[Event "Corfu sim"] [Site "Corfu"] [Date "1996.10.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Voulgaris, Georgios"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [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. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. d5 Ne7 9. d6 cxd6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Nd5 a6 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 Bc5 16. b4 Ba7 17. Nf5 Re6 18. a4 b6 19. b5 a5 20. Ra3 Bb7 21. Bb1 Rc8 22. Rh3 Ng6 23. Qh5 Nf8 24. Qh6 1-0 [Event "El Pais sim"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1997.06.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Sacco, Gelabert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [PlyCount "7"] [EventDate "1997.06.11"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O 1-0 [Event "BT Wireplay sim"] [Site "London"] [Date "1998.12.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Wood, Gabriel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2815"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1998.12.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nxc6 Bd7 7. Nxd8 Kxd8 8. Bxd7 Kxd7 9. exd5 Rhe8 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 g6 12. d4 h5 13. Bg5 Nh7 14. Be3 a6 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. c5 Bc7 17. d6 Ba5 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Rfe1 1-0 [Event "Eurotel Trophy"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2002.04.28"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Milos, Gilberto"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2574"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2002.04.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 089"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.08.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Rd1 Re8 8. d3 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Nc4 h6 12. Nxa5 Rxa5 13. b4 Bxb4 14. cxb4 Ra4 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Qa8 17. Bb2 Qa7 18. Rdc1 Rb8 19. Rc2 Bg4 20. Qe1 Nh5 21. g3 Bd7 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Kg2 Qa6 24. Nc4 Be6 25. Ne3 Nd7 26. f4 f6 27. Rf1 c5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rxc5 Rxa3 31. Rxc7 Qxd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Nc2 Rd2+ 34. Rf2 Bh3+ 35. Kf3 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rbd8 37. Ne3 Rb3 38. Nd5 Bg4+ 39. Kf1 Bh3+ 40. Ke2 Be6 41. Kf1 Bxd5 42. exd5 Rxd5 43. Ra2 Rxb4 44. Raa7 Rg4 45. Kg2 h5 46. Re7 Rd2+ 47. Kh3 Kh7 48. Rf7 Kh6 49. Rf8 Rc4 50. Rh8+ Kg6 51. Rg8 Rcc2 52. Rgxg7+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "Galicia sim"] [Site "Galicia"] [Date "1991.07.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Freire, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1991.07.19"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Raxd8 11. Nxe5 Bb4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. f3 h6 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 a6 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. Rd4 Ne5 19. Ra4 Ra8 20. Rb1 a5 21. Rb7 Rec8 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. f4 Nd7 24. e5 Ke7 25. g4 f6 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. f5 Kd8 28. Re4 Ne5 29. Bxh6 Rcb8 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 31. Bg7 Nd7 32. h4 Rb2 33. Kd2 Rxa2 34. h5 Ra1 35. h6 Rh1 36. g5 fxg5 37. f6 Nxf6 38. Bxf6+ Kd7 39. Bxg5 c5 40. Rh4 Rxh4 1-0 [Event "URS U18-ch"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1976.01.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Vasiliev, Alexei I"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1976.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re3 g6 11. b3 b6 12. Qg4 Bb7 13. Bb2 Ne8 14. Rh3 d5 15. Qf4 Bg5 16. Qe5 Bf6 17. Qf4 Bg5 18. Qe5 Bf6 19. Qf4 Bg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cordoba sim"] [Site "Cordoba "] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Bazan, Osvaldo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2240"] [PlyCount "69"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Ke7 12. Rad1 h6 13. Nge4 b6 14. h3 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. f4 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Ne3 18. Rc1 Rd8 19. Kf2 Nd5 20. Kf3 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Ke6 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Bb7 24. g3 c5+ 25. Ke3 Bg2 26. Nf2 Kd5 27. h4 a6 28. g4 b5 29. Nd3 Bf1 30. h5 Bxd3 31. Kxd3 c4+ 32. Ke3 c6 33. c3 a5 34. a3 a4 35. Kf3 1-0 [Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.10.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2849"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Wedberg,Tom"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2000.10.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 080"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.01.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Nice choice of opening! Hardly expected by Kasparov.The Berlin offers both simplification and reasonable chances if White goes astry. Furthermore it´s an opening less suited for computer analysis, which lately has been Kasparovs preferred battle ground.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 $5 {As an extra twist Kramnik chooses the latest black try. This move carries an immediate idea. Black wants to bring the ? to the ?-side as soon as possible.} 10. b3 ({Instead} 10. h3 h6 11. Bf4 {is another way of developing the ?, but} b6 12. a4 a5 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. b3 Bb4 15. Ne4 Be6 16. c4 c5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Ne1 Bd7 19. Ng3 g5 20. Be3 Ng6 21. Nd3 Bc6 {gave Black a reasonable position in ½-½ Shirov,A-Almasi,Z/Polanica Zdroj 2000/CBM 79 (40)}) 10... h6 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. h3 ({In his next game with white Kasparov chose} 12. Rad1) 12... b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 $1 {Black wants to play c5, ?c6 and ?b7, but first he prevents ?d5 from White.} 14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ne1 {Aiming for f4-f5. But it´s a slow plan and more importantly it´s impossible to realise. The move is a sign that White has nothing from the opening.} h5 {Sometimes this is dubious due to the weakening of g5, but here Black can easily cover g5 with ?e7. Kramnik plays it to create a white square blockade on f5. A typical strategy in the Berlin to hem White´s ?-side ? majority.} 16. Nd3 (16. Nf3 Be7 {works, since} 17. e6 $6 {fails to} Bxe6 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bb2 Bxh3 $17) (16. f4 Ne7 {??f5, h4}) 16... c5 17. c4 a5 18. a4 {Else Black plays a4 with counter play on the ?-side.} h4 19. Nc3 Be6 (19... Bc6 $2 20. f4 $1 Ne7 21. f5 Rh5 22. f6 $36) 20. Nd5 Kb7 21. Ne3 Rh5 {The important square to cover is f5.} 22. Bc3 (22. f4 Ne7 $11) 22... Re8 23. Rd2 Kc8 24. f4 Ne7 25. Nf2 Nf5 {The position is to blocked to give either side any real chances.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.10.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2849"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Wedberg,Tom"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2000.10.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 080"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.01.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 {Kramnik shows confidence in his new weapon. The question is what Kasparovs sessions in front of the computer has unearthed.} 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 {A refinement over game 1, where h3 first was played.} b6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black goes for his main plan of creating a fox-hole for his ? on b7.} (12... a5 13. h3 b6 14. a4 Bb4 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Nf4 g6 17. g4 Ng7 18. Rd3 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Krasenkow,M/Polanica Zdroj 2000/CBM 79 no vc (27)}) (12... Ne7 $5 {to meet ?e2 with ?g6 has yet to be tested.}) 13. Ne2 c5 14. c4 {In the more dynamic lines with a subsequent e6 this is just a lost tempo, so White could try to do without this move.} (14. Nf4 $5 Bc6 (14... c4 $6 15. bxc4 $16) 15. Nd5 (15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Be7 17. e6 Bd6 $13) 15... Ne7 (15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd5 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. f4 $36) (15... Kb7 16. Rfe1 Ne7 (16... Re8 17. c4 Ne7 18. e6 $16) (16... Rd8 17. c4 Ne7 18. Ne3 Rxd1 (18... Re8 $5) 19. Rxd1 $14 {[%CAl Yd1d8]}) 17. Nxe7 Bxe7 18. e6 $36) 16. Nxe7+ (16. c4 Kb7 {is the game.}) 16... Bxe7 17. e6 $5 Bxf3 (17... fxe6 18. Rfe1 $36) 18. gxf3 fxe6 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rxe6 $14) 14... Bc6 15. Nf4 $5 {Kasparov has achieved a more active setup than in game 1. But Black is still without any real weaknesses. Whites main idea is to try to push e6 at the right moment.} Kb7 (15... Bxf3 $5 {strengthens the position of ?f5 by taking away the possibility g4, but it gives up some white square control.} 16. gxf3 Be7 (16... c6 17. Rfe1 $14 {[%CAl Ye5e6]}) 17. e6 (17. Nd5 Re8 18. Ne3 Nh4 19. f4 g6 20. Rd3 Kb7 21. Rfd1 Rad8 $11) 17... Bd6 $5 18. Rd5 Nd4 (18... fxe6 19. Nxe6 Re8 20. Nxc7 Kxc7 21. Rxf5 $14) 19. Bxd4 Bxf4 (19... cxd4 20. Rxd4 g5 21. Nh5 $14) 20. Rf5 cxd4 21. Rxf4 fxe6 22. Rxd4 Rf8 23. Re1 Rxf3 24. Rxe6 Rf7 $11) 16. Nd5 (16. Rfe1 {has been suggested as an improvement, but} Bxf3 $5 17. gxf3 Be7 {seems OK for Black} 18. Rd7 (18. e6 Bd6 19. Nh5 (19. Rd5 $2 Nh4 $17) 19... fxe6 20. Rxe6 Rhe8 $132) 18... Rad8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Nxe6 Bf6 $11) 16... Ne7 17. Rfe1 Rg8 $5 {[%mdl 256] Prophylaxis against a later e6 by White. Kramnik has chosen to play in a very restrained fashion, reminicent of the the way Wilhelm Steinitz used to play. His basic idea was that without weaknesses you can always defend.} (17... Bxd5 $6 18. cxd5 Rd8 19. d6 cxd6 20. exd6 Nc6 21. d7 Kc7 22. Be5+ $16) (17... Rd8 18. Ne3 Re8 19. e6 $5 fxe6 20. Ne5 $36) 18. Nf4 (18. e6 {The logical follow up to the previous play, but it doesn´t seem to deliver anything.} fxe6 19. Nxe7 (19. Rxe6 Rd8 $132) 19... Bxe7 20. Rxe6 (20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Nxc6 Bxb2 22. Rxe6 Rae8 23. Rde1 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Rf8 $13) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bd6 $11) 18... g5 $1 {Black activates his ? and stops White´s intended push with the e-?.} 19. Nh5 Rg6 20. Nf6 Bg7 {Black is slowly getting his pieces out. The worst seems to be over for him.} 21. Rd3 Bxf3 {Clearing c6 for the ?.} 22. Rxf3 Bxf6 23. exf6 Nc6 24. Rd3 Rf8 25. Re4 Kc8 {Now Black is ready for positive action, like starting to exchange ?:s, so the pressure is on White to do something.} 26. f4 $6 (26. h4 $142 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rdxd4 Rxf6 29. hxg5 hxg5 {With a very slight advantage for White. Ulf Andersson would be very happy with White here. Even though a draw is the likely result.}) 26... gxf4 27. Rxf4 Re8 $132 {Now it´s an open game. The ? is in no way inferior to the ?.} 28. Bc3 Re2 29. Rf2 Re4 30. Rh3 a5 31. Rh5 (31. Bd2 $6 Ne5 {[%CAl Ye5g4]}) 31... a4 32. bxa4 $5 {Active play, but also a sign that White is under pressure. The situation is clearly dangerous for White when he loses his ?-side ?:s.} Rxc4 33. Bd2 Rxa4 34. Rxh6 Rg8 (34... Rxh6 $5 35. Bxh6 c4 $132) 35. Rh7 Rxa2 36. Rxf7 Ne5 37. Rg7 Rf8 38. h3 c4 (38... Nd3 39. f7 Kd7 (39... Nxf2 40. Rg8 Kd7 41. Rxf8 Ke7 42. Rd8 $16) 40. Rg8 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Nxf2 42. Rxf8 Ke7 43. Rc8 $14) 39. Re7 Nd3 40. f7 Nxf2 41. Re8+ Kd7 42. Rxf8 Ke7 43. Rc8 (43. Rd8 Kxf7 44. Kxf2 c3 $11) 43... Kxf7 44. Rxc7+ Ke6 45. Be3 Nd1 46. Bxb6 $14 c3 47. h4 $6 (47. Kh2 $142) 47... Ra6 48. Bd4 Ra4 $11 49. Bxc3 Nxc3 50. Rxc3 Rxh4 51. Rf3 Rh5 52. Kf2 Rg5 53. Rf8 Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.10.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2849"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Wedberg,Tom"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2000.10.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 080"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.01.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 {Not ?d7 this time. A sensible change given Kasparovs prowess in preparing against sitting ducks.} 10. Rd1+ {White loses some flexibility with this check. He later will have to move the ? to bring out ?a1.} ({But} 10. h3 Bd7 {would have been a nice trick luring Kasparov away from improving on game 3, where he played without h3.}) 10... Ke8 11. h3 a5 12. Bf4 ({Kasparov refrains from the double edged} 12. g4 Ne7 13. Kg2 {after which Black gets reasonable play with both} Ng6 ({and} 13... h5 14. Kg3 Ng6 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Re1 Be7 $13 {½-½ Sutovski,E-Wedberg,T/Sweden 1998 (35)}) 14. Kg3 Be7 15. Re1 Be6 16. Nd4 $6 Rd8 17. Nxe6 (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Bh4+ 19. Kf3 Ne7 $17 {Ghinda,M-Sturua,Z/Komotini 1993}) 17... fxe6 $17) (12. Ne2 Bc5 13. g4 Ne7 14. Nf4 Be6 15. Nh5 Rg8 16. Nd4 Nd5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c4 Nb6 19. b3 a4 {with play resembling the game at hand.0-1 Neurohr,S-Mokry,K/Germany 1994/GER-chT2 (62)}) 12... Be6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Nd4 Nd5 15. Nce2 Bc5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (15... h5 {Pointless when White can exchange ?e6.} 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Nb6 18. b3 hxg4 19. hxg4 a4 20. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Galkin,A-Yarovik,Y/Novgorod 1999/CBM 69 ext (41)}) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Nb6 18. b3 a4 {Black is active. White´s counter activity on the other side is long in coming.} 19. Bd2 Kf7 20. Bc3 Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kg2 Rd3 23. Rc1 (23. f4 g6 $11) 23... g5 24. Rc2 axb3 25. axb3 Nd7 26. Ra2 Be7 27. Ra7 Nc5 28. f3 Nxb3 29. Rxb7 Nc1 30. Nxc1 Rxc3 31. Ne2 Rc2 32. Kf1 Rxc4 33. Rxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.10.29"] [Round "13"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2849"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2000.10.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 080"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.01.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ke8 11. Ne4 c5 12. c3 b6 13. Re1 Be6 14. g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2001.01.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2849"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Wedberg,Tom"] [PlyCount "92"] [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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 {Highly unusual. Normally Black avoids exchanging the black squared ?s. Here he invites it whole-heartedly.} 11. Bg5 {The thematic response.} (11. Bf4 Be6 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Kg2 Be7 15. a3 Rd8 16. Rad1 h5 $11 {½-½ Jenni,F-Mantovani,R/SUI 1999/EXT 2001 (76)}) 11... Bxg5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Kramniks idea is to put the ? on e7, connecting the ?s and then to contain the white ? majority along the diagonal e6-f5-g4.} (11... Bb4 {cat and mouse} 12. Ne4 Be6 13. c3 Bf8 14. g4 Ne7 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Nd2 c5 17. Nb5 Kd7 18. Bf4 Kc6 $13 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Miles,A/Groningen 1997/CBM 62 ext (29)}) 12. Nxg5 h6 13. Nge4 b6 14. Rfd1 (14. Rad1 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Ke7 {with an OK position for Black.}) 14... Ne7 (14... Ba6 15. a4 {is a bit unpleasant for Black.}) 15. f4 Ng6 16. Rf1 h5 17. Rae1 Bf5 18. Ng3 Ne7 $1 {Cautious play.} (18... Bxc2 $6 {allows White to expand} 19. f5 Nf8 20. Rf2 Bd3 21. Rd2 Ba6 22. e6 $5 {prevents ?d8 and allows White to develop his attack.} h4 (22... fxe6 23. fxe6 $40 {[%CAl Yg3f5]}) (22... f6 23. h4) 23. Nge2 {[%CAl Ye2f4,Ye2d4]} Bxe2 (23... Rh6 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Ne4 $36) (23... fxe6 24. fxe6 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Nd4 $16) 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Rdxe2 $14 {[%CAl Ye2e7,Ye7c7,Ye7f7]}) 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Kf2 Nd4 21. Rc1 (21. Rd1 $5 Rd8 (21... Nxc2 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Rfd1 $36) 22. Rd2 {is Kasparovs suggestion for an improvement in his express commentary at www.kasparovchess.com.}) 21... Rd8 22. Rfd1 Ke7 23. Ne4 (23. g3 $5) 23... h4 $1 24. b4 Rh5 $2 {Threatening ?f5.} (24... Nf5 $142) 25. Ng5 {Not the best.} (25. g4 $1 {Both players seem to have missed this rather simple combination - so strong was their delusion that g4 was unplayable that they reportedly missed it in the post mortem as well. It wasn´t missed on ICC though. The waves of discussion went high when 25.?g5 came up on the screens. "Kasparov missed a win in one" was the typical reaction.} Rhh8 (25... hxg3+ $2 26. Nxg3 Rxh3 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Nf5+ $18) 26. f5 {With a tremendous position for White. No doubt Kasparov would have won this and shaken a few ghosts from his shoulders at the same time.}) 25... Rhh8 (25... f6 26. c3 fxg5 27. cxd4 gxf4 28. Rxc6 $16) 26. Rd3 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Kxe6 28. Rcd1 Rd5 29. c4 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 $16 {This ending is difficult for Black.} a5 31. bxa5 Ra8 32. Ra3 Kf5 33. Kf3 Ra6 $1 34. c5 f6 $2 (34... bxc5 $142) 35. Re3 $1 Rxa5 36. e6 Ra8 37. e7 Re8 38. a4 Kg6 39. Re6 Kf7 40. Rxc6 $6 (40. f5 $1 {was the right path} Rxe7 41. Rxc6 bxc5 42. a5 $18) 40... Ra8 $1 41. cxb6 cxb6 42. Rxb6 Rxa4 43. Re6 Ke8 44. Re4 Ra3+ 45. Re3 Rxe3+ 46. Kxe3 f5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj KO"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2001.04.29"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2827"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Wedberg,Tom"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2001.04.29"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 083"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.07.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. Ng5 {Kasparov tries the new idea that gave Leko a win against Kramnik in Budapest this year.} Be8 12. Nge4 (12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Nge4 Kb7 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 h5 18. Bc1 $14 {1-0 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Budapest 2001/CBM 81/[Wedberg] (62)}) 12... b6 13. h3 (13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 Nd4 15. Rd2 Kb7 16. Nd5 Rd8 17. c4 Bc6 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Ba3 $13 {0-1 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Budapest 2001/CBM 81 (56)}) 13... Kb7 14. g4 Ne7 $146 {[%CAl Ye7g6,Ye7d5,Gc6c5,Re7c6,Rc6d4][%mdl 8] A more flexible post than h4.} (14... Nh4 15. f4 c5 16. Kf2 Ng6 17. b3 h6 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Acs,P-Cvek,R/Charleville 2000/CBM 79 ext (61)'}) 15. Bf4 (15. f4 c5 16. f5 {would be nice if it worked, but Black can strike back before it gets in any way dangerous. In this line it´s quite obvious that the move ?d1 dont mix well with the idea f4-f5.} Nc6 17. Bf4 Nd4 18. Rac1 h5 $36 {[%csl Rg1][%CAl Ye8c6]}) 15... h5 16. f3 c5 17. Kf2 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nd4 19. c3 Ne6 20. Bg3 (20. Be3 $2 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rh2+ $17) 20... Bc6 21. Rd2 (21. f4 $5 Rd8 22. c4 $13) 21... hxg4 22. hxg4 c4 $1 $11 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. Rad1 Ba4 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Red1 Ba4 27. Re1 Bc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Astana"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2001.06.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2827"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Wedberg,Tom"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2001.05.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "KAZ"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 084"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Ke8 {Definitely a big surprise - the ? takes a step in the "wrong" direction. Kramnik wants to prove the versatility of the ?d7 move. Here the idea is not to bring the ? to safety but to release the ? via d8.} 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Rad1 Ne7 {This has become a standard manouvre in the Berlin since Zoltan Almasi introduced it six years ago against Peter Leko in Wijk aan Zee.} (13... Bb4 14. Ne2 $1 (14. Ne4 Be6 15. g4 Bd5 $132) 14... Be6 15. Nf4 $36 {The exchange of ?:s on d1 proves to be of little value here.}) 14. Rfe1 Ng6 {Kramniks play is slow but constructive. Eventually he is going to get the pieces to the right squares and then start exchanging to reach the right kind of ending. But he is playing against one of the strongest attacking players in the history of chess...} (14... Bf5 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. e6 $16) 15. Ne4 Nf4 {Black seems to be on the right track to a very safe setup with ?e6, ?e7 and then ?c8. But Kasparov is not very impressed by all this.} 16. e6 $3 {[%mdl 5] Kasparov himself doesn't give this move even a single ! so I have to give it two to compensate. It's a beautiful move refuting Black's setup. White's play is also a nice model for treating the type of slow build-up practised by Kramnik here.} Nxe6 17. Nd4 $16 {Black has a slight material plus, but White has all the activity and the ? on e8 is trapped in the middle of it. Clearly Black is in grave trouble here.} (17. Be5 Rc8 18. Nh4 {followed by f4-f5 was even stronger according to Kasparov.}) 17... c5 $6 {This move cost Kramnik one hour on the clock leaving only 18 minutes for the rest of the game. A sign of the problems facing Black here.} ({The best chance was} 17... Rh7 18. f4 c5 19. Nf3 (19. Nxe6 $5 Bxe6 20. Bf6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bd6 22. Bh4 $14) 19... Bc6 20. Rb1 {The key move according to Kasparov, but it looks a bit passive.} Bxe4 21. Rxe4 g6 22. g4 Rd5 (22... Be7 23. f5 $18) (22... Bg7 23. f5 $18) 23. c4 (23. Kg2 Kd8 $13) 23... Rd3 24. Ne1 Rd2 $5 {Black sacs a piece and goes for activity.} (24... Rxh3 25. f5 $16 {Kasparov}) 25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Bg7 27. Bc1 (27. Bxg7 Rxg7+ 28. Kh1 (28. Kf1 Rd4 $17) 28... Rf2 $11) 27... Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Rd1 29. fxe6 f5 (29... Rg7 30. exf7+ Kxf7 $11) 30. Re2 Rg7 31. Kh2 Bg1+ 32. Kh1 Bd4 $11) 18. Nf5 Rh7 19. Bf6 Rc8 20. Bxg7 $5 (20. f4 $1 {keeping the pressure was better according to Kasparov} Bc6 21. Nfg3 $40 (21. Bh4 c4 $1 22. bxc4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc5+ $13)) 20... Bxg7 21. Nxg7+ Rxg7 22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. Nxd7 Rd8 {Black has survived the first wave, but White is still slightly better on the board and much better on the clock.} 24. Ne5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nf4 (25... Nd4 26. c4 $14) 26. Kh1 $1 Rg5 (26... Nxg2 $4 27. Rg1 $18) (26... Rxg2 $4 27. Nd3 $18) 27. Ng4 Rd5 28. Re1+ Kf8 29. Nxh6 Rd2 30. Re5 $1 {[%CAl Ye5f5]} Rxf2 $2 (30... Rxc2 $142 31. Rf5 Rxf2 32. Ng4 Rxg2 33. Rxf4 Rxa2 $14) 31. Rf5 Kg7 32. Ng4 Rxg2 33. Rxf4 Rxc2 34. Rf2 $18 Rc3 35. Kg2 b5 36. h4 c4 37. h5 cxb3 38. axb3 Rc5 39. h6+ Kf8 40. Nf6 Rg5+ 41. Kh1 1-0 [Event "RUS-The World"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2002.09.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2838"] [Annotator "Wedberg,Tom"] [PlyCount "84"] [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"] {[%mdl 2]} {This win certainly contributed a lot to the overall victory for the world team. In a sense it might have been the deciding game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Quite a surprise. Kasparov takes up the Berlin defence. The very weapon that robbed him of his crown.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. h3 Be7 {The move ?e7 in some position or another is the new fab. Kramnik has played it without h6. The idea is to set up an exchange with ?h4. One negative aspect of the move is that the often useful reprouping with ?e7-g6 is lost.} 12. Ne2 (12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Kg2 h5 15. f3 {was tried succesfully in Kotronias,V-Nikolaidis,I/Peristeri 1993/CBM 39 ext/[ChessBase] (66)}) 12... Nh4 {Should Black strive after exchanges at all costs in the Berlin? Im not so sure. There is also the question of time. Black is spending it here.} (12... Bd7 13. b3 Rd8 (13... Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Ba3 b6 16. Rd4 Bd8 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. R4d2 c5 19. g4 Be4 20. Ng3 Bc6 21. Nh5 g6 22. Nf6+ Ke7 $14 {½-½ Gongora,M-Olivera,Y/Matanzas 1998/EXT 2002 (44)}) 14. Bb2 Rg8 15. Rd2 Bc8 16. Rad1 Rxd2 17. Nxd2 g5 18. g4 Ng7 19. Ne4 Ne6 20. Bc1 Rg6 21. Be3 c5 22. N2g3 $14 {1-0 Lasker,E-Herz/Lewitt/Keidanski/Berlin 1896/EXT 2001 (37). (36)}) (12... a5 13. a4 (13. Nf4 h5 14. Ne2 a4 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 Be6 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 g5 (17... Bd7) 18. Bd2 Rg8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. g4 $14 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Almasi,Z/New York 1993/TD (56)}) 15... Ra5 16. Bd2 Rc5 $13 {½-½ Wang Zili-Galego,L/Macau 1996/EXT 2001 (40)}) 13... Bc5 14. Nf4 h5 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Ne4 g5 17. Ne2 Rg8 18. b3 Be6 19. Ba3 $16 {1-0 Kokarev,D-Driamin,D/Moscow 2001/EXT 2002 (32)}) 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 $1 {Eying a7. Black cannot develop in an easy way here.} Bf5 (14... Bd7 15. Rd4 Be7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nf4 a6 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. g4 $14) (14... Ke7 $4 15. g3 Bg5 16. f4 $18) 15. Nd4 Bh7 $6 (15... Bg6 $5) 16. g4 Be7 17. Kg2 h5 18. Nf5 $16 {White has all the play.} Bf8 19. Kf3 Bg6 20. Rd2 hxg4+ 21. hxg4 Rh3+ 22. Kg2 Rh7 23. Kg3 f6 24. Bf4 (24. e6 $5) 24... Bxf5 25. gxf5 fxe5 26. Re1 Bd6 27. Bxe5 Kd7 28. c4 c5 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. Re6 $18 Rah8 31. Rexd6+ Kc8 32. R2d5 Rh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh2+ 34. Kf3 R2h3+ 35. Ke4 b6 36. Rc6+ Kb8 37. Rd7 Rh2 38. Ke3 Rf8 39. Rcc7 Rxf5 40. Rb7+ Kc8 41. Rdc7+ Kd8 42. Rxg7 Kc8 1-0