[Event "URS-ch47 Final"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.12.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "1979.11.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 a5 11. Ndb5 Nc5 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bxb5 16. axb5 Bxb2 17. Rxa5 Rxa5 18. Qxa5 c6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne7+ Kg7 22. Nxc6 Rc8 23. Na7 Re8 24. Nb5 Nxe4 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Nxd6 Re6 28. Rd1 Be7 29. Nb5 Rc6 30. Rd7 Kf6 31. Rd2 Bb4 32. Re2 Rc5 33. Nd4 Rc4 34. Nf3 Bc3 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. h4 f5 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Ra7 Bf6 39. Ne1 f4 40. Ra2 fxg3 41. fxg3 Be5 42. Nf3 Bd6 43. Ng1 h5 44. Ne2 Be7 45. Nf4 Bd6 46. Ne2 Be7 47. Kf3 g5 48. hxg5 Bxg5 49. Ra5 Bd2 50. Rxh5 Rxc2 51. g4 Kf7 52. Rd5 Bb4 53. Nf4 Rc3+ 54. Ke4 Rc4+ 55. Kf3 Rc3+ 56. Ke2 Rc2+ 57. Ke3 Ba3 58. Nd3 Kg6 59. Kf4 Rc4+ 60. Kf3 Rc3 61. Ke3 Rc2 62. Kd4 Bb2+ 63. Ke4 Rc4+ 64. Kf3 Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "URS-ch47 Final"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.12.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Vaganian, Rafael A"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1979.11.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 c6 6. a4 h6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bc1 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nde5 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Qd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 O-O 15. f4 Ng6 16. Qd3 Qe7 17. Bd2 b6 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. Bh5 Rad8 20. b4 a6 21. Be3 b5 22. Bb6 Rde8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bxg6 Bxc3 25. Bh7+ Kxh7 26. e5+ Kg8 27. Qxc3 c5 28. bxc5 dxe5 29. c6 Qe6 30. f5 Qf6 31. Bc7 Ba8 32. Ba5 Kh7 33. c7 Bb7 34. Qc5 g6 35. Qb6 Qxb6+ 36. Bxb6 gxf5 37. Rd1 Rg8 38. g3 Re6 39. Ba5 Ra8 40. Bb4 Rc6 41. Rd7 Rxc2 42. Rfd1 Kg6 43. R1d2 Rc4 44. Bd6 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 Rh1 46. Ke3 f4+ 47. gxf4 exf4+ 48. Bxf4 Re4+ 49. Kd3 Rxf4 50. Rg2+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "Kasparov sim vs 32Computers +32-0=0"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1985.06.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Comp Fidelity Playmatic"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1985.06.05"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "32"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 O-O 6. h5 gxh5 7. Bxh5 Nc6 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nge2 Nxh5 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxh5 h6 13. Bxh6 Qf6 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. Ne2 Bg4 16. Qh4 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Rae8 18. Rae1 Re5 19. Kf1 Rfe8 20. Rh3 Rg5 21. Qxg5 Qxg5 22. Rg3 Qxg3 23. fxg3 c5 24. Kf2 c4 25. g4 Kg7 26. Kf3 Kf6 27. Kf4 Rg8 28. Rd1 c3 29. b3 b5 30. Rxd4 a5 31. a4 b4 32. Rd3 Kg6 33. e5 dxe5+ 34. Kxe5 Re8+ 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. d6 Rd8 37. d7 Ke7 38. Re3+ Kxd7 39. Rd3+ Ke7 40. Rxd8 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Dlugy, Maxim"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 Nbd7 4. c4 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Be3 c6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Qd2 g6 11. O-O Ng7 12. Kh1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Bc2 c5 16. g4 fxg4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. N2g3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf6 20. Qc2 h5 21. Bg6 h4 22. Nh5 b5 23. f5 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bb7 25. Rad1 Qe7 26. Bh6 Qe5 27. Rfe1 Qxb2 28. Rb1 Qa3 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Rxb7 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Nxf5 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34. Qe2 c4 35. Qxf3 gxf3 36. Kf2 Rg8 37. Rg1 Rxg1 38. Kxg1 Rxd5 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Rb6 d5 41. Rxa6 c3 42. Rc6 d4 43. a4 Kh7 44. Bf4 Rd1 45. Kxf3 Ra1 46. Rc4 Rd1 47. Ke4 d3 48. Rxc3 d2 49. Kd3 Ra1 50. Bxd2 Rxa4 51. Rc4 Ra3+ 52. Bc3 Kg6 53. Rxh4 Kf5 {[...]} 1-0 [Event "Cologne sim"] [Site "Cologne"] [Date "1988.10.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Holzke, Frank"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1988.10.29"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. f5 b5 8. Nf3 b4 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Ng3 h5 13. Ng5 Ndf6 14. Qf3 Ba6 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. a3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qb5 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. axb4 h4 20. Ne2 Rxd3 21. Nc3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qxb4 23. fxg4 O-O 24. Rf2 Qe7 25. Rg1 Rd8 26. Nf3 Qc5 27. Rff1 Qe3 28. Nxe5 Nxe4 29. Rf3 h3 30. Rgf1 Qd2 0-1 [Event "Harvard sim"] [Site "Harvard"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Akhsharumova, Anna M"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2395"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. h3 Re8 10. f4 Nc4 11. Qd3 Nb6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rae1 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. g4 Bc6 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qh4 19. Qc3 a5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Re6 22. Re3 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Qe7 24. Qxa5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nxe5 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. gxf5 Nc4 28. Rg3+ Kf8 29. Rxe6 Nxa5 30. Rxe7 Kxe7 0-1 [Event "Svendborg m"] [Site "Svendborg"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Hansen, Curt"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1990.03.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. f4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. h4 Be7 15. Be3 f6 16. Bc2 fxe5 17. Nfg5 Qe8 18. Qd3 Rf5 19. O-O-O Nf8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rc8 22. Kb1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rhe1 Rfc5 25. Rxe6 Qd7 26. Bb3 Bd5 27. Rxa6 Qc7 28. Ne4 Rc1+ 29. Ka2 Bc4 {time} 1-0 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1990.11.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1990.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 a6 10. Qd2 b5 11. f3 Rb8 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 c6 14. dxc6 Qc7 15. Ne3 Qxc6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. a5 Qe6 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 Bh6 20. Kf2 f6 21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22. Rhd1 Rh8 23. g3 Kf7 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Bb7 26. Rd4 Ba8 27. Ne3 Nc5 28. Rg1 b3 29. c3 Rbd8 30. Rc4 Nb7 31. Rc7 Nxa5 32. f5 g5 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. Rxg5 Nb7 35. Bxh5+ Kf8 36. f6 1-0 [Event "GER-Kasparov sim"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Wahls, Matthias"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 028"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 $5 e5 (3... d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 e6 7. c3 (7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 {-C11}) 7... Nc6 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. Bc2 g6 10. O-O a5 11. Kh1 Be7 12. a4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Bb3 Nb8 15. Nc3 N8c6 16. Be3 Na7 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Bd1 Qd8 19. Be2 Rb8 20. Rac1 b5 $132 {Oll,L-Ehlvest,J,Pamplona 1991-CBM 28}) (3... c6 4. c4 e5 5. Be3 $5 (5. d5 {-3...e5 4.d5}) 5... Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. Nge2 a6 $6 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Ng3 exd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. b3 Be6 13. Nb1 Qd8 14. Be2 bxc4 15. bxc4 Nbd7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Rfd1 $13 {Zlotnik,B-Knezevic,M,Moscow op7 1991-TD 91_03}) 4. d5 c6 5. c4 Qb6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 cxd5 $5 {N} (8... a5 $6 9. Na4 Qa7 10. Qb3 Bd8 11. Be3 c5 12. Bd3 Na6 13. a3 Rb8 14. Nc3 b6 15. O-O-O Ne8 16. Nb5 $16 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Van der Wiel,J,Eindhoven ch-NL 1991-CBM 26}) 9. Na4 $1 (9. cxd5 Bd7 {??c8,?a6??}) 9... Qc7 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 $14 {?} Rc8 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Be2 Bd8 (13... Qd8 14. O-O Ne8 15. Qd2 g6 16. Bh6 $5 {?f4?}) 14. O-O Qa5 15. Kh1 $1 Nc5 (15... Bb6 16. Bd2 {?a5}) 16. Bd2 Ne8 (16... a6 17. b4 $1 Qxb4 18. Nb5 $16) 17. f4 $1 $36 {??} exf4 18. Bxf4 Bf6 19. Bg4 Qd8 (19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rc1 Bxg4 (21... Qb4 22. Rxc5 Bxg4 23. Rxc8 Bxd1 24. Rxa8 Ba4 25. Nf5 $16) 22. Qxg4 $40) 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 $6 (20... Nxd7 $142 $5 $14 {??e5}) 21. Qf3 Rc7 (21... g6 $5 {??g7}) 22. Nf5 $36 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Na4 24. Qg3 $1 Nxc3 (24... Rxc3 25. Qg4 Kh8 $8 26. e5 g6 27. e6 $1 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Qe7 29. exf7 Ng7 30. Be5 Rf8 31. Bxc3 Nxc3 32. Qf3 $16) 25. Rae1 {×d6} (25. Bxd6 $2 Nxe4 $19) 25... f6 26. Bxd6 Nxd6 27. Nxd6 $16 Kh8 28. e5 $1 Nxd5 (28... fxe5 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Rf7 Qxf7 32. Nxf7+ Rxf7 33. Qxc3 $18) 29. e6 Qc6 30. Rd1 Rf8 $6 (30... Ne7 31. Rxf6 $1 $16) 31. Nf7+ Kg8 (31... Rcxf7 32. exf7 {?} Rxf7 $2 33. Qb8+ $18) 32. Rxd5 $18 Qxd5 33. Qxc7 Qxe6 34. Nd6 Qxa2 35. Qxb7 Qe2 $2 $138 (35... Qe6 36. Nf5 Rf7 37. Qb8+ $18) 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ (37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Qg8+ $18 {[Stohl]}) 1-0 [Event "Katowice sim"] [Site "Katowice"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Bartosik, Olimpia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2030"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. c3 b6 12. Ke2 Ke7 13. a4 Rad8 14. Nh3 Rd7 15. Nf2 Rhd8 16. Nc4 Ne8 17. b4 Kf7 18. Rad1 Nd6 19. Na3 a6 20. Nd3 a5 21. b5 Ne7 22. c4 Nec8 23. c5 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Re7 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Rxd8 Nxe3 27. Kxe3 Nd6 28. Ke2 Bh6 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. R1d7 Bg5 31. Rc8 Be3 32. Rcxc7 Bxc5 33. Rxe7+ Bxe7 34. Rxc4 Bd8 35. Rc8 Ke7 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Rxd8+ 1-0 [Event "Corfu sim"] [Site "Corfu"] [Date "1996.10.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karambinas, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [PlyCount "59"] [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. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bh6 Nbd7 8. h4 b5 9. h5 b4 10. Nce2 Nxh5 11. g4 Nhf6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qh6+ Kg8 14. Ng3 Qa5 15. b3 Re8 16. g5 Nf8 17. gxf6 exf6 18. Bd3 f5 19. N1e2 Re7 20. Kf2 fxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Nxh7 Be6 24. Rag1 Nxh7 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27. Qxh7 Qd8 28. Nf4 Qf6 29. Nxe6+ Qxe6 30. Qg7+ 1-0 [Event "New York Man-Machine"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1997.05.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Comp Deep Blue"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Nunn,John DM"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1997.05.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 {Kasparov sticks to his anti-computer opening strategy.} 3. Nf3 {After this the game transposes to a type of Pirc. More aggressive responses are 3 c4, which might lead to a sort of King's Indian, or 3 f4.} Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 {A slightly passive set-up; it isn't obvious exactly what the bishop is doing on d3. A more dynamic build-up would involve g4, Qe2 and Bg2.} e6 7. Qe2 d5 {Black's opening strategy is now clesr. His light-squared bishop has ben developed outside the pawn chain and will sooner or later be exchnaged off. Black then erects a light-squared barricade in the centre, so that if the centre becomes blocked then he will be left with his 'good' bishop. The cost is the tempo wasted in playing ...d6 and then ...d5. However, in the relatively closed positions which result, this tempo is not of great significance.} 8. Bg5 {This appears to be a new move. Hitherto, White has tried} (8. exd5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 cxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ne2 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Bf4 a6 14. Ng3 b5 $11 {1-0 Chernyshov,K-Maiwald,J/Dresden op 1995 (39) with equality, Chernyshov-Maiwald, Dresden Open 1995. The position resulting from the exchange on d5 closely resemble the line 3 exd5 cxd5 4 Bd3 in the Caro-Kann.}) 8... Be7 9. e5 ({Not} 9. O-O $2 {which runs into} Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. Qe5 Qxe7 12. Qxg7 Qf8 13. Qxf8+ Rxf8 14. bxc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 {is strategically winning for Black.}) 9... Nfd7 ({If Black wanted to make sure that his h5-bishop was exchnaged for a knight rather than a bishop, he could have played} 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 {but the problem is that the b8-knight is much harder to develop. Overall, the move played in the game appears most accurate.}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 {This looks slightly odd to human eyes, because the h8-rook is activated against the backward pawn on h3. It appears more natural to play 0-0-0, then aim to move the knight from f3 and play f4-f5.} hxg6 13. h4 {However, Deep Blue shows that the exchnage on g6 did have a point. If Black plays a later ...f6, then White can reply exf6, gxf6; g5, undermining Black's control of e5. WE shall see this idea again later.} Na6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Rdg1 {Preparing for kingisde activity by h5.} Nc7 {A fundamental decision, over which garry thought for a long tiem. Black has two alternative plans: the first is to support the e6-square and then play ...f6. White's likely response is to swap on f6, and then Black can try to play ...e5. If he succeeds in this plan, Black will have a majority of pawns in the centre. The second plan is to attempt a queenside attack. If he were to go for this plan, Black would play 15...Nb6, with the idea of ...Nc4 and ...Qb4 to come. In this case the knight shouild stay on a6 as it might be able to partciipate directly in the attack from this square. The choice in the game shows that Garry has definitely decided for the first plan.} 16. Kb1 ({The point of this move is not entirely clear - it even looks like a lazy human move, just tucking the king out of harm's way so as to avoid overlooking a possible check later!} 16. h5 gxh5 17. gxh5 {is more ambitious as the tactical idea} f6 18. Nh4 fxe5 19. Ng6 Qb4 20. Nxh8 exd4 21. a3 Qa5 {appears good for White after} 22. Nf7) 16... f6 {Challenging White's central control.} 17. exf6 Qxf6 $1 {An excellent and combative move. The obvious continuation was 17...gxf6, but then White could reply 18 g5 eliminating the f6-pawn and thereby preventing Black from playing ...e5. The result would be a general opening up of the kingisde, when White's rooks appear well-placed on h1 and g1. The move played leaves Black with doubled and isolated pawns, supposedly the chess-player's worst nightmare. However, White also has serious structural weaknesses; the pawns on g4 and h4 aren't doing much and, even more seriously, his f3-knight and f2-pawn are vulnerable to pressure down the f-file.} 18. Rg3 {Deep Blue takes steps to defend the exposed knight, but the rook is clumsily placed here.} Rde8 {Threatening to break through in the centre by ...e5. This would give Black a clear advantage so Deep Blue immediately prevents it.} 19. Re1 Rhf8 {Very natural play. The f3-knight is immobilised by the pressure along the f-file, since the f2-pawn is insufficiently defended. Garry has excellent compensation for his slight kingisde pawn weaknesses in the form of active piece-play - just the type of situation in which he normally plays very well.} 20. Nd1 $1 {Deep Blue finds an excellent counter to Black's plan. Although this looks passive, the knight wasn;t doing much on c3 and it is much more usefully employed defending the f2-pawn. This frees the f3-knight for action; in some lines White might be able to play Ne5.} e5 $5 {An amazing pawn sacrifice. The logic behind this is that there are only two things wrong with Black's posiiton: the backward e6-pawn and the poorly plaved kngith on c7, which has few active prospcets (the g-pawns are not a significant factor provided Black's pieceds remain active, as White will not have the freedom of action to exploit them). By giving up a pawn, Black solves both these problems at a stroke. The c7-knight can move to e6, and then either to f4 or to c5 and then e4. It is certainly a bold stroke to offer a pawn against a computer, as machines (like Kortschnoj) have the annoying habit of hanging on to material. Very good judgement by Kasparov!} ({Another factor is that an alternative plan is hard to find.} 20... Qf4 {is met, not by} 21. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rf4 24. c3 Rh8 {with strong pressure against White's pawns, but by 21 Qd3 and g6 is hard to defend.}) ({Attempting to activate the c7-knight by} 20... Nb5 21. c3 Nd6 {fails to} 22. Ng5 {with Rf3 to come.}) 21. dxe5 ({After} 21. Nxe5 Qxh4 {Black has no problems.}) 21... Qf4 22. a3 $2 {An extremely odd move which has no visible purpose, other than the general one of avoiidng potential back-rank problems.} ({Neither} 22. Qd3 Nxe5 {nor}) (22. h5 gxh5 23. gxh5 Rh8 24. Rxg7 Rxh5 {is promising for White}) ({so the best move is probably} 22. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Ne6) 22... Ne6 {Kasparov gratefull seizes on the free tempo to progress with his plan.} 23. Nc3 {Deep Blue appears is floundering. This move undoes all the good work that the earlier Nd1 had achieved. 23.Qe3 was still the best move. If White were a human being, one would say that he had 'lost the thead'. It seems odd that computers can have the same problem.} Ndc5 24. b4 $2 {A very ugly move. This was clearly the point of White'sprevious move: to be able to expel the knight from c5 without it landing on e4. However, the time White gains is as nothing compared to the serious weakening of his king position. Kasparov must have been mentally rubbing his hands with glee at the sight of this reckless advance.} Nd7 25. Qd3 Qf7 26. b5 {Having played b4 to keep the knights out of c5, it is of course inconsistent to let them back in again. Now White has nothing positive to show for the advance of his b-pawn, while his king position becomes weaker and weaker. White should have just remained passive, although Black has various ways of improving his position, for example by ...Kb8 and ...Rc8, aiming for ...c5.} (26. Nd1 Kb8) 26... Ndc5 27. Qe3 Qf4 {White's collection of pawn weaknesses is now so serious that Black feels no hesitation is swapping off queens into an ending a pawn down! His aim is to reach a spotion with doubled rooks on f4 and f8, when White's whole position will be ceaking at the seams.} 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rd1 {Deep Blue struggles to maintain control. This move prepares Nd4 in some lines.} Kc7 {Allowing the rooks to switch to the b-file.} 30. Ka1 Qxe3 {A surprising decision, but after considerable analysis I think it is correct. Here Black had the opportunity to play for a direct attack against the white king, which Kasparov might not have tunred down against a human opponent.} ({However, with accurate defence the upshot is far from clear} 30... Rb8 31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kxb1 Rb8+ 33. Kc1 Qc4 34. Nd2 Qa6 35. Ne2 {also achieves little}) (30... Qc4 31. Nd2 (31. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 (31... Rb8 32. Nxe6+ Nxe6 33. Qxa7+ Rb7 34. Qa5+ {looks good for White}) 32. Rxd4 Qf1+ 33. Nd1 {and there is obvious continuation for Black.}) 31... Qa6 {really is dangerous for White}) 31. fxe3 Rf7 {Doubling rooks will force the f3-knight to move, an then Black's rooks cen penetrate to f2.} 32. Rh3 {Another odd move from Deep Blue. Up to now we could say that Black had a slight advantage, but now White is in deep trouble.} (32. Nd4 Ref8 33. Nxe6+ Nxe6 {looks better, although Black also has some advantage in this case.}) 32... Ref8 33. Nd4 Rf2 34. Rb1 Rg2 35. Nce2 {Deep Blue decides to hettison the extra pawn, but there were by now no good alternatives.} (35. g5 Rff2) 35... Rxg4 ({It is also tempting to play for the attack by} 35... Rff2 36. Nxe6+ Nxe6 37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. exd4 Rxc2 39. Rf1 c5 40. dxc5 Kc6 41. Re1 Kxc5 {, which also strongly favours Black, but there is no reason to criticise the game continuation.}) 36. Nxe6+ Nxe6 {All White's remaining pawns are isolated, and Black's pieces are all more active than their White counterparts. With all these advantages, it is incredible that Kasparov failed to win this position.} 37. Nd4 {Another pawn bites the dust, but this is a reasonable decsiion, because the knight on e6 was exrteremely well-placed and White could hardly avoid shedding one of the weak e-pawns in any case.} Nxd4 38. exd4 Rxd4 39. Rg1 Rc4 40. Rxg6 Rxc2 41. Rxg7+ Kb6 42. Rb3+ Kc5 43. Rxa7 {White is once again a pawn up, but his three scattered pawns are far less dangerous than Black's two connected passed pawns. Moreover, Black'sking is activ e wherea White's is trapped on the back rank and subjected to mating threats from the enemy rooks. The position should be winning for Black.} Rf1+ $2 {This move effectively loses a vital tempo. The somplest win was by} (43... Kc4 44. Rab7 c5 45. Rb2 (45. e6 Re2) 45... Rxb2 46. Rxb2 d4 47. e6 (47. Rc2+ Kb3 48. Kb1 d3) 47... d3 48. Rg2 Kc3 {and Black's pawns are too strong.}) 44. Rb1 Rff2 45. Rb4 {Had Kasparov overlooked that this move threatens mate in one? If Black wants to play for a win then he is more or less forced to swap one pair of rooks, but this relieves much of the pressure against White's king.} Rc1+ 46. Rb1 Rcc2 47. Rb4 Rc1+ 48. Rb1 Rxb1+ {Black is eventually forced to exchnage rooks, but in comparison with the note to Black's 43rd move, his king and pawns are further back. The position should probably still be a win, but it is now more trickly.} 49. Kxb1 Re2 50. Re7 Rh2 51. Rh7 Kc4 $2 ({Now the game appears to be a draw. The correct move was} 51... d4 $1 {After} 52. Rc7 (52. e6 Re2 53. e7 Kc4 54. a4 d3 55. a5 Re1+ 56. Kb2 d2 {wins}) 52... Rxh4 53. e6 Re4 54. e7 Kd6 {the point is revealed: White loses his e-pawn.}) 52. Rc7 $1 {Deep Blue seizes the drawing chance. First of all, the rook is transferred behind the black pawns with gain of tempo. This is necessary, because it is of no value to push e6-e7 while the rook is stuck on h7 - the rook must be available to restrain Black's pawns from behind,} c5 53. e6 Rxh4 54. e7 Re4 55. a4 {This is the second point. Black no longer has the move ...Kd6 available, so White keeps his e-pawn.} Kb3 {The position is just drawn. With the rook actively placed on c7, Black can only advance his pawns very slowly, too slowly to beat White's a-pawn to the queening square.} (55... Kb4 56. a5) (55... d4 56. a5 d3 57. a6) 56. Kc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.08.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Wagner"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "72"] [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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nc4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bg4 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rfd8 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Kf8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ne7 20. Ra7 Rb8 21. Na5 b6 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. c4 Ne6 24. c5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Bc4 Be5 27. h4 h5 28. Nc1 Bf6 29. Nb3 Bxh4 30. Nxd4 Bf6 31. Nb3 Be5 32. c6 Rd8 33. Kg2 g5 34. Nc1 Ng6 35. Ne2 Nh4+ 36. Kf1 Rd1# 0-1 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.08.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Schmaltz, Roland"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1998.05.24"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Qd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. f3 Nbd7 7. g4 h5 8. g5 Nh7 9. f4 e6 10. Nf3 d5 11. f5 dxe4 12. fxg6 exf3 13. gxh7 Nf8 14. O-O-O b6 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Be4 Qe7 17. Rhf1 O-O-O 18. Rxf3 Nxh7 19. Rdf1 Rdf8 20. Bxh7 Rxh7 21. Qf2 c5 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Bxd4 24. Qg8+ Kd7 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Nb5 Rg7 27. Qb8 Qxg5+ 28. Kb1 Qxb5 29. Qxb7+ Kd6 30. Qb8+ Kd5 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Qe5+ Kc6 33. Qxh5 Kb7 34. Qf3+ Qd5 35. Qxd5+ exd5 36. h4 Rh7 37. Rh1 Kc6 38. Kc1 Rh5 39. Kd2 Kc5 40. Kd3 b5 41. a3 a5 42. b3 b4 43. a4 Kc6 44. Kxd4 Kd6 45. Rh2 Kc6 46. Ke3 Kc5 47. Kf4 Kd4 48. Kg4 Rh8 49. h5 Kc3 50. h6 d4 51. Kf4 d3 52. cxd3 Kxb3 53. d4 Kxa4 54. d5 Kb5 55. d6 a4 56. d7 a3 57. Re2 b3 58. Re8 a2 59. d8=Q a1=Q 60. Qd5+ Kb4 61. Re4+ Kc3 62. Qd4+ Kc2 63. Re2+ 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 069"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 1][%evp 0,87,19,40,85,68,72,80,80,78,76,31,64,30,30,20,22,-11,20,3,-5,17,26,32,34,25,35,33,37,24,20,32,39,45,58,35,30,17,54,30,28,28,28,16,16,-9,3,-24,-25,-154,-198,0,0,0,0,-450,-237,-420,-448,0,0,-48,21,21,83,79,79,362,372,372,375,375,382,387,383,383,391,394,392,397,402,375,393,392,378,388,482,489,497,512] My comments to this fantastic game will be limited to some moments of interest, which I haven't seen highlighted before in the earlier published sources (Internet, various magazines etc.)} 1. e4 {Mueller,Karsten} d6 {Topalov is a Sicilian player, but against Kasparov he prefers to spring a slight surprise on his well prepared opponent as soon as possible.} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 ({Pirc is a somewhat rare opening in Gary's practice and he often used to react with} 3. f3 $5 {e.g.} e5 4. d5 c6 5. c4 Qb6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 cxd5 9. Na4 $1 Qc7 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Be2 Bd8 14. O-O Qa5 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Bd2 Ne8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bf6 19. Bg4 Qd8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qf3 Rc7 22. Nf5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Na4 24. Qg3 Nxc3 25. Rae1 f6 26. Bxd6 Nxd6 27. Nxd6 $36 {Kasparov,G-Wahls,M/GER-Kasparov/1992/ But the Bulgarian was probably well prepared for a fight in the Saemisch, after all he is King's Indian expert.}) 3... g6 4. Be3 Bg7 $6 {A major exponent of the 4.Be3 line GM Vlastimil Jansa would be dissatisfied with this move, as later Black will have to lose a tempo capturing on h6.} (4... Ng4 $6 5. Bg5 {is also not ideal, as it rather loses than gains time.}) (4... c6 $5 {has the best reputation.} 5. h3 $1 {This useful and flexible move keeps open both possibilities of development for White, depending on Black's reaction-f4, or Nf3.} ({Less dangerous is} 5. Qd2 $143 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b5 7. Nf3 e5 $5 $132) {Black's most reasonable alternative is} 5... Nbd7 (5... b5 $143 $6 6. e5 $1 dxe5 (6... Nfd7 7. exd6 exd6 8. d5 b4 9. dxc6 bxc3 10. cxd7+ Nxd7 11. b3 Be7 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 h5 17. Qd3 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Bxc3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bb4 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Ba8 24. Rxg4 Rh8 25. O-O-O $18 {Sokolov,A-Zakharevich,I/Elista/1995/}) 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1 Nfd7 9. f4 Bg7 10. Nf3 f6 11. e6 Nf8 12. Nxb5 Nxe6 13. Nxa7 Bb7 14. Bc4 Nc7 15. Kf2 Nd5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rxa2 19. Rb5 O-O 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rc8 23. Rd2 $18 {Jansa,V-Schlosser,M/Muenster/1992/}) (5... Bg7 $143 $6 6. f4 $1 {??} O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ne2 Bh8 10. g4 Ng7 11. Bg2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nb6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Nf4 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rae1 Nc7 19. c3 Nce6 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Ne4 a5 22. Rf2 b5 23. Ref1 Qb6 24. Kh1 $40 {Jansa,V-Hoi,C/Gausdal/1991/}) 6. f4 e5 7. Qf3 $5 {This position is still quite rare in practice.} {Black's main problem is to break up effectively the strong pawn cahin e4,f5, so deserving attention is} b5 $142 $5 (7... Qa5 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. f5 b5 (10... gxf5 $6 11. Qxf5 $1 b5 12. Nge2 b4 13. Nb1 Nb6 14. Qf2 Na4 15. O-O Be6 16. b3 Nb2 17. Ng3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qb5 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Bg5 $40 {Movsesian,S-Ftacnik,L/Hamburg op/1997/}) 11. Nge2 $36 (11. g4 $143 $6 b4 12. Nd1 gxf5 $1 13. gxf5 b3+ 14. Nc3 bxc2 15. Nge2 Rb8 16. Bc1 Rg8 17. Bxc2 Bf8 18. b3 Ba6 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. a3 Nh5 21. Qxh5 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Bxd2+ $17 {Kharlov,A-Labok,V/Podolsk/1992/})) 8. O-O-O (8. Bd3 Bb7 $132) 8... b4 9. Nce2 Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qxf5 (12. exf5 $6 Bb7 13. g4 Nd5 14. Bf2 e4 15. Qg3 e3 16. Be1 Bg7 17. g5 Be5 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qg2 O-O-O 20. Nf3 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22. Be2 c5 23. h4 Ne5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kb1 Nxf3 {0-1,Wagener,C-Andersen,J/Szeged/1994/}) 12... Qe6 $5 $13 {?}) 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 {More consistent and preferred by Jansa is} (6. Bh6 $5 {as White can sometimes effectively play f4 later on.} Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Qa5 (7... b5 8. e5 $1 b4 9. exf6 bxc3 10. bxc3 exf6 11. Bd3 Qe7+ 12. Ne2 Qf8 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 f5 16. c4 Nd7 17. Rab1 Nb6 18. Qa5 Be6 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxc5 $16 {Jansa,V-Gazik,I/CSR-chT/1992/}) 8. Bd3 c5 $5 (8... b5 9. Nf3 b4 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Rg8 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. a3 Qb5 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Rxb4 18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. Rxa7 Rxb2 20. e5 $1 $36 {?e8,Van der Wiel,J-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Wijk aan Zee/1993/}) ({Rather passive is} 8... Nbd7 9. Nf3 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Qh5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Be2 Qe5 14. f4 Qe7 15. Bf3 Nb6 16. Rae1 Rd8 17. b3 c5 18. Nde2 Bd7 19. Ng3 Bc6 20. a4 $16 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4] ?,?Adams,M-Nogueiras,J/Buenos Aires/1991/}) 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 $143 Bg4 $1 $13) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 $5 ({Unplayable is} 10... Qb6 $2 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Qg7 O-O-O 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Qxf6 Rhe8 18. Rhe1 Bg4 19. f3 e4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Ba6+ Qxa6 22. Rxd8+ Kb7 23. Qxf7+ Kb6 24. fxe4 {1-0,Jansa,V-Hoffmann,H/BL2-O 9697/1997/}) 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Nd5 (12. O-O-O Be6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Kb8 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. Rxe3 g5 18. g3 h5 19. f4 h4 20. Bb5 Ng4 21. Re2 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rh3 $15 {Kroeze,F-Beim,V/Leeuwarden/1994/}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 $5 $132 (13... Ne5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 17. a5 Qc7 18. c4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Qf4 Ne5 21. Ra4 g5 22. Qd4 h5 23. Rc1 h4 24. Qe3 h3 25. g3 e6 26. Nd4 Qc5 27. Rc3 Ng4 28. Qd2 e5 29. Nb3 Qc8 30. c5 $40 {Hamdouchi,H-Chabanon,J/FRA-chT/1998/})) 6... b5 7. Nge2 {White has various possibilities here.} ({Not too promising is the old line} 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Nb6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 $1 12. Qxh3 Na4 $1 $15) ({Ultra-sharp is} 7. g4 h5 $5 (7... Nbd7) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nb6 $13) 7... Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 {Black should strive for immediate counterplay.} (9... e5 $142 $5 10. a3 {and forcing a central exchange costs Black precious time, e.g.} ({Too soft is} 10. dxe5 $143 $6 dxe5 11. Nc1 Bb7 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Kc7 16. Be2 axb4 17. axb4 Ra8 $11 {Kristensen,B-Hansen,C/Vejle/1994/}) 10... Qa5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc1 Bb7 13. b4 $1 Qb6 14. Nb3 $14) (9... Qa5 10. Nc1 b4 (10... Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Ba6 14. Ne3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qa6 (15... c5 $5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Nbxa5 cxd4 18. Qd2 $14) 16. Kf2 Rc8 17. Kg1 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. b3 Ncd7 22. Nb5 Ne5 23. Ne3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Rc5 25. Rad1 Rg8 26. Rd2 g5 27. Nxd6+ Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rg6 29. Rxf6 {1-0,Moroz-Janda/Decin/1998/}) 11. Nb3 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Nd1 a5 14. a3 Bb7 15. axb4 axb4 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Nf2 O-O 18. Nd3 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Nbxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Rc8 22. Nd3 Rxc2 23. Kd1 b3 24. Be2 Bb7 25. Re1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nb4 $1 $14 {Rantanen,Y-Jamieson,R/Haifa olm/1976/}) 10. a3 $1 {The right moment for prophylaxis} (10. O-O-O $143 $6 Qa5 $36) ({Gary tries to achieve a better version of} 10. Nc1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 a6 13. O-O-O Qc7 $5 14. Qg7 Rf8 (14... Rg8 $2 15. Rxd7 $18) 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Bh3 Kb8 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxh7 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Nc1 a3 21. b3 b4 22. N3e2 c5 23. Qh6 f5 $5 $44 {Moroz,A-Yurasov,A/Simferopol/1991/}) 10... e5 (10... a5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Ng3 $5 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4] As Black's ? will have to castle ?, he doesn't want to weaken his position here any further.}) 11. O-O-O Qe7 {Black wants to get his ? to safety as soon as possible.} ({But interesting was} 11... a6 $5 12. Kb1 (12. f4 Ng4 13. Qg7 Qf6 $11 {nikam nevedie a po}) 12... Qc7 {? (Covers a5.)} 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qg7 Ke7 $5 $132) 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 $1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 $5 {Topalov realizes the danger, connected with ?a5 followed by a timely d5? and decides to open up the position and fight.} (14... c5 $6 15. d5 $16 {[%CAl Yb3a5,Yb2b4]}) 15. Rxd4 (15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nb3 {-15.?d4}) 15... c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 {[%CAl Rd6d5] ?d5} (16... Ne5 17. Be2 d5 $2 18. f4 {?e5?}) 17. g3 Kb8 (17... d5 $5 18. Bh3+ (18. Qf4 d4 19. Bh3+ Nfd7 $13) 18... Kb8 19. exd5 (19. Qf4+ Ka7 $1 {?} 20. Nxc5 $2 Nh5 21. Qe3 d4 $1 $17) 19... Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 (20... Rxd5 21. Qf4+ $5 Qe5 22. Qxe5+ Rxe5 23. Rd6 $36) 21. Na5 $14) 18. Na5 $6 {Kasparov already envisages the rich combinational possibilities, but this very natural move is probably objectively not the best.} (18. Bh3 $142 $5 {??he1} d5 19. exd5 {-17...d5!?}) ({Deserving attention is also} 18. Qf4 Ka7 (18... Ka8 19. Na5 $36) 19. g4 $5 {??b5 and Black can't play} (19. Bxb5 Nh5 20. Qh4 $5 Qxh4 21. gxh4 axb5 22. Nxb5+ Kb8 23. Nxd6 f5 24. Nxc5 Bd5 $5 $13) 19... d5 $2 20. Nxc5 $1 $16) 18... Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 {Ftacnik: 'Black has achieved impressive success, but his position is a bit dangerous. Kasparov unleashes phantastic combination.'} ({Opening the position is suicide, after} 21... dxe4 22. fxe4 {??d5} Nxe4 (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxe4 24. Rd7+ $1 $18) 23. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxe4 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rxe4 $1 Qxe4 27. Qc7+ Ka8 28. Nc6 $18) 22. Nd5 {'!' Ftacnik.} Nbxd5 (22... Nfxd5 $2 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Qxf7+ $18) 23. exd5 Qd6 {Mueller,Karsten: 'The pearl from Wijk aan Zee My favourite combination by Kasparov At the A Trainer course at the start of 1999 Klaus Darga really went into raptures about the combination Kasparov had just played:[#]White has to get started:' Mueller,Karsten: 'Die Perle von Wijk aan Zee Meine Lieblingskombination von Kasparov Beim A Trainer Lehrgang geriet Klaus Darga Anfang 1999 richtig ins Schwärmen über die gerade gespielte Kombination Kasparovs:[#]Weiß muss loslegen:'} 24. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 704]} (24. Qxd6 $2 Rxd6 25. b4 cxb4 26. axb4 Nxd5 $17) (24. Nc6+ Bxc6 25. dxc6 Qxf4 26. Re7+ (26. gxf4 Nd5 $5 $15) 26... Kb6 27. gxf4 Nd5 28. Rxf7 Rdf8 $15) 24... cxd4 $2 {Ftacnik: 'It should be noted, that 24...Kb6! would most certainly save the game for black, but we would be robbed of some fascinating lines. '} (24... Kb6 $142 $1 $11 {Mueller,Karsten: '!' Mueller,Karsten: 'was indicated. After it Black is even better, because his king is safe and he has more space on the queenside.' Mueller,Karsten: 'war angesagt. Danach steht Schwarz sogar besser, weil sein König sicher ist und er am Damenflügel mehr Raum hat.'}) (24... Bxd5 $5 25. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 (25... Qxf4 26. Rxd8 Qh6 (26... Qc7 27. Rxh8 Qxa5 28. Re7+ $18) 27. Re7+ Kb6 28. b4 $1 $18) 26. Qxf7+ Nc7 27. Re6 Rd7 (27... Qd1+ 28. Ka2 Rd7 29. Re7 $16) 28. Rxd6 Rxf7 29. Nc6+ Ka8 30. f4 $44) 25. Re7+ $3 {The real point of the combination. Mueller,Karsten: 'The first point of Kasparov's combinatory fireworks.' Mueller,Karsten: 'Die erste Pointe von Kasparovs Kombinationsfeuerwerk.'} (25. Qxd4+ $2 Qb6 $1 26. Re7+ Nd7 27. Rxd7+ (27. Qc3 Qg1+) 27... Rxd7 28. Qxh8 Rxd5 $19) 25... Kb6 (25... Qxe7 $2 {Mueller,Karsten: '?!'} 26. Qxd4+ $18 Kb8 {Mueller,Karsten} 27. Qb6+ Bb7 28. Nc6+ Ka8 29. Qa7#) (25... Kb8 26. Qxd4 {Mueller,Karsten: '+-'} Nd7 27. Bxd7 Bxd5 28. c4 $1 $18) 26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 ({Mueller,Karsten: 'After' Mueller,Karsten: 'Nach'} 26... Qc5 27. Qxf6+ Qd6 {Mueller,Karsten: 'the paradoxical' Mueller,Karsten: 'gewinnt das paradoxe'} 28. Be6 $3 {Mueller,Karsten: '+-!!' Mueller,Karsten: 'wins.' Mueller,Karsten: '.'} Bxd5 29. b4 $18) 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 $5 {This shows Kasparov's combination was more intuitive, than arithmetically exact. Mueller,Karsten: '?!' Ftacnik: 'It seems, that white could have won more easily with the help of a fine move 28.Ra7!!' Mueller,Karsten: 'Kasparov misses the beautiful and more direct winning move' Mueller,Karsten: 'Kasparov verpasst den schönen direkteren Gewinnzug'} ({A simpler and even more beautiful win was found by (I think) Kavalek:} 28. Ra7 $1 {? Mueller,Karsten: 'which was found by Kavalek:' Mueller,Karsten: 'welcher von Kavalek gefunden wurde:'} Bb7 (28... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxa6+ $3 Qxa6 30. Qb2 Nc3+ 31. Qxc3 Bd5 32. Kb2 {Mueller,Karsten: 'It is very paradoxical that after this king move Black is completely powerless:' Mueller,Karsten: 'Es ist sehr paradox, dass Schwarz nach diesem Königszug völlig machtlos ist:'} Qe6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Qb3+ $1 Bxb3 35. cxb3#) 29. Rxb7 Qxd5 (29... Nxd5 30. Bd7 $3 Ra8 (30... Rxd7 31. Qb2 Nc3+ 32. Qxc3 Qd1+ 33. Kb2 (33. Ka2 {Mueller,Karsten} Rd3 {and now comes the point: und nun folgt die Pointe:} 34. Ra7 $1 $18) 33... Rd3 34. Ra7 $1 $18) 31. Bxb5+ axb5 32. Ra7+ Qa6 33. Qxd5 Qxa7 34. Qb3#) 30. Rb6 $1 $18 (30. Rb6 Ra8 (30... a5 31. Ra6 Ra8 32. Qe3 $3 Rxa6 (32... Rhe8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Kb2 $18) 33. Kb2 axb4 34. axb4 Kxb4 (34... Qa2+ {Mueller,Karsten} 35. Kxa2 Kxb4+ 36. Kb2 Rc6 37. Bf1 $18) 35. Qc3+ Ka4 36. Qa3#) 31. Qxf6 a5 32. Bf1 $18)) 28... Qxd5 29. Ra7 (29. Kb2 $2 {Mueller,Karsten} Qd4 $19) 29... Bb7 $8 30. Rxb7 (30. Qc7 $2 {Mueller,Karsten: 'runs into' Mueller,Karsten: 'läuft in'} Qd1+ $11) 30... Qc4 {Mueller,Karsten: '!?'} (30... Rhe8 {Mueller,Karsten: '?!' Mueller,Karsten: 'fails to' Mueller,Karsten: 'scheitert an'} 31. Rb6 (31. Ra7 $2 Rd6 32. Kb2 Qe5 $19) 31... Ra8 32. Bf1 $3 $18 {??d6 Mueller,Karsten: '!!' Mueller,Karsten: '(G.Ligterink)'} Re1+ {Mueller,Karsten} (32... Nd7 {Mueller,Karsten} 33. Rd6 Re1+ 34. Kb2 $18) 33. Qxe1 Qd4 (33... Nd7 34. Rb7 Qxb7 35. Qd1 $1 $18 {(Greengard)}) 34. Rd6 Nd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Qc3 Rd8 37. Bd3 Rd7 38. Be4 Qc4 39. Qxc4 bxc4 40. Bc6+ $18) 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 {Mueller,Karsten: '?!' Now White wins by force. Mueller,Karsten: 'After this Kasparov's attacking genius triumphs more or less immediately.' Mueller,Karsten: 'Danach triumphiert Kasparovs Angriffsgenie mehr oder weniger direkt.'} (31... Rd1+ $142 32. Kb2 Ra8 (32... Qd4+ {Mueller,Karsten: '?!'} 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxf7 Rd6 35. Re7 {??e6} Ra8 {Mueller,Karsten} 36. Be6 $18) 33. Qb6 Qd4+ (33... a5 {Mueller,Karsten: '?!'} 34. Bd7 $1 Rd5 35. Qe3 {Mueller,Karsten: '+-'} axb4 36. Ra7+ $18) 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxf7 (35. Bd7 $3 {Mueller,Karsten and according to the computer White should win in the long run because Black cannot free himself, e.g. und Weiß sollte laut Computer langfristig gewinnen, weil Schwarz sich nicht befreien kann, z.B.} Rd6 36. g4 Rf6 37. f4 h6 38. h4 Rd6 (38... Rxf4 39. Bc6 Rc4 40. Bd5 a5 41. Bxc4 bxc4 42. Kc3 $18) 39. f5 g5 40. h5 Rf6 41. Rc7 a5 42. Rb7 axb4 43. Bxb5+ Ka5 44. a4 Rd6 45. Rxf7 $18) 35... a5 36. Be6 axb4 37. Bb3+ Ka5 38. axb4+ Rxb4 (38... Kb6 39. Rxh7 {and with 3 pawns for the exchange White gradually wins.}) 39. c3 $16 {??}) 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ $1 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Very strong. Here at the latest Kasparov must have seen the whole final combination. Or else he could still have deviated with' Mueller,Karsten: 'Sehr stark. Spätestens hier muss Kasparov die gesamte Endkombination gesehen haben. Sonst hätte er noch mit'} (33. Bd7 {Mueller,Karsten with a slight advantage. mit leichtem Vorteil abbiegen können.}) 33... Kxc3 (33... Kb3 34. Qa2+ Kxc3 35. Qb2+ Kd3 36. Re7 $1 $18) 34. Qa1+ Kd2 $8 (34... Kb4 35. Qb2+ Ka5 (35... Qb3 36. Rxb5+ {Mueller,Karsten: '+-'}) 36. Qa3+ Qa4 37. Ra7+ $18) 35. Qb2+ Kd1 {Mueller,Karsten: 'This position is very suitable for a tactical exercise:' Mueller,Karsten: 'Diese Stellung eignet sich gut als Taktikaufgabe:'} (35... Ke3 $2 36. Re7+) (35... Ke1 36. Re7+ Kd1 37. Bf1 $1 $18 {is the same as in the game.}) 36. Bf1 $1 {Mueller,Karsten: '!!' Mueller,Karsten: 'A powerful clap of thunder.' Mueller,Karsten: 'Ein gewaltiger Donnerschlag.'} Rd2 $8 (36... Qxf1 $2 {Mueller,Karsten} 37. Qc2+ Ke1 38. Re7+ Qe2 39. Qxe2#) 37. Rd7 $1 {Ftacnik: 'The final trick, but white is completely right, the game is finally over.' Mueller,Karsten: 'The fantastic final point.' Mueller,Karsten: 'Die fantastische Schlusspointe.'} Rxd7 38. Bxc4 {[%CAl Rb2c1]} bxc4 $8 39. Qxh8 Rd3 (39... Rb7+ 40. Ka2 Kc2 41. Qd4 $18) 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 (41... Kd2 42. Qc2+) 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Unbelievably beautiful fireworks!' Mueller,Karsten: 'Ein unglaublich schönes Feuerwerk!'} 1-0 [Event "Besancon sim2"] [Site "Besancon"] [Date "1999.08.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2841"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1999.08.23"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c6 4. c4 Nbd7 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 c5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. Nge2 Qc7 11. g4 Rb8 12. a4 Rd8 13. h4 Nf8 14. h5 Kh8 15. g5 Ng8 16. Ng3 f6 17. g6 h6 18. a5 Bd7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nd7 21. Ke2 Bf8 22. Qc2 Re8 23. Be4 Rbc8 24. Bd2 Rb8 25. Na4 Rec8 26. Rhc1 Qd8 27. Qd3 Rc7 28. Ra3 Be7 29. Rb3 Qf8 30. Kf2 Bd8 31. Kg3 Qe8 32. Ra3 Be7 33. b4 Qf8 34. b5 Bd8 35. Rb3 Rcc8 36. Rcb1 Bc7 37. Bc3 Qe8 38. Nb2 Qf8 39. Nd1 Re8 40. Qc2 Qe7 41. Qa2 Rec8 42. Qa4 Qe8 43. Ne3 Qe7 44. R3b2 Qf8 45. bxa6 1-0 [Event "Patras sim"] [Site "Patras"] [Date "2001.07.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Iliopoulos, Alexios"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [PlyCount "79"] [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 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 Nbd7 4. Be3 g6 5. Qd2 Bg7 6. c4 c5 7. Ne2 Qc7 8. Nbc3 a6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Ng3 Rb8 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O exd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. Bh6 O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Ned7 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Kh1 Rbc8 21. Qb2 c4 22. b4 Re7 23. Qd2 Ra8 24. a3 a5 25. Nge2 axb4 26. axb4 Ne8 27. Nd4 Nc7 28. Rcd1 Ree8 29. g4 f6 30. Bg2 Kf7 31. Rf3 Rh8 32. Qf2 h6 33. g5 Rh7 34. gxf6 Nxf6 35. Qh4 Rah8 36. Ne6 Nxe6 37. dxe6+ Kxe6 38. f5+ gxf5 39. Rxf5 Qd8 40. Rxf6+ 1-0 [Event "Patras sim"] [Site "Patras"] [Date "2001.07.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Manolessos, George"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [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 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. Qd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. f3 Qa5 8. Kb1 Re8 9. h4 h5 10. Nge2 b5 11. Nc1 a6 12. Bh6 Qc7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Be2 b4 15. Na4 a5 16. g4 Rh8 17. g5 Ne8 18. f4 e6 19. Bd3 Ba6 20. c4 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxd3+ 22. Nxd3 Kh7 23. f5 Ra7 24. Rhf1 exf5 25. exf5 Rg8 26. Nf4 Ng7 27. fxg6+ fxg6 28. Nxg6 Kxg6 29. Qd3+ Nf5 30. Qxf5+ 1-0 [Event "Crete m g/5"] [Site "Crete"] [Date "2003.09.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2830"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2003.09.23"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.10.22"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 d5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qh5 15. h3 dxc4 16. hxg4 Qc5+ 17. Rf2 Bxg4 18. f5 Qe5 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Nd5 Rd6 21. Qb4 O-O 22. Ne3 c5 23. Qxb7 Qg3 24. Qe7 Rdd8 25. Qg5 h5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Nf5 Qe5 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Ref1 Bxf5 31. exf5 Rd7 32. f6 1-0 [Event "Crete m g/5"] [Site "Crete"] [Date "2003.09.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2830"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2003.09.23"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.10.22"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Qa5 6. Bd3 e5 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. a4 O-O 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. f3 Rfd8 14. Qf2 b6 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Bf1 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qg3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 a5 20. b3 Qe7 21. Qg5 Kg7 22. Ne2 h6 23. Qe3 Nh5 24. g3 Qg5 25. Kf2 Nf6 26. h3 Qxe3+ 27. Kxe3 Kf8 28. h4 Ke7 29. g4 Ne8 30. Ng3 Nd6 31. Bf1 Ne6 32. Rd2 Nb7 33. Rad1 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Nd6 35. Ne2 b5 36. axb5 Nxb5 37. Nc1 a4 38. bxa4 Nd6 39. Nb3 Rxa4 40. Rd1 Ra2 41. Bd3 c5 42. Ra1 Rxa1 43. Nxa1 c4 44. Bf1 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. c3 fxe4 47. fxe4 Nc5 48. Nc2 Ncxe4 49. Bxc4 Nxc3 50. Bd3 e4 51. Bf1 Nd5+ 52. Kd4 Nf4 53. Ne3 Ng6 54. h5 Nf4 55. Nd5+ Nxd5 56. Kxd5 e3 57. Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "New York X3D m"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2003.11.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Comp Fritz X3D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [BlackElo "2830"] [Annotator "Knaak,Rainer"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2003.11.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 098"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Bei der Bearbeitung dieser Partie konnte ich auf Analysen von Christopher Lutz (Chessgate) und Vladimir Barsky (chesstoday.net) sowie auf diverse Livekommentare zurückgreifen. Als ich fast fertig war, habe ich auch noch Garry Kasparovs Express-Kommentare auf worldchessrating.com eingesehen. Mir ist aufgefallen, dass teilweise recht harsch kritisiert wird. M.E. gib es in dieser Partie jedoch nur einen einzigen klaren Fehler, das war der Verlustzug von Schwarz. Bei vielen Zugkommentaren kommt hingegen nur der unterschiedliche Geschmack bzw. das jeweilige Schachverständnis der Beobachter zum Ausdruck.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Klar, was Kramnik kann...} 4. d3 {Nicht noch einmal die Berliner Mauer.} d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. d4 Bd7 10. d5 {Wer denkt, dass die spanische Eröffnungstheorie hier längst verlassen ist, irrt. Es gibt drei Partien, alle sind allerdings über die Pirc-Verteidigung (!) entstanden. z.B. Dizdar,G-Lukin, Groningen 1991: 1.Sf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Sf6 4.Sbd2 Lg7 5.Le2 0-0 6.0-0 Sc6 7.c3 e5 8.Te1 Te8 9.Lb5 Ld7 10.d5 Sb8 11.Lxd7 - hier kommt ein Rückzug des Läufers stark in Betracht - 11...Sbxd7 12.Sc4 Sc5 13.Lg5 h6 14.Lxf6 Lxf6 15.b4 Sd7 16.Sa5 Dc8 17.c4 Le7 18.Tc1 Tb8 19.Tc3 c5 20.dxc6 bxc6 0-1 (39)} Ne7 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12. Nc4 Rad8 13. Bg5 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qc7 $11 {0-1 Soylu,S-Trevisani,B/Forli 1990 (38)}) 12. a4 {Hier wird vom letzten Vorgänger abgewichen:} (12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Rf8 14. a4 a5 15. c4 Qe8 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Be3 b6 19. Ra3 Rb8 20. Nd2 $14 {½-½ Langeweg,K-Spraggett,K/Zaragoza 1992 (62)}) 12... h6 {Ich würde lieber die weißen Steine führen.} 13. a5 a6 14. b4 f5 15. c4 {Jetzt könnte es auch ein Königsinder sein, nur fehlt dem Nachziehenden der Lc8 und der Te8 kostet ein Tempo, weil er auf jeden Fall nach f8 muss. Bei Weiß steht der Sd2 nicht so gut.} Nf6 {Es sieht so aus, als ob beide Seiten auf "ihrem" Flügel spielen und sich nicht viel um das gegnerische Spiel kümmern.} 16. Bb2 {Der erste Zug, der kritisiert worden ist. Mir gefällt er ganz gut. Nicht nur, dass Kasparov nun stets ein Auge auf e5-Einschläge haben muss. Der Läufer würde auf c1 gar nichts mehr leisten, so bald f5-f4 gekommen ist. Schwarz steht außerdem vor einem kleinen Dilemma: Soll er nun "folgerichtig" mit 16...f4 fortfahren, und wenn nicht, was dann?} (16. c5 $2 {ist wegen der Schwäche von d5 zu zeitig.}) 16... Qd7 ({Ein nützlicher Zug zur Vorbereitung von f5-f4 wäre} 16... Kh7 {gewesen.}) (16... f4 {wurde von einigen Experten gefordert. Doch für einen aussichtsreichen Angriff am Königsflügel fehlt m.E. der weißfeldrige Läufer. Weiß kommt mit 17.c5 schneller zu aktivem Spiel.}) 17. Rb1 {Ein zunächst rätselhafter Zug. GM Lutz meint, dass Weiß Schwierigkeiten hat, um c5 durchzusetzen und für b5 steht der Turm richtig.} ({In Anbetracht des Partieverlaufes kommt} 17. Ra3 {in Frage.}) 17... g5 $1 {Fritz8 hat ganz spezielle Parameter bzgl. der Königssicherheit in seiner Bewertungsfunktion. Die haben sich insgesamt sicher bewährt, doch manchmal sind die Folgen auch extrem negativ. Fritz sieht auch hier sofort seine Bewertung um etwa 0,2 Bauerneinheiten ansteigen. Allerdings sind die praktischen Auswirkungen dieser Fehlkalkulation gering, denn ein weißer Bauernzug am Königsflügel steht nicht an.} 18. exf5 Qxf5 {Nun ist endgültig eine rein königsindische Struktur entstanden. Kasparov meinte, dass} (18... g4 19. Nh4 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Nf1 h5 {genauer gewesen wäre. Mir gefällt an dieser Variante vor allem, dass der Sf6 das Feld e4 kontrolliert.}) 19. Nf1 Qh7 {Wollten einige Kommentatoren durch Dg6 ersetzt sehen; später zieht die Dame auch dahin. Allerdings steht die Dame da nach Se7-f5 ungedeckt, es könnte Fesselungsmotive auf der Diagonalen b1-h7 geben.} (19... Qg6 20. Ng3 Nf5 21. Qc2 {(Kasparov)}) 20. N3d2 Nf5 21. Ne4 {Christopher Lutz schlägt stattdessen einen interessanten Plan vor:} (21. Bc3 Rf8 22. b5 Rf7 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Rb7 Qg6 25. Qa4 {nebst Dc6, und Weiß wird am Damenflügel einen Bauern gewinnen. Die schwarze Initative ist dagegen noch nicht sehr weit fortgeschritten. Mir scheint, dass Weiß besser steht, vielleicht sollte daher das vorangegangene schwarze Spiel näher untersucht werden."}) 21... Nxe4 22. Rxe4 h5 {Bis hier hat sich Weiß "klug verhalten": dem best präparierten Spieler der Welt in der Eröffnung ausgewichen, positionell gesunde Züge gemacht. Noch immer winkt m.E. sogar ein kleiner Vorteil. Ich sehe zwei Wege: 1) Weiß bringt zunächst seinen Springer auf das Idealfeld e4. 2) So schnell als möglich wird am Damenflügel Dampf gemacht.} 23. Qd3 (23. Nd2 Rf8 24. Re2 Rf7 25. Ne4 Qg6 {ich glaube, dass der schwarze Vormarsch am Königsflügel mit einem weißen Springer auf e4 sehr an Gefährlichkeit einbüßt.}) 23... Rf8 24. Rbe1 {Sehr lahm vorgetragen.} Rf7 25. R1e2 g4 {Wenn Weiß je Vorteil hatte, ist er nach den vorangegangenen schwachen Zügen weg.} 26. Qb3 $6 {Fritz wird ja seine Gründe gehabt haben, dass er nicht 26.c5 spielte. Aber die Dame steht auf b3 schlechter als auf d3.} Raf8 27. c5 {Wahrscheinlich hatte Fritz 27.b5 beabsichtigt und nun festgestellt, dass die Bewertung runter geht.} (27. b5 Ne7 $1) 27... Qg6 28. cxd6 {Das wurde vielfach kritisiert, sicher zu Unrecht, denn Weiß kann nicht mehr aktiv auf Vorteil spielen.} cxd6 29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Bh6 $5 ({Ich hielt zunächst} 30... h4 {(, wie während der Partie schon von Karsten Müller vorgeschlagen), für besser. Aber der Zug ist verpflichtend und forcierend.} 31. Qc4 $1 g3 (31... Nd4 32. Bxd4 exd4 {wird von Kasparov erwähnt.}) 32. Rg4 gxf2+ (32... Qh5 33. f3 gxh2+ 34. Kxh2) 33. Rxf2 Qh5 34. Qe2 Kh8 35. h3 {jeweils nimmt der Tg4 eine starke Position ein.}) 31. Qb6 Kh7 32. Qb4 Rg7 $2 {Schade um die Partie.} ({Nach} 32... Rg8 33. Ng3 {verfügt Schwarz über mehrere aussichtsreiche Fortsetzungen; zwei davon analysiere ich kurz an:} {Ganz im Sinne von Kasparov wäre} Ng7 {gewesen. Der Springer geht nach e8, wo er d6 deckt, und weiter nach f6. Der weiße schwache Springer wird zurückgeworfen. Einen Computer aus dieser Stellung heraus zu besiegen ist freilich nicht ganz einfach.} ({Das direkte} 33... Nxg3 {ist sehr forcierend,} 34. hxg3 h4 {und nun:} 35. gxh4 ({Besser ist} 35. Ba3 $1 hxg3 {und nun kommen sowohl 36.Dxd6 als auch 36.fxg3 in Frage.}) 35... g3 36. fxg3 Qxg3 37. Qc3 Bf4 $5 38. Qxg3 Rxg3 {und Schwarz steht klar besser, u.a. deshalb weil der Lf4 seinem Kollegen auf b2 überlegen ist.})) (32... Rc8 33. Ng3 Ne7 34. Qxb7 h4 35. Nf1 Rc5 36. a6 Nxd5 37. Qb8 Rcc7 {wird von Kasparov angegeben.}) 33. Rxe5 {[%CAl Rb4f8] Das Motiv - Dame schlägt f8 - war einen Zug vorher noch nicht unbedingt zu erahnen, denn der Tf8 war noch doppelt gedeckt.} dxe5 34. Qxf8 Nd4 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Re8 Rg8 37. Qe7+ Rg7 38. Qd8 Rg8 39. Qd7+ 1-0 [Event "Prague sim"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2008.03.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nemec, Igor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2008.03.30"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. c4 Qc7 7. Ne2 b6 8. Nbc3 a6 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Ng3 h5 12. Be2 h4 13. Nf1 Bg7 14. h3 Rb8 15. a4 Bb7 16. f4 Ned7 17. Bf2 e6 18. Nh2 e5 19. O-O exf4 20. Qxf4 Bh6 21. Qxh4 Bxc1 22. Qxh8+ Ke7 23. Qh4 Bxb2 24. Be1 Qd8 25. e5 1-0 [Event "Pula sim"] [Site "Pula"] [Date "2015.08.19"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Pahljina, Marko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "1737"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2015.08.19"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 Nbd7 4. Be3 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. c4 a5 8. Ne2 b6 9. Nbc3 Nc5 10. Ng3 h6 11. Bd3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Ne8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bg5 15. Bf2 Qd7 16. h4 Be7 17. O-O-O Rb8 18. g4 c6 19. Kb1 Nc7 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. f4 Bxf4 24. f6 Bh6 25. Rxh6 e4 26. Rdh1 gxh6 27. Qg3+ 1-0 [Event "Pula sim"] [Site "Pula"] [Date "2015.08.19"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kocijancic, Benjamin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2015.08.19"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 Nf6 4. f3 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. O-O-O Nc6 8. Nge2 Be6 9. d5 Bd7 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. g4 Qe7 12. Ng3 a6 13. h4 a5 14. h5 b6 15. Bc4 gxh5 16. Nf5 Qd8 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Ne8 19. Rxh5 Qf6 20. Qxh7# 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "16"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Nh2 Rb8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rb1 Nc4 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "World U17-ch03"] [Site "Wattignies"] [Date "1976.07.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Sendur, Adnan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "43"] [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 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nbd7 (5... O-O {La grande ligne}) (5... c6) 6. O-O O-O 7. e5 dxe5 (7... Ne8 8. Bf4 c6 9. Re1 $14) 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 $40 {"L'attaque de Nuit"} Nde5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nb5 c6 (12... Bxe6 13. Nxc7 Rac8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. c3 Nc4 16. Bg4 (16. Re1)) 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Bb6 17. f5 $1 {Les Noirs ont trouvé des reoussources tactiques pour regagner la pièce mais les pièces noires ont déserté l'aile-roi et l'attaque sur la colonne "f" sera rapide} Bxc7 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bh6 Be5 20. Rad1 Rxd1 (20... Re8 $8) 21. Rxd1 Bd6 22. Rf1 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Thorsteins, Karl"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Ne1 b5 12. a3 a5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Ra3 15. f3 Qb8 16. Nd3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nc1 Rd8 19. Nb3 d5 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Na5 Be8 22. Nb1 Ra2 23. Nc3 Ra3 24. Nb1 Ra2 25. Nc3 Ra3 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 e4 29. d6 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Bc3 31. Qd5 Bxb4 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. Qxc6 Qc5 34. Bxb5 Qxc6 35. Bxc6 exf3 36. Bxf3 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 38. Bd5 Ra7 39. c4 Kg7 40. g3 f5 41. Rf2 Kf6 42. Re2 Re7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asiag Ludi Univ sim"] [Site "Asiag"] [Date "1991.09.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Dellair, Malek Abdul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1991.09.10"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 a5 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nc4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rad1 Nef6 15. f4 Ra7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bd4 Qe6 19. Qf4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rd6 Qe5 22. Rxc6 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Nc5 24. Nb5 Qd7 25. Nxa7 Qxa7 1-0 [Event "London m3 blitz"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taylor Bowd, Philip J"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qa5 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Qe1 Qc7 13. Bc4 h6 14. Qe2 Nf8 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nxe4 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxe4 Bg7 22. Nc3 Qd6 23. g3 a6 24. Kg2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. h4 f5 27. Qe2 e4 28. Nd2 Nd4 29. Qd1 c5 30. Nb3 Qc6 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Ne2 d3 33. cxd3 exd3+ 34. f3 dxe2 35. Qxe2 Kf7 36. Qd2 Ke6 37. Qe3+ Kd7 38. Qd3+ Kc7 39. Qb3 Qc4 40. Qe3 0-1 [Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5 final"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Comp Fritz 3"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [BlackElo "2815"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "1994.05.??"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. c3 Nf6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bd3 Qd6 15. Nd2 Bg7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Bc2 b6 20. Nd3 Bb7 21. b4 e6 22. a4 Rd8 23. a5 Qc8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 Qc7 26. Rea1 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. f4 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Nxc5 Qxf4 32. g3 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Qh1 34. Ke3 Bh6+ 35. Kd3 Bf3 36. Qf2 Bd5 37. c4 Bc6 38. Kc3 Qa1+ 39. Kd3 Qa3+ 40. Ke2 Qc3 41. Bb3 Bg7 42. Qe3 Qxd4 43. Nd3 Qg4+ 44. Kd2 Bd4 45. Qf4 Qxf4+ 46. gxf4 Kg7 47. Nb4 Bb7 48. Nc2 Bc5 49. Ne1 Bb4+ 50. Ke2 Bd6 51. Nd3 Be4 52. Nf2 Bf5 53. Kf3 h5 54. Bd1 Bc7 55. c5 Kf6 56. Ne4+ Ke7 57. Ba4 Bg4+ 58. Kg3 e5 59. fxe5 Bxe5+ 60. Kg2 Be6 61. Ng3 Bd5+ 62. Kh3 f5 63. Bc2 Kf6 64. Ba4 f4 65. Nf1 f3 66. Kh4 Bd4 67. c6 Bb6 68. Bb5 Bc7 69. Ne3 Bf7 70. Bc4 g5+ 71. Kh3 g4+ 72. Kh4 Bxc4 73. Nxc4 f2 74. Nd2 Bxh2 75. Kxh5 Bf4 76. Ne4+ Ke6 77. Nxf2 g3 78. Nh3 Bd6 79. Kg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1996.04.30"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qa5 9. Qd2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. a3 Qc7 14. Nh2 Nf8 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Ne6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Qc3 Nd4 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Qf3 Qe5 23. Rad1 c5 24. b3 Re6 25. g3 b5 26. Qd3 a6 27. Kg2 Qc7 28. c4 Qc6 29. Rc1 Rde8 30. cxb5 axb5 31. b4 c4 32. Qxd4+ Kg8 33. f3 Rd6 34. Qe3 Red8 35. Re2 Rd3 36. Qxh6 Qf6 37. Rf2 Rxa3 38. Rh1 Qg7 39. Qg5 Rad3 40. Qxb5 c3 41. Rc1 Rd2 42. Rc2 Rxc2 43. Rxc2 Rd2+ 44. Rxd2 cxd2 45. Qe8+ Qf8 46. Qd7 Qxb4 47. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Legends blitz m"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2015.04.25"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. a5 a6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Bd4 Re8 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Na4 e5 16. Bb6 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 Rad8 18. Re3 Nd7 19. Rb3 f5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qd3 c5 22. Rb6 Rc8 23. c4 Rf8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rb1 Rc5 26. R1xb4 Rxa5 27. Qb1 Qd8 28. Rxb7 Qf6 29. Rb2 Ra3 30. c5 dxc5 31. Ra2 Rxa2 32. Qxa2 Kh8 33. Qc2 0-1