[Event "World U17-ch03"] [Site "Wattignies"] [Date "1976.07.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Galle, Andre"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1976.07.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 (3. Nc3) 3... Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 (4... Nfd7 {La grande ligne}) 5. Nxe4 (5. Bd3 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 $32) 5... dxe4 6. Be3 b6 $6 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. Qg4 Nxc5 9. Bxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxg7 Qa5+ 11. c3 Rf8 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Qf6 Bc6 14. h4 Be7 15. Qf4 O-O-O 16. Ng3 e3 17. fxe3 Rd5 18. Bc4 Rxe5 19. O-O-O Bxg2 20. Rhg1 Bc6 21. Rd4 Qc7 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Rg7 Qh2 26. Rxf7 {1-0 (26) Carlson,C-Baer USA 1975}) 7. Ne2 (7. Qg4 $5 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%CAl Ga1d1,Gg4e4]}) 7... Bb7 $146 (7... f5 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Ng3 Bb7 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. Qg4 Qd5 12. c4 Qd6 13. O-O-O a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. c5 Qc6 16. Bb3 Kf7 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5+ Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. Qh5+ {1-0 (20) Plhal,P-Kosina,V Cihak 1969}) 8. Ng3 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. O-O $16 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. Nxc5 Rac8 17. b4 $16 {[%csl Gc2]} Rhd8 (17... Nc4 $2 18. Rd7+) 18. f3 a5 19. c3 (19. a3 $6 Nc4) 19... axb4 20. cxb4 {La majorité éloignée est trés forte} Nc6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b5 (22. Rb1 $5 {[%csl Gb4][%CAl Gb4b8]}) 22... Nb4 $2 (22... Rd5 $8 23. Nxe6 $1 Rxb5 24. Nc7 Rc5 25. Re1+ Kf6) 23. Rb1 $18 {Gagne un tempo décisif pour soutenir le ? passé} Nd5 24. b6 Rb8 25. b7 Nc7 26. Rb6 Kd8 27. Kf2 Nd5 28. Rd6+ Kc7 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Na6+ Kxb7 31. Nxb8 Kxb8 32. Ke3 Kc7 33. Kd4 Kc6 34. a4 Kb6 35. Kxd5 Ka5 36. Kd6 Kxa4 37. Ke7 f5 38. Kf7 1-0 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1992.04.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 029"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. h4 Bb7 10. h5 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. f5 Nb4 15. Qf4 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 exf5 17. Qxf5 Rc7 18. d4 Bc8 19. Qf4 Be7 20. O-O h6 21. Rac1 Be6 22. Ne2 O-O 23. Qg3 Rc4 24. b3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ba3 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. Nh4 Rc8 28. Nf4 Rc1 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Qf3 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 g6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. g3 Bb2 34. Qf2 Bc3 35. Qe3 b4 36. Qxh6 Qh3+ 37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2815"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1994.05.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. Nc5 a5 13. a3 Nxc5 14. bxc5 Be7 15. Bh3 h5 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. Bg4 Rh8 18. h4 Rb8 19. Bd2 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. cxb4 Nxb4 22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. Rb1 Qb7 24. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 25. Kf2 Bd7 26. h5 Ba4 27. Qa1 c3 28. Rb1 Qc4 29. Rb8+ Bd8 30. Qb1 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1994.05.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Knaak,Rainer"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1994.05.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 041"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O (9... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 $13) 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 $1 {× c3} (13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 {Nunn,J-Lputian,S/Manila ol/1992/} (15... f6 $1 $36)) 14... a5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/Rostov/1993/}) 13... b4 (13... Qb6 14. h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/}) (13... Bb7 $5 14. h5 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL9293/}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 f6 $6 $146 {Shorts Neuerung, auf die Kasparow aber präpariert war. Short's Novelty, but Kasparov was prepared for it.} (15... Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 $1 (17. Rg3 {Ftacnik} Bc6 18. f5 $1) (17. Kb1 Bc6 18. c3 $14) 17... Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 {Nijboer,F-Luther,T/Leuwaarden/1992/} Qd8 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qxh4 23. Qxb7 Qf2+ 24. Ka3 Rxc1 25. Qxd7 g6 26. Bxa6 Ra1 $14 {Nijboer}) (15... a5 16. Bb5 Rb8 17. Bd3 Qc7 18. h5 Bb7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 {?/= Forgarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet/1993/}) 16. Qxb4 $1 fxe5 17. Qd6 $1 Qf6 18. f5 $3 Qh6+ (18... Qxf5 19. Rf3 Qg4 20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21. Nb6 $18) 19. Kb1 Rxf5 (19... Nf6 20. fxe6 $1 Ne4 21. Qxd5 Nd2+ 22. Rxd2 $1 (22. Ka1 $2 Bxe6 $1 $19) 22... Rxf1+ 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ (23... Qxe6 $6 24. Qd8+ Rf8 25. Rf3 $1 Qxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Be6+ 27. Qd5 $18) 24. Qxd1 Bxe6 25. Nc5 $18) 20. Rf3 $1 (20. Be2 $5 {Dieser Zug war in der Heimanalyse mit Makarichev von Kasparov vorbereitet. This was the move, that was prepared at home by Kasparov together with his second Makarichev.} Qg6 (20... Rf4 21. Rf3 $1 Rxa4 $2 22. Qc6 $18) (20... Kf7 21. Rf3 $1 $16) 21. g4 Rf8 22. g5 a5 $14) 20... Rxf3 (20... Qf6 21. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 22. Be2 Qf7 23. Bg4 Nf6 24. Nb6 $18) 21. gxf3 Qf6 (21... Kf7 {Ftacnik} 22. Bh3 a5 $5 $14) 22. Bh3 Kf7 (22... Nf8 $2 23. Nb6 Qxf3 24. Rf1 $18) 23. c4 $1 (23. f4 $5) 23... dxc4 (23... d4 24. f4 (24. c5 $16 {Ftacnik} Qe7 25. Qc7 Nf8 26. Qxe5 Qxh4 27. Bg4) 24... exf4 25. Rxd4 $18) 24. Nc3 $1 (24. Qc6 Rb8 25. Rxd7+ Bxd7 26. Qxd7+ Kg6 $14) 24... Qe7 (24... Nf8 $2 25. Qc6 $1 Rb8 26. Qc7+ $18) 25. Qc6 Rb8 26. Ne4 Nb6 (26... Kf8 27. Bxe6 Qb4 28. Qd6+ Qxd6 29. Nxd6 Ke7 30. Nxc8+ Kxe6 31. Rd6+ Kf5 32. Ne7+ Kf4 33. Rxd7 $18 {Kasparov}) (26... Nf8 {Ftacnik} 27. Nd6+ Kg8 28. Nxc8 Qb4 29. Qxe6+ $1 Nxe6 (29... Kh8 30. Qxe5 $18) 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Rd8#) 27. Ng5+ Kg8 (27... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 28. Nxh7+ Kg8 29. Ng5 Bb7 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Qd6 $1 $16) 28. Qe4 g6 29. Qxe5 Rb7 30. Rd6 $1 c3 (30... Na4 {Ftacnik} 31. Rxe6 $18 Rxb2+ 32. Qxb2) 31. Bxe6+ (31. Rxe6 $5 $18 {Ftacnik}) 31... Bxe6 32. Rxe6 (32. Rxe6 {Ftacnik} Nc4 33. Qxc3 $1 (33. Rxe7 Rxb2+ 34. Ka1 Nxe5 35. Rxe5 Rh2 $16) 33... Na3+ 34. Kc1 Qf8 35. Qxa3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Horgen"] [Site "Horgen"] [Date "1995.10.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2595"] [Annotator "Knaak,Rainer"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1995.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 050"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {Die Konsequenzen dieses Zuges sind weitreichend: Weiß hat nun kaum Möglichkeiten zu Alternativen.} Nfd7 5. f4 {5.?f3 gilt nicht als vorteilversprechend.} c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 {Mein Ding ist so eine Variante mit Schwarz nicht; das nach 12.?xb6 entstehende Endspiel gilt als ausgesprochen remisverdächtig. Aber was soll Kasparov sagen, mit Weiß ist ja sein Gewinninteresse noch größer.} 12. Qd2 $146 {Das ist seine Antwort. Aber große Aussichten auf Vorteil vermag ich hier auch nicht zu entdecken.} Nc5 {Eigentlich sehe ich nicht, was gegen das Schlagen auf b2 spricht:} (12... Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Bb5 (14. Nb5 Qxa2 15. Nd6+ (15. Qb4 a5 $1) 15... Kf8 16. Qb4 $2 (16. Rc1 $5) 16... a5 $1 $19) 14... Qe7 $15) 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Qd4 a6 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Rh3 Bc6 {Möchte irgendwelchen taktischen Dingen in Verbindung mit d5 aus dem Wege gehen, aber 16...?b8 mit der Idee 17...?c8 wäre mehr nach meinem Geschmack.} (16... Kb8 17. f5 Bc8 $13) 17. Ne2 Kb8 18. Rc3 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 {Nun ist doch wieder das Endspiel entstanden. Weiß hat höchstens einen hauchdünnen Vorteil.} 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. b3 Nc8 22. h5 Ne7 23. g4 Rdf8 {? f6 (Timman)} 24. g5 h6 $1 25. Rh3 g6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Rxh6 (27. gxh6 Nxf4 28. Rh4 Ng6 29. Rh5 f6 $17) 27... Nxf4 (27... Rxh6 28. gxh6 Rh8 29. Bd3 Rxh6 30. Bxg6 Rxg6 $10) 28. Bd3 Rhg8 (28... Rxh6 29. gxh6 Rh8 30. Rh1 Nxd3+ 31. cxd3 Kc7 32. Nf3 Kd8 33. Ng5 Ke7 34. Rf1 Rxh6 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 $10) 29. Rg1 Rg7 30. Kd2 Rfg8 31. Bh7 (31. Nf3 Kc7 $10) 31... Rh8 32. Ke3 Rhxh7 33. Rxh7 Rxh7 34. Kxf4 Rh4+ 35. Rg4 Rh1 36. Nf3 Rc1 37. Rg2 Kc7 (37... b5 $5 {? × ?a2}) 38. a4 Kd8 39. Rh2 Be8 40. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1997.06.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "1997.06.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 060"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.09.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. a4 Ke7 14. a5 Nd7 15. Kd2 g5 16. g3 gxf4 17. gxf4 f6 18. Rg1 fxe5 19. Bh3 exf4 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. Nxd5+ Kd6 22. Nxf4 e5 23. Rg3 Bxh3 24. Rd3+ Kc6 25. Rc3+ Kd6 26. Nxh3 Rg8 27. Rd3+ Ke6 28. Nf4+ Kf5 29. Nd5 Rg2+ 30. Kc1 Rf2 31. Rb3 Rb8 32. a6 b5 33. Ne7+ Kf6 34. Nc6 Rb6 35. Nxe5 h5 36. Nd3 Rxh2 37. Nb4 Kg5 38. Rf3 Ng6 39. Rf7 Rh4 40. c3 Rxb4 41. cxb4 Rxa6 42. Rg1+ Kh6 43. Kd2 Rd6+ 44. Ke3 a6 45. Ke4 Nh8 46. Ra7 Ng6 47. Ra1 Rd2 48. R7xa6 Rxb2 49. Kf5 Rf2+ 50. Ke6 Rf4 51. Rb1 h4 52. Rb6 h3 53. Rxb5 h2 54. Rh1 Rh4 55. Kd6 Nf4 56. Rf5 Nh5 57. Rf2 Rxb4 58. Rfxh2 Rb5 59. Ra2 Kg6 60. Ra6 Nf4 61. Ke7+ Kg5 62. Rg1+ Kh4 63. Ra4 Rf5 64. Rg8 Kh3 65. Ra3+ Kh2 66. Ra2+ Kh3 67. Rd2 Re5+ 68. Kf6 Re3 69. Kf5 Ne2 70. Rb2 Kh2 71. Rg7 Re8 72. Rg6 Re3 73. Re6 1-0 [Event "Chess Classics Giants 3rd pl"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "1998.06.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. h4 Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Kf2 Nb4 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Kg1 f6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Bxb4 Rf7 20. Bd6 Qc4 21. Qd3+ Kg8 22. Nd4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Nb6 24. h5 Na4 25. Rh4 Bd7 26. h6 Qxd3 27. cxd3 Rc8 28. hxg7 Rxg7 29. Rf1 Nc3 30. Rf6 Nb5 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Rc2 33. Re8+ Kf7 34. e6+ Kf6 35. Rf4+ Kg5 36. Be5 Rg6 37. e7 Re2 38. Ref8 Rxe5 39. R4f5+ Rxf5 40. e8=Q Rxf8 41. Qxf8 Nd6 42. Qf3 b5 43. g3 Re6 44. Qxd5+ Kf6 45. g4 Nf7 46. Qf5+ Ke7 47. d4 Rf6 48. Qe4+ Kf8 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. Kg3 Rg6 51. d5 Rd6 52. Kf4 Rf6+ 53. Ke3 Rd6 54. Kd4 Rg6 55. Kc5 Rf6 56. Qd4 Kg6 57. Qe4+ Kg5 58. Qe7 Kg6 59. a3 Kg5 60. Kb4 Kg6 61. Kc5 Kg5 62. Qe4 Kh6 63. Qh1+ Kg7 64. Qh5 Rh6 65. Qf5 Rf6 66. Qe4 Kh6 67. Qe3+ Kg6 68. Qh3 Kg7 69. g5 Nxg5 70. Qg4 Rg6 71. Kb4 Nf7 72. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Astana"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2001.05.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2827"] [BlackElo "2722"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2001.05.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "KAZ"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 084"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 Qe7 {The novelty after less frequent move 10.g3, Shirov is defending against attack and reserves the option to exploit the c4 weakness with the help of Nb6 move.} (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 (11... b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Ne2 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Qe3 {1-0 Diaz,J-Alvarez Ibarra,R/Cuba 1993/ (37)}) 12. Bg2 b5 13. Ne2 a5 14. a3 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. O-O Nc5 17. g4 Bb7 18. Rad1 b4 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Rae8 21. axb4 axb4 22. Qf4 $16 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Gurevich,M/Noyon 2001/ (39)}) (10... a6 11. Bh3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Ne2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Rb8 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Nd4 {1-0 Zwanzger,J-Gamer,T/Oberhof/1999/ (33)}) 11. O-O-O (11. Bg2 Nb6 {xc4}) 11... Nb6 12. Nb3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Bd7 14. Kb1 Rfc8 (14... f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Bb5 $1 Rac8 17. Rhe1 $14) (14... Rac8 15. Nb5 $1 Na4 16. Nd6 $14) 15. g4 (15. Nb5 Nb4 16. Nd6 Rxc2 17. a3 $16) 15... Nb4 $1 (15... f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Be2 $14) 16. Nd4 Rc5 (16... Qc5 17. Rd2 Nc6 18. Ncb5 $1 Na5 19. Nd6 $14) 17. a3 Nc6 $2 {It is a small mystery why both players have accepted this artificial move, since it hopelessly closes the rook on c5.} (17... Na6 $1 18. Ncb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rc6 20. h3 Nc5 $132) 18. Ncb5 $6 (18. Nb3 $1 d4 (18... Rc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qd3 $18) 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8 21. Qd3 $16) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Bd3 Nc4 21. Qh3 (21. Bxc4 $5 Rxc4 22. f5 Ba4 $132) 21... h6 $1 (21... g6 22. Nf3 $16) 22. g5 (22. Nb3 Nxa3+ 23. bxa3 Rc3 24. Kb2 a5 25. Ra1 Bb5 $40) 22... Nxa3+ $1 {Shirov comes with a strong counterplay in the twelfth hour, optically his chances on the kingside looked very bad.} 23. bxa3 (23. Kc1 Nc4 (23... Nxc2 24. Bxc2 Ba4 25. b3 Rxc2+ (25... Rc3 26. Rd3 Qa3+ 27. Kd2 Qc5 28. Rxc3 Qxd4+ 29. Qd3 Qxf4+ 30. Kd1 $16) 26. Nxc2 Qa3+ 27. Kb1 Rxc2 28. Kxc2 Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Bxb3 30. Qc3 $16) 24. gxh6 g6 $13) 23... Rc3 24. gxh6 g6 (24... Rxa3 25. Nb3 Qb4 26. Qg2 g6) 25. Qg2 (25. Kc1 Rxa3 26. Kd2 Rc4 $1 27. Nb3 (27. Nf3 Qc5) 27... Ba4 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Ra1 cxb3 30. Rxa3 Qb4+ 31. Qc3 Qxf4+ $11) (25. Qg3 Rxa3 (25... Qxa3 $2 26. Qh4 $1 R8c4 27. h7+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kxh7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ $18) 26. Nb3 Qb4 27. Bxg6 $1 Rc3 $1 28. Bh7+ Kf8 29. Qg7+ Ke7 30. Qf6+ Ke8 $11) 25... Rxa3 26. Nb3 Qb4 $1 27. Bxg6 (27. Rhg1 Rc3 28. Bxg6 Raxb3+ 29. cxb3 Rxb3+ 30. Kc1 Kh8 $1 31. Bc2 (31. Bd3 Qc5+ 32. Bc2 Qa3+ $11) 31... Qa3+ 32. Kd2 Qb4+ 33. Kc1 (33. Ke2 Bb5+ 34. Rd3 Bxd3+ 35. Bxd3 Rb2+ $19) 33... Qa3+ $11) 27... Rxb3+ 28. cxb3 Qxb3+ 29. Qb2 Qxb2+ 30. Kxb2 fxg6 {In this endgame white can not underestimate the body of black's pawns on the queenside.} 31. h4 (31. Ra1 a6 32. Rhc1 Bc6 $132) 31... Kh7 32. h5 Kxh6 33. hxg6+ (33. Rdg1 gxh5 34. Rg5 Be8 35. Rg8 Bd7 36. Rg5 Be8 $11) 33... Kxg6 34. Rhg1+ Kf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Shirov did not deserve to lose this game, but after this horribe move he will be mated.} (34... Kf7 35. Rh1 Kg6 $11 (35... Rg8 $2 36. Rh7+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Kc3 $14)) 35. Rd4 1-0 [Event "RUS-The World"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2002.09.10"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2002.09.08"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 091"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "The World"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qxa4 12. bxc5 O-O 13. c4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. cxd5 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 exd5 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Kf2 f6 19. e6 Rxe6 20. Bd3 Re8 21. g4 Nf8 22. Rhg1 Bd7 23. Bb1 Ne6 24. Ba2 Nc7 25. Rb1 Rab8 26. f5 Re4 27. g5 Bxf5 28. gxf6 Bg6 29. Rxg6 hxg6 30. Ng5 Re5 31. f7+ Kf8 32. Bf4 Rf5 33. Kg3 Nb5 34. Re1 Rxg5+ 35. Bxg5 Nc3 36. Bb1 Kxf7 37. Rf1+ Ke6 38. Bxg6 Ne4+ 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. Rd1 Ne5 41. Rd6+ Kf5 42. Rd5 Re8 43. Be3 Re6 44. h3 Kg6 45. Kf4 Nd3+ 46. Kg4 Ne5+ 47. Kf4 Nc4 48. Rg5+ Kf7 49. Bd4 g6 50. Rg3 e3 51. Rg1 Nd2 52. Kg3 e2 53. Re1 Re4 54. Bg1 Ke6 55. Kf2 Kd5 56. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 57. Kxe2 Ne4 58. Kf3 Nxc5 59. Kg4 Ne6 60. a4 b5 61. axb5 axb5 62. Bf2 b4 63. Be1 b3 64. Bc3 Ke4 65. h4 Kd3 66. Bb2 Kc2 67. Ba1 Kd3 68. Bb2 Ke4 69. Ba1 Nd4 70. Kg5 Nf3+ 71. Kg4 Nd4 72. Kg5 Nf5 73. Bb2 Kf3 74. Ba1 Kg3 75. h5 gxh5 76. Kxf5 h4 77. Ke4 Kf2 78. Kd3 h3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 20th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2003.02.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2847"] [BlackElo "2624"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2003.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 094"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 {With this move the game is leaving the known theoretical continuations and the closed center will contribute to the distinct character of the French defense.} c4 11. g4 h5 (11... b4 12. Bg2 bxa3 13. bxa3 Rb8 14. O-O $13) 12. gxh5 (12. g5 g6 13. Bg2 a5 $11) 12... Rxh5 13. Ng3 Rh8 14. f5 $5 {Naturally Kasparov has with white pieces high ambitions against Radjabov and thus he sharply marches forward.} exf5 (14... b4 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. c3 $14) 15. Nxf5 Nf6 16. Ng3 (16. exf6 Bxf5 17. fxg7 Bxg7 18. Rg1 Bf6 $11) (16. Nxg7+ Bxg7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bg2 Bg4 $11) 16... Ng4 17. Bf4 Be6 18. c3 (18. Bg2 Be7 19. h3 Nh6 $13) 18... Be7 19. Ng5 O-O-O (19... Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Na5 21. Rd1 f6 22. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Be2 (21. Qe2 $5 Nh6 22. O-O-O $14) 21... Ngxe5 $5 {So far nobody was sucessful against Kasparov without a sound portion of selfconfidence and risk. Black is chosing probably not the best, but surely the most provocative move.} (21... Nxh2 22. Nh5 g6 23. Nf6 Bxf6 24. exf6 Ng4 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Bxg4 Rh1+ 27. Ke2 Rxa1 28. f7 Qd8 29. Bh6 Rh1 30. Qe3 $18) (21... Rxh2 22. Rxh2 Nxh2 23. O-O-O Na5 24. Qe3 $14) (21... Nh6 22. O-O-O $14) 22. Qe3 (22. dxe5 d4 23. cxd4 Rxd4 24. Qc1 (24. Qe3 Rf8 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Qa5+ $19) 24... Na5 25. Be3 Nb3 26. Bxd4 (26. Qc3 Nxa1 27. Bxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 Nc2+ 29. Kf2 Nxd4 $19) 26... Qxd4 27. Qd1 Qe3 $19) (22. Bxe5 $5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc7 24. O-O-O (24. Qe3 Bc5 25. Qg5 Be7 26. Qxg7 Rdg8 27. Qf7 Rxg3 28. Qxe6+ Kb8 29. Qxa6 Qc5 30. O-O-O $16) 24... Qxe5 25. Kb1 $16) 22... Nd7 23. Qxe6 Bh4 24. Qg4 (24. Qxd5 Rde8 25. Kd1 Nf6 26. Qf3 $16) 24... g5 25. Bd2 (25. Bxg5 Rdg8 26. Qxh4 Rxh4 27. Bxh4 Qc7 $15) 25... Rde8 (25... Na5 $5 26. O-O-O (26. Rf1 Nb3 $17) 26... Bxg3 27. Qxg3 Qg6 28. b4 cxb3 29. Bd3 Qc6 $15) 26. O-O-O Na5 27. Rdf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Kasparov not only refused to accept the piece sacrifice, but in the sharp position commited the serious tactical oversight. It seems only logical, that white king will not feel very safe on the d1 square.} (27. Kb1 Qg6+ 28. Ka2 Qe6 (28... Bxg3 29. hxg3 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Qc2 31. Qxg5 (31. Qh5 Re7) 31... Rxe2 32. Rh8+ Kb7 (32... Kc7 33. Qd8+ Kc6 34. Rh6+ $18) 33. Qxd5+ Kb6 (33... Nc6 34. Qxd7+ Kb6 35. Rh6 $18) 34. Rh6+ (34. Qxd7 $2 Qb3+ 35. Kb1 Qd1+ 36. Bc1 Rxb2+ $1 37. Kxb2 Qe2+ 38. Kb1 Qd3+ $11) 34... Ka7 35. Qxd7+ Nb7 36. Qc6 Qb3+ 37. Kb1 Qd1+ 38. Bc1 $18) 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Bg4 Rf6 $11) 27... Nb3+ 28. Kd1 Bxg3 $1 29. Rf7 (29. hxg3 Qg6 $1 30. Bc1 Qb1 31. Qxg5 Nxc1 32. Qxc1 Qe4 $19) 29... Rd8 (29... Qe6 $6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. Bg4 Rd6 32. Bxg5 Rxh2 33. Rxh2 Bxh2 34. Rh7 Bg3 35. Be7 $14) 30. Bxg5 (30. Qxg3 Qg6 $19) 30... Qg6 31. Qf5 (31. Rf5 Rde8 $19) 31... Qxf5 32. Rxf5 Rdf8 33. Rxf8+ {Not even a great deal of chess phantasy can help in the position, where white simply misses the whole piece.} (33. Rxd5 Nb6 34. Bg4+ Kc7 35. Rf5 Rxf5 36. Bxf5 Rxh2 $19) 33... Nxf8 34. Bf3 (34. h4 Nh7 35. Rg1 Nxg5 36. hxg5 Bf2 $19) 34... Bh4 35. Be3 (35. Bxh4 Rxh4 36. Bxd5 Nxd4 $1 $19) 35... Nd7 36. Bxd5 Re8 37. Bh6 Ndc5 $1 38. Bf7 Re7 39. Bh5 Nd3 0-1 [Event "Corsica sim"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2008.10.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Vilaisarn, Akkhavanh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2248"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2008.10.26"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2009"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 b5 9. a3 Be7 10. Ng3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. h4 f6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Be3 Qa5+ 15. Kf2 Qd8 16. Ng5 Nb6 17. b3 Bd7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. e6 O-O 21. Qh5 h6 22. Nf7 Qc7 23. Qxf5 Bxe6 24. Nxh6+ 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2807"] [PlyCount "80"] [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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. a3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. Rg1 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. g4 g6 17. gxf5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rxf5 19. Ne2 Rf7 20. h4 Kh8 21. h5 gxh5 22. Qh2 Qf8 23. Qxh5 c4 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 cxd3 26. Nc3 Nb6 27. f5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Bg5 Rf8 30. Qh4 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Nd7 32. Kh2 Qf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 34. Kg3 Rxb2 35. Rf1 Kg7 36. Na4 Rc2 37. Bf6+ Kg6 38. Kf4 Nxf6 39. exf6 d2 40. f7 Rc1 0-1 [Event "Chess@iceland-A"] [Site "Kopavogur"] [Date "2000.04.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2000.04.01"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 h5 11. Qf4 Qa5 12. Ne2 Nxc3 13. O-O Nxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nc6 15. c4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bd7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bf3 Bc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess@iceland rap f"] [Site "Kopavogur"] [Date "2000.04.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2000.04.02"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Rhe1 Qb6 16. Bc4 Nc5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. h5 d3 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rh1 Ng7 22. cxd3 Qxf2 23. Rd2 Rac8+ 24. Kb1 Qc5 25. Qf4 Nh5 26. Qh6 Qf8 27. Qg5 Qc5 28. Qh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2000.05.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2694"] [Annotator "Finkel,Alexander"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2000.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 077"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 $5 {Thanks to the efforts of A.Morozevich this variation became very popular (and as we can see from the following game also on the highest lavel).} (7... Nd7 $5 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bf6 $5 $44 {Rogers,I-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990}) (7... Qd5 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 Qh5 11. Ng3 Qg4 12. d5 $14 {Lendwai,R-Fauland,A/Graz 1991}) 8. g3 (8. Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O {½-½ Watson,W-Anand,V/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989}) (8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) 8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 {After} (10... Bd5 11. Nc3 c6 (11... Bb4 $5 12. Qe3 c6 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd7 15. Rhe1 Qb6 $14) 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 (13... Bc4 14. Qe3 b4 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Qf3 Bb5 18. Rhe1 $14) 14. Rhe1 $14 {white has got better chanse in Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 $5 {This move is the novelty.J.Polgar didn't manage to find correct plan and got nothing from the opening.} (12. Rad1 $6 Bd5 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Nfd2 (14. a3 c6 15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {[%CAl Ge2e3,Gc3e2,Ge2f4]}) 14... c6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 a5 $5 $132 {Polgar,J-Morozevich,A/Corus 2000}) 12... Bd5 13. c3 f5 14. Ned2 c5 (14... Nf6 15. b3 (15. a4 $5 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Qf3 Ra8 $11) 15... c5 16. c4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Bb7 18. Nb3 $14) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nf1 {[%CAl Gf1e3,Gd1d8]} Qc7 ({Another option was} 16... Bd6 $5 17. Rxd5 (17. Ne3 Be4) 17... exd5 18. Ne3 Re8 19. Nd4 f4 20. Qg4+ Kh8 $13 {with unclear position.}) 17. Rxd5 $5 {The only way to fight for the advantage.} exd5 18. Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5][%CAl Gf3d4]} Bf6 (18... Rad8 $6 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Ndxf5 Qe5 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. f4 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Ne4 21. Nxd5 Qd6 22. Ne3 Qf6 (22... Qg6 {[%csl Gh5]} 23. Qf3 (23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Bxe4 Rae8 25. Re1 Qf6 $13) (23. Re1 $5) 23... Nd6 $5 $132) 23. Qh5 Rad8 (23... Qxd4 $5 24. Nxf5 (24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Nxf5 Rae8 $13) (24. Qxf5 Rae8 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Ng4 Rg5 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Bxe4 Kxh6 30. Rd6+ Kg7 31. Rxa6 $11) 24... Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxb2 26. Rf1 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%CAl Gg2a8]}) 24. Nxf5 Nd6 25. Ne3 $5 Qxd4 26. Rd1 Qg7 {Black manages to hold the position after this move,but deserved attention} (26... Qxb2 $5) 27. Rd5 Kh8 28. Qd1 Nb7 29. b4 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} Rxd5 $5 30. Qxd5 Nd8 31. Qd6 Ne6 32. Qxa6 Nd4 33. h4 f5 34. Nd5 Ne2+ (34... Qe5 $5) 35. Kf1 f4 $1 {Taking advantage of the fact that white queen is on a6!} 36. Kxe2 fxg3 {[%csl Ra6,Re2]} 37. Qd6 $5 Qb2+ (37... Rxf2+ 38. Kd3 Rxg2 39. Qd8+ Qg8 $11) 38. Kd3 Rxf2 $2 {Black wants too much.It was stil possible to force adraw after} (38... Qb1+ $5 39. Kd4 Qb2+ 40. Kc5 Qxf2+ 41. Kxb5 Qe2+ 42. Kb6 (42. Kc5 Qf2+ 43. Kc6 Qc2+ $11 44. Kb7 Rf7+ 45. Kb8 Qxg2 $11) 42... Qf2+ 43. Kc6 Qc2+ $11) 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qxg3+ Kh8 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kh8 45. Be4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd2] This strong move destroys black's hopes.} Qc2+ 46. Kd4 Qd2+ 47. Kc5 Qxg5 48. hxg5 Rxa2 49. Kxb5 Re2 50. Nc3 Re3 51. Kc4 Rg3 52. b5 Rxg5 53. b6 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2000.05.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2709"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2000.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 077"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qc3 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Kb1 Rd8 14. h4 a5 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Bh7+ Kf8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Be4 Bc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Rd5 24. Rde1 Rb8 25. Re2 Ke7 26. c3 f6 27. exf6+ gxf6 28. Kc2 Rg8 29. g3 e5 30. Rhe1 Ke6 31. Re4 Kf5 32. Rc4 Rd6 33. Re3 h5 34. Rf3+ Ke6 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 Kd6 37. b3 f5 38. Ra4 c5 39. Rxa5 Rg4 40. Ra4 f4 41. Ke2 1-0 [Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "2000.06.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Finkel,Alexander"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2000.06.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 078"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.10.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 O-O (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2 $14 {Die eingeschobenen Züge h4 und h6 begünstigen Weiß, denn im Falle der kurzen schwarzen Rochade gibt es mit g2-g4-g5 einen klaren und starken Plan.}) 9. Bd3 (9. Qd2 e5 10. Bxf6 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8 (11. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Bxe5 $10) 11... Nxf3+ $10) (10. O-O-O e4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Be2 (13. Kb1 c5 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qc3 Rac8 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 $15 {Anand,V-Kortschnoj,V/Tilburg 1991}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Qc3 Rac8 16. c6 bxc6 17. Ba6 $14 {Labunskiy,D-Pushkov,N/Vladivostok 1994}) 10... Qxf6 11. O-O-O exd4 (11... e4 12. Ng5 $16 {× ?e4}) 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 {Weiß hat nur einen winzigen Vorteil, aber die einzigen Partien mit diesem Endspiel endeten beide 1-0.} Re8 (13... Nf6 14. Bc4 a6 15. Re1 b5 (15... b6 16. Re7 $16) 16. Bd5 Rb8 (16... Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rc5 {× ?c7}) 17. Bc6 $16 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A 1996}) 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Kf8 18. Nd3 $14 {Brodsky,M-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov op 1993}) 9... c5 10. Qe2 $5 {A new move introducing very dangerous plan against which Shirov didn't find reasonable defense.} (10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6 (13. O-O-O exd4 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Rf4 Qxb2+ $1 $13 {Heinatz,T-Schmidt,W/BL2-O9798}) 13... Qxf6 14. Ng5 $2 exd4 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ne4 Qc6 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Rxd4 Bf5 $17 {Pinkas,K-Schmidt,W/POL-ch 1993}) 10... cxd4 (10... Qb6 11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O Bxd4 $5 (12... cxd4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qf4 $1 (14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 $11) 14... Kg7 (14... Nd5 $6 15. Qh6 {[%CAl Gf3g5]} f6 16. h5 (16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Qc7 19. Rxd4 Qg7) 16... Qc7 17. hxg6 $16) 15. Qe5 $1 Rd8 (15... h5 16. Ng5 Qb4 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. g4 $1 hxg4 19. h5 $18) 16. h5 $1 h6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Rxh6 $1 $18) 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. h5 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%CAl Ge4h4]}) 11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O Qa5 $5 (12... e5 $6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. h5 Qc6 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh4 $40) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxd4 $14 Nh5 (14... Nd5 15. h5 $1 Qxa2 $6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 (17... Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Kxh7 20. Ng5+ $18) 18. Rh1+ Kg8 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Rh7+ Ke8 21. Bxg6+ Kd8 22. Qxf8#) 15. a3 Rd8 16. Qe3 Bd7 (16... Qc7 $5 {[%CAl Gc7f4]}) 17. g4 Nf6 18. Qf4 $1 Nd5 $8 19. Qh6 Nf6 $8 20. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} Bc6 21. Bxg6 $1 $40 (21. f3 Rd5 $5 $132) 21... hxg6 $6 {So far black defended correctly,but now he takes with the wrong pawn.Better was} (21... fxg6 $5 22. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kf7 24. Ng5+ (24. Qg7+ $2 Kxe6 $19) 24... Kg8 25. h5 $1 Qc7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28. Qf5 $36 {and despite of the fact that white keeps the initiative the position is far from being clear.}) 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxf6+ Kh7 25. Rhe1 $16 {[%csl Rh7][%CAl Ge1e5]} Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qc5 {[%CAl Ga8f8]} (26... Rg8 27. g5 Rg6 28. Qf7+ Rg7 29. Qxe6 $16) 27. g5 Rf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qh6+ $6 {Giving black a chanse to come back to life.} (30. Rd6 $1 $18) 30... Kg8 (30... Kf7 31. g6+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qc7 $1 $18 {[%CAl Gd1d8]}) 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kg7 $2 {Black gives back the present and now everything ends very quickly.} (33... Kh8 $8 34. f4 $1 (34. Rd6 Rxf2 35. Qh6+ (35. Rd8+ Rf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ Kh8 $11) 35... Kg8 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ (37. Rg7+ Ke8 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. Rg8+ Rf8 40. Qf6+ Ke8 $11) 37... Ke8 $11) 34... Qf5 (34... Rxf4 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. g6 Qe3+ 37. Kb1 $18) 35. Qxf5 (35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Rd4 Be4 $132) 35... Rxf5 36. Rd4 $16) 34. Rd6 $1 $18 Be8 (34... Rxf2 35. Qe7+ Rf7 36. Rg6+ $1 $18) (34... Qxf2 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Rg7+ Ke8 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. Qd6+ $18) 35. Qe7+ 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj KO"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2001.04.29"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "2827"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "Finkel,Alexander"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2001.04.29"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 083"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.07.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 {This continuation used to be popular about 60 years ago,but now it's considered absolutely harmless and frankly speaking not without a reason!} Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Qd3 {Probably the best move in the position;others promise white even less:} (8. Nf3 Qe7 9. Qd2 Nb6 (9... Nc6 10. Nb5 Nb6 11. c3 a6 12. Na3 Bd7 13. Nc2 O-O-O 14. Bd3 h6 $15 {Csapkovics-Noble,A/St.Ingbert op 1987 (44)}) 10. g4 Bd7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rh5 Nb4 $15 {Steiner,B-Seitz,H/Mittelfranken 1985}) (8. Rh5 $5 Qe7 9. Qg4 f5 10. Qh3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. g4 fxg4 13. Qxg4 Nc6 14. Rg5 Rg8 15. Nge2 $44 {Velimirovic,D-Kovacevic,V/JUG-chT 1989 (28)}) 8... Nc6 $6 (8... h5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. g4 g6 11. gxh5 gxh5 12. Qe3 Nb6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Qf4 $1 O-O-O 16. Rdg1 $1 $14 {Hector,J-Brynell,S/Excelsior Cup 1999. An active position of the pieces and weakness of h-pawn fully compensate white for the lack of pawn.}) (8... g6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Qe3 Nc6 (10... a6 11. O-O-O c5 (11... Nc6 12. Rh6 Nb6 13. Qg5 Bd7 14. Qf6 O-O-O 15. Ng5 Qxf6 16. exf6 Be8 17. Rxh7 Rxh7 18. Nxh7 $13 {Nataf,I-Kovacevic,V/Solin 1997}) 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd4 Nc6 14. f4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 b5 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rh3 Nb6 18. Nd1 Rc8 $15 {Nataf,I-Thorhallsson,T/Mermaid Beach Club 1999}) 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Ng5 (12. Rh6 $5 Bd7 13. Qg5 Qxg5+ 14. Nxg5 Ke7 15. Nxh7 Rac8 16. f4 $14 {Hector,J-Brynell,S/Malmo 1993}) 12... Bd7 13. Nxh7 O-O-O 14. Be2 Be8 15. a3 Kb8 16. Bb5 $14 {Hector,J-Fries Nielsen,J/Stavanger op 1991 (40)}) 9. Nf3 Qg6 (9... Qg4 $2 10. Nb5 $1 Kd8 11. Rxh7 Rxh7 12. Qxh7 $16) 10. Qxg6 fxg6 11. Nb5 Ke7 ({Black can't keep the pawn by} 11... Kd8 {because of} 12. Ng5 $16 {[%csl Re6][%CAl Gg5f7] and white threatens too many things for black to defend.}) 12. Nxc7 Rb8 13. Nb5 $14 {Better pawn structure and much better bishop promise white steady advantage.} Nb6 14. c3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Na5 16. b3 $1 {[%csl Gc4] Black knights are awkwardly placed on b6 and e5 and there is no reason to let them ''join the party''!} Bxb5 $6 17. Bxb5 h6 $6 {It seems that black stands not so badly: he intends to play g5 and weakness of white pawn on c3 gives him an opportunity to gain an important tempo after 18.?h4,but he misses very simple,but crucial thing...} 18. Nh4 $1 Rhc8 19. Rh3 g5 {Going right into trap,but black is lost in any case.} (19... a6 20. Nxg6+ Kf7 21. Rf3+ $1 (21. Bd3 Rxc3 22. Rf3+ Kg8 23. Ne7+ Kh8) 21... Kxg6 22. Bd3+ Kg5 23. Rg3+ $1 Kf4 (23... Kh5 24. Ke2 Rxc3 25. Rh1#) 24. Kd2 $1 g5 25. Rf3+ Kg4 26. Rf6 $1 $18 {[%CAl Gd3e2,Ga1h1]}) 20. Ng6+ Kf7 21. Rf3+ $1 $18 Kxg6 (21... Kg8 22. Ne7+ $18) 22. Bd3+ Kh5 23. Rh3+ Kg4 24. f3+ Kf4 25. Kf2 $1 g4 26. g3+ (26. g3+ Kg5 27. f4#) 1-0