[Event "World U17-ch03"] [Site "Wattignies"] [Date "1976.07.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Dunne, David Joseph"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "114"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rad1 $6 (10. Bc4 $142 {[%csl Gd5]} Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nh4 $14 {0-1 Kupreichik,V (2490)-Polugaevsky,L (2635) URS-ch44 Moscow 1976 (7)}) 10... a6 11. Bc4 Qc7 12. a4 (12. Nh4 $142 $5 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6][%CAl Gh4f5]} Nc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Ng6 $1) 12... Nc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Nd2 (16. c3) 16... Bd7 (16... Bg4) 17. Bb3 b5 18. a5 Rbc8 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 (20... Bxb3) 21. Re2 Rc7 22. Red2 Rdc8 23. h3 Qb4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qb3 Rc4 $1 $17 26. Re2 Qxb3 27. cxb3 Rc1 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Kf7 30. Ne1 Bd8 31. Nd3 Rd1 32. Nb4 Bxa5 33. Nxa6 Rc1 34. b4 Bb6 35. b3 Rc3 36. Ra2 Rxb3 37. Rc2 Bd4 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. f3 Ra3 40. Rc6 Rc3 41. Rc7 Rxc7 42. Nxc7 Bc3 43. Nxb5 Bxb4 44. Na7 Kf7 45. Kg3 Ke8 46. Kg4 Kd7 47. f4 g6 48. h4 Kc7 49. f5 exf5+ 50. exf5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 Kb7 52. Nb5 Kb6 53. Nxd6 Bxd6 54. g4 Kc6 55. g5 hxg5 56. hxg5 Kd5 57. g6 Bf8 0-1 [Event "Linares 09th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1991.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 022"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O (5. e5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 $13) 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 (6... e5 {Anand} 7. Qd3) 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 {N} (10. Nc3 e6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nd4 Qa5 13. a4 Rc8 $10 {Fernandez Garcia,J-Csom,I/Malaga/1981/}) 10... e6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Kh1 h5 13. a4 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Qc7 (16... Rc5 $5) 17. Nd2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Rae1 Qg5 (19... b6 {Anand} 20. f4 $140 Rg3 21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qd4 $132) 20. Rg1 Qf4 21. Ref1 {? ?e2,f2-f4} b6 22. Ne2 Qh6 23. c5 $5 (23. f4 $16) 23... Rxc5 $2 (23... bxc5 $2 24. Nc4 $18) (23... dxc5 $1 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. Rd1 (25. Nd6+ {Anand} Bxd6 26. Qxd6 Rb7) 25... Bc8 26. f4 (26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Qd7 Rd8 29. Qc7 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qg5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxb6 Kh7 $13) 26... Kf8 $13) 24. Nc4 Kf8 25. Nxb6 Be8 26. f4 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Rc1 Kg7 29. g4 $1 Rc5 (29... hxg3 30. Qxg3+ Kf6 31. Qc3+ $18) 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31. Nc8 Bf8 (31... Kf8 $16) (31... Bd8 $5 $16) 32. Qd8 $18 Qg6 33. f5 Qh6 (33... Qf6 34. Qxe8 Qe5 35. Rg2 Qa1+ 36. Ng1 $18) 34. g5 (34. Qxe8 $2 Qe3) 34... Qh5 35. Rg4 exf5 36. Nf4 Qh8 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Rxh4+ 1-0 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2800"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1991.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Re3 f6 16. Rd3 Bc6 17. Be3 Kf7 18. f3 a5 19. Qf2 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Na2 Bb5 22. R3d2 Ra8 23. Nc1 Be7 24. Bb6 Qc6 25. Nb3 Rhc8 26. Be3 g5 27. g4 h5 28. h3 Kg6 29. Kg2 h4 30. Qg1 Ra2 31. Rb1 Bc4 32. Nc1 Raa8 33. Nb3 Rd8 34. Rbd1 Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Ra2 36. Qb1 Qa4 37. Bc5 Bxc5 38. Nxc5 Qa7 39. b3 Ra1 40. bxc4 Rxb1 0-1 [Event "Cordoba sim"] [Site "Cordoba "] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gimenez, Ismael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2075"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 e6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Ne5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Re2 Rfd8 18. Qg3 Qc6 19. h4 Kh8 20. Rd1 Qd7 21. h5 Rac8 22. h6 g6 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. Qh4 Rd7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Bc2 Kg8 28. f3 Rd7 29. Rd4 Rc4 30. Red2 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 f6 32. exf6 Kf7 33. Kf2 Kxf6 34. Ke3 Kg5 35. Rb4 Kxh6 36. Kd4 Kg7 37. Rb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 12th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Shirov,Alexei"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1994.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 040"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. d4 (7. c4 e6 8. Nc3) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. a4 Be7 (10... Rc8 11. b3 (11. a5 b5 {xc4}) 11... Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd2 $10) 11. a5 b5 (11... bxa5 12. Bd2) (11... O-O 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Kh1 (13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Nd2 $13)) 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O (13... Ne5 14. Bf1 (14. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qd7 16. Nxg7+ Kf7 17. Nf5 Rag8 18. Nh6+ Kf8 19. Nxg8 Rxg8 20. Kh1 h5 $44)) (13... d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nc3 (15. Rxe6 $6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qc8 $17) (15. Nf5 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Be3 $14) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 {xe6}) 14. Nc3 (14. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qc8 16. Nxf8 Bxf8 17. Nc3 $14) 14... Ne5 15. Bf1 (15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qd7 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 $13) 15... Qc7 (15... Rc8 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Qa4 $13) 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf5 (19. Bf4 Bd6 (19... Bf6 20. Kh1 $14) 20. Kh1 Ng6 $10) 19... Bb4 (19... Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qd4 Qxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Rec1 Bd5 25. b4 $14) 20. Bb6 Qb8 (20... Bc5+ $2 21. Kh1 $1) 21. Qd4 (21. Re3 Nc6 $17) 21... Bxe1 22. Rxe1 exf5 23. Qxd5 Re8 24. Rc1 Re6 25. b4 (25. Bc7 Qe8 $17) 25... h5 (25... Rd6 $1 26. Qb3 (26. Qxe5 Rxb6 $19) 26... Rxb6 27. axb6 Qxb6+ 28. Kh1 Rb8 29. Qd5 $15) 26. Bc7 Qa7+ (26... Qe8 27. b5 $44) 27. Bb6 Qb8 28. Bc7 Qa7+ 29. Bb6 Qb8 (29... Rxb6 30. axb6 Qxb6+ 31. Qc5 (31. Kh1 Re8 32. Re1 Qf2 $1) 31... Qf6 32. Rd1 $44) 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-Cup 11th final"] [Site "Ljubljana"] [Date "1995.11.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Yudasin, Leonid"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Chekhov,Valery A"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1995.11.30"] [EventType "team-k.o."] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"] [BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "BIH"] 1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 (4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O $6 {Shirov-Kasparov/Linares/1994} (13... Ne5 $142)) 4... Ngf6 5. Nc3 (5. e5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 Qa6 10. d5 Bf5 $1 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. Nf3 Bf5 $10) 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Nd2 $6 (8. Be3 $5 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bb3 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 14. Ba7 Rb7 15. Bxb7 Bxb7 16. Nd2 $16 {Morovic,F-Topalov,V/Las Palmas/1994/0,5/41/}) 8... Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 (10... Qxd7 $6 11. Ne3 b6 12. Nf5 Qb7 13. g4 $1 {Keller,D-Ye,J/ Lucerne/1985/0,5/47/}) 11. Nxd6 (11. Ne3 $6 Be6 12. Ncd5 Rc8 13. c3 Rc5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. O-O Qc8 $15 {Rogers,I-Suba,M/Dortmund/1985/0|1/51/}) (11. O-O Be6 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. Ncd5 $10) 11... Qc7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 e4 14. Nxe4 $5 {N/} (14. Qe2 Rfe8 (14... Qe5 15. g4 Bb4 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. a3 e3 18. Qxe3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qb5 20. a4 Qa6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qb3 Re8+ 23. Kd1 Rad8+ 24. Kc1 Qc6 25. f3 Re2 $44 {Campora,D-Acosta,S/Bogota/1980/1|0/61/}) 15. Bd2 Rac8 (15... Qe5 16. g4 b5 17. f4 Qc7 18. O-O-O b4 19. Nxe4 Rac8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qd3 a5 22. g5 Red8 23. Qb3 hxg5 24. Be3 gxf4 $17 {Vezzosi,P-Nunn,J/Lugano/1989/0|1/30/}) 16. a3 Bc5 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. O-O Qxf5 $17 {Mednis,E-Csom,I/ Cleveland/1975/0|1/35/}) 14... Qe5 (14... Rad8 15. Qe2 Bb4+ (15... Rfe8 16. O-O $1) 16. c3 Nxe4 17. cxb4 Rfe8 18. Be3 $16) 15. f3 Rad8 (15... Bb4+ 16. c3 Nxe4 (16... Rad8 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. O-O (18. cxb4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qxf5 $17) 18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bf4 $14) 17. fxe4 Rad8 18. Qf3 $18) 16. Qc3 $6 (16. Qe2 $5 Qxf5 (16... Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bb4+ $1 18. Kf2 Rd4 $17) 17. O-O Rfe8 $146) 16... Qxf5 17. O-O Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 $15 19. Be3 (19. Re1 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 (20. Be3 Bb4 21. Bc5 Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Bxe1 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rxe1 Rd2 25. Rc1 Ke7 $17) 20... Qh4 $36) 19... a6 20. Rf4 (20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Rc2 $17) (20. Qb3 $142) 20... Qg6 21. Rf2 (21. Raf1 $6 Bg5 22. R4f2 Rc8 23. Qb3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxc2 $17) 21... Bh4 $1 (21... Rd5 22. Raf1 $13) 22. g3 (22. Rd2 Rxd2 (22... Bf6 $5) (22... Rc8 23. Qb3 Rfe8 $15 24. Rf1 (24. Qxb7 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Qxc2 $17)) 23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qc3 Bf6 25. Qb3 Qe4 $15) 22... Bf6 23. Qb4 (23. Qb3 $5) 23... Rfe8 24. Bb6 Rd5 25. a4 h5 $17 26. Qb3 (26. Rg2 Rde5 27. Rf1 Re2 28. Qb3 h4 $19) 26... Rde5 27. Raf1 h4 28. Kh1 (28. Bd4 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rg5 $19) 28... Re1 29. a5 h3 $19 (29... Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 Qxc2 32. gxh4 Qe4 $17) 30. Qf3 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxc2 32. Qxb7 Re4 (32... Re2 33. Bg1) 33. Rg1 (33. Bf2 Bd4 $19 (33... Qxf2 $4 34. Qc8+ Bd8 (34... Kh7 35. Qxh3+ $18) 35. Qxd8+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Rxh4 37. Rxf2 Rd4 38. Kg1 $13)) 33... Re2 0-1 [Event "Corfu sim"] [Site "Corfu"] [Date "1996.10.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Mavromihalis, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Bd7 5. d4 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxb5 7. Qb3 dxe5 8. Qxb5+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Kxd7 10. dxc5 g6 11. Be3 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Nxh6 13. Nd2 Rhc8 14. b4 f5 15. Ke2 Ng4 16. Rhd1 Ke6 17. a4 Nf6 18. f3 a5 19. Ke3 b6 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22. Nxb6+ Kc6 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Kd3 axb4 25. cxb4 Rd8+ 26. Kc3 fxe4 27. fxe4 Rd4 28. a5 Rxe4 29. a6 1-0 [Event "Internet m1"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.05.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1998.05.24"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.07.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Bxd7 Nxd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Re8 14. h3 b6 15. Rhd1 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. f3 Kf8 18. Nf1 Ke7 19. Ne3 g6 20. a4 Red8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Nc4 Nd7 24. Nd6 Ba6 25. Nd5 f6 26. Kd2 Nc5 27. b4 Nxa4 28. b5 Bc8 29. Nxc8 Kxc8 30. Nxf6 h5 31. h4 Kd8 32. g4 Ke7 33. Nd5+ Ke6 34. Ke3 Nb2 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. f4 Nc4+ 37. Kd3 Nb2+ 38. Ke2 exf4 39. Nxf4+ Ke5 40. Nd3+ Nxd3 41. Kxd3 1-0 [Event "Besancon sim2"] [Site "Besancon"] [Date "1999.08.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nicoara, Malina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2245"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1999.08.23"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Nd5 9. O-O Nc7 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. Na3 Qc8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Ne6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. a4 b6 18. Qh4 Rfd8 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Qe4 Rac8 21. h4 Qd7 22. Rac1 Qd3 23. Qg4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. h5 Rd3 26. Nh4 f4 27. Nf5 Bg7 28. Nxg7 Nxg7 29. Bxf4 Nxh5 30. Bh6 f5 31. exf6 exf6 32. Re6 Kf7 33. Rd6 1-0 [Event "Lisbon Festival sim"] [Site "Lisbon"] [Date "1999.11.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Cruz, Manuel Joao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1999.11.20"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "POR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Bd7 5. d4 b6 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 cxd4 8. cxd4 e5 9. Na3 Bg7 10. Nc4 a6 11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Qb3 Rf8 15. Bf4 Nh6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Nd4 Ba4 18. Qd5 f6 19. exf6+ Rxf6 20. N6f5+ gxf5 21. exf5+ Kd8 22. Qa8+ Qc8 23. Qxc8# 1-0 [Event "Chess@iceland-A"] [Site "Kopavogur"] [Date "2000.04.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Petursson, Margeir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2544"] [PlyCount "45"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 a6 8. e5 Nd5 9. exd6+ Be6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. O-O Kd7 14. Na3 Bxd6 15. Rab1 Bf5 16. Rbc1 Rhe8 17. Qd1 Qa7 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Bc3 f6 20. Nd4 Be6 21. Nxc6 Kxc6 22. Bd4 Qb8 23. Qa4+ 1-0 [Event "Patras sim"] [Site "Patras"] [Date "2001.07.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Polizou, Dionisia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2001.07.22"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. e5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Be2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qb6 12. O-O Nge7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. h4 Nge7 16. h5 Nf5 17. Rfe1 Qd8 18. g3 Nh6 19. Qc2 Nf5 20. Kg2 Rc8 21. Qd2 h6 22. Re2 a6 23. Rh1 Kh8 24. g4 Nfe7 25. Nh4 Be8 26. Bb1 Ng8 27. Qd3 f5 28. exf6 Nxf6 29. Rxe6 Kg8 30. Rhe1 1-0 [Event "Patras sim"] [Site "Patras"] [Date "2001.07.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Polizou, Hristina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2001.07.22"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 e6 6. c3 Ne5 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. d4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Qg3 Bf8 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. c4 Nb6 17. b3 Rd7 18. Bc3 Qd8 19. Qf3 Qe8 20. a4 Be7 21. a5 Na8 22. a6 b6 23. Nxc5 1-0 [Event "Patras m"] [Site "Patras"] [Date "2001.07.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Banikas, Hristos"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2531"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2001.07.23"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.09.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 Ne5 7. Nxe5 Bxb5 8. Nc3 dxe5 9. Nxb5 Qd7 10. a4 g6 11. d3 Bg7 12. Be3 b6 13. Na3 O-O 14. Nc4 Nh5 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. g3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Reb1 a5 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. h4 h5 21. f3 Nb8 22. c3 Nc6 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Rd2 Rfd8 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rf8 27. Rf1 Nd8 28. h5 Ne6 29. g5 Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Qg4 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Qc6 33. Rxf4 Qe6 34. Ne3 Rfd8 35. Nd5 Rxd5 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Qg4 Qg6 38. Qc8+ Bf8 39. Qh3 Rxg5+ 40. Kf1 Bh6 41. Rh2 Rg3 42. Qxh6 Qxd3+ 43. Re2 Qd1+ 44. Re1 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Rg6 46. Re2 Qd5 47. Qh3 Qd8 48. Rh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Eurotel Trophy"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2002.04.30"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2677"] [Annotator "Psakhis,Lev"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2002.04.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 089"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.08.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {This being the second game in his match and Kasparov, after victory in the first game, chooses the most solid line. Once in a similiar situation he played against Judit 2.c3, but now, maybe, he considers this move as too risky!} Nc6 (3... Bd7 {Judit shows fighting spirit - 3...Bd7 leads to more or less equal positions.}) 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 (5... Bg4 6. c3 e5 7. d3 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Nd7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. h4 $14 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Rabiega,R/Frankfurt Masters 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (66)}) 6. c3 g5 {Dubious move, but how Black can play for a win with "normal" play.} ({is more common here, though Black can't be too happy with his results, for example} 6... f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. d4 e4 9. dxc5 exf3 10. Qxf3 Be6 11. Re1 Kd7 12. cxd6 Qf6 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Qe3 Qa5 17. Nf3 $16 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Sveshnikov,E/YUG-Cup Herceg Novi 1999 (35)}) 7. d4 g4 8. Nfd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nc4 c5 $146 (10... Bg7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Rc1 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Stripunsky,A/RUS-chT Kazan 1995/[Hecht]/1-0 (58)}) 11. Re1 {It's easy to see that White got great compensation for the pawn: better development and an exposed king on e8.'} Be6 12. Nba3 (12. Bf4 $5 Bxc4 $140 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxc4 {[%CAl Ge4e5]}) 12... Be7 13. e5 (13. Bf4 Nf6 $13) 13... d5 14. Nd6+ $1 Kf8 (14... Bxd6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. b4 $1 Ne7 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Nc2 $36) 15. Bf4 h5 16. b4 $1 {White must attack black's pawn center.} c4 17. Qxd4 h4 18. Nab5 {[%CAl Gb5a7,Gb5c3]} Rh5 19. Qe3 {Kasparov got a big advantage after the opening. Black can't complete the development and must suffer now for nothing.} Qd7 20. Nd4 Bd8 21. Qd2 Ne7 22. b5 Ng6 23. Nc6 {Not in every game you will see such a nice couple of knights!} c3 24. Qc1 g3 {Typical Judit!} 25. fxg3 hxg3 26. Bxg3 $18 Bb6+ 27. Kh1 Kg7 28. Qxc3 {Now White won two pawns, his position is winning, but Judit continues to fight.} Rah8 29. Rf1 Kg8 30. Rae1 f5 {[%CAl Gd7h7] It is not time for Black to count pawns! Judit as usual fights back to ropes and creates some threats against white's king.} 31. exf6 Qh7 32. f7+ (32. Nd4 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 $18 {was also enough}) 32... Bxf7 33. Qxh8+ $5 {Looks nice, but} (33. Bh4 $1 Rxh4 34. h3 $18 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6,Gf1] could finish game quicker.}) 33... Nxh8 (33... Kxh8 $2 34. Rxf7 Qg8 35. Re8 $18) (33... Qxh8 34. Rxf7) 34. Ne7+ Kf8 (34... Kg7 35. Ndf5+ Kf8 36. Bd6 $5 $40) 35. Nec8 Qd3 $2 {Final mistake} (35... Bc5 $142 $1 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Re7 Qd3 $132 {leads to an unclear game.}) 36. Rf3 Qc2 (36... Qd2 37. Ref1) 37. Nxf7 Nxf7 38. Nd6 Qg6 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 (39... Kg8 40. Re8#) 40. Nxf7 {The white knight worked very hard in this game and he deserves a rest.} Kxf7 41. Re5 $1 $18 Rxe5 42. Bxe5 d4 43. Kg1 Ke6 44. Bb8 Kd5 45. Kf1 Kc4 46. Ke2 d3+ 47. Kd1 Kxb5 48. h4 a5 49. Be5 Bf2 50. h5 Be3 51. Bg7 1-0 [Event "Reykjavik Blitz"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2004.03.17"] [Round "14"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Petursson, Margeir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2831"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2004.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.05.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qd1 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. f4 e6 16. Nf3 d5 17. e5 f6 18. d4 Bh6 19. g3 Qe7 20. h4 fxe5 21. dxe5 Rbd8 22. Bh3 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Bf2 Nc5 25. Rc1 a5 26. Nxd4 Bxf4 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 20th"] [Site "Izmir"] [Date "2004.10.08"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Sax, Gyula"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "39"] [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 "Zalaegerszeg"] [BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"] [WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 g6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Be2 Re8 15. h3 Be6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Bc4 Qa5 18. Nc3 Qc5 19. Bb3 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Clichy m"] [Site "Clichy"] [Date "2011.09.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2011.09.17"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.10.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qd1 Rc8 14. f4 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. g4 e4 18. Bf4 Nde5 19. dxe4 d4 20. g5 Re8 21. Qh5 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Qxd3 24. f6 Bf8 25. Qf3 c4 26. Qxd3 cxd3 27. e5 Nd8 28. Ne4 Ne6 29. Be3 Red8 30. Rad1 Rd5 31. Bd4 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Rxd4 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Ng3 Rd5 35. h4 Bb4 36. Re4 Bc3 37. Nf5 Kf8 38. Ne7 Rd4 39. Kf3 Red8 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Nf5 Rd5 42. Ne3 Rd4 43. Nf5 Rd5 44. Ne3 Rd4 45. Rc1 Ba5 46. Rc8+ Bd8 47. h5 Ke8 48. e6 d2 49. e7 d1=Q+ 50. Nxd1 Rxd1 51. h6 Rd6 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kf3 Rd6 54. Ke2 Re6+ 55. Kd3 Rd6+ 56. Ke4 b5 57. g6 fxg6 58. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 59. f7+ 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "62"] [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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bd2 Rc5 15. a4 Qc8 16. Be1 Rd8 17. b4 Rc7 18. a5 Bc4 19. Qd2 d5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bg5 22. d6 Rcd7 23. Qc3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxe5 Qc6 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. bxc5 Re6 29. Bc3 Bd5 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 f6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2751"] [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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. a4 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qc7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Nc4 Kh8 18. c3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Bg5 20. Nb6 Bg4 21. f3 Be6 22. g3 h5 23. h4 Bh6 24. Nc4 Bc8 25. Nb6 Be6 26. Nc4 Bc8 27. Nb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "URS U18-ch"] [Site "Vilnius"] [Date "1975.01.10"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kengis, Edvins"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1975.01.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. b3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Rac1 b5 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qf2 b4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Rc5 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Rxc5 {½-½ (22) Hazai,L-Dely,P Budapest 1974}) 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 $6 $146 (18. Bxd2 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rcc8 20. Ba5 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rc6 Kf7 23. f4 h5 24. Kf2 Bf6 25. Kf3 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Ke6 27. Re1+ Kd5 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. c7 Bd4 30. Rd1 e5 31. Bb6 Kc6 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Rc1+ Kd7 34. Ke2 Re8+ 35. Kd3 Kc8 36. Kxd4 Re2 37. Kd5 Rxa2 38. Kxd6 Rxg2 39. Kc6 Rg4 40. Kb6 b4 41. Rc6 {1-0 (41) Hecht,H-Sosonko,G Amsterdam 1973}) 18... Nxd5 $1 {[%CAl Gc6c1]} 19. exd5 {[%csl Re7]} Rc7 20. Rdc2 Rac8 $132 21. c5 dxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Ke3 Kd7 27. g4 e6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Match/Clock sim HSK-Kasparov 4,5-3,5"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1985.06.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Wahls, Matthias"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1985.06.07"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 Rc8 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Ne1 Nc4 13. Nd3 f5 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nc3 Nf7 16. Nf4 Rc6 17. g4 g6 18. gxf5 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qxf5 20. Nfxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bg7 22. Rac1 Ncxe5 23. Bf4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd3 25. Rc8+ Kd7 26. Rc7+ Ke6 27. Bxe5 Qb1+ (27... Qxe2 28. Nf4+ Kf5 29. Nxe2 $18) 28. Kg2 Bxe5 29. Nc3 1-0 [Event "London m 25'"] [Site "London"] [Date "1987.02.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1987.02.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Nd2 Nf7 16. f4 b6 17. Nf3 f5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rc2 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Bd2 h6 22. h3 a5 23. Kh2 Kh7 24. Be3 a4 25. Bd2 a3 26. b3 Na7 27. Be1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Nd8 29. Nb4 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 Qb5 31. Qxb5 Nxb5 32. Bd2 Nc6 33. Kg1 Kg6 34. Kf2 Kh5 35. Ke3 g5 36. Kd3 g4 37. Ng1 Ncxd4 38. hxg4+ Kxg4 39. Nxd4 Nxd4 40. Be3 Nxb3 41. Bxb6 Nc1+ 42. Kc2 Nxa2 43. Ne2 Nb4+ 44. Kb3 a2 45. Bd4 h5 46. Bc3 Nd3 47. g3 Kf3 48. Nd4+ Kxg3 49. Nxe6 Nc5+ 50. Nxc5 Bxc5 51. Kxa2 h4 52. Be1+ Kg4 53. e6 h3 54. Bf2 Be7 55. Bg1 Kg3 56. Kb3 Kg2 0-1 [Event "SWIFT-Chess World Championship playoff"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1987.04.??"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Be3 a6 12. Qe2 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc6 15. f3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Qd2 Be7 19. a4 b6 20. Rb1 Red8 21. Ne2 Qb7 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Bg3 h6 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. Nc2 d5 27. exd5 exd5 28. Ne3 dxc4 29. Nxc4 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Qc6 31. Rd2 Bc5 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. Bxe5 Qe6 38. Bg3 Bf8 39. h3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Interpolis"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1989.09.26"] [Round "10"] [White "Sax, Gyula"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "30"] [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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Ne5 7. d3 e6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Ne1 g6 10. Nc2 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 N5c6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tel Aviv sim"] [Site "Tel Aviv"] [Date "1994.10.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Zelkind, Carmi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2290"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1994.10.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Rc1 e6 14. Kh1 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 Ne8 17. Ncb5 a6 18. Nc3 Nc7 19. Na4 Qe7 20. Re1 Ne6 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. b4 Qh4 24. Bd2 Re8 25. Qe2 Nc7 26. Qd3 Qf2 27. a4 Bh6 28. Red1 Re2 29. Qxe2 Qxe2 30. Bxh6 Re8 31. Bf4 Ne6 32. Re1 Nxf4 33. Rxe2 Rxe2 34. b5 Nd3 35. Rb1 axb5 36. axb5 cxb5 37. c6 Rc2 38. Nxd5 Kf8 39. c7 Ke8 40. h3 Kd7 41. Rxb5 Nc5 42. Rb8 Ne6 43. c8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-32"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1996.09.24"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Shirov,Alexei"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1996.09.15"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 055"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Spain"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {This made Kasparov think for awhile. I rememeber that some time ago, having lost to Ivanchuk, he stated that White only plays 3.?b5+ when he wants a draw. I wouldn't be so strict...} Bd7 {Diverging from his usual} (3... Nd7) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 $5 {A very interesting novelty which, as he said afterwards, he had already practiced in a training game against Rublevsky. Now White has not an easy choice between 8.?e3, which is completely unpretentious because the bishop normally strives for g5 in this system, and the text.} (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 {would be the common line.}) 8. d5 Bxc3+ $1 {This is the point. Black gets the structure similar to some good Nimzo Indians.} 9. bxc3 Na5 10. O-O $5 {For the moment it is not obligatory to defend the pawn.} (10. Nd2 {looked slower.}) 10... f6 $1 {Very strong.} (10... Nxc4 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. f4 {would yield White a dangerous initiative.}) 11. Nd2 {Now this seems necessary.} b6 12. Qe2 $6 {But this is definitely wrong. I rejected} (12. f4 {in view of} Nh6 {, but maybe I should have chosen}) (12. Rb1 {. The position after logical} Nh6 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nf7 15. f4 O-O {is quite complicated and looks about equal to me.}) 12... Qa4 $1 13. f4 Nh6 14. e5 O-O-O {Here I sank into thought and realised that my queenside is practically stalemated. Then I decided to make at least an active move with my rook.} 15. Rb1 Nf5 $6 {After the game Kasparov was very unhappy about this move and suggested} (15... Rhf8 $1 {instead. He was completely right that after} 16. e6 f5 $1 {intending to bring the knight to e4 via f6, Black stands better.}) 16. g4 {Risky but necessary.} (16. e6 h5 {is very annoying for White as he can not do anything against ...?c7...?b8...a6...b5 etc.}) 16... Nh4 $6 {This gives me a breath. I was afraid of} (16... Ng7 {and although I wanted to continue} 17. exf6 (17. e6 f5 18. h3 fxg4 19. hxg4 h5 {is awful for White}) 17... exf6 18. f5 {, I had no much confidence in it.}) 17. exf6 exf6 18. Qf2 $1 g5 19. Ne4 $1 {Turning into a very concrete play White is suddenly completely OK. After a long think Kasparov goes for a long drawing and practically forced line.} Qe8 $5 (19... Qxc4 20. Nxf6 {seems very attractive for me.}) 20. Re1 Qg6 21. fxg5 {Having had just twenty minutes to reach the control I rejected tempting} (21. f5 {because the position after} Qg7 (21... Qf7 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. Bxg5 Rdg8 {is unclear as well}) 22. Ng3 Nxc4 23. Nh5 Qf7 24. Re6 Ne5 {didn't apply to me at all, for example} 25. Qe2 $1 (25. h3 Rhe8 $1 {or}) (25. Nxf6 h5 $1 26. Rxe5 (26. gxh5 $2 Rh6 $19) 26... Qxf6 27. Re6 Qxc3 {and Black is much better. However White has a stronger opportunity e.g.}) 25... Rhe8 26. Qe4 $1 {and his compensation for the pawn seems quite good to me. Thus 21.f5 would have been a real (risky though!) winning try while the text leads to a forced draw.}) 21... Rhe8 $1 { The only move.} 22. Nxd6+ $1 Rxd6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Bf4 $1 (24. Qxh4 Qe4 25. Ra1 Nxc4 {could have been better only for Black. Having made the intermediate bishop move I thought I was on top but...}) 24... Nxc4 $1 {This came as the lightning from a clear sky. I had mainly counted on} (24... Qe4 25. Rf1 Rd7 26. Qxh4 fxg5 27. Qxg5 Nxc4 28. Qg8+ $16 {or}) (24... Rd7 25. Qxh4 fxg5 26. Qxg5 Nxc4 27. Qf5 $16 {However a sensible alternative to the text would be}) (24... Qg6 25. Re1 {and now not} Rd8 $1 (25... fxg5 $2 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 {which leads to a spectacular mate after} 27. Qf7 $1 Nb7 28. Qe8+ Nd8 29. Re6 $1 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 $3 Nd2+ 31. Ke1 $1 Nf3+ 32. Kd1 Qxh2 33. Rc6+ Kb7 34. Qd7+ Ka6 35. Qc8+ Nb7 (35... Ka5 36. Rxc5+ bxc5 37. Qxc5+ Ka4 38. Qb4#) 36. Rxb6+ $1 Kxb6 (36... axb6 37. Qa8#) 37. Qc6+ Ka5 38. Qb5# {, but}) 26. Qxh4 fxg5 27. Qxg5 Qxg5 28. Bxg5 Rg8 29. Bh4 (29. h4 h6 $10) 29... Rxg4+ 30. Bg3 Kd8 31. Rf1 Ke8 {and it seems that everything ends with the move repetition after} 32. Re1+ Kd8 {.}) 25. Bxd6 Nd2 $1 26. Rd1 { Here I was completely sure that my opponent miscalculated something and that the game was over. But...} Qe4 $3 {Both checks with the knights} (26... Nhf3+ 27. Kh1 Qe4 28. Qg2 $1 {or}) (26... Ndf3+ 27. Kf1 {would simply lose. Now it's White who has to be careful}) 27. Bg3 {I forgot that in the line} (27. Rxd2 Qb1+ 28. Qf1 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 {he takes my rook with the check and after} Nxd2+ 31. Ke2 Ne4 {is better! Thus I had already no choice. After playing}) (27. Bg3 {I offered draw and the reaction was 'But I have the perpetual, can I think a while?' I said OK and after some five minutes Kasparov agreed to call it a day. He could have tried} Nhf3+ 28. Kh1 Ne1+ 29. Kg1 Ndf3+ 30. Kf1 Nc2 {but after the precise} 31. d6 $1 {(not} (31. Bf4 Qxf4 32. Qxc2 Nxh2+ 33. Kg1 Nxg4 $15) 31... Kd7 32. Bf4 Qxf4 33. Qxc2 Nxg5+ 34. Qf2 Qxg4 35. Qe2 $1 {White is by no means worse. Draw.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Buenos Aires sim"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1997.09.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Ricardi, Pablo"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2820"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1997.09.06"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Ne3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Qc6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Rb1 a5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qa4 18. a3 Qc2 19. b3 Nc5 20. Qd1 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 a4 22. bxa4 Ra8 23. a5 Rxa5 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. Rxb3 Rc8 26. Rxb7 Bf6 27. g4 h6 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 Be5 30. Rxe7 Rxc4 31. Be3 Rxa3 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. d6 Rxe3 34. d7 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.06.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "119"] [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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Ne5 8. d3 e6 9. Ne1 Be7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. h3 a6 13. Be3 O-O 14. a4 Rad8 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bf2 Rfe8 17. g4 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. d4 Bf8 21. Rad1 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc5 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. a5 Ne6 25. Nde2 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Rd4 Nc6 28. Rxd5 Qe7 29. Rfd1 g5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nd5 Qe6 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Rxd8 Nxd8 34. Qe3 Qc4 35. f5 h6 36. Ne8+ Kf8 37. Nd6 Qb4 38. Nd4 Qxb2 39. e6 fxe6 40. fxe6 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qa2+ 42. Kg3 Ndxe6 43. Nxb7 Nxd4 44. Nxc5 Ne2+ 45. Kf3 Nf4 46. Nd7+ Kf7 47. Ne5+ Kg7 48. Qa7+ Kf6 49. Nd7+ Ke6 50. Nc5+ Kd6 51. Ne4+ Kc6 52. Qxa6+ Kc7 53. Qb6+ Kc8 54. Qc6+ Kb8 55. Qb5+ Ka8 56. Qe8+ Ka7 57. Qd7+ Ka8 58. Qc8+ Ka7 59. Qc7+ Ka8 60. Qc6+ 1-0 [Event "Kasparov-The World"] [Site "Internet MSN"] [Date "1999.06.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "The World"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1999.06.21"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "CBM 074"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {When in 1991 Ivanchuk used this move to beat Kasparov and win Linares, the champion's comment was he played for a draw. But times are changing, due to efforts of players like Rublevsky and Baklan the line has gained extra popularity. White can fight for a tiny advantage without risking a sharp theoretical struggle in the open Sicilian variations.} Bd7 {The most solid, but the least ambitious move.} ({The aforementioned game went} 3... Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O $5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 e6 (10... Rg8 11. Nc3 (11. Kh1 Bg7 12. Qe3 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Kf8 14. b4 f5 15. Rac1 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bc6 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. b5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf6 20. h3 Rg6 21. Nd4 Rc5 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Ne2 Qf5 $15 {Levi,E-Wang Zili/Penang/1991/}) 11... e6 12. Rfe1 Be7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. b3 Qa5 15. e5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Ne4 Kd8 19. a4 Kc8 20. Qe3 Qh5 21. g3 Rd8 22. Nc3 Rd7 23. Rd3 Bd8 24. Red1 Bb6 $132 {Shvartz,M-Sulskis,S/FS10 GM Budapest/1994/}) 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Kh1 h5 13. a4 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Qc7 17. Nd2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Rae1 Qg5 20. Rg1 Qf4 21. Ref1 b6 22. Ne2 Qh6 {Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/Linares/1991/} 23. f4 $36 {?}) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (4... Nxd7 5. O-O (5. c4 $142 $5 {is the only move which gives White chances for an edge.}) 5... Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Rd1 b5 12. Qxb5 Nxe4 13. Qe2 d5 14. c4 Rc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Ndxf6 18. Nbd2 Rfd8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. cxd5 Nc3 21. Rd2 Rxd5 22. Kf1 Rdc5 23. Re1 Nd5 {½,Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/Las Palmas/1996/}) 5. c4 {White plans to get a Maroczy-like position after d4. If Black prevents this radically, he compromits his ?.} (5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 $11 {[%csl Gf8] is totally innocuous, here the ?f8 is a good piece.}) 5... Nc6 ({The "antipositional"} 5... e5 {[%csl Gc1,Rf8] isn't played often nowadays, although the advantage of the better ? in a closed position is very difficult to realize:} 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. a3 Bg7 9. Rb1 Nge7 10. b4 b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Qb3 b5 $1 $11 {with a quick draw being the most probable result.} ({However, Black shouldn't underestimate the position, a splendid example is the following ??:} 16... Rc7 $6 17. Rbc1 Rfc8 18. b5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Qc7 21. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 22. dxc4 f6 23. Kf1 Bf8 24. a4 Be7 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Bd2 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Kd3 Bf6 29. f3 h5 30. a5 Ke8 31. a6 $14 {/?,Spassky,B-Byrne,R/San Juan Candidates/1974/})) 6. Nc3 (6. d4 {was until lately considered drawish becasue of} Qg4 $6 (6... cxd4 $142 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 {-6.?c3}) 7. d5 (7. O-O Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd1 $11) 7... Qxe4+ 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qa4+ b5 (9... Kd8 $5 10. Nbd2 Nc2+ 11. Ke2 Qg6 12. Rab1 Nxe3 13. fxe3 $1 Qxg2+ 14. Kd3 Nf6 15. Rhg1 Qh3 16. Ng5 Qh5 17. b4 $40 {Finkel}) 10. Qa6 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 $1 (11. Kd2 Qd3+ $1 12. Kc1 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Rd8 14. Qb7 Nxa1 $11 {Stean,M-Geller,E/Moscow/1975/}) 11... Rd8 (11... Rb8 12. Nbd2 Qf5 13. Qxa7 Rd8 14. Rc1 Nxe3+ 15. fxe3 b4 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Nf6 18. Rb1 e5 19. Rb7 $16 {Miroshnichenko,E-Jirovsky,M/Pardubice op/1999/}) 12. Qxb5+ Rd7 13. Nbd2 Qg6 14. Rc1 Nxe3+ 15. fxe3 Nf6 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. bxc5 Qd3+ 19. Nd2 dxc5 20. Rf1 Qxe3 21. Rb1 Qe5 22. Qxc5 f6 23. Qc8+ Rd8 24. Qc6+ Kf7 25. Nf3 Qc3 26. Qe6+ Ke8 27. Nd2 $1 $32 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8] ?,Baklan,V-Ftacnik,L/Bundesliga/1998/}) (6. O-O Ne5 $5 7. d3 e6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Be3 Nxf3+ (9... N7c6 $5) 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Qg3 g6 12. Rad1 Bg7 13. Nb5 Rd8 14. d4 a6 15. dxc5 axb5 16. Rxd6 Qc8 {½,Comas Fabrego,L-Vallejo Pons,F/Andorra la Vella/1999/} 17. cxb5 Rxd6 18. cxd6 Nd4 $13) 6... Nf6 ({After} 6... Ne5 {Black can already run into the dangerous} 7. d4 $1 Nxf3+ 8. gxf3 e6 $5 (8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 e6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. O-O-O $1 {Take care of delayed castling!} Nc6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rhg1 Qc8 14. f4 g6 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. h4 Na5 18. h5 Bf6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc5 21. Rdd1 Nxc4 22. Rg5 Qb4 23. Ka1 a6 24. f5 $40 {Rublevsky,S-Becerra Rivero,J/WChT Luzern/ 1997/}) 9. Be3 $142 (9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Bf4 a6 11. O-O Qc6 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Bg3 h5 14. h4 Ng6 15. f4 Bd6 16. e5 Be7 17. Ne4 {Jansa,V-Nezar,M/Bonnevoie/1999/} O-O-O $15) 9... Nf6 10. f4 $5 $14) ({Kasparov himself advocated the interesting} 6... g6 7. d4 Bg7 $5 8. d5 $5 ({After} 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. f3 O-O $11 {White's ?e3 is misplaced (this piece belongs on g5) and Black has nothing to fear.}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Nd2 e5 $1 11. O-O Ne7 $5 (11... Nf6 $6 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Nh5 14. Rf1 O-O 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. Ne4 Kg7 17. g4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nxc5 Qc7 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. d6 Qd8 22. Rxf4 Nc6 23. Qd5 Qb6 24. Kh1 Rae8 25. Nd7 Qb2 26. Raf1 {1-0,Rublevsky,S-Martinovic,S/JUG-chT/1999/}) 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 g5 $13 {??g6 Bologan}) 7. O-O (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qg4 (8... g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Nde2 $5 {avoids the game continuation.}) 9. Qxg4 Nxg4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Rb8 $5 12. h3 (12. b3 g6 13. Rc1 Bg7 14. c5 Bd4 15. O-O e5 16. Bg3 Bxc5 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bh4 Nh5 19. Na4 Bd4 20. Rxc6 Kd7 21. Rfc1 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Kxc8 24. Kf1 Kd7 25. f3 f5 $11 {/?,Zhang Zhong-Sutovskij,E/Shenyang/1999/}) 12... Ne5 $1 (12... Nf6 13. O-O-O $14 {[%CAl Re4e5] ?e5?} (13. e5 $6 Nh5 14. Bh2 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxb2 $13)) 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Na4 e6 15. Ke2 f5 $11 {and White can't effectively activate his ? majority.}) 7... g6 (7... Ne5 {is also playable, but it has been indicated the other ? is better placed on e7 instead of f6 in these lines.}) ({Rather passive and less popular is} 7... e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7) 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 $8 (10. Be3 $2 Ng4 $17) (10. f3 $2 Nxe4 $1 $17) 10... Qe6 $5 {[%mdl 8] An important novelty, Black wants to destroy White's ? at any cost.} ({But even the older move gives Black sufficient ? after accurate play:} 10... O-O 11. f3 (11. Bg5 $6 Qe6 $11) 11... a6 12. a4 Qd8 $1 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Rb1 Qa5 15. Nd5 (15. Be3 Nde5 16. b3 Nxc4 $1 17. bxc4 Bxc3 18. Bb6 Qe5 19. f4 Qg7 20. e5 Bb4 21. exd6 exd6 22. f5 Rae8 23. Nd4 a5 $13 {Oral,T-Dworakowska,J/Koszalin op/1999/}) 15... e6 16. b4 Qd8 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. Bb2 a5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b5 Nb4 21. Qd4+ {½,Rublevsky,S-Huzman,A/Yerevan olm/1996/}) 11. Nd5 {Kasparov accepts the challenge, other moves cause Black no problems at all.} (11. Qb3 O-O 12. Nf4 (12. Qxb7 Rfc8 $36) 12... Qc8 13. Nfd5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Ne2 $2 (17. Qd1 $1 $11) 17... Qc6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. b3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. c5 Ng4 23. Be3 Re8 24. Qd3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bg5 26. Rfe1 Qe7 $17 {Damljanovic,B-Stohl,I/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 11... Qxe4 {Consistent.} (11... Rc8 $6 12. f3 $14 {[%csl Re6]}) 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Qxc4 $1 (13... Rxa8 14. Qb3 $1 Ne5 15. f3 Qc6 16. Nd4 $14) 14. Nb6+ $5 {White spoils Black's ? to create himself objects of attack.} (14. b3 $143 Qa6 15. Bb2 Rxa8 $15 {[%csl Gd6,Ge7][%CAl Yd7f8] ??e8-f8,? With two pawns for the exchange and a solid ? only Black can be better.}) 14... axb6 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7]} 15. Nc3 {White must prepare the development of his ?.} (15. Be3 $143 Nd5) (15. Bg5 $143 Ne4 $36) 15... Ra8 (15... b5 $142 $5 16. Be3 (16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qb3 Qc4 $15) 16... Ra8 (16... b4 17. Na4 Kc7 18. Nb6 $132 {?c7 Black's ? doesn't belong on the ?.}) (16... Ne5 $5 $13) 17. Rc1 Ke8 $13 {/?}) 16. a4 $1 Ne4 {This doesn't seem ideal.} (16... Nb4 $142 $5 17. Qf3 (17. Bg5 Nfd5 $36) 17... Qc6 $13) (16... Ke8 $6 17. Nb5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb6][%CAl Yb2b3,Yc1e3] ?b3,?e3,×b6 enables White to consolidate his position.}) 17. Nxe4 (17. Nd5 $2 Bd4) 17... Qxe4 18. Qb3 {White's pieces are starting to play.} f5 $5 (18... e6 19. Qxb6 (19. Be3 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb6 Nd3 $15) 19... Nd4 (19... Qb4 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21. Ra3 $5 $14) 20. Bd2 Ra6 21. Qb4 Qc6 (21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Qxb4 23. Bxb4 Bxb2 24. Ra2 Bc3 25. Rb1 $1 $36) 22. a5 Nc2 23. Qf4 $1 $14) 19. Bg5 {[%CAl Rf1e1] ??fe1} (19. Qxb6 Nd4 $1 20. Kh1 (20. Bd2 Ra6 21. Qb4 Qc6 $1 $17 {[%CAl Ra6b6,Rd4c2] ??c2,?b6 wins back the exchange.}) 20... Nc2 21. Qb5+ Qc6 22. Qxc6+ bxc6 23. Ra2 Nb4 $44 {gives Black at least a draw.}) (19. Be3 Qb4 20. Qf7 Qxb2 21. Rab1 Qf6 22. Qb3 Ra6 $11) 19... Qb4 (19... Nd4 20. Qf7 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Bxb2 22. Ra2 (22. Rae1 Bc3 23. f3 Qe5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rxe2+ Kd7 $15 {/?}) 22... Bd4 (22... Bc3 $2 23. f3 Qe5 24. Qc4 $18) 23. f3 $142 $5 (23. Qxh7 Rh8 (23... Nc3 24. Rd2 $13) 24. Qxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bxe7 Nc3 26. Rd2 Be5 27. f4 Kxe7 28. fxe5 dxe5 $15 {/=}) 23... Qe5 24. Bh4 {[%CAl Rf1e1] ??e1 Black's minor pieces are scattered and his ? is unsafe.}) 20. Qf7 Be5 (20... Qxb2 $5 21. Rfe1 (21. Rab1 Qd4 22. Rfd1 (22. Rfe1 Be5 $15) 22... Rf8 $1 23. Qb3 Qc5 24. Be3 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Qxb6 Qxb6 27. Rxb6 Kc7 28. Rdb1 Rb8 29. a5 Ne6 $1 30. Re1 Kd7 31. a6 Nc5 $11) 21... Be5 22. Rab1 $5 $44) (20... Bxb2 $2 21. Rab1 $36) 21. h3 Rxa4 (21... Rh8 $5 $11) 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Qxh7 Bxb2 24. Qxg6 {Although White has activated his forces and has a potentially dangerous passed h-pawn, Black's centralized pieces and his b-pawn give him probably sufficient ?.} Qe4 25. Qf7 Bd4 (25... d5 $5 26. f3 Qe5 $132) 26. Qb3 $1 (26. h4 $6 d5 {[%csl Gb6][%CAl Rb6b4] ?b5-b4,?b} (26... Nb4 $142 27. h5 Nd3 28. Bxe7 $1 $16)) 26... f4 (26... Ne5 27. Rd1 Bc5 $5 $13 {was also possible, but Black understandably doesn't want to leave the long ? with his ?.}) 27. Qf7 Be5 28. h4 b5 29. h5 Qc4 (29... b4 $5 30. h6 Qd3 31. h7 (31. Bxf4 Nd8 $1 32. Qh5 Bxf4 33. h7 Be5 34. Qxe5 dxe5 35. h8=Q Nc6 $11 {/?}) 31... b3 32. Bxf4 Bd4 (32... Bh8 33. Qg8 b2 34. Qxh8 Nd4 $5 (34... Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ 37. Be3 Ne5 $11) 35. Re1 (35. Kh2 Qxf1 36. Qxd4 b1=Q 37. h8=Q Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qg6+ $19) 35... Ne2+ 36. Kh2 b1=Q 37. Rxb1 Qxb1 38. g3 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Nxf4+ 40. gxf4 Qh1+ $11) 33. Be3 b2 $142 (33... Be5 34. g4 $5 (34. Bf4 $11) 34... b2 35. Qf5+ Qxf5 36. gxf5 Ke8 (36... Nb4 37. Rb1 Nc2 38. Bg5 Bh8 39. Rxb2 Bxb2 40. f6 $18) (36... Nd8 $5) 37. Bg5 Bh8 38. Rb1 Ne5 39. Rxb2 $1 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nxg5 41. Rxb7 Nf7 42. Rb8+ Nd8 43. Kf3 $16) 34. Qa2 $5 (34. Bxd4 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ $1 $19 {?} 37. Be3 $2 Nd4+ 38. Ke1 Qb1+ 39. Kd2 Qc2+ 40. Ke1 Qe2#) 34... Bh8 35. Qb1 Qxb1 36. Rxb1 Nb4 37. Kf1 Nc2 38. Ke2 Na3 39. Rxb2 Bxb2 40. Bc1 $1 Bh8 41. Bxa3 Ke6 $11) 30. Qf5+ {If White wants to win, he can't avoid the exchange of ?, but naturally he doesn't unite Black's ?.} Qe6 31. Qxe6+ (31. Qd3 $6 {enables Black to force a draw:} Qg4 (31... b4 $5 $13 {/?}) 32. Qxb5 f3 33. Qxb7+ Kd8 34. Qb6+ Kd7 $11) 31... Kxe6 32. g3 fxg3 $6 {This doesn't lose, but why give White connected ??} (32... b4 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. gxf4 Nd4 35. h6 Kf7 36. Rd1 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nxf4 38. Rd4 Ng6 39. Rxb4 Kg8 $11) (32... Nd4 $5 $11) 33. fxg3 b4 (33... Bxg3 $2 34. h6 Be5 35. h7 Nd4 36. Rf8 {[%CAl Rg5f6] ??f6!} Bg7 37. Kf2 $1 $19) 34. Bf4 Bd4+ (34... Bxf4 $2 35. Rxf4 b3 36. h6 b2 37. Rf1 $19) (34... Bh8 $142 $1 $11 {Kasparov}) 35. Kh1 $8 {The only move to keep alive White's winning chances.} b3 (35... Ne5 36. Bxe5 dxe5 $5 $11 {Kasparov}) 36. g4 Kd5 (36... b2 37. g5 Nb4 38. g6 Nd3 39. h6 $1 b1=Q (39... Nxf4 40. g7 $18) 40. Rxb1 Nxf4 41. Re1+ $1 Be5 42. g7 Kf7 43. Rg1 Bxg7 44. Rxg7+ Kf6 45. Rg8 $18 {King}) (36... Nb4 37. g5 Nd3 38. h6 Nxf4 39. Rxf4 b2 40. Rf1 Be3 $5 41. h7 Bd4 42. Kg2 Bc3 43. Kg3 b5 44. Kg4 b4 45. Kh5 b3 46. Kg6 (46. g6 $2 Bg7 $11) 46... d5 47. Rb1 $22 {[%CAl Yb1e1,Yg6f7,Yg5g7] Black has to allow ?e1, followed by ?f7,g6-g7.}) 37. g5 e6 $1 {Black needs f5 for his ? and the long ?.} (37... e5 $2 38. Bc1 b2 (38... e4 39. g6 Ne7 40. Bg5 $18) 39. Bxb2 Bxb2 40. h6 e4 (40... Ne7 41. Rf6 $1 e4 42. h7 Bxf6 43. gxf6 Ng6 44. f7 $18) 41. g6 Ne7 (41... e3 42. g7 Ne7 43. Rf7) 42. g7 Ke6 43. Rf8 {[%CAl Rf8e8] ??e8} Bf6 44. g8=Q+ Nxg8 45. h7 $1 Ne7 46. Rxf6+ $18) 38. h6 (38. g6 $143 Ne7 39. Rd1 $5 (39. Bg5 Nf5 40. Kg2 b2 $1 (40... Bg7 $6 41. Rxf5+ exf5 42. h6 Bxh6 43. Bxh6 b2 (43... Ke6 $2 44. Bg7 $18) 44. g7 b1=Q 45. g8=Q+ Kc6 $11) 41. h6 Kc4 {[%CAl Rc4a2] ??b3-a2-+}) 39... Kc4 40. Bxd6 Nf5 $11) 38... Ne7 39. Rd1 e5 ({Insufficient is} 39... Kc4 40. h7 Ng6 41. Bxd6 b2 42. Ba3 $1 $16 {?} Kb3 43. Bxb2 Bxb2 44. Rd6 $18) 40. Be3 {[%mdl 4096] Now the game by force transpoes to a ??.} Kc4 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Kg2 b2 43. Kf3 Kc3 44. h7 Ng6 45. Ke4 Kc2 46. Rh1 d3 (46... b1=Q $2 47. Rxb1 Kxb1 48. Kxd4 $18 {[%CAl Rd4f5] ??e4-f5}) 47. Kf5 b1=Q (47... Nh8 $2 48. g6 b1=Q 49. Rxb1 Kxb1 50. g7 d2 51. gxh8=Q d1=Q 52. Qg8 $18 {White's ? will hide on b8.}) (47... d2 $143 48. Kxg6 d1=Q 49. Rxd1 Kxd1 50. h8=Q b1=Q+ 51. Kf7 {and Black's ? is more passive, the ? will hide from the checks anyway, e.g.} Qa2+ 52. Ke7 Qe2+ 53. Kd8 $14 {/?}) 48. Rxb1 Kxb1 49. Kxg6 d2 50. h8=Q d1=Q 51. Qh7 $1 $36 {[%csl Gg5] Formally Black is a pawn up, but White is playing for a win due to his more advanced ?. However, with precise defence Black should be able to hold, as it's not easy for White to hide his ? from the typical shower of checks.} (51. Kf7 $2 Qd5+) 51... b5 $6 (51... Ka1 $142 $1 52. Qg7+ Ka2 $11) 52. Kf6+ Kb2 $2 (52... Ka1 $142 $1 {was already necessary, now with a strong maneuver Kasparov achieves already probably a won position.}) 53. Qh2+ Ka1 54. Qf4 $1 $16 {/+- White's ? is now safe.} b4 55. Qxb4 Qf3+ 56. Kg7 d5 57. Qd4+ Kb1 58. g6 Qe4 $2 (58... Qf5 $142 $1 {was the last chance, although Kasparov published 24KB of analysis to prove he is winning anyway.}) 59. Qg1+ Kb2 60. Qf2+ $1 Kc1 61. Kf6 d4 62. g7 (62. g7 Qc6+ 63. Kg5 Qd5+ 64. Qf5 Qd8+ (64... Qg2+ 65. Qg4 Qd5+ 66. Kh4 Qh1+ (66... Qg8 67. Qf4+ Kc2 68. Qf8 Qh7+ 69. Kg5) 67. Kg3 Qe1+ 68. Kf4 Qd2+ 69. Kf5 Qc2+ 70. Kg5 Qc5+ 71. Kh4 Qe7+ 72. Qg5+) 65. Kh6 Qg8 66. Qc5+ Kb1 67. Qxd4 Qe6+ 68. Kg5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "2000.06.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "96"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. b3 g6 8. c3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nc3 13. Qc2 Nb5 14. Qc5 Nc7 15. Nf1 O-O 16. Qc3 f6 17. Bb2 Ne6 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Qd2 f5 20. h3 h6 21. Nh4 Qe8 22. Ne3 Rd8 23. f4 Nxf4 24. Nexf5 g5 25. Rf1 Qh5 26. Kh2 gxh4 27. Qxf4 e6 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg4+ Qxg4 30. hxg4 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 Rf8 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Nb4 34. Kh3 Nxa2 35. f4 Kg6 36. Kxh4 Nb4 37. Kg3 Nc6 38. Kf3 h5 39. gxh5+ Kxh5 40. Bc3 Kg6 41. Kg4 a5 42. Bb2 b5 43. Bc3 a4 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. f5+ exf5+ 46. Kf4 Nd8 47. Bb2 Ne6+ 48. Kf3 Kg5 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2001.01.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2849"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2001.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 081"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.03.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Astana"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2001.05.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2827"] [PlyCount "74"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. b3 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f4 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Nxe4 19. Rc2 Ng4 20. Rfc1 h5 21. Rc7 Qd6 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. g3 Qe6 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Qb6 26. Qd3 Ngf2 27. Qe3 Ng4 28. Qd3 h4 29. a5 Qf6 30. Nf3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Nxg3 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kg7 34. Kg2 Nf5 35. Qc3 Nge3+ 36. Kg1 d4 37. Qc5 Ne7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Eurotel Trophy sim"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2001.10.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Oral, Tomas"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2838"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2001.10.18"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 086"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Kh1 Qa5 (14... Nd7 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. b3 Rac8 (16... Rfe8 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Rfd1 Ncd3 19. Bh4 Qb6 20. Na2 d5 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Georgiev,K/Niksic 1997/ (82)}) 17. Bh4 (17. Qd2 Na5 18. Nc1 Naxb3 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Qxc4 21. Rfb1 Bxc3 22. Qxd6 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Shipov,S/Lubniewice 1998/ (53)}) 17... Na5 18. b4 Nxc4 19. bxc5 Ne3 20. Qd3 Nxf1 21. cxd6 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxf1 Bxc3 24. Rc1 f6 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Nxc3 Kf7 {½-½ Ponomariov,R-Sutovsky,E/Ohrid 2001/ (58)}) 15. Bh4 (15. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Rfd8 (16... Rac8) 17. Qa3 Rd2 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. f4 Be7 21. Qb3 Qc7 $15) 15... Rfd8 16. Rc1 Qh5 17. Bf2 Qa5 18. Bh4 Qh5 19. Bf2 Qa5 20. Qb3 Nd7 $1 21. Qc2 (21. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 22. Qxc6 Ne5 23. Bb6 Nxc6 24. Bxa5 Nxa5 $17) 21... Nc5 22. Rb1 Nb4 23. Qd2 Nb3 (23... Nxa4 $6 24. Ra1 b5 25. Bd4 $14) (23... Na2 24. Qe3 (24. Bd4 Nb3 $17) 24... Nxc3 25. b4 $1 Qxa4 26. Nxc3 Qa3 (26... Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Nd7 28. Rfd1 Qc6 29. Rbc1 $11) 27. bxc5 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. cxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxb7 $11) 24. Qd1 Nc5 25. Bd4 Ncd3 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nc1 d5 $2 {Kasparov must have missed 30.Qd4+ or so, since this move creates only problems for black.} (27... Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Rac8 29. b3 Qb6 $11) 28. cxd5 exd5 29. exd5 Nxc1 30. Qd4+ $1 Kg8 31. Rbxc1 Nxd5 32. Ne4 (32. Qe5 Qc7 33. Qxc7 Nxc7 $11) 32... f5 $6 {[%mdl 256] It is not easy to withstand white's sudden pressure along the a1-h8 diagonal, but now black will have to give up the queen.} (32... b6 $5 33. Rfd1 f5 34. Qe5 $1 (34. Qc4 Rac8 35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kg7 $15) 34... fxe4 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. fxe4 Qxa4 37. exd5 $14) (32... Qb6 33. Rc5 a5 34. Rfc1 $16) 33. Rc5 $1 Qb4 (33... Qb6 34. a5 Qb4 (34... Qa7 35. Qc4 fxe4 36. Rxd5 $18) 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. Rc4 (37. Qxb4 Nxb4 38. Nxh7 $16) 37... Qxa5 38. Nxh7 $16) 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rc4 Qxc4 (36... Qa5 37. Nxh7 $18) 37. Re1+ Kf7 38. Qxc4 Kxf6 39. h4 Rd7 40. Qd4+ Kf7 41. h5 $1 Nf6 42. Qc4+ Kg7 43. Qc3 Rf8 (43... gxh5 44. Re5 $18) 44. Re6 gxh5 45. Qe5 Kg6 46. Qg3+ Kf7 47. Qe5 Kg6 48. Qg3+ Kf7 49. Re5 Rfd8 50. Rxf5 Rd5 51. Rxd5 (51. Qc7+ $5 R8d7 52. Qc4 $18) 51... Rxd5 52. Qc7+ Rd7 53. Qb6 Re7 54. Kh2 Kg6 55. Kg3 Kf7 56. Kh4 h6 $6 {If this move proves to be necessary black is lost, but he might have resisted longer with 56...Kg6!?} (56... Kg6 $5 57. b4 Rd7 $16) 57. Kg3 Kg7 58. f4 Kg6 59. Kf3 Kf7 60. f5 Kg7 61. Qd6 Kf7 62. a5 Re8 63. Qf4 Ng4 64. Qc4+ Kf8 (64... Kf6 65. Kf4 $1 Re7 66. Qg8 $18) 65. Qc5+ Re7 66. Qd6 Ne5+ 67. Kf4 Nf7 68. Qc5 Ng5 69. Qd6 (69. f6 $4 Ne6+ $19) 69... Nf7 70. Qg6 Rd7 71. f6 Rd4+ 72. Ke3 Rg4 73. Qf5 Nd6 74. Qe6 (74. Qe6 Re4+ 75. Qxe4 Nxe4 76. Kxe4 Kf7 77. Kf5 h4 78. b3 h5 79. Kg5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-35"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "2002.10.30"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2002.10.26"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 18. Bf2 Qxd5 19. Qc2 Ng4 20. fxg4 Bxd4 21. Qc4 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Re7 24. h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Munich ZMD m 5'"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "2002.11.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2349"] [PlyCount "69"] [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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Qd2 e6 14. Rad1 Ne8 15. Nde2 Qe7 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Kh1 a6 19. Ng3 Na7 20. Qg5 Rd7 21. e5 Ne8 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. exd6 Rd7 24. Nge4 b5 25. Rfe1 bxc4 26. b4 Nb5 27. Na4 Nbxd6 28. Nb6 Rcc7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 Nxd6 32. Rd1 Nb5 33. a4 Na3 34. Rc1 Kf8 35. Rc3 1-0 [Event "London Belzberg sim"] [Site "London"] [Date "2003.10.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Hogarth, Mark J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2830"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. a3 Nc6 8. Rb1 f5 9. d3 f4 10. b4 g5 11. h3 h5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. bxc5 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 dxc5 15. Bb2 Bd6 16. Qd1 O-O-O 17. h4 Qg4 18. Kf1 gxh4 19. f3 Qg5 20. Bc3 Nf6 21. Be1 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rdg8 23. Rb2 h3 24. Rxh3 h4 25. Qa4 Bb8 26. Qb5 Qe7 27. Bxh4 Qd7 28. Qxd7+ Kxd7 29. Rxb7+ 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Champions sim"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gaehwiler, Gabriel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2247"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 Qe6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. f3 O-O 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. Ndc3 Rfd8 15. Kh1 e6 16. Bg5 Ne7 17. Qd3 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bf2 Nc6 20. Qd2 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Rfd1 dxe4 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Nxe4 Nb4 26. N2c3 Nd3 27. Bxa7 Nxb2 28. Rxb2 Bxc3 29. Rxb7 Ba5 30. Be3 Ne5 31. h4 gxh4 32. Rb5 Nc4 33. Bxh6 Rd8 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Rh5 1-0 [Event "Cape Town Khaylitsha sim"] [Site "Cape Town"] [Date "2012.03.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Barrish, Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "1742"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2012.03.22"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "RSA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.04.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rd1 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Qb5 Nc7 14. Qb3 b6 15. Be3 Na5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Rac1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bh6 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Rc2 Nb5 21. Rdc1 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Kf2 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qc6 26. Qb2 Qc4 27. g4 e6 28. Qc2 Bf8 29. Nd2 Qc6 30. Qb3 b5 31. Kf3 a5 32. e4 Bh6 33. exd5 Qxd5+ 34. Qxd5 exd5 35. Nb3 a4 36. Nc5 Bd2 37. Ke2 Bxc3 38. Kd3 Ba5 39. Nd7 b4 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Nxd5 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43. h3 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Nf4 h4 46. Ng2 b2 47. Kc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "99"] [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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Na4 Rab8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nb6 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rf2 b5 17. c5 Qa7 18. Rc1 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qc7 20. f4 Rfd8 21. Qe1 Rd3 22. e5 Qd7 23. h3 Qe6 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 f6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. b4 Re8 28. Rf1 Kf7 29. Rf3 h5 30. a3 Qc4 31. Qd7 a5 32. f5 g5 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34. fxe6+ Kxe6 35. bxa5 Ra8 36. Bb6 Kd5 37. Rf5+ Kc4 38. Rc5+ Kb3 39. Rxb5+ Kxa3 40. Kf2 Ka4 41. Rf5 Kb3 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. Ke4 g4 44. Rxh5 gxh3 45. gxh3 Bc3 46. Rc5+ Kb3 47. h4 Bb4 48. Rg5 Kc4 49. h5 Bd6 50. h6 1-0