1]}) 35... Ke7 $19 {[%csl Rf6,Rg1][%CAl Ga8g8]}) 31... Rxa4 32. Rb1 Ra2+ 33. Ne2 Rc2 34. R6xb4 Raa2 35. Re1 g5 {with the full compensation.}) 25. h3 g6 ({Again:} 25... Rxa5 $5) 26. Ng3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Kg7 {[%csl Yg7][%CAl Yg7f6] ??a5} 28. g5 $6 (28. Rab1 $5 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6]}) 28... Nd7 $5 {[%csl Rc6,Yd7][%CAl Yd7b8,Yb8c6]} ({After:} 28... Nh7 29. f4 Rxa5 30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 b4 32. a4 Rxa4 33. Rxa4 Rxa4 34. Rc5 {white has a advantage in the endgame.}) 29. e4 Rxa5 ({Also possibly:} 29... Nb8) 30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 b4 {[%mdl 4096]} ({Badly:} 31... Rxa3 {because of:} 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Rd6 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rd7]}) 32. Rd6 R8a7 33. a4 b3 34. Rb1 (34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. exd5 Nb6 {[%csl Ra4,Rd5]} 36. Rb1 Nxd5 37. Rxb3 Rxa4 38. Ne2 Ra2 39. Ke1 $14) 34... Rb7 $5 (34... dxe4 $143 35. Nxe4 Rb7 36. Nd2 b2 37. Nc4 Rxa4 38. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 39. Nxb2 Ra2 40. Rxd7 Rxb2+ 41. Ke3 {with some odds for win.}) 35. Rxd5 Rxa4 36. Ne2 Ra2 $1 {[%csl Ga2]} 37. Ke1 (37. Ke3 $5) 37... Nf8 38. Nc1 Rc2 39. Rc5 (39. Nxb3 $4 Rc3 40. Nd2 Rxb1+ 41. Nxb1 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rxb1 $17) 39... Rxc5 40. dxc5 Ne6 {[%csl Rc5,Rg5]} 41. Rxb3 ({Draw right away after:} 41. Nxb3 $2 Nxc5 42. Nd2 Rxb1+ 43. Nxb1 Ne6 $11 {[%csl Rg5]}) 41... Rc7 {[%CAl Gc7c5,Gc5g5]} 42. Rc3 (42. Nd3 {is refuted by:} Nd4 $11 {[%csl Rb3,Rf3]}) 42... Rxc5 43. Rxc5 Nxc5 44. Ne2 $8 Ne6 45. f4 {[%CAl Yf4g5]} f6 $1 $11 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47. Kf2 Nc5 48. Ke3 (48. e5+ $144 Ke6 49. Kg3 g5 50. fxg5 Ne4+ (50... Kxe5 $11) 51. Kf4 Nxg5 52. Nd4+ Kd5 $11) 48... g5 49. f5 Ke5 (49... Ke5 50. Ng3 Nxe4 51. Nxe4 Kxf5 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.07.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Golod,Vitali"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 072"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 $5 (9. Nf3 $5 {See comments to Dreev,A-Salov,V/Elista,1998/CBM65(½-½) (Golod,V)(36) and Dreev,A-Razuvaev,Y/St. Petersburg,1998/CBM 67(1-0)(Golod,V)(40)}) 9... h6 ({Another alternative is:} 9... Nbd7 $5 {-see comments to Vera,R-Bacrot,E/Havana,1998/CBM 65(½-½)(Golod,V)(41) and Lev,R-Wells,P/Herzliya,1998/CBM68/(½-½)(Golod,V)(28)}) 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 $5 ({Another line is:} 11. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Schandorff,L-Hansen,C/Taastrup,1998/CBM 65(½-½)(Golod,V)(35)}) 11... c5 12. Be2 $5 (12. dxc5 $5 {Is the main line.See comments to Georgiev,K-Luther,T/Altensteig,1995/CBM 49(1-0)(Dautov)(23)}) (12. O-O-O $6 {-seeYrjola,J-Georgiev,K/Komotini,1992/CBM 32 (0-1)(27)}) 12... d5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Besides:} 12... Qc7 $5 13. O-O d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. Rfc1 Qb8 17. e4 N5f6 18. Qxd4 Rd8 19. Qe3 Qd6 20. Nf2 {?/=;Guseinov,A-Mukhin,M/Baku,1991/EXT 99(1-0)(63)}) (12... Rc8 $5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O-O d5 15. Kb1 Qb6 $13 {1-0 Flear,C-Maric,A/Biel 1991/TD (48)}) ({and} 12... Re8 $6 13. Bg3 (13. O-O $142) 13... Qe7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rfe1 d5 $11 {1-0 Boshku,H-Skembris,S/Ano Liosia op 1993/EXT 97 (53) - was checked in the previous game.}) 13. dxc5 {Differently,after:} (13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 {black has a equal game.}) 13... bxc5 14. O-O a5 $5 {[%csl Ya5,Yc5]} ({Dubious:} 14... e5 {[%CAl Gd5d4] in view of:} 15. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 $14) 15. Rad1 {?/=} Qb6 ({Also possibly:} 15... a4) 16. Rd2 $5 {[%csl Rb2,Yd2]} Bc6 $5 {?e5} ({If right away:} 16... e5 $6 {then:} 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Rd7] and white has a big positional advantage.}) 17. Bf2 {[%csl Re3,Yf2]} Ba4 $6 {[%CAl Ga4b3] That is very dubious move.} ({Good enough:} 17... Rfd8) 18. Nf4 {[%csl Gc4,Rd5,Gf4][%mdl 2048]} Bb3 19. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 (19... exd5 $143 20. Bd1 $1 {[%csl Yb3,Rd5]} Bc4 21. Re1 $16 {with the idea 22.e4 or 22.b3}) 20. Nxd5 exd5 ({Badly:} 20... Bxd5 {because of:} 21. e4 Bc6 22. Rxd7 $5 (22. Rc1 $5) 22... Bxd7 23. Bxc5 Qc7 24. Bxf8 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Kxf8 26. Rb1 $16 {?}) 21. Bd1 $1 {[%csl Yb3,Rd5]} Bc4 ({Worst of all:} 21... Bxd1 22. Rfxd1 Nf6 23. Bh4 $1 g5 $140 24. Bg3 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Yf6][%CAl Gg3e5]}) 22. Re1 {?23.e4 or 23.b3} Qe6 $8 23. b3 Ba6 $2 ({It is necessary:} 23... Bb5 $14) 24. Qxa5 Bb7 25. Qc7 Bc6 26. a4 Rfc8 ({Loses:} 26... Ne5 $2 {because of:} 27. e4 dxe4 (27... d4 $143 28. f4 Nd7 29. f5 Qf6 30. e5 $18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 28. f4 {?f5(?c6)+-}) 27. Qg3 $16 c4 ({Slightly better is:} 27... Rcb8 {[%CAl Gb8b4]}) 28. e4 $1 dxe4 ({Loses right away:} 28... c3 $2 29. exd5 cxd2 (29... Qf5 30. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Rc3,Rg7]}) 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. dxc6 Rxc6 32. Qf4 {[%csl Rd2]} Ra5 33. Qxd2 Rd5 34. Qe1 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 29. fxe4 Ne5 (29... Nf6 $143 30. Rd6 Qe7 31. Bd4 $18) 30. Bd4 Re8 31. Rc2 $1 $18 Ng6 (31... cxb3 {is refuted by:} 32. Bxe5 {[%csl Rg7]} f6 (32... Qxe5 33. Rxc6 Qd4+ (33... Qxg3 34. hxg3 b2 35. Bc2 Rac8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Bb1 Rc1 38. Kf2 $18) 34. Qf2 $18) 33. Rc3 {[%csl Rb3]} Bxa4 34. Rc7 $1 g5 $140 35. Bb2 $18) 32. Rxc4 {The rest is the matter of technics.} Bd5 ({Badly:} 32... Bxe4 {in view of:} 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Qc3+ $1 (34. Rexe4 $5 Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Bf3 Re3 37. Bxa8 Rxg3 38. hxg3 $18) 34... Kg8 $140 35. Rexe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Bf3 Nf4 {[%CAl Gf4e2]} 38. Kf2 $18) 33. Bg4 Qe7 34. Rc7 Qb4 35. Qc3 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5]} Rab8 36. Qxb4 Rxb4 37. Bc3 {[%csl Yc3][%CAl Yc3e1,Ge4d5]} Rbxe4 38. Rxe4 Bxe4 39. Rc8 $1 {[%csl Ga4,Gb3]} Rxc8 40. Bxc8 Bc2 41. a5 $1 Bxb3 42. a6 Nf4 (42... Bc4 43. Bb7 Bxa6 44. Bxa6 $18) (42... Ne7 43. Bb7 Bd5 44. Bxd5 Nxd5 45. Ba5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ya5,Ga6][%CAl Ya5d8]}) 43. Bb7 (43. Bb7 Bd5 (43... Nd5 44. Ba5 $1) 44. Bxd5 Nxd5 45. Ba5 $18 {[%csl Ya5,Ga6][%CAl Ya5d8]}) 1-0 [Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.10.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Golod,Vitali"] [PlyCount "75"] [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"] {Kramnik has entered in a match 4:3 before 8-th party.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {This opening is applied in a match for the first time.} 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 {It's main line.} ({Also it deserves attention:} 14... f5 $5 {?e5-e4 See comments to Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Elista,1998/CBM 65 (½-½)(Golod,V)(23)}) 15. Bb5 $5 ({Slightly worse is:} 15. e4 {See comments to Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69 (½-½)(Golod,V)(27)}) 15... Rfd8 $5 {Besides black has a two options:} (15... N5f6 $6 {You can see comments to Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1-0)(Golod,V)(38)}) ({and} 15... Rad8 $5 16. Ne2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 (17... e5 $5 18. Nc6 (18. Nf5 $5) 18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Nc5 20. Rd1 (20. Ke2 $5) 20... Ne7 21. Bb5 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rc8 23. Re1 a6 24. Bf1 b5 $11 {Jelen,I-Podlesnik,B/Krsko,1997(½-½)(45)}) 18. Be2 Nc5 19. O-O Na4 20. Rab1 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Ne7 $6 (22... b5 $5 {Finkel,A} 23. Rbd1 Ndb6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 $132) 23. Rbd1 $14 {See comments to Jelen,I-Farago,I/Ljubljana,1997/CBM58 (1-0)(Finkel,A)(61)}) 16. e4 (16. Ne2 $143 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 (17... a6 $5 18. Ba4 Rac8 19. Ke2 Nc5 20. Bc2 a5 21. Rhd1 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 g6 $11 {Arlandi,E-Jenni,F/Charleville,2000(0-1)(61)}) 18. O-O Nc7 19. Bc4 e5 20. Nf5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 N7xa6 $11 {Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo,1998 (½-½)(28)}) 16... Nc7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The large hopes were assigned to this strong novelty.} ({Was checked in the previous games:} 16... Ne7 17. Ne2 cxd4 $1 (17... Bc6 $6 18. Ba6 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Nd4 $14 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow,1998(1-0) (61)}) 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Be2 (19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. O-O-O Rad8 21. Nb3 Nc8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 f5 $11 {Pogorelov,R-Kolev,A/Salou,2000(½-½)(41)}) 19... Nc5 20. b4 Na4 21. O-O e5 22. Nb3 Nc3 23. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rd6 25. Rd2 {½-½ Anand,V-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo,1999 (25)}) 17. Bxd7 {It's best move.Differently,after:} (17. Ba4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Be3 Ne6 {black has a small advantage.} (19... Nc5 $5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Ne2 Ne6)) 17... Rxd7 18. dxc5 f5 $1 {In it all sense-16...?c7.} ({Much more poorly same idea with inclusion preliminary:} 18... bxc5 19. Bxc5 f5) 19. cxb6 $6 {According to Shipov,S this move is a mistake. He writes that White could to equalize (as a minimum) with the help:} (19. e5 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Yf3,Yg2]} Rd5 20. cxb6 (20. Ne2 $143 bxc5 21. Rc1 Na6 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Nc3 Rd2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bc6 $15) 20... Rxe5+ 21. Ne2 Ba6 (21... axb6 $6 22. Bd4 $1 Rb5 23. O-O e5 $140 24. a4 {[%csl Rb6,Re5]}) 22. O-O-O Nd5 (22... Bxe2 $4 23. bxc7 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 {[%csl Gc7,Rg8][%CAl Gd1d8]} Rd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Bxa7 $18) 23. Nd4 axb6 24. Rd2 $11) 19... axb6 20. Ne2 ({Shipov makes the following comments in "Club Kasparov":} 20. e5 $2 Ra5 21. Bg3 Rad5 $15) (20. exf5 exf5 21. Be3 {[%CAl Ge1f2]} Nd5 22. Bd2 f4 $36 {[%CAl Gd5e3]}) (20. Bxb6 $5 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. Nf3 $11) 20... fxe4 21. fxe4 ({Shipov."Dubious:} 21. O-O {because of:} exf3 22. gxf3 Rd2 $1 {"}) 21... Bxe4 22. O-O $6 {Shipov." Again oversight.Now white get in a strip of difficulties.It was necessary:} (22. Bxb6 $5 Nd5 (22... Bxg2 $143 23. Rg1) 23. Bc5 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bh3 $13 {[%CAl Gh3f5] "}) 22... Rd2 {[%csl Rg2]} 23. Nc3 $6 ({Shipov."Can be recommended:} 23. Rfe1 Rxb2 24. Bd4 $1 Rc2 (24... Rb3 $2 25. Nc1) 25. Bxb6 Nd5 26. Bf2 {=/? "}) 23... Bb7 24. b4 ({Senselessly:} 24. Rad1 {because of:} Rxb2 $1 25. Rd7 Rc8 {and impossibly:} 26. Na4 Rc2 $140 27. Nxb6 {in view of:} Rf8 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%CAl Gb7a6]}) 24... Rf8 $1 {Shipov."Probably,it's the best way to support the initiative.Differently,at black there are no problems:} (24... b5 $6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rc2 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 28. Nd1 $11) (24... Nd5 $6 25. Ne4 $1 Rc2 26. Nd6 Bc6 27. b5 Bd7 28. a4 $11 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5,Rd7]}) (24... Rc2 $2 25. Rac1 $11 (25. Rfc1 $2 Rxa3 $17 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1]})) (24... e5 $2 25. a4 Ne6 26. Rfd1 $14 {"}) 25. Ra2 ({Much better is:} 25. a4 Rc2 26. Nd1 (26. Rac1 $4 Rfxf2) 26... Nd5 27. a5 $132) 25... Rxa2 26. Nxa2 Nd5 {[%csl Gb7,Rg2][%CAl Gd5f4]} 27. Bd4 Ra8 $1 {[%csl Ra3]} ({Shipov."Leads to equality:} 27... Nf4 28. Rf2 b5 29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Bc5 Rf7 31. Bd6 g5 32. Ne2 $11 {"}) 28. Nc3 $6 $138 ({Shipov:"Is a possibe continuation of the play:} 28. Rf3 g5 {[%CAl Gd5f4]} 29. Nc3 Nf4 30. Re3 Rxa3 (30... Bxg2 $6 31. a4) 31. g3 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Nh3+ 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Bxb6 Rh1 35. Rd3 $132 {"}) 28... Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Rxa3 30. Bd4 {[%mdl 4096]} b5 31. Rf4 $1 {[%csl Rg2,Rg7][%CAl Gf4g4,Gg4g7,Yg4g2]} Rd3 $2 ({Also weakly:} 31... g5 $6 {Shipov.} 32. Rf6 Ra2 33. Rg6+ $1 Kf8 34. Rxe6 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1) ({and} 31... Rb3 {Shipov.} 32. Rg4 (32. Be5 $2 h5 {[%csl Rg4][%CAl Yh5g4]}) 32... g5 33. h4 Rxb4 34. hxg5 h5 35. Rf4 {[%csl Rg8][%CAl Gg5g6,Gg6g7]} Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1 37. g6 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rxg2 39. Rf7 Bd5 40. Rg7+ Kf8 41. Bf6 e5 42. Bxe5 $11) (31... h5 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%CAl Gh5g4] Shipov.} 32. g4 h4 (32... Bf3 $5 33. gxh5 Bxh5) 33. g5 Ra2 34. Rxh4 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxg5 {keeping quite good chances of a prize.}) 32. Rg4 g5 ({Leads to draw:} 32... Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Bxg2 36. Be5 $11) 33. h4 Kf7 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kf2 $1 {[%CAl Gd4e3]} Rd2+ $6 ({A little bit better:} 35... Kg6 36. Ke2 Rb3 37. Be3 Rb2+ 38. Kf1 {[%csl Rg5]} Kf5 39. Rxg5+ Ke4 40. Bc5 Bd5 {=/?}) 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. Rxg2 Bxg2 38. Be5 $1 {Shipov:"And only here champion has reflected. But late! The position is perfect draw. To punch blockade of white on point" e5 and g3" black be not capable. Therefore,drawn game!"} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Munich ZMD m 5'"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "2002.11.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2349"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2002.11.13"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.01.09"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Qe7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Ne4 12. Qc2 a5 13. Bb2 f5 14. Ne1 axb4 15. axb4 c5 16. Nd3 Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Nb6 19. f3 Nf6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ra1 Qe8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Bf1 Ra4 25. Nb2 Ra8 26. Qc3 d5 27. cxd5 Nxd5 28. Qc1 c4 29. Nxc4 Qc5+ 30. e3 Rc8 31. Qd2 f4 32. gxf4 Nxf4 33. Kf2 Nd5 34. Qd4 Qc7 35. f4 Qf7 36. Be2 Rd8 37. e4 e5 38. Qb2 Qe7 39. exd5 Qc5+ 40. Kf1 Bxd5 41. Qa3 Qc7 42. b6 Qg7 43. Rxd5 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 19th"] [Site "Rethymno"] [Date "2003.10.02"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2830"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "Golod,Vitali"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2003.09.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 098"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"] [BlackTeam "Paris NAO"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] {[%mdl 1] I shall use also comments of Garry Kasparov to this game in the site : www.worldchessrating.com/ Further I shall designate comments of Garry Kasparov - G.K. G.K. "I regard this game as a big creative achievement. The pithiness and tension of this encounter place it among the best games in my chess career."} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 9... c5 {You can see comments to Kramnik,V-Bologan,V/Dortmund,2003/CBM 97(½-½)(Golod,V)(38)}) 10. Qd3 {G.K. "I play this fashionable system with both colors."} ({Nowadays,less popular is:} 10. Qc2 {[%csl Re4][%CAl Ge2c3] You can see annotations to games: Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/Batumi,1999/CBM 74(0-1)(Golod,V)(33)}) 10... Ba6 $5 {G.K. "Formally speaking, this move is a novelty. However, I have extensively analyzed it at home. After the game Grischuk confessed that my quick response had come as an unpleasant surprise for him."} ({On:} 10... e5) ({or} 10... a5 {you can find only one game (in each continuation)}) ({and after:} 10... h6 $5 {you can find six games in Mega DataBase 2003}) (10... c5 $5 {See comments to Gurevich,M-Mchedlishvili,M/Istanbul,2003(1-0)(Gurevich,M)(68)}) 11. b4 $5 ({The game,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Nc3 h6 $140 (14... Rfc8 $5) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qa4 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6] Berkvens,J-Buss,R/Zug,2003(1-0)(62)}) ({G.K."This continuation (11.b4) looks somewhat risky. After all,White lags in development. Ivanchuk tested 11.Nc3 in our last-round game. By playing this solid move White takes no chances, but hardly can hope for any advantage.The sequence:} 11. e4 $6 h6 12. Bh4 d5 13. e5 g5 {looks promising only for Black."}) 11... c5 12. b5 (12. dxc5 $6 bxc5 13. b5 $140 Ne5 14. Qc3 Bb7 $132 {?a6 or ?e4}) 12... Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 $146 ({Eighteen days after this game, Black have checked up another idea:} 13... h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. d5 $5 Ne5 16. Qd1 exd5 17. cxd5 c4 18. Qd4 $14 {Ionov,S-Feoktistov,A/St.Petersburg, 2003(1-0)(39)}) 14. f3 {[%csl Yf3] Capture of space and restriction of the Black's bishop.} h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 {G.K. "In my opinion, after:} (15... axb5 16. Nxb5 d5 17. cxd5 (17. Be2 $5) 17... exd5 18. Be2 {White has a slight edge."}) 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Qxd4 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 17. exd4 $6 axb5 18. cxb5 g5 19. Bf2 Nh5 20. g3 Rfc8 21. O-O $11) 17... e5 ({G.K."After:} 17... Nc5 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. e4 e5 20. Qe3 {White is better.} Ng4 $140 $2 21. Qxh6 {[%csl Re7,Yh6][%CAl Yh6h4,Gh4e7] ."}) 18. Qd1 $1 {G.K."This is a very important move.One may think that White has wasted a tempo, but the d1-square is better for the queen than d2:} (18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Rd1 {[%csl Rd6]} axb5 20. Nxb5 g5 21. Bg3 d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. e4 (23. O-O Rfd8) 23... Nf4 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nxe2 26. Kxe2 Ba6 27. Rb1 {[%csl Yb1]} f6 28. Bf2 Kg7 $11 {."}) 18... g5 19. Bg3 {[%csl Yd1] Now Black can not play with tempo ?c5.} axb5 20. Nxb5 d5 {G.K."Black has carried out his plan: g7-g5 and d6-d5. At this point both players were quite satisfied with their positions. I think White is better because he has a pair of bishops and the loosened light squares (f5, g6) in Black's camp. In many lines the white knight infiltrates on d6 and Black finds himself in a quite unpleasant position."} 21. O-O Rac8 22. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Ye2,Gg3] White has a more preferable position,at the expense of advantage of two bishops.} Qe6 23. Qb4 ({G.K."A more interesting continuation was:} 23. cxd5 Bxd5 (23... Nxd5 $143 24. Bc4 {[%csl Gb3,Gc4,Re6][%CAl Ge3e4]} Qc6 25. Rac1 Nc5 26. Qb1 Nxe3 27. Na7 {[%csl Rc6,Rc8]} Qf6 28. Rfe1 Nxc4 29. Nxc8 Bxc8 30. Rxc4 Bf5 31. Qa1 Qe6 $16 {[%csl Rc4][%CAl Yf7f6]}) 24. Qb2 Bc4 25. Rfd1 $14) ({Another decent option is:} 23. Rfd1 dxc4 24. Qb4 $44 {."}) 23... Rc5 ({It was dubiously: G.K."} 23... dxc4 24. e4 Ba6 25. Nd6 {[%csl Rc4,Rc8]} Rc5 26. Rfd1 {[%csl Rc4,Yd1][%CAl Ga1c1]} c3 27. Bxa6 c2 28. Bc4 cxd1=Q+ 29. Rxd1 $36 {."}) 24. a4 Rfc8 $5 ({Leads to favourable complications for White:} 24... dxc4 25. e4 Nh5 26. Rfd1 Nxg3 27. hxg3 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6][%CAl Ga1c1]}) 25. Rfd1 {G.K."This move is better,than:} (25. Bf2 e4 26. Nd4 Qe8 27. Nf5 (27. cxd5 Nxd5 28. Qd2 Nc3 29. f4 gxf4 30. exf4 Nf6 {with an unclear position.}) 27... Qe6 28. Nd4 ({but not} 28. Nxh6+ $2 Kg7 29. Ng4 exf3 30. gxf3 Nxg4 31. fxg4 Qe4 $17) 28... Qe8 $11 {."}) 25... Ba8 $2 {G.K."This is the critical moment of the game. After this move White gets the upper hand. Dubious was:} (25... dxc4 $6 {in view of:} 26. e4 c3 27. Bf2) ({however after} 25... Ba6 $1 26. Bf2 Bxb5 27. axb5 e4 {Black maintains a dynamic balance."}) 26. Ra3 ({Probably it was a little better:} 26. Bf2 $5 e4 (26... dxc4 $2 27. e4 {[%csl Rc5]} R5c6 28. Na7 {[%csl Rc6,Rc8]}) 27. Nd4 (27. cxd5 $5 Bxd5 (27... Nxd5 $143 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. fxe4 N5f6 30. Nd6 $16 {[%csl Rd7]}) 28. Nd4 $36) 27... Qe8 28. Nb3 R5c7 29. a5 $14) 26... g4 {Alexander Grischuk tries to create a counterplay!} 27. cxd5 Rxd5 (27... Nxd5 {is refuted by:} 28. Qxg4+ Qxg4 29. fxg4 Rc2 30. Kf2 {?/?}) 28. e4 {Differently,Black will receive convenient game.} Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 gxf3 30. gxf3 Nc5 ({G.K."No better was:} 30... Nh5 31. Nd6 Rc1 32. Qd2 {[%csl Yd2]} Rb1 33. Nf5 {[%csl Rg8,Rh6][%CAl Ga3d3]} Nxg3 34. hxg3 Nc5 35. Nxh6+ Kh7 36. Nf5 $16 {."}) 31. Qb2 $1 {G.K. "With this move White upsets the harmony of Black's pieces."} Nfd7 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 31... Rd8 32. Be2 {[%csl Re5][%CAl Gb5c7]}) 32. Qd2 $1 Bc6 ({After:} 32... Kh7 33. Nd6 Rd8 {It is necessary to use a unsuccessful place of the Black's rook:} 34. Nf5 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Rd8]} Bxe4 $140 $6 35. fxe4 Nxe4 {[%csl Rf5]} 36. Qb4 Qxf5 37. Rf3 $36 {[%CAl Gb4e7,Gd1c2]}) 33. Nd6 Ra8 34. Be2 $1 {G.K. "Although I could not calculate all the variations over the board, the time for an attack has come. By now we both were in time trouble (although the 30-sec increment per move mitigated it). I have a slight advantage on the clock."} Qf6 ({G.K."Impossibly:} 34... Nb3 $2 {because of:} 35. Rxb3 $1 Qxb3 36. Bc4 Qb1+ (36... Qxf3 37. Nxf7 $18 {[%csl Rf3,Rg8,Rh6]}) 37. Kg2 $18 {."}) 35. Nf5 {[%csl Rh6]} Kh7 36. Bc4 Ne6 ({G.K." In case of:} 36... Rxa4 $2 {White wins with} 37. Rxa4 Bxa4 38. Bxf7 {[%csl Rh6]}) ({After the game the computer found the "machine-like" defense:} 36... Ra7 37. Bxf7 Bxe4 38. fxe4 Nxe4 {."}) 37. Rd3 Ndc5 {G.K."Other continuations lose on the spot:} (37... Nd4 $2 38. Nxd4 exd4 39. Rxd4 Ne5 40. Be2 Nxf3+ 41. Bxf3 Qxf3 42. Rd6 Bxe4 43. Rxh6+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Bg6 45. Rxg6+ fxg6 46. Qxg6+ {[%csl Rg8][%CAl Gg3e5,Gg3d6]}) (37... Rxa4 $2 38. Bxe6 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Qxe6 40. Qc3 $1 (40. Rd6 $4 Ra2 $19 {[%csl Rd2,Rg2]}) 40... Ra2+ 41. Kh1 $1 $18 {."}) 38. Rd6 Bxe4 (38... Bxa4 $143 39. Bxe5 {[%csl Rh6]} Qg5+ (39... Qxe5 $4 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Ne7#) 40. Kf2 $16) 39. Bxe6 {G.K."I did not venture upon the correct:} (39. fxe4 $1 Nxe4 40. Rxe6 fxe6 (40... Qxe6 41. Qc2 Qxf5 42. Bd3 Qc8 43. Bxe4+ Kg8 44. Bc6 $1 Ra5 45. Qg2 Kh8 (45... Qg4 46. Bf2 $18) 46. Bb5 $16) 41. Qd7+ Kh8 {because I missed} 42. Qc6 $1 Rg8 43. Bxe6 Nxg3 44. hxg3 Rd8 45. Kh2 $16 {."}) 39... Bxf5 40. Bxf7 $1 ({Leads to favourable simplifications for Black:} 40. Bxf5+ Qxf5 41. Rxh6+ Kg8 42. Rxb6 Ne6 {[%csl Ra4,Ye6,Rf3]}) 40... Qg5 ({G.K."The line:} 40... Qg7 $1 41. Kh1 $1 Qg5 42. Qxg5 hxg5 43. Bxe5 {should be checked in depth."}) 41. Qxg5 hxg5 42. Bxe5 Nd7 {G.K."After this move White consolidates his advantage.} ({No better is:} 42... Rxa4 43. Rxb6 $16) ({The most consistent continuation for Black is:} 42... Nxa4 43. h4 Ra5 44. Bd4 gxh4 45. Rd8 Kh6 46. Rh8+ Kg5 (46... Bh7 47. Bb3 $18 {[%CAl Gb3c2]}) 47. Kf2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg5][%CAl Gh8h5] ."}) 43. Bc3 $1 $16 ({G.K. "But not:} 43. Bd4 $2 {in view of:} Rxa4 44. Be8 Ra7 45. Rd5 Ra5 $1 {[%csl Ya5] ."}) 43... Nc5 (43... Rxa4 {is refuted by:} 44. Be8 $1 Ra7 $140 45. Rd5 Be6 46. Rxg5 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 44. h4 $2 {G.K."White advanced the wrong pawn! The winning path goes:} (44. a5 $3 bxa5 45. h4 $1 g4 (45... gxh4 {(=44.h4 gh4 45.a5 ba5) with rearrangement of moves we receive a position from a game.}) 46. Rd5 $1 Na4 47. Bd4 Bg6 48. Be6 $18 {."}) 44... gxh4 45. a5 bxa5 $2 {G.K."Black missed his chance:} (45... Na4 46. Bd4 {It looks like after} Ra7 $3 ({other continuations do not work:} 46... Rxa5 47. Rd8 {[%csl Rh7][%CAl Gd8h8]} Kh6 48. Rh8+ Kg5 (48... Bh7 49. Bb3 $1) 49. Kf2 $1 (49. Rh5+ $2 Kf4 50. Rxh4+ Kg5 (50... Kxf3 $4 51. Bh5+) 51. Rh5+ Kf4 52. Kf2 Nc5 53. Rh4+ Kg5 54. Kg3 Ne4+ 55. fxe4 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Kxh4 57. exf5 Kg5 58. Be6 Ra5 59. f6 Kg6 60. Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Ke4 Ra4 62. f7 Ra8 $11) 49... Nc5 50. Bc3 $1 Nd3+ 51. Ke3 Nf4 52. Rg8+ $16) (46... bxa5 47. Bb3 $1 Nb2 $1 48. Rf6 $1 (48. Bxb2 $2 Rb8 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3]}) 48... Rb8 49. Bf7 $1 Rb5 (49... Bd3 50. Rf4 Kh6 51. Rxh4+ Kg5 52. Rh5+ Kf4 53. Be5+ $18 {[%csl Rb8,Rf4]}) 50. Be8 Rb4 51. Bxb2 Rxb2 52. Rxf5 $18) {Black beats off:} 47. Rf6 (47. Bb3 Rxa5 48. Rd8 Kh6) (47. Bc4 Rxa5 48. Rd8 Kh6 49. Rh8+ Kg5) 47... Rxa5 48. Bc4 (48. Be8 Rd5) 48... Bc2 49. Rf4 Rf5 50. Rxh4+ Kg6 51. Kg2 Ra5 52. Kg3 Rg5+ 53. Kf2 Nc5 54. Be3 Rf5 55. Rh6+ Kg7 56. Rxb6 Be4 $14 {."}) 46. Rd5 ({G.K."The move:} 46. Rd4 {is met with:} Ra6 $1 (46... Kh6 $2 47. Rd5 {[%csl Rc5,Rf5]} Na4 48. Bd2+ $18 {[%csl Rf5,Rh6]}) 47. Rf4 Bd7 {[%csl Ya6][%CAl Ya6h6] ."}) 46... Na4 47. Bd4 Bg6 48. Be6 {[%csl Gd4,Ye6][%CAl Gf3f4,Gf4f5][%mdl 2048] All White's pieces have occupied ideal positions and are ready to attack a Black's king. G.K."The white pieces are dominating. Despite the scarce material left on the board they can create mating threats to the black king. A Computer analysis disclosed many interesting opportunities for White that I point out in the annotations below."} Bc2 ({G.K."} 48... Be8 $143 49. Rg5 $1 Ra6 50. Bf5+ Bg6 51. Rh5+ Kg8 52. Rh6 Kf7 53. Bc2 Rd6 54. Bb3+ Ke7 55. Be3 $18 {[%csl Ra4,Rc5,Rd6,Re7][%CAl Gb3a4,Ya4c5,Ge3c5] ."}) 49. f4 ({G.K."Even better was:} 49. Rd7+ $1 Kh6 50. Bf7 $1 {[%csl Rh6][%CAl Gd4e3]} Bf5 51. Rd5 Kg5 52. Be6 Rf8 53. Bd7 $18 {[%csl Ra4] ."}) 49... Rb8 50. Rh5+ ({G.K."} 50. Kh2 $5 {also deserved a closer look."}) 50... Kg6 51. Rg5+ Kh6 52. Bf7 {[%csl Rh6]} ({Immediately wins a game the following move:} 52. Bg7+ Kh7 53. Be5 Rd8 (53... Rb7 54. Bg8+ Kh6 55. Bd6 {[%csl Rh6][%CAl Gd6f8]}) 54. Rg4 Nc5 55. Bf7 Rd1+ 56. Kh2 Rd2+ 57. Kh3 Rd3+ (57... Bf5 $2 58. Bg8+ Kh6 59. Bg7+ Kh5 60. Bf7+) 58. Kxh4 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%CAl Gg4g8,Gg8h8,Gg4g5,Gg5h5]}) 52... Bd1 53. Kh2 ({G.K."} 53. Bg7+ Kh7 54. Be5 Rd8 55. Be6 $18 {."}) 53... Rd8 54. Bf6 Rc8 55. Be6 ({G.K."White has a more precise continuation at his disposal:} 55. Rg6+ $1 Kh7 $8 56. Rg7+ Kh6 57. Bg6 Bc2 (57... Rc6 58. Be4 {[%csl Rc6,Rh6][%CAl Gg7h7,Ge4c6]}) 58. f5 {[%CAl Gg7h7]} Rh8 59. Ra7 $18 {."}) 55... Rc6 ({G.K."} 55... Rc7 56. Be5 Re7 57. Bf5 Rf7 (57... Rxe5 58. Rg6+ Kh5 59. fxe5) 58. Kh3 Nc5 59. Kxh4 $18 {[%CAl Gg5g6,Gg6g7] ."}) 56. Bg7+ Kh7 57. Bf5+ Kg8 58. Be4 {The accuracy is necessary up to the end.} (58. Bd7 $5) 58... Rc5 59. Bd5+ {G.K."More accurate was:} (59. Bd4+ $1 Rxg5 60. fxg5 {[%csl Ra4]} Bb3 61. g6 Kf8 62. Bb1 (62. Kh3 $2 Ke7 63. g7 Kd6 64. Bh7 Nc5 {[%csl Yc5][%CAl Ya5a4]}) 62... Ke7 63. g7 Kd6 64. Bc2 $1 {."}) 59... Kh7 {G.K."Black could have posed more problems for his opponent with:} (59... Rxd5 $1 60. Rxd5 Kxg7 61. Rxd1 Nc3 (61... Kf6 62. Kh3 $1 (62. Rd6+ $2 Kf5 63. Rd5+ {[%csl Ra4]} Kg4 $1 {[%csl Rf4][%CAl Ya4c3]}) 62... Kf5 (62... Nc3 63. Rd3 Ne4 64. Rd5 {[%csl Yd5][%CAl Gh3h4]}) 63. Rd5+ Ke4 64. Rxa5 Nb6 65. f5 $18) {although even in this case White closes the game with:} 62. Rd7+ $1 Kf6 63. Kh3 Kf5 64. Rf7+ Ke6 65. Rf8 a4 66. Kxh4 a3 67. Kg5 $18 {."}) 60. Bd4 Rc2+ 61. Kh3 {[%csl Rc2,Rh7][%CAl Gd5e4]} Rc7 62. Be4+ Kh6 63. Rg8 {[%csl Rh6][%CAl Gg8h8] Further resistance is impossible.In this hopeless position Alexander Grischuk stopped to resist.} 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 19th"] [Site "Rethymno"] [Date "2003.10.04"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2830"] [Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2003.09.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 098"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"] [BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 {This line became fashionable lately.} Nbd7 10. Qd3 (10. Qc2 {- see the annotated game Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 [Golod,V]}) ({The following game was played in the same tournament:} 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxd8 Nxd2 13. Bxc7 Nxc4 14. Nc3 Rfc8 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. Bxc4 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxc7 $11 {½-½ Kacheishvili,G-Almasi,Z/Rethymnon 2003 (23)}) 10... Ba6 {A concrete approach. Black is trying to make the immediate use of white's last move.} (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 (11... Re8 12. Nc3 a5 13. Be2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. Bf5 Ra7 18. O-O-O b5 $13 {½-½ Van Wely,L-Zoler,D/Rethymnon 2003 (40)}) 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Rd1 (13. Be2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd1 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 $15 {½-½ Bareev,E-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde 2002/CBM 92 no vc (64)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Be2 (14. d5 Ne5 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Bg3 exd5 17. cxd5 Nh5 18. Be2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 a6 20. a4 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Gelashvili,T/Izmir 2003 (54)}) 14... cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Nb5 (18. Rd4 Nb3 19. Rh4 Kg7 20. Kd1 d5 21. Kc2 Na5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rd1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 {?/= ½-½ Bareev,E-Leko,P/Monte Carlo 2003 (79)}) 18... d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc7 Bb3 21. Nxa8 Bxd1 22. Bxd1 Rxa8 23. Bc2 {?/= ½-½ Bareev,E-Karpov,A/GMA, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003 (60)}) ({Possible is the immediate} 10... c5 {- see the game Gurevich,M-Mchedlishvili,M/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 [Gurevich,M]}) 11. Nc3 $146 {This novelty does not yield white an opening advantage.} ({Just a few rounds before Kasparov as white played against Grischuk:} 11. b4 c5 12. b5 Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd1 {and eventually won in a tough battle.}) 11... d5 12. Qc2 (12. b3 c5 $132) 12... Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 h6 15. Bh4 c5 {Black has solved his opening problems, but white still can hope to make use of the pin along the h4-d8 diagonal.} 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 {Forcing white to simplify the position.} ({Possible alternative is} 17... Qc7) 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. O-O-O Rfc8 {[%CAl Gc5e4] Possible was 20...Rfd8, but Kasparov as usual tries to play more dinamically even in such a boring positions.} 21. Kb1 f5 22. Rd4 Nb3 23. Rd3 Nc5 24. Rd4 Nb3 {Draw?} 25. Rh4 {Ivanchuk avoids the three throw repetition.} Kg7 26. Ka2 Nc5 27. Rd1 a6 {Covering the b5 square against white's possible knight jump.} (27... Rd8 $6 28. Rhd4) 28. Rhd4 (28. g4 $6 f4 $1 29. exf4 Rd8 {[%csl Yh4] and black is getting strong counterplay along the "d" file.}) 28... b5 29. g4 $1 (29. b4 Ne4 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Kb2 f5 $11) 29... fxg4 (29... e5 $6 30. Rd5 fxg4 31. Rxe5 $14) 30. Rxg4+ Kf8 31. Rh4 Ke7 $1 32. Rdd4 (32. Rxh6 Rd8 33. Rh4 Rxd1 34. Nxd1 Rd8 35. Rd4 Rh8 36. h4 e5 37. Rd5 Nd7 $11 {[%csl Rh4]}) 32... Rg8 33. Rxh6 (33. b4 Nb7 $5 34. Rxh6 Nd6 35. Rh5 Rg2 $44) 33... Rg2 {The activity of black's pieces compensates the lack of pawn.} 34. f4 Rd8 35. f5 (35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. f5 Nd3 $11) 35... Rxd4 36. exd4 Nd3 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. d5 {Numerous pawns exchanges leads to inevitable draw.} Rxb2+ 39. Ka1 exd5 40. Nxd5+ Kd7 41. Nf4 Rd2 42. Nxd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "18"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2737"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nf3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15. b3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Rac1 dxc4 19. bxc4 e5 20. Bf5 exd4 21. Qxd4 Bc6 22. Ne4 Qf4 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Bg3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Qc7 26. Nd6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Re7 Be6 30. Rxa7 Rc6 31. Ne4 Bxc4 32. g4 Be6 33. Kf2 Kh7 34. a4 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. Nd6 Bb3 37. Ra6 Rxa4 38. Rxb6 Be6 39. Ne4 Ra7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Basel sim"] [Site "Basel"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Haldemann, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [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. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. e3 Re8 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Ne4 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxh5 Qh4 21. Be2 Nxb3 22. Qc3 Nc5 23. g3 Qf6 24. Qd4 b6 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Ng6 27. Bf3 f6 28. Bc6 Rb8 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Bd4 Nb3 31. Bc3 Nc5 32. Bd5+ Ke7 33. Kf3 Rd8 34. Ke2 Rd6 35. Bd4 Nb3 36. Bc3 Nc5 37. Rg1 Kf8 38. h4 Nxh4 39. Rh1 c6 40. Bxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxh4 h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-31"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.12.09"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Dautov,Rustem"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1994.12.01"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 045"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BIH"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 (6. Nf3 Qf5) 6... c5 7. a3 (7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. c4 Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Rb1 e5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Rd8 16. Rb5 Qe7 17. Be2 b6 18. Bf3 Bb7 $15 {Alekhine-Euwe/Amsterdam Wch (20)/1937}) 7... cxd4 $5 {N} (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O (8... Nc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. c4 Qd6 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qe2 Qf4 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. h3 Na5 18. Ne5 Be4 19. Rfe1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 $14 {Alekhine-Euwe/The Hague Wch (10)/1937}) 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. Bc4 Qc6 12. Bd3 Qxc2 13. Bxc2 Ba6 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. f3 e5 19. Kf2 exd4 20. Bxd4 Nc5 $10 {Alekhine-Euwe/Amsterdam Wch (12)/1937}) 8. axb4 (8. exd4 $6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bd3 e5 12. c4 Qd6 13. d5 e4 14. Bxe4 Re8 $15) 8... dxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 b6 11. Bc4 Qd6 12. O-O Bb7 $10) 9... b5 $5 (9... O-O 10. c4 Qe4 (10... Qd6 11. c5 Qc7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 (12... Nd5 $6 13. e4 Nf4 (13... Nxb4 $4 14. Qc3 $18) 14. Qc3 f6 15. g3 Ng6 16. Bc4 $14) 13. Nf3 $14) (10... Qd8 11. Nf3 $14) 11. Qxe4 Nxe4 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Bb2 $14) 10. Nf3 O-O 11. c4 (11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ra5 a6 14. c4 Qd8 $132 {??c6}) 11... bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe4 13. Bd3 $6 (13. Qxe4 {?} Nxe4 14. Ke2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Rhc1 $14) 13... Qxb4+ 14. Ke2 Qb6 15. Ba3 (15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Bd4 Qb8 17. Ng5 (17. Rhb1 Bb7) 17... h6 18. Nh7 Nxh7 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rhb1 Bb7 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd6 $10) 15... Re8 16. Bc5 (16. Rhb1 Qc6 $10) 16... Qc7 17. Rhc1 a5 18. Bb4 Qxc2+ 19. Rxc2 Ba6 $10 20. Rxa5 Bxd3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "De Firmian,Nick"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 049"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 {The World Champion varies from his latest outing. Kasparov-Nikolic, Moscow (ol) 1994 saw the more common 7.a3, with Black quickly equalizing after 7...cxd4 8.axb4 dxc3 9.bxc3 b5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Qxe4 13.Bd3 Qxb4+ 14.Ke2 Qb6.} Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {Much less common than 8.bxc3, which was popular in the 1930s. GM Yasser Seirawan, who is serving as one of the guest commentators, came up with an interesting novelty while analysing today. He proposes to answer 8.bxc3 with 8...Qe4!? (8...O-O is normal).} cxd4 (8... Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 $10 {Bagirov in ECO E.}) 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 {This appears to be a new move, previous experience being confined to 10.Bc3. Finegold-Smyslov, London 1988, was quickly drawn after 10...e5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 Rfe8 15.Bb5 Nd7 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Ra5 f6. It's safe to assume that the text, which was played instantly, is part of Kasparov's pre-match preparation.} gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. a3 {A necessary preventive move, as 12.Nc3 Nb4 is good for Black.} Qe5 13. Nc3 f5 {Another approach was possible. Several GMs commenting on the game were attracted to 13...Nd4 intending to redeploy the Knight to f5. Anand, in the post-game press conference said he rejected the move because he wanted to place his pawn on f5, and not a piece. Still the move looks worthy of future tests. One possible line might go 13...Nd4 14.Qd1 Nf5 15.Qh5 Bc6 16.O-O-O Rc8 14.Kb1 Ke7 with very sharp and unclear play.} 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. g3 Kb8 16. Be2 {This move was played after what must be one of Kasparov's longest thinks in his career - 44 minutes! The natural looking follow up to White's last move would be 16.Bg2, but then Black has 16...Ne7 followed by ...Bc6.Those looking to improve on White's opening play might want to consider GM Walter Browne's suggestion of 16.Qa4, planning to meet 16...Qa5 with 17.Qh4.. Objectively White might not have much of an advantage, but it would probably create livelier play than what follows - play that Anand called "not rock and roll" in the press conference.} Ne7 17. Qd3 Qc7 {Always beware of World Champions offering gifts. Here Anand avoids the obvious 17...Bc6? which win material but leads to a difficult position after 18.Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rxd8+ Kc7 20.Rhd1 Nd5 21. R8xd5 exd5 (21...B xd5 22.Nxd5+ exd5 23.Bf3 is probably even worse) 22.Rd4 when White has no weaknesses and Black no counterplay.} 18. Qd6 Bc6 19. Qxc7+ Kxc7 20. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Kd2 {Kasparov has an infinitesimal advantage that is impossible to convert against Anand's accurate play.} Nc8 24. Kd3 Nd6 25. Kd4 b6 26. b4 Ke7 27. f4 h6 28. a4 f6 29. a5 Bd7 {White's only way to continue play was h2-h3 followed by g4, but since every pawn exchange favors the defender its easy to see why the two players agreed to split the point.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kosmos m 5'"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1998.11.28"] [Round "18"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2815"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1998.11.27"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8. a3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 c6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 g6 13. Nd2 Be7 14. f3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxh4+ 16. g3 Bxg3+ 17. hxg3 cxd5 18. Rc1 Kd8 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nd6 Ke7 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Nd5+ Kd6 26. Nf4 g5 27. Ng6 Re8+ 28. Kd2 Nf6 29. Rxh6 Ng4 30. Rh5 Rg8 31. Rxg5 Be6 32. Re1 Nh6 33. Nf4 Bd7 34. Rh5 Ng4 35. Bxf5 Nf6 36. Rh6 Rbf8 37. Bxd7 Kxd7 38. Ng6 Re8 39. Ne5+ Ke6 40. Ng4+ Kf5 41. Nxf6 1-0 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 070"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8. a3 Be7 9. Bg5 Be6 10. e3 c6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Ne2 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Nf6 19. Rcc1 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rac8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.07.02"] [Round "12"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 072"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 Qc5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 e5 15. Rc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Ng5 Re7 19. f3 Nd7 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Bc2 h6 22. Ne4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Botvinnik Memorial m 30'"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2001.12.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2802"] [Annotator "Golod,Vitali"] [PlyCount "59"] [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. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 $5 {Besides,black has two principales moves:} (11... b6 $5 {??b7(?a8-h1).See comments to game Shipov,S-Short,N/ Port Erin,1999/ CBM 74 (1-0)(Golod,V)(43)}) ({and} 11... Qc5 $5 {See comments to game Dao Thien Hai-Adams,M/New Delhi,2000/CBM 81 (½-½)(Golod,V)(31)}) 12. Be2 Qe4 $5 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 12... Qc5 $5 {You can see comments to game: Bareev,E-Sakaev,K/Moscow,2001/CBM 86 (1-0)(Golod,V)(25)}) 13. Qb3 ({Leads to absolute equality:} 13. Rc1 $6 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Nd5 $11 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Rxc3 {½-½ Onischuk,A-Anand,V/Bastia,2000(16)}) 13... Nd5 (13... b6 $143 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qg6 16. Qa3 Ne8 17. Ba6 $1 $14 {Keatinge Clay,A-Falconer,N/Concord,1995(0-1)(72)}) 14. Bd2 ({It is not necessary to exchange the bishop "c3":} 14. O-O $6 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qb4 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. a3 Bd7 $11 {Touzane,O-Anand,V/Moscow,2001 (½-½)(46)}) 14... Qg6 $5 $146 {[%csl Rg2][%CAl Gg6g2]} ({Was checked in the previous game:} 14... b6 $5 15. Bd3 (15. Qc4 $143 Nf6 {?16...?xc4 and 17...?e4 ?d2.}) 15... Qg4 16. O-O Bb7 17. h3 Qh5 18. Qb5 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/Monaco,2001 (1-0)(33)}) 15. O-O $140 e5 {[%CAl Gc8h3]} 16. Rfd1 e4 ({Now senselessly:} 16... Bh3 {in view of:} 17. Ne1 {[%csl Ye1][%CAl Ye1g2]} (17. Nh4 $6 Qg5 18. Bc4 e4 19. Qxb7 Nce7 20. Bxd5 (20. Ba5 $2 Rdb8 21. Rxd5 Qxh4 $17 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5]}) (20. g3 $143 Rdb8 21. Qa6 Rxb2 $36) 20... Nxd5 21. Ba5 Qxh4 22. gxh3 $13 (22. Bxd8 $4 Qg4 23. Kf1 $8 Qxg2+ 24. Ke1 Nxe3 $1 25. Qxa8 (25. fxe3 Bg4 26. Qb5 Qg1+ 27. Kd2 (27. Qf1 Qxe3+ {[%csl Re1]}) 27... Rxd8+ {[%csl Rd1]}) 25... Qf1+ 26. Kd2 Qd3+ 27. Ke1 (27. Kc1 Qc2#) 27... Nc2#))) 17. Ne1 Qf5 {[%csl Yf5][%CAl Yf5d5] Black once again protect knight "d5"(against 18.?a5 ?g8).} ({It deserves attention:} 17... Rb8 $5 {[%CAl Gc8e6]}) 18. Bc3 Rb8 {[%csl Yb8][%CAl Yb8b7,Gc8e6]} 19. g4 $1 {Very strong positional decision! Now knight of white at once enters in game.} Qe6 20. Ng2 {[%CAl Ge2c4]} Nxc3 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Qxc3 Nc6 23. Rd1 ({Pretty dubiously:} 23. b4 {[%CAl Gb4b5] (with purpose to bring down the knight of black with poin "c6" and to open ?c) because of:} Qe5 {[%csl Rb4,Rc7,Ye5][%CAl Ye5c7]} 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. h3 Be6 {=/?}) 23... Qe7 24. Nf4 Be6 $11 ({Weakly:} 24... Kh8 25. b4 {[%csl Rh8][%CAl Gb4b5]}) ({and} 24... h6 {[%csl Yh7] in view of:} 25. Nh5 $1 f5 (25... f6 $2 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Ng3 {[%csl Re4]}) 26. Ng3 $36 {[%csl Re4,Rf5]}) 25. b4 {Now this move not so is dangerous for black,as earlier.} ({Also equality after:} 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 {[%csl Rg4]} 26. Qc4 Qe7 {[%CAl Gb8d8]} 27. Bf1 Re8 $11) 25... Qxb4 ({Much worse is:} 25... Nxb4 $2 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qe5 $14 {[%csl Re4]}) 26. Qxb4 Nxb4 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bc4 {?a2-g8} Kf7 29. Rd4 Nd3 30. Rxe4 $6 (30. Bxd3 $142 exd3 31. Rxd3 Ke7 32. Rc3 {?c} Rd8 33. Kf1 $11 {[%CAl Gf1e2]}) (30. Rxe4 $6 {After this inaccurate move,black has a advantage in the endgame! That confirms the following variants:} Nc5 31. Rd4 (31. Re5 $143 Rc8 32. f4 a6 $5 $15 {[%csl Ya6][%CAl Ya6b5] ??c6 and ?d7(?e5)} 33. f5 $140 Kf6 34. Bxe6 Rc6 (34... Kxe5 $5 35. Bxc8 b5 36. g5 b4 {[%csl Ga6,Gb4][%CAl Ga6a5]}) 35. Rd5 Nxe6 36. fxe6 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Kxe6 39. Ra5 $15) 31... b5 $1 32. Bb3 (32. Be2 Ke7 {[%csl Rd6][%CAl Ye7d6,Ga7a5]}) 32... a5 33. Bc2 (33. Kf1 $143 Nxb3 34. axb3 Ra8 {[%CAl Ga5a4]}) 33... b4 34. Rd6 Rc8 $15) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 f6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qc2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Be8 18. e3 Bg6 19. Rc5 Be4 20. Be2 e5 21. O-O exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. exd4 c6 24. Re1 Bg6 25. Bf1 Bf7 26. f4 Rfd8 27. f5 Rd7 28. Ra5 Rxa5 29. Bxa5 g6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Bd2 g5 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Bc2 b5 34. Bf5 Rd8 35. Kf2 Bg6 36. Be6 Bf7 37. Bf5 Bg6 38. Be6 Nf4 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40. Rd1 Be4 41. h4 Kg6 42. Re1 Bc2 43. Rc1 Be4 44. Re1 Bc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Interpolis"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1989.09.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "57"] [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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Nxc5 14. Bc2 g5 15. Bg3 Be6 16. f3 a6 17. h4 Rfc8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. O-O-O Ncd7 20. Kb1 Kg7 21. Bb3 Rc5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nxe4 Ra5 25. Rhe1 Nf8 26. Nd6 b6 27. Bf2 Nd5 28. Bd4+ Kg6 29. Nc4 1-0 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1989.11.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "81"] [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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Be6 12. a3 Bf8 (12... Bd6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. e4 $1) 13. f4 gxf4 14. gxf4 Bg4 15. Bf5 Bxf5 $6 (15... Rg8 $1 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. O-O-O Qa5 $5 {Kasparov}) 16. Qxf5 Nd7 17. e4 Qf6 (17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Nf3 Qe6 20. Qxe6+ fxe6 $16) 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 Nd7 20. Nge2 Rg8 21. Kf2 Nb6 22. b3 Kd7 23. Ng3 Rc8 (23... f6 $2 24. Nh5 $18) 24. Kf3 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Nce2 Rc6 27. Rhc1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxa3 29. Ra1 Bc5 30. Nf5 (30. Rxa7 Nc4 31. Ra2 $16) 30... Ra8 31. Nxh6 Ke6 32. g4 a5 33. Rc1 Nd7 34. Nc3 Ra6 35. Re1 $1 d4 36. f5+ Ke7 37. Nd5+ Kf8 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 Nb8 40. Nf5 Nc6 41. g5 {Ftacnik} 1-0 [Event "Linares 08th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2560"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1990.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 (8... g5 9. Bg3 d4 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Rxd4 Nc6 12. Rd6 Ke7 $5 $13 {Spassky}) 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 (10... Qa5 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Nd2 $1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 a6 $6 (14... Bb4 $5) 15. Bd6 $16 {Glek-Juferov/USSR/1989/}) 11. Nf3 Qf6 12. Bb5 $5 {N} (12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Bd3 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bxd3 18. Bd6 Bf5 19. f3 Bxc3+ 20. Rxc3 f6 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22. Nf3 $10 {Gelfand,B-Balashov,J/USSR/1989/}) 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 (13... Qxc6 14. bxc3 Ba5 15. Be5 $16) 14. a3 g4 15. Be5 Ne4+ 16. axb4 Qf5 17. Bxh8 gxf3 18. Rg1 Qg4 $2 (18... fxg2 $1 19. Qe2 Ng5 20. f4 Ne4 $16) 19. Qd1 Ng5 20. Qd4 Ne4 21. Qe5+ Be6 22. Qf4 Qg6 23. Qxf3 f6 24. Qf4 Kf7 25. f3 Ng5 26. Kd2 $1 Qf5 27. h4 Qxf4 28. exf4 Nh7 29. g4 {Ftacnik,L} (29. g4 Rxh8 30. Rxa7+ Kg8 31. Re1 Nf8 32. f5 Bd7 33. Re7 Rh7 34. Rxh7 Kxh7 35. b5 $18) 1-0 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.09.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1993.09.07"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "20"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 036"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 (8. O-O-O $2 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bf5 13. e3 Rc8 $19 {Keres,P-Botvinnik,M/1941/}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 (10... Nc6 11. Nf3 Qa5 $1 (11... Qf6 12. Bb5 $1 Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. a3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Spassky,B/Linares/1990/}) 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Qxc5 15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Rb3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qa5 $10 {Spassky,B-Fischer,R/Belgrade (m/20)/1992/}) (10... Qf6 $5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nge2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. h4 g4 $13 {Goldin-Lautier,J/Palma GMA/1989/}) 11. Be5 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 $1 13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14. Bxd5 (14. Bh7+ $2 Kg7 15. Bd3 d4 $1 16. exd4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Re8+ 18. Nge2 b6 $1 {? ?a6}) 14... Bg4 $1 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 (16. gxf3 Rac8 $36) 16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rac8 18. O-O (18. O-O Rxc5 19. Qe4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b6 21. f4 Qxc3 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.09.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1993.09.07"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "20"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 036"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 $1 $146 Bf5 12. Be5 O-O (12... Ng3 13. Qb3 Nxh1 14. Bxh8 $16) (12... Nxf2 $2 13. Qxf5 Nxh1 14. Qc8+ Qd8 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Bxh8 $18) (12... Nxc3 13. Qxf5 Ne4+ (13... Nxe2+ 14. Kxe2 O-O 15. Kf3 Nc6 16. Bf6 Rfe8 17. Bd3 $18) 14. Nc3 O-O (14... Nxc3 $2 15. Qc8+ Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. bxc3 $18) 15. Bd3 $16) 13. Nd4 Bg6 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxf5 (14. Nxf5 Ne4+ 15. Kd1 (15. Ke2 Qa6+ 16. Kf3 Qe6 $1) 15... Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxh6+ Kh7 18. Ng4 f5 $132) 14... Ne4+ (14... Nxa2+ 15. Ke2 $16) 15. Kd1 (15. Ke2 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Qa6+ 17. Kf3 Qe6 18. g4 Nc6 $13) 15... Bxc5 16. Nb3 Qa4 17. Bd3 $16) 14. Nb3 Nxc3 (14... Qd8 15. Bd3 $16) 15. Bxc3 $1 (15. Nxa5 Na4+ 16. Bc3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 b6 $14) 15... Bxc2 16. Nxa5 Bxc3+ (16... Bxc5 17. Nxb7 $16) 17. bxc3 b6 18. Kd2 $1 (18. Nb3 $5) 18... bxa5 (18... Ba4 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Nb7 Bb3 21. a3 $16) (18... Bg6 19. Nb3 $16) 19. Kxc2 Rc8 20. h4 Nd7 (20... Rxc5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rh5 f6 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Rah1 $40) (20... g4 21. Be2 h5 22. f3 $16) 21. hxg5 Nxc5 $1 (21... hxg5 22. Rh5 f6 23. Bb5 Nxc5 24. Rah1 Ne4 25. Bc6 $1 Rxc6 26. Rh8+ $18) 22. gxh6 Ne4 23. c4 $8 (23. Rh4 Rxc3+ 24. Kd1 Nxf2+ $36) 23... Nxf2 (23... dxc4 $2 24. Rh4 Nxf2 25. Bxc4 $18) 24. Rh4 $1 f5 (24... Kh7 25. Rd4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 f5) 25. Rd4 (25. Rf4 Ng4 26. Kd2 dxc4 27. Bxc4+ Kh7) 25... dxc4 (25... Ng4 26. Kd2 dxc4 27. Bxc4+ Kh7 28. Rf1) 26. Bxc4+ Kh7 27. Rf1 Ng4 (27... Ne4 28. Rxf5 Nd6 29. Rxd6 Rxc4+ 30. Kd3 $16) 28. Kd2 Rab8 (28... Nxh6 29. Bd3 Rc5 30. g4 $16) 29. Rxf5 Rb2+ 30. Kd3 Rxg2 (30... Nf2+ $2 31. Kc3 Rxa2 32. Kb3 $18) 31. Be6 (31. Rd7+ Kxh6 32. Rd6+ Kg7 33. Be6 Rc1 34. Rf7+ Kg6 35. Bb3+ (35. Bd5+ Kg5 36. Rg7+ Kh4 37. Bxg2 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rxd6 39. Rxa7 Rb6 $132) 35... Kh5 36. Rd5+ Kh4 37. Rxa5 $16) 31... Rc7 $8 32. Rxa5 Nf2+ (32... Nxh6 33. Rd7+ Rg7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. e4 $16) 33. Ke2 Rh2 (33... Nh1+ 34. Kf3 Rf2+ 35. Kg4 Rg2+ 36. Kh3 $16) 34. Kf3 Nh1 35. Rd7+ Rxd7 36. Bxd7 Kxh6 37. Rxa7 $18 Kg5 38. Ra5+ Kf6 39. Bc6 (39. a4 $18) 39... Rc2 40. Rf5+ Ke7 (40... Kxf5 $2 41. Be4+ Ke5 42. Bxc2 $18) 41. Bd5 Kd6 (41... Rf2+ 42. Kg4 Rxf5 43. Kxf5 Ng3+ 44. Ke5 $18) 42. Rh5 Rd2 43. Rxh1 $6 (43. e4 $1 Nf2 44. Ke3 Rb2 45. Rh6+ $18) 43... Rxd5 44. a4 Ra5 45. Ra1 $2 (45. Rd1+ Ke5 46. Rd4 $18) 45... Ke5 46. e4 (46. Ke2 $5 Ke4 47. Ra3 Kd5 48. Kd3) 46... Ke6 $2 (46... Rc5 $1 47. a5 Rc3+ 48. Kg4 Kxe4 49. a6 Rc8 50. a7 Ra8 51. Ra5 Kd4 52. Kf5 Kc4 53. Ke6 Kb4 54. Ra1 Kc5 55. Kd7 Kb6 56. Rb1+ Kc5 57. Rb7 Rh8 $10) 47. Ke3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Kd7 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. Kb4 Re5 51. Rc1+ Kb6 52. Rc4 1-0 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1995.06.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Hansen,Curt"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1995.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 048"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Dolmatov Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 (8... Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qe4+ $16 {Najdorf,M-Foerder,H/Buenos Aires ol f-A (04) ,HCL 37 1939/1-0 (51)}) (8... O-O $6 9. e3 (9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Bd6 Rc8 14. e4 Bxe4 15. Bd3 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Kb1 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Bxd3+ {½-½ Relange,E-Sosonko,G/Cannes op (02) ,EXP 46 1995}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 g5 11. Bg3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Re8 $6 13. O-O Qxc5 14. Nb5 $5 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 $16 {Bloch-Erofeev, USSR 1982}) 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Nxc5 14. Bc2 g5 15. Bg3 Be6 16. f3 a6 17. h4 Rfc8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. O-O-O Ncd7 20. Kb1 Kg7 21. Bb3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Kortschnoj,V/Tilburg 48/(739) 1989}) (8... Nc6 9. O-O-O $5 (9. e3 O-O (9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nf3 (11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nxc5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Rb1 $14 {0-1 Bayram,Y-Kolev,At/Balkaniad-men (02) 1993 (42)}) 11... Qf6 12. Rc1 (12. Bb5 $1 Nxc3 (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 $14) (12... O-O 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxc3 16. Rac1 $14) 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 $2 (13... Qxc6 14. bxc3 Bxc5 15. O-O $14) 14. a3 $1 g4 $1 (14... Bf5 15. Qd2 $16) 15. Be5 $1 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Spassky,B/Linares 49/666 1990 (29)} (15. Nd4 Nb5+ $13)) 12... Bf5 13. Bd3 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bxd3 18. Bd6 Bf5 19. f3 Bxc3+ 20. Rxc3 f6 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22. Nf3 {= Gelfand,B-Balashov,J/URS CH 1989}) 10. Nf3 d4 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Bxf6 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Qxa2 14. Bb5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Be6 $44 {0-1 Chabanon,J-Sokolov,A/Cannes op (02) ,EXP 46 1995 (34)}) 9... g5 (9... Bxc3 $2 10. Qxc3 d4 11. Qa3 $1 Qe7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Be6 15. Bg3 Rfc8 16. Bd6 Qd8 17. e3 Ne4 18. Rxe4 Qxd6 19. Rc4 $1 Qe7 20. Rc3 $18 {Bloch-Zier, corr. 1990/92}) 10. Bg3 Bxc3 $6 (10... O-O $2 11. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 12. e4 Nce7 $8 13. Kb1 $6 Bxc5 $1 14. Bc4 $1 $16 {Bloch-Gubin, USSR 1983}) (10... Qa5 $5 11. e3 Be6 12. Nf3 $5) 11. Qxc3 d4 12. Qa3 O-O 13. e3 b6 $5 14. exd4 (14. Nf3 $6 bxc5 $1 15. Qxc5 $6 Be6 $1 16. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 $1 17. Qxd4 Qa5 $1 $40) 14... Be6 {Bloch,MW-Prokofiev,AV/corr/1992 (26)} (14... Nxd4 $2 15. Nf3 $1 bxc5 16. Qxc5 $18) 15. Ba6 $1 $16) 9. Bg3 Ne4 (9... Nc6 10. e3 Ne4 11. Nf3 (11. Bd3 $5 Nxc3 (11... Nxc5 $6 12. Nge2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bb5+ $16) (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nxc5 13. Ne2 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 $14) (11... Qa5 12. Nge2 $14) (11... Nxg3 $1 12. hxg3 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Nge2 Qxc5 15. O-O Be6 $13) 12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Ne2 Bxc5 14. h4 $1 (14. Nd4 $14) 14... Bd7 (14... Nb4 $2 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qd1 $16) (14... Be6 $6 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Qa4 $40 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Ba6 $1 Bb6 19. Qc6+ Qc7 20. Bxb7+ Kb8 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. Ba6 $16) (14... Kf8 15. Qb3 $16) 15. Qb3 Ne5 (15... Nb4 16. Bb1 $16) (15... O-O-O 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qxc5 Rxd3 18. Nd4 $16) 16. Bxe5 (16. Qxd5 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Bc6 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Nd4 $16) 16... Qxe5 17. hxg5 (17. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 18. Qa6 Rb6 19. Qa5 Bb4 20. Qxa7 Bxc3+ 21. Kf1 Rb4 $44) 17... hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Qxh8 19. Qxb7 $16 {Glek,I-Podzielny,K/Bonn GSK (02) ,CBM 45 1995/½-½ (59)}) 11... Qa5 (11... Qf6 {Dolmatov} 12. Bb5 Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 $6 14. a3 g4 15. Be5 Ne4+ 16. axb4 Qf5 17. Bxh8 gxf3 18. Rg1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Spassky,B/Linares/1990/}) 12. Nd2 Nxc3 {? d4} (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. f3 Bf5 16. Kf2 O-O 17. h4 Rfe8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nb3 Kg7 $13 {Kortschnoj,V-Portisch,L/Amsterdam/1990/}) (12... Nxd2 $5 {Maksimovic,B} 13. Qxd2 Be6 {? 0-0-0, d4} 14. Rc1 $6 (14. Bb5 {Maksimovic,B}) 14... d4 $1 15. exd4 O-O-O $44 {? Drasko,M-Maksimovic,B/YUG 52/558/1991/}) (12... Be6 {Maksimovic,B} 13. Nb3 $1 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. f3 $14) (12... Bf5 {Maksimovic,B} 13. Bd3 $14) (12... Nxc5 $5 {Maksimovic,B ? d4} 13. Nxd5 (13. Bb5 $1 Bxc3 14. Bxc6+ $8 (14. Qxc3 $2 Qxb5 15. Qxh8+ Ke7 $19 {×d3}) 14... bxc6 15. bxc3 $1 (15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 $10) 15... Ba6 16. Nb3 $8 Qa4 $5 (16... Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Qb5 18. O-O-O {? h4?}) 17. Rd1 {Atalik,S-Maksimovic,B/Iraldion 59/(593)/1993} Qe4 $10) 13... Be6 $1 (13... Bf5 $6 14. Qxf5 Bxd2+ 15. Ke2 $16) 14. Nc3 $1 {? 15.?c4, 15.?c4} (14. Nc3 O-O-O $40)) 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Qxc5 (14... a6 15. Bd6 $16 {Glek,I-Jurerov/URS/1989/}) 15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Rb3 (16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rd3 Nb4 (17... Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2) 18. Qxc3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 O-O (20... Rd8 21. Qb5+ Rd7 22. Bd6) 21. Nb3 Qb2+ 22. Qd2 Qb1 23. f3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rfd8 $19) 16... Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qa5 18. Qxa5 $1 {N} (18. Bb5 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bd7 $15 {Spassky,B-Fischer,R/m(10)/1992}) 18... Nxa5 19. Rb5 Nc6 (19... b6 $142) 20. h4 $1 $16 {Sherbakov,R-Lyrberg,P/Jyvaskyla 61/579 1994 (49)} (20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rd2 O-O $5 {? ?fd8})) 10. e3 Qa5 (10... Qf6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 (11... Nc6 12. Nge2 a6 13. Bd3 Nxc5 14. a3 Be6 15. O-O $16 {Falchetta,Giovanni-Magalotti,Andrea/Forli op (06) 1991 (36)}) 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nge2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. h4 g4 17. Bd6 Nxd6 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. e4 Rae8 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. Rd4 Nc5 $44 {? Goldin,A-Lautier,J/Palma de Mallorca (GMA) 48/(739) 1989}) 11. Nge2 (11. Be5 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14. Bxd5 (14. Bh7+ $6 Kg7 15. Bd3 d4 (15... Bg4 16. Nge2 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Rac8 18. O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc5 $10 {Ryskin,A-Pushkov,N/Sochi 1993 (34)}) 16. exd4 Nxd3+ (16... Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. Qc4 $8 (19. Qf3 $2 Rfe8+ 20. Ne2 Bg4 21. Qxg4 Qxc3+ $19) (19. Qd2 Rfe8+ 20. Ne2 Qa6 21. Rd1 Re7 {? ?ae8-+}) 19... Rfe8+ 20. Kd2 $8 (20. Ne2 $2 b5 21. cxb6 Rac8 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. cxb4 Bd3) 20... b5 $13 {Sokolov,I-Short,N/Wijk (op) 62/558 1995 (63)} (20... Qa3 21. Qb5 $1 $13)) 17. Qxd3 Re8+ 18. Nge2 b6 $132) 14... Bg4 $1 $10 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rac8 18. O-O {½-½ Kasparov,G-Short,N/London (m/5) 59/(593) 1993}) 11... Nc6 (11... Bf5 12. Be5 $1 (12. Qc1 Nd7 13. Bd6 Ndxc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ {½-½ Relange,E-Ward,C/Paris-London (02) 1994}) 12... O-O (12... Nxc3 $2 13. Qxf5 Ne4+ 14. Nc3 $1) (12... f6 $5 $13) (12... Nc6 $132) (12... Bg6 $132) 13. Nd4 Bg6 $2 (13... Re8 $13) (13... Nc6 $13) (13... Nd7 $13) (13... Nxc3 14. Nxf5 (14. Qxf5 Ne4+ 15. Ke2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qa6+ 17. Kf3 Qxc6 18. Bd3 Bxc5 19. Bxe4 dxe4+ 20. Qxe4 f6 $17 {0-1 Relange,E-Emms,J/Paris-London (04) 1994 (29)}) 14... Ne4+ 15. Kd1 Nc6 16. Bg3 Bxc5 $13 {Law,A-Ward,C/Lloyds Bank op(08) 1994 (25)}) 14. Nb3 $1 Nxc3 (14... Qa4 $6 15. Bd3) (14... Qd8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Bd4) 15. Bxc3 $1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/London (m/9)/1993/1-0 (52)}) 12. a3 (12. f3 $1 Nxg3 $1 (12... Nxc5 13. a3 $1 Be6 14. Rd1 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 O-O-O 17. Nb5 $14) (12... Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Qxc5 14. Qd2 Be6 15. a3 $14) 13. hxg3 Bxc5 (13... Qxc5 $6 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 $16) 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Nd4 (15. Rd1 $2 d4 $1 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 O-O-O $1 $40) 15... Nxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 $6 (16... Be7 17. Bb5+ $1 Kf8 18. Ba4 $1 Bf6 19. Bb3 Kg7 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Rad1 $14 {? g4, ?e2-g3}) (16... Bd6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Kf2 Rc8 19. Bd3 $14) 17. a3 Bxc3 (17... Rc8 $6 18. Rc1 $14) 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 $14 {Alterman,B-Kortschnoj,V/Groningen/1993/ (40)}) (12. O-O-O $2 Bf5 $1 $17 {Etchegaray-Bogoevska/Moscow ol (14) 1994/1-0 (78)}) 12... Bf5 (12... Bxc5 $5 {Dautov} 13. O-O-O Nxg3 14. Nxg3 Be6 15. h4 g4 16. Nb5 $5 $14) 13. Qc1 Nxc5 (13... Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 $16) 14. axb4 Nd3+ (14... Qxb4 15. Nd4 $18) 15. Kd2 Qxb4 (15... Nxc1 16. Rxa5 Nb3+ 17. Ke1 $1 Nxb4 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 $16) 16. Ra4 (16. Qc2 Nxf2 (16... Nc5 {Dautov} 17. Qxf5 Qxb2+ 18. Ke1 (18. Qc2 Nb3+ {Dolmatov} 19. Kd1 Qxa1+ 20. Nc1) 18... Qxa1+ 19. Nd1 Ne7 20. Qc2 Ne4 $40) 17. Qxf5 Qxb2+ 18. Ke1 Nxh1 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Rxb7 O-O 21. Nxd5 $16) 16... Nxc1 17. Rxb4 Nxe2 (17... Nxb4 18. Nxc1 $16) 18. Rxb7 Nxg3 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 O-O 20. h4 $16) 19. hxg3 d4 (19... Rd8 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Nxd5 $16) 20. exd4 (20. Nb5 Rd8 21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 23. Kc3 $16) (20. Nd5 $5 {Dolmatov} dxe3+ (20... O-O-O 21. Ba6 $16) (20... Rd8 21. e4 $14) 21. Kxe3 (21. Nxe3 $2 O-O-O+) 21... O-O (21... Rd8 22. Bb5 $1 $16) 22. Rxh6 Rfe8+ 23. Kd2 Rad8 24. Rxc6 Rxd5+ 25. Kc3 $16) 20... Nxd4 21. Nd5 (21. Bc4 $2 {Dautov} O-O-O $1 22. Rxf7 Nb3+ 23. Ke1 Rhe8+ 24. Be2 Bd3 $15) 21... Rd8 (21... Kf8 $142 {Dautov} 22. Kc3 Ne6 23. Bc4 Nc5 24. Rc7 Ne6 25. Rc6 Kg7 26. Ra1 $14) 22. Bc4 O-O (22... Nc6 23. Kc3 $16) (22... Be6 23. Nc7+ Kf8 24. Nxe6+ Nxe6+ 25. Kc3 $16) 23. Kc3 (23. Rxh6 $2 {Dautov} Be4 (23... Be6 {Dolmatov} 24. Ne7+ Kg7 $17) 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxe4 Kxh6 26. Bxf7 $10) 23... Ne2+ 24. Kb4 {??e7,?xh6} (24. Bxe2 {Dolmatov} Rxd5 25. Rxa7 Rc8+ 26. Bc4 Rd3+ $10) 24... Nd4 (24... Kg7 25. Rd1 Bg4 (25... Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8+ 27. Ka3 Re8 28. Re1 Be6 29. Rxe2 Bxd5 30. Rxe8 Bxc4 31. g4 $18) 26. Rd2 (26. f3 {Dautov} Be6 27. Bxe2 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxa7 $16) 26... Rfe8 (26... Rb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8+ 28. Ka5 Nc1 29. Ka6 $16) 27. Rxa7 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Timman,J/Madrid (02) ,CBM 47 1995 (33)}) (24... Rb8 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Rxb8 Rxb8+ 27. Ka3 (27. Kc5 {Dautov} Bg4 28. Re1 Rxb2 29. f3 $16) 27... Bg4 28. Nd5 Be6 29. Rd1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 {x?e2}) 25. Ne7+ (25. Rxh6 $2 Be4 {[%CAl Re4a8]} 26. Ne7+ Kg7 $17) 25... Kg7 26. Rxa7 (26. Nxf5+ Nxf5 27. Rxa7 Rd2 $132) 26... Rb8+ 27. Kc5 (27. Kc3 Nb5+ 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 {Dautov} 29. b4 (29. Nxf5+ Rxf5 30. f3 Rc8+ 31. Kb3 (31. Kd4 Rc2 $10) (31. Kd3 Rd5+) 31... Rb5+ 32. Ka3 Rc2 $10) 29... Be6 (29... Rfb8 $2 30. Ra5 Be4 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. f3 $16) 30. Rha1 Rfb8 (30... Kf6) 31. R1a4 Re5 $10 {?} 32. Nc6 Rc8 33. R4a6 Re2) (27. Ka3 {Dautov} Nc2+ 28. Ka4 Be4 {??b4,?xb2}) 27... Ne6+ 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. b4 Rfd8 {[%csl Re7]} 30. Re1 {[%CAl Ye1e6,Ye7c6]} (30. Nc6 $4 {Dautov} Rd5+ 31. Kc4 Rc8 32. b5 Rd1+ $19) 30... Kf6 {[%CAl Yd8d2]} (30... Rd2 $4 {Dautov} 31. Rxe6 Rc2+ 32. Kd4 Rd8+ 33. Ke3 Rc3+ 34. Ke4 Rc4+ 35. Ke5 fxe6 36. Nc6+ $18) 31. Rh1 (31. Re2 {Dautov} Rd3 32. Rc2 Bb3 33. Rc1 Rd2 34. Rc3 Be6 35. Rf3+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kh7 37. Ne3 Rc8+ 38. Kb6 Rb8+ 39. Rb7 Rxb7+ 40. Kxb7 Rb2 $10) (31. b5 {Dolmatov} Rd2) 31... Kg7 32. Re1 Kf6 33. Rh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "EUR-ASIA m 30'"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2001.09.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Dao, Thien Hai"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2572"] [BlackElo "2838"] [Annotator "Golod,Vitali"] [PlyCount "53"] [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. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 $5 (6... h6 $5 {It's main line.} 7. Bh4 ({after:} 7. Bxf6 {white can expect only minimal advantage. See comments to Ivanisevic,I-Antic,D/Herceg Novi,2001/CBM 83 (1-0)(Golod,V)(53)})) (6... c6 $5) 7. Nf3 ({More essentially:} 7. dxc5 $5 {You can see comments to Alterman,B-Kortschnoj,V/Groningen,1993/CBM 39(½-½)(Chekhov,V) (40)}) 7... h6 ({Much worse is:} 7... Nc6 $6 8. dxc5 $14 (8. e3 $6 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Qe7+ $11 11. Be2 Qe4 $4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxb4 Qxg2 14. Bxf6 {[%csl Re8][%CAl Gb4e7] 1-0 Viner,P-Bartnik,R/Cooma,1973(14)}) (8. O-O-O $143 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 c4 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. f3 O-O 13. Rd2 Re8 14. e4 $1 $11 {Goldberg,G-Vasiliev,V/Leningrad,1936(½-½) (26)})) ({and} 7... cxd4 $5 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Be2 d4 $5 13. Rd1 dxc3 14. Rxd8 cxb2+ 15. Kf1 Rxd8 16. Qxb2 Be7 $44 {Tunik,G-Sokolov,A/St.Petersburg,1998 (0-1)(58)}) 8. Bxf6 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 8. Bh4 cxd4 (8... g5 $143 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. O-O-O $2 (10. dxc5 $5) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Qb2 Qa5 $17 {Kuffer,J-Adla,D/Adelaide,1988 (0-1)(16)}) 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. e3 Nxd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. Be2 Be6 $11 {Bacrot,E-Djuric,S/Cannes,1994 (½-½)(31)}) 8... Qxf6 9. a3 ({Leads to equal position} 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. O-O Rac8 $11 {Flear,G-Emms,J/Oakham,1994 (½-½)(61)}) 9... Ba5 $1 {There is no need to hasten with exchange:} (9... Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O {?/= Rychagov,A-Moiseenko,A/Moscow,1999(½-½)(57)}) 10. e3 ({Pretty dubiously:} 10. O-O-O $6 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Qe3+ Be6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. g4 O-O-O 15. f4 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Qe7 $15 {Veresov,G-Botvinnik,M/Moscow,1944(0-1)(45). Is the first game in this variation!!!}) 10... cxd4 $6 $146 {Not an absolutely successful novelty.} ({Was checked in the previous games:} 10... O-O $5 11. dxc5 (11. Rc1 $143 Bg4 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be2 Bf5 {=/? Lee,H-Rowley,R/Arizona,1990(0-1)(46)}) 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 $11 {½-½ Sokolov,I-Kindermann,S/Pardubice,1994(14)}) 11. Nxd4 Nc6 ({Can be recommended:} 11... Be6 $5 12. Bb5+ $140 Kf8 {?g6,?g7 ?/=} (12... Nd7 $2 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 $8 (13... Kxd7 $4 14. Qa4+ {[%csl Ra5,Rd7]}) 14. b4 Bd8 15. Nxd5 {?/?})) 12. Rd1 ({In my opinion,it was much better:} 12. b4 Nxd4 (12... Bd8 $143 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Nxd5 Qg5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 {[%csl Yc6,Rg2][%CAl Yc6g2]}) 13. exd4 Bb6 (13... Qe6+ $4 14. Kd2 {[%csl Ra5,Re6,Re8][%CAl Ga1e1]}) 14. Nxd5 (14. Bb5+ $2 Kf8 15. Nxd5 Qe6+ 16. Ne3 Bxd4 17. Rd1 Qe5 $11 {[%csl Rb5][%CAl Gc8e6]}) 14... Qe6+ (14... Qxd4 15. Bb5+ $16 Kf8 16. Rd1 Qe5+ 17. Qe2 $14) 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Bxd4 17. Rd1 Be5 18. Bb5+ (18. f4 $143 Bd6) 18... Kf8 19. f4 Bd6 20. Nb6 axb6 $8 21. Rxd6 Ke7 22. Rxb6 Rxa3 23. O-O $14 {[%csl Rb7]} Rd8 $4 24. Re1+ Kf8 (24... Be6 25. f5 {[%csl Re7]}) 25. Rd6 $3 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) 12... Bg4 13. Be2 ({After:} 13. Rd2 $6 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2,Gc8] ?c the position of black as a minimum is not worse.}) 13... Nxd4 14. Rxd4 ({Leads to absolute equality:} 14. exd4 $6 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2+ Qe7 $11) 14... Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 ({Weakly:} 15. bxc3 {because of:} Bxe2 16. Kxe2 O-O 17. Rxd5 Qa6+ $11 {[%csl Ra3,Re2]}) 15... Bxe2 16. Kxe2 $14 O-O 17. Rc1 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} ({Also dubiously:} 17. Rxd5 Qg6 $36 {[%csl Rc2,Rg2][%CAl Ga8c8]}) ({But after:} 17. Rhd1 $5 {[%csl Rd5]} Rac8 18. Qb3 {[%csl Rd5] white save a big positional advantage.}) 17... Qf5 18. Qd3 $6 {Again oversight.} (18. g4 $5 $14) 18... Qh5+ {[%csl Rh2]} 19. g4 Qxh2 20. Rxd5 Rae8 $132 {[%csl Re2]} 21. Rd7 (21. Rc4 $5 {[%CAl Yc4a4,Yc4g4]} Re6 $11) 21... Qg2 22. Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] The not compelled and inexplicable tactical miscalculation.} ({It deserves attention:} 22. Rc4 $5) 22... Re5 $1 23. Qf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] After this blunder black has a forced way to win.} ({It was necessary:} 23. Qf4 Re4 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qd5 Qxg4+ 26. Kf1 Qf3 $15) ({or} 23. Qxe5 Qxg4+ 24. Ke1 Qxd7 25. Rc7 Qd3 $15) 23... Rxe3+ $3 24. Qxe3 $8 (24. Kxe3 $2 Re8+ 25. Kf4 $140 g5+ {[%csl Rf3]} 26. Kf5 Qxf3#) 24... Qxg4+ {[%csl Rd7,Re2]} 25. Kf1 Qxd7 26. Qxa7 Qb5+ 27. Kg2 {White resigns in the absolutely losing position.} (27. Kg2 Qxb2 $19) 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.16"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Ndxc5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Be2 Bd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. Qb2 Qf6 19. O-O Rfe8 20. Rac1 Nxd4 21. exd4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Kg7 23. Bf3 Be6 24. Qd2 b6 25. Be2 Bf5 26. Ba6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Re4 28. Rd1 Re7 29. Rc1 Bg6 30. f3 h5 31. Bb5 Re6 32. Bd7 Rd6 33. Bb5 h4 34. g4 Re6 35. Bd7 Rd6 36. Bb5 h3 37. Kh2 hxg2 38. Kxg2 Re6 39. Bd7 Re7 40. Bb5 Re8 41. Bxe8 1-0 [Event "Kosmos m 5'"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1998.11.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2815"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1998.11.27"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Ne5 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Qc7 20. Nc6 Rd7 21. Ne7+ Rxe7 22. d6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rd1 Re7 25. f3 Rce8 26. Rd2 Nd7 27. Ka2 Nf8 28. Qa4 Rc8 29. h4 c4 30. Rc2 Rec7 31. Rc3 Ne6 32. Qd1 b5 33. Qd6 Rd8 34. Qa6 Rd5 35. Re3 Kh7 36. g4 Rd2 37. Rc3 Nc5 38. Qxb5 Rb7 39. Qxb7 Nxb7 40. Rxc4 Rd7 41. f4 h5 42. gxh5 Kh6 43. Ra4 Nd6 44. Ra5 Ne4 45. Re5 Nf6 46. b4 Nxh5 47. f5 f6 48. Rc5 Ng3 49. b5 Kh5 50. a4 Kxh4 51. a5 Kg4 52. Kb3 Nxf5 53. Kb4 g5 54. b6 axb6 55. axb6 Ne7 56. Rb5 Rb7 57. Ka5 Nc8 58. Rb4+ Kh5 0-1 [Event "Torshavn sim"] [Site "Torshavn"] [Date "2001.06.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nolsoe, Eydun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2827"] [BlackElo "2211"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2001.06.05"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FAI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.07.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e3 c5 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Ba1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 dxc4 17. bxc4 Nc5 18. f3 Rd7 19. Nb3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Rd8 22. Be5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qc8 24. Qd6 Nd7 25. Bd4 Nf8 26. Qe7 Qc6 27. c5 b5 28. Bd3 Ng6 29. Qd8+ Nf8 30. Be4 Qc8 31. Qxc8 Bxc8 32. Ba8 a5 33. c6 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Kf2 b3 36. Ke1 f6 37. Bb7 Bxb7 38. cxb7 Nd7 39. Kd1 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. h4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Qd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne5 c5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. f3 Rab8 17. e4 Ba2 18. Rc2 Bb1 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bb5 Nh5 22. g4 Nf4 23. Kf2 f6 24. Nc6 Rd2+ 25. Ke3 Rxb2 26. Kxf4 Rxb5 27. Rd1 h6 28. h5 Rb3 29. e5 Bd3 30. a4 c4 31. Nxa7 Ra3 32. Nb5 Rxa4 33. Ke3 fxe5 34. Nd6 Ra3 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Nb5 Rb3 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "13"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. h4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. h5 h6 12. g4 Qd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Bd7 20. Rh4 Rfb8 21. b4 a6 22. Rd4 Bb5 23. Bg2 Re8 24. f4 f5 25. Bf3 Kh7 26. Bc3 Re7 27. Kd2 Rd8 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rdxd5 Rxd5+ 30. Rxd5 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Ke3 g6 33. h6 Kxh6 34. Kd4 Kh5 35. Kc5 Kg4 36. Bd2 Kf3 37. Kb6 Bb5 38. a4 Bf1 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Kxf2 41. Kc6 Ke2 42. Bc1 Kd1 43. Ba3 Kd2 44. Be7 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "15"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. h4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne5 h6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rh3 f5 15. Rd1 Kh7 16. Qc1 Bd5 17. Rc3 c6 18. g3 a5 19. e3 Rac8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Bc4 Rfc8 23. Rdc2 Be4 24. Bd3 Bf3 25. Be2 Be4 26. Bd3 Bf3 27. Be2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-28"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.27"] [Round "13"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Bulgaria"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BUL"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Rd1 Be6 16. f3 Nd6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bc5 Rad8 19. e4 Rfe8 20. exd5 exd5+ 21. Kf2 b6 22. Be3 Re5 23. Bd3 Rf8 24. Rc1 Na5 25. Bd4 Re7 26. Rhe1 Rd7 27. Bc3 Nb3 28. Rcd1 Nc5 29. Re5 Nf7 30. Re3 Nd6 31. Bb1 Nc4 32. Re2 Rfd8 33. Ba2 b5 34. b3 d4 35. bxc4 dxc3 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. cxb5+ Kf8 38. Rc2 Rb7 39. Bc4 Na4 40. Ke3 Re7+ 41. Kd4 Rd7+ 42. Ke5 Rb7 43. Kd6 Rb6+ 44. Kd5 Rh6 45. Bb3 Nb6+ 46. Kc5 Rxh2 47. a4 Ke7 48. Kc6 Nd7 49. Rxc3 Rxg2 50. f4 h5 51. Re3+ Kd8 52. Rd3 Rg6+ 53. Kb7 h4 54. Kxa7 Rg3 55. Rxg3 hxg3 56. Bd5 Kc7 57. Bg2 Kd6 58. b6 g6 59. a5 Kc5 60. b7 Kb4 61. a6 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "1989.03.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1989.03.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8. e3 exd4 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Qc6 11. Nxd4 Qxc2 12. Nxc2 Nc6 13. b4 Be6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rc1 Nd6 16. b5 Na5 17. Nd4 Bc4 18. Bc3 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nac4 20. Bb4 Rfc8 21. Ke2 a6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. a4 axb5 24. axb5 Ra5 25. Rb1 Ra2+ 26. Kf3 Re8 27. Ra1 Rb2 28. Rfb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Re5 30. g4 h5 31. h3 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 g6 33. Ke2 Rc5 34. Kd3 b6 35. f3 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. e4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Evry sim"] [Site "Evry"] [Date "1989.06.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Renet, Olivier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2480"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1989.06.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [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. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 b6 13. b5 bxc5 14. bxc6 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Rab8 16. c7 Rb3 17. Rd1 c4 18. e3 Ng3 19. Qxb3 cxb3 20. hxg3 Bc2 21. Rc1 d4 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Bxc2 bxc2 24. Rxc2 dxe3 25. fxe3 Rxc7 26. Rh5 Qxh5 27. Rxc7 h6 28. Bd4 a6 29. Nf3 Qd5 30. Rc3 Qa2 31. Kf1 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Kh7 33. Ne5 f6 34. Nd3 Qa2+ 35. Kg1 Kg6 36. Nf4+ Kf5 37. Kh2 Kg4 38. e4 Qd2 39. Rd3 Qc2 40. Re3 a5 41. e5 fxe5 42. Rxe5 a4 43. Nd5 1-0 [Event "Kosmos m 5'"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1998.11.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2815"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1998.11.27"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. f3 Nf6 10. e4 Qxd4 11. Qxc7 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qc5 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Qxc5 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Nxc5 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Ke3 Be6 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. Bxe5 Rd3+ 20. Kf2 Ncxe4+ 21. Kg1 Nd2 22. Ra1 Nxf1 23. Nf4 Rd2 24. Rxf1 Bc4 25. Rc1 Nd7 26. Bc3 Ra2 27. h4 b5 28. Rh3 f6 29. Rd1 Ne5 30. Rg3 Bf7 31. Rd6 Rxa3 32. Bd4 Ra4 33. h5 h6 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. Nd3 Rd4 36. Rxd4 exd4 37. Rg4 a5 38. Rxd4 a4 39. Rb4 a3 40. Nc1 Bc4 41. Rb1 a2 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 20th"] [Site "Izmir"] [Date "2004.10.07"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2813"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Golod,Vitali"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2004.10.03"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 104"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"] [BlackTeam "Paris NAO"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 ({Nowadays,more popular is:} 7... c5 $5 {You can see my annotations to Popov,V-Romanov,E/St.Petersburg,2004/CBM 102(0-1)(19)}) ({Is very rare continuation:} 7... e5 $5 {For further information,you can see my comments to Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72(½-½)(28)}) 8. e3 e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. Kf3 Nxa1 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Kg3 h6 (16... Kh8 $2 {You can find in my opening database: Nimzo Indian 4...d5 5.a3 ?xc3+ 6.?xc3 (E36-E37) and also you can see comments to:} 17. dxe5 $3 {Atalik,S-Sax,G/Szeged,1997/CBM 62(1-0)(Kortschnoj,V)(26) [and opening reports: CBM 62 - 17.de5!! +-]} (17. Nf3 $143 {Hillarp Persson,T-Timman,J/Koge,1997/EXT 2000(0-1)(Hansen,LB)(34)})) 17. h4 ({After inaccurate move:} 17. h3 $2 {White will have to fight for escape:} Qd2 $1 18. Qb1 (18. Bxa1 Qc1 {[%csl Ra1,Rc4]} 19. Bd3 g6 {[%csl Ra1,Rd3,Re4][%CAl Gc8f5]} 20. Qh4 Qxa3 $1 $17) 18... Qc2 19. Qxc2 Nxc2 20. dxe5 Bf5 $17 {Gerusel,M-Johannsson,I/Halle,1967(0-1)(41)}) 17... Re8 (17... Qd2 $5 18. Nf3 (18. Qb1 $2 Qc2 19. Qxc2 Nxc2 20. Bd3 Nxd4 $1 21. exd4 exd4 $17 {?c5} 22. Bxd4 $140 $2 Rd8 23. Nf3 c5 $19) (18. Bxa1 $2 Qc1 19. Bd3 g6 {??f5; ?a1 ?}) 18... Qxb2 19. Ng5 Qc2 $1 {Sapundzhiev,G} (19... Re8 $2 20. Bxf7+ Kf8 21. Bxe8 $40 {Baay,J-Stumpers,L/Nijmegen,1948(1-0)(40)}) (19... hxg5 $5 {Sapundzhiev,G} 20. hxg5 Re8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 Be6 24. Bxe6 (24. d5 $2 Kd6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Rd1+ Kc6 27. Bxe6 $140 Kb6 $19) 24... Kxe6 25. Rh6+ Kd5 $1 26. Qxf7+ Ke4 27. Qh7+ Kd5 $11) 20. Bd3 Bf5 $1 21. Qxf5 g6 $1 22. Qe4 (22. Bxc2 $2 gxf5 23. Rxa1 hxg5 24. dxe5 gxh4+ 25. Kxh4 Rfd8 $17) 22... Qc6 (22... Qb3 $2 23. h5 f5 24. Qxe5 f4+ 25. Kh2 hxg5 26. h6 Rf7 $8 27. Bxg6 Nc2 28. h7+ Rxh7+ 29. Bxh7+ $18) (22... Qc3 $6 23. h5 $1 $40) 23. Qxc6 bxc6 {½-½ Sapundzhiev,G-Gysi,A/corr,1999/Inf 79/502(Sapundzhiev,G)(23)} (23... bxc6 24. Nf3 Nb3 25. Nxe5 c5 26. Rb1 Nd2 27. Rb7 $11)) (17... Kh8 $6 18. Kh2 $1 Qxf2 (18... Qd2 $142) 19. Bxa1 Bf5 20. Nh3 $1 Bxh3 21. Kxh3 $14 {Toth-Varnusz,E/Magyarorszag,1969,Inf 7/522(Florian,T)(36)}) 18. Kh2 Qxf2 19. Bxa1 Bf5 20. Qxb7 ({Was checked in the preceding game:} 20. Nh3 $2 Bxe4 $6 (20... Bxh3 $142 21. Rf1 (21. Kxh3 exd4 22. Qg4 Qxe3+ 23. g3 Rad8 $17) 21... Bxg2 22. Rxf2 (22. Qxg2 Qxh4+ 23. Kg1 Re7 $17) 22... Bxe4 23. Bxf7+ Kh7 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 $17) 21. Nxf2 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rad8 $11 {Fodor,I-Vargyas,Z/Budapest,2003(½-½)(30)}) 20... exd4 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 20... Qxh4+ $6 21. Nh3 $140 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qf2+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ (23... Qxe3 24. Rg1 g5 25. Qc6 $1 $40) 24. Kxg2 exd4 25. Bxd4 $14) 21. Nf3 Be4 {'!' Now Black has a equal chances in the subsequent tactical complications.The further events in a game develop by the almost forced way.} (21... Qxe3 $6 22. Qxc7 {[%csl Rd4,Rf7][%CAl Ga1d4]} Re7 23. Qd6 Rd7 24. Qe5 $1 $14) 22. Qxc7 Bxf3 23. Qxf7+ (23. Bxf7+ $4 {is refuted by:} Kf8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf7,Rg2]}) 23... Kh8 24. Qxf3 Qxh4+ {'=' '!' Black fairly do not want to exchange a queens:} (24... Qxf3 25. gxf3 Rac8 (25... dxe3 $143 26. Re1 Rad8 (26... Rac8 $143 27. Bd3 {[%csl Re3][%CAl Gd3e4]}) 27. Kg3 $14) 26. Bb5 Rxe3 27. Bxd4 Rxf3 28. Ra1 {?/=}) 25. Kg1 (25. Qh3 $6 Qxh3+ 26. gxh3 Rac8 27. Bd3 dxe3 $15) 25... Qe1+ 26. Bf1 (26. Qf1 $2 Qxe3+) (26. Kh2 $143 {Hardly it is necessary to give the contender an additional opportunity:} Qxe3 $5 (26... Qh4+ $11) 27. Rd1 Rac8 $13) 26... Qxa1 27. Rxh6+ gxh6 {'?'} (27... Kg8 $4 28. Qd5+ Kf8 29. Rh3 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%CAl Gh3f3]} Ke7 (29... dxe3 30. Rf3+ Qf6 31. Bc4 $1 {with checkmated in 4 moves.}) 30. Rf3 Rf8 31. Qe5+ Kd7 32. Qxg7+ $18) 28. Qf6+ {This game it was very important for theory of this variation. with perpetual check:} Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 22nd"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2005.02.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "Tyomkin,Dimitri"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2005.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 106"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8. cxd5 {In the first round of this tournament Topalov chose 8.e3 line against Mickey, but white got worse position out of the opening.} (8. e3 exd4 9. cxd5 Qxd5 {1-0 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Linares 2005/CBM 106_01 (41)}) 8... Qxd5 9. f3 Nd6 {Garry played the same opening variation with black against Kramnik, but went 9...?f6 here;} (9... Nf6 10. e4 Qxd4 11. Qxc7 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qc5 13. b4 $2 Nxb4 $1 14. Qxc5 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Nxc5 $19 {0-1 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Moscow 1998/CBM 067 ext (41)}) 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. e4 Nc6 12. Ne2 {This new move must be an improvement for white in this line. White intends ?f4 and then can castle to a queenside which actually occured in the game.} (12. Bd3 Be6 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 O-O-O (14... Ne5 $5) 15. Nf4 Nd4 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nb3 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rb1 Nxc1 20. Rhxc1 $14 {½-½ Grigorian,K-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1973/URS-ch (37)}) 12... Be6 13. Bf4 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 {In case of 14.?c3 white could get a pleasant ending with pair of ? advantage and a pawn mass in the centre. But Garry expected for more than that.} (14. Qc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 $5 O-O-O 16. Nd4 $14) 14... O-O-O 15. O-O-O f5 {Black has some advantage in development, and with f5 break Mickey is trying to exploit it.} 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. Bb5 {[%csl Rd6] Backward pawn d6 is a long-term weakness.} Nd4 19. Qd3 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 {and again Garry prefers to stay in the middlegame keeping queens in the game.} fxe4 21. Qxd6 {Both 21.?xd6 and 21.fxe4 lead to an extra pawn of white. Garry chose the major pieces endgame, while white's advantage in 21.fxe4 line looks even greater, although it's just a matter of taste.} (21. fxe4 Rd8 22. Nxd6+ Kb8 23. Rd1 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 $1 Qxg2 $140 25. Qb5 Rd7 26. Rc1 $1 $18) 21... Qxb5 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Qxe4 {To win such an ending one must introduce some good endgame technique. The way Garry won it is very instructive.} Re8 24. Qf4+ (24. Qxh7 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Qxg2) 24... Ka8 25. Kb1 g5 26. Qf7 h6 27. h4 {The pawn trade on a kingside is to white's favor- white needs to get a passed pawn there anyhow.} a6 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Qf6 Qd3+ 30. Ka1 Qd2 31. Qf7 (31. g4 {would lead to a game line.}) 31... Re5 (31... Re2 $2 32. Qf8+ {and white mates black first;}) 32. Qc7 Re8 33. Qf7 {Garry repeats moves to pass move 40 time control sooner.} Re5 34. Qf6 Re8 35. g4 Ka7 36. Qf5 {First step of the following plan.} Ka8 37. Kb1 $1 {That's the only way to activate white rook- ?c1 is coming next.} Rd8 38. Rc1 Rd5 39. Qe4 Ka7 40. Rc3 Qd1+ 41. Ka2 Qd2 42. Rc2 Qd3 {The queen's trade will be offered many times in this game, but, despite of that, queens will remain on a board till the end!} 43. Re2 {Surprisingly, the pawn ending with an extra pawn after 43.?x? ?x? 44.?c3 ?x? is a draw!} (43. Qxd3 Rxd3 44. Rc3 Rxc3 45. bxc3 Kb6 46. Kb3 Kc5 47. Kc2 b5 (47... Kc4 48. a4 b6 49. Kd2 Kb3 50. f4 $18) 48. Kd3 Kd5 {and I don't see a way for white to win this pawn ending....}) 43... Rd4 44. Qe3 a5 $6 {This move weakens black king and makes white's task easier.} (44... Qxe3 45. Rxe3 Rf4 46. Kb3 {[%CAl Gb3c3,Gc3d3,Gd3e2,Ye3e4,Ye3e5] and white must win this rook ending without any troubles.}) (44... Qc4+ {was more resistant.}) 45. Re1 Ka6 $6 {One more inaccuracy by Mickey . The better choice for black was to go to the rook' ending, while white is winning there as mentioned above (see 44...?x? line).} 46. Qxg5 Qxf3 47. Qg6+ Ka7 $4 {Decisive mistake.White must still work for a while in a rook ending which arises after 47...b6 28.?g8 ?d5+;} (47... b6 48. Qg8 $1 Qd5+ (48... Rxg4 49. Qc8+ Kb5 50. Re5+ {and mate in few;}) 49. Qxd5 Rxd5 50. Rg1 Rg5 51. b4 (51. a4 $5 b5 52. Kb3 $18) (51. Kb3 Kb5 52. Kc3 Kc5 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. a4 (55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Rc1 Rb5) 55... Kf6 56. Kf4 Rc5 {with chances to escape.}) 51... axb4 52. axb4 Kb5 53. Kb3 Kc6 54. Kc4 Kd6 55. Rd1+ Ke6 56. Rd4 b5+ {the most resistant. Otherwise white plays ?e4+ and then, if ?d6 white transfers the king to a kingside, and if ?f6, then white wins the game on a queenside, trading g4-pawn for b6 of black.}) 48. Re5 Ra4 {Forced. If black grabs a pawn, he'll be mated in few, while 48...?d5 leads to a winning pawn ending, or to a rook ending with two extra pawns of white.} (48... Rd5 49. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 50. Rxf5 $18) 49. Qh5 b6 (49... Qc6 50. Qf5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Gg4g5]}) 50. Qe8 Rc4 {Black manages to avoid a mate, but now white passer decides the game.} 51. g5 Rc7 52. Qe6 {52.g6 is even faster.} (52. g6 $18 {[%CAl Ge8g8,Ge8e6]} Kb7 53. Qg8 {then ?d5+ winning the rook ending easily.}) 52... a4 $6 {And again Mickey misses the stroger move.} (52... Qd3 $142 53. Re3 Qd1 54. Rb3 Qd4 55. g6 {and so on.}) 53. Re4 Qd1 (53... b5 54. g6 Qf2 55. Qd5 {and the rest is simple.`}) 54. Rb4 {White is threatening ?xb6. Black's only defence is 54...?b7, then white has 55.?c6 grabbing a-pawn. One more masterpiece of the Greatest player of chess.} 1-0 [Event "Botvinnik Memorial m 5'"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2001.12.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E38"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2001.12.09"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [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. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nd4 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. f3 Ne5 16. Na4 Rab8 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. b4 Bf8 20. Rfd1 Rbd8 21. Nb3 Ba8 22. Qe1 Bc6 23. b5 Ba8 24. bxa6 Qa7 25. Nc3 Qxa6 26. Nb5 Rc8 27. c5 Qa4 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. axb4 bxc5 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 c4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Bxc4 Nde5 34. Bf1 f5 35. Nc5 fxe4 36. fxe4 Nf8 37. h3 Nf7 38. Ra6 Ne5 39. b5 Ned7 40. Ra7 Nxc5 41. Bxc5 Bxe4 42. b6 Bc6 43. Rc7 Ba4 44. b7 Nd7 45. Rc8 Kf7 46. Bd6 h6 47. Be2 g6 48. Bd3 Rg8 49. Rxg8 Kxg8 50. Bxg6 1-0 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1997.10.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E39"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Dokhoian,Yury"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1997.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 061"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b6 14. b4 d6 15. Bd3 Rd8 16. f3 h5 17. h4 Kf8 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Rab1 $6 (19. f4 $142 {??eb1,a3-a4-a5}) 19... Rac8 20. Rec1 e5 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 exd4 23. Rc6 Nd5 24. Rbc1 Rxc6 25. bxc6 Nc7 26. Re1 $6 (26. g4 $142 $1 $16) 26... Re8 27. f4 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Ke7 29. Be2 g6 30. f5 Kf6 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Kd2 Kf5 33. g3 Ke4 34. a4 Na8 35. Bd3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-Cup 19th"] [Site "Rethymno"] [Date "2003.09.28"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E39"] [WhiteElo "2830"] [BlackElo "2608"] [Annotator "Golod,Vitali"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2003.09.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 098"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"] [BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BEL"] {[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 {From this move I shall use also comments of Garry Kasparov to this game in the site : www.worldchessrating.ru/ Further I shall designate comments of Garry Kasparov - G.K. G.K. "As a rule, in this position was met: 9. Bg3 that, on my sight, can cause of easy surprise".} (9. Bg3 {It's main line.You can see my comments to game: Gershon,A-Macieja,B/Bermuda 2003/CBM 94(1-0)(62)}) 9... Be7 10. h4 $5 {In my opinion, this continuation is much better than:} (10. Bxe7 {You can see annotations to games: Gurevich,M-Gulko,B/New York,1998/CBM 64(1-0)(Gurevich,M)(44) and Granero Roca,A-Marin,M/Andorra,2000/CBM 76(0-1)(Marin,M)(29)}) 10... Bb7 ({Also once were checked in the preceding games:} 10... Nc6) ({and} 10... f6) 11. O-O-O {[%csl Yc1] G.K. "Already here Black has problems. Up to the White king to reach difficultly, and White has pressure on a ?d and prepare to force threats on the king side".} Nc6 ({Were checked in the preceding game:} 11... Bxf3 $5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. exf3 f5 $5 14. Kb1 Nc6 15. g3 Nf6 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. Qd2 Rf7 18. f4 $14 {Kreizberg,M-Zagrebelny,S/Tel Aviv,2003(½-½)(70)}) 12. e4 $1 $146 {G.K. "For Black is not easy to make a move - threatens a ?b5; there is idea: to be exchanged on point "e7" ?g4 and Qd2".} ({The game,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 12. g4 $6 Nf6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng5 $6 Bxg5+ 15. hxg5 Qxg5+ 16. e3 h6 $15 {Svetushkin,D-Ionescu,C/Bucharest,2002(0-1)(25)}) 12... Nf6 {G.K. "After this move, we receive a known position with superfluous tempo for White: pawn, already in h4, and it has an effect. The position was played from a sheet".} 13. e5 Ng4 ({Very dubiously:} 13... Ne8 {in view of:} 14. Qd3 {[%csl Rd7]}) 14. Bf4 Rc8 ({Can it was necessary to decide on the more active continuation:} 14... f5 {(=14...f6)} 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bd6 (16. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 (16... g6 $4 17. Nxe6 {[%csl Rd8,Rf8]}) 17. Bxg5 Rxf2 $36) 16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rf6 18. Bd3 h6 $14) 15. Kb1 f5 $5 ({Leads to favourable complications for White:} 15... Na5 $2 16. Ng5 g6 17. f3 $1 Nh6 $140 18. Nxe6 {[%csl Rh6]} fxe6 19. Bxh6 $16) 16. exf6 Nxf6 ({Hardly it was better:} 16... Bxf6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qe8 19. f3 {[%csl Rg4]} Nge5 20. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]} Nf7 21. Bd3 $36) 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. Nb5 {G.K. "I made this positional move, as I did not see the forced win,after:} (18. Bd3 g6 19. h5 (19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. h5 Kg7 21. Bxg6 Qd8 $13) 19... Nxh5 $13 {".}) 18... e5 19. Bd3 $5 {G.K. "Very attractive move. But,maybe, it was necessary to play:} (19. Be3 $5 {keeping all benefits of a position".}) 19... e4 $5 {Besides Black has two principales moves.G.K. "After a game the debate was unwrapped around of:} (19... exf4 $143 {and here White has a win:} 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6 Qd8 22. Rhe1 $1 {This position I have estimated during the game and has come to a conclusion, that White has a win. The analysis shows, that it is a correct estimation:} f3 {(most interesting answer for Black)} (22... a6 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 {(??d1; ?xf6 and ?h5)} Qc7 (24... Na5 $2 25. Bf7 $18 {[%csl Gc2,Gd6,Yf6,Rh8][%CAl Gc2g6,Gd6f6,Gg6h5,Yf7c4]}) 25. Qd1 f3 26. Nxf3 $18) 23. gxf3 a6 24. Bf7 $1 axb5 $140 25. Qg6 $3 {Continuation of attack: h4-h5-h6, roughly breaking a defense of the contender, Black has no protection"}) ({G.K. "Alas,all these beauty are not obligatory.At Black there is a correct,rigid move:} 19... g6 $1 20. Nxh7 $5 (20. h5 exf4 21. hxg6 $13) 20... Kxh7 21. h5 $44 {".}) 20. Be2 ({Leads to unclear position:} 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 (21. Nxe4 $2 Rxf4 22. Ned6 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8,Re8]} Qf8 {[%csl Rf2]} (22... Bxd6 $143 23. Nxd6 Qe6 24. Rhe1 Ne5 $13 {[%csl Rc4]}) 23. Nxb7 Rxf2 $15) 21... Bxg5 22. Qxe8 (22. Qd5+ $143 Kh8 23. Bxg5 Rxf2 $132) 22... Rcxe8 23. Bxg5 Rxf2 24. Rxd7 Bc8 $44 {[%csl Rb1,Rg2]}) 20... h6 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 hxg5 $2 {Black had an uneasy choice, and he did not manage to find the best continuation. This move is connected with tactical miscalculation.} ({Also weakly:} 22... Ne5 $2 {[%CAl Ge5d3] in view of:} 23. Qc3 $16 {[%csl Re5,Rf8]}) ({It was necessary:} 22... Ne7 23. Nh3 $14) 23. hxg5 Nh7 {[%tqu "En","Black's 22-th move was a blunder. How can White exploit it?","","","h1h7","G.K. 'The contender has yawned this a little bit not obvious move'. White have broken through a defense of the contender.",10]} 24. Rxh7 $1 {G.K. "The contender has yawned this a little bit not obvious move". White have broken through a defense of the contender.} Kxh7 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 25... Ne5 26. Bd6 Nd3 27. f3 {[%csl Rd3,Rh7]}) 26. Qxe4+ $18 Kg8 $8 (26... g6 $2 27. Rxd7+ {[%csl Rb7,Rh7][%CAl Ge4g6,Ge4h4]}) (26... Kh8 $2 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Qd5+ Qf7 29. Rh8+) 27. Qd5+ $1 (27. Qd5+ $1 {After this move Black resigned, because of these variations:} Qf7 (27... Kh7 $2 28. Rh1+ Kg6 29. Bd3+ Qf5 30. Qxf5#) (27... Kh8 $2 28. Rh1#) 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxd7+ {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 1-0