[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "1999.05.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"] [PlyCount "42"] [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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {When Kasparov plays the Gruenfeld defense, it doesn't mean that he is content with a draw. He has found (and deeply analysed) a lot of combative continuations in different lines.} 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 {Rather a quiet continuation but a formidible weapon in the hands of GMs Bareev and Zvjagintsev. By comparison with the 5.Bh4 line, the f4 bishop pressurises the queen's side and controls the e5 point, preventing ...e7-e5.} Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 (11... b6) (11... Qa5+) 12. O-O Bf5 (12... Bd7 {is also possible:} 13. Qb1 (13. Qb3 $5) 13... b6 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Rab1 e5 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. d5 e4 19. Ne1 Ne5 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. Bb4 Qa4 22. f4 exf3 23. gxf3 f5 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Qxa4 Bxa4 26. a3 Nf7 {½-½ Olafsson,H-Hellers,F/Nordic zt 1992}) 13. Qa4 (13. Nh4 $5 {,putting the knight at the edge, is a bit risky.} Be6 (13... Rad8 $6 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Bc7 Ra8 16. Rb1 Qc8 17. Bg3 e5 18. d5 Rd8 19. Bh4 f6 20. Bg4 Qc7 21. Qc2 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Kosebay,O/EUCup G6 1997}) (13... Bc8 $5) 14. Bf3 Qd8 15. d5 (15. Rb1 Bc4 16. Rxb7 (16. Re1 Qd7 (16... e5 17. Bg3 exd4 18. Rxb7 Rc8 19. Qa4 Bd5 $13)) 16... Bxf1 17. Qxf1 (17. Bxc6 e5 18. Rd7 Qc8 19. Rd6 Rb8) 17... Rc8 $13) 15... Bxa1 16. dxc6 (16. Qxa1 Bxd5 17. Rd1 e5 $1) 16... Bf6 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. Qxd8 (18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. g3 Bc4 20. Re1 Bc3) 18... Rbxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Bxh4 21. a4 $11) (13. Qb3 $5 {is interesting. After the queen exchange White's small advantage consists of his strong pawn centre and the passivity of Black's g7 bishop.} Qxb3 14. axb3 Rfc8 (14... Nb4 15. Rfc1 Nc2 16. Ra2 Rfc8 17. Ne5) 15. Rfc1 h6 16. h3 a6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Bg3 b5 $6 (18... Nb4 19. Ne5 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8) 19. Nd2 Nb4 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Nc5 Bf8 22. f3 e6 23. Be1 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nd5 25. Bd2 {1-0 Varga,P-Peredy,F/HUN-chT 1994 (34)}) 13... Qa5 {With the white pawn on a2 the queen exchange is not dangerous for Black as the a7 pawn is not hanging and his knight has a perfect a5 square (protecting the b7 pawn and controlling the c4 square).} (13... Rac8 $5 14. Rfc1 (14. Rac1 $1 Qa5 $1) 14... a6 (14... Qa5) 15. h3 (15. Rc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Bxa1) 15... Rfe8 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Bc4 (17. g4 $2 Nxd4) (17. Qb3 e5) 17... e6 18. g4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 b5 20. Bxe6 (20. Qxa6 bxc4 21. Rxc4 e5) 20... fxe6 21. Qd1 Na5 22. Qf3 Nc4 {½-½ Guseinov,A-Sideif Sade,F/Teheran op 1991 (32)}) 14. Qb3 (14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Rfc1 $11) 14... Qb4 {Black doesn't want to take on b3 immediately but at an appropriate moment.} 15. Rfc1 {[%csl Ra1]} (15. Rac1 $5 {so that the a1 rook be not hanging in some variations.}) 15... Rac8 (15... Rfc8 $4 16. Rxc6 $18) 16. Bb5 $146 {threatening 17.?xc6} (16. h3 $6 a6 {? 17... ?b3 18. ab3 ?b4?} 17. Qd1 (17. Rc5 $2 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nxd4 $1 $19) 17... Rfd8 18. g4 $2 (18. Qf1 $15 {Huzman}) 18... Be4 19. Nd2 $2 (19. Qe1 $17) 19... e5 $1 20. Bg5 exd4 $3 21. Rc4 Qb2 22. Rac1 dxe3 23. Bxe3 Bd5 24. R4c2 Qe5 25. Qf1 Qf6 26. Bc4 Nb4 27. Rc3 Nxa2 {0-1 Van der Sterren,P-Huzman,A/Wijk aan Zee (open) 1993}) 16... Be6 $8 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. a3 Bd5 {?19...?xf3 20.gxf3 e5 x?a1} 19. Rab1 Ba2 ({After} 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 e5 21. dxe5 (21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. f4 (25. Rb7 Qg5+) 25... Qe6) 21... Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 $11 {a draw is not far away either. Kasparov decides to force it at once.}) 20. Ra1 Bd5 21. Rab1 Ba2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Astana"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2001.05.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2827"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"] [PlyCount "37"] [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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 Be4 {A new concept of equalizing for Black in this variation.} (14... Qb4 {was played before, e.g.} 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Bc4 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Bd5 Bd3 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Rc1 Bb5 23. Nb1 f6 24. Nc3 e5 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Bg5 Rd3 27. g4 Bf8 28. Bf6 Ba3 29. Rc2 Bd6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. g5 Ke6 32. Kf3 Kf5 33. Ne4 Ke6 34. Nc3 {½-½ Milov,V-Svidler,P/Biel 2000/CBM 79 The whole variation was discussed in CBM71 and 79.}) 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. h3 (16. Bg3 $5 {deserves more attention as} e5 $2 (16... Qb4 {is quite possible, of course}) 17. Rc5 {is now favorable for White (the f4 bishop is not hanging).}) 16... e5 $1 {[%csl Rf4]} 17. Nxe5 (17. Rc5 {doesn't work because of} Bxf3 $1 ({but not} 17... Nxd4 $2 18. exd4 Rxc5 19. Bd2 $1) 18. Bxf3 (18. Rxa5 Nxa5 {[%CAl Rf3e2,Re5f4] and Black takes more material}) 18... Nxd4 $1 19. Rxa5 Nxb3 20. axb3 exf4 $15) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 cxd5 9. e5 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Ng1 f6 13. h3 Be6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nge2 Qd6 17. O-O Raf8 18. Rae1 Bc8 19. Na4 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. b4 Re6 22. Nc5 Ree8 23. Nb3 Qb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Ned4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bd7 27. Re2 Bc3 28. Rc2 Bxb4 29. Nxc6 Bd6 30. Nxa7 Re8 31. g4 h5 32. f3 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Nc6 h4 35. Ncd4 Rd1 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Nxd2 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Ke3 g5 40. f4+ gxf4+ 41. Kd3 Be7 42. N2f3+ Kd6 43. Nf5+ Bxf5+ 44. gxf5 Kc5 45. Nd4 Kd6 46. a4 Bd8 47. Ne6 Bb6 48. Nxf4 Ke5 49. f6 Bc5 50. f7 Kf6 51. Nxd5+ Kxf7 52. Ke4 Ke6 53. Nf4+ Kd6 54. Ng2 Bf2 55. Kf3 Bg3 56. Kg4 Kc5 57. Nxh4 Bf2 58. Nf5 Kb4 59. Ng3 Kxa4 60. h4 Kb5 61. h5 Be3 62. Ne4 Kc6 63. Ng5 Kd7 64. h6 Ke7 65. h7 Bd4 66. Kf5 Ba1 67. Kg6 Bb2 68. Nf7 Ba1 69. Nh6 Bh8 70. Ng4 Ba1 71. Ne3 Bh8 72. Nd5+ Ke6 73. Nf4+ Ke7 74. Nh3 Ke6 75. Ng5+ Ke7 76. Nf7 Ba1 77. h8=Q Bxh8 1/2-1/2