[Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2001.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Fedorov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2845"] [Annotator "McShane,Luke"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2001.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 081"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.03.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. d3 {White declines to enter an open Sicilian, perhaps afraid of Kasparov's fearsome record with the Najdorf. However, Kasparov also has a habit of punishing opponents who do not enter main lines.} Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5 {Black will build up where the c-pawn can be used to his advantage while White will use the e-pawn to build an attack against the black king.} 9. g4 $6 {Too crude?} (9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne2 {gets another piece out, after which g3-g4 and f4-f5 leave fewer holes.}) 9... a5 10. f5 b4 11. Qe1 $6 Ba6 12. Qh4 c4 $1 {This is the problem. Without any way of maintaining the c2-f5 pawn chain White's position crumbles very quickly.} 13. Bh6 (13. Rd1 cxd3 14. cxd3 Ne5 $1 {and the fact that White has left the queenside undeveloped is really showing.}) 13... cxd3 14. cxd3 Bxd3 15. Re1 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Ne5 {White has no prospects for an attack now and is lost.} 18. Nbd2 Rac8 19. Ng5 Rc2 20. Rf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 {A desperate attempt to sacrifice a rook on f6 with mate on h7 is easily countered.} Rfc8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nb3 (23. Rxf6 exf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 {and Black wins.}) 23... Rxg2 $1 24. Kxg2 Rc2+ 25. Kg3 Qe3+ 0-1