[Event "World-ch34-KK5 Kasparov-Karpov +4-3=17"] [Site "Lyon/New York"] [Date "1990.11.26"] [Round "14"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "Gurevich,Mikhail"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1990.10.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 021"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 (5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 $10) 5... bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 (8. Nd2 {Schussler} g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. a3 {Not 10.Lg5 Db4+ 11.c3 Sxc3.} a5 11. Bg5 Qe6 $10 {Blackburne-Piper, blindfold simultaneous game, London 1881.}) 8... Ba6 9. b3 (9. Nd2) 9... O-O-O 10. g3 $5 (10. Bb2 Re8 11. g3) 10... Re8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Bg2 (12. f4 $6) 12... fxe5 13. O-O $44 h5 (13... g6 $5) 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Qa5 Bb7 (15... Kb7 $6 16. Re1 d6 17. Bxc6+ $16) 16. Ba3 (16. Qxa7 Qc5) 16... Qe6 17. Bxf8 (17. Qxa7 Qg4) 17... Rhxf8 18. Qxa7 Qg4 { 19... ¼d4} 19. Na3 $1 (19. Nc3 $5 Qd4 20. Qa5 $13) 19... h4 20. Nc2 h3 21. Bh1 Ne4 $5 22. a4 $1 (22. f3 Nxg3 23. Rf2 Qg6 24. hxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kf1 c5 26. Qxc5 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 e4) (22. Ne3 Nc3 (22... Qg6 $5) 23. Qxb7+ Kxb7 24. Bxc6+ Kxc6 25. Nxg4 d6 $14) 22... Nc3 (22... Nd2 {Schussler} 23. a5 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxf3 25. Ne1 $1 $18) 23. Rae1 (23. f3 Ne2+ 24. Kf2 Nd4 $40) 23... Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 25. Nb4 d5 $5 (25... Kd8 26. Qxb7 Rxf2 27. Qb8+ Ke7 28. Nxc6+ $18) (25... Rf3 $1 26. a5 $6 (26. Na6 Kd8 $1 $10 27. Qxb7 Rd3 $1 { 28.... ?d1}) 26... Rxb3) 26. cxd5 (26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. cxd5 Bb7 28. d6 Qa6 $2 (28... e4 29. d7+ Kxd7 30. Qxb7 $13) 29. Qxb7+ Qxb7 30. d7+ $18) 26... cxd5 27. Bxd5 (27. Nxd5 Qa6 28. Qc5 Qd6 $13) (27. Rc1 Qd2 $1 28. Rc5 Re7 $1 29. Bxd5 Rxf2 $1) 27... Bxd5 28. Nxd5 Qc2 (28... Rf7 $6 29. Nb6+ $1 Kd8 30. Qb8+) 29. Qa6+ Kd7 30. Ne3 Qe4 $1 31. Rc1 (31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Qf1 $5) 31... Rb8 32. Qf1 $1 Rxb3 (32... Rh8 {Schussler} 33. Qd1+ Kc8 34. Rc4 $18 {Intending 35.Sd5.}) 33. Qxh3+ Kd8 34. Qh5 (34. Rd1+ Rd3 35. Qh4+ $2 (35. Rxd3+ Qxd3 36. Qh4+ $13) 35... Qxh4 36. Rxd3+ Qd4 $1) 34... Kc8 35. Qd1 (35. Qe2 Rb1 36. Qa6+ Kb8) (35. Qe2 Rb1 36. Qa6+ Kb8) 35... Rxe3 (35... Rd3 36. Qc2 (36. Qc2 {Schussler} Rf7 37. Nc4 $13)) 36. fxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qe4+ 40. Kg1 Rd8 {41.¼c2 Abgabezug} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch34-KK5 Kasparov-Karpov +4-3=17"] [Site "Lyon/New York"] [Date "1990.12.01"] [Round "16"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "Gurevich,Mikhail"] [PlyCount "203"] [EventDate "1990.10.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 021"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 $5 (8... Ba6) 9. Nd2 Qe6 (9... d6 $5) 10. b3 $5 a5 $1 (10... Bb4 $5 11. Bb2 O-O) 11. Bb2 Bb4 (11... a4 $5) (11... a4 {Schussler} 12. Qe3 $14) 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 d5 $6 (13... a4 14. c5 Nd5 15. b4 d6 $13 (15... Ba6 {Schussler} 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. O-O $16)) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 $1 $14 O-O $1 (15... c6 16. Qc2 { 17.?d3?}) 16. Rxc7 Qg6 17. f3 $1 Bf5 (17... a4 $5) 18. g4 $1 $16 Bb1 $8 (18... Bxg4 $2 19. Rg1 $18) (18... Be6 19. Bd3 Qh6 20. Qxh6 gxh6 21. a4 $16) 19. Bb5 { 20.?c6} Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. O-O (21. Qxa5 $6 Qc2 $132) 21... h5 (21... Rc2 22. Qd4 Qh6 23. Rf2 $16) 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bc2 24. Qd4 (24. Rc1 Bxb3 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Qc3 Qc2) (24. Qe3 $1 { 25.?d4?}) 24... Qe6 (24... Bxb3 $2 25. e6 $18) 25. Rf2 Rc7 (25... Bxb3 26. Rh2 Bc2 27. Bc3 $16) 26. Rh2 (26. Bc3 $5) 26... Nd7 $1 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Nf8 $14 29. Bf1 (29. Be2 { 30.f4}) 29... Bb3 30. Bd3 Bc4 31. Bf5 Qe7 32. Qd2 (32. Bc3 Ne6 33. Qd2 Rd7) 32... Rc6 $1 33. Bd4 Ra6 34. Bb1 Ra3 35. Rh3 {?} (35. Bc3 Qa7+ 36. Bd4 Qe7) (35. Rh5 $18 Ng6 (35... Rxf3 36. Qh2 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 f6 (37... Ng6 38. Rh8+ $1 Nxh8 39. Qh7+) (37... f5 38. Bc5 { 39.?h8!}) 38. Bc5 $18) (35... Rb3 36. Bc2 Qxb4 37. Qf2 Ng6 (37... Ra3 38. Qh4) 38. Bxb3 Qxb3 39. Qe3 $18) 36. Bc5 $1 Qe6 37. Qh2 f6 (37... Bd3 38. Qb2 $1 Qa6 39. b5) 38. Rh8+ $1 (38. Bxg6 $2 Ra1+) 38... Nxh8 39. Qh7+ Kf7 40. Qh5+ g6 (40... Kg8 41. Bh7#) 41. Qxh8 $18 {Douven}) 35... Rb3 36. Bc2 Qxb4 (36... Rxb4 $5) 37. Qf2 $1 Ng6 $6 $138 (37... Ne6 $1 38. Qh4 Rb1+ $13) 38. e6 $6 $138 (38. Bxb3 Bxb3 (38... Qxb3 39. Qd2 $16) 39. f4 $16) 38... Rb1+ 39. Bxb1 (39. Kh2 Qd6+ $13) 39... Qxb1+ 40. Kh2 fxe6 41. Qb2 $1 $14 {Abgabezug} Qxb2+ 42. Bxb2 Nf4 (42... e5 43. Kg3) 43. Rh4 (43. Rg3 d4) 43... Nd3 44. Bc3 e5 45. Kg3 d4 (45... Kf7 46. Rh5 Ke6 47. Rh8) 46. Bd2 Bd5 47. Rh5 Kf7 48. Ba5 $1 Ke6 49. Rh8 Nb2 (49... e4 50. fxe4 Bxe4 51. Bb6) 50. Re8+ Kd6 51. Bb4+ Kc6 52. Rc8+ (52. Rxe5 $2 Nd3 $10) 52... Kd7 53. Rc5 Ke6 54. Rc7 g6 (54... Kf6 55. Bf8 $16) 55. Re7+ Kf6 56. Rd7 Ba2 (56... Nd3 57. Rxd5 Nxb4 58. Rd6+ Kf7 59. f4 $18) 57. Ra7 Bc4 58. Ba5 Bd3 59. f4 $1 $16 exf4+ (59... e4 60. Bb6 $18) 60. Kxf4 Bc2 61. Ra6+ Kf7 62. Ke5 Nd3+ (62... d3 63. Ra7+ Ke8 64. Ke6 Bb3+ 65. Kf6 Bc4 66. Re7+ Kf8 67. Bb4 $18) (62... Nc4+ 63. Kxd4 Nxa5 64. Rxa5 $18) 63. Kxd4 Nf2 64. g5 Bf5 65. Bd2 Ke7 66. Kd5 Ne4 67. Ra7+ Ke8 68. Be3 Nc3+ 69. Ke5 Kd8 70. Bb6+ Ke8 71. Rc7 Ne4 72. Be3 Ng3 73. Bf4 Nh5 74. Ra7 Kf8 75. Bh2 Ng7 76. Bg1 Nh5 77. Bc5+ Kg8 78. Kd6 Kf8 79. Bd4 Bg4 80. Be5 Bf5 81. Rh7 (81. Kc6 $18) 81... Kg8 82. Rc7 Kf8 83. Kc6 Kg8 84. Re7 (84. Ra7 { 85.?a3, 86.?e3}) 84... Kf8 85. Bd6 (85. Ra7 $18) 85... Kg8 86. Re8+ Kf7 87. Re7+ Kg8 88. Be5 Kf8 89. Ra7 (89. Kd6 Bg4 90. Ra7 $18) 89... Bg4 90. Kd6 Bh3 91. Ra3 $1 Bg4 92. Re3 $1 $18 Bf5 93. Kc7 Kf7 94. Kd8 Bg4 95. Bb2 $1 Be6 (95... Nf4 96. Re7+ Kf8 97. Ba3 $18) 96. Bc3 $1 Bf5 (96... Nf4 $2 97. Rf3 $18) 97. Re7+ Kf8 98. Be5 Bd3 99. Ra7 Be4 100. Rc7 Bb1 101. Bd6+ Kg8 102. Ke7 (102. Ke7 Ng7 103. Rc8+ Kh7 104. Be5 Nf5+ 105. Kf8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 026"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Bb6 9. Kh1 Rd8 10. Qh5 h6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qg6 15. Bf4 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. g4 Bh7 19. d6 cxd6 20. Rae1 Kf8 21. d5 Ba5 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. b3 a6 24. a4 Bb4 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Ng6 27. Bg3 Re8 28. Rf2 Rcd8 29. Bd3 Bc3 30. Rc2 Be5 31. Bf2 Bf4 32. Rc7 Re7 33. Rc2 Ne5 34. Be2 Nd7 35. Bf3 Nf6 36. Rd4 Rde8 37. Kg2 g5 38. Rb4 Kg7 39. Bd4 Kg6 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "Schussler,Harry"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 026"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 (8. h4 {Van der Wiel,J} d6 (8... f6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Rh3 fxe5 11. Ra3 Nb4 12. Nc3 Qxh4 13. g3 Qd4 14. Rxa6 Nxa6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. Be3 Qd6 17. c5 Nxc5 18. b4 Nd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 d5 $13 {Van der Wiel,J-Timman,J/Amsterdam Optibeurs/1987/½-½/}) 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Bg5 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Be6 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bf4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Nf3 {Van der Wiel,J-Van der Sterren,P/Budel izt/1987/1-0/35/}) 8... Ba6 (8... Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 {11. - ?b4 12.a3 was better for White in Kasparov,G-Karpov (16)/Wch/1990/.} 12. Qe3 $14 {(Kasparov)}) 9. b3 {Kasparov`s move.} g6 (9... O-O-O 10. g3 $1 Re8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Bg2 fxe5 13. O-O {13.?d2! planning 0-0-0, ?e4, and ?e2-d2-a5 is better for White according to Azmajparashvili.} h5 $13 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A (14)/Wch/1990/.}) (9... O-O-O $10 {Ernst}) 10. f4 (10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Nf3 c5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 $14 {Hjartarson,J-Portisch,L, Reykjavik 1991 (CBM 26/game 648).}) 10... f6 11. Ba3 Qf7 (11... Nb4 $2 12. Bb2 $16 {? a3+}) (11... c5 $5 12. Qe4 Nb6 13. Bb2) 12. Qd2 $1 (12. exf6+ {Ernst} Kd8 $132) 12... Nb6 13. c5 $1 Bxf1 14. cxb6 $16 axb6 (14... Ba6 15. bxc7 Bxa3 16. Nxa3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. Qd6 $16 {(Wedberg)}) (14... Bxa3 $1 $8 {Ernst} 15. b7 $1 Rb8 16. Nxa3 Bb5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. O-O-O fxe5 19. Rhe1 Rxb7 20. Rxe5+ Kd8 $13) 15. e6 $1 dxe6 (15... Qxe6+ {Ernst} 16. Kxf1 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Rxa3 18. Re1 $18) 16. Bxf8 Rd8 17. Qb2 Bxg2 18. Qxg2 Kxf8 19. Qxc6 Rd6 20. Qc3 Kg7 21. Nd2 Rhd8 22. O-O-O Qe8 23. Qxc7+ R8d7 24. Qc2 $18 Qb8 25. Nc4 Rd5 26. Qf2 Qc7 27. Qxb6 Qxf4+ 28. Qe3 Qg4 29. Rdg1 Qh4 30. Rg3 e5 31. Rh3 Qg4 32. Rg1 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kb2 h5 35. Rg3 Qh1 36. Qf2 h4 37. Qg2 Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 g5 39. a4 Kg6 40. a5 e4 41. b4 h3 42. Rg3 Rh7 43. a6 f5 44. Ra3 1-0 [Event "Linares 10th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2685"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 028"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Schussler Hansen,Cu} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O (7... Ne5 {Schussler} 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 (9... Qxe4 $2 10. Nd2 Qg6 11. f4 N5c6 12. f5 Qf6 13. Ne4 Qe5 14. Qd3 $16) (9... d5 10. Bh5 $1 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qd3 12. N4f3 $16 {Ehlvest,J-Beljavskij,A, Reykjavik 1991.}) 10. f3 (10. f4 $1 Qxe4 $6 11. Bf2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Qd5 13. c4 $18 {Steingrimsson,H-Lukacs,P, Kecskemet 1991.}) 10... O-O 11. Kh1 d5 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bb6 14. Bf4 N7c6 $10 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Karpov,An, Linares 1992 CBM 28 game 468.}) 8. O-O Bb6 9. Nc2 $1 {An excellent way to rearrange his pieces - ?e3,f4,?d2} (9. Bb3 Rd8 (9... d6 {Hansen,Cu} 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nc3 Bxd4 13. Nd5 Qe5 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxc7 $16 {Dolmatov-Yusupov (10)/Wijk cm 30'/1991/½-½/}) (9... Na5 10. Nc2 Qg6 11. Re1 d6 12. Nd2 Nxb3 $10 {Nijboer-Van der Wiel/NLD-ch/1991/})) (9. Kh1 {Hansen,Cu} Rd8 10. Qh5 h6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 $15 {Kasparov-Kamsky/Tilburg/1991/}) (9. Na3 {Schussler} Nxd4 $5 (9... Qg6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Re1 d6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Nc2 Rad8 $13 {Leko,P-Van der Sterren,P, Nettetal 1992.}) 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Rd8 12. Qh5 h6 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Rd7 $1 15. Nb5 Rad8 $10 {Chandler,M-Short,N (2)/Eng-ch m/1991/½-½/57 CBM 28/1} 16. Nc3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Bb5 $13) 9... d6 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. f4 g5 {At this point Kasparov had to put on his glasses! The move itself is not so bad if followed up carefully} (11... Be6 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 12. f5 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. c4 g4 $2 {This is really bad because it not only fails to disrupt white's development but also concedes the f4 square- an ideal square for white's king in the endgame} (14... Ba4 $1 15. b3 Bc6 16. Qd4 (16. Nc3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc3 {During the post-mortem Kasparov came close to making this work but falling short} 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. Rf3 Qg7 $1 20. Raf1 f6 (20... Ng8 $5)) (16. Nd2 Kh8) 16... Kh8 17. Nc3 $14) 15. Nc3 h5 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Qf4 Bc6 18. Ne3 Nd7 {What else? White can play a4,b4 etc} (18... Rg8 $13 {Hansen,Cu}) 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Nxg4 Qh4 (20... Qd4+ {Hansen,Cu} 21. Kh1 {??h6+f5-f6}) 21. Rf3 Ng6 22. Qe3 Qxg4 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Rh3 (24. Rg3 $1 {Much quicker} Qxg3 (24... Nde5 25. f6 $18) (24... Nge5 25. Rxg4+ Nxg4 26. Qg5+) 25. hxg3 Nge5 (25... Nf6 26. fxg6 $18) 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Kf2 $1 $18) 24... Qxh3 {Now Nigel is given a chance to fight on for awhile} 25. gxh3 Nge5 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Rae8 28. Kh1 Ng6 29. h4 Re6 30. Qg5 Rfe8 31. h5 Re5 32. Qh6 Rxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Kg1 Ne5 (34... Rg4+ 35. Kf1 Nf4 36. a4 $1 $18) 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh6 37. Rf1 Re2 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qg5 Be4 40. h6 Bg6 41. h4 Re4 42. h5 Rg4+ 43. Qxg4 Nxg4 44. hxg6+ fxg6 45. Rf7+ Kxh6 46. Rxc7 Ne5 47. Rxb7 Nxc4 48. b3 1-0 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2615"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "80"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nf3 (14. Qe3 $1 $14) 14... Qh6+ 15. Qe3 (15. Kb1 Bf5+ 16. Ka1 Rae8 $17) 15... Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Re8 17. e4 Nd7 $1 18. e5 a5 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 a4 21. Nd4 axb3 22. axb3 Ra6 23. h3 Ne6 24. Rhf1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 g6 26. Be4 Be6 $10 27. Kc2 Be7 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Ra8 30. Bb2 Ra2 (30... Ra6 $1 $10) 31. c5 $1 Ra5 (31... Bxc5 32. Ra4 Rxa4 33. bxa4 $14) 32. b4 Ra6 33. Bc3 f6 $2 (33... h5 $10) (33... Kf8 $10) 34. Rd1 fxe5 (34... f5 35. Bf3 Kf7 $10) 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Bxa1 $16 Bf6 (36... Bd7 37. Bxe5 Bd8 38. Kb3 $16) 37. Bxc6 Bf5+ 38. Kb3 Kf7 39. b5 Ke7 40. Kc4 Be6+ $138 1-0 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.09.30"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1993.09.07"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "20"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 036"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 (6. f4 dxc6 7. Qf3 Nh6 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Bd2 Rhe8 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. g4 f6 13. Bd3 Nf7 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bb4 16. Kb1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 c5 18. Rhe1 Bc6 19. Qf1 Bd7 20. Qg1 Kb8 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Ng5 23. Qg3 Bc6 24. Rf1 {Schallopp,E-Riemann,F/DSB-1.Kongress Leipzig (03)/1879/0-1 (76)}) 6... dxc6 7. Nc3 (7. Qf4 Be6 8. Nc3 Qxf4 9. Bxf4 O-O-O 10. Rd1 Rxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Ne7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Rd8 14. b3 c5 15. f3 Nc6 16. Be2 Nd4 17. Kf2 f6 18. Rd1 Nxe2 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Kxe2 Kd7 21. Kd3 b5 22. f4 g6 23. f5 Bf7 24. Ng4 {Faibisovich,V-Peicheva,V/Groningen open (02)/1991/1-0 (52)}) (7. Bc4 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Ng6 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rae1 Rad8 16. Re2 b5 17. Nd1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rd7 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Ne3 Nd2 21. Rfe1 Nxe4 22. Nf1 Nc3 23. Re5 Bb6 24. a3 {Oral,T-Manafi,R/Duisburg WchJM-U16 (01)/1992/0-1 (30)}) (7. Bd3 Be6 8. O-O (8. Qf4 O-O-O (8... Bb4+ 9. c3 O-O-O 10. Bc2 Qg6 11. Qg3 Bd6 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. h3 Bc4 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. O-O-O Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Nd7 18. Nf3 f6 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxg6 Rh8 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 a5 24. Bd2 {Oral,T-Gross,D/TCH-ch Luhacovice (07)/1993/0.5 (71)}) 9. Nc3 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 Ne7 11. Bg3 Ng6 (11... Bb4 $1 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. a3 Rhf8 $1 { 16. f4 f5} 16. Bh4 $13 {Leko,P-Srokowski,J/Kecskemet/1992/} (16. Bh4 Rde8 17. Bb5 Bd7 $10 {Srokowski,J})) 12. f4 Rhe8 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 (14... Bxe2 $2 15. Kxe2 $16) 15. f5 (15. Rf1 Bb4+ $1) 15... Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 (17. Rad1 $14) 17... Rxe5 18. Rad1 b5 19. Kf3 Re7 20. g4 Bd4 21. b3 {Smagin,S-Van der Sterren,P/Prague Chip (05)/1992/0.5 (21)}) 8... O-O-O 9. Qe2 (9. Qg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 f6 11. Bd2 h5 12. Nc3 Nh6 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. b3 a6 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Bb4 Ne5 17. Be2 Bg4 18. Bxg4+ Nxg4 19. Bc5 b6 20. Ba3 Rhe8 21. h3 Ne5 22. Rfe1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. Nc3 $14 {Pandavos,E-Dominiguez,J/Thessaloniki olm (3)/1988/1-0 (39)}) 9... Ne7 (9... h5 10. e5 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Nf3 Bd5 14. Bf4 f6 15. Rae1 g5 16. Bg3 Kb8 17. h3 h4 18. Bh2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 fxe5 21. Qe2 Rhf8 22. Be4 Qf6 23. Qf3 Rd2 24. Qxf6 $17 {Ehlvest,J-Fernandez,JL/Pamplona/1991/0-1 (49)}) 10. Kh1 g5 11. Qh5 h6 12. f4 Qd4 13. Bd2 gxf4 14. Bc3 Qe3 15. Bd2 Qd4 16. Bc3 Qe3 17. Bd2 Qd4 18. Bc3 {Bjelajac-Agzamov /Vrsac/1983/0.5 (18)}) 7... Be6 8. Na4 $6 $146 (8. Bd3 O-O-O 9. O-O (9. Qe2 Bd4 $1 (9... Ne7 10. e5 $1 $16) 10. Bd2 Ne7 (10... Nh6 $1 11. f3 (11. f4 $2 Bg4 $17) (11. h3 Rhe8 $1 (11... g5 12. f3 { 0-0-0, g3, f4}) 12. Rf1 $1 {0-0-0, f4?} Qe7 (12... g5 $5 $13) 13. O-O-O f6 14. f4 (14. Bc4 $2 Bxc3) 14... Nf7 $5 15. g4 $6 g5 $1) 11... Rhe8 12. O-O-O Qe5 $5 13. g4 f6 14. Kb1 b5 $1 15. Rc1 $1 Bg8 $1 16. Nd1 Qe6 $13 17. b3 Nf7 18. c3 Bb6 19. Be3 Ne5 $1 20. Bc2 $6 Qd6 21. Nf2 $6 { f4?} (21. Nb2 $1 $13 {?c4}) 21... Qa3 $1 22. Bxb6 $6 axb6 { ?b7, ?a8} 23. Rhd1 Kb7 24. Rxd8 {Markovic,M-Mozetic,D/Vrnjacka Banja/1992/0-1 (42)}) 11. f4 Rhe8 12. e5 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh3 14. O-O-O f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rde1 Bf7 17. Qf1 Qh5 18. f5 Be5 $1 $13 {Smagin,S-Mainka,R/Praha 53/(299)/1992/0.5 (18)}) 9... Bc4 (9... Ne7 10. Kh1 Ng6 11. f4 Bc4 $15 12. e5 Qe7 13. Ne4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qc2 (16. Qa5 Rd5) 16... Bb6 17. a4 f5 $17 18. a5 Bd4 19. Ng3 Qf6 (19... Nh4 $1 20. a6 Rhg8 21. axb7+ Kxb7 22. Bd2 Nxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 Qe2+ 24. Kh1 Rxg3 25. hxg3 Rd6 $19) 20. a6 b6 21. Bd2 Bxb2 $5 22. Nh5 Qh4 23. Qxc6 Ne7 $1 24. Qb7+ {Conquest,S-Sokolov,I/Corfu/1991/0-1 (53)}) 10. Qe2 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Kb8 12. Be3 Bd4 13. Rac1 Ne7 14. Qd2 Qe6 15. b4 Qd6 16. Ne2 Bxe3 17. fxe3 f5 18. exf5 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. e4 Re3 21. Ng3 Rf8 22. Kf2 Ra3 23. Rc2 b5 24. Rd1 {Kacheishvili,G-Lukacs,P/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/1-0 (49)}) 8... Rd8 (8... Bd6 $6 9. Bd3 O-O-O 10. Qa5 $1 $36) 9. Bd3 (9. Qe2 $2 Bxf2+ 10. Qxf2 Rd1+ $19) 9... Bd4 10. O-O (10. c3 Bxf2+ 11. Qxf2 Rxd3 (11... Qxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Rxd3 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 Rb8 15. Nc5 Ne7) 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 Rb8 $10) 10... Ne7 (10... a6 11. Kh1 $1 {f4?}) 11. c3 (11. Kh1 Qh4 12. f4 f5) 11... b5 $1 (11... Be5 12. f4 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 $14) (11... a6 $6 12. cxd4 $1 (12. Qe2 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 b6) 12... Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Nxb7 $14) 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Qc2 $1 (13. Qa5 Qxa4 14. Qxa4 bxa4) 13... Qxa4 (13... Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bf4 Bc4 17. Rfd1 $36) (13... bxa4 14. Be2 (14. Rd1 Bg4 $1) 14... f5 $6 15. Bg5 $1 Qxe4 16. Qc5 $1 $40) 14. Qxa4 bxa4 15. Bc2 Bc4 (15... Rd4 16. Be3 Rc4 17. Rfc1 a6 18. b3 $14) 16. Re1 (16. Rd1 $5 Bb5 (16... Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Bb5 18. Bf4 Kd8 19. Bg4 $16) 17. Bf4 Rd7 $14) 16... Bb5 (16... Bd3 17. Bxa4 Rd4 18. b3 $1 Rxe4 19. Ba3 $16) 17. Be3 (17. Bf4 Rd7 (17... Kd7 $5) 18. Rad1 Ng6 (18... Kd8 19. b3 axb3 20. Bxb3 Rf8 $13) 19. Be3 $10) 17... Nc8 (17... a6 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 O-O $2 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rd8+ $18) 18. Bc5 (18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nb6 (19... O-O 20. Rd7 $14) (19... Ke7 20. Bc5+ Ke6 21. f4 $36)) 18... Nb6 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 a6 21. f4 Nd7 22. Ba3 (22. Bd4 f6 {? ?e7}) (22. Bb4 $5 c5 23. Ba5 $14) 22... h5 (22... c5 23. e5 g6 24. f5 Nxe5 25. Re1 (25. Bxc5 $132) 25... f6 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6+ Kd7 28. Be4) 23. Kf2 (23. e5 Nb6 (23... Rh6 24. Re1 Nb6 25. f5 Nc4 26. Bc5 Nxb2 27. f6 $5 $36) 24. Bc5 Bc4 $5) 23... Rh6 $1 24. e5 c5 25. Bf5 Rb6 26. Rd2 (26. Bxd7+ Bxd7 27. Rc1 Be6 28. Rxc5 Kd7 29. Ra5 Bxa2 30. Rxa4 $10) (26. Kg3 g6 27. Bh3 f5 28. exf6 Rxf6 $10) 26... g6 27. Bc2 (27. Bxd7+ Bxd7 28. Bxc5 Rb5 $10) (27. Bh3 f5 28. exf6 Nxf6) 27... Re6 28. Kg3 Nb6 29. Bxc5 Nc4 30. Rd5 Nxb2 (30... Bc6 $2 31. Rd4 Nxb2 32. Ba3 $18) 31. f5 Bc6 (31... gxf5 32. Bxf5 Rh6 33. Be3 h4+ 34. Kh3 Rh5 35. Bg4 $16) (31... Rc6 $5) 32. Rd2 (32. fxe6 Bxd5 33. Ba3 Nc4 34. Bxa4+ c6 35. exf7+ Kxf7 36. Bd6 Nxd6 37. exd6 Ke6 38. Kf4 Bxa2 39. Bxc6 Kxd6 $19) (32. Rd8+ $5 Kxd8 33. fxe6 $14) 32... gxf5 (32... Rxe5 33. Bd4 Nc4 34. Bxe5 Nxd2 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Bxg6+ Kd8 37. Bxh5 $18) 33. Kf4 (33. Bxf5 Rxe5 34. Bd4 Rxf5 35. Bxb2 $15) 33... Nc4 (33... Rxe5 34. Bd4 Nc4 35. Bxe5 Nxd2 36. Kxf5 $14) 34. Re2 f6 35. Bxf5 (35. Bd3 Nxe5 $1 (35... fxe5+ 36. Kxf5 Bd5 (36... Bd7 $2 37. Bxc4 Rc6+ 38. Kxe5 Bg4 39. Re4 $18) 37. Be4 Nd6+ 38. Bxd6 Rxd6 39. Kxe5 $10) 36. Bxf5 Bb5 37. Re3 Rc6) 35... Rxe5 (35... fxe5+ 36. Kg5 $18) 36. Bd3 (36. Rxe5+ fxe5+ 37. Kg5 Bxg2) 36... Bd5 (36... Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Bd5 38. Bxh5+) 37. Bd4 $2 (37. Bxc4 Bxc4 38. Rxe5+ fxe5+ 39. Kxe5 Bxa2 $10) 37... Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Ke7 (38... Bf7 39. Bxf6 $14) 39. Bxh5 (39. g3 Bf7) 39... Bxg2 40. Bd1 a3 41. h4 Bd5 42. h5 (42. Bb3 Kf7 43. h5 c6) 42... Ne5 43. h6 Bxa2 44. Bc5+ Kf7 (44... Ke6 45. Bc2 Bc4 46. Bxa3) 45. Bc2 Bc4 (45... Ng6+ 46. Bxg6+ $1 (46. Ke3 Be6 47. Bxa3 f5 48. Bb2 Kg8) 46... Kxg6 47. Bxa3 Kxh6 48. Kf5 Kg7 49. Bb2 Bb1+ 50. Ke6 $10) 46. h7 Kg7 47. Bf8+ Kh8 48. Be7 Bd3 (48... Nd7 49. Bxa3) 49. Bxf6+ Kxh7 50. Bxe5 Bxc2 (50... Bxc2 51. Bxc7 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.10.14"] [Round "17"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1993.09.07"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "20"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 036"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O a6 (10... Ne7) 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Ne2 Bb6 (12... Bxb2 $6 13. Bxb2 Qxb2 14. Rab1 Qxa2 15. Rxb7 (15. Qc3 Rxd3 $1) 15... O-O 16. Rxc7 Rfe8 $2 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qc5 Bd7 19. Nc3 Qe6 20. Ra1 $16) 13. Qf4 Ng6 $6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Be2 h4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Re1 Kf8 20. Bf4 $6 (20. Kf1) (20. a4 $5 {? ?a3}) 20... Rd4 21. g3 Kg7 22. Rad1 Re4 23. Kg2 hxg3 24. fxg3 (24. Bxg3 $1) 24... Bf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 26. Kf1 Rexe2 27. Rxe2 Rh1+ 28. Kf2 Rxd1 29. b3 (29. Bxe5 $2 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Ra1 31. a3 Ra2 $17) 29... Rd7 30. Rd2 $1 (30. Bxe5 $6 fxe5 31. Rxe5 Kf6 32. Rc5 Kg5 $17) 30... Rxd2+ 31. Bxd2 c5 32. Ke3 c6 33. Ke4 c4 34. b4 b5 35. Bf4 Nd7 36. Kd4 Kf8 37. Bc7 Ke7 38. g4 Kf8 39. Bd6+ Kg7 40. Bc7 Kf8 41. a3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1994.05.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1994.05.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 041"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 $5 $146 Qg5 (10... Qh4 $1 11. Bxf8 (11. g3 $2 Qd4 12. Bb2 Bb4+ $19) (11. Qd2 Qe4+ 12. Be2 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Nf4) (11. e6 $2 fxe6 (11... Qd4 $2 12. e7 $1 $18) 12. Qb2 (12. Qe5 Qf6 $17) 12... Nf6 $17) 11... Qd4 12. Bg7 Rg8 13. Qc2 Qxa1 14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. e6 Qxg7 16. exd7+ Kd8 17. Qxc6 $13) 11. g3 Nc3 (11... Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Nc3 13. h4 $1 $14) 12. Nxc3 Bxa3 13. Ne4 (13. f4 Qe7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O f6) 13... Qe7 (13... Qxe5 $4 14. Nf6+ $18) 14. Nf6+ Kf8 15. Bg2 (15. Bh3 $5 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 d5 17. Kg2 Kg7 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Rhd1 $14) 15... Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Rd8 17. Qb2 Ba3 18. Qc3 Bb4 19. Qb2 Ba3 20. Qc3 (20. Qd4 Bc5 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Re1 Bb4 23. Re2 d5 $132) 20... Bb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Horgen CS"] [Site "Horgen"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Jussupow,Artur"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1994.09.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 043"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Blatny,P Ftacnik Kasparov Short} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Na4 $5 Rd8 (8... Bd6 {!?-Short/?!-Ftacnik} 9. Bd3 (9. f4 $140 Nh6 {Short} 10. e5 Bxe5 11. fxe5 Qh4+) 9... O-O-O 10. Qa5 $36 {Ftacnik}) 9. Bd3 (9. Qe2 $4 Bxf2+ 10. Qxf2 Rd1+ 11. Ke2 Bg4+ 12. Ke3 Qd4+ $19) (9. Qf4 $2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qd4+ $19 {Blatny}) 9... Bd4 (9... Qd4 $6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Qg5 Qxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Bf4 Rd7 14. O-O-O $16 {Van der Wiel,J-Ye Rongguan/Amsterdam op/1994}) 10. O-O (10. c3 Bxf2+ 11. Qxf2 Rxd3 (11... Qxf2+ $6 12. Kxf2 Rxd3 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 Rb8 15. Nc5 Ne7 {Ftacnik} 16. b3 $16 {??a3,?e6}) 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 {Short} Rb8 $10 {Ftacnik} 15. Nc5 Nd7 $10) 10... a6 (10... Ne7 $6 11. c3 (11. Kh1 Qh4 12. f4 f5 {Ftacnik}) 11... b5 (11... Bb6 12. Qe2 $16 {Kasparov}) (11... O-O $6 12. Qe2 $16 (12. cxd4 $140 Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd4 16. Nxb7 Rxe4) (12. Qc2 $16)) (11... a6 $6 12. cxd4 (12. Qe2 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 b6 {Ftacnik} 15. f4 $40) 12... Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd4 (15... Rd8 16. Nxb7 {Ftacnik}) 16. Be3 (16. Nxb7 Rxe4 17. Nc5 Re5 $13) 16... Rb4 17. b3 Bc8 18. f3 b6 19. Nd3 Rb5 20. Bf4 $36) (11... Be5 $2 12. f4 Bd4+ (12... Bc4 $4 13. fxe5 Qxf1+ 14. Bxf1 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 $18) 13. Kh1 $16 {? Ftacnik}) 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Qc2 (13. Qa5 Qxa4 14. Qxa4 bxa4 {-13.?c2}) 13... Qxa4 (13... bxa4 14. Be2 $16 {Kasparov} (14. Rd1 $2 Bg4 $1 {Ftacnik}) 14... f5 $6 15. Bg5 Qxe4 16. Qc5 $1 $40 {Ftacnik}) (13... Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bf4 $16 {Kasparov} Bc4 17. Rfd1 $36 {Ftacnik}) 14. Qxa4 bxa4 15. Bc2 Bc4 (15... Rd4 $6 16. b3 $5 $16 (16. Be3 Rc4 17. Rfc1 a6 18. b3 $14 {Ftacnik})) 16. Rd1 $1 (16. Re1 $6 Bb5 17. Be3 Nc8 18. Bc5 Nb6 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 $14 {Kasparov-Short/London/PCA wcm/11/1993} Nd7 $5 21. Bxa7 Nb6 22. Bb8 Na8 23. Ba7 {½-½/Golubev,M-Onischuk,A/Alushta/2/1994}) 16... Bb5 (16... Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Bb5 18. Bf4 f5 (18... Kd8 19. Bg4 $16 {Ftacnik}) 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Bxc7 $16 {Kasparov}) 17. Be3 $5 (17. Bf4 Rd7 $14 {Ftacnik}) 17... Nc8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ $16) (10... Nh6 $5 11. c3 Ng4 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd4 {Ochoa de Echaguen-Sharif,Me/Barcelona/1993} 16. f3 $1 Nf6 (16... Bc4 $5 17. Re1 (17. fxg4 Bxf1 18. Be3 (18. Kxf1 b6 $13) 18... Rb4) 17... Ne5 (17... b6 18. Nb3 (18. fxg4 bxc5 19. Be3 Rxe4 $14) 18... Bxb3 19. axb3 Nf6 (19... Ne5 $5) 20. Rxa7 Kd7 21. Be3 $16) 18. Nxb7 $16 (18. Be3)) 17. Nxb7 $16) (10... h6 $5 {Kasparov}) (10... b5 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Kh1 Qh4 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf4 (16. Bxf4 Kd7 $5) 16... Bc8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Nd3 f5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bg5 Rde8 21. Bh5 $14 {Chandler,M-Khalifman,A/Bundesliga/1993}) 11. Qa5 $5 $146 (11. Qb4 $6 b5 (11... Nh6 12. Qxb7 Ng4 $40 {Blatny}) 12. Nc5 a5 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Nxe6 Qxa3 15. bxa3 fxe6 16. Rb1 Nf6 $36) (11. Kh1 c5 $5 {Blatny}) (11. Nc3 c5 $5 (11... Ne7 12. Ne2 Bb6 (12... Bxb2 $6 13. Bxb2 Qxb2 14. Rab1 Qxa2 15. Rxb7 (15. Qc3 $5 O-O (15... Rxd3 {Ftacnik} 16. Qxd3 $16) 16. Qb4 {??a1} (16. Ra1 $140 Rxd3)) 15... O-O 16. Rxc7 Rfe8 $6 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qc5 Bd7 19. Nc3 Qe6 20. Ra1 $16 {Ftacnik}) 13. Qf4 Ng6 {?-Kasparov/!-Short} (13... Qxf4 $142 14. Nxf4 Bc8 $14 {Kasparov}) 14. Qxf6 (14. Qg3 h5 $1 15. Bg5 h4 16. Bxf6 hxg3 17. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 gxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Kxd8 20. h3 c5 $10 {Short}) 14... gxf6 15. Ng3 (15. Bh6 Rg8 {Short}) (15. b3 {Speelman} Ne5 16. Bb2 Rg8 17. Nf4 Bd4 $10 {Short}) 15... h5 16. Be2 h4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 (17... O-O 18. Be3 (18. Bh6 Rfe8) 18... Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Rd4 $10 {Short} 20. f3 Nf4 21. Rfe1 $5 Rd2 22. Bf1 (22. Kf1 Rfd8 23. a3 $14 {??ad1,g3}) 22... Rfd8 23. a3 $14 {??ad1}) 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Rd1 $5 (19. Re1 Kf8 {Kasparov,G-Short;N (17)/PCA-Wch London/1993} 20. Rd1 $142 (20. a4 a5 21. Ra3 Rd4 22. Be3 Rb4 {Short}) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Kg7 22. Be2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Rd4 24. Be3 Re4 25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. Rd1 Rf4 27. g3 hxg3 28. hxg3 Rxf5 29. f4 $16 {Kasparov/"The official book of the match"/}) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Ke7 21. Be2 Rd8 (21... Rg8 22. h3 Rd8 23. Kf1 $14) 22. Kf1 Bd4 $5 $14 (22... Rd4 23. Bh6 $16 {Kasparov})) 12. Nd5 (12. Kh1 c4 13. Be2 Ne7 $36 {Blatny}) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 (13... Rxd5 $4 14. c3 Be5 15. Bb5+ axb5 16. Qxd5 $18 {Blatny}) 14. Re1 (14. c3 Be5 15. Re1 $13 {Blatny} Rxd5 16. Qe2 Bd6) 14... Rxd5 (14... O-O 15. c3 Be5 16. Qe2 $16) 15. Be4 (15. c3 $4 Bxf2+) 15... Bxb2 16. Bxd5 (16. Bxb2 Rxd2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxb7 Rd6 $5 $44 (18... a5 $5) (18... Rxc2 $6 19. Bxa6 $16 {Blatny})) 16... Bxa1 17. Bxb7 O-O (17... Bc3 $4 18. Bc6+ $18) 18. Qe2 Nc6 $10 {Golubev,M-Onischuk,A/Alushta4/1994}) 11... b5 (11... b6 $5 12. Qh5 $13) (11... Rd7 {Ftacnik} 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Qxc5 $14) (11... Qe5 {Ftacnik} 12. Qxe5 Bxe5 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Nb3 g6 15. f4 Bg7 $14) (11... Qe7 $5 {Blatny,P}) 12. Nc3 Bb6 13. Qxa6 Nh6 14. Be3 $1 (14. Bxh6 {Ftacnik} gxh6 15. Rad1 (15. a4 $6 {Blatny,P} Rg8 16. e5 (16. a5 $4 Qf3 17. g3 Bh3 {??g2#}) (16. Kh1 $2 Bh3 $1 $19) 16... Qf3 17. Be4 Rxg2+ 18. Kh1 Rxh2+ $1 19. Kxh2 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Ke7 $1 21. Bxh7 $8 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Bh3 $19) (15. Kh1 Rg8 $40) 15... Rg8 $132) 14... Bc8 15. Qa3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe5 $2 (16... Qg5 $142 $5 17. Qa7 (17. e5 Qxe3+ (17... Ng4 18. Ne4 Qxe5 $13) 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. Ne4 $13) (17. Be2 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 f6) 17... Qe5 18. Be2 O-O $44) (16... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. h3 f6 19. b4 Nf7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Ne5 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Nc5 $16) 17. Be2 $1 $16 {?h6,?e8} Rd6 (17... Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qb4 $16 {?a4} (19. Rf4 {Ftacnik} Bc8 20. Raf1 f6 $14)) (17... f6 18. Qb4 Kf7 19. a4 $16) 18. Rad1 O-O (18... f6 $5 {Ftacnik} 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 cxd6 $14) 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Rd1 c5 (20... Rd8 $142 21. Qa5 Qe7 (21... Re8 {Ftacnik} 22. Qb6 $16) (21... Qg5 $1 {Blatny,P} 22. Qb6 Bg4 $14 {??}) 22. a4 $16 (22. e5 d5)) (20... Ng4 $2 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Qxd6 Qg5 23. Qg3 $18) 21. Nxb5 Bg4 (21... Qxe4 {Ftacnik} 22. Qd3 $16 Qxd3 {Blatny,P} 23. Rxd3 Bf5 24. Rxd6 Bxc2 25. Rc6 $18 {?}) 22. Qd3 Qxb2 23. a4 Qb4 (23... Bxe2 $142 24. Qxe2 Qb4) 24. Bf3 $1 {?h6} Qxa4 25. Nxd6 Qb4 26. h3 Be6 (26... Bxf3 {Ftacnik} 27. gxf3 $16) 27. e5 Qh4 (27... Kh8 $5 {??g8-e7}) 28. Qe4 Qe7 29. Rb1 $18 f5 $138 (29... f6 $5 30. Rb7 $40) 30. Qc6 Kh8 31. Qxc5 Rc8 (31... Qg5 {Blatny,P} 32. c4 $18 {?}) 32. Qxc8+ $1 Bxc8 33. Rb8 Ng8 34. Rxc8 Qa7 (34... h5 35. Bd5 Qxe5 36. Nf7+ $18) (34... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 35. c4 $18) 35. Kh2 (35. Bd5 $4 {Blatny,P} Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kh1 $4 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxe5+ $19) 36... Qf4+ 37. Bf3 $8 g5 $36) 35... Qe7 (35... Qxe3 36. Nf7#) (35... h5 36. Bd5 Qxe3 37. Rxg8+ Kh7 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg3 $1 Qf4 40. Bg8 h4 41. Nf7#) (35... h6 {Blatny,P} 36. Bd5) 36. Re8 (36. Re8 {Ftacnik} Qc7 37. Bd5 $18) 1-0 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 049"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Benjamin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {At this time, Kasparov hadn't yet found the solution against my Open Ruy Lopez, that he employed in game 10, so he deviates a bit earlier. Garry, for at least the time being, has decided not to test Anand's Open variation to the Ruy Lopez.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 {This variation was played twice in the 1990 World Championship match between Kasparov and Karpov, with the champion scoring a win and a draw.} bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 $1 {The point of thie move is very simple. Black wants to stop f4 which is quite good against 9...g6. A theoretical novelty. The usual choices are 9...Qh4 and 9...g6. Karpov tried 9...O-O-O against Garry.} (9... g6 10. f4) 10. Ba3 {After a reasonable think, Kasparov decided to follow an idea he had against g6 the previous move, reaching a position which he had prepared with the only difference being the pawn on g5. The champion thought for 15 minutes here, and then played his next few moves at a rapid tempo. As will be seen on move 15, the two players are following a game where 9...g6 was played. It seems likely that Garry spent his time here trying to decide whether ...g5 makes a big difference compared with ...g5.The latter move, which seems Speelmanesque, allows not only ...Bg7 but ...Nf4 as well.} d6 (10... c5 11. g3 Nb4 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bb2 $1 {? a3}) 11. exd6 {A forcing line.} Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 $1 13. cxd5 Bxe2 (13... Bb7 $4 14. dxc7 $1 Bxa1 (14... cxd5 15. Bb5+ Bc6 16. Bxc6#) 15. d6 $18) 14. Kxe2 Bxa1 15. Rc1 {This position was reached (with the pawn on g6) in Kuksov-Aleksandrov Smolensk Cup 1991. } O-O-O $3 $8 {Found after a 20-minute think. The point is that Black needs the open centre for his rooks and any pawn capture (cxd6,cxd5) closes the file and gives White time to bring his ? to c4. A substantial improvement over Kuksov-Aleksandrov,A., Smolensk Cup 1991, (remember the Black pawn was on g6 instead of g5) which saw 15...cxd6 16. Rxc6 O-O 17.Bxd6 Rfd8 18.Nd2 Rd7 19.Kd3 Re8 20.f4 f6 21.b4 with a considerable advantage for White.} (15... cxd5 16. Rxc7 $16) (15... cxd6 16. Rxc6 Be5 (16... O-O 17. Bxd6 $16) 17. Nd2 $1 {? ?c4?}) (15... Be5 16. Rxc6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Na3 $1 Kd7 19. Nc4 $16) 16. Rxc6 Rhe8+ (16... Rd7 $1 17. Nc3 (17. Kd3 Be5 18. dxc7 Rxc7 (18... Rxd5+ 19. Ke4 Rb5 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Re8+ {White still has an uphill struggle to draw.})) 17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Re8+ $15 {This leads to a position that I wanted to reach in the game. Black has some chances.}) 17. Kd3 {The best move and one which cost Garry 37 minutes on the clock. The alternative 17.Kf3 is strongly met by 17... Re5.} Rd7 18. Nc3 $1 {It was Kasparov's turn to sink into long thought (40 minutes!) here and he finally found a way to keep the balance. If White has any chances to improve it has to be here. Two alternatives to the game continuation are: (1) 18.Bc5 Kb7 19.Rxc7+ Rxc7 20. dxc7 Kxc7 21.Bxa7 Kd6; (2) 18.Nd2 Be5! (less clear is 18...Re5 19.Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4 Rd4+ 21.Ke3 Rd1 22.Bc5) 19.Nc4 Bxh2 20.g3 h5 21.dxc7 Rxd5+ 22.Kc3 h4 23.Nd6 + Rxd6 and Black has all the chances. These lines are not meant to be exhaustive, but rather to show that Anand seems to have found a very good antidote to the Scotch.} (18. Nd2 Re5 19. Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4 $15 {Probably White has enough ? here, but the method chosen in the game ismore efficient.}) 18... Bxc3 $6 (18... Re5 19. Nb5 Rxd5+ 20. Kc4 Rd2 21. Bc5 $1 Be5 $1) 19. Kxc3 $1 {I had underestimated this move. I only expected 19.?xc3.} (19. Rxc3 Re5 $15) 19... Re5 20. Kc4 Re4+ {If Black tries to play 20...Re2 it will still be a draw. Play might continue 20. ..Re2 21.Bc5 Rxa2 22.b4 and now there are two possibilities: (1) 22...Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24.Rf6 (or 24.Rh6); (2) 22...a5 23.b5 Kb7 24.Ra6 cxd6 25.Ra7+ Kc8 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27.Ra7+. White can even win if Black overpresses - 20...Kb7 21.dxc7 Rxc7 22.Bd6!} (20... Re2 21. Bc5 Rxa2 22. b4 {Now White is completely safe.} Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24. Rf6 $44) 21. Kd3 Re5 22. Kc4 Re4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corfu sim"] [Site "Corfu"] [Date "1996.10.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Prasinou, K."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [PlyCount "47"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. exd5 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O c6 11. Re1 cxd5 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd5 Qd8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxf6+ Kg7 17. Nd7+ Kg8 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. h4 Qe2 23. Rd3 Re8 24. Rg3+ 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-32"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1996.09.26"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Shipov,Sergei"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1996.09.15"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 055"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BIH"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rfe8 (12... Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 (13... Nb6 14. Re1 f6 15. Qd2 fxe5 16. Ba3 c5 17. Qa5 e4 18. Nc3 Bd4 19. Rxe4 $16 {Fogarasi,T-Sziraki,T/HUN/1993/1:0/49/}) 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Na4 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj/1996/1:0/50/}) 13. O-O Nb6 (13... Rab8 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Qc2 Qb4 16. Nd2 Na4 17. a3 Qb6 18. b4 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 c5 $132 {Messina,I-Ginzburg,M/FRA/1995/0.5/29/}) 14. Re1 d5 (14... f6 15. e6 $5) 15. Qc2 Qc5 16. Nd2 Rad8 (16... dxc4 17. Rac1 $36) 17. Rac1 d4 $2 {× ?a6,?b6,d4/} (17... dxc4 18. bxc4 Bxe5 $2 (18... Re6 $13) 19. Nb3 $18) 18. Nf3 d3 (18... Bxe5 $2 19. b4 $1 $18) 19. Qd2 Bc8 20. h3 $1 h5 (20... Bf5 21. g4) 21. Rcd1 Bf5 22. e6 $3 Rxe6 (22... fxe6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Ne5 $16) (22... Bxb2 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxb2 $16) 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Ne5 $16) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 $16 {× c6,c7,a7/} Nd7 $6 (27... a5 $5 {? a4/}) 28. Qc3 Bf5 (28... Nf8 29. Ne5 Bd7 30. b4 Qd6 31. c5 $16) 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Qd2 c5 31. Nxf5 $1 Qxf5 32. Qa5 Ne5 (32... Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qb2 34. Qxc7 $18) 33. Qxa7 h4 (33... Nd3 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qf3 $18) 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qe4 Qf6 36. Qxh4 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Kramnik,Vladimir"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1996.12.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Dolmatov Shamkovich} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Scotch game has is one of the Kasparov's favorites} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Qf4 (8. Na4 {Dolmatov} Bd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. g3 Re8 12. Qe2 Bb4+ 13. c3 Bf8 14. Be3 Bh3 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 $10 {Gluzman,A-Romanishin,O/Moscow/1994/}) 8... Ng6 (8... Qxf4 {Dolmatov} 9. Bxf4 Bd6 $5 10. Bxd6 (10. e5 Bb4 $132) 10... cxd6 11. O-O-O Kd7 $10) 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd2 (10. Na4 Bd6 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O-O O-O-O {Play is even, Relange,E-Onischuk,A/WchJ-U20 Halle/1995}) (10. f4 $5 {Dolmatov} f5 11. Bd3 Nh4 12. g3 Nf3+) 10... Rg8 11. Na4 (11. f4 {Dolmatov} Nh4 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Kf2 b5 14. g3 bxa4 15. gxh4 Rb8 16. b3 $14) 11... Bd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc3 (13. f3 $6 {Dolmatov} Bxa2) 13... O-O-O 14. g3 (14. f3 $6 {Dolmatov} Nh4) 14... Bg4 (14... f5 $2 15. Bg5 {is good for White}) 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Bf4 (16. f4 {Dolmatov} Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Ng4 18. Rdf1 (18. Rhf1 Nxh2 19. Rh1 Ng4 20. Rxh7 Nf2 21. Rf1 Nxe4) (18. Be1 Rde8 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. h3 Ne3 (20... Bxc3 21. hxg4 Bxe1 22. Rdxe1 Rxg4 23. Rxh7 Rxg3 24. Rxf7 $16) 21. Rd3 Nc4 $13) 18... Bc5) 16... Bh3 $5 {after} (16... Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Bc5 18. Rxd8+ (18. Bxe5 {Dolmatov} fxe5 19. f3 Rd6 20. c3 Be3+ 21. Kc2 Rgd8 $10) 18... Rxd8 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rf1 {the ending is even}) 17. Bh5 Bc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nd1 Bg2 20. Re1 Nf3 (20... Bb4 $5 {Dolmatov} 21. Nc3 $8 (21. Re2 $2 Bf1 $17) 21... Rd4 $5 (21... Bc5) (21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bf3 $2 23. Bxe5 Bxh5 24. Bxf6 $16) 22. Rg1 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxf7 Re2 $15) 21. Re2 Ng1 $1 {the only way to keep the position balanced} (21... Nxh2 $5 {Dolmatov} 22. e5 (22. f3 $2 Bxf3 23. Rxh2 Rxd1#) 22... fxe5 23. Rxe5 Bd6 24. Rf5 $14) 22. Bg4+ Kb8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Bxe4 25. Nc3 Bg2 26. Be3 Be7 27. Bh5 (27. h4 $5 {Dolmatov} Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Ng1+ (28... Ne5 29. Bf5 $14) 29. Kd2 Nf3+ 30. Kc1 Ne5 31. Bf5) 27... Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Ng1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Psakhis,Lev"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 10. g3 (10. Ba3 d6 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 $1 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Bxa1 15. Rc1 O-O-O $1 $11 {(Anand) ½-½ Kasparov,G-Anand,V/New York (m/8) 64/293 1995 (22)}) 10... Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O ({Maybe better was long castle.} 11... O-O-O $5 12. Qe4 f5 $1 13. Qxf5 Rhf8 14. Qe4 Nf6 $5 (14... Qb4+ 15. Nd2 Nc3 $8 (15... Rxf2 $2 16. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 17. Qe2 Qb4 18. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Sax,G-Bacrot,E/Balatonbereny (MikhalevskiV) 1996 (28)} (18. Kg2 $5)) 16. Qe3 Bxe5 $1 17. Ba3 Qxa3 18. Qxa7 Qb4 $8) 15. Qe2 Ng4 $1 16. Qxg4 Bxe5 17. Qe2 Bxb2 $1 (17... Qb4+ $2 18. Kd1 Bxc4 $2 19. Qxe5 $18) 18. Qxe7 Rde8 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8+ $15 {xf2 with very good game for Black. But I an sure that Kasparov had in mind big improvment.}) 12. Nd2 {N/} (12. Bg2 d6 13. O-O Rab8 14. Qd2 Bxe5 15. Re1 Nb6 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qa5 $16 {1-0 Novak,D-Ascic,A/CRO t-ch 1996 (29)}) 12... f6 13. Qh5 (13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Bh3 $14) 13... Nb4 14. h4 $1 (14. Kd1 $5 c5 15. h4) 14... g4 ({Difficult decision, but after} 14... Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16. hxg5 {Black position also very dangerous. For example:} fxe5 (16... Bh8 17. Bd3 (17. gxf6 Qf7 18. Qg5+ Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxa1 $18) 17... f5 18. g6 h6 19. Qxh6 Qg7 20. Qh5 $18 {[%CAl Rb2h8,Re5e6]}) 17. Qxh7+ Kf7 18. Bd3 (18. Bxa1 $5 $40) 18... Ke8 (18... Qxg5 19. Rh5 $1 Qg4+ 20. Be2 $18) 19. Qg6+ Rf7 (19... Kd8 20. Rh7 Rg8 21. f4 (21. Ne4 Qf8 (21... Qe8 22. Nc5 $5 Qxg6 23. Bxg6 Bf8 24. Nxd7 (24. Rxd7+ $2 Kc8) 24... Rxg6 25. Nxf8 Rd6+ 26. Kc1 Ke8 27. c5 $1 $18) 22. Nf6 $5 (22. Bxa1 $16) 22... Bxf6 23. Rf7 Be7 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxa1 $16) 21... Qf8 22. f5 Bh8) 20. Bxa1 {with strong initiative.}) (14... Qe8 $5 15. hxg5 Qxh5 16. Rxh5 fxe5 $1 (16... Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Nxa1 18. gxf6 $18) 17. Ke2 Nc2 (17... d5 18. Bh3 Rae8 19. Rh1 $36) 18. Rc1 Nd4+ 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. f4 Rae8+ 21. Kf2 {[%csl Gh7][%CAl Rf1d3]} Re3 22. Rd1 $14) 15. Kd1 $1 {[%csl Rb4] I suspect, that Nikolic simple forgot this very strong move. Now he has problems not only with his king, but with his knight too. × ?b4, ?a6} c5 (15... fxe5 16. a3 Rxf2 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Be2 Bb7 19. Qxg4 $18) (15... f5 $142 16. a3 Bxe5 17. axb4 Bxb2 18. Rxa6 Qxb4 19. Bd3 Qc3 20. Bc2 Rae8 21. Ra2 $5 (21. Rxa7 Re6 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Qf6 24. Ra5) 21... Re6 22. Rxb2 Qxb2 23. Bxf5 $16) 16. a3 Nc6 (16... Bb7 $5 17. axb4 (17. Rh2 Nc6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Bxf5 Bxe5) (17. Rg1) 17... Bxh1 18. Bd3 $40) 17. Bd3 (17. exf6 $6 Bxf6 18. Qxg4+ Kh8 $44) 17... f5 (17... Bh8 18. Be4 $1 fxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Bd5+ Kg7 21. Qxg4+ $18) 19. Bd5+ Rf7 20. Ne4 $18) (17... h6 18. Qf5 (18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qxg4+ Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Bxg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f4 Nd4 $16) 18... fxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Bxe5 fxe5 (20... Qxe5 $2 21. Bg6+) 21. Qg6+ Kg8 22. Qxa6 e4 23. Bxe4 Bxa1 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qxh6 $18) 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Bg6+ Ke6 {It is not a great pleasure to have king on e6 in middlegame against Kasparov!} 21. Be4 $1 Qf6 (21... Kf7 22. Re1 (22. Bd5+ Ke8 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24. Bxc6 Rf6 25. Qxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxa8 c6) 22... Ke8 23. Qg6+ Qf7 24. Qxg4 $16) 22. Bxc6 (22. Bd5+ Ke7 23. Ne4 Qf3+ 24. Kc2 Rf7 $16) 22... dxc6 23. Re1 Rad8 (23... Kf7 24. Rxe5) 24. Rxe5+ Qxe5 (24... Kd7 25. Rd5+ $1 cxd5 26. Bxf6 $18) 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Qxh6+ Rf6 27. Qe3 Rf3 28. Qg5 $18) 18. Bxf5 Bxe5 (18... Rxf5 19. Qxf5 Nxe5 20. Re1 $18) 19. Re1 d6 20. Be4 $5 {I would not be very suprised to hear, that Kasparov had this winning position already in home preparation on the board.} Bb7 (20... Qg7 21. Bxc6 $1 (21. Bxe5 $6 Nxe5 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $132) 21... Bxb2 22. Ra2 Rab8 23. Rxb2 $1 Qxb2 24. Bd5+ $1 {× c4} (24. Re7 $2 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 (25. Ke2 Rxf2+ $1 26. Kxf2 Qf6+) 25... Qa2+ 26. Kc3 Qa1+ 27. Kd3 $2 (27. Kc2 Qa2+ $11) 27... Bxc4+ $1 $19) 24... Kh8 25. Re7 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qa2+ 27. Kc3 Qa1+ 28. Kd3 $18) 21. Qxg4+ (21. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 22. Qxg4+ Kh8 (22... Qg7 23. Qe6+ Qf7 24. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 25. Qxc6 $18) 23. f4 Bd7 $5 (23... Qg7 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxe5) 24. Qe2 Qg7 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Bg4+ 27. Kc1 Rae8 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Kc2 $18) 21... Qg7 (21... Kh8 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. f4 Bd7 24. Qe2 Qg7 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 $18) 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Ne4 $18 {[%csl Ge4] Full domination} Rad8 26. Nxc5 Bc8 27. Ra2 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires sim"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1997.09.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Sorin, Ariel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1997.09.06"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Ne5 9. Be2 Qg6 10. Nd2 d6 11. Bh5 Qf6 12. f4 N5c6 13. Kh1 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Nc4 d5 16. e5 Qe6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bf3 f5 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. Rfc1 Bc6 21. Bd2 Ng6 22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. b3 Qd7 24. a4 Nf8 25. Bb4 Ne6 26. g4 Qf7 27. Rg1 Kh8 28. Raf1 Rad8 29. Rg3 Rd7 30. Kg1 g6 31. gxf5 Qxf5 32. Bg4 Qe4 33. Qxe4 dxe4 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. f5 gxf5 36. Rxf5 h6 37. Rf6 Bd5 38. Bf8 Rxf6 39. exf6 Be6 40. Kf2 Kh7 41. Be7 h5 42. b4 Rd5 43. Ke3 Rf5 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Kxe4 c6 46. Bd8 Rf2 47. Ke5 Re2+ 48. Kd6 Bb3 49. Rxb7 Rxh2 50. a5 bxa5 51. bxa5 Bc4 52. Rb4 Bf1 53. d5 cxd5 54. Rf4 1-0 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1997.10.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1997.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 061"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qh4 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. g3 Qh5 11. g4 Qe5 12. g5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Bf3 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Ba6 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Kf1 Be6 19. b3 f6 20. gxf6 Bd4 21. Bb2 Bxf6 22. Na4 Bh4 23. Nc5 Rf8 24. Rh2 Bxh3+ 25. Kg1 Rbe8 26. Nxd7 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bxd7 28. Bc4+ Be6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Bxe6 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "1999.05.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "Mikhalevski,Victor"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1999.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 071"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 {All the information concerning opening part of this game you can find in CBM65(Ponomariov-Spassky,Cannes 1998)} (9... Ba6 10. Qe4 Qb4 $6 11. a3 Qb3 12. Bd3 $1 Bxc4 $140 $2 13. Bc2 $1) 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 (12. c5 $6 Nc4 (12... Bxf1 13. cxb6 Bc4 (13... Bxg2 $2 14. Qxg2 Qxe5+ 15. Kd1 $16) 14. bxc7 Ba5 15. f4 $13) 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. f4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxa2 $15) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 {The main idea of the Black's set up.} 14. Qh4 $5 $146 {A novelty.In three previous games White retreated to f3.Kasparov tries a new idea.White's queen keeps the c4 square under additional control that can be important comparing to the previous games.} (14. Qf3 {½-½ Ponomariov,R-Spassky,B/Cannes 1998/CBM 65/[Mikhalevski,V] (58)}) (14. cxd5 {also doesn't promise a lot.} cxd5 15. Qb4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 $13 (16. Rxf1 {Blatny} Nd7 17. O-O-O c5 18. Qb7 Nb6)) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 {A try to make use of 14.?h4} 16. Bd4 ({After} 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 (16... g5 $5 17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4) 17. Qxc4 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7] White is slightly better}) 16... c5 ({After} 16... Ne7 {White can ignore an idea of 17...?f5 and castle.} 17. O-O) 17. Bxc5 Nc3 $1 {The idea of previous move.Black is preventing 18.0-0 and preparing ?:e5+.} ({In case of} 17... Qxe5 $2 18. O-O {[%csl Re8] Black has serious problems}) 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 (19. Kf1 {[%CAl Ga1e1]} Ne4 {[%CAl Ge5a1,Ge4d2]} (19... Qxc5 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Bxa6 Nxa2 22. Bc4 $36 {[%CAl Gh4f4]}) 20. Rd1 $1 Bxc4+ 21. bxc4 {[%csl Re8]} Nxc5 $5 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Kxe1 O-O $13 {[%csl Re1]} 24. Kd2 $5) 19... Ne4 20. O-O Bxc4 21. bxc4 O-O 22. Rfe1 $14 Rfe8 23. f3 Nd6 (23... Nf6 24. Bxa7 Qb2 25. Bd4 (25. Rxe8+ $5 Rxe8 26. Bd4) 25... Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxa2 27. Bxf6 $16) 24. Bf2 Qf5 25. c5 {[%csl Rd6][%mdl 32] Nice play of Garry.Suddenly Black's knight has lost its fulcrum and fills very uncomfortable.} Nb5 26. Qb4 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%mdl 32]} Qd3 $8 (26... c6 27. a4 Nc7 (27... a5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxa5) (27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 a5 29. Qxa5 $1) 28. Qb7 Rxe1+ (28... Qd7 29. Red1) 29. Rxe1 Qd7 30. Bg3 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 $18) 27. Red1 a5 $8 (27... Qe2 $2 28. a4 {[%csl Rb5]}) 28. Qa4 Qe2 $8 (28... Nc3 $2 29. Qxe8+ $1) 29. Re1 Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Up to this moment Black defended his position by only moves,but under a strong pressure Adams finally made a desisive mistake and had lost by force.} ({After} 29... Nc3 $8 {Black is still alive.For example:} 30. Qc6 (30. Qd7 $5 Qb5 31. c6 Ne2+ $1 (31... Red8 $2 32. Qxc7 Rdc8 (32... Rac8 33. Qb6) (32... Nd5 33. Qb7) 33. Qd7 Qxc6 $140 $2 34. Re8+ $1) 32. Kh1 Rac8 $13 (32... Rad8 33. Qxc7 Rc8 34. Qb6)) 30... Qb5 $8 31. Qxc7 (31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Qxc7 Nxa2) 31... Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Nxa2 $14 {[%CAl Ga2b4]} 33. c6 $140 (33. Qb6 Nc3 $1) 33... Nb4 34. Qb7 $2 (34. Rc1 $142) 34... Qxc6) (29... Qb2 $2 30. Reb1 Nc3 31. Qxe8+ $18) 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rd1 (31. Rd1 Qe2 32. Re1 $18) 1-0 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.06.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Mikhalevski,Victor"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 072"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 {Black returns to the classical continuation as 7...?e7 in according to Leko-Svidler leads to slightly better for white endgame.} (7... Qe7 8. Qg5 $1 Nf6 9. Be3 $1 Bxe3 (9... Bb4 $6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bg6 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Bh6 {1-0 Nataf,I-Kharitonov,A/Koszalin POL 1999 (16)}) 10. Qxe3 Be6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be2 f6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Bh5 Red8 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Bg4 Ne5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 a5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qa7 Nf7 22. Nc3 Qe5 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Rd1 Nd6 25. f4 {½-½ Leko,P-Svidler,P/Linares ESP 1999 (25)}) 8. Qf4 Qd6 $5 $146 {[%CAl Ge7g6][%mdl 8] A new move in well-known position.Black's idea is very simple.He doesn't want to double his pawns on the king side,but to correct pawn structure on the queen side.} ({Other options are:} 8... Be6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Na4 (10. f4 f5 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhg8 13. g3 h5 14. Bh3 h4 15. Na4 Bf2 16. Bb4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 hxg3 18. hxg3 b5 19. Bxe7 bxa4 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. a3 Bxf4 25. Rf8 Be5 {½-½ Anand,V-Shirov,A/Linares 1997/CBM 57/[Shirov] (25)}) 10... Bb4+ (10... Bb6 11. Bd2 Rg8 12. f4 f5 13. e5 O-O-O 14. Nxb6+ cxb6 15. O-O-O c5 16. Rg1 Nc6 17. b3 a5 18. Bd3 Kc7 19. Rde1 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Kb2 Rd4 22. g3 Kc6 23. Rd1 Rgd8 24. Be2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Kd5 27. Kc1 Ke4 28. Kd2 b5 29. Bh5 Bd5 30. Ke2 Kd4 31. Kd2 c4 32. Bd1 Be4 {½-½ Arakhamia,K-Smyslov,V/Roquebrune 1998/CBM 67 noVC (32)}) 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f5 13. Re1 O-O-O+ 14. Kc1 fxe4 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nd3 Rh7 21. Ne5 Rd6 22. g3 c5 23. f4 {Palac,M-Malaniuk,V/Lucerne 1997/CBM 62/[Mikhalevski,V]/1-0 (41)}) (8... Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd2 Rg8 11. Na4 Bd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. g3 Bg4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Bf4 Bh3 17. Bh5 Bc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nd1 Bg2 20. Re1 Nf3 21. Re2 Ng1 22. Bg4+ Kb8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Bxe4 25. Nc3 Bg2 26. Be3 Be7 27. Bh5 Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Ng1+ {½-½ Kasparov,G-Topalov,V/Las Palmas 1996/CBM 57/[Kramnik] (28)}) (8... Qe6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. O-O Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bd7 16. Ne4 Rae8 17. b3 Qe5 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. Rf1 Be6 21. Rf4 b5 22. Kf2 Be7 23. Ng3 {Ashley,M-Goldin,A/Philadelphia 1997/CBM 60 ext/1-0 (60)}) 9. Be2 (9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Rd1 Qg6 13. Bc4 Qxg2 14. Kd2 Qh3 15. f3 Qh4 16. Rhe1 O-O-O+ 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nd5 $17 {0-1 Reinaldo Castineira,R-Korneev,O/Mondariz Balneario ESP 1999 (48)}) (9. Qg3 $5 Ng6 10. Bd2 {[%CAl Gf2f4] following by f4 and then 0-0-0 was probably an interesting attempt in the fight for initiative.}) 9... Ng6 {The idea of the previous move.} 10. Qg3 ({Certainly} 10. Qxd6 cxd6 {can't satisfy White.}) 10... f5 $1 {[%CAl Gf5f4]} 11. f4 $8 {[%CAl Gc1d2,Ge1c1] White must prevent f5-f4.Now his plan is preparing long castle by means of ?d2 while keeping tension in the centre.} (11. exf5 $2 Bxf5 $15) 11... Qd4 $1 {[%CAl Gf5e4]} ({In case of slow} 11... Be6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Bd2 {[%CAl Ge1c1]} Z0 {following by} 14. O-O-O {White obtain slight,but long-term advantage.}) 12. Bd3 (12. e5 $5 {[%CAl Gc1d2]}) (12. Bh5 $6 fxe4 $1 13. Bxg6+ hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kf8 {[%csl Re1]} 15. Nxe4 $140 $2 Rh6 $19) 12... Bb4 $1 {Anand accepts the challenge.} ({After} 12... O-O {White completes development comfortably getting better position thanks to the better pawn structure.} 13. Ne2 $1 {[%CAl Ge4e5] following by} Z0 14. e5 Z0 {and then} 15. Bd2) 13. exf5 $2 {Very risky.White should submit with an equality after 13.?d2.} (13. Bd2 {is probably not sufficient for advantage,but certainly safer than 13.ef} fxe4 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 Bxd2+) 14... O-O $1 {[%CAl Gb4c3]} (14... Bxc3 $2 15. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. bxc3) 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. O-O-O $1 (16. Qxg6 $2 Bf5 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxf4+ 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 $11 {[%CAl Gc8g4] and White can't make use of the temporary superiority of his pieces.}) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 (14. Kd1 $6 Bxb2 15. fxg6 Bxa1 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Ba3 Bd7) 14... Qxc3+ 15. Kf2 O-O $1 (15... Qxa1 $2 {would be a decisive mistake as after} 16. Qe3+ (16. fxg6 $143 O-O {see 15...0-0}) 16... Ne7 (16... Kd8 17. fxg6 {[%CAl Gh1d1]}) 17. Ba3 Qf6 18. Re1 O-O 19. Bxe7 Qf7 20. Qc5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Gd3c4] White's attack becomes unstopable.}) 16. fxg6 Qxa1 {[%CAl Gc8f5]} 17. Qh4 $5 (17. gxh7+ Kh8 {[%CAl Gc8f5]} 18. Re1 Bf5 $1) (17. Be3 Qc3 (17... Qxh1 $2 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Qxh6+ $1) (17... Qxa2 $5)) 17... h6 18. Bc4+ {First of all White should take under control the a2-g8 diagonal.} (18. Be3 $2 {is refuted by simple} Qxa2 $1 {[%csl Gc4]} ({But not} 18... Qxh1 $4 {which allows White to finish the game beautifully:} 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ $1 gxh6 21. Bd4+)) 18... Kh8 19. Bf7 $5 ({Now} 19. Be3 $5 {leads to transposition after} Qc3 (19... Qxh1 $4 20. Qxh6+ $1 gxh6 21. Bd4+) 20. Bf7) 19... Qc3 $1 {Vishy doesn't take chances and comes with the most solid continuation.} (19... Qf6 $2 {is bad in view of} 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Ba3 Rd8 $140 22. Be7) (19... Bf5 $5 {was interesting with following examplary variations:} 20. g4 (20. Be3 Qc3) 20... Be4 (20... Bxc2 $6 21. f5) 21. f5 $1 {[%CAl Gc1h6]} (21. Re1 $6 Bd5 $1 (21... Qd4+ 22. Be3 {[%CAl Gg4g5,Gf4f5]}) (21... Qc3 22. Rxe4 $1 Qxc2+ 23. Re2 Qxc1 24. g5 Qc5+ $13) 22. f5 Qd4+ 23. Be3 Qe4 $1) 21... Qc3 (21... Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qd8 $140 $2 (22... Qc3 $142) 23. Qh5 $1 $18) 22. Bxh6 $1 Qf3+ 23. Ke1 Qxh1+ 24. Kf2 $1 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 Qg1+ 26. Ke2 Bf3+ $1 (26... Qg2+ $11) 27. Kxf3 Qf1+ 28. Ke4 $1 Rfe8+ $1 (28... Rae8+ 29. Kd4 $1 c5+ 30. Kxc5 $1 b6+ 31. Kb4 Qe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe1 33. f6 $1 Rg8 $1 $13) 29. Be6 $1 Rxe6+ 30. fxe6 Qc4+ $1 31. Kf3 $1 Qf1+ $11) 20. Be3 {[%CAl Gh1d1,Gf4f5]} Be6 $2 {After series of brilliant moves Vishy commits an offensive mistake.} (20... Qxc2+ $142 21. Kf3 {[%CAl Gh4h6]} Qd3 $1 $17 {and White's attack reaches a deadlock.}) 21. Bxe6 Rae8 22. Qh3 $1 {[%csl Ge3,Ge6][%mdl 256] It was very essential to defend both bishops as in the case of 22.?g4 unprotectness of the e3-bishop would play the decisive role.} (22. Qg4 $2 {[%csl Re3]} Qxc2+ 23. Kf3 (23. Kg3 Qe4 {[%csl Re3,Re6]}) 23... Rf6 $1 {[%csl Re3][%CAl Gc2e4]}) 22... Qxc2+ 23. Kf3 Qxg6 24. Bg4 $1 {?.This time Garry comes with the series of only moves.} (24. f5 $4 Qxe6) (24. Bb3 Qe4+ 25. Ke2 (25. Kf2 Rxf4+ $1 26. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Qf3 Qd2+ 28. Kg3 Re3 $19) 25... Qxf4 $19) 24... Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Rxf4+ {Perhaps this decision was called out by the time-trouble or maybe after 22...?e6? Vishy didn't want to run risks.} (25... Qc2+ $5 26. Kf3 (26. Be2 $2 Rf7 $1 {[%CAl Gf7e7]} (26... Re7) 27. Rc1 Qb2 28. Rc5 Rxf4+ $1 29. Bxf4 Qxe2+ 30. Kg3 Re3+ $1 $19) 26... Qxa2 $15 {and four extra pawns on the queen side secure at least better play.}) 26. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Bf3 {Now draw is inevitable as 27...?d2 following by ?:a2 is dagerous.} Qd4+ (27... Qd2+ 28. Kg3 Qxa2 $6 29. Qd7 (29. Qf5 $5) 29... Qe6 30. Qxe6 $1 Rxe6 31. Rd1 {[%CAl Gd1d7]} Rd6 (31... Re7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rb8) 32. Re1 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,Rc7][%CAl Ge1e7]}) 28. Kg3 {Short,but very rich in content game!} (28. Kg3 Qe5+ $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Mikhalevski,Victor"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 $1 {Less than a year has passed since Kasparov-Adams,Sarajevo 1999,but this move can already be considered as the main line of 8...?b6.} dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 (15... O-O {This attempt to avoid the game Kasparov-Adams,Sarajevo 1999 was tried twice since that game.} 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 $14 a5 (18... Rfe8 19. Bb2 Qg6 $14 {½-½ Marusenko,P-Law,A/Birmingham ENG 2000/ (31)}) 19. Rac1 Rfb8 20. Rfd1 $14 {½-½ Mikhalchishin,A-Onischuk,A/Batumi GEO 1999/ (55)}) 16. Bxc4 {Kasparov is first to deviate from his game against Adams in Sarajevo 1999.He had probably already knew the strong 16...?f5! in answer for his 16.?d4 despite Piket's novelty wasn't played yet!By the way this was my suggestion in the CBM71.See Kasparov-Adams.} (16. Bd4 Qf5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An important improvement over Adam's 16...c5.It's interesting that it was introduced by Piket in a blitz game!} ({After} 16... c5 {White obtained better play:} 17. Bxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 Ne4 20. O-O Bxc4 21. bxc4 O-O 22. Rfe1 $14 {Kasparov-Adams,Sarajevo 1999/CBM71[Mikhalevski,V]}) 17. O-O (17. bxc4 Nf4 18. Bf3 O-O (18... Nd3+ $6 19. Kd2 {[%CAl Gf3c6,Gf3e4]}) 19. O-O (19. Bxc6 Rad8 $17) 19... Bxc4 $17 {[%CAl Gc4d5]}) 17... Nf4 (17... Qf4 $5 18. Qxf4 Nxf4 19. Bf3 O-O-O 20. Bxa7 Nd3 $1) 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Rfd1 (19. Rfe1 $142) 19... cxb3 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. Be4 Rxd4 22. Bxf5 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 Rxh4 $17 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Piket,J/KasparovChess GP g/5(67)}) 16... g5 $5 {[%csl Gf4]} 17. Qd4 ({Despite in according to Fritz6} 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxg5 {[%csl Re1] allows White to obtain an adge I wouldn't recommend it as white king is an a serious danger.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 {Timman follows my suggestion in CBM71.} 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O $14 {[%CAl Gh1e1,Ge1e4,Ge4c4,Gc4a4] Despite a reduced material White still has slightly better prospects in an endgame thanks to the better pawn structure(weaknesses on the queen side).Now White's plan is an attack of a weak pawns of the queen side by means of ?he1-e4-c4(a4).Look at the brilliant technics of Kasparov who considered this game as one of his best on the tournament.} Ke7 21. Rhe1 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Re4 {[%CAl Ge4a4] After exchane of a pair of rooks the a7-pawn becomes an easy target for White's rook.} Rd5 ({Black could try} 23... Nf4 {[%CAl Gf4d3] ,but after} 24. Ra4 $1 {White is much better}) 24. Kc2 {[%mdl 4128]} ({Immediate} 24. Ra4 {deserved an attention,but Garry prefers to keep his pieces in a full harmony!}) 24... c5 {[%CAl Ge6d4] An attempt to look for chances in a rook endgame.Unfortunately for Timman not all rook endgames are drawish.} (24... Nf4 {was an another option.}) 25. Ra4 {[%csl Ra7]} Nd4+ 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxa7 Kd7 28. Kd3 $16 Rxe5 29. Ra4 $1 c5 30. b4 $1 {This is the position Kasparov was striving to.White wins a central pawn or gets two dangerous passed pawns.} Ke6 (30... Kc6 31. bxc5 Rxc5 $140 32. Rc4 $1 $18) ({I think the last chance was to play} 30... c4+ $1 {in order to get some counterplay,but White is still on top after} 31. Kxc4 (31. Kxd4 $5 Re2 32. Ra5) 31... Re2 32. Ra5 $5 {[%CAl Ga5g5,Ga5f5]} (32. Ra7+ $5 Ke6 33. Ra6+ Ke7 34. Ra5) 32... Rxf2 33. Rxg5 Rxa2 34. Kxd4 {with good chances for a win.}) 31. Ra6+ {Now Black is hopeless.} Kf5 (31... Kd5 32. Ra5 Kd6 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. bxc5+ Kxc5 35. g4 $18 {[%CAl Ga2a4] and White wins}) 32. b5 $18 {White pawns are unstopable.} Rd5 {[%CAl Gc5c4]} 33. Rc6 c4+ 34. Kxc4 d3 35. Kxd5 d2 36. g4+ $1 {With the help of this elegant move White stops the d2-pawn and wins the game.Good job.Black hadn't had a single chance to survive.} (36. g4+ $1 Kxg4 37. Rc4+ {[%CAl Gc4d4]}) 1-0 [Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"] [Site "Internet"] [Date "2000.02.17"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Annotator "Mikhalevski,Victor"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2000.02.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "CBM 076"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 O-O-O ({This time Adams doesn't want to check Kasparov's analyse in the} 11... Bb4 {-line which they played in Sarajevo1999 (see CBM 71[Mikhalevski]) and comes with a new approach. Information concerning 11...?b4 you can also find in CBM76 (Morozevich-Piket,KasparovChess GP g/5)}) 12. Bb2 ({Immediate} 12. c5 {doesn't promise much in view of} Bxf1 13. cxb6 d5 $1 14. exd6 (14. Qf4 Bxg2 15. bxa7 Kd7 $1 16. Rg1 Bd6 $1 17. Na4 Qxe5+ 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Be4 $15) 14... Qxe4+ 15. Nxe4 Bxg2 16. bxa7 Kb7 17. Nc5+ Kxa7 18. Rg1 cxd6 19. Rxg2 dxc5) 12... Bb7 {After 12.?b2 the threat of c5 should be taken in consideration} 13. O-O-O Re8 14. f4 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qc2 Kb8 $1 {Prophylaxis.Black takes his king away from the c-file and f5-c8 diagonal and defends the a7-pawn in case of possible ?b5.} (16... Qh6 {with the idea} 17. g3 $5 Rxe5 {is strongly met by} 18. Nb5 Re7 19. Be5 {[%csl Rc7] and Black has problems defending his king.}) 17. Kb1 {[%CAl Gc3b5]} (17. Nb5 {would be unprepared attack:} c5 18. f5 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 d4 {[%csl Re5][%CAl Gb6d5,Gd5e3,Gd5b4]}) 17... g6 18. Be2 {[%CAl Ge2f3]} ({Now} 18. Nb5 {was interesting,but Garry prefer to complete development.} c6 (18... c5 $6 19. Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rc5]}) 19. Nd4 (19. f5 Qxf5 20. e6 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 cxb5 22. Bxh8 Bd6 $44 {[%CAl Gf7e6]}) 19... Qc8 20. Qd2 $1 c5 $140 21. Nb5 {[%CAl Gd2a5] with some advantage.}) 18... c5 19. Bf3 Be7 20. g4 {[%CAl Gf4f5] White is ready for offensive on the king side} d4 21. Bxb7 Kxb7 22. Ne4 {[%CAl Ge4c5]} Rc8 ({After} 22... Qxg4 $2 {Black's structure in the centre collapses.} 23. Nxc5+ Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxf4 25. Rhf1 Qe4+ (25... Qxe5 $2 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Bxd4 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rh8][%CAl Gd4h8]}) 26. Ka1 Rhf8 27. Rxd4 Qxe5 28. Rd7+ $1 Nxd7 29. Qb4+ Ka8 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Qe4+ Kb8 32. Rc1 $18 {[%csl Rb8]}) 23. Qg2 (23. b4 {leads to the position with mutual chances as position of White's king has been becoming unsecure:} cxb4 24. Qg2 Kb8 25. Rxd4 $13) 23... Kb8 (23... Nd5 $5 24. Nc3 $140 (24. Qf3 $142) 24... Rhd8) 24. Rhe1 h5 25. g5 {White has no choice.He has to weaken the f5 square,but it's not very dangerous as black knight can't get there.} (25. h3 $143 $6 Nd5 26. Bc1 hxg4 27. hxg4 Rh4 28. Rg1 g5) 25... Rhd8 26. Qf3 Qf5 {[%CAl Gf5b1]} 27. Ka1 {Complicated double-edged position arises.I'll take a chance to assume that it's about equal.} Nd5 {Shipov"Probably Kasparov's reaction wasn't the best and Black's position has become preferable,but then he blundered a simple blow". I disagree with Shipov's evaluation.I don't think Black was better at any moment of the game.} 28. Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} Rxd6 $6 {Too optimistic.Black misses strong 30-th move.Shipov:"In my opinion Adams could refrain from exchange sacrifice:28...?:d629.?:d5 ?e7 etc.Probably Mickel was fighting for a win and decided that he was going to win the f4 pawn.} ({In case of} 28... Bxd6 29. Qxd5 Be7 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 $11 {and an arisen endgame is about equal.}) {But after} 29. exd6 Bxd6 {White found} 30. Re4 $1 {[%csl Rf4] and Adams lost his head"} Qg4 $2 ({I think Black could try} 30... Bxf4 $5 31. Rf1 Qxg5 32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. Qxf4+ Nxf4 34. Rxf4 Re8 $1 35. Ba3 $140 (35. Rf1 $5) 35... d3 36. Kb2 Re2+ 37. Kc3 Rxa2 38. Bb2 (38. Bxc5 Rc2+) 38... d2 39. Rf1 a5 40. Rd1 a4 {with some chances to escape.}) 31. Qf1 $16 {Kasparov avoids a trap and keeps the queen to exploit an open position of Black's king.} (31. Qxg4 $2 hxg4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Rexd4 (33. Rdxd4 $2 Ba3 $1) 33... Ne3 {[%CAl Ge3d1,Ge3c2]} 34. Rxd6 Nxd1 35. Rxd1 Rc2 {[%csl Gg4]} 36. Rg1 $8 Rxh2 37. Rxg4 {[%CAl Gf4f5]} Rf2 $11) 31... Bc7 {[%CAl Gc7b6] Adams brings his bishop to b6 in order to defend the king and strengthen a pawn chain.However this plan has a serious drawback:the e5-square has become available for White's rook.} (31... Bxf4 $2 32. Bc1 $18 {[%csl Rf4][%CAl Ge4g4]}) (31... Nxf4 $2 32. Bc1 {[%csl Rf4][%CAl Ge4g4]}) 32. Rc1 Bb6 33. Re5 {[%csl Ge5]} Ne3 34. Qh1 $1 {[%csl Rb8][%CAl Ge5e7] Strong pawn sacrifice.White starts decisive offensive.} Qxf4 35. Re7 {[%CAl Rh1b7]} Rc7 $8 36. Re8+ $1 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Kxc8 38. Qc6+ Kd8 39. a4 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rd4][%CAl Ga4a5] Now Black can't avoid collapse of his centre.} Qc7 40. Qf6+ $1 {Winning a central pawn.} (40. Qa8+ $143 Kd7 41. Bxd4 c4 $1) 40... Qe7 41. Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Decisive blow prepared by series of preparatory moves.Now a technical position arises and Garry takes it to the logical end.} Qxf6 (41... cxd4 $2 42. Rc8+ Kd7 (42... Kxc8 43. Qxe7) 43. Qc6#) 42. Bxf6+ {[%mdl 4096]} Kd7 43. h3 Nd5 44. Rd1 Ke6 45. Re1+ Kd7 46. Be5 Ba5 47. Re2 Bd8 48. h4 Ba5 49. Kb2 Ne7 50. Bg3 Nf5 51. Bf2 Kc6 52. Re5 Bb4 53. Kc2 Kd6 54. Re8 a5 55. Kd3 Kd7 56. Ra8 Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kd5 58. Rf6 Nd6 59. Be3 c4+ 60. bxc4+ Nxc4 61. Bf4 Nb2+ 62. Kc2 Nxa4 63. Rxf7 Nc5 64. Rf6 Be1 65. Rxg6 Bxh4 66. Rd6+ Ke4 67. g6 $18 {[%csl Gg6][%CAl Gg6g8]} Kxf4 {Mickel continue the game as Kasparov was probably very short of time.} 68. g7 Ne4 69. Rc6 Nf6 70. Rxf6+ Bxf6 71. g8=Q h4 72. Kd3 Bg5 73. Qf7+ Kg3 74. Ke4 h3 75. Qf3+ Kh2 76. Qf2+ Kh1 77. Qg3 {and mate in three is coming.} 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2000.05.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2594"] [Annotator "Mikhalevski,Victor"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2000.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 077"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qe4 {All following Kasparov's comments are taken from his "Express" on "Kasparov Chess" site.Kasparov:"Since my match with Short (1993) I haven't decided yet what is better - 12.Qe4 or 12.Qf3."} f5 13. Qf3 Qd4 ({Kasparov:"Sharp and unclear is} 13... Nb4 14. Kd1 {"} (14. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Nc3 Qd4 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Be2 c5 18. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kf2 Qd4+ 21. Kf3 Qe4+ 22. Qxe4 fxe4+ 23. Kxe4 c6 24. Rd1 a5 25. Bf3 a4 26. e6 Rd8 27. Rd6 Ke7 28. Ke5 {Gonczi,J-Turzo,A/HUN 1999/EXT 2000/0-1 (53)})) 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is much better than 15.?:c3 as it forces Black to exchange the dark-squared bishops and leaves him with a bad one on a6.} (15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Bg7 17. O-O-O c5 18. Kc2 O-O-O 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rhg1 d6 21. exd6 {½-½ Ivanov,V-Mishuchkov,N/Cherepovets 1993/EXT 97 (21)}) 15... Bb4 ({Unacceptable is} 15... Qe4+ $2 16. Qxe4 fxe4 17. e6 Rg8 18. exd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O-O+ Ke6 (19... Kc8) 20. g3 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7,Re4,Re6][%CAl Gf1h3,Gf1g2] with total disaster.}) 16. Rc1 Bxc3+ 17. Rxc3 {[%CAl Gc4c5] Kasparov: "White wins the battle in the opening. Q-side castling doesn't look great but Black doesn't have real alternatives."} O-O-O $6 {[%mdl 16384] In my opinion this is the first cause of following troubles.} (17... Qc5 $1 {Black had to prevent c5.This is the only way to do so.} 18. Qe3 $140 (18. Be2 $5) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 c5 {[%CAl Ga6b7]}) (17... c5 $4 {doesn't work as after} 18. Qxa8+ Ke7 {White returns to f3 preventing perpetual check.} 19. Qf3 $18 ({But not} 19. Qxh8 $4 Qxc3+ {and white king can't escape from endless checks:} 20. Kd1 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qb2+ 22. Ke1 Qc3+ 23. Ke2 (23. Kf2 Qd4+ 24. Kg3 $140 $4 Qe3+ 25. Kh4 Qxf4+ 26. Kh3 Qg4#) 23... Qb2+ 24. Ke3 Qd4+)) 18. c5 $1 {Kasparov:"Stronger than} (18. Rd3 Qc5 ({Mikhalevski,V} 18... Qa1+ $6 19. Rd1 Qxa2 $140 $2 (19... Qb2 $142) 20. Qc3 {[%csl Ra2,Ra6][%CAl Gd1a1]}) 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 d6 {and Black has good chances to equalize."}) 18... Bb7 $6 {[%csl Rb7] Kasparov:"This move is maybe dubious but to trade bishops can hardly be better.Bacrot said that he hadn't liked it at all. For Black all the following endgames are nothing but boring and very difficult struggles for a draw:} (18... Bxf1 19. Rxf1 g5 ({In case of} 19... d6 {(19...d5)White gets the advantage after} 20. cxd6 cxd6 ({Mikhalevski,V I think Kasparov meant} 20... Rxd6 $1 21. Rf2 (21. exd6 $4 Re8+ {[%csl Re1]}) 21... Rd5 22. g3 Rhd8 23. Kf1 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7][%CAl Gf1g2] Mikhalevski:I think Black had to make up his mind playing a worse endgame after} Qd1+ {as after 18...?b7?! Additionally to a worse pawn structure Black has a bad bishop.}) 21. exd6 Rxd6 ({Mikhalevski,V} 21... Rhe8+ $19) 22. Rf2 Rd5 23. g3 Rhd8 24. Kf1 {and the King escapes via g2. White is definitely better}) 20. Rc4 (20. Qd3 {is also good}) 20... Qa1+ (20... Qb2 21. Qe2 $16) 21. Kf2 Qxa2+ 22. Kg1 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%CAl Gc4a4] "}) 19. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ (19... Qb4 {Nikitin [Bacrot's trainer; in the past - Garry's main coach - KC news team] recommended this move as the only way of active defense. He is probably right but White is still better after} 20. Kf2 d6 21. Rc4) 20. Rxe3 $16 d6 21. Bc4 Kd7 {Kasparov:"The only move, otherwise the advance of White's e-pawn would be decisive."} ({Probably Garry means} 21... dxc5 {(Otherwise e6 would be met by d5.)} 22. e6 {[%CAl Ge6e7,Gc4f7]} Rhe8 23. e7 Rd7 24. Be6 Rexe7 25. Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. Re8+ $18) 22. h4 d5 ({Kasparov:"If} 22... dxe5 23. Rxe5 Rhe8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 25. Kf2 {[%csl Rb7,Gc4] and the remaining rooks will be traded soon. The bishop endgame is completely lost for Black."}) 23. Bd3 {[%csl Rg6][%CAl Gh4h5,Ge3g3]} ({Kasparov:"Much more precise is} 23. Be2 $1 {(Mikhalevski,V Leaving the third rank open for his rook)} h5 24. Rg3 Rh6 25. b4 {[%CAl Gg3a3] without wasting time."}) 23... h5 {Kasparov:"Trying to block the position."} 24. Rg3 {[%csl Rg6]} Rh6 $1 ({Kasparov:"} 24... Rhg8 25. Rg5 {[%csl Rf5,Rg6,Rh5][%CAl Gg2g4] with a further g2-g4."}) 25. b4 $1 {Kasparov:"This was necessary; otherwise Black would play a6-a5."} Ke6 ({Kasparov:"Bad is} 25... a5 26. b5 cxb5 27. Bxb5+ {and Black is going to collapse on the Q-side. Bacrot preferred passive defense. It was relatively better: before the time control I had to choose a winning strategy.One opportunity was step-by-step to prepare b4-b5 but I preferred a breakthrough on the K-side. After some maneuvers I managed to do it. It was important to move the king to d4, as is shown below."} {Mikhalevski,V Important nuance is} Bc6 $2 28. e6+ {Otherwise Black is OK.}) 26. Kd2 {[%csl Ra7][%CAl Gh1b1,Gb1b3,Gb3a3] Garry's plan is quite clear:he is going to bring his h-rook to the a-file pinning Black down to the defence of the a-pawn.Then he improves his position bringing the king on d4, moving the rook from g3 to g5 and finally putting his bishop on e2.When everything is ready the rook via a3 will be brought to g3 and finally combination decides the game.In fact Black is doomed on passive defence and can't do much preventing White's plan.} Ra8 27. Rb1 a6 28. Rb3 Kf7 29. Ra3 Rhh8 30. Rg5 Rh6 31. Kc3 Rb8 32. Ra5 Ra8 33. Kd4 Rhh8 34. Bc2 {Garry is not in hurry.} Rab8 35. Bd3 Ra8 ({Doesn't save} 35... Bc8 36. a3 Ra8 37. b5 cxb5 38. Bxb5 Bb7 39. Ba4 {[%CAl Gc5c6]} c6 40. Rg3 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%CAl Gg3b3]}) 36. Be2 {[%csl Ra6,Rf5,Rg6,Rh5][%CAl Ga5a3,Ga3g3] Ideal square for the bishop.From here both black weaknesses are attacked.} Rhb8 {Maybe Black should leave his rook on the h-file preventing immediate loss,but certainly it couldn't save.} 37. Ra3 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%CAl Ga3g3] Everything is ready.} Rh8 ({Kasparov} 37... Bc8 38. Rag3 $1 Rxb4+ 39. Kc3 Rxf4 40. Rxg6 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7,Rf7][%CAl Ge2h5]}) 38. Rag3 Rag8 ({Kasparov:"Or} 38... Rh6 39. Rxg6 Rxg6 40. Bxh5 Rag8 41. Rxg6 Rxg6 42. e6+ Kf6 43. e7 {and White wins here.However, if I had left my king on d2, Black would have checked me with Rxg2!"}) 39. Bxh5 $1 {Brilliant game of 13-th World Champion played in style of "old masters".} ({Kasparov} 39. Bxh5 $1 Rxh5 ({Mikhalevski,V} 39... gxh5 40. Rxg8 Rxg8 41. e6+) 40. Rxh5 gxh5 41. e6+ Kf8 42. e7+) 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-A"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2001.04.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2827"] [BlackElo "2432"] [Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"] [PlyCount "51"] [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"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 {This variation is often employed by GM A.Miles.} 7. Qg4 $5 $146 (7. Be2 Nge7 8. c4 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 Kh8 15. f4 Qd7 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. Rae1 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Ne7 19. Rfe3 Ng8 20. Re6 $14 {1-0 Hennigan,M-Miles,A/England 1999/EXT 2000 (64)}) (7. Nf5 Bxe3 8. Nxe3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. O-O-O a5 17. Rhe1 Rf7 18. g3 Qd7 19. f4 Nb4 20. b3 Qf5 21. Nb5 Ne4 22. Bd3 Nxd2 23. Bxf5 Nf3 24. Re3 Rxf5 25. Rxf3 Na6 26. Re3 $14 {½-½ Ivanchuk,V-Morovic Fernandez,I/Cap d'Agde 1998/EXT 99 (43)}) 7... Qf6 (7... g6 $6 8. Nd2 d5 9. Qg3 $14) 8. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%CAl Yg3g7,Yg3c7,Gd4b5]} Nxd4 $2 {Wrong choice.} (8... Qe5 {was probably the most reasonable continuation.For example:} 9. Nd2 (9. f4 $2 Qxe4 10. Nd2 Qg6 $17) 9... Qxg3 10. hxg3 Ne5 (10... d6 11. Nc4 $14) 11. Be2 d6 {and black gets a reasonable position.}) 9. cxd4 Bxd4 $6 {Continuing the idea of the previous move, black is accepting the poisoned pawn.} (9... d5 {was the least of the evils.} 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Nc3 (11. Bb5+ c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ba4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Nc3 O-O $14) 11... O-O (11... Nf5 12. Bb5+ $16) 12. Qe5 $16) 10. Bxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 Ne7 (11... Nf6 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. e5 Nh5 14. Qg4 Qg6 15. Qc4 {[%csl Rc7,Rh5][%CAl Gg2g4]} Qg5 16. Qxc7 O-O 17. h4 Qg6 18. g3 {totally dominating.}) (11... d6 12. Rd1 Qe5 13. f4 {with big advantage.}) 12. Qxc7 O-O 13. Rd1 Qb4 14. Rd2 {[%csl Gc7] Black's position is strategically lost. His queenside is paralized.} Ng6 ({More stubborn was} 14... Nc6 15. Be2 $1 (15. Qd6 $16) 15... f5 16. a3 Qe7 (16... Qb3 17. e5) 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. O-O {[%csl Ya7,Ya8,Yb7,Gc7,Yc8,Rd7]}) 15. Be2 f5 {A desperate attempt for counterplay.} 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Nd5 Qa4 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. O-O Qc6 20. Bb3 Qxc7 21. Nxc7 {The queen exchange doesn't save black's position.Every white's move contains a threat; black just doesn't have any resources to fight.} Rb8 22. Re1 b6 23. Nb5 Bb7 24. Nd6 Rff8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Rxd7 {It's amazing how quickly and easily Kasparov managed to get a winning position straight after the opening!} 1-0 [Event "Linares 21st"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2004.02.28"] [Round "9"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2831"] [Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"] [PlyCount "115"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 f6 ({Other theoretical possibilities are:} 10... Qb4+) (10... Bg7) 11. exf6 ({Kasparov as white chose} 11. Ba3 {and won in the encounter Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Tilburg 1991/CBM 26 [Schussler]}) 11... Qxe2+ (11... Nxf6 12. Bb2 O-O-O (12... Bg7 13. Nd2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 O-O 15. O-O-O d5 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Nataf,I-Daurelle,H/Drancy 2003 (33)}) 13. Nd2 d5 (13... Qf7 14. O-O-O Bg7 15. g3 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Re7 17. Bh3 Rde8 18. Qf2 Kb8 19. Rhe1 d6 $11 {½-½ Goloshchapov,A-Sriram,J/Sangli 2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) 14. O-O-O d4 15. Re1 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bh6 17. g3 g5 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ba3 Bb7 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Bxc5 $14 {½-½ Beliavsky,A-Almasi,Z/Niksic 1997/CBM 59 ext (40)}) 12. Bxe2 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nxf4 15. Rf1 {Radjabov follows the game Rublevsky-Tseshkovsky (see below), but Kasparov has another novelty in his mind...} Nxe2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty might change the evaluation of this variation.} (15... Nxg2+ 16. Kf2 Nf4 {- see the annotated game Rublevsky,S-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 [Postny,E]}) 16. Kxe2 Kf7 {Black is blocking white's advanced ?f6 and hoping to capture it sooner or later. The passivity of black's pieces (?a6) is temporary. Still, it's hard to believe, that black is better in this endgame, but white can easily overestimate his chances here.} 17. Kd3 Rae8 18. Rae1 $2 {Strange decision by Radjabov to sacrifice the pawn.} (18. Ne4 $6 {is met by} Re5 {[%CAl Gh8e8]}) ({Possible was} 18. g4 {with idea to support the far advanced ?f6. It seems to me, that the position is approximately equal in this case.}) 18... Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Kxf6 20. Ne4+ Kg7 21. Nc3 ({White achieves nothing after} 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Nxd7 $4 Rd8 $19) 21... Kf7 22. Rf1+ Ke7 23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Rf1+ Ke7 25. Re1+ {Probably Radjabov thought, that he achieves the draw this way, but black can play for more...} Kd8 $1 26. Rf1 Bb7 27. Ne4 ({An amusing variation is} 27. Rf7 Ke8 28. Rg7 $4 Bc8 $19 {[%csl Rg7][%CAl Re8f8]}) 27... Ke7 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Kd4 (29. Ng5+ Kf6 30. Ne4+ Kg7 {and black's king escapes from checks.}) 29... h6 {Covering the g5 square against white's possible knight check.} 30. b4 (30. c5 Rd8 $17 {[%CAl Gd7d6]} 31. Rf1+ Kg7 32. Rf6 d5 $1 33. cxd6 c5+ 34. Ke5 (34. Nxc5 Kxf6 35. Nxb7 Rd7 $19) 34... Bxe4 35. dxc7 Re8+ 36. Re6 Rxe6+ 37. Kxe6 Bxg2 $1 38. Kd7 Bh3+ 39. Kd8 g5 40. c8=Q Bxc8 41. Kxc8 g4 42. Kd7 h5 43. Ke6 h4 $19) 30... d6 31. c5 Rd8 32. Re3 {Trying to attack black's pawns using the 3rd rank, but without success.} ({Comes to consideration} 32. h4) 32... g5 33. Ra3 a6 34. Rf3+ Kg7 35. Re3 $6 ({Stronger was} 35. Rc3 {not allowing black to activize the bishop.}) 35... Bc8 $1 {Activizing the bishop.} 36. Rc3 dxc5+ 37. Kxc5 Be6 38. Kxc6 $6 {It does not seems correct to give the a2 pawn.} (38. Ra3 $6 Bd5 39. Ng3 Bxg2 40. Rxa6 Rd2 {with good winning chances.}) ({The right continuation seems to be} 38. a3 Bd5 39. Kd4 {with chances for a draw.}) 38... Bxa2 39. Nc5 (39. Kxc7 Rd4 40. Ra3 Rxe4 41. Rxa2 Rxb4 42. Rxa6 Rb2 $19) 39... Rb8 $1 {This strong move was probably missed, or underestimated by Radjabov.} 40. Ra3 (40. Nxa6 $4 Rb6+) 40... Bc4 41. Ra4 Re8 42. Kxc7 Re2 43. g4 $2 {[%csl Rg4] This pawn is much more vulnerable on g4, than on g3.} ({The only chance for a draw was} 43. g3 Rxh2 44. Nxa6 Rg2 45. Ra3 Rb2 46. Nc5 Rxb4 47. Kd6) 43... Rxh2 44. Nxa6 Rb2 45. Kb6 Be2 {Now the drawbacks of 43.g4 are clear. Black is winning the pawn g4 and getting two connected passed pawns, which give him decisive advantage.} 46. Nc5 Bxg4 47. b5 Be2 48. Ne6+ Kf6 49. Nd4 h5 50. Kc5 g4 51. b6 g3 $1 {The most precise continuation.} 52. b7 g2 53. b8=Q (53. Nxe2 Rxe2 54. Ra1 (54. b8=Q g1=Q+ $19) 54... Rb2 55. Rg1 Rxb7 56. Rxg2 Rd7 $19) 53... Rxb8 54. Nxe2 Rb2 55. Ng1 Rf2 $4 {After long, well played game Kasparov slips at the very end.} ({After the simple} 55... Rb1 56. Nf3 g1=Q+ 57. Nxg1 Rxg1 {black gets a winning endgame, for instance:} 58. Kd5 Rg5+ $1 59. Kd6 Rg4 $19 {[%csl Gh5]}) 56. Ra6+ Kf5 57. Kd4 Rf1 {[%tqu "En","How can white draw?","","","d4e3","Kasparov's disappointment can be only imagined...",3,"d4e3","",0]} 58. Ke3 $1 {Kasparov's disappointment can be only imagined...} (58. Ke3 Rxg1 59. Kf2 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.04.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "75"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 c5 11. g3 Bg7 12. f4 Nb4 13. Bg2 Rd8 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bb2 d5 16. a3 d4 17. axb4 dxc3 18. Bxc3 cxb4 19. Bb2 Bc8 20. O-O f6 21. Bd5+ Rxd5 22. cxd5 Qc5+ 23. Rf2 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Rd8 26. Rd1 Bg4 27. Qd4 Qa5 28. Rdd2 Re8 29. Kg2 Qb5 30. h3 Bf5 31. g4 Be4+ 32. Kh2 c5 33. Qf6 c4 34. d6 Bc6 35. f5 Rf8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. d7 Qc5 38. Qd6 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.04.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "89"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 g6 12. f4 Bg7 13. O-O-O c5 14. h4 Rhe8 15. Rh3 d6 16. Re3 dxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bd4 Qf7 19. Bxc5 f5 20. Nf3 Be4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Qe1 Qe6 25. Qc3 Qc6 26. Bb4 Bxg2 27. Bxg2 Qxg2 28. e6 f4 29. e7 fxe3 30. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 31. Qxe3 Qxa2 32. Qe6 Qa1+ 33. Kc2 Qg7 34. Bd2 Qd7 35. Qg8+ Qe8 36. Bg5+ Kd7 37. Qxh7+ Kc6 38. Qg7 Qe4+ 39. Kc3 Nd7 40. Qd4 Qf3+ 41. Kb4 a5+ 42. Kxa5 Nc5 43. Qf6+ Qxf6 44. Bxf6 Nxb3+ 45. Kb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.04.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "97"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Bb3 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 N7c6 11. Kh1 Bb6 12. Na3 Kh8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Ndb5 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7 16. Bc2 a6 17. Nd4 c5 18. Ne2 Nac4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qc1 f5 21. b3 Nb6 22. c4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24. Ng3 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Rad8 26. Re1 Rfe8 27. Qd2 Qf8 28. Ng5 Qf6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nd7 32. Qe8+ Nf8 33. h3 Kg8 34. Ne4 Qf4 35. Qe7 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qb2+ 39. Kg3 h5 40. Nxd6 h4+ 41. Qxh4 Ng6 42. Qe4 Qf6 43. Nf5 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Nf4 45. g3 Nh5 46. f4 Qd8 47. Qd5+ Qxd5 48. Ne7+ Kf7 49. Nxd5 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.04.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "139"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Qg6 10. Kh1 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Bh5 Qf5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rad1 Bg4 21. Rde1 Nc6 22. f5 Rbc8 23. Nb5 f6 24. Nbd6 Rc7 25. a4 Bh5 26. Re4 Rd8 27. Rfe1 Rcd7 28. g4 Bf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Kg2 a6 31. a5 g6 32. Rf1 gxf5 33. Rxf5 Rd5 34. Rf3 Kg7 35. Re6 Rf8 36. h3 Nd8 37. Re2 Nc6 38. Re6 Nd8 39. Re7+ Rf7 40. Re8 Nc6 41. Kg3 Re7 42. Rc8 Rd8 43. Rxd8 Nxd8 44. Nd6 Re6 45. Rd3 Kf8 46. Nf5 Nc6 47. Rd7 Nxa5 48. Rxh7 Rb6 49. h4 Nc4 50. h5 Ne5 51. h6 Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Re7 Ng6 54. Rc7 Rxb2 55. Rc8+ Kh7 56. Rc7+ Kh8 57. Rxc5 Rd2 58. Rc8+ Kh7 59. Rc7+ Kh8 60. Rxb7 a5 61. c4 a4 62. c5 a3 63. Ra7 Rd3+ 64. Kf2 Rc3 65. Ra8+ Kh7 66. Ra7+ Kh8 67. c6 Ne5 68. c7 a2 69. Rxa2 Nxg4+ 70. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.04.29"] [Round "15"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "68"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Nc2 Ne5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f4 N5g6 12. e5 Qe6 13. b4 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 Nh4 15. Bg4 f5 16. Be2 Kh8 17. Bc4 Qg6 18. Rf2 d6 19. exd6 Rad8 20. d7 Bc6 21. Nd2 Rxd7 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Re1 Nc8 24. g3 Rde7 25. Ndf1 Nd6 26. Bd3 Be4 27. Qd1 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Ne4 29. Nd5 Rd7 30. Qc4 Nxf2 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Kxf2 Ng6 33. Nfe3 Qe6 34. Qb3 c6 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.04.29"] [Round "17"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "125"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Bb3 Qg6 9. O-O d5 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Qc2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5c6 13. Qd2 Qxe4 $2 {Eine seltsame Entscheidung Nakamuras, mit der er eine Figur aufgibt.} (13... Bf3 $5 14. Bg3 Bxe4 15. Nc3 $44) 14. f3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxc7 {Schwarz hat nur zwei Bauern für die Figur, und das ist zu wenig. Kasparov gewinnt die Partie, aber nicht so elegant, wie er es gerne gehabt hätte.} Kd7 18. Bg3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Nf5 20. Nc3 d4 21. Rfd1 Rhd8 22. Rd3 Kc6 23. Ne2 Rd5 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Bf2 Kc5 26. Rc1+ Kb5 27. Rc4 b6 28. Ng3 Nh4 29. Kf1 Ka6 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. b4 g6 32. Ne2 Nf5 33. Nxd4 Nxd4 34. Rxd4 Rf5 35. Rd3 Rf4 36. Rb3 Kb5 37. Rxa7 Re8 38. Rb7 Re6 39. Re3 Ref6 40. Kg2 Rxb4 41. b3 Kc6 42. Ra7 h5 43. Rc3+ Kb5 44. Re7 Rf5 45. h4 g5 46. hxg5 Rxg5+ 47. Kh3 Rf5 48. Rb7 Ka6 49. Re7 Rbf4 50. Ree3 Kb5 51. Bg3 Rd4 52. Re5+ Rd5 53. Rxd5+ Rxd5 54. Rc4 Rd3 55. Rf4 Rxb3 56. Rxf7 Kc4 57. f4 b5 58. f5 Kd5 59. Rd7+ Ke4 60. f6 Rf3 61. f7 b4 62. Kg2 b3 63. Re7+ 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "62"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 dxe4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6 11. Nxe4 Qg6 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qa4 Be6 15. h4 h6 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Nc5 bxc5 20. Rxe5 Rd2 21. Qf4 Rxb2 22. Rxc5 Rd8 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. a4 Rdd2 26. Rf1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rc6 Kg7 29. Rc7 Bc4 30. Re1 Rxf2 31. Bc6 Rfc2 0-1 [Event "Zagreb GCT Blitz"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.11"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2688"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Qb4+ 9. Nd2 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ng6 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Qg3 O-O 13. O-O d6 14. Nb3 Nxe5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. b4 Qa4 19. Bd4 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. f4 Bf5 22. fxe5 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 dxe5 24. Qd7 Qb3 25. Qxc6 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Rfe1 Qc3 28. Qxc7 Rac8 29. Qxa7 Rxc4 30. h3 Rcf4 31. Qc5 Qb2 32. Qxe5 Qb3 33. Qe3 Qc4 34. Rac1 Qf7 35. Qg3 h6 36. b5 Qd5 37. a4 Rxa4 38. Rb1 Rf5 39. b6 Rg5 40. b7 Qxb7 41. Qxg5 1-0