[Event "World Cup"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1988.10.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1988.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. O-O Nec6 7. d3 g6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4 b6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb4 d6 14. a4 a5 15. Ba3 Bb7 16. Bb3 d5 17. f3 Qc7 18. Qe1 Rad8 19. Qh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "Salov,Valery"] [PlyCount "75"] [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 {Blatny,P} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 (5... a6 6. Ba4 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4 Bd7 9. Re1 Rd8 $6 10. c4 $1 Qxc4 11. Nbd2 $44 {Spassky,B - Timman,J, Amsterdam(m/1)1977}) 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 $1 {TN} (7. d4 cxd4 8. c4 Qd6 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Ba4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ne5 $10 {Timman-Sveshnikov,Wijk aan Zee 1981}) 7... Bd7 8. Na3 Ng6 (8... Nf5 $2 9. Bf1 Be7 $2 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. c4 $18) (8... a6 $6 {Blatny,P} 9. Nc4 $1 Nc8 (9... axb5 10. Nb6 Qd6 11. Nxa8 Na5 12. d4 c4 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 $18) 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nce5 Be7 12. c4 Qd6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. d4 $16 {Kaidanov-Petrienko,Minsk 1986}) 9. Bf1 Be7 10. d4 $1 cxd4 11. Nb5 Rc8 (11... O-O-O 12. cxd4 $13) 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 (13... e5 14. Nb5 $16) 14. g3 b5 $4 (14... e5 $2 15. Nf5 $1 Qxd1 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Rxd1 Bg4 18. Bh6 Kg8 19. Rd2 Bf8 20. h3 $18) (14... Qd6 $5 15. Nf5 Qxd1 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Rxd1 Bc6 18. Bh6 Kg8 19. Nh5 Bf3 $13) (14... Qc5 $5) 15. Bg2 $4 (15. a4 $1 Bf6 (15... bxa4 16. Bxa6 Rb8 17. c4 $1 $16) 16. Nxe6 $1 Qxd1 17. Nxg7+ Kd8 (17... Kf8 18. Rxd1 Bg4 19. f3 $1 $18) 18. Rxd1 Bxg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rc7 21. Bg5+ $18) 15... Qc5 {Now Black is back in the game. Oof!} 16. h4 Bf6 $8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nf5 (18. h5 Ne7 19. h6 O-O 20. hxg7 Bxg7 21. Qh5 e5 $132) 18... O-O 19. Nd6 Rcd8 $8 20. Nb7 Rc8 $8 21. Nd6 (21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Nxa6 Qb7 $44) 21... Rcd8 22. Nb7 Rc8 23. h5 $1 {Does he really want to win?} Ne5 $8 (23... Bc6 $2 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Na5 Qc7 26. hxg6 Qxa5 27. gxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qd6 $16 {Kindly proposed by the world champion in the post-mortem.}) 24. Bf4 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxb7 28. h6 Qe7 $8 (28... g6 $2 29. Qd4 Rc4 30. Rxb5 $1 $18) (28... Rfd8 $6 29. Qg4 g6 30. Qg5 Qf3 31. Rc5 $1 $16) 29. hxg7 Rfd8 30. Qe2 (30. Qf3 {Blatny,P} Rd2 31. Kg2 Rc5 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Rh1) 30... Rc5 $1 $10 31. a4 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 bxa4 33. Qe4 Qc5 34. Rxa4 a5 (34... Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qh5 36. Qa8+ Kxg7 37. Rh4 Qd5+ $10) 35. Qe2 Qg5 36. Rf4 Rd7 37. Qf3 Qd5 38. Qxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1992.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 033"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 g6 8. b4 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. c4 Qh5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. bxc5 Qxc5 13. d4 Qb6 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qe2 a6 17. Rac1 Qc7 18. d5 f6 19. dxe6 Rd6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nxf6 Rxe6 22. Ne4 Nc6 23. Qb2+ Kg8 24. Nfg5 Re5 25. f4 Rf5 26. Rcd1 1-0 [Event "Tel Aviv sim"] [Site "Tel Aviv"] [Date "1994.10.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kogan, Artur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "87"] [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 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nd5 9. O-O Bd7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qb6 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Ba3 17. Rc2 Ba4 18. Qb1 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 O-O-O 20. Re1 Rhe8 21. Bxh7 g5 22. Bg3 Bd6 23. Rxe6 Bxg3 24. Bf5 Bxh2+ 25. Nxh2 Rxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kb8 27. Nf3 Qf4 28. Nd2 Nc6 29. g3 Qc7 30. Qf5 Rf8 31. Ne4 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Rh8 34. Kf3 Qd1+ 35. Ke3 Rh1 36. Nxg5 Re1+ 37. Kf4 fxg5+ 38. Kxg5 Qxd4 39. Qf6 Qc5+ 40. Kg6 a6 41. g4 Qc2+ 42. Kg7 Qe4 43. Bf5 Qf4 44. Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1995.11.12"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "1995.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3 Ke7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8 Nxd8 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Bd6 17. Be3 h6 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. h3 Be8 20. Nd4 Nd7 21. f4 Bc7 22. Nb3 f6 23. c5 Nc6 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. h4 Ndb8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Kf2 Nbc6 28. g3 Bf7 29. Nd2 Bg6 30. h5 Bd3 31. Be2 Bh7 32. Nc4 Bg8 33. Bf3 Kd7 34. Ke2 Ne7 35. Kd3 Ndc6 36. Bf2 e5 37. Nb6+ Kd8 38. Nbd5 Bxd5 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40. Bxd5 exf4 41. gxf4 Bxf4 42. Ke4 Bc1 43. a4 Nxb4 44. Bxb7 Kc7 45. Ba8 Kb8 46. Bd5 f5+ 47. Kxf5 Nxd5 48. Bd4 Nf6 49. Kg6 Kc7 50. Be5+ Kc6 51. Kxg7 Nd7 52. Bd4 Nxc5 53. Kg6 Ne6 54. Bf6 Kc5 55. Be7+ Kc4 56. Kf5 Nf4 57. Kg4 Kb3 58. a5 Ka4 59. Bd8 Ne6 60. Bb6 Bg5 61. Kf5 Nf4 62. Kg4 Nd5 63. Kf5 Kb5 0-1 [Event "London sim"] [Site "London"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "BCF Girls"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. O-O g6 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Bg7 8. d4 e6 9. d5 Ne7 10. d6 Nc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 f5 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bd4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Kh1 a6 19. Be2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 b5 21. f5 gxf5 22. Rd3 Rf6 23. Bh5 Bb7 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Qf4 Rc8 26. Qg5 Rg6 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rxg6 Rc8 30. Kg1 Rc2 31. h4 Kf7 32. h5 Be4 33. Rg3 e5 34. h6 f4 35. Rg7+ Kf6 36. Rf2 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Bf5 38. g3 Be4 39. gxf4 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Rh1+ 42. Rh2 Bf5+ 43. Kg2 Be4+ 44. Kg3 exf4+ 45. Kxf4 Rxh2 46. Kxe4 Rxh6 47. Rxd7 Ke6 48. Ra7 Rh2 49. Rxa6 Rxb2 50. Kd4 Rc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "ISR-Kasparov handicap sim"] [Site "Tel Aviv"] [Date "1998.05.21"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Sutovsky, Emil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1998.05.19"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 065"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. Nf1 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Ned5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O-O 16. c3 f5 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Bb3 Qc7 19. h5 d5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 gxh5 22. c4 Qa5+ 23. Kf1 Qb6 24. Rxh5 Qxb2 25. Re1 e4 26. Rxf5 exd3 27. Qxd3 Qxa2 28. Rf7 Qa4 29. g3 Rd7 30. Ree7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Rf8 32. Kg2 Kb8 33. Qxh7 Qb3 34. Qe4 a5 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kc7 37. Qe7+ Kb6 38. d6 Qxc4 39. d7 Qd5+ 40. Kh2 Qh5+ 41. Qh4 1-0 [Event "Colmar sim"] [Site "Colmar"] [Date "1998.07.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Winkelmueller, Jean Luc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "1960"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1998.07.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 a6 8. Ba4 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. e5 O-O 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Na4 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nc5 Nf5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Bf6 Kf8 19. Ng5 Kg8 20. Bxg7 Rab8 21. Bf6 Qd8 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-A"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2001.04.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2827"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "Gershon,Alik"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2001.04.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 083"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.07.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 36]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Na5 {A novelty according to my database} (7... Be6 8. Ne3 a6 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ncd5 b5 12. Ba2 Rc8 13. c3 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Qf3 $14 {½-½ Psakhis,L-Sanchez,J/Ubeda ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 326 (28)}) (7... O-O 8. Ne3 Nd4 (8... a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. O-O Be6 11. Ned5 Na5 12. Ba2 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. f4 exf4 15. c3 Nc6 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 Ne7 18. Qh5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 $14 {1-0 Salmensuu,O-Bekker Jensen,D/Gausdal 2000/CBM 77 ext (32)}) 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Bd2 (11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bg5 13. Be3 h6 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. c3 Nc6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 Kg7 18. g3 Bh3 19. Rg1 h5 20. f4 $36 {1-0 Adams,M-Rabiega,R/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (57)}) 11... h6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. g3 Nc6 14. Ncd5 Qd7 15. c3 Bd8 16. f4 Bh3 17. Rg1 Ng4 18. Qe2 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Be6 20. f5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $16 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Bekker Jensen,D/Gausdal 2000/CBM 77 ext (37)}) ({the main variaiton here is:} 7... Bg4) 8. Ne3 Nxc4 9. dxc4 {White always has a long term small advantage in this line. It's interesting to watch how world's No.1 hadles such a position.} O-O 10. Qf3 {[%csl Re4][%CAl Gc3d5,Yf3e4,Gg2g5,Gh2h4,Gc1d2,Ye1c1] Preparing to play on the ? side.} g6 (10... Be6 $142 {[%CAl Ga7a6,Ga8b8,Gb7b5] perhaps it would be better not to touch the ? side pawns.}) 11. g4 {Begining to assault} Be6 12. h4 Qd7 (12... a6 $5 13. h5 (13. a4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. g5 (15. Nxb5 d5 $5 {[%csl Re1]} 16. exd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Rh4] yielding black nice compensation for the ?}) 15... Nh5 16. Nxb5 f6 $44) 13... b5 14. Ncd5 (14. cxb5 axb5 $132) 14... bxc4 15. g5 Nxh5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. exf5 Nf4 19. f6 Qe6 20. Bd2 $40 {[%CAl Gh1h6,Ge1c1]}) 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. a4 $1 {no counterplay. Black has waitied too much, and no he is completely deprieved of counterplay} Rg8 15. b3 {[%CAl Gc1b2,Ge1c1]} Raf8 16. Bb2 {[%CAl Yb2h8]} h5 (16... Ne8 {[%CAl Gf7f5]} 17. O-O-O {[%CAl Gc3d5] nothing black would do can change white's plan now}) 17. g5 Nh7 18. Qg3 $16 {[%CAl Gf2f4]} f6 19. f4 fxg5 (19... exf4 $2 20. Qxf4 {[%CAl Gc3d5]} fxg5 21. Ncd5+ Rg7 22. Qg3 Bd8 (22... Bf6 23. Nxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxg5 $18) 23. O-O-O $18) 20. fxg5 Rg7 21. O-O-O a6 22. Ncd5 Bd8 23. Rd3 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%CAl Gg1d1] The 'd6' pawn in the key to black's position. Once it's gone his position will collapse in two moves.} Qf7 (23... Rgf7 $2 24. Nb6 $3 Bxb6 25. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 $8 (25... Qc7 26. Qxe5+ $18) 26. Bxe5+ Qxe5 27. Qxe5+ Rg7 28. Qxe6 $18) 24. Rf1 Qe8 25. Nf6 $1 Qc6 {the ? is untouchable} (25... Nxf6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxd6 {[%csl Re5]} Qe7 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 (28... Rxf6 29. Qxe5 $18) 29. Bxe5 $18) (25... Bxf6 26. gxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Nxf6 28. Rxd6 Nxe4 (28... Nd7 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 $18) 29. Qxe5 $18) 26. Rfd1 Bc7 27. Nfd5 Bb8 (27... Bd8 28. Nb4 $1 cxb4 (28... Qxe4 29. Rxd6 $18) 29. Rxd6 Qxe4 30. Rxe6 $18) 28. a5 {White's not in hurry. Black's position is solid, but extremely passive.} Kg8 {removing to ? form the annoying confrontation against white's ?} (28... Rgf7 29. Bc3 (29. Nc7 $4 {Immediately, doesn't work because of the placeing of white's ?} Bxc7 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Rf1+ $1 32. Nxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kd2 Qxd6+ $19 {[%CAl Gd6d2]}) 29... Rf3 30. Qg1 R3f7 31. Kb2) 29. Bc3 Rgf7 30. Kb2 Rf4 $4 {a blunder in bad position and, what i guess, was a serious time trouble.} (30... Kh8 31. Nc7 $1 Bxc7 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 (32... Qxe4 33. Qxe5+ Qxe5 34. Bxe5+ Kg8 35. Rxe6 Bxe5+ 36. Rxe5 Rf4 37. Rh1 $18) 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Bxe5+ Kg8 35. Bxd6 $18 {[%csl Rg8,Rh7]}) (30... Qe8 $142 31. Nf6+ Nxf6 32. gxf6 Rxf6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Bg4 35. Rxf6 Rxf6 36. Nd5 Rf7 37. Bxe5 $18) 31. Ne7+ 1-0 [Event "Eurotel Trophy sim"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2001.10.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Babula, Vlastimil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2566"] [Annotator "Gershon,Alik"] [PlyCount "107"] [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 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O (9... a6 10. a4 Nb4 11. O-O d5 12. exd5 Nbxd5 13. Nexd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Qxe5 Bf6 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Be3 Rc8 $44 {Kucypera,A-Krupa,M/ Brzeg Dolny POL 2001/ 0-1 (48)}) 10. O-O Nd7 (10... a6 11. a4 Nb4 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. g3 Bg5 15. Rf2 Nc6 16. Raf1 Nd4 17. Qd1 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Bh3 19. f4 Nf6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Bh6 $40 {Golubev,M-Parligras,M/ Bucharest ROM 2001/ 1-0 (26)}) 11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 (13... Qd8 {Ftacnik} 14. f4 $14) 14. Bxd5 {White's going for a small but long term advantage, the light squared ?.} Nb4 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 {[%csl Rf7]} d5 (17... Bg5 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Bxg5 $16) 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Rf5 Nc7 (19... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 20. Qf3 Qe1+ 21. Qf1 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 $14) 20. Qf3 $14 Qg6 (20... Bf6 {Ftacnik} 21. c3) (20... Ne6 {Ftacnik} 21. c3 $14) 21. a4 Ne8 {[%CAl Ye8d6]} 22. Be3 {Ftacnik: 'Open position and bishops pair slightly favour Kasparov even though black's position is rock solid.'} b6 (22... Nd6 {Ftacnik} 23. Rxc5 $16) 23. Bb3 Nd6 24. Rd5 (24. Rf4 $4 Bg5 $19) 24... Qf6 25. Rf1 Qxf3 (25... Qxb2 $5 26. Qg3 {[%csl Rf7][%CAl Ge3f4,Gf4e5] is not a position you want to be defending against Kasparov} (26. d4 $143 Qc3 {'!' Ftacnik.} (26... c4 27. Bc1 Qa1 28. Bg5 $18) (26... cxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 27. Bxd4 Qa3 28. Qg3 $18) 27. dxc5 Nc4 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. cxb6 (29. Bf4 {Ftacnik} Qd4+ 30. Qf2 $14) 29... Qxe3+ (29... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 30. Qf2 Qxe3 31. Qxe3 Bxb6 $11) 30. Qxe3 Nxe3 31. Rxf7 $1 Bxb6 (31... Rxf7 32. bxa7 $18) 32. Rf3+ Nc4+ (32... Nd5+ {Ftacnik} 33. Kf1 Rxf3+ 34. gxf3 $14) 33. Kf1 Rxf3+ 34. gxf3 Kf7 $11)) 26. Rxf3 Bf6 $1 {Forcing white to play c2-c3, thus weakenning the 'd3' pawn which allows black to swap one pair of ? and make his defensive task easier} 27. c3 Nc8 28. g4 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Rd8 (29... h6 {- game}) 30. Bc4 Nd6 31. Ba2 h6 32. Bf4 (32. Bxh6 $6 Bxc3 33. bxc3 gxh6 $14) 32... g5 33. Bg3 Kg7 34. Kf1 a6 $2 {creating another weakness (either b6 or c5 ?)} 35. Bf2 Rc8 36. Bg3 Rd8 37. Ke2 b5 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (37... Re8+ {Ftacnik} 38. Re3 Rxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Be7 40. d4 $14) 38. a5 {[%csl Ra6]} (38. axb5 axb5 39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40. Rf5 {woulf have been less strong as in the game white has another weakness to play against}) 38... b4 39. Bxd6 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Babula will be badly suffering in a position with opposite colour bishops, since a6 and f7 are prefect targets.'} (39. Kd2 $4 bxc3+ 40. bxc3 Ne4+ 41. Kc2 Nxc3 $17) 39... Rxd6 40. Kd2 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Rf7]} Rd7 41. Rf5 (41. Bc4 Bd8 42. Rf5 Bxa5 43. Rxc5 Bc7 44. h3 a5 $132) 41... Rb7 42. Kc2 ({of course not:} 42. Rxc5 $4 bxc3+ 43. bxc3 Rb2+ $19) 42... bxc3 43. bxc3 Rb5 (43... Re7 {Ftacnik} 44. Bc4 Re5 45. Rf1 $1 (45. Rxe5 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 46. Kb3 Bxh2 47. Bxa6 Bc7 48. Ka4 f5 $132) 45... Re2+ 46. Kb3 Rxh2 47. Bxa6 Bd8 48. Ra1 $18) 44. Bc4 Rxa5 45. d4 {White has a huge advantage due to the more advanced passed pawn and the much more active pieces '!' Ftacnik.} Kg6 46. dxc5 Be7 (46... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 47. Kb3 Ra1 48. c6 $18) 47. c6 $1 (47. Bxf7+ $2 Kg7 48. c6 Rxf5 49. gxf5 Bd6 50. Be6 Kf6 $11) 47... Bd8 (47... Rxf5 $4 48. gxf5+ Kxf5 49. c7 $18) 48. Bxf7+ Kg7 49. Bd5 Rc5 50. c4 {The rest is agony.} Bf6 51. Kd3 Bb2 52. Rf2 Ba1 53. Ke4 Kg6 54. Ra2 1-0 [Event "FIDE GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2002.06.03"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2838"] [Annotator "Kostakiev,Dimitar"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2002.06.01"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 090"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.09.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {In this game we can see the typical middle game technique. Black shall occupy the open vertical "c" by the heavy pieces [? and ?] without hurrying up to castle. So the White's ?? attack on the ?'s side shall be neutralized .} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 $1 {In my oppinion ?ge7 is the right developement even after after 4...?xc6} 5. c3 (5. Re1 {Has also its partisans}) 5... a6 6. Ba4 b5 (6... d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. d4 c4 {1-0 Adams,M-Hennigan,M/Birmingham 2001/CBM 84 ext (17)}) 7. Bc2 Bb7 ({In the first known game where 4...?ge7 was applied was:} 7... d5 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Bd6 13. Qg4 Nf6 {1-0 Benko,P-Stenborg,A/Dublin 1957/MCD (33)}) 8. Qe2 d5 ({Often used is} 8... Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 {½-½ Adams,M-Lautier,J/Wijk aan Zee NED 2002/The Week in Chess 376 (29). (29)}) 9. e5 d4 (9... Qb6 $5 {Gershon}) 10. Be4 Nd5 (10... Ng6 $143 {Gershon} 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 (13. a4 O-O 14. Na3 Qb6 15. Bd2 Rfc8 {½-½ Zhang Zhong-Wu Wenjin/HeiBei CHN 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (73)}) 13... Qd7 (13... Qc7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. h4 $36 {1-0 Smirin,I-Krasenkow,M/Dos Hermanas ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (72)}) 14. Nb3 {1-0 Smirin,I-Finegold,B/Philadelphia USA 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (53)} (14. Nb3 {Oratovsky,M} Rd8 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Nfxd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. d4 O-O 20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. Nc5 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 Smirin,I-Finegold,B/Philadelphia USA 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (53)})) 11. cxd4 Nxd4 (11... cxd4 {Gershon} 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. Qd1 Ng6 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Nf8 19. Bf4 Nd7 20. Rc1 Ndb8 {½-½ Moreno Carnero,J-Magem Badals,J/Cala Galdana 1999/EXT 2000 (33)}) 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. a4 $146 ({About} 13. d3 {Gershon wrote: 'White has given black a lot of space , while getting prepared to attack black's ? side castle. However, black monarch feels very comfortably in the center as well'.} Qc7 $1 {0-1 Schneider,D-Gulko,B/Seattle 2002/CBM 87/ (32) a multitasking move: attacking the 'e5' pawn, defending the ? and taking over the 'c' file.}) 13... b4 14. d3 Qc7 15. f4 $6 {Shirov} (15. Qh5 $142 g6 (15... Be7 16. Nd2 $1 g6 17. Qh6 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Re1 $44) 16. Qg5 Bg7 17. f4 $1 {??d2}) 15... Rc8 16. Nd2 Ne3 17. Rf3 Bxe4 $1 {Abolishing the strongest White piece and doubling the ?e4 and ?e5.} 18. dxe4 (18. Nxe4 Qc2 $17) 18... d3 $1 $17 19. Qxd3 Nc2 20. Rb1 Ne1 21. Qxa6 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 {Now follows a lesson how to win with ?? against ??+?.} Qc4 23. Qb5+ Qxb5 24. axb5 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 O-O ({Direct decision escaping 0-0 is:} 25... Rb8 $5 26. Bd2 (26. Ke2 Rxb5 27. Be3 Ke7) 26... Rxb5 27. Rc1 Kd7 $17) (25... Ke7 $143 26. Bd2 Kd7 27. Ke2 Kc7 28. Ng5 Rcf8 (28... Rhf8 29. Nxh7 Rh8 30. Ng5 Rxh2 31. Nxf7 Rxg2+ 32. Kd3 Kb6 33. Rc1 Rg3+ 34. Ke2 $15) 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Kxe3 $15) 26. Ke2 (26. Bd2 Rb8) 26... Rb8 27. Be3 Rxb5 28. Rc1 Bxe3 29. Kxe3 Rbb8 30. Nd4 Rfc8 31. Rd1 Rc4 (31... Ra8 $5) 32. g4 Rd8 33. h4 g6 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 h6 36. f5 Kh7 37. f6 Rd7 38. Rd2 Kh8 39. Rd1 Rc2 40. Ra1 (40. Nxc2 $142 Rxd1 41. Nxb4 Rh1 $17) 40... Rxb2 $19 41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. Re8 Ra2 43. Nc6 b3 44. Rb8 Ra6 45. Nd4 Ra3 46. Nxb3 Rd1 47. Rb7 Rb1 48. Rxf7+ Kg8 49. Rg7+ Kf8 50. Kd4 Raxb3 51. Ra7 Rd1+ 52. Kc4 Rb8 53. Kc3 Rc8+ 54. Kb2 Rd4 55. Rh7 Rc6 56. Rb7 Rdc4 57. Kb3 Rc3+ 58. Kb2 Rc2+ 0-1 [Event "RUS-The World"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2002.09.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2722"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2002.09.08"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 091"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "The World"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ Kd7 15. c3 Rf8 16. a3 Qf6 17. Qe2 Rf7 18. b4 b6 19. Ra2 Ke8 20. Rh3 Kf8 21. Qh5 Qe7 22. Rg3 Rd8 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Nc4 Rf4 25. Rh3 Qf6 26. a4 Kg8 27. Re2 Rf8 28. Ree3 Kh7 29. Ref3 g6 30. Qg5 Rxf3 31. gxf3 hxg5 32. hxg5+ Kg7 33. gxf6+ Rxf6 34. Ke2 Rf8 35. Ke3 g5 36. Rh5 Kg8 37. Rh1 Rb8 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Ke2 Ne7 40. Ne3 Ng6 41. Ng4 Kg7 42. Ke3 a6 43. d4 a5 44. Rh1 Rh8 45. Rxh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "RUS-The World"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2002.09.10"] [Round "8"] [White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2838"] [Annotator "Rabinovich,Abram Isaakovich"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2002.09.08"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 091"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "The World"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 {A well known position,where white can choose between several interesting continuations:} 5. b3 (5. c3 $5 {The most popular move nowdays.} a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 d5 9. e5 d4 $132 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (58)}) (5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bg5 b5 $11 {½-½ Smirin,I-Eljanov,P/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (20)}) (5. d4 $6 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Be3 $5 Nxd4 8. a4 e5 9. c3 a6 10. cxd4 axb5 11. d5 Qf6 12. Nc3 $44 {[%CAl Gc3b5,Gb5c7] ½-½ Campora,D-Hatanbaatar,B/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (69)}) (5. Re1 a6 (5... Ng6 6. c3 Bd6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] 1-0 Nedev,T-Krasenkow,M/Halkidiki GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 412 (38)}) 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. Be4 Qd6 10. c3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Hahn,A/Seattle USA 2002/The Week in Chess 374 (32)}) 5... a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 b5 8. c4 (8. Na3 Nd4 9. c4 Qa5 10. d3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bb7 12. Nc2 Qd2 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bb2 Qh6 $36 {½-½ Azmaiparashvili,Z-Almasi,Z/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83 (26)}) 8... bxc4 9. bxc4 Rb8 10. Bc3 d6 (10... Bb7 {Probably the same like in the text.} 11. d3 d6 12. Na3 e5 13. Nc2 Be7 14. Ne3 O-O 15. Nd5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qa4 $14 {½-½ Akopian,V-Eljanov,P/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (65)}) (10... Qc7 11. d3 (11. Na3 f6 $6 12. Nh4 Nd8 13. f4 Be7 14. Nc2 O-O 15. Qh5 Bb7 16. Rae1 Rf7 17. f5 $40 {[%CAl Gf1f3,Gf3h3,Ge1e3,Ge3g3] 1-0 Kuzmin,G-Popov,R/Krasnodar 1998/EXT 2000 (25)}) 11... Rg8 $6 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Ne1 Rg6 14. Nc2 Bd6 15. Qh5 {1-0 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Frankfurt 1996/EXT 98 (34) And black got nothing but a bad position.}) 11. Na3 $1 $14 {Very good choise of opening for white.Getting a slightly better position without any real counter chances for black.} (11. d3 e5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Ne1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. f4 O-O 16. g4 $2 Bd7 $17 {[%csl Rg1,Rg4] 0-1 Girinath,P-Goloshchapov,A/Calcutta IND 2002/The Week in Chess 384 (32)}) 11... e5 {Unfortunatly it is forced.} 12. Nc2 Be7 13. Ne3 O-O 14. d3 Qe8 {Avoiding 15.?a4} (14... g6 $5 {[%CAl Gf7f5]}) 15. Rb1 (15. Qa4 $2 Nd4 $15) 15... Rxb1 (15... Be6 16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. Nd5 $14) 16. Qxb1 Bd8 17. Nd2 {[%CAl Gf2f4] The biggest advantage of white is the fact that black doesn't have any real plan,the only black's active idea is the one which played in the game.....} g6 18. Nd5 f5 (18... Be6 19. Qb7 a5 20. f4 $16) 19. exf5 gxf5 $2 $16 {[%mdl 16384]} (19... Bxf5 $142 20. Ne4 Qd7 {Still not that clear.White is still slightly better,but black pieces control the important squares.}) 20. f4 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Rd8,Re8,Rf8,Rg8] White immediatly punishes black for activity and black pieces find themselves not capble of defending the center.} Rf7 (20... Be6 21. Qe1 $16) 21. Qe1 {[%CAl Ge1e8]} Rg7 (21... Bb7 22. Nf3 e4 23. Nd2 $18) 22. Nf3 Qg6 23. g3 $18 {Black is complitely hopeless.} Rf7 (23... e4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. dxe4 fxe4 26. Nd2 Ba5 27. Qa1+ Kf7 28. f5 $18 {[%CAl Gd2e4]}) 24. fxe5 f4 25. exd6 fxg3 (25... fxg3 26. Qe8+ Rf8 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Ne5+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Linares 20th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2003.03.05"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2847"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2003.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 094"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 d6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 h6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Qf3 Kf8 15. Bb2 Qb6 16. a3 h5 17. h3 h4 18. Qf4 Bf5 19. Rab1 Rh5 20. a4 Be5 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. a5 Qd8 23. Re2 Rc7 24. Rbe1 Qc8 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxc4 27. dxc4 Qxc4 28. Re2 Bxc2 29. d6 exd6 30. Rd2 d3 31. Qxb7 Rf5 32. Qd7 f6 33. Qxd6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 21st"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2004.02.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2831"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2004.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 100"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 Nd7 8. Ne3 Nb6 9. Ned5 O-O 10. O-O Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rb8 12. a4 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg5 15. b3 Bxd5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxd5 Nb4 18. Bc4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qf3 Qe3+ 21. Rf2 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Nb6 23. Bb5 a6 24. a5 axb5 25. axb6 Rfc8 26. Ra5 c4 27. Rxb5 cxd3 28. c4 Rd8 29. Rd5 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Rd8 31. Rxd3 Rd6 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Ke3 Rxb6 34. Kd4 Ke7 35. Kc5 Rh6 36. h3 Rg6 37. g4 Rg5 38. b4 h5 39. Rd4 hxg4 40. hxg4 f5 41. gxf5 Rxf5 42. b5 Rf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 21st"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2004.02.29"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2831"] [BlackElo "2722"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2004.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 100"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne3 Qf6 13. c3 Be6 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. g3 Ne7 17. O-O O-O 18. Qh5 Bh3 19. Rfd1 b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-Cup 20th"] [Site "Izmir"] [Date "2004.10.04"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Rublevsky, Sergei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2813"] [Annotator "Marin,M/Stoica"] [PlyCount "113"] [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 "Kazan Ladya"] [BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bc2 Ng6 9. b3 Qc7 10. bxc4 Nf4 11. Qe3 bxc4 12. Ba3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Na3 O-O 15. Rab1 f5 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Rxb6 fxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 Neg6 (19... Nh3+ 20. Kh1 h5 21. Bd1 Nf4 22. Ne5 h4) 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Nc2 e5 22. Ne3 Bf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Rfb1 Raf8 25. Rxa6 e4 26. Nd4 Rxf2 27. Ne6 R2f6 28. Nxf8 Rxa6 29. Nxg6 hxg6 {Kasparov might have thoght that this ending presents no danger at all for him, given the advantage of space in the centre as well as his slightly more compact pawn structure (two groups of pawns compared to White's 3)} 30. Kf2 {'!' Rublevsky sacrifices the weak pawn in order to block Black's centre with his king.} ({Kasparov might have only counted on} 30. Rb2 e3 $5 (30... Kf7 {is also possible, reaching a position that will be examined below after} 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. Rb7 Rxa2 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Rd7 Ke6 36. Rxg7 Kf6 $11) 31. dxe3 Ra3 32. Rc2 Kf7 $44) ({or} 30. Rb5 d4 $1 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 30... Rxa2 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Rb6+ Kf7 {transposing to the game.} 34. Rd6 Ra5 35. h4 {'?!' White keeps Black under pressure both in the centre and on the king side. The g-pawns are iremediably weak.} (35. Kd4 {would have been premature in view of} Ra2) 35... g5 ({Passive waiting would have been dangerous for Black:} 35... Rb5 36. g4 $1 (36. Kf4 $6 g5+ $1 $11) 36... Ra5 37. g5 Rb5 38. Kf4 $1 $16) ({Insufficient would have been also} 35... Ke7 36. Rxg6 Kf7 37. Rg5 Kf6 38. g3 $16) 36. hxg5 ({In case of} 36. h5 {the g-pawn would have ensured sufficient counterplay:} g4 $1 ({Once again, passive waiting would be risky:} 36... Ke7 37. Rg6 Kf7 38. g4 Rb5 39. Rd6 Ke7 40. Rc6 Ra5 41. Kd4 Ra2 42. Kxd5 $16) 37. g3 Rb5 (37... Ke7 38. Rg6 Kf7 39. Rxg4 $16) 38. Rg6 Rb1 39. Rg5 Rg1 $1 40. Rxg4 Re1+ 41. Kd4 Rd1 42. Kxd5 e3 {with a probable draw.}) 36... Ke7 37. Rc6 (37. Rg6 $5 {would have been an interesting alternative:} Kf7 38. Rc6 $1 {It is important to take the c4-pawn under observation.} (38. Rb6 d4+ $1 39. Kxd4 Rxg5 40. Kxc4 Rxg2 $11) 38... d4+ $5 (38... Ra2 39. g4 {-see 37...?a2 38.g4!? above}) 39. Kxd4 Rxg5 40. Rxc4 Rxg2 41. Ke3 $16) 37... Ra1 {'?!' Black's situation required a more concrete treatment than that. He should have aimed to prevent the instalation of the king on d4 with all the comfort.} (37... d4+ $6 38. Kxd4 Rxg5 39. Rxc4 Rxg2 40. Ke3 Kd6 41. Rxe4 $16) ({Although natural,} 37... Ra2 {might have been not 100% safe for Black.} 38. g4 $5 (38. Rg6 $6 Ra1 39. Kd4 Rd1 40. Kxd5 Rxd2+ 41. Kxe4 Kf7 42. Rc6 Rxg2 43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Rxc4 Kg6 46. Rc5 Kh5 {with good drawing chances.}) (38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Rxg7 Ra1 40. g6 (40. Kd4 Ra2 $1 41. Rg6+ Kf5 42. Rf6+ Kxg5 43. Rf2 Kg4 $11 44. Kxd5 $140 $2 e3) (40. g4 Rg1 41. Kd4 Rxg4 42. Rg6+ Kf5 43. Rd6 e3+ 44. Kxd5 exd2 45. Kc5 Rg2 46. Kxc4 Kxg5 $11) 40... Rg1 41. Rg8 (41. Kf2 Rd1 $11) 41... Rxg2 42. g7 Kf6 43. Rd8 Rg3+ $1 {The rook starts active counterplay, leaving the task of elminating the g-pawn to the king.} (43... Rxg7 $2 44. Rxd5 {A picturesque situation: Black cannot save his weak pawns.} Ke6 (44... Rg4 45. Kd4 Rh4 46. Kc5 $1 (46. Kxc4 e3+ 47. d4 Re4 $11) 46... Ke6 (46... e3 47. dxe3 Re4 48. Rd8 $18) 47. Rd8 Rg4 48. Kxc4 $16 e3+ $140 49. Kc5 $1) 45. Kd4 $1 (45. Rd4 Ke5 $11) 45... Rg4 (45... Rg2 46. Kxc4) 46. Re5+ Kd7 (46... Kd6 47. Rxe4 $18 Rg2 48. Kxc4 Rxd2 49. Rd4+) 47. Rxe4 (47. Kxc4 Kd6 48. Rd5+ Kc6 49. Rd4 Rg2 $11) 47... Rg2 48. Ke3 $18) 44. Kd4 (44. Ke2 {would place the king too passively, allowing} Rxg7 45. Rxd5 Ke6 46. Rc5 Rg3 47. Rxc4 Ke5 $11 {when Black is out of danger.}) 44... Rd3+ 45. Kc5 Kxg7 46. Rxd5 e3 47. dxe3 Rxc3 $11) 38... Kf7 39. Rb6 Ke7 40. Rb7+ Ke6 41. Rxg7 {looks like a slightly improved version of 38.?c7+} Ra1 42. Kd4 Rd1 43. Rg6+ Kd7 44. Ke3 $5 (44. Kxd5 e3 45. Rd6+ Kc7 46. Re6 exd2 47. Re2 Rg1 $11 48. Rxd2 Rxg4 $11) 44... Re1+ 45. Kf4 d4 $5 46. Rg7+ Kc6 47. Rh7 e3 48. dxe3 Rf1+ 49. Ke4 dxc3 50. Rh2 Kc5 51. Ke5 {and it lookslike Black still has problems.}) 38. Kd4 {'?'} Rd1 (38... Ra5 39. g4 $16) 39. Kxd5 {With the black king on e7, this move is very strong.} e3 (39... Rxd2+ 40. Kxe4 Rxg2 41. Kf5 $16) 40. Re6+ {This is it: White stops the conterplay before it even started.} Kd7 41. Rxe3 Rxd2+ 42. Kxc4 Rxg2 43. Re5 Kd6 44. Ra5 Rg4+ 45. Kb3 Rg1 46. Kb4 Rb1+ (46... Rg2 47. g6 $1 {(threatening ?a7)} Ke6 48. c4 Rxg6 49. Ra6+ Kf5 50. Rxg6 Kxg6 51. c5 Kf7 52. Kb5 Ke7 53. Kb6 $18) 47. Kc4 Ke6 48. Ra6+ {'!' The most precise continuation. Black wins more space on the king side.} (48. Kc5 {would have allowed Black put upfurther resistance:} Rg1 $5 (48... Kf5 49. Kd6+ Kg6 50. c4 Rc1 51. c5 Kxg5 52. c6+ Kf4 53. Rc5 Ra1 54. c7 Ra8 55. c8=Q Rxc8 56. Rxc8 g5 57. Rf8+ Ke4 58. Rg8 Kf4 59. Kd5 g4 60. Kd4 Kf3 61. Kd3 g3 62. Rf8+ $18) 49. Kd4 Rg4+ 50. Kd3 Rg3+ 51. Kc4 Rg1 {and White has problems finding the optimal regrouping plan.}) 48... Kf5 49. g6 Rg1 50. Kb5 Ke5 51. c4 Rb1+ (51... Kf5 52. Rd6 $18 {[%CAl Cg1g6,Rc4c8]}) (51... Rg2 52. c5 $18) 52. Kc6 Rg1 53. Kd7 {'+-'} Rd1+ 54. Ke7 Rb1 55. Ra5+ Kd4 56. Kf8 Rb7 57. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Linares 22nd"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2005.03.03"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Annotator "Roiz,Michael"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2005.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 106"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 ({Another common order of moves nowdays is-->} 4... Be7 5. d3 Nf6) 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 {Black immediately takes care of his dark-squared bishop.} ({Another popular continuation here is:} 6... Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 {with a long strategical battle.}) 7. h4 {That agressive move is the only way to fight for the opening advantage.} Bxd2+ {Black chooses a safe continuation. Now he could complete the development without weaking his pawn structure.} ({The alternative is:} 7... Bh6 8. Qh5 g6 ({Deserves attention:} 8... Qd7 $5 {not weakening the kside} 9. Nd5 (9. Nb5 Nd8 $1) 9... Rb8 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3 Nce7 12. Ne3 c4 13. dxc4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf6 15. Qf3 O-O 16. O-O Ba6 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. Bc4 Qc6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. c4 h5 21. b3 Ng4 $132 {½-½ Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/The Week in Chess 489 (35)}) 9. Qd1 {-->see comments to 1-0 Adams,M-Haznedaroglu,K/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104_01/[Roiz] (36)}) 8. Bxd2 {White has got a pair of the bishops. On the other hand,the position is closed enough,so he should play very energetically in order to make the bishops powerful.} Nf6 {That position was tested many times on the highest level.} 9. O-O {A latest attempt to fight for the opening advantage which connected with an idea of f2-f4.} Be6 {A very logical move-black takes control of ''d5'' and leaves an opportunty of queen-side castle.} ({The following example prove,that black should play very carefully:} 9... Bg4 10. Qe1 Be6 11. f4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 h5 $6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Ne7 $2 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Qg3 $18 {1-0 Svidler,P-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005 (20)}) 10. f4 $146 {White allows black to exchange the bishops,as it will make the ?d6 very vulnerable.} ({Another possibility was:} 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4 Ne7 15. Bb3 Rad8 16. Rae1 Qf4 17. Qh3 Nc6 18. c3 Qd2 19. Rb1 b5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 $14 {½-½ Svidler,P-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MNC 2005 (51) with a somewhat better chances for white,although black should hold on.}) 10... Bxc4 (10... O-O $6 11. f5 (11. fxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxe5 12. Bg5 $36) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Nd4 $11) 11... Bxc4 12. dxc4 $36 {[%csl Rd6][%CAl Gd2g5]}) 11. dxc4 h5 $1 {A typical defensive idea in such a positions. Black exploits a drawback of 7.h4 and gets a nice square for his knight.} 12. f5 (12. fxe5 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 13. Bg5 $16 {[%CAl Gc3d5]}) 13. Bg5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Ng4 15. Nd5 $1 ({Nothing promises} 15. Nb5 $6 O-O 16. Rd7 f6 17. Bc1 b6 {and black is at least not worse.}) 15... O-O 16. Ne7+ Nxe7 17. Bxe7 Ne3 (17... Rfc8 18. Rd7 b6 (18... Ne3 19. Rf3 Nxc2 (19... Nxc4 20. Rxb7 Nd2 21. Re3 Rcb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Re2 $16) 20. Bd6 $1 $16 f6 $140 21. Rg3 $18) 19. Rf3 f6 20. a4 $16) 18. Rd7 Nxf1 19. Bxf8 Ng3 20. Bxc5 Nxe4 21. Be3 b6 $132 {[%CAl Gf7f5,Gf5f4]}) 12... Ng4 13. f6 {White chooses a very energetical continuation. He tries to use some vulnerablity of ?e8.} ({Black has a very solid position after:} 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 Qd7 15. Nd5 Ne7 $11 {and white cannot put much pressure on ?d6,while black has a reasonable chances on the king-side which connected with g7-g6 in future.}) 13... gxf6 {Black's knight is placed well on g4,so he shouldn't remove it.} (13... Nxf6 $143 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rxf6 O-O-O 17. Nb5 $1 Qe7 18. Qf3 $36 (18. Rxd6 $2 a6)) 14. Nd5 Ne7 $1 {It necessary to swap the knights as soon as possible.} (14... f5 $2 {[%CAl Gd8h4] is wrong} {in view of:} 15. Bg5 $1 f6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rxf5 O-O 18. c3 $1 $18 {[%CAl Gd1f3,Gf3g3] with a decisive attack.}) 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rxf6 Ng8 $1 {That ugly move is an effective defensible resourse which allows to simplify the position.} 17. Rf5 Qxh4 18. Be3 $5 {White finds an interesting opportunity of keeping the pressure.} ({A drawn endgame could arise after} 18. Qf3 f6 19. Bg5 Qg4 20. Bxf6 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Nxf6 22. Rxf6 Ke7 23. Raf1 Raf8 $11) 18... Qe7 $1 ({Dangerously looks:} 18... Qxe4 $6 19. Qxd6 Qxe3+ (19... Qxf5 20. Bxc5 $18 {[%CAl Ga1d1,Gd6f8]}) 20. Kh1 f6 $8 21. Qe6+ Ne7 22. Qxf6 Rh6 $8 23. Qf7+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Rd6 25. Rxd6+ Kxd6 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Rxe5 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Re8 29. Qe6+ Kd8 30. Qd6+ Kc8 31. Qxc5+ $36) 19. Rxh5 {White has no clear attacking prospects,so at least he takes the pawn back.} Rxh5 20. Qxh5 O-O-O {So,black has successfully completed the development. The only drawback of his position is a somewhat ugly statement of ?g8.} (20... Qe6 21. b3 O-O-O 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bh4 $14) 21. Bg5 {Delivering the bishop to h4,there it will put pressure on ?f6.} ({Hardly better was} 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. b4 Kb8 (22... cxb4 $6 23. Bxa7 $36) 23. a3 b6 {and black is closed to equality.}) 21... f6 22. Bh4 Qe8 $1 {An additional accurate move. White cannot avoid a trade of queens without letting black to activate his pieces.} 23. Qf5+ ({After} 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. b3 Rf8 25. Rf1 Nh6 $132 {[%CAl Gh6g4] black gets a good couterchances.}) 23... Qd7 24. Rf1 (24. Qg6 Qe8 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Rf1 Rf8 $11) 24... Qxf5 25. Rxf5 Rf8 26. Rh5 ({White has no other useful plan of improvement. For instance,} 26. g4 Nh6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Nxg4 $11) 26... Kd7 27. Rh8 {In that endgame white has only a symbolical advantage,since black easily hold his weaknesses.} Ke6 28. g4 ({White couldn't breakthrough also after:} 28. Kh2 Rc8 29. Kh3 Ne7 30. Rh6 Ng8 31. Rh7 Ne7 32. Kg4 Rg8+ $11) 28... Rc8 29. Kg2 Ne7 $11 {Ofcourse,black has nothing to worry about after exchange of the rooks.} 30. Rh6 Ng8 31. Rh8 ({White cannot make progress after:} 31. Rh7 Ne7 32. Kf3 Rg8 33. c3 b6 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 22nd"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2005.03.10"] [Round "14"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Tyomkin,Dimitri"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2005.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 106"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 2] Garry knew that he is a winnner of Linares even he loses (the first tie-break was more wins with black). As well as, Garry knew that this game is the last in his professional chess career- Garry announced his retirement from professional chess right after the end of this game ( this decision was not any spontaneous,and the loss of this game didn't cause to that).} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Garry chooses a solid variation for the last round game.} 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O {Garry prepared 6.Nd2 line with white for Linares 2005 and was very close to beat Leko in round 8 of the same tournament.} (6. Nd2 {Roiz in CBM 106} Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 {That position was tested many times on the highest level.} 9. O-O {A latest attempt to fight for the opening advantage which connected with an idea of f2-f4.} Be6 10. f4 $146 {White allows black to exchange the bishops,as it will make the ?d6 very vulnerable.} Bxc4 11. dxc4 h5 $1 {A typical defensive idea in such a positions. Black exploits a drawback of 7.h4 and gets a nice square for his knight.} 12. f5 Ng4 13. f6 {½-½ Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares 2005/CBM 106_01/[Roiz] (31) White chooses a very energetical continuation. He tries to use some vulnerablity of ?e8.}) 6... Nf6 7. Nh4 {A real surprise! This move has never been tested before. Out of other seven tries, the 7.?g5 is a most popular and promises white a good play. In Dortmund 2004 Vishy tested 7.?g5, and managed to achieve some opening advantage, but for some reason this line hasn't gained any popularity. The main idea of Topalov was to keep Garry out of book and his analysis, and his strategy worked successfully in this game.} (7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 {After the game Kramnik,V-Grischuk,A/Wijk aaz Zee 2003 [Roiz] that move became very popular.} 9. Qe1 exf4 {That helps white to complete his development, but there is nothing better.} 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 h6 $146 {This is a dubious novelty in my opinion, as after h7-h6 white gets excellent attacking possibilities, using the open ''g'' file (after an exchange on f3).} 12. Nf3 Bxf3 $5 {Black tries a new concept in this common position. He keeps his knight in the centre, trying to start a quick counterplay by b7-b5.} (12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Kh1 $36 {[%CAl Gf1g1] - Here white's initiative is more dangerous than in Kramnik-Grischuk, as ?d8-d7 is a quite useful move for black. At the same time a2-a4 is obviously not white's best attacking continuation.}) 13. gxf3 Qd7 14. Be3 b5 {There is no other way of counterplay-otherwise black is just much worse.} 15. Bxd4 (15. Bd5 $5 Rae8 16. Qg2 Kh8 17. a3 $1 {[%CAl Gd5a2]} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Nc6 19. Kh1 $14) 15... bxc4 ({The alternative was:} 15... cxd4 $1 16. Nxb5 d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. a4 Nxd5 $14 {and black has some compensation due to weakness of white's kside, although white's chances are preferable.}) 16. Bxf6 (16. Be3 $5 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. b3 $14) 16... Bxf6 17. dxc4 Bd4+ $2 {The idea of getting counterplay by f7-f5 is right, but black chooses a wrong redaction for that!} ({After the correct:} 17... Rab8 $1 18. b3 (18. Rab1 $6 Qh3 $1 19. Nd5 $140 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxb2 $15 {[%csl Rf1]}) 18... Qh3 $1 19. Rae1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Nb5 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Be5 $14 {white has only a small advantage in this endgame.}) 18. Kh1 f5 19. Nd5 $1 $16 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Cheparinov,I/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Roiz,M] (39) Finally white's knight has got an ideal spot, while the ?d4 couldn't stay in the centre too long in view of the following c2-c3.}) (7. Bg5 $5 O-O 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nd5 Bg5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Bh6 12. c3 Ne7 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Anand,V-Leko,P/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103 (27)}) 7... Nd4 (7... Nxe4 8. dxe4 (8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Bg5 f6 $1 $15) 8... Bxh4 9. f4 (9. Nd5 O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 {and black is safe.}) 9... O-O 10. f5 $44 {and white has a full compensation.}) 8. g3 Bg4 (8... Bh3 {only helps white} 9. Ng2) 9. f3 Be6 10. Bg5 Ng8 $1 {getting rid of the bad bishop.} 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxe6 (13. gxf4 Qd7 {following with 0-0-0.} 14. f5 Bxc4 15. dxc4 O-O-O {[%CAl Gc6e5,Ge7c6,Gg7g6] white kingside pawns are vulnerable.}) 13... fxe6 14. Rxf4 Kd7 $6 {Very unusual way to connect black rooks. Both 14...?b6 and 14...?d7 followed with 0-0-0 would give black at least an equal play. I believe, if no pressure of the last round game (as well as of the last game of Garry's professional career), Garry would choose one of those moves.} (14... Qb6 {[%CAl Ge8c8]}) (14... Qd7 $11) 15. Nf3 $1 {This move wouldn't be possible in case of 14..?b6 or 14...?d7 since there black had ?g6 reply.} Rf8 16. Rxf8 Qxf8 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 (18. Nb5 $5 Nc6 19. c3 (19. Qh5 Qe7 20. Rf1 (20. Qxh7 Qg5 {with at least a perpetual check.}) 20... Rf8 21. Rxf8 Qxf8 22. Qxh7 a6 23. Na3 Ne5 {and black has a nice compensation for a sacrificed pawn.}) 19... dxc3 20. bxc3 Qf6 21. d4 Rf8 22. Qd2 Qf3 {and the activity of black pieces compensate the unsafe position of black king.}) 18... Qf6 (18... Nc6 $143 19. Qd2 $1 $14 {[%CAl Gb2b4,Ga1f1]} (19. c3 Qf3 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Rf8 {and black is fine.})) 19. c3 Rf8 (19... dxc3 $6 20. Qa4+ Nc6 21. Rf1 $16) 20. Nxd4 Nc6 {The game move keeps it equal, while 20...?f2+ line gives black at least a draw;} (20... Qf2+ 21. Kh1 Nc6 (21... Rf6 $5) 22. Qg4 $1 Nxd4 23. Qxg7+ Rf7 24. Qxd4 Qxb2 {and black is not any worse.}) 21. Qf1 Qxf1+ {I don't put a question mark to Garry's move since I can't prove that the pawn ending is winning for white. Although, Garry had two safe ways for a draw: 21...?d8 and 21...?f6.} (21... Qd8 22. Qe2 (22. Nf3 Qb6+ 23. d4 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxc3 25. Rxb7+ Ke8 (25... Kd8 $5) (25... Kc8 $2 26. Rb3 $16 {black king is vulnerable on c8;}) 26. Rb3 Qc2 27. Qe1 $1 {in other cases black is just fine.} Qxa2 28. Qc3 Kf7 $1 29. Rb7+ Kg8 30. Qxc6 Qe2 31. Qc3 Rxf3 32. Qc8+ Rf8 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qf5 {and here black must go for perpetual check.}) 22... Nxd4 (22... Qb6 $2 23. Qg4 $1) 23. cxd4 Qb6 24. Qe3 Qxb2 {and this position is equal.}) (21... Nxd4 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 (22... gxf6 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Rf1 Ke7 25. Kg2 {[%CAl Gg2f3] with winning chances.}) 23. cxd4 Rf3 24. Rd1 g5 {[%CAl Gg5g4] and in view of d3 weakness, white can't reach any progress in this ending.}) 22. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Nxd4 24. cxd4 d5 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Garry played this move instantly, however, if black keeps his pawn on d6, the win of white is very doubtful. This way was mentioned by GM Shipov, he believes that this pawn ending is winning for white anyhow, but does not show the way. Same here...} (24... b5 25. Ke2 Ke7 (25... a5 26. Kd2 Kc6 27. a3 (27. Kc3 b4+ 28. Kc4 d5+ 29. Kb3 Kb5 $11) 27... Kd7 (27... b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Ke3 Kb5 30. b3 Kc6 31. Kf4 Kd7 32. d5 $18) 28. Kc3 Kc6 {and I don't see a winning plan for white.}) 26. Kd2 Kd7 27. Kc3 Kc6 28. a4 a5 $1) (24... Ke7 25. Ke2 Kf6 (25... b5 $1) 26. Kd2 {[%CAl Gd2c3,Gc3c4,Gd4d5]} Kg5 27. e5 {! Shipov, source: www.chesspro.ru} d5 {and I don't see any chance for white here - the white king can't go to the queenside since black's king is just faster.}) 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Kf3 Kf6 27. h4 $2 {[%mdl 4096] This move loses couple of tempis, as well as gives Garry an excellent chance to save the game!} (27. Kg4 h6 (27... g6 28. h4 $1 {leads to the game line.}) 28. Kh5 {[%CAl Gh2h4,Gg3g4,Gg4g5]} Kf7 29. g4 Kf6 30. h4 Kf7 31. g5 $18) 27... g6 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Garry returns the favour and misses a chance to draw the game.} (27... h6 28. Kg4 $1 (28. Kf4 g5+ 29. Kg4 Kg6 30. hxg5 (30. h5+ Kf6) 30... hxg5) (28. h5 Kg5 29. g4 g6 30. hxg6 Kxg6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Kg3 Kf7 (32... Kg6 33. Kh4 $1) 33. Kf4 (33. Kh4 Kg6) 33... Kf6 $11) 28... Kg6 (28... g6 29. Kf4 (29. b4 b5 30. a3 a6 {Same position as in the game with white to move, so white can't win a tempi!}) (29. Kf3 g5 $1) 29... g5+ 30. Kg4 Kg6 $11) 29. Kf4 Kf6 30. h5) 28. b4 b5 {28...h6 doesn't help here;} (28... h6 29. b5 g5 30. Kg4 Kg6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. a3 Kh6 33. exd5 exd5 34. Kf5 $18) 29. Kf4 h6 (29... h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. Kxg4 {and white king gets in;}) 30. Kg4 (30. Kg4 {Black is in zugzwang and resigned. I still don't want to accept that Garry will not play in big tourneys like this one nor in matches for the World Championship title. I grew up as a chessplayer learning from Kasparov's games. He is my favourite chess player, and a chess writer (and probably yours too!). I hope he will reconsider and will come back to Big Chess.... Chess needs you, Garry, and we, chess fans, don't accept your withdrawal.} Kf7 31. h5 $1 gxh5+ (31... g5 32. exd5 exd5 33. Kf5 {[%CAl Gf5e5]}) (31... Kf6 32. hxg6 Kxg6 33. Kf4 Kf6 34. g4 a6 35. a3 Kg6 36. Ke5 Kg5 37. Kxe6 $18 Kxg4 38. exd5 {and white pawn is faster.}) 32. Kxh5 Kg7 33. g4 Kh7 34. g5 hxg5 35. Kxg5 Kg7 36. e5 $1 {final zugzwang;}) 1-0 [Event "Moenchengladbach sim"] [Site "Moenchengladbach"] [Date "2016.06.02"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Paff, Volker"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2016.06.02"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Qc7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. h3 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. d5 Na5 16. b3 Ba8 17. Nd2 b5 18. Qe2 a6 19. h4 b4 20. Na4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nb6 Qb7 24. Bf1 Bd8 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 26. Qxa6 Qxa6 27. Bxa6 Ng4 28. Ba7 Bc7 29. f3 Nh6 30. Nf1 f6 31. Ne3 Nf7 32. Nc2 Nh6 1-0 [Event "Zaragoza sim"] [Site "Zaragoza"] [Date "1986.05.31"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Miguel, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1986.05.31"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. d4 Qb6 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bxd4 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Rad1 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. Qa3 Rd7 18. Nxd6+ Rxd6 19. Bxd6 Qd7 20. Rc1 Kd8 21. Be5 f6 22. Qf8+ Qe8 23. Bxf6+ Nxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kc7 25. Qxd4 Kb8 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxh8+ Kb7 28. Qxh7+ Ka6 29. Qh4 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb2 31. Qg3 Qxa2 32. Qxg6+ Kb7 33. h4 Qxf2 34. Qg3 Qf6 35. e5 Qe6 36. h5 Qf5 37. Qg7+ Kb8 38. h6 Qf4+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40. Qg4 Qf1 41. Kh2 Qc1 42. Qh4 Qc8 43. h7 Qh8 44. e6 Kc8 45. Qc4+ Kd8 46. Qd5+ Kc7 47. Qd7+ Kb6 48. Qd6+ Kb7 49. Qb4+ Kc7 50. Qe4 Qf6 51. e7 Qh6+ 52. Kg3 Qg5+ 53. Kf3 Qh5+ 54. Qg4 Qd5+ 55. Qe4 Qh5+ 56. g4 Qh3+ 57. Kf4 Qh2+ 58. Kg5 1-0 [Event "Cordoba sim"] [Site "Cordoba "] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Moreira, Juan Carlos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2220"] [PlyCount "55"] [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 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 e5 7. c3 Nh6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Nb3 d5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qc2 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf5 18. Rd1 h6 19. Bc1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. h4 Rd4 22. Rxe6 Rd6 23. Qe4 Rd4 24. Qxc6 Qd8 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qe6 g5 27. Qg8+ Kg6 28. Re6+ 1-0 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Dautov,Rustem"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1992.04.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 029"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 (6... Nh6 $5 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Qb6 12. b3 c5 13. Ba3 cxd4 14. Bxe7 Rfe8 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Nf1 Nf5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Nxd4 Nc6 $44 {Psakhis,L-Dautov,R Nimes 1991,51/148}) (6... e5 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 d6 12. Bg5 $14 Bb7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Nb3 Rad8 16. Qf4 c5 17. Qh4 Rd7 18. Qg4 Rc7 {¼:¼ Magomedov,M-Kharlov,A URS-chT Azov 1991}) 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O $6 (10... Ne6 11. Qh4 h6 12. Nc3 d6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Be3 c5 15. Nd5 dxe5 $1 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qg3 h5 19. h4 O-O 20. Nxe5 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 $15 {Charlov,A-Andersson,U,Haninge 1992}) (10... d5 $5 11. cxd5 (11. Qh4 {Hansen,Cu} h6 12. Nc3 e6 13. Qg3 $14 {Popa,V-Ye Jiangchuan 1988}) 11... cxd5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rb8 14. Bh6 Rxb2 15. Nd1 Rb6 16. Ne3 f6 $13 {Tseitlin,Ma-Afek,Y Tel Aviv 1990}) 11. Qh4 d6 12. Bh6 Ne6 13. Nc3 f6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exf6+ Rxf6 {??f4} 16. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 17. Qxg5 $16 {×e7} Qf8 18. Re2 Ba6 19. b3 e5 20. Rd1 Rf4 21. Red2 Rd8 22. Qg3 $1 {??e3,c5,?e4} (22. c5 $2 Rf5 23. Qe3 (23. Qg3 {Hansen,Cu} d5 $17) 23... d5 $17) 22... c5 (22... Qe7 $2 23. Qe3 Rf6 24. Ne4 Re6 25. Nc5 $18) 23. Ne2 Rf5 24. Qe3 Bb7 25. f3 h5 26. Rd3 $1 Rd7 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. Qd2 Rf6 29. Nd5 Re6 30. h3 Qf5 31. Re1 Qf7 (31... e4 $2 32. Qc3+ $18) 32. a3 Rd8 33. b4 cxb4 34. axb4 Qb7 35. b5 Bxd5 (35... Be8 36. Ra3 $18 {??ea1}) 36. Rxd5 Qb6+ 37. Kh2 Rc8 (37... a6 38. bxa6 Qxa6 39. c5 $18) 38. f4 $1 Rce8 (38... e4 39. f5 $18) (38... Rxc4 39. fxe5 dxe5 40. Rd7+ $18) 39. fxe5 dxe5 40. Rd7+ R8e7 41. Qd5 {??e5} Kh6 42. Qd2+ Kh7 (42... Kg7 43. Rd1 $16 {??g5}) (42... Kg7 {Hansen,Cu}) 43. Rf1 e4 $2 (43... Kg7 $8 44. Qd5 {?c5} Kh6 45. Rd8 $16) 44. Rf7+ $18 Rxf7 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Qd7 Qb8+ (46... Qd6+ 47. Qxd6 Rxd6 48. Rxa7 e3 49. Re7 Rd4 50. Rxe3 Rxc4 51. Rb3 $18) 47. Kg1 Qe5 48. Rg7+ $1 Qxg7 49. Qxe6+ Kh7 50. Qxe4 Qc3 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qxa7 Qc1+ 53. Kh2 Qxc4 54. Qb8 1-0 [Event "FRA-chT"] [Site "Auxerre"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2685"] [Annotator "Salov,Valery"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 037"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 f6 7. d4 $5 {Matulovic} (7. c3) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 (8... Nh6 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. Nf5 Bf8 11. e5 $36) 9. Nb3 Nh6 10. c4 Nf7 (10... d6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. c5 d5 13. Nd4 exd4 14. exd5 dxc3 15. Rxe6+ Kf7 16. Rd6 $40) 11. c5 $1 O-O 12. Na3 $2 (12. Qc2 $142) 12... a5 $1 13. Nc4 $2 (13. Be3 $142) 13... a4 14. Nb6 Ra7 (14... Ra6 15. Nxc8 axb3 16. Nb6 Rxa2 17. Rxa2 bxa2 18. Be3 {??d1-b3}) 15. Nxc8 (15. Nd2 d5 $1 $17) 15... Qxc8 16. Nd2 Qa6 $1 17. Qc2 Ng5 $2 (17... Rb8 $1 18. Nc4 Rb4 $17) 18. Nc4 Ne6 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Red1 Bf8 21. Nb6 Rbb7 22. Nc8 $1 Ra8 23. Nb6 $1 $10 Raa7 24. b4 axb3 25. Qxb3 Qb5 26. Qxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "London TV"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Channel 4 Viewers"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [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 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. c4 Qd6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nd2 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nf3 h6 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Nf3 Nh7 19. Qe2 e6 20. Ne5 b4 21. Bd2 Ba6 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Qxb4 0-1 [Event "London Simpson's sim"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.02.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Barclays"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [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 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 e5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Na3 Ba6 9. d3 Ne7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Be3 d6 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 O-O 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. d4 d5 16. exd5 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Nxd5 18. dxe5 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rad8 20. Qe2 Bxe5 21. g3 Rd5 22. Rce4 f6 23. Kg2 a5 24. h4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Ra8 26. a4 Qd6 27. Reb3 Rda5 28. h5 Kh8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rh4+ Kg8 31. Rb7 R5a7 32. Rbb4 Re7 33. Qc2 f5 34. Rb6 Rc8 35. Qc4+ Kg7 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Rb7+ Rc7 38. Qd4 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1995.11.12"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1995.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Bd7 7. Re1 Nf6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Rc8 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Bh6 Nf8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne4 b6 18. a4 Qd4 19. a5 Ne6 20. axb6 axb6 21. b3 b5 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Re6 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qb2 26. Qb1 Qxb1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corfu sim"] [Site "Corfu"] [Date "1996.10.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Drissner, George"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [PlyCount "25"] [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 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 c4 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 a5 11. dxc4 bxc4 12. Qe2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 1-0 [Event "Rio de Janeiro sim"] [Site "Rio de Janeiro"] [Date "1996.01.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Miranda, Marcio MC"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2305"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Nf6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 c4 9. O-O cxd3 10. cxd3 Qa5 11. d4 Be6 12. Qc2 h6 13. a3 Rfd8 14. b4 Qh5 15. Ne2 Qb5 16. Nf4 Qc4 17. Qb1 Qb3 18. e5 Ne8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. b5 Rac8 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qb4 Qd7 23. Rfd1 b6 24. d5 Nc7 25. d6 exd6 26. Rxd6 Qe8 27. Rad1 Ne6 28. Qh4 Qf8 29. a4 Rxd6 30. exd6 Rd8 31. d7 g5 32. Qe4 Qe7 33. Qb7 Nf8 34. Qxa7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxd7 Nxd7 37. Nd2 Be5 38. Nc4 Bc7 39. g4 f6 40. Kg2 Kf7 41. Kf3 Ke6 42. Ke4 h5 43. gxh5 f5+ 44. Kd3 f4 45. Bd4 Kf5 46. f3 1-0 [Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1996.04.30"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "57"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bh6 a5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re2 Ra7 17. Rae1 Raf7 18. h4 h5 19. b3 Qc7 20. Ng3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. c3 Rd8 23. Re4 dxc3 24. Qxc3 c5 25. Ne2 Bf5 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Ne6+ Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.06.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "64"] [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 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Be3 a4 14. Nc1 a3 15. bxa3 Rxa3 16. h3 Qa8 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qd2 c4 20. Bh6 Rb8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne2 Rd3 23. Qg5 Qa7 24. Nf4 h6 25. Qh4 Rxd4 26. e6 f6 27. Qg3 g5 28. Nh5+ Kh7 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Qf3 Re5 31. Ng3 Qb6 32. h4 Qxe6 0-1 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.06.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "NNG"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [PlyCount "108"] [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 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bh6 a4 11. a3 Qc7 12. O-O e5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne2 Nh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Ng3 h6 17. Qc3 Re8 18. Nd2 Be6 19. f3 Kh7 20. Kg2 Nd7 21. h4 b5 22. Rf2 Qd6 23. Ndf1 Qd4 24. Qe1 Qxb2 25. c3 Qb3 26. h5 g5 27. Ne2 b4 28. axb4 cxb4 29. Rb1 Qa3 30. cxb4 Qxd3 31. Neg3 a3 32. Rd1 Qb5 33. Nf5 Bxf5 34. gxf5 Nf6 35. Ra2 Red8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxa3 g4 38. Ne3 Rd4 39. Ra7 Kg7 40. Nxg4 Nxg4 41. fxg4 Qd3 42. f6+ Kg8 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Ra7 Rxe4 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Rg7+ Kh8 47. Qf2 Re2 48. Rg6 Qe4+ 49. Kg1 Rxf2 50. Kxf2 Qf4+ 51. Ke2 e4 52. Kd1 Qf3+ 53. Kc2 e3 54. Rxh6+ Kg8 0-1 [Event "Kasparov Chess sim"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2000.03.14"] [Round "17"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kascak, Milos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2000.03.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [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 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. g4 Be6 12. O-O-O Rad8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Qg5 Qc7 16. Rdg1 Qe7 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. Ne2 c4 19. dxc4 Bxc4 20. Ng3 Ba6 21. Nh4 Bc8 22. g5 Ng8 23. Ng2 Qd2 24. h4 Qxe3 25. Nxe3 Be6 26. h5 Ne7 27. Ne2 Nc8 28. Kc1 Nd6 29. f3 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Bxc4 31. Nc3 Rd7 32. b3 Ba6 33. Rh2 Red8 34. Nd1 f6 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Ne3 Bb7 38. Rhg2 Rg7 39. Ng4+ Ke6 40. Nf2 Ba6 41. Rxg6+ Rxg6 42. Rxg6+ Kd7 43. Ng4 Re8 1-0 [Event "Frankfurt sim1"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "2000.06.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Niebling, Ferdinand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2191"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2000.06.19"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.07.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Rd8 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bh6 Qc7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qe3 b6 14. Nh2 Rf8 15. f4 Rad8 16. Rae1 Bc8 17. f5 e5 18. Rf2 Qd6 19. Ref1 h6 20. b3 Qd4 21. Qe1 b5 22. Ne2 Qd6 23. Ng3 c4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. Qa5 cxb3 26. axb3 Rd7 27. Nf3 c5 28. Qc3 Re7 29. Ra1 Rfe8 30. Ra5 Rc7 31. Qe3 Qb6 32. Ra4 Bb7 33. Qc3 Nd7 34. Ra1 c4 35. b4 f6 36. fxg6 Kxg6 37. Nh4+ Kh7 38. Qf3 Qe6 39. Rxa7 Rg8 40. Nhf5 1-0 [Event "Patras sim"] [Site "Patras"] [Date "2001.07.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Mourouti, Paraskevi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [PlyCount "29"] [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. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. b3 Bf5 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Qc1 Nf6 12. Nxe5 Nd5 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Nxd5 Qxc6 15. Nxe7 1-0 [Event "Patras sim"] [Site "Patras"] [Date "2001.07.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Papaioannou, Hristos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [PlyCount "46"] [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 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bh6 a4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. a3 Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qe3 Nh5 15. e5 Kg8 16. Qh6 f6 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Rae1 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 fxe5 20. Rxe5 Nf6 21. Rfe1 Rd7 22. Ng5 e6 23. Rxe6 Rf8 1-0 [Event "Linares 19th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2002.03.02"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Annotator "Oratovsky,Michael"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2002.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 088"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {[%mdl 18]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 (7. h3 e5 $1 (7... d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. d3 {[%csl Re4]}) 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 Re8 10. d4 (10. f4 Nh5 11. d4 Qh4 $36 {[%csl Re1,Rf4]}) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Rxe5 $15) 7... cxd4 (7... d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 $5 {[%csl Gc5][%CAl Gd2b3]} cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nb3 $14 {½-½ Movsesian,S-Rogozenko,D/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (34)}) 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 (10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 {novadays is more popular plan}) 10... Bf5 (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ba3 a5 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. h3 Rfb8 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Hracek,Z-McShane,L/Germany 1999/GER-chT (36)}) 11. Nh4 (11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. Bg5 a6 15. Ba4 Rfc8 16. Qxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe7 Rxc3 18. Bb4 Rc4 19. a3 Bf8 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%CAl Gb7b5] 0-1 Westerinen,H-Golod,V/Hoogeveen 1998/EXT 99 (41)}) 11... Be6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 ({black has full compensation for sacrificed pawn after} 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bd5 15. Re1 a5 $44 {[%csl Gd5]}) 13... g5 14. Nf3 ({more promising for white was sharp} 14. f3 $5 gxh4 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 (16. Nc5 $5) 16... Bf5 17. Rxh4 Bxe5 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd2 $14 {[%csl Gc5,Rg7][%CAl Ga1e1,Ga4c5] with very comfortable play}) 14... f6 {[%csl Ge4]} 15. Be3 ({other possibility was} 15. exf6 exf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Nxg5 $5 Bxg5 17. Rxe4 dxe4 18. Bxg5 $36) 16. Nd2 f5 (16... Bf5 17. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Gc5][%CAl Gf2f3]}) 17. Nb3 $13 {[%CAl Gf2f3,Ga4c5]}) 15... g4 16. Nd2 fxe5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. dxe5 Qxd1 (19... Bxe5 20. Qc2 Qd6 21. g3 $13 {[%csl Re4,Rf5,Rg4] difficult for evaluation position:there is no any good pawn in blacks pawn structure and weakness of the light squares near white king is not easy to use because of "well" placed pawns e4 and g4,but black's position is still full of life}) 20. Raxd1 Bxe5 21. Nd7 $11 Bxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxb2 23. Rxe7 ({of course not} 23. Bxa7 $2 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Bd4 $15 {[%csl Rf2]}) 23... Rfe8 24. Rc7 Rec8 25. Re7 Re8 26. Rc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "ARM-ROW m"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2004.06.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2004.06.10"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 102"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.09.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. a3 Nd4 14. b4 Be6 15. bxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qb4 b6 18. Nf3 O-O-O 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. e5 Rhe8 22. Rfe1 g5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Nh5 Bh8 25. Ne5 Kc7 26. Ng3 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Kd6 28. Re2 c4 29. dxc4 e5 30. Rae1 Re7 31. f3 c5 32. Rb1 Kc6 33. Rb5 a6 34. Rb3 Ree8 35. Re1 Rb8 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Rxe5 Re8 38. Rxe8 Bxe8 39. Ne4 Bf7 40. Nd2 Bg6 41. Ne4 Bf7 42. Nd2 Kb6 43. Kf2 Ka5 44. Nb3+ Ka4 45. Nxc5+ Kxa3 46. Nxa6 Bxc4 47. Nc5 Kb2 48. f4 Kxc2 49. fxg5 hxg5 50. Kf3 Kc3 51. Ne4+ Kc2 52. Nc5 Bd5+ 53. Kg4 Kc3 54. Kxg5 Bc6 55. Kf4 Kc4 56. Ne6 d3 57. Ke3 Kc3 58. Nf4 d2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sao Paulo 450 anniv sim"] [Site "Sao Paulo"] [Date "2004.08.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gambale, Eduardo de Aquino"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2004.08.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. a3 Ne7 8. Be3 Qd6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. O-O h6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Qe6 13. Qd2 b6 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 O-O 16. Ra6 Qc8 17. Rfa1 Qb7 18. c3 Rfd8 19. Qa2 Nc8 20. h4 Rb8 21. c5 Qd7 22. h5 g5 23. Qc4 Rb7 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Ra8 Ne7 26. Qb3 Bf6 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nf1 Qe8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Ng3 Rd7 31. Bc5 Rd2 32. Be3 Rd7 1-0 [Event "Sao Paulo 450 anniv sim"] [Site "Sao Paulo"] [Date "2004.08.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Jukemura, Rodrigo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2081"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2004.08.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 e5 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bh6 Rd8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qe3 b6 13. g4 Ba6 14. O-O-O b5 15. Ne2 c4 16. dxc4 bxc4 17. Ng3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rb8 19. Qg5 Qb4 20. Qxe5 c3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Be2 24. Rd7 Bxf3 25. Nd6 Bd5 26. c4 Be6 27. Rxa7 c5 28. a4 Rb6 29. Ne8+ Kf8 30. Nf6 Bxc4 31. Nd7+ 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.04.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2016.04.28"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne6 11. Qh4 d6 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nf3 h6 15. Be3 g5 16. Qe4 O-O 17. Qc2 f5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 21. Bc5 Re8 22. Bd6 Qf7 23. c5 e4 24. Ne2 Ba6 25. Nd4 Bd3 26. Qa4 f4 27. Nxc6 f3 28. Nb4 Be2 29. Rc1 e3 30. Qb3 exf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bd4+ 32. Kg3 Qxb3 33. axb3 f2 34. Rh1 Re3+ 35. Kxf2 Rae8 36. Nc6 Rf3+ 37. Ke1 Bb5+ 38. Ne7+ Rxe7+ 39. Bxe7 Re3+ 40. Kd2 Re2+ 41. Kd1 Rxe7 42. Re1 Rc7 43. b4 Bxb2 44. Rb1 Bc3 45. Re6 Rd7+ 46. Kc2 Bd3+ 47. Kxc3 Bxb1 48. Rxh6 Be4 49. b5 Kg7 50. Ra6 Bxg2 51. c6 Re7 52. Kd4 Kf7 53. Ra2 Bf3 54. Kc5 Re5+ 55. Kb4 Be2 56. Rxa7+ Ke6 57. Rb7 Kd6 58. h3 Bxb5 59. Rxb5 Re4+ 60. Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moenchengladbach sim"] [Site "Moenchengladbach"] [Date "2016.06.02"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Ingenerf, Willi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2016.06.02"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 e5 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bf4 a6 13. Bd6 Bb7 14. Nb3 Nc8 15. Bg3 d6 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Na5 Rd8 19. Qf4 Qd7 20. e5 Qc7 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Ne4 d5 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh4 h5 25. Nxh5 gxh5 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Bg7 28. Qxd8+ Bf8 29. Qg5+ Bg7 30. e6 f6 31. Qh5 Qe7 32. Rd4 Ra7 33. Rh4 Nd6 34. Bxd6 Qxd6 35. Qe8+ 1-0 [Event "Moenchengladbach sim"] [Site "Moenchengladbach"] [Date "2016.06.02"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Noever, Niklas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "1648"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2016.06.02"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bf4 Qb7 11. O-O g5 12. Be5 Be6 13. a3 O-O-O 14. b4 c4 15. Qe2 cxd3 16. cxd3 Qd7 17. d4 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. a4 h5 20. Rfc1 Kb7 21. a5 Ra8 22. d5 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 cxd5 24. a6+ Kc8 25. Nxd5+ Kd8 26. Nxf6 Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Rh6 28. e5 Rb8 29. Rd1 exf6 30. Qc6 Ke8 31. Rxd7 fxe5 32. Qc7 Kf8 33. Qxb8+ 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "111"] [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 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne6 11. Qh4 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 h5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bc3 f6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rd8 19. Ba5 Rd3 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Kf7 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Be6 24. b3 Bf8 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. Na6 Rc8 28. Bb4 c5 29. Ba5 e5 30. Nc7+ Kf7 31. Nb5 Ra8 32. Kf1 a6 33. Nd6+ Ke6 34. Nb7 Be7 35. Nd8+ Bxd8 36. Bxd8 Bb1 37. Bc7 Bxa2 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rb6 a5 40. Bd6+ Kf7 41. Bxc5 a4 42. bxa4 Bxc4+ 43. Kg1 Rxa4 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Rb7+ Ke6 47. Rb6+ Kf5 48. Rb4 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Bd5 50. Rb6 Rc1 51. Be3 Rc2 52. Rb4 g5 53. Ra4 g4 54. Ra5 Be4 55. Rc5 Ra2 56. Rc8 1/2-1/2