[Event "Asiag Ludi Univ sim"] [Site "Asiag"] [Date "1991.09.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Di Fonzo, Valerio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1991.09.10"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [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 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Neg5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Qxf5 Bh6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Rd7 Qc5 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. g3 f6 23. R7d5 fxe5 24. Qe4 Qb6 25. Kg2 Qf6 26. Rd7 Qf5 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Rxc7 e4 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Ne1 Ref8 31. Rc2 g6 32. Re2 Bg7 33. b3 a5 34. Nc2 a4 35. Ne3 Rc5 36. Rd5 Rxd5 37. Nxd5 axb3 38. axb3 Bd4 39. Nc7 Rf5 40. Ne6 Bb6 41. Nf4 g5 42. Nh5 Kg8 43. g4 Rf3 44. b4 Rb3 45. Nf6+ Kg7 46. Nxe4 Rxb4 47. h3 h6 48. Nd6 Rb3 49. Re6 Bc5 50. Nf5+ Kf7 51. Rc6 Bf8 52. Nxh6+ Bxh6 53. Rxh6 Rb1 54. h4 gxh4 55. Rxh4 b4 56. Rh5 b3 57. Rb5 b2 58. Kf3 Kf6 59. Kf4 Kg6 60. Rb6+ 1-0 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "55"] [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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 {All right, which variation will it be?} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 $5 {The sharpest try in this variation. I imagined that Kasparov would be very well prepared for all the main lines, and so I decided to go ahead and use an obscure idea.} dxc3 (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 $16) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 {Former Candidate Artur Yusupov, who is serving as one of Anand's seconds, is one of the world's experts on the Open Ruy. Sideif-Sade - Yusupov, Frunze 1979, saw 13...Nxb3 14.axb3 Qd3.} 14. Nf3 {As we all know now, Kasparov blew a hole into this variation in the 10th game with 14.?c2, but let's not jump ahead. [#]} O-O-O $1 {This was Elizbar's idea. I was first sceptical, but later became very enthusiastic about this move. To compensate for the obvious shortcomings in his position (weak king, White's two bishops) Black has a lead in development and White's pieces do not coordinate very easily. A theoretical novelty. Karpov-Kortchnoi, Bagiuo City 1978 saw 14...Qxd1 15.Bxd1 Be7 16.Be3 Nd3 17.Bb3 Kf7 18.Rad1 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 with the better ending for White. 17 years later this line is once again in the spotlight during a World Championship Match.} 15. Qe1 (15. Bd2 Nxb3 16. axb3 (16. Qxb3 Rd5 $1) 16... Kb7 {? ?e7,?hf8}) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb7 17. Be3 {Played by Kasparov after 20 minutes thought. Another possiblity was 17.Bg5 . After 17...Rd5 White could choose between the speculative 18.c4!? and the strange-looking 18.b4.The latter seeks to deny Black's Bishop c5.One possible variation is 18.b4 h6 19.Be3 g5 20.Ra2 with Rd2 and Qa1 in the works.} (17. Bg5 Rd7) 17... Be7 18. Bg5 {An interesting idea. White wants to gain access to the c5 square which means he must eliminate Black's dark coloured bishop. Once again the weird-looking 18.b4 is deserving consideration.} (18. Ra2 {? ?a1} Rhf8 $1 19. Qa1 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Qh5 {And Black can count on at least a draw.}) 18... h6 {During the post-game press conference Anand mentioned that 18...Rhe8 would have left White with a slight advantage.} (18... Rhe8 $5 {This may well be the best move since the game continuation is quite risky for Black. I don't see anything clear for White here.} 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ng5 {I was worried about this during the game, but afterwards my seconds showed me ?d2.} Qd2 $1 21. Ne4 (21. Qe4 Qxg5 22. Rxa6 Rd5 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. c4 Qxe5 25. cxd5+ Qxd5 $15) 21... Qxe1 22. Rfxe1 Kb6) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd4 $5 {} Rxd4 $1 {The only move. Anything else allows b4 and ?b3-c5. Anand had forseen this possiblity many moves before.} (20... Qg6 21. b4 Nd5 22. Nb3 $1 Nf4 23. Nc5+ Kc8 24. g3 Nd3 25. Qe3 $18) 21. cxd4 Qxb3 (21... Qxd4 {This is a serious alternative. I wanted to have connected passed pawns in the ?, but Black has good compensation here as well.}) 22. Qe3 $6 {Benjamin: A critical decision and one that Garry spent twenty five minutes on. The GM commenting corp spent a lot of time on 22.Qc1, staying in the middlegame. One possible line is 22...Ra8 (Black has to worry about Rxa6 followed by Qxc7) 23. Ra3 Qb4 24.Rc3 Nd5 25.Rc6 Qxd4 26.Rxe6 Nc3 27.Kh1 a5 and Black is doing fine.} (22. Qc1 {Much more dangerous than the game continuation.} Qb4 $5 {This is probably the best defence. The point is that after 23.?f4 ?d5 24.?f7 Black can play 24...?e7.} (22... Nd5 $2 23. Rxa6 Nc3 24. Qa1 Na4 25. Rb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Kxa6 27. Qg6 $18) (22... Qd5 $4 23. Qa3 {I actually wasted a few seconds before I saw this.}) (22... Ra8 23. Qf4 $1 (23. Qc5 Nc6 24. Rfc1 Qd5 $1) 23... Qd5 (23... Nd5 24. Qf7 Nc3 $2 25. Qf3+ $1) 24. Qf7 Nc6 25. Rac1 Rd8 $1 (25... Rc8 26. Rc5 Qxd4 27. Rfc1 {? ?f3}) 26. Rc5 Qxd4 27. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 28. Rc1+ Kb7 29. Qxc7+ Ka8 30. h3) 23. Qc2 (23. Rxa6 $2 Kxa6 24. Qxc7 Qa3 $1 25. Qd7 Rc8 26. Qxe6+ Rc6 27. Qf7 Rc1 $1) 23... Qxd4 24. Qa2 Qb6) 22... Qxe3 $8 (22... Qd5 $4 23. Qa3 $18) 23. fxe3 {I didn't know what to make of this ending during the game, but now it seems to me that Black is not in danger here.} Nd5 24. Kf2 Kb6 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rf7 (26. e4 $6 Nb4 $1 {And now Black threatens ?d8 and ?c6.} (26... Nc3+ 27. Kd3 b4 28. Rf7)) 26... a4 27. Kd2 {Benjamin:Anand express ed some surprise at this move. He preferred the immediate 27.e4 and rattled off the variation 27...Nb4 28.Re7 Nc2 29.Rxe6+ Kb7 (29...Ka5 30.Rd1 with Rc6 to follow) 30.Rd1 a3 31.d5 a2 32.Kd3 a1(Q) 33.Rxa1 Nxa1 34.Kc3.Vishy felt that the final position, where Black's Knight is cornered and White's e-pawn is ready to run, didn't offer the second player prospects for more than a draw.} (27. e4 Nb4 {? ?d8} (27... Nc3+ $2 28. Kd3 b4 29. Kc4)) 27... c5 $2 {Another viable alternative is IM Vitaly Zaltsman's 28...Rd8, intending to hold up e4 before advancing on the queenside. After 29.Rxg7 c5 30.Rg6 then 30... Nc7 leads to interesting play.} (27... Rd8 $1 {I had seen this move, but thought that c5 was a better way of opening the position on the ?. A pity, since White would have had serious problems to solve.} 28. Rxg7 (28. e4 $2 Nb4 29. Kc3 Nc6 30. Rd1 b4+ $1 31. Kb2 (31. Kc4 Nxe5+) 31... Nxd4 {? c5-+}) 28... c5 29. dxc5+ (29. Rg6 Nc7 30. Kc3 c4 $5 (30... cxd4+ 31. exd4 Ka5 {Followed by b4+ and ?b5.}) (30... Nd5+ 31. Kd2 c4 32. Rxe6+ Ka5 33. Rd6) 31. e4 Ka5 32. Rxh6 Rc8 $1) 29... Kxc5 30. Rc1+ (30. Rg4 Nb6+ 31. Rd4 Rxd4+ 32. exd4+ Kxd4 $15 {?}) 30... Kb4 31. Rg4+ Ka5 32. Rd4 Rf8 $36) 28. e4 $5 {Benjamin: A disappointment for the spectators but understandable under the circumstances. Each player has only a little over thirty minutes left and the position is very complicated. Anand very honestly confessed after the game: "neither of us had a clue what was happening." One line bandied about by the GM commentators was 28.e4 Nb4 29.dxc5(as we go to press, 29.Re7 appears to favor white, it seems that 28...Nc7 is probably best.) Kc6 (29...Kxc5? 30.Rd7) 30.Re7 Rd8+ 31.Kc3 Kxc5 32.Rc7+ Kb6 33.Kxb4 Kxc7 34. Kxb5 Rb8+ or 34...Nc6 and Black looks to have the better chances.} (28. e4 {The exclamation is for the move, the question mark is for the draw offer that accompanied it. I was a bit puzzled but taking into consideration that the position was very difficult to evaluate, I accepted after ten minutes thought. Later, analysis showed that my intuition was right, the position now holds dangers only for Black. The next morning there was further confirmation of this. Kasparov wrote in USA Today (where the players were expected to submit daily reports of the games) that he was wrong to offer a draw! There are two moves here:} Nc7 (28... Nb4 29. Re7 $1 cxd4 30. Rxe6+ Ka5 31. Rd6 Rf8 32. e6 $1 {This seems to me to be ? at least. Black plans to meet ?c1 with a3 but he doesn't have a useful move here.} Rf2+ $2 33. Kd1 $1 Rf1+ 34. Ke2 Rxa1 35. e7 d3+ 36. Rxd3 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 $1 $18) 29. dxc5+ $1 (29. Rd7 cxd4 (29... c4 $5) 30. Rc1 Na6) 29... Kc6 30. Kc3 Rd8 (30... Na6 31. Re7 Nxc5 (31... Kxc5 32. Rxe6) 32. Rd1 $1 $16) 31. Re7 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.26"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "75"] [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:Garry opened with 1.d4 in game two and 1.Nf3 in game four, but got nothing out of the opening. His 1.e4 in the sixth and eighth games was strongly answered by Anand opening novelties, so one can safely assume that Gary and his team have prepared a surprise for Vishy in the Open Spanish.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 {All these moves were played more or less instantly. Now Garry varies from game six (14.Nf3) and instantly plays.. .} 14. Bc2 $3 $146 {Tal's idea.This move, in conjunction with White's next, is the prelude to a spectacular Rook sacrifice. Kasparov mentioned at the press conference that he had discovered it last weekend.} Qxc3 {Vishy spent only four minutes on this move, which suggests that the game is still following his pre-match preparation.} 15. Nb3 {Once again Garry played this move instantly.} Nxb3 {Played after a 45 minute thought.} 16. Bxb3 Nd4 (16... Qxa1 17. Qh5+ (17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qxa8 (18. Bf4 Qd4 19. Rd1 Qa7 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Qc6+ Kf7 22. Rd7+ Be7 23. Be3 Qb8 24. Qf3+ Kg8 (24... Ke8 25. Qc6 Kf7 26. Qf3+ $10) 25. Rxe7 (25. Qd5 Qe8 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 $19) 25... Qf8 26. Rxe6 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Kf7 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. Qxa6 Bd6 20. f4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 O-O $13) 17... g6 (17... Kd7 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Qg4+ Kf7 (19... Kd5 20. Qd7+ Bd6 21. Qf7+ Kxe5 22. Qxg7+ Ke6 23. Qxa1 $18) 20. Qf3+ Ke6 (20... Kg8 21. Qd5#) 21. Qxc6+ Bd6 22. exd6 Qe5 23. Bd2 $18) 18. Qf3 Nd8 (18... O-O-O 19. Qxc6 Qxe5 20. Qxa6+ Kb8 (20... Kd7 21. Bb2 $1 $18) 21. Be3 $18) 19. Rd1 (19. Bf4 Qd4 20. Rd1 Qa7 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bg5+ Be7 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qf6+ Kd7 25. Qxe6+ Kd8 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Qf6+ Kd7 $10) (19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Bxe6 (20. Bg5 Qc3 (20... Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Ba3 22. Qf3 $16) 21. Rd1 (21. Bxe6 Rg7 22. Rd1 Re7 $1 $19) 21... Bd6 $1) 20... Rg7 (20... Be7 21. Bd7+ $1 Kxd7 22. e6+ Nxe6 23. Qxa1 $16) (20... Nxe6 21. Qxe6+ Be7 22. Qxg8+ $18) 21. Ba3 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxa3 23. Qxg7 Nxe6 24. Qxh7 (24. Qg8+ Nf8 25. e6 Be7 $17) 24... Rd8 25. Qxg6+ Ke7 $13) (19. Qxa8 Qxe5) 19... Rb8 $5 (19... Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Qxa8 Bc5 (21... Be7 22. Bxc7 $16) 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 (22... Qxd8 23. Qc6+ Qd7 24. Qxc5 $18) 23. Qc6 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 (24. Kxf2 Qxf4+ $19) 24... Rxd8 25. Bg5 Rd1+ (25... Qxg5 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 27. Qf7#) 26. Bxd1 Qxg5 27. Qxc7+ Ke8 28. Kxf2 $18) 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Qf6 Rg8 21. Bg5 (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxe6+ Be7 23. Qxg8+ Kd7 24. Qe6+ Ke8 25. Qf7+ $10) 21... Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 h6 23. Be3 Be7 $13) 20... Be7 (20... Bd6 21. exd6 Qg7 22. Bb2 e5 (22... Qxb2 23. dxc7 $18) 23. d7+ $18) 21. Qd7+ Kf7 22. Bg5 Qxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Re8 24. Qxc7 (24. Bg4 h5 25. Bh3 $40) 24... Rb7 25. Qc1 $16) 17. Qg4 Qxa1 (17... Nxb3 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. Bg5 $18) 18. Bxe6 {Garry was still moving more or less instantly and was over an hour ahead on the clock.} Rd8 {This move was played quite quickly by Anand. Black can try other moves, but they also seem to lose.} (18... Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Bg5 $18) (18... Qc3 19. Bd7+ Kf7 (19... Kd8 20. Bg5+ Be7 21. Bxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qxg7+ $18) 20. Be3 Bc5 (20... c5 $2 21. Bxd4 Qc4 22. e6+ Kg8 23. e7 $18) 21. Rd1 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 $1 (22. Qxe2 Bxe3 (22... Qxe5 23. Qf3+ Ke7 24. Bxc5+ Qxc5 25. Bh3 $40) 23. e6+ Ke7 24. fxe3 $40) 22... Bxe3 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Be6 $18) 19. Bh6 {Once again Kasparov blitzed out his move.} Qc3 {According to Garry, Vishy found the only way to survive for awhile. Here 19...Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 gxh6 21.Qh5+ mates.} (19... Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 gxh6 21. Qh5+ $18) 20. Bxg7 Qd3 (20... Bxg7 21. Qh5+ $1 $18) 21. Bxh8 Qg6 (21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Ng3+ 23. hxg3 Qxf1+ 24. Kh2 Qd3 25. Bf5 $1 Qc4 (25... Qd1 26. f3 $18) 26. f4 Qxa2 27. Bxh7 $18) 22. Bf6 Be7 23. Bxe7 Qxg4 {Necessary as 23...Kxe7 would allow 24.Qh4+.} (23... Kxe7 24. Qh4+ Ke8 25. Bg4 $18) 24. Bxg4 Kxe7 {} 25. Rc1 {A star move that abruptly stops Black's counterplay. If Anand were allowed to play ...c7-c5-c4 things would be far from clear. Garry spent a lot of time on the final phase of the game. As he put it, "Its been a long time since I went two weeks without a victory, and I didn't want to spoil things after my brilliant novelty". The only previous time Garry had experienced such a drought was his first match with Karpov, back in 1984- 85.} c6 26. f4 a5 (26... Rg8 27. Bd1 $18) 27. Kf2 a4 28. Ke3 b4 29. Bd1 {Accurately played. The tempting 34.Rc4 would allow 34... a3 and Black is much better than in the game.} a3 (29... b3 30. axb3 a3 31. g4 $18) 30. g4 {Now everything is clear. Black's advance on the queenside has been stymied and Garry is ready to roll with his e and f pawns.} Rd5 31. Rc4 c5 (31... Nf5+ 32. gxf5 Rxd1 33. f6+ Kd7 34. Rxb4 $18) 32. Ke4 Rd8 33. Rxc5 Ne6 (33... b3 34. Bxb3 Nxb3 35. axb3 Ra8 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Rc1 $18) 34. Rd5 Rc8 35. f5 Rc4+ 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. g5 Rc1 38. Rd6 1-0 [Event "Linares 18th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2001.03.04"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2849"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2001.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 082"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.05.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 {This variation is not for fainthearted, black is hoping at the compensation for the piece due to the strong central pawns c3-d4.} (19... Be7 20. Bb4 Bf6 21. a4 Kd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 (23. Rfd1 Ke6 24. Rac1 Rd5 25. Rd3 c6 26. Ra1 (26. f3 Ra8 27. Re1+ Kf7 28. Ra1 Rxa1+ 29. Nxa1 Rd8 30. Nc2 Ra8 {0-1 Harley,A-Morris,P/Stockholm/1994/ (31)}) 26... Kf7 27. Kf1 Re8 28. Re1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Rxa1+ 30. Nxa1 Rd8 {½-½ Harley,A-Ernst,T/London/1991/ (48)}) 23... c6 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. Rxc6+ Kd5 26. Rxf6 Kc4 27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. cxd6 Kxb4 (28... Kxb3 29. Rxd4 Kb2 30. Kf1 c2 31. Bd2 {1-0 Dimitrov,V-Korneev,O/Linares/1996/ (54)}) 29. Nxd4 Kc4 30. d7 b4 31. Nc2 Rd8 32. Rd4+ Kc5 33. Rxb4 Rxd7 34. Rb1 {1-0 McDonald,N-Morris,P/London/1994/ (37)}) (19... c2 20. Bb4 g6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Bg7 23. Rxa6 Kb7 24. Ra2 Kc6 25. Rxc2 d3 26. Ra2 Rb8 27. Na5+ Kd5 28. Bd2 Rb5 29. Ra3 {1-0 Cunningham,R-Vucic,M/Philadelphia/1992/ (29)}) 20. Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 Kd7 (21... d3 22. axb5 d2 23. bxa6 c2 24. Nxd2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rhe8 26. Rc1 Re4 27. Bc3 Rc4 28. a7 Kb7 29. Rxc2 Rd3 30. Ra2 Ka8 31. Kf1 Rcxc3 {0-1 Berry,N-Eynon,D/Grangemouth/1999/ (44)}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rfd1 (23. Rad1 Ke6 24. Rfe1+ (24. Rd3 Kd5 25. Na5 Ra8 26. Bxc3 Ke4 27. Rfd1 dxc3 28. Re3+ Kf5 {0-1 Sargissian,G-Danilovic,A/Moscow/1997/ (55)}) 24... Kd5 25. Bxc3 Kc4 26. Ba5 Kxb3 27. Rb1+ Kc4 28. Rec1+ Kd5 29. c6 Kd6 30. Rxb5 {1-0 Shirov,A-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee/1996/ (49)}) 23... Ke6 24. Rac1 Rhe8 {Novelty that will be hard pressed to find any followers. Black has to use strong meassures to breath life into the pawn chain. The move 24...Rd5!? could well have been more unpleasant for Kasparov.} (24... Rd5 $5 25. Ba5 (25. Rd3 $5) (25. c6 $5) 25... Ra8 26. Rd3 Rxa5 27. Nxa5 Rxc5 28. Kf1 b4 29. Nb3 Rd5 (29... Kd5 $3 30. Nxc5 Kxc5) 30. Ra1 $14 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-Timmermans,I/Deizisau/1999/ (39)}) 25. Kf1 Kf5 26. c6 $1 g5 (26... Re6 $2 27. Bxc3 Rxc6 28. Bb2 $18) 27. Ba5 Rd6 (27... Re7 28. Bxc3 $18) 28. Bb4 (28. Bxc7 Rxc6 29. Ba5 Rc4 $15) 28... Rdd8 29. Rd3 $1 g4 (29... Ke4 30. Rcd1 Bf6 (30... c2 31. R1d2 c1=Q+ 32. Nxc1 Re6 33. Be7 Rg8 (33... Rxc6 34. Bxd8 Rxc1+ 35. Ke2 $18) 34. Rb3) 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 (31... Rxd4 32. Rxd4+ Bxd4 33. Re1+ $18) 32. Bxc3 Bxc3 33. f3+ Kf4 34. Rxd8 $18) 30. Bc5 Ke4 31. Rcd1 (31. Bxd4 $2 Bxd4 32. Rxd4+ Rxd4 33. Re1+ Kd5 34. Rxe8 Rb4 35. Nc1 Rb1 36. Re1 b4 $17) 31... h5 (31... Rd5 32. Bxd4 c2 (32... Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Red8 34. Re3+ Kf4 35. Ne2+ $18) 33. Re3+ Kf5 34. Rde1 Rxe3 35. fxe3 $18) (31... c2 32. R1d2 Bh6 33. f3+ $18) 32. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Black dreams about strong counterplay are dying with the pawn d4. With the exact white's play the whole black's queenside will be eliminated.} b4 (32... Bxd4 33. Rxd4+ Rxd4 34. Rxd4+ Kf5 35. Rd3 $18) 33. Re3+ Kd5 (33... Kf4 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Bxb4 $18) 34. Bxb4 (34. Ne6+ $2 Kc4 $1 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Nxd8 c2 $1 37. Re1 Kxc5 38. Ne6+ Kb6 $15) 34... Kc4 (34... Bxd4 35. Bxc3 Re4 36. Ke2 (36. Rxe4 Kxe4 37. f3+ gxf3 38. gxf3+ Ke3 39. f4 $16) 36... Rd6 37. Rxe4 Kxe4 38. f3+ gxf3+ 39. gxf3+ Ke5 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Ke3 $18) 35. Bxc3 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Rf8+ (36... Kxc3 37. Ne2+ $18) 37. Ke2 Kxc3 38. Ne6 {The number of pieces has leveled, but black has not a shade of compensation for two pawns.} (38. Ne6 Rg8 (38... Rf7 39. Rd7 $18) 39. Nxc7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Botvinnik Memorial m"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2001.12.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2001.12.01"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 087"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nc6 15. a4 Na5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd4 Qe8 18. f4 c5 19. Nxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-35"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "2002.11.01"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C82"] [WhiteElo "2838"] [BlackElo "2651"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2002.10.26"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Poland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "POL"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Ne4 14. Bf4 Re8 15. h3 Bh5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bf8 18. Nbd4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. g4 Qf6 21. Nc6 Rg5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Raxe4 1-0 [Event "Khalilbeyli Memorial"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1976.05.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Magerramov, Elmar S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C83"] [Annotator "Kasparov,Garry"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1976.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [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 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 Bd8 19. Kh1 Bb6 20. a4 c4 21. axb5 a5 22. Qf3 Rac8 23. b3 Rc5 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Rfd1 Rxb5 26. Rd6 Qe7 27. Qc6 {I was already just a step away from winning but I made two terrible moves in a row} Rb2 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Re6 Qa3 30. Rd1 Rxf4 31. Rf6 gxf6 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. exf6+ Rxf6 35. Qg4+ Kh8 {Part 1: 1973-1985} 0-1 [Event "URS-ch47 Final"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.12.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C83"] [BlackElo "2490"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1979.11.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 exf3 14. Qxc6 fxg2 15. Qxg2 Qd7 16. Bh6 gxh6 17. f3 h5 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. fxg4 Qxe5 20. Rde1 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rad8 22. Rf5 Qd6 23. Rd5 Qg6 24. Rxe7 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 hxg4 26. Qe4 Qxe4+ 27. Bxe4 Rd8 28. Rxc7 h5 29. Bc2 Rd5 30. Bb3 Rf5 31. Kg2 a5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Kg3 a4 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Kh4 Kg6 36. b3 a3 37. c4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Kf5 39. Kxh5 Ke4 40. Kxg4 Kd4 41. h4 1-0 [Event "Oakham clock sim"] [Site "Oakham"] [Date "1997.11.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Botteley, Gerald"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1997.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd4 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qf4 Nd6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bb3 Nc4 21. Rae1 Be7 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Qe5 Bf6 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxc4 Be5 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Qxc6 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 20th"] [Site "Izmir"] [Date "2004.10.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2813"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2004.10.03"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 104"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"] [BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BIH"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Shirov already played this opening against Kasparov in Linares 2001, and without success. Now he decided to give it another try...} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 {This solid line regained his popularity recently.} ({In Linares 2001 Kasparov went for the more principled} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 {. However, few recent games showed, that black can equalize in this case.}) 9... Be7 (9... Bc5 {--> 1-0 Akopian,V-Adianto,U/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,E] (43)}) 10. c3 Qd7 (10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 (11... Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 {leads to the same position as in after 10...Qd7.}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rab8 {--> ½-½ Sadvakasov,D-Kortschnoj,V/Astana 2003/CBM 93 [Postny,E] (44)}) 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O {leads to the same position as in after 10...Qd7.} 13. Bc2 f5 ({After} 13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 {white gets small, but stable advantage. For example see the annotated game Golod,V-Mikhalevski,V/Beersheba 1997/CBM 58 [Mikhalevski,V]}) ({In the next round of the same tournament Shirov came to the same position as white, but did not achieve much after:} 13... Bf5 $5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nd3 20. Re2 Rf5 21. g3 Kf7 22. a4 h6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Re5 25. f3 Red5 $11 {½-½ Shirov,A-Mamedyarov,S/Izmir 2004/CBM 104 (32)}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. a4 (15. Qb1 {--> 1-0 Stefansson,H-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik 1995/CBM 49 [Ftacnik] (49)}) (15. h3 {--> ½-½ De Toledo,J-Sorin,A/Americana 1997/CBM 61 [Mikhalevski,V] (29)}) (15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb1 Qd7 18. Bf4 Bd6 (18... Rfe8 $142) 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Re6 Qd7 21. Nb3 d4 22. Nc5 Qd5 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Qg8 26. Nh7+ Ke7 27. Qxg8 Rxg8 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. Nxa6 $18 {1-0 Sadvakasov,D-Nielsen,P/Copenhagen 2004/CBM 101 ext (37)}) 15... Ng4 {'N!?' I mentioned this move in my comments to the game Timoshenko-Amin. So, now it's a real test of this novelty!} (15... Bd6 $6 {- see the annotated game Timoshenko,G-Amin,B/Ismailia 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (1-0,45)}) (15... Bf5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Ra6 Nb8 19. Ra5 b4 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 bxc3 22. bxc3 {½-½ Brodsky,M-Ernst,S/Dieren 2001/CBM 83 ext (22)}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd4 {Opening the "e" file for the rook.} Nxd4 (17... Bd6 $2 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Rxe6 {[%CAl Gf3g5]} Nxd4 (19... Bxh2+ 20. Nxh2 Qxe6 21. Nxg4 $18) 20. cxd4 Qxe6 (20... Kg8 $142) 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Nxf2+ 24. Kxh2 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 $18) (17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. h3 $16) 18. Nxd4 Qd6 {'!' The only reasonable continuation.} (18... Nxf2 $2 19. Qh5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bg4 21. Nf6+ Rxf6 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Rf1 $18) (18... Bh4 $2 19. g3 Nxf2 20. Qh5 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Rf2+ 22. Kh1 $18) (18... Bd6 $2 19. N2f3 {[%csl Re6][%CAl Gc2h7]}) 19. N2f3 Bd7 20. h3 Nxf2 ({Of course, Shirov did not want to suffer after} 20... Nf6 21. Ne5) 21. Kxf2 Bh4+ {'?' This obvious check is a mistake!} ({The right move was} 21... c5 $1 22. Qd3 (22. Nb3 $2 Rxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Rf8 24. Ra8 Rxa8 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxd5+ Qf7+ $17) (22. Ne2 $2 {[%tqu "En","How to exploit the vulnerable position of white's king?","","","f8f3","",10]} Rxf3+ $1 23. gxf3 Qh2+ 24. Ke3 Bg5+ 25. f4 Re8+ $19) (22. Kg1 $5 cxd4 23. Nxd4 {with approximate equality.}) (22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Ne2 d4 $1 $15 {[%CAl Gd7c6]}) 22... g6 23. Kg1 (23. Nxb5 $6 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Bh4+ 25. Kg1 Rxf3 $1 $15) (23. Rxe7 Qxe7 {with advantage for black. Now} 24. Nxb5 {is losing to} (24. Ne2 Bf5 $17 {now the drawback of 22.Qd3 is clear.}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","","f8f3","",10]} 24... Rxf3+ $1 25. gxf3 Qh4+ 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Qg5+ 28. f4 Qxf4+ 29. Kd1 Bxb5 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 $19) 23... cxd4 24. Nxd4 $11) 22. Kg1 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 c5 {Now it's too late already...} 24. Nb3 Bxh3 {Probably Shirov was counting on this move, but now the position transforms to a bad endgame for black.} ({The alternatives does not solve black's problems:} 24... Rde8 25. Qf2) (24... Bf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Qe3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 25. Ng5 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qe6+ Qxe6 28. Nxe6 Re8 29. Nbxc5 {At the end of the storm white got a winning position thanks to a superb coordination of his pieces. Still, white has to play precisely.} Re5 30. Ra6 {'!'} (30. Nd4 $6 {allows black to exchange the rooks and get some survival chances:} Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Rc1) 30... Re2 31. b4 Rc2 32. Ra7 {Kasparov does not care about the ?c3, but goes for the decisive attack.} Rxc3 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rd7 Rc4 35. Ng5 {'!'} Rxb4 36. Nce6 {Threatening mate in three.} Rh4 37. g3 (37. Rg7 $2 {[%CAl Gg5f7]} Rxe6 38. Nxe6 Re4 39. Re7 Kg8 $11) 37... Rh5 38. Kg2 b4 {'?' Loses immediatly.} ({The only move was} 38... d4 {setting free the 5th rank for the rook.} 39. g4 Rh4 40. Kg3 Rh1 41. Nxd4 $18) 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nf4 {The rook is trapped.} 1-0