[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.29"] [Round "12"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"] [PlyCount "86"] [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 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 {Anand varies from his favorite Open Variation (5...Nxe4) which suffered a serious setback in game 10. Vishy has played the Archangel (5...b5), but more often as White than Black.} 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 d6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 (10... h6 {Ftacnik} 11. a5 O-O 12. c3 Rb8 13. Bd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba7 15. Be3 Bc8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bd5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Na7 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 c6 21. Ba2 Nb5 22. Qb2 {Timman,J-Bareev,E/Wijk (3.2)/1995/0.5 (38)}) (10... O-O {Ftacnik} 11. Bg5 $16) 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Ba2 h6 {The text is possibly a new move, and definitely a prudent one.} (12... Bc8 {Ftacnik} 13. Bg5 (13. d4 $1 exd4 14. e5 $36) 13... Qg6 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Bxc5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc5 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. f4 O-O 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Rab1 Rae8 21. Rf3 c4 22. dxc4 c5 {Adams,M-Lin Weiguo/Adelaide-WchJ (6)/1988/0-1 (66)}) 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Rb1 (16. Bxc5 $6 {Ftacnik} dxc5 {xd3}) 16... Bc8 17. Qe2 {White has emerged from the opening with a clear advantage.} Be6 $6 {Natural enough, but soon Vishy finds himself in serious trouble. The text was universally criticized by the GM commenting corp, but they were unable to come up with a good improvement.} 18. h3 {Here 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 Bb6 20.Nd2 d5 21.e5 Nc4 22.f4 is a promising alternative to the text.} (18. Bxe6 $5 {Ftacnik} Qxe6 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Bb6 21. Nd2 d5 22. e5 Nc4 23. f4 f5 24. Rfc1 $14) 18... Bxa2 19. Qxa2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qe6 21. Qxe6 (21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 e4 $1 23. dxe4 Nc4 24. Rb7 Rd7 $13 {and Black captures on e3, rescueing his Knight with ...f7-f5, if 24.Re1 Re8. The star move 22...e4! was spotted by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili. Interestingly enough, this move proves to be Vishy's salvation later in the game.}) 21... fxe6 22. Rb4 Rb8 {Compare this position with the one that emerges after Black's 26th move and it will become clear that the immediate doubling of Rooks by 22...Rf7 and 23...Rdf8 deserved serious consideration.} (22... Rf7 $5 23. Rfb1 Rdf8) 23. Rfb1 Nc6 $2 {This could have been the fatal mistake that caused Anand to castle queenside. Black should have played 23...Rxb4.} (23... Rxb4 24. cxb4 (24. Rxb4 Kf7 $13 {This position differs from some that could have occurred later in the game in one important detail: Black has time to bring his King to the center before White's Rook reaches b7. Sometimes a Knight on the rim isn't dim!}) 24... Nc6 25. b5 axb5 26. Rxb5 (26. axb5 Na7 27. b6 cxb6 28. Rxb6 Nc8 29. Rb7 Rf7 30. Rb8 Rc7 31. d4 exd4 32. exd4 Kf7 $10) 26... Ra8 27. Rb7 Rxa4 28. Rxc7 Nb4 29. d4 Nd3) 24. Rb7 Rbc8 {Necessary as 24...Rfc8 would be met by the dynamic 25.d4 exd4 26.Nxd4 when White's ugly pawn structure is more than compensated for by his activity.} (24... Rfc8 $6 {Ftacnik} 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd4 $1 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Nxd4 28. exd4 $16) 25. Kf2 {Here the aggressive 25.d4 would be effectively countered by 25...d5 26.exd5 exd5 27.Nxe5 (or 27.dxe5 Rfe8) 27...Nxe5 28.dxe5 Rfe8.} (25. d4 $2 {Ftacnik} d5 $1 26. exd5 exd5 27. Nxe5 (27. dxe5 Rfe8) 27... Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rfe8) 25... Rf7 26. Ke2 Rcf8 27. d4 g5 28. Kd3 Rg7 29. d5 exd5 30. exd5 g4 31. dxc6 {Vishy was hypnotized yesterday and missed 31...Rxc2.Now it's Garry's turn to overlook something big - namely the intermezzo 31...e4+. He actually wrote 31... gxf3 on his scoresheet after capturing on c6, Anand's reply caused him to dirty his score. Had he played 31.hxg4 he would have had excellent chances to win and go two up.} (31. hxg4 $142 e4+ 32. Kxe4 Ne7 (32... Rxg4+ 33. Kd3 Ne7 34. c4 Rxg2 35. Nd4 Ng6 36. Rxc7 Ne5+ 37. Kc3 Rg3 38. Ne6 Rxe3+ 39. Kd2 (39. Kd4 $2 Ra3 40. Nxf8 Nf3+ 41. Ke4 Nd2+)) 33. g5 $1 (33. Rxc7 Rxg4+ 34. Kd3 Nxd5)) 31... e4+ (31... gxf3 {Ftacnik} 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Ra7 d5 (33... Rxh3 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rbb7 Kg6 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 $16) 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rbb7 e4+ (35... Kg6 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Rf6 38. c4) 36. Kd4) 32. Kxe4 gxf3 33. gxf3 Re7+ {Now Black's counterplay is enough to draw.} 34. Kd4 Rxf3 35. e4 Rxh3 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rb7 Re7 39. c7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7+ Ke6 41. Ra7 h5 42. Rxa6 Rh1 43. Ra8 {The position is clearly drawn: (1) Black will advance his passed pawn to h2 tying the White King down; (2) Next he will trade his h-pawn for the enemy a-pawn; (3) he will transfer his King to c6.The resulting position with two pawns versus one on the same side of the board is totally without chances so the two players quickly make peace.} h4 {The longest game of the match but the two players have yet to play four hours (today lasted 3:15)! Surely this must be a record of sorts for a WorldChampionsh ip.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1997.06.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1997.06.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 060"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.09.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Nc3 c5 16. Nxb5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxb5 18. Ra7 c4 19. Bxc4 d5 20. Qxe7 dxc4 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Ra8 Rf8 23. Ra4 Be6 24. f5 Bd5 25. Re1 h5 26. h3 Rc8 27. Kh2 h4 28. f6 gxf6 29. b3 f5 30. bxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.03.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Wedberg,Tom"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1998.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 064"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Kasparov plays a new and very natural move against Shirovs gambit. The game threatens to become very complicated at one point, but Kasparov opts out and settles for a draw soon after.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d3 Na5 {A modern gambit. Black gives a ? and plays for activity.} 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Bg5 $146 (14. Ng4 dxe4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. dxe4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 b4 20. Nd5 $1 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Monaco rapid 1995/EXP 46 (36)}) 14... Be7 15. Nxb5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Nc3 (17. Qxd8 {with the idea to try to take c7 as fast as possible, suffer some counterplay by Black and finally win with an extra ? on the ?-side. Thats the idea, but Black seems to be able to create enough counter chances with his pair of ?:s.} Rxd8 (17... Bxd8 $2 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 (18... gxf6 19. Nd7 Re8 20. Re1 $18) 19. Nd7 Bd3 (19... Bc6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Nd4 $16) 20. Nxc7 {One enemy less.} Bxf1 21. Nxf8 Bd3 (21... Kxf8 22. Kxf1 $16) 22. Nd7 Bxb2 23. b4 $16) 18. Nxc7 {A somewhat risky position for the ?:s, but it's not so easy to utilise immediately.} h6 $1 (18... Bd6 $2 19. Ng4 $1 Bxc7 20. Bxf6 $18 {The counter fork on f6 wins the game.}) (18... Rc8 19. Rc1 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. f4 $14) 19. f3 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nc4 Bc2 $44) (19. Bh4 $2 Rc8 20. Rc1 $8 Bd8 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. f3 Bb7 24. fxg4 Rd2 $17) (19. Bf4 Nh5 20. g3 Bd6 21. Re1 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Bc2 23. Nc6 Rd7 24. Nb5 Bxf4 $132) 19... hxg5 20. fxe4 Bd6 21. Nc6 Rc8 22. Nb5 Bc5+ (22... Rxc6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. e5 Rb6 25. exf6 Rxb3 26. fxg7 Rxb2 27. Rf5 f6 28. Rxf6 Kxg7 $11) 23. Ncd4 Rb8 24. Kh1 Nxe4 $132) (17. Re1 {Anand-Shirov/Linares (8)/1998}) 17... Bb7 {Whites material advantage is miniscule. Blacks pair of ?:s should be adequate compensation.} 18. Re1 h6 19. Bf4 Bb4 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ (22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Be3 Bd6 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.10.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2849"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "82"] [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 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 b4 17. Bxf6 bxc3 18. bxc3 gxf6 19. Nd7 Bd6 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. f3 h5 22. h4 Ke7 23. Kf2 Bb7 24. c4 Be5 25. Rd2 Bc8 26. Rd5 Be6 27. Ra5 c5 28. Ke3 Bd4+ 29. Kd3 f5 30. b4 fxe4+ 31. Kxe4 Bf2 32. bxc5 Bxh4 33. c6 Kd6 34. Rxh5 Bf2 35. g4 Kxc6 36. Rh2 Bc5 37. Rc2 f6 38. Rh2 Bxc4 39. Rh6 Bd5+ 40. Kf5 Bxf3 41. g5 Kd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2001.01.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2849"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "74"] [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"] {Kasparov and I had played 40 classical games against each other before this game. Nonetheless, this game was a first. I had achieved a personal milestone in December winning the World Championship and this was my first tournament after that. Of course, in a certain sense, so had Kasparov. "After death" as he put it in the closing ceremony. He usually turns up late for the game hoping to avoid photographers, but I noticed this doesn't work anymore. The photographers simply came to our table 5 minutes later! Anyway, my ruminations about the game ended and we started to bash out our opening moves.} 1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {I have played this quite often, though not recently. Still after facing it so often in the World Championship (and preparing for it) I felt that I could play it myself. I suppose it didn't come as a surprise to him - in Linares 1998 (after I came off the matches with Karpov and Adams) I used the Caro-Kann against him!} 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 {I was curious what line he would choose. Both Vlady and Alexei tried 5...b5 and 6...?c5, but no one had played the direct ?c5 against him.} d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 {Mickey Adams went for ?h5 in our semi-final in Delhi.} 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. a5 $5 {After a long think. Wedberg: 'Not the standard approach. White prevents ?a5, but gets a slightly weak a5-? in return.'} (11. d3 Rb8 (11... Na5 {Wedberg} 12. Bc2 b4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Qe2 (14. Re1 Qd7 $11 (14... h6 $6 15. Rb1 $1 $14 {1-0 Leko,P-Garcia,G/Yopal 1997/CBM 60 (51) [Rodriguez]})) 14... Re8 15. Nf3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nb3 17. Bxb3 Rxb3 18. d4 $5 (18. Qc2 Qb8 $1 $13 {0-1 Hansen,S-Hector,J/Skaenninge 1998/CBM 65/[Wedberg] (31)}) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 $6 (20. dxc5 Rc3 21. Qxa6 $14) 20... Bxd4 21. Ra2 Nxe4 $44 {1-0 Anand,V-Karpov,A/FIDE-Wch k.o. f 1998/CBM 63/[Anand] (41)}) 12. Nd2 {Here Black's next move is specifically to avoid a4-a5} Na5 13. Bc2 b4 {Anand-Karpov Lausanne 1998}) 11... Rb8 $1 {I came to this move by elimination. Black normally goes for ?a5 and b4, but now 11...b4 is met by 12.?c4 and Black's a6 weakness will haunt him. So Black has to switch plans. He wants to play ?d7, ?e7 and f5. However, neither knight move is entirely satisfactory, so Black first gets his rook out of the way} (11... Nd7 $2 12. Bd5) (11... Ne7 12. Rd1 {? d4} (12. d3 {Wedberg} Nd7 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. Qe2 Ba7 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Ba2 Ne6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Bd2 f5 $132 {1-0 Sulypa,A-Malaniuk,V/Donetsk 1998/CBM 68 (36)})) 12. d3 Nd7 13. Be3 {This came as a surprise to me. I felt that if White swapped bishops, then Black should be OK. Still, White is a tempo short to prevent f5, so perhaps Black has equalized.} (13. Nd2 Kh8 14. Rd1 Ne7 15. Nf1 (15. g4 Ba7 {? ?c5-e6}) 15... f5) 13... Kh8 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Bc2 (15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 {Now it turns out that the a5 pawn can be weak as well!} 17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Nb3 Nc6 20. Rfd1 Qe7 $1 {It will be difficult to actually capture the a5 pawn without allowing White any compensation, but Black is in no danger here.}) 15... Bxe3 $1 (15... f5 16. d4 f4 17. dxc5 fxe3 18. Qxe3 Nxc5 19. b4 $14) 16. fxe3 $6 {'!?' Wedberg. Wedberg: 'Aggressive as always Kasparov opens an avenue of attack on the black ?. The centre ?s becomes less flexible, but an extra centre ? can come in handy if Black later tries a break with d5 or f5.'} (16. Qxe3 c5 $11) 16... c5 17. Bb3 c4 $2 {I got a bit excited here. Simply ?f6 gives Black a good game Wedberg: 'Black disturbs the cooperation of the White pieces and disrupts the ?-formation.'} (17... Nf6 $1 18. Bd5 $11 {This allows White to maintain the balance.} (18. g4 $5 $36 {Wedberg: a5 is weak but White can throw everything at the Black ?.})) 18. dxc4 Nc5 (18... b4 {My original intention. White has only one move to avoid being strangled after ?c5} 19. c5 (19. cxb4 Rxb4 $132) 19... Nxc5 20. Bxf7 $1 {It simply slipped my mind that White could play this. However, there is no way to exploit the pin.} bxc3 21. bxc3 Nc6 (21... Ng8 {Wedberg} 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Bd5 Rb5 $13) 22. Qh5 $1 {Followed by ?d5}) 19. cxb5 Nxb3 (19... Rxb5 $2 20. Bxf7 Rxb2 21. Nc4 $16) 20. Nxb3 Rxb5 21. Qd1 $1 $14 Qc7 22. Ra4 $1 Nc6 $2 {Now Black starts to get into real trouble} (22... Rfb8 23. Nd2 Rxb2 24. Nc4 R2b3 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Nxd6 f6 27. Rc4 $16) (22... Kg8 $1 23. Nd2 (23. c4 Rb7 24. c5 dxc5 25. Rc4 Rb5 26. Qc2) 23... Rxa5 (23... Rxb2 24. Nc4 Rb5 25. Qxd6 Rc5 26. Qxa6 $1) 24. Nc4 (24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. Nc4 Qc5) 24... Rc5 $1 {This seems to give Black enough counterplay to offset his queenside weaknesses.} (24... Rxa4 25. Qxa4 $14) 25. Qd3 (25. Nxd6 Rd8 26. Rxa6 Rc6) 25... d5 $1 $132 26. exd5 Nxd5 {A sample line:} 27. Rxa6 Nxc3 $1 28. Nd6 Nd5 29. Nxf7 Rc1 30. Qxd5 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qxf7+ (31... Qc1+ 32. Ke2 Qxb2+ 33. Kf3 Rxf7+ 34. Kg3 Qf2+ 35. Kh2 h6 36. Qxe5 $14) 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7+ 33. Ke2 Rb7 $1 {Black looks quite close to a draw}) (22... f6 {Wedberg: better according to Kasparov.}) 23. Nd2 $1 Nxa5 (23... Rxa5 24. Nc4 Rxa4 25. Qxa4 $16 {The knight on c6 is misplaced.}) 24. b4 Nb7 $8 {With a horrible knight. That evening, we dined in the hotel restaurant. Kasparov had taken a look at the game and told me: "This game does neither of us proud! We both missed wins". Let's look at his win.} 25. Qc2 $2 {'?!' Wedberg.} (25. Rxa6 $1 Qxc3 26. Rxf7 Rg8 {We both thought this was OK for Black - he takes on b4.} 27. Qf1 $1 {Fritzy suggests this quickly} Nd8 (27... Rxb4 28. Ra8 $1) (27... Qxe3+ 28. Kh2 Rb6 29. Ra8 $1 $18) 28. Rxg7 $3 Kxg7 29. Rxd6 $1 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Qf4 31. Qxb5 {Black has one last resource.} Nf7 32. Rd3 $1 {The right move} (32. Rd7 Rc8 33. Nf3 {Fritzy wanted to take on f7, but with the loose pawns, Black should be OK.} (33. Rxf7+ Qxf7 34. Qxe5+ Qf6 35. Qg3+) (33. Nb3 Rc3 $1 34. Qd5 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qf1+ $11) 33... Rc1+ 34. Ng1 Qxe4 $16 {It's not over yet.}) 32... Ra8 (32... Rc8 33. Rf3 (33. Nb3 {Is also good}) 33... Qxd2 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qb7+ Kf6 36. Qxc8 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxe4 38. Qf8+ $16) 33. Nb3 $1 (33. Rf3 Qxd2 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qb7+ Kg6 $1 (35... Kf6 36. Qxa8 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kg4 Qe2+ 43. Kh4 $1 $18) 36. Qxa8 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf3 Qd3+ 41. Kg4 Qe2+ {With the king on g6, White can't escape into the kingside}) 33... Qxe4 34. Rg3+ $16 {White has an extra pawn and attacking chances to boot.}) 25... h6 26. Qd3 Rb6 27. Rfa1 Rc6 28. R1a3 (28. Qd5 {Leads to the same thing.} Rxc3 (28... a5 29. bxa5 Rc5 30. Qa2) 29. Rxa6) (28. Rxa6 $1 Rxc3 29. Qd5 $36 {This position is unpleasant for Black, but if he hangs on stubbornly it isn't easy for White to break through.}) 28... a5 $1 {Black looks fine now.} 29. Kh2 $2 (29. Qd5 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Qxb7 Qxd2 $11) 29... d5 $1 {Of course, the X-ray on h2 means that White can't capture.} 30. Qb5 $2 {Having blundered, he made this move very quickly and forgot that Black can use the same trick again!} (30. Qxd5 $1 Rd8 31. Qa2 Rxc3 32. Nf3 $1 {White should be able to survive here.}) 30... d4 $1 {Wedberg: 'The backward d-? is growing up.'} 31. bxa5 dxc3 (31... Nd6 32. Qxe5 $1 ({Now} 32. Qd5 dxc3 33. Nb3 Nc4 {wins}) 32... dxc3 33. Nb3 c2 34. Nc1 $1 {Of course, White doesn't have to play a6 now.} Re8 35. Qg3 Qe7 36. a6 Nxe4 37. Qf3 Rcc8 38. a7 $132) 32. Nb3 Nc5 $2 (32... c2 $1 {The second moment that Kasparov mentioned at dinner.} 33. a6 $1 {Annoyed at having missed a "simple" win, I tried to find a way for White to save the game.} (33. Nc1 {At the post-mortem, we both assumed that White could defend with this move.} Nc5 34. Rb4 (34. Rc4 Rb8 $19) 34... Na6 $1 {? ?b8, ?d8?. We agreed that White is lost here.}) 33... Nd6 $1 (33... Nc5 34. Rc4 Nxb3 (34... Rb8 $2 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Nxc5 $16) 35. Qxc6 Qxc6 36. Rxc6 c1=Q 37. Rxc1 Nxc1 38. a7 Ra8 39. Kg3 $1 {Going after the trapped knight} g6 40. Kf2 f5 41. exf5 gxf5 42. e4 fxe4 43. Ke3 $11) 34. Qd5 {The only way.} (34. Qxe5 c1=Q 35. Nxc1 Rxc1 36. a7 (36. Rd3 Rc6 37. a7 (37. Rad4 Re8 38. Qf4 Nxe4 39. Qxc7 Rxc7 40. Rd8 Rxd8 41. Rxd8+ Kh7 42. Ra8 Kg6 43. a7 Nc3 $19) 37... Ra8 38. Rad4 (38. Qf4 Nb5 $19) 38... Ne8 39. Qxc7 Rxc7 $19) 36... Ra8 37. Qf4 (37. Rd3 Ne8 $1 (37... Nb5 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Ra5 $1 Nxa7 40. Rda3 $15) 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Rda3) 37... Nb5 38. Rb3 Rxa7) 34... Rc5 $1 (34... c1=Q {Transposes} 35. Nxc1 Rc5 $1 36. Qd2) 35. Qd2 c1=Q 36. Nxc1 Rxc1 37. a7 $1 {I was surprised to find that play is forced from here on.} Ra8 38. Qd5 (38. Ra6 Nc8 39. Rd3) 38... Qc6 (38... Rc6 $4 39. Ra6 $1 $18) (38... Nb7 $6 39. Rb4 Rc6 40. Rxb7 (40. Qb3 Nd8 41. Rb8 Rxa7 42. Rxa7 Qxa7 43. Rxd8+ Kh7 44. Qd5 Rg6 45. Qa8 Qxa8 46. Rxa8 $11) 40... Qxb7 41. Rb3 Qxa7 42. Qxc6 $11) 39. Ra6 $1 (39. Rb4 Kh7 40. Rb8 Qxd5 41. exd5 Rc8 42. Ra6 (42. Rxa8 Rxa8 43. Ra6 Nc8 44. Rc6 Ne7) 42... Rxa7 $1) 39... Qxd5 40. exd5 Ne4 (40... Nc8 41. d6 $1 Rd1 42. Rc3 Kh7 (42... Nxd6 43. Rb3 Rc1 44. Rb8+ Rc8 45. Rxd6 Raxb8 46. axb8=Q Rxb8 $15) 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Rxa8 Rxd6 $15 {With the pawn on e5 instead of e6 (as in Karpov-Hort Waddinxveen 1979), I think White's chances to hold are quite good.}) 41. Rb6 Rcc8 42. Rb7 {Again, White has chances to hold. Still, in both endgames arising after Black's 40th move, White would have to suffer a lot. So 32...c2 was the right move.}) (32... Nd6 33. Qxe5 $1 c2 34. Nc1) 33. Rc4 $1 {I hadn't overlooked this move, but having rejected 32...c2, I thought that I might find something here. Wedberg: 'A nice defence by Kasparov.'} Rb8 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Nxc5 {However, there doesn't seem to be anything here.} Qb5 {Forcing the draw} (35... Rb2 36. Raxc3 $1 (36. Rcxc3 $4 Qg6) 36... Re2 $1 37. Rc2 Rxe3 38. a6 Ra3 39. R4c3 $1 {Black is forced to trade rooks.}) 36. Rcxc3 Qe2 37. Nd7 Rb2 1/2-1/2