[Event "URS-ch49 Final"] [Site "Frunze"] [Date "1981.12.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1981.11.28"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nce2 Rc8 11. c3 a6 12. h3 Qc7 13. g4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nf4 Bc5 17. Nb3 Ba7 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qe4 Rxf2 21. Rxf2 Qg3+ 22. Qg2 Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Qe5 24. Bf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf2 Qc4+ 0-1 [Event "OHRA-A"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1986.12.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1986.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Rhe1 Rc8 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Nfd7 17. g5 g6 18. f4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 hxg5 20. hxg5 d5 21. f5 e5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. f6 Bd6 24. Nc2 a5 25. Ba7 Kf8 26. Ne3 Qe6 27. Nc4 Kg8 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Nb2 Rc3 30. Nc4 Qd5 31. Ne3 Qe6 32. Rc1 Qa6 33. Rxc3 bxc3 34. Qxc3 Qxa7 35. Qc7 Qd4 36. Qxb7 Qxd3+ 37. Nc2 Rh2 38. Qc8+ Nf8 39. Rxe5 Rh1+ 40. Kb2 Qd2 41. Re8 Qd6 42. Rd8 Qe5+ 43. Ka3 Kh7 44. Rxf8 Qd6+ 45. b4 1-0 [Event "London m 25'"] [Site "London"] [Date "1987.02.04"] [Round "2"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1987.02.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. h4 b5 10. Rg1 g6 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Nh5 13. a4 b4 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxb4 Bg7 16. Nd3 Rb8 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Rb1 Bd7 20. c3 Be5 21. Rg4 Ng3 22. Bg2 Rh2 23. Kf2 Nxe2 24. Qxe2 Bxc3 25. Bf4 Be5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Kg1 Rh5 28. Qd2 Bxa4 29. f4 Qd4+ 30. Qxd4 cxd4 31. Bf1 Bc2 32. Ra1 Bxe4 33. Bg2 Bxg2 34. Rxg2 Rh4 35. Rf2 Rg4+ 36. Kh2 e5 37. fxe5 Ke7 38. Kh3 Rxg5 39. Kh4 Rxe5 40. Rxa6 Rb7 41. Raf6 Ke8 42. Rd6 Reb5 43. Re2+ Kf8 44. Rxd4 Rxb2 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. Ree8 R7b4+ 47. Kg3 R4b3+ 48. Kf4 Rf2+ 49. Kg4 f5+ 50. Kg5 Rg2+ 51. Kf4 Rg4+ 52. Ke5 Re4+ 0-1 [Event "London m 25'"] [Site "London"] [Date "1987.02.05"] [Round "6"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1987.02.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. h4 Ne5 10. Rg1 Qb6 11. Qc1 d5 12. Be2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Be7 15. Rh1 Bd7 16. c3 Qc7 17. Bf2 b5 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. b3 Qc7 21. O-O-O O-O 22. Kb1 a5 23. g5 h5 24. Rhg1 a4 25. b4 Rac8 26. Rd3 g6 27. Bg3 Qb7 28. Qe2 Rc4 29. Be5 Rfc8 30. Qe3 Bc6 31. Re1 a3 32. Qf4 Be8 33. Nb3 Qc6 34. Na5 Rxb4+ 35. Ka1 Qc5 36. cxb4 Qxb4 37. Qd2 Rc2 38. Qxb4 Bxb4 39. Rd8 f6 40. Rf1 fxe5 41. Rxe8+ Kg7 42. Nb3 Bc3+ 43. Kb1 Rb2+ 44. Kc1 Rxb3 45. Kc2 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Belfort"] [Date "1988.06.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1988.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 008"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 O-O 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. h4 Nde5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Rb8 14. g5 d5 15. Ba7 Rb7 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. exd5 cxd5 18. f4 Qa5 19. Qe3 Nb8 20. f5 Nc6 21. f6 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. fxg7 Rd8 24. Rhd1 Qb4 25. b3 e5 26. Qxe5 Qxc3 27. Rxd5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Ba3+ 29. Kb1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Rd7 31. Bg4 Rd4 32. Bf3 Kxg7 33. h5 h6 34. gxh6+ Kxh6 35. Ra5 Bb4 36. Re5 f6 37. Re8 Bf5 38. Rh8+ Kg5 39. Rb8 Ba3 40. h6 Rd2 0-1 [Event "URS-ch55"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3 Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O (9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Nb3 $14) 10. g4 Rb8 (10... Nd7 11. h4 Nde5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Rb8 14. g5 d5 15. Bd4 $5) 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nd7 13. g5 b5 14. Kb1 Qc7 (14... Re8 15. Rg1) 15. h5 b4 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 Nc5 $1 (16... Ne5 $6 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Nb6 $13) 17. Nxc5 dxc5 $10 18. Bf6 $2 gxf6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Qh6 Qe7) 16... Ne5 (16... e5 17. Be3 Nc5) 17. Ng1 $1 (17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd3 e5 19. Nc1 Be6) 17... f5 $1 (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. b3 Qc6 20. g6 $40 (20. h6 $40)) 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. h6 g6 20. b3 $1 (20. f4 Ng4 $1 $17) 20... Bb7 (20... Qe7 $1) 21. Bh3 Qe7 22. Rh2 $6 (22. Bb2 $1 Nxf3 23. Nxf3 Bxb2 24. Kxb2 Rxf3 25. Qxb4 $16) 22... a5 $1 23. Re2 Nf7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. f4 Rbc8 $6 (25... e5 $1 26. f5 Ng5 $1 $36) 26. Nf3 $1 (26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Qe7 $1 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Bd5 $17) 26... Qc3 $5 (26... Rc3 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28. fxg5 Qe5 29. Bg2 $16) (26... a4 27. Qxb4 Qxf4 28. Nd4 $16) 27. Re3 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 $2 (28. Nxd2 $1 {? ?c4?}) 28... Rc3 $1 29. Rxc3 (29. Rdd3 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Nxh6 $17) 29... bxc3 30. Rd3 Bxe4 (30... Nxh6 31. Bxe6+ Kg7 32. Rxc3 $10) 31. Rxc3 Bxf3 32. Bxe6 $1 (32. Rxf3 Ng5 33. Re3 Nxh3 34. Rxh3 Rxf4 $19) 32... Bh5 (32... Be2 33. Rc7 Bb5 34. a4 Be8 35. b4 $1 $16) 33. Rc7 g5 34. fxg5 Re8 (34... Re8 35. Bf5 $1 Bg6 36. Bxg6 hxg6 37. Kb2 Nxg5 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rxg6 Ne4 40. Rg7 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-28"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Hjartarson, Johann"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Iceland"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Na4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bf2 Bd6 16. Bf5 O-O 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxd5 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Bb6 Bxd1 22. Bxd8 Raxd8 23. Qxd1 Bf4+ 24. Kb1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxh2 26. c3 bxc3 27. Nxc3 Rf4 28. Rh1 Rf2 29. Re1 Kh7 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Nxe2 Kg6 32. Nd4 Bd6 33. Nf3 h5 34. gxh5+ Kxh5 35. Kc2 g5 36. Kd3 g4 37. Ke4 g3 38. Ne1 Kg4 39. Ng2 Kh3 40. Kf3 a5 41. b3 Be5 42. Ne1 Bc7 43. Ng2 Bd6 44. Ne1 Kh2 45. Ng2 Be5 46. Ne3 Kh3 47. Ng2 Bd6 48. Ne1 Be7 49. Nd3 Kh2 50. Nf4 Bg5 51. Ne2 g2 52. Ke4 Be7 53. Kf3 Bb4 54. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 11th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 034"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 Nbd7 (7... Nc6) (7... b5) 8. g4 h6 9. Rg1 $146 (9. h4 b5 (9... Qb6 10. Qd2 (10. a3 Ne5 $13 (10... Qxb2 $2 11. Na4 $18)) 10... Qxb2 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Be2 Qa3 13. Kf2 b5 14. Qe1 d5 15. g5 Nfd7 16. exd5 Bb7 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bc1 Qe7 $13 {Nunn,J-Ribli,Z BL 8788 1988 ½ 32}) (9... Qc7 10. Bh3 Nb6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bf2 b5 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nh5 16. g6 $14 {Thorhallsson,T-Silseth,S Gausdal Troll (8) 1992 1-0 30}) 10. Rg1 g6 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Nh5 13. a4 b4 $1 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxb4 Bg7 16. Nd3 Rb8 $44 {Short,N-Kasparov,G London m 1987 0-1 52}) 9... Qb6 (9... b5 $5) 10. a3 Ne5 11. Bf2 Qc7 (11... Qxb2 $2 12. Na4 $18) 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 e5 $6 (14... h5 $5 15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 $14) 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 $16 d5 $2 (16... Rh7 17. O-O-O Be7 $16) 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Rg4 $1 $18 h5 19. Rh4 Bc5 (19... Be7 20. Nxe4 Bxh4 21. Nd6+ $18) 20. O-O-O Bxf2 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qxf2 Rc8 $6 23. Kb1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Rh3 Qd5 26. Rc3 Kd7 (26... Qxe5 27. Qb6+ Ke8 28. Qxb7 $18) 27. Qb6 Rd8 28. Rc5 Qd1+ 29. Ka2 Ke8 30. Qxb7 Qg4 (30... e3 31. e6 $18) 31. e6 $1 fxe6 32. Re5 Qg5 33. h4 Qxh4 34. Rxe6+ Kf8 35. f6 (35. f6 gxf6 36. Qe7+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Linares 12th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1994.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 040"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nc3 (2. Nf3 {Ftacnik} e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Rad1 (14. Nd2 Bb7 15. g4 Rfc8 16. Qg2 Nd7 17. g5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. h4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rac1 b4 22. Nd1 b3 23. cxb3 Qxb3 24. Rxc8+ {Fichtl,J-Jansa,V/CSSR ch/1974/}) (14. g4 Nc4 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bc1 Re8 17. Bg2 b5 $10 {Spassky,B-Garcia Martinez,S/Moskva/1975/}) (14. Rae1 Nc4 15. Bc1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Kh1 b4 18. Nd1 Ba6 19. Nf2 Rfe8 20. Nd3 e5 21. g3 d5 22. exd5 e4 23. Bxe4 Bd6 24. Qg2 {Grottke,HJ-Vogt,L/DDR ch/1977/0-1 (30)}) 14... Nc4 15. Bc1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qf2 b4 18. Ne2 d5 19. f5 e5 20. Ng3 d4 21. Nh5 Qb6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rfe1 Ba6 24. g4 {Cabello,FJ-Arroyo,E/Candas op (04)/1992/0-1 (42)}) 2... d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Ng3 a6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. f4 Rac8 14. Bd3 Rfe8 $10 {Saltaev,M-Tseitlin,MS Tiraspol (5) 1994 0-1 63}) 7... e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Be7 (9... a6 10. Bg3 $146 (10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O $16 {Zaitzev,I-Serper,G Moskow7 op 1991 1-0 41}) 10... h5 $1 11. h3 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 h4 15. Bh2 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Rhe1 b5 18. Qf2 $2 (18. a3 $13) 18... Qc7 19. e5 b4 20. Rd3 dxe5 21. fxe5 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qxc3 $5 (22... Qb8) 23. bxc3 Ba3+ 24. Kd2 $2 (24. Kb1 $13) 24... Nd5 $17 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V Linares (06) 1993 0-1 33}) (9... Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Bd4 O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 $10 {Zaitzev,I-Kiselev,S Podolsk 1991 1-0 48}) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc6 (11... Ng6 12. O-O O-O 13. g3 Bd7 14. h4 Rfc8 15. h5 Nf8 16. Bf3 h6 17. Rf2 e5 $10 {Zaitsev,I-Makarov,M Podolsk 1992 ¼ 22}) (11... Nc4 12. Bxc4 (12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3 $13) 12... Qxc4 13. Qf3 $36) 12. Bf3 a6 13. O-O O-O (13... b5 $6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 (17. Na5 Qc7 18. Qf3 Qxa5 19. Qxa8 O-O $44) 17... Qb7 18. Qg4 $40) 14. a4 b6 15. g4 Rb8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Re8 (17... Nc5 18. f5 $1 $16) (17... g6 {Ftacnik} 18. f5 $40 (18. Rf3 Nc5)) 18. Rf3 Nc5 $6 (18... Na5 $5) 19. Rh3 g6 20. Qg4 Nb4 (20... e5 {Ftacnik} 21. f5 Nb4 22. Qh4 h5 23. Bf3 Nxc2 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Bxh5 Bxf5 26. Bg4 $18) 21. Qh4 h5 22. Bf3 $1 Bf8 (22... Nxc2 23. Bxh5 $18) 23. Bxh5 gxh5 (23... Bg7 $5 24. Bd4 (24. Bd1 $14) 24... e5 25. f5 $3 exd4 26. Bxg6 fxg6 (26... dxc3 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. f6 $18) 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rf1 $3 gxf5 29. exf5 Re1 $1 (29... dxc3 30. f6 $18) 30. Rxe1 dxc3 31. Rhe3 Ne6 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33. Rf1+ $18) 24. Qxh5 Bg7 25. Bd4 e5 (25... Bxd4+ {Ftacnik} 26. Nxd4 Kf8 27. g6 $1 (27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qf6+ Kd7 29. Rh7 Re7 30. g6) 27... Bb7 28. Qg5 $18) 26. f5 $1 Nxe4 (26... exd4 $2 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. f6 $18) (26... Kf8 $5) 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nxe4 Bxf5 (28... exd4 {Ftacnik} 29. f6) 29. Qxf5 exd4 30. Nf6 $3 $18 Qxc2 31. Nxd4 $1 Qxb2 (31... Qxf5 32. Nxf5 Red8 33. Nh7+ (33. Rh7 {Ftacnik} Bxf6 34. gxf6 Ke8 35. Re1+ $18) 33... Kg8 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Nf6+ $18) 32. Rd1 Re5 (32... Re1+ {Ftacnik} 33. Rxe1 Qxd4+ 34. Rhe3 Bxf6 35. gxf6 Nd5 36. Qh5 $18) 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Qe4 $1 1-0 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1995.05.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1995.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 048"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {King Baburin Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. g4 a6 10. O-O-O {Ftacnik The fight immediately becomes very tense, each tempo is important.} Nxd4 (10... Nd7 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. g5 Qc7 16. Bb5 Rb8 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Be3 d5 $132 {Stefansson,H-Akesson,R Reykjavik zt (09) 1995 0-1 39 - CBM 47}) 11. Bxd4 b5 (11... Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. g5 b4 $6 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bb7 $6 (14... Qa5 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qf4 Ra7 18. Kb1 Rd7 19. Bc4 Rd4 $5 $10 {Inkiov,V-Vera,R Varna 1986}) 15. Nb6 $1 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Kb1 Qc7 (17... a5 $5) 18. Bd3 $10 {Fischer,R-Spassky,B St Stefan Belgrade m25 1992 1-0 35}) 14... Rb8 15. Ba7 Rb7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Kb1 Na4 19. Nb3 a5 20. Ka1 Rd8 21. Nd4 d5 22. e5 Bd7 23. h5 Nc3 $132 {Torhallsson,T-Akesson,R Reykjavik zt (04) 1995 1-0 37 - CBM 47}) 12. Kb1 (12. h4 Rb8 13. g5 Nd7 14. Kb1 (14. Ba7 Rb7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Ne2 b3 18. axb3 Rxb3 $15 {Magem Badals,J-Ehlvest,J Pamplona (5) 1991 0-1 38}) 14... b4 15. Ne2 Ne5 (15... Qc7 16. h5 Ne5 17. Ng1 (17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd3 e5 19. Nc1 Bg4 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 exd4 23. Nb3 $14 {Tiviakov,S-Van Wely,L Wijk (06) 1994 1-0 46}) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. h6 g6 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. gxf6 Rb6 22. Nh3 Bb7 23. Qe3 Rc6 $132 {Smirin,I-Van Wely,L Wijk (09) 1994 0-1 41}) 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. b3 Na3+ 19. Kb2 Bd7 20. c4 $10 {Leko,P-Van Wely,L Wijk (02) 1994 ½ 56}) (12. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qa5 $40) 12... Bb7 13. h4 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. a3 {King It is satisfying to see that Topalov came to the same conclusions as I did about this position. If you return to Topalov-Kasparov, Amsterdam 1995, played a couple of months prior to this, I recommended 15.a3. The only thing that takes the shine off the medal that I've just awarded myself is the fact, that it doesn't actually alter the result of the game: Kasparov keeps his head and wins in fine style.} (15. Rg1 b4 $146 (15... Ne5 16. Qf2 (16. Rg3 Qc7 17. h5 b4 18. Na4 d5 19. g6 fxg6 20. Bh3 Qd6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Nc5 Nc4 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 {Thorhallsson-Palac/Hartberg op (5)/1991/0-1 (37)}) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. h5 Qc7 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21. Rh1 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 $17 {Ryan,J-Milu,R Manila olm 1992 0-1 30} (22... Rxf6 23. Qg3 b4 24. Na4 $17 {Ryan,J-Milu,R/Manila olm (11.20.4)/1992/0-1 (30)})) 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 Bc6 17. Qxb4 d5 $19) 16... Ne5 17. Rg3 $6 (17. Bg2 Nc4 (17... a5 18. b3 $13) 18. Qxb4 Qd7 19. Qb3 a5 $40) (17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $17) 17... Nc4 (17... a5 18. b3 $13) 18. Qc1 e5 $1 19. Bf2 a5 {Ftacnik} 20. Bg2 Ba6 21. Re1 a4 22. Bh3 Rc6 23. Qd1 d5 24. exd5 $17 {Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Amsterdam Euwe-mem (3)/1995/0-1 (28)}) (15. g6 fxg6 (15... b4 16. gxh7+ Kh8 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 f5 19. Qxb4 Ba8 20. Qd2 fxe4 $13 {Varavin,V-Pugachev,A Kobanya op (08) 1992 1-0 54}) (15... Ne5 $6 16. Qg2 Bf6 17. gxh7+ Kh8 18. Rg1 Qe7 19. h5 Rfd8 20. f4 $16 {Varavin,V-Obukhov,A Krasnodar 1991 1-0 30}) 16. Bh3 e5 $17) (15. Bd3 $1 b4 (15... Ne5 16. Qg2 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 b4 18. Nd1 Qc7 19. b3 $10 {Fedorov,A-Mochalov,E Minsk (10) 1995 1-0 63 - EXP 46}) (15... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 16. Rdg1 e5 17. Be3 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc7 21. Rg4 a5 22. Rhg1 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Bg5 $14 {Rodriguez,A-Larsen,B/San Martin (03)/1995/1-0 (57)}) 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. h5 Ne5 19. f4 Nf3 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc5 22. Qg1 Qxg1 23. Rhxg1 Rc5 24. Ne2 $10 {Salazar,H-Panno,O/Buenos Aires Konex (07)/1991/0.5 (29)}) (15. Bh3 Ne5 16. Qg2 Nc4 17. g6 Bf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Rc7 20. Nf4 {Ftacnik} Bc8 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Qe7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxe6+ {Kovacevic,A-Zetocha,C/Szekszard op (09)/1994/0.5 (37)}) 15... Ne5 16. Qe3 (16. Bxe5 $6 {Ftacnik} dxe5 $17) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rhg1 {Baburin A typical position in the Sicilian Defence. The a3? often allows the ? to remain on c3, but at the same time helps Black to open the b-file.} (18. Rd3 $5 Qe8 (18... Qc7 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Ba5 $14 {? ?b4}) (18... Qb8 $5 {? b4}) (18... b4 $2 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Bc5 $16 {? ?d6}) 19. Rg1 e5 20. Bb6 f5 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Ba5 Bf8 23. Rgd1 Qh5 24. Bb4 h6 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxf3 $10 {Wang Zili-Boensch,U Peking op (07) 2nd. S.T. Lee Cup 1995 1-0 62}) (18. f4 {Ftacnik} b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 {xe4}) 18... b4 {[%csl Rb2] Ftacnik In order to generate concrete threads as the b2? is vulnerable. King 15.a3 gave White some security in the centre as the ?c3 was able to maintain its position. However, we now see the disadvantages of the little pawn move: Kasparov is able to open the b-file towards the ?. Having said that, it will take some time before the rest of Black's pieces can join in the attack, and White has his own play on the other side of the board. Topalov's problem is, what is the best way to open a file on the kingside?} 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Rg2 {King Over the next few moves Topalov loses the initiative. To be honest, I don't see the point of 15.?g2. Trundling on with 15.h5 seems reasonable, hoping for a chance to disrupt Black on the kingside with h6 or g6.} (20. Bc5 $2 Rc4 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. e5 Bc5 $19) (20. f4 Qc7 21. f5 e5 $1 22. Ba7 Ra8 $17 (22... Rc8 $15 {Ftacnik})) 20... Ba8 {King Clearing the ? from the b-file in preparation for the attack} 21. b3 $2 (21. h5 Qc7 (21... Qa5 $2 22. Bf6 $1 (22. g6 $2 fxg6 23. hxg6 h6 $15) 22... Qa3 23. Nd5 $1 Qxe3 24. Nxe3 $16) (21... e5 {Ftacnik} 22. Bc5 (22. Bxe5 Qb8 $17) 22... Rc4 23. Ba3 Qc7) (21... Qb8 22. Ne2 Rc8 $132) 22. Bf6 Rfb8 $1 $40) (21. Bf6 Bxf6 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxd6 Bxe4 $1 $17) (21. Bc5 $1 dxc5 $5 (21... Rb7 22. Rgd2 (22. Ba3 $2 Qa5 $15) 22... Qa5 (22... Qb8 23. Ba3 $13) 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Rb8+ 26. Nb5 $1 (26. Kc1 Qa3+ 27. Kd2 Qxd6+ 28. Ke2 Qc7 $17) 26... Rxb5+ 27. Kc1 $18) (21... Rb8 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rgd2 Rxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Qb8+ 25. Ka2 Bf4 $17) (21... Rc4 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rgd2 Bc5 24. Qxc5 Qxd2 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rxd2 $18) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. h5 $1 $13) 21... a5 22. h5 $6 {Zu langsam!} Qc7 {Threatening ...e5.} 23. Bf6 {King Smart way to get rid of the main kings defender. Ftacnik Looks flash, but the ? can be safely ignored. Kasparov refuses to allow an open file in front of the ?.} (23. g6 e5 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 (24... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 25. Ba7 Rc8 26. h6 g6 27. Rd3 Bc6 $40) 25. Ba7 Rc8 26. Kb2 Bc6 $15 {? a4, ?a8}) 23... Rfb8 (23... gxf6 $4 {Ftacnik} 24. gxf6+ Kh8 25. Qg5 $18) 24. Bxe7 (24. h6 {Ftacnik} a4 $40) 24... Qxe7 {King Although the pawns on h5 and g5 look impressive, it is impossible to open a file, for instance: 25 g6 fxg6 26 hxg6 h6, and Black's ? remains safe.} 25. Rd4 {Verhindert a4.} (25. h6 $2 {Ftacnik} a4 $19) 25... e5 (25... Qa7 $4 26. Rxb4 $18) 26. Rxb4 axb4 {King Recapturing with the ? is an interesting decision. With one pair of ? exchanged, Kasparov recognises that the attack down the b-file has diminished, and he changes the nature of his advantage. White's ? is driven from the centre, and there is a chance that Black can use the open a-file.} 27. Na2 (27. Na4 Bc6 28. Nb2 Bb5 29. Rd2 Qc7 $17) (27. Nd5 {Ftacnik} Bxd5 28. exd5 Qb7 $17) 27... Qc7 $1 $17 28. Qd3 Kf8 {King Intending to support the d? with ...?e7 in the case of ?d2.} 29. g6 {King With the Black? on the march, Topalov feels justified in blowing the position open; however, Kasparov scuttles the ? back into the corner, and White has only managed to weaken his position.} (29. Rd2 Ke7 $17) 29... fxg6 (29... hxg6 {Ftacnik} 30. hxg6 f6 31. Rh2 $40) 30. hxg6 h6 31. f4 $6 {Sieht aus wie Selbstmord, aber wenn Weiß passiv bleibt ist er gegen die Verdoppellung auf der a-Linie hilflos.} exf4 32. Rf2 Kg8 33. Rxf4 {King The bishop on a8 lives again: the e-pawn is a target, and potentially the g-pawn as well.} Qc5 (33... d5 $5 {Ftacnik} 34. Rf7 Qd6 35. exd5 Qxd5 36. Nxb4 Qxd3 (36... Rxb4 $2 37. Qxd5 Bxd5 38. Rd7) 37. Nxd3 Be4 38. Rc7 Bxg6 $15) 34. Rf1 Qb5 (34... Qe5 {Ftacnik} 35. Qc4+) 35. Rc1 $2 (35. Qf3 Qe8 $1 $19 {x e4, x g6}) (35. Qxb5 {Die beste Chance liegt in einem schlechteren Endspiel.} Rxb5 36. Rd1 Bxe4 37. Rxd6 Kf8 38. Rd4 Bxg6 39. Nxb4 h5 $17) (35. Rf5 {Ftacnik} Qb6 (35... Qe8 $6 36. Qxd6 Rd8 37. Re5) 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Nxb4 Qg1+ 38. Rf1 Qxg6 $15) (35. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qxd3 36. cxd3 (36. Rxd3 Bxe4 37. Rxd6 Kf8 $17) 36... d5 37. e5 d4 $17) 35... Qe5 $19 36. Qc4+ (36. Re1 {Ftacnik} d5 $17) 36... Kh8 37. Rh1 (37. Re1 {Ftacnik} d5) (37. Nxb4 {Ftacnik} Qxe4 38. Qxe4 Bxe4 39. Nd3 Bxg6 $17) 37... Bxe4 {[%csl Ge4,Ra2] Ftacnik The ? is stronger in open positions, on top of it the ? occupies very modest square.} 38. Qc7 (38. Rxh6+ gxh6 39. Qc7 Rb7 $19) 38... Rf8 39. Rxh6+ Kg8 (39... gxh6 $4 {Ftacnik} 40. Qh7#) 40. Nc1 (40. Qc4+ {Ftacnik} d5 $19) (40. Nxb4 {Ftacnik} Rf1+) (40. Rh3 {Ftacnik} Qe6 $1) 40... Bxc2+ (40... Bxc2+ 41. Kxc2 (41. Qxc2 gxh6 $19) 41... Rf2+ 42. Kd3 (42. Kd1 {Ftacnik} Qd4+) 42... Qd5+ 43. Ke3 Qd2+ 44. Ke4 Rf4#) 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1995.05.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1995.05.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 047"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. g4 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 (10... Nd7 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. g5 Qc7 16. Bb5 Rb8 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Be3 d5 $132 {Stefansson,H-Akesson,R Reykjavik zt (09) 1995 0-1 39 - CBM 47}) 11. Bxd4 b5 (11... Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. g5 b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bb7 $6 (14... Qa5 15. b3 Nc5 (15... Bb7 $5) 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qf4 Ra7 18. Kb1 Rd7 19. Bc4 Rd4 $5 $10 {Inkiov-Vera Varna 1986}) 15. Nb6 $1 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Kb1 Qc7 (17... a5 $5) 18. Bd3 $10 {Fischer,R-Spassky,B (25) St Stefan/ Belgrade m 1992 1-0 35}) 14... Rb8 (14... a5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. h5 b3 $1 18. axb3 a4 19. b4 a3 $132 {Ilincic-Cvetkovic/Jugoslavia-ch/1990/}) 15. Ba7 Rb7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Kb1 Na4 19. Nb3 a5 20. Ka1 Rd8 21. Nd4 d5 22. e5 Bd7 23. h5 Nc3 $132 {Torhallsson,T-Akesson,R Reykjavik zt (04) 1995 1-0 37 - CBM 47}) 12. Kb1 (12. h4 Rb8 13. g5 Nd7 14. Kb1 (14. Ba7 Rb7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Ne2 b3 18. axb3 Rxb3 $15 {Magem Badals,J-Ehlvest,J Pamplona (5) 1991 0-1 38}) 14... b4 15. Ne2 Ne5 (15... Qc7 16. h5 Ne5 17. Ng1 (17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd3 e5 19. Nc1 Bg4 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 exd4 23. Nb3 $14 {Tiviakov,S-Van Wely,L Wijk (06) 1994 1-0 46}) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. h6 g6 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. gxf6 Rb6 22. Nh3 Bb7 23. Qe3 Rc6 $132 {Smirin,I-Van Wely,L Wijk (09) 1994 0-1 41}) 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. b3 Na3+ 19. Kb2 Bd7 20. c4 $10 {Leko,P-Van Wely,L Wijk (02) 1994 ½ 56}) (12. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qa5 $40) 12... Bb7 13. h4 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Rg1 (15. g6 Ne5 (15... b4 16. gxh7+ Kh8 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 f5 19. Qxb4 Ba8 20. Qd2 fxe4 $13 {Varavin,V-Pugachev,A Kobanya op (08) 1992 1-0 54}) 16. Qg2 Bf6 17. gxh7+ Kh8 18. Rg1 Qe7 19. h5 Rfd8 20. f4 $16 {Varavin,V-Obukhov,A Krasnodar 1991 1-0 30}) (15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. h5 Ne5 19. f4 Nf3 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc5 $15 {Salazar,H-Panno,O Buenos Aires Cup Lat (7) 1991 ½ 29}) (15. Bh3 Ne5 16. Qg2 Nc4 17. g6 Bf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Rc7 20. Nf4 $40 {Kovacevic,A-Zetocha,C Szekszard op (09) 1994 ½ 37 - EXP 45}) 15... b4 $146 (15... Ne5 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. h5 Qc7 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21. Rh1 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 $17 {Ryan,J-Milu,R Manila olm 1992 0-1 30}) 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 Bc6 17. Qxb4 d5 $19) 16... Ne5 17. Rg3 $6 (17. Bg2 Nc4 (17... a5 18. b3 $13) 18. Qxb4 Qd7 19. Qb3 a5 $40) (17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $17) 17... Nc4 (17... a5 18. b3 $13) 18. Qc1 e5 $1 19. Bf2 a5 $17 20. Bg2 Ba6 21. Re1 a4 {Baburin: Just by looking at the position we can say that Black is succeeding in his attack. White's pieces are in awkward positions and not coordinated. It means that some time ago White did not play energetically enough.} 22. Bh3 Rc6 23. Qd1 d5 $1 24. exd5 (24. Qxd5 Rd6 $19 {Baburin The Queen is trapped in the very centre!} 25. Qc5 Rd1+ $19) 24... Rd6 25. f4 (25. c3 b3 $19) 25... Rxd5 26. Rd3 (26. Qc1 Nd2+ 27. Ka1 Ne4 28. Rf3 Bxe2 $19) 26... Na3+ 27. bxa3 Bxd3 28. cxd3 Rxd3 (28... Rxd3 29. Qxa4 Rxh3 $19) 0-1 [Event "Internet sim1"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1995.12.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Hvarre, Kim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1995.12.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Bb7 12. c4 c5 13. Nc3 e5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Qd7 16. Kh1 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Bg1 Rd8 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. b3 Bc6 21. Rfe1 Nh5 22. Be3 Bh4 23. Re2 g6 24. Red2 Be7 25. e5 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 dxe5 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. fxe5 Bc7 29. Rd5 O-O 30. Kf3 Re8 31. Bxc5 Bxe5 32. Ne4 f5 33. Nd6 Re6 34. b4 Nf6 35. Rd2 f4 36. b5 axb5 37. cxb5 g5 38. b6 g4+ 39. Kg2 f3+ 40. Kf1 g3 41. hxg3 Bxg3 42. Rd1 f2 43. Bxf2 Bxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 070"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 $5 {Topalov obviously wants to play the English attack, this time for the white side. (see his game with Leko from round 3)} ({His move order aims to avoid the complications of} 6. Be3 Ng4 $5 {which already gave Gary a full point in round 2.} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 (10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. Nd4 b4 15. Nd1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. c3 O-O 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Nf2 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qe6 23. Kf1 Bd5 24. b3 Rbc8 25. Rd1 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Ng4 27. Qa5 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Rc8 29. Qxa6 Nxd1 30. Qxe6 Bxe6 31. Bxd1 Rc1 {0-1,Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/Linares/1999/}) 10... h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O (12. Nd5 $5 Nc6 (12... e6 $142 $5 13. Ne3 Qb6 $13) 13. Nf5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Be5 $2 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nfxe7 $1 Be6 17. Rxb7 Nxe7 18. Rxe7+ Kf8 19. Rb7 Rc8 20. O-O Rc4 21. Nc7 Qe7 22. Nxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Qxg5+ Qg6 25. Qxe5+ Qf6 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. Rb6+ Ke5 28. Rxa6 Rxc2 29. Re1 $18 {Borriss,M-Stangl,M/BL 9899/1999/}) 12... e6 $5 {Kasparov's novelty from Wijk 99, but there have already been dangerous attempts to improve Shirov's play:} 13. Re1 $5 (13. Nb3 Bxc3 $1 14. bxc3 e5 $13) (13. Qd2 $6 Nd7 $1 14. Bxd6 Ne5 15. Ncb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 f6 17. Rfd1 Kf7 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd6+ Kg6 21. Rd3 Qf6 22. Qxg4 Qf4 23. h3 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Bc6 25. c4 Rhd8 26. f3 Bf8 27. c5 b6 28. b4 bxc5 29. bxc5 Ra5 $17 {Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/Wijk aan Zee/1999/}) 13... Be5 (13... Nd7 $6 14. Bxd6 Be5 (14... Ne5 15. Ndb5 $1 $40 {In this line Black doesn't have a ?c4 fork at his disposal.}) 15. Nf5 $1 exf5 16. exf5 f6 17. Nd5 Kf7 18. Nc7 Nb6 19. Bxe5 $5 (19. Rxe5 $143 fxe5 20. Nxa8 Rh6 21. Nxb6 Rxd6 22. Qxg4 Rxb6 23. Rd1 Qh8 24. Qxg5 Rf6 25. g4 Qh6 26. Qxh6 Rxh6 27. Kg2 $16 {Vallejo Pons,F-Ortega,L/Valle d'Aosta/1999/}) 19... fxe5 20. Nxa8 $18) 14. Re3 Nd7 15. Nb3 Bxg3 16. Rxg3 Ne5 17. Qd4 f6 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. Nc1 Qc7 20. Nd3 Bd7 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qb4+ Kf7 23. Rxg4 Bc6 24. Rg3 $14 {Jenni,F-Naumann,A/Mitropa Cup Baden/1999/}) 6... e6 {Kasparov takes up the gauntlet and shows a piece of his famed preparation.} ({Not in the champion's style is defending a somewhat unpleasant endgame after} 6... Nc6 7. Be3 d5 $5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. c3 $1 e5 11. Nb3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Be6 13. Bb6 Be7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. O-O Nb8 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Bf2 f6 18. f4 Kf7 19. f5 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rhd8 21. b4 $36 {Fedorov,A-Wojtkiewicz,A/Calcutta op/1999/}) 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 {Just as in the Keres attack here also slowing down White's ? expansion is more important than a possible weakening of the ?.} 9. Qd2 ({Attempts do delay castling have brought White only trouble, e.g.} 9. h4 b4 10. Nce2 e5 $1 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 a5 15. Rg1 a4 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 dxe4 $1 19. gxf6 $6 exd3 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Qxd3 a3 22. b3 e4 23. Qxe4 Ra5 24. Rd1 Bc3 $44 {?,Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Linares/1994/}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O-O ({Premature is} 10. h4 $6 b4 11. Nce2 d5 $15) 10... Bb7 11. h4 {After some 10-15 years of practice this has become the main line.} ({The older move} 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Rhe1 b4 $132 {or even} (12... Nfd7 $5 $13 {promises Black sufficient counterplay.})) 11... b4 12. Na4 {Kasparov practically archives this move.} ({Another try is} 12. Nb1 d5 13. Bh3 Ne5 $5 (13... g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Qb6 $5 (16... Qa5 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Qxa2 19. Rh8 Rc8 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bh6+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kd7 24. Nxc8 Kxc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Bf8 Nd7 27. Bd6 $16 {?,Leko,P-Topalov,V/Linares/1999/}) 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Bxh1 Rc8 19. Re1 Qa5 20. f4 Qxa2 21. f5 Nc5 22. fxe6 Bg7 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Qf2+ (24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Re7+ Kg8 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $17 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Linares/1999/}) 24... Kg8 25. Qf5 $1 $11) 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 dxe4 (15... Qa5 $5 16. f4 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 dxe4 19. g6 Nc5 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rhg1 Rc8 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Rd7+ Be7 24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Qh3+ Kf7 26. Rxb7 Qc5 $15 {Ivanchuk,V-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 16. f4 Nd3+ $1 17. cxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 Rc8+ $5 (18... Nc5 19. Qc2 (19. Qf1 Rc8 $5 $36) 19... Be4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxc5 Bxc2 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Kxc2 hxg5 25. fxg5 Rxh4 26. Nd2 Ke7 27. Nf3 Rc4+ 28. Kb1 Re4 $15 {Anand,V-Topalov,V/Tilburg/1998/}) 19. Nc2 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 hxg5 21. hxg5 Nc5 $40) ({The once popular} 12. Nce2 d5 13. Bh3 {lost it's sting already 5 years ago:} (13. Ng3 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Nxh1 Nd5 17. g6 Qf6 $1 18. fxe4 Nxe3 19. gxf7+ Qxf7 20. Qxe3 O-O-O 21. Bh3 Bc5 22. Qg3 Nf8 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. Nb3 Bxe4 25. Nf2 Bd6 26. Qe3 Bd5 27. Ne4 Bc7 $13 {Arnold,L-Stohl,I/BL 9697/1997/}) 13... dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 exf3 16. Nf4 Ne4 17. Qe1 Rxh3 $1 18. Nxh3 e5 19. Nb3 a5 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Bb6 Nxb6 22. Nxe4 Rc8 23. Rh2 Qc6 24. Ng3 Qe6 25. Kb1 Nc4 $17 {Anand,V-Ljubojevic,L/Buenos Aires/1994/}) 12... Qa5 (12... d5 $6 {is not so effective now, as Black doesn't have a possible exf3 follow-up, attacking White's ?.} 13. Bh3 $1 Qa5 (13... dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nd5 16. g6 $16 {?}) 14. b3 g5 $142 $5 (14... e5 15. g5 $1 exd4 16. Bxd4 $44 {?}) (14... Nc5 15. g5 Nxa4 16. bxa4 hxg5 (16... Nd7 17. g6 Nc5 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nb3 $1 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Qc7 21. Qg2 $16 {Gunawan,R-Paschall,W/New York/1994/}) 17. hxg5 Rxh3 18. Rxh3 Nd7 19. g6 Qxa4 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Kb1 e5 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. Rh5 d4 24. Rf5+ Ke8 25. Qh2 Qc6 26. Na5 Qe6 27. Bxd4 g6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Nxb7 exd4 30. Qh8+ {1-0,Tiviakov,S-Rashkovsky,N/Linares op/1999/}) 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. e5 (16. Bxg5 dxe4 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g5 exf3 $5 $13) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxg5 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 Bg7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Nf3 Ne7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Bc6 24. Qf2 Rc8 $132 {Korneev,O-Van Wely,L/Villarrobledo act/1998/}) 13. b3 Nc5 $1 {Consistent.} (13... d5 $143 $2 14. e5 $1 (14. Bh3 {-12...d5?!}) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe6 $1 $16 {[%CAl Re3b6] ??b6}) (13... Be7 14. Kb1 $1 {doesn't solve Black's main problem-his ?.} (14. Bh3 $143 $6 g5 $1 $13) (14. Bd3 Nc5 15. g5 Nfd7 16. g6 Ne5 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Be2 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Rac8 20. Rhg1 Bf6 21. f4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nb3 Qd5 25. Qf2 Qe4 26. Nc5 Rxc2+ 27. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 28. Kb1 Bd5 $44 {Korneev,O-Galkin,A/Novgorod/1997/}) 14... Nc5 $142 $5 (14... d5 15. e5 $1 $16 (15. Bh3 $5 dxe4 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nd5 18. g6 O-O-O 19. fxe4 Nc3+ 20. Nxc3 bxc3 21. Qe2 Nc5 22. gxf7 Rxh3 23. Rxh3 Bxe4 24. Bc1 e5 25. Ne6 Rxd1 26. Rh8+ Kd7 27. f8=N+ {1-0,Korneev,O-Herrera,I/Malaga op/1999/})) 15. Nxc5 (15. a3 $6 Nxa4 16. axb4 Qc7 17. bxa4 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 Nb6 20. a5 Na4 $1 $36) 15... dxc5 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Qe1 $14 {[%csl Rh8] ?h8}) 14. a3 $8 (14. Nxc5 $2 dxc5 $17 {??a2}) (14. Bh3 $143 $6 Nxa4 15. bxa4 Qxa4 16. g5 Nd7 $1 17. g6 Nc5 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Kb1 Qa3 20. Nc6 Na4 21. Bxe6+ Ke8 22. Bf7+ Kd7 23. Ne5+ Kc7 24. Bd4 {0-1,Blodstein,A-Har Zvi,R/Tel Aviv act/1996/}) 14... Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 (16... Nd7 17. Nb3 $5 Be7 (17... d5 18. Na5 $36) 18. Bd4 O-O 19. g5 h5 20. Bd3 Rfc8 21. f4 g6 22. Rhg1 Bc6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Bb7 25. Qf2 $14 {Murawski,G-Stypka,M/Lubniewice/1994/}) 17. e5 Nd7 (17... Qxe5 $2 18. Bf4 $18) 18. f4 (18. Bf4 Nxe5 19. Re1 Bd6 $17 {??d3}) 18... Nb6 $146 {[%mdl 8] After a series of forced moves the first novelty. However, Kasparov's move is natural and Topalov also analyzed it at home.} ({Also possible is} 18... a5 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. Bd4 (20. bxa5 $2 d4 21. Nxd4 Bxh1 22. Bb5 Bd5 23. Nb3 Ba3+ 24. Kb1 O-O $19 {Paragua,M-Leroy,A/Linares op/1995/}) 20... axb4 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 $13) 19. a5 Nc4 (19... Na4 20. c4 $5 {?} dxc4 (20... Rc8 $6 21. Qc2 Qd7 22. f5 $1 $40) 21. Qc2 $142 $1 (21. Bg2 c3 (21... Rc8 $5) 22. Qc2 Bxg2 23. Qxa4+ (23. Qxg2 $6 Rc8 24. Qa2 Nb2 25. Nxe6 Qb7 $5 26. Nxf8 c2 $40) 23... Qd7 24. Nxe6 Bc6 25. Rxd7 $1 (25. Nxf8 $2 Qd2+ $3 26. Bxd2 cxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Bxa4 $19 {?f8}) 25... Bxa4 26. Nxf8 Bxd7 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 $15) 21... Bxh1 (21... Nc3 22. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Qg6+ Ke7 24. Bc5+ Qxc5 25. bxc5 $32 {[%CAl Rf1c4] ??c4?}) 22. Qxa4+ Qd7 (22... Ke7 $2 23. Nf5+ $1 exf5 24. Bc5+ $18) 23. Qxd7+ (23. Nxe6 $6 Bc6 $1 $15) 23... Kxd7 24. Nxe6+ $1 (24. Bxc4 Bd5 $15) 24... Kxe6 25. Bxc4+ Ke7 26. Rxh1 Ke8 27. Kc2 $5 Bxb4 28. Rb1 $44 {[%csl Re8] White has a strong and dangerous initiative, we must realize Black can't castle anymore.}) 20. Qc3 $8 (20. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 $40 (20... Qxc4 $5 $17)) 20... Qe7 $1 {This is the finesse White missed, now his ? falls apart.} (20... Rc8 $6 21. Bd2 $5 Qe7 (21... Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qe7 23. Rh3 $1 $16 {keeps his ? intact.}) 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qb2 $14) 21. Bxc4 dxc4 (21... Rc8 $2 22. Bb5+ $16) 22. Bd2 $5 {Kasparov praised this decision, but playing on with equal material after} (22. Rh3 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Bxb4 24. Bd2 Bc5 $15 {?,/? certainly also deserved attention. Black is surely better, but is his advantage larger, than in the game?}) (22. b5 $2 Bxh1 23. Rxh1 axb5 24. Nxb5 Qb7 $19) 22... Bxh1 23. Rxh1 Qb7 24. Rd1 (24. Re1 Rb8 $17) 24... Be7 (24... Rb8 25. Qxc4 {?} Bxb4 $2 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb4 Rxb4 28. Nc6 $18) (24... Qd5 $5) 25. Qf3 $1 {Overcoming the disappointment of his failed preparation, Topalov concentrates fully and realizes his chances lie in simplification.} (25. Qxc4 $143 Rc8 {[%csl Rc1] ?0-0?,?c1}) 25... O-O-O (25... Qxf3 $142 $5 26. Nxf3 Rb8 $5 (26... c3 $2 27. Bxc3 Rc8 28. Bd2 Rc4 29. Kb2 $1 Bxb4 30. Kb3) (26... O-O-O 27. Re1 {and although there remain more pieces on the board, Black has due to the existence of White's ? problems with his ×c4.}) (26... Rc8 $5 27. c3 Rd8) 27. c3 Rd8 {??d3} 28. Be3 $8 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 Kd7 30. h5 g6 $17 {It seems Black has more chances to win this ?, than he will have later on.}) 26. Qc6+ $5 (26. Qxb7+ $6 Kxb7 {gives Black some extra tempi.}) (26. Nc6 $2 Rd5 $17 (26... Kc7 $5 27. b5 Qxb5 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 $17 {?})) 26... Qxc6 ({The last try to avoid the ? certainly deserved attention-} 26... Kb8 $5 27. Qxc4 Rc8 28. Qb3 Rhd8 $36 (28... Bxh4 $5 $15)) 27. Nxc6 Rd7 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Re1 {Hecht: '[#] A) TLB vs TT bei weitgehend geschlossener Position.'} h5 $6 {Now White sets up a strong fortress.} ({More flexible was the immediate.} 29... Kb7) (29... Kb7 {Hecht}) 30. g5 Kb7 31. Be3 Rd7 $8 (31... Kc6 $6 32. Bd4 {?c3 gives Black no chances to break through.}) 32. Bc5 Kc6 33. Bd6 f6 34. gxf6 $6 {This probably doesn't lose, but it's definitely a step in the wrong direction. White opens the g-file and although he manages to occupy it with his ?, Black has 2 major pieces and with Topalov's help gets the file back. '?' Hecht.} ({Sounder was to keep the position closed with} 34. g6 $1 Rh6 35. Rg1 $11 {Hecht: 'Festung?'} {as the winning attempt is very double-edged:} c3 $6 36. Rg3 Kd5 37. Rxc3 Rxg6 38. Rc5+ Ke4 39. Rc6 $36) 34... gxf6 35. Rg1 f5 (35... fxe5 $6 36. Bxe5 $11 {White has an active ? and Black too many ?.}) 36. Kd2 Kd5 37. Ke3 ({Also possible was the more active} 37. Kc3 $5 Rhh7 ({Too impatient is} 37... Ke4 38. Rg6 $1 Re8 39. Kxc4 Kxf4 40. Kd4 $36 {[%csl Gc2] ?c}) 38. Bf8 (38. Rd1+ $6 Kc6 39. Rd4 Rhg7 40. Rxc4+ Kb7 $17 {×h4}) 38... Ke4 39. Rg6 {[%csl Rc4,Re6] and Black probably can't strengthen his position.}) 37... Rhh7 38. Bf8 $1 ({White avoids the game position} 38. c3 $2 Rhg7 39. Rg5 Rdf7 $19) 38... Rhf7 39. Bh6 Rh7 $138 40. Rg6 $2 {[%mdl 4160] The decisive mistake, now Black wins the ? in great tactical style. White shouldn't avoid repetition.} (40. Bf8 $142 Rhf7 (40... Rdf7 $2 41. Rd1+ Kc6 42. Rd6+ Kc7 43. Rxa6 $1 $18) 41. Bh6 Kc6 42. Rg6 Rfe7 ({Black's pieces are too passive after} 42... Rde7 43. Kd4 $1 Kb5 44. Kc3 $44) 43. Bf8 $132 (43. Bg5 Re8 44. Rh6 Rb7 45. Rxh5 Rxb4 46. Kd4 {[%csl Gh4] ?h also isn't too promising for Black.})) ({Better than the text was even the tactical} 40. Rg8 $6 Rb7 $1 (40... Rxh6 $4 41. Rc8 $18) 41. Rc8 (41. c3 $2 Rxh6 42. Rc8 Rb5 $19) 41... Rhc7 42. Ra8 Rxb4 43. Rxa6 Rd7 $15) 40... Rb7 $1 41. Bf8 $8 (41. c3 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Rh6][%CAl Yb8e8,Yh7d7,Yd5c6] ??e8,?d7,?c6 traps White's ?h6.}) 41... Rhf7 42. Bd6 (42. Rf6 $6 Rbd7 $1 43. c3 Rxf6 44. exf6 e5 45. Be7 exf4+ 46. Kxf4 Ke6 $19 {only hastens the end.}) 42... Rg7 43. Rg5 Rbf7 $1 {??g5,?f} 44. c3 {A necessary concession. Hecht: '[#]'} (44. Rxh5 $2 Rg3+ $19 {?}) (44. Kf3 Kd4 45. Rxh5 Rh7 $5 $19) (44. Bc5 Rxg5 45. hxg5 h4 $19) 44... Kc6 45. Kf3 Kb5 46. Bc5 {Returning the ? to the defence.} ({Equalizing material with} 46. Rxh5 {doesn't help:} Rh7 (46... Rg1 47. Bc5 $1 $15) 47. Rxh7 (47. Rg5 Rxh4 $19 {?}) 47... Rxh7 48. Kg3 {Even simpler is} Ka4 (48... Rg7+ 49. Kh2 $5 (49. Kh3 Rg1 50. Bc5 Rc1 51. Bd4 Rd1 52. h5 Rxd4 $1 $19) (49. Kf3 Rg1 50. Bc5 Rd1 51. Bd4 Rd3+ {??h3-+}) 49... Ka4 $1 (49... Rg4 $2 50. Be7 Rxf4 51. h5 $36 {[%csl Gh5] ?h}) 50. Bc5 Kb3 51. b5 (51. Bd4 Rg4 $1 (51... Rd7 $2 {??d4} 52. b5 $1 axb5 53. a6 b4 54. a7 Rd8 55. cxb4 Kxb4 56. h5 c3 57. h6 c2 58. Be3 Kb5 59. Kg3 $1 $11 Rd3 $2 60. a8=Q Rxe3+ 61. Kf2 c1=Q 62. Qb7+ $18) 52. Kh3 Rxf4 53. b5 axb5 54. a6 Rg4 55. a7 Rg8 56. h5 b4 $19) 51... axb5 52. Bb4 Kc2 53. Kh3 Kd3 $22 54. a6 (54. h5 Ke4 55. h6 Rg8 $1 56. Be7 Rh8 57. Bg5 b4 $19) 54... Ra7 55. h5 Rxa6 56. Kh4 Ra1 $19) 49. Bc5 Kb3 50. Bd4 Rh8 $1 {?} 51. Kh3 (51. b5 axb5 52. a6 Ra8 53. h5 (53. a7 b4 54. cxb4 c3 55. b5 c2 56. Be3 Rxa7 $19) 53... Rxa6 54. h6 Kc2 55. Kh4 Ra1 56. Kg5 Rh1 57. Kg6 Kd3 {[%CAl Rb5b4] ?b4-+}) 51... Rd8 52. h5 (52. b5 axb5 53. a6 b4 $19) 52... Rxd4 $1 53. cxd4 c3 54. h6 c2 55. h7 c1=Q 56. h8=Q Qh1+ $19) 46... Ka4 47. Bd4 (47. Rxh5 Rh7 $19 {-46.?h5}) 47... Rd7 $1 {Prepares the removal of White's key defensive piece.} 48. Ke3 (48. Rxh5 Rxd4 $1 49. cxd4 c3 50. Ke2 (50. Rh8 Rc7) 50... c2 51. Kd2 Kb3 52. Rg5 Rxg5 53. fxg5 Kb2 $19) (48. Ke2 Kb3 49. Ke3 Kb2 $5 {only delays the prepared breakthrough.}) 48... Kb3 49. Ke2 Rxg5 {'!' Hecht. Preparations are over, Black can't improve his position any more.} (49... Kc2 $6 50. Ke3 Rxg5 (50... Kd1 $5 {Hecht}) 51. fxg5 f4+ 52. Ke4 $1 $11 (52. Kxf4 $2 Rxd4+ 53. cxd4 Kd3 54. g6 c3 55. g7 c2 56. g8=Q (56. Kg5 c1=Q+ 57. Kf6 Qc8 58. Kf7 Kxd4 59. g8=Q Qxg8+ 60. Kxg8 Kxe5 61. b5 Kd6 62. bxa6 Kc7 $19) 56... c1=Q+ 57. Kf3 Qf1+ $19 (57... Qf1+ {Hecht} 58. Kg3 Qg1+ $19))) (49... Rxd4 $5 50. cxd4 (50. Rxg7 Kxc3 $19) 50... Rc7 {was also probably sufficient.}) 50. fxg5 (50. hxg5 $6 h4 51. Kf3 h3 52. g6 (52. Kg3 Rxd4 $1 $19) 52... Rg7 53. Kg3 Rxg6+ 54. Kxh3 Kc2 {loses even faster.}) 50... Rxd4 $5 {Black wins the arising ?? in a study-like manner.} ({Kasparov allegedly wanted to avoid complications after} 50... f4 51. b5 $5 (51. Kf2 $6 Rxd4 $1 52. cxd4 c3 53. g6 c2 54. g7 c1=Q 55. g8=Q Qe3+ 56. Kf1 f3 57. Qg3 (57. Qxe6+ Kb2 58. Qc4 Qd2 $1 $19) 57... Qe2+ 58. Kg1 Kxb4 $19 {leads to an even worse version of the ??.}) 51... axb5 52. a6 {But White's ? is seemingly insufficient:} b4 53. a7 Rd8 54. cxb4 Kxb4 (54... c3 $2 55. Bxc3 Kxc3 56. b5 $18) 55. Bb6 (55. Kf3 c3 56. Bb6 c2 $1 57. Bxd8 c1=Q 58. a8=Q Qh1+ $19) (55. g6 c3 56. Kf3 Kc4 $1 57. Bxc3 Kxc3 58. Kxf4 Kd4 59. g7 Rg8 $22) 55... Ra8 56. Kf3 (56. Kd2 Kb3 57. g6 c3+ 58. Kc1 c2 59. g7 f3 {??d8-+}) 56... c3 57. Kxf4 c2 58. Be3 Rxa7 59. g6 Kc4 60. Kg5 Ra3 61. Bf4 Rf3 62. Bc1 (62. g7 Rxf4 $1 $19) 62... Rf1 63. Be3 Kd3 $19) 51. cxd4 {Hecht: '[#] B) Bauernendspiel'} c3 {Hecht: 'einziges Thema:einfaches Bauernrennen '} 52. g6 c2 53. g7 c1=Q 54. g8=Q {Hecht: '[#] C) Damenendspiel mit aktiven schwarzen und schlecht postierten weißen Figuren.'} Qc4+ 55. Ke3 $8 (55. Kf3 $143 $2 Qd3+) (55. Ke1 $143 $2 Qxb4+) 55... Kc3 $1 $19 {A beautiful example proving positional factors and piece coordination can outweigh material even in a ??.} 56. Qd8 {White's ? is misplaced.} (56. Kf3 Qd5+ $5 (56... Kxd4 57. Qd8+ Qd5+ $2 58. Qxd5+ Kxd5 59. Kf4 $16 {?b5,?g5}) 57. Kg3 Kxd4 $19) (56. b5 $5 Qxd4+ (56... axb5 $5) 57. Kf3 Qd5+ 58. Kf2 axb5 59. Qc8+ {was probably the last desperate chance to create some confusion.}) 56... Qd3+ 57. Kf4 (57. Kf2 $142 f4 $1 58. Qg5 Qxd4+ 59. Ke2 Qd2+ 60. Kf1 Qe3 $22 {-+}) 57... Qd2+ (57... Kd2 58. Kg5 f4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf4] ?f is even more convincing.}) 58. Kf3 Qd1+ 59. Ke3 $6 {'?' Hecht. Enables the final mating attack.} (59. Kf2 f4 $1 60. Qc8+ (60. Qg5 Qxd4+ {-57.?f2}) 60... Kd2 61. Qxa6 (61. Qxe6 Qe2+ 62. Kg1 f3 63. Qa2+ Ke3 64. Qb3+ Kxd4 $19) 61... Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qg3+ 63. Kh1 f3 64. Qf1 Qxh4+ 65. Kg1 Qg3+ 66. Kh1 Qe1 $1 67. Kg1 h4 {'-+!' Hecht.} 68. a6 f2+ 69. Kg2 h3+ $19) 59... Qg1+ 60. Ke2 (60. Kf3 Qf1+ 61. Ke3 f4+ 62. Ke4 Kd2 $1 {[%CAl Rf1d3,Rd3e3] ??d3-e3#}) 60... Qg2+ 61. Ke3 {Hecht: '[#]'} (61. Ke1 Kd3) 61... f4+ $1 {'!!' Hecht. Hecht: 'und wegen 62.Kxf4 Kd3 nebst 63...Dg4 matt bzw. 63...Df2 matt nach 63.Dg5.'} (61... f4+ 62. Kxf4 Kd3 {??g4#} 63. Qg5 Qf2#) 0-1 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.05"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 070"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Hecht. McShane} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nb1 d5 13. Bh3 g5 (13... Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 dxe4 (15... Qa5 16. f4 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 dxe4 19. g6 Nc5 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rhg1 Rc8 {½-½ Ivanchuk,V-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1996/ (64)}) (15... hxg5 $5 16. hxg5 Rxh3 17. Rxh3 dxe4 $44) 16. f4 Nd3+ 17. cxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Be4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxc5 Bxc2 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Kxc2 hxg5 25. fxg5 Rxh4 {½-½ Anand,V-Topalov,V/Tilburg/1998/ (46)}) 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Qb6 $5 {Kasparov tries to improve on Topalov, his argument is the modest location of the b1 knight.} (16... Qa5 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Qxa2 19. Rh8 Rc8 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bh6+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kd7 24. Nxc8 Kxc8 25. Qd4 {½-½ Leko,P-Topalov,V/Linares/1999/ (53)}) 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Bxh1 (18. Rxh1 Bg7 $13) 18... Rc8 19. Re1 (19. f4 $6 Nc3 $1 20. Re1 Nxa2+ 21. Kd1 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Bg7 $17) (19. Nb3 a5 20. f4 a4 21. Nd4 Nc3 $1 $17) 19... Qa5 (19... Bg7 20. Nf5 Be5 21. f4 $16) (19... Rc4 20. Nf5 b3 21. axb3 Qxb3 22. Nc3 $1 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 $1 $16) 20. f4 (20. a3 Qb6 $1 (20... Nc3 $2 21. Nxe6 $18) (20... N7b6 21. b3 Nc3 22. a4 Nbd5 $13) 21. a4 Nc5 $17) 20... Qxa2 21. f5 Nc5 $5 {Counterattack is the rule of the day, black is defending the center at the same time.} (21... e5 22. Qh2 Qc4 $1 $17 (22... Bg7 23. Qh7 $13)) (21... Nc3 $2 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qa1+ 24. Nb1 Ba3+ 25. Kd1 Qxb1+ 26. Ke2 $14) 22. fxe6 (22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bf6 Qa1 25. b3 Bd6 $19) 22... Bg7 $1 (22... fxe6 $5 23. Rxe6+ (23. Nxe6 $2 Nb3+ $19) (23. Rf1 Bg7 $19) 23... Nxe6 24. Nxe6 Qc4 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Bh6+ Ke8 $19) 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxd5+ $6 {For all the beauty of the spectacular defense Anand had better accepted the draw with perpetual after the correct 24.Qf2+.} (24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Bf6 Nxf6 26. Bxb7 Rd8 $19) (24. Qf2+ $1 Kg8 25. Qf5 $1 {McShane: 'may be enough for a draw, e.g.'} Bxd4 (25... Rf8 $2 26. Qg6 Na4 27. Bxd5+ Bxd5 28. Nf5 Qxb2+ 29. Kd2 $18) 26. Qg6+ (26. Bxd5+ Qxd5 27. Qg6+ Bg7 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Bf8 30. Qg6+ $11) 26... Bg7 27. Re8+ {McShane: 'with a perpetual to follow.'} Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kh7 (28... Bf8 29. Bh6 Nd7 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Be4 $18) 29. Qh5+ $11) 24... Qxd5 25. Re7+ (25. Rf1+ Kg6 26. Be3 Bxd4 $19) 25... Kg8 (25... Kf8 $2 26. Qf4+ Kg8 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nf5+ $18) 26. Rxg7+ (26. Nc3 $2 Qh1+ 27. Re1 bxc3 28. bxc3 Qh3 $19) 26... Kxg7 27. Nc3 $3 {Spectacular and spirited, but still not good enough for a draw. McShane: 'Incredibly, Kasparov was still in his preparation until Anand found this stunning resource. By getting a black pawn to c3 Kasparov can't play play Qxf5 or Nxf5+ and then Nb3+ with an endgame and an exchange up. Instead Anand heads for an endgame a piece down but with good drawing chances due to reduced material.'} (27. Nf5+ Qxf5 (27... Kf8 28. Bh6+ Kf7 29. Nd6+ $14) 28. gxf5 (28. Qd4+ $2 Kg8 29. gxf5 Nb3+ $19) 28... Nb3+ 29. Kd1 Bf3+ 30. Ke1 Nxd2 31. Nxd2 Bg4 $19) 27... bxc3 (27... Qh1+ 28. Nd1 Bf3 (28... Be4 29. Ne6+ $1) 29. Be7 Bxd1 (29... Ne4 30. Nf5+ Kh7 31. Qd4 Qxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Bxd1 33. Kxd1 $15) 30. Qg5+ (30. Qxd1 Nd3+ $1 31. Kd2 Qxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Nxb2+ $17) 30... Kf7 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Qg6+ Kxe7 33. Nf5+ Kd8 34. Qd6+ Nd7 35. Qe7+ Kc7 36. Qd6+ Kb7 37. Qxd7+ Kb8 38. Qd6+ $13) 28. Nf5+ Kf7 (28... Kh7 $2 29. Qh2+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ $18) (28... Kf8 $1 29. Bh6+ Ke8 30. Nd6+ (30. Qxd5 {McShane} Bxd5 31. Nd6+ {a knight being less fast across the board than a bishop in the endgame and therefore less powerful.}) 30... Kd7 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. Nxc8 cxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Kxc8 $17) ({Here} 28... Qxf5 $4 {is met by McShane} 29. Qxc3+ {and athen White takes the queen. Here Kasparov chooses to give White a knight and not a bishop as he could have done with}) 29. Qxd5+ Bxd5 30. Nd6+ Kg6 {McShane: ' Interestingly, Kasparov doesn't flick in 30...cxb2+. It turns out the doubled pawns get in the way somewhat for White. Of course, Black will never swap knights because even if he could keep the a-pawn it's a technical draw because the black bishop can't control the a1 queening square.'} 31. Nxc8 Kxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Hecht: 'Zwei vs eine Leichtfigur bei minimalem Bauernmaterial und dem "falschen" Läufer bezogen auf den a-Bauern.'} (31... cxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Kxg5 33. Kc3 $15) 32. Nb6 (32. bxc3 Kxg4 33. Ne7 Be4 $19) 32... Be6 $1 33. bxc3 Kxg4 34. Kb2 Kf4 (34... Kf5 $142 {(Hecht) mit starkem Vorteil. (Dokhoian)}) 35. Ka3 a5 $6 (35... Ke5 $5 36. Kb4 Kd6 37. Ka5 Kc6 38. Na8 Bf5 39. Nb6 Bxc2 $19) 36. Na4 Ne4 $2 {Even the gretaest players are only mortals, Kasparov misses the great defensive idea in white's 40th move. The correct idea was to restrain the mobility of white's knight.} (36... Nxa4 $2 37. Kxa4 Ke5 38. Kxa5 $11) (36... Nd7 $1 37. Nb2 Nb6 38. Nd3+ (38. c4 {Hecht} Bxc4 39. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 40. Kb3 Ne5 $1 41. Ka4 Nc6 $19 {(Kasparow)}) 38... Ke3 39. Nc5 Bf7 40. Nb3 Nc4+ $19) 37. Nb2 (37. Kb2 Ke5 $19) 37... Nxc3 38. Nd3+ Ke3 39. Nc5 Bf5 (39... Bd5 $5 40. Kb2 (40. Nb3 Bxb3 41. cxb3 (41. Kxb3 Kd4 $19) 41... Kd4 $19) 40... Nb5 $1 (40... Kd4 $2 41. Nb3+ Bxb3 42. Kxb3 $22 $11) 41. c3 Kd2 $19) 40. Kb2 $1 (40. Nb7 a4 41. Nc5 Bxc2 42. Kb2 Kd2 $19) 40... Nd5 41. Nb7 a4 42. c4 $1 (42. Ka3 Bxc2 43. Nc5 Nc3 $19) (42. Nc5 {Hecht} Nb6 43. Ka3 Bxc2 44. Kb4 Kd4 45. Kb5 a3 $19) 42... Nb6 43. Nd6 (43. Kc3 a3 44. c5 Nc4 45. Kb3 Kd4 46. Nd6 Bc2+) 43... Bd3 (43... Be6 44. c5 Nd5 45. Ka3 $13) 44. c5 (44. Ka3 Kd4 45. Kb4 Bc2 46. Nb5+ Kd3 47. Nc3 a3 48. Na2 Nxc4 49. Nc1+ Kd2 50. Na2 $17) 44... Nd5 45. Ka3 Bc2 (45... Kd4 {Hecht} 46. Kxa4 Kxc5 47. Nb7+ $11) 46. Nb5 $1 (46. c6 Nc7 47. Nc4+ Kd4 48. Nb6 Nb5+ 49. Kb4 a3 50. Kxb5 a2 51. c7 Bf5 $19) 46... Ne7 (46... Ke4 47. c6 Nb6 48. Na7 Nd5 49. Nb5 $11) 47. Na7 $2 {'??' McShane. Anand slips in the moment, when his heroic resistance could have been rewarded with a draw with the simple 47.Nc3! McShane: 'Anand has fought like a mule and perhaps deserved his draw with 27.Nxc3!! Instead, he loses cruelly after this terrible blunder.'} (47. Nc3 $1 Kd4 48. Nxa4 Kc4 49. Nb6+ Kxc5 50. Nd7+ $11) 47... Kd4 48. c6 Nd5 49. Nb5+ Kc5 50. c7 Bf5 $1 {Anand resigned as he realized, that the position has a study like character.} (50... Bf5 $1 51. Kxa4 (51. Na7 Nxc7 52. Kxa4 Kb6 $19) 51... Nb6+ 52. Ka5 Nc4+ 53. Ka6 (53. Ka4 Bc2#) 53... Bc8+ 54. Ka7 Kxb5 55. Kb8 Nd6 $19) 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2646"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "49"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 d5 13. Bh3 g5 (13... Qa5 14. b3 Nc5 (14... e5 15. g5 exd4 16. Bxd4 $16) (14... g5 $8 15. hxg5 (15. Bf1 dxe4 16. hxg5 Nd5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. fxe4 Bg7 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. gxh6 Ke7 23. Bg2 {1-0 Zezulkin,J-Stocek,J/Passau/1999/ (29)}) 15... hxg5 16. Bxg5 $5 dxe4 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g5 $36) 15. Nxc5 (15. g5 Nxa4 (15... Nfd7 16. g6 e5 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. exd5 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bd6 20. Rhg1 Rag8 21. Be6+ Ke8 22. Rg6 {1-0 Nedev,T-Palac,M/Yerevan/1996/ (28) 1-0}) (15... hxg5 16. hxg5 Nfd7 17. g6 Rxh3 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxh3 Nxa4 20. bxa4 Ne5 21. Nb3 Qxa4 22. Bd4 Ng6 23. Rg1 Bd6 24. Rxg6 Kxg6 25. Qg2+ {1-0 Zezulkin,J-Suchan,R/Wisla/1998/ (25)}) 16. bxa4 Nd7 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh3 18. Rxh3 Nd7 19. g6 Qxa4 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Kb1 e5 22. Nb3 Rc8 $6 23. Rh5 $1 $18 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Rashkovsky,N/Linares/1999/ (30)}) (16... Qxa4 17. Kb1 $1 $16 (17. gxf6 Qxa2 $44)) 17. g6 Nc5 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nb3 {Tiviakov: 'at his disposal. After'} Nxb3+ 20. axb3 {1-0 Gunawan,R-Paschall,W/New York/1994/ (34)}) 15... Bxc5 16. a4 dxe4 17. g5 Nd5 18. g6 f5 19. fxe4 Nxe3 20. Nxe6 Bc6 21. exf5 Ke7 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rhe1 {1-0 Arakhamia,K-Zatulovskaya,T/Palma de Mallorca/1989/TD (27) 1-0}) (13... Ne5 14. g5 Nc4 (14... Nfd7 15. b3 Qa5 16. g6 $1 (16. f4 Nc4 $132) 16... Nxg6 17. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Bxe6 $44 Bd6 19. Qg2 Ndf8 $8 20. exd5 {1-0 Korneev,O-Mrdja,M/Cutro/1997/ (34)}) 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. b3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nd7 18. exd5 O-O-O 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Re8 21. Rxd7 {1-0 Nedev,T-Aleksieva,S/Star Dojran/1996/ (21) 1-0}) 14. Bg2 $1 gxh4 (14... dxe4 15. hxg5 exf3 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nxg4 18. Bd4 $40) 15. Rxh4 dxe4 (15... Nxe4 16. fxe4 Qxh4 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 $1 (18. Nf5 Qxg4 19. Bxd5 Qxf5 $1 20. Bxb7 Rd8 $13) 18... Bxd5 19. Nf5 Qd8 20. Qxd5 $18) 16. g5 Nd5 (16... exf3 17. Nxf3 Nd5 (17... Ne4 18. Qd4 $16) 18. Bd4 $16) 17. Rxe4 (17. Bf2 exf3 18. Bxf3 Be7 $17) 17... hxg5 $2 {This move clearly helps white to tighten the mating net around the black king. It would be nice to know, what Kasparov intended after the better move 17...Qa5!?} (17... Nxe3 18. Nxe6 $1 (18. Rxe3 hxg5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kf7 (20... Be7 21. Qxg5) 21. Qxd7+ Qxd7 22. Rxd7+ Kxe6 23. Rxb7 Rh2 $1 $19) 18... fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kf7 20. Rxe3 $18) (17... Qa5 $5 18. f4 (18. b3 Nc5 $19) 18... O-O-O $1 $13 (18... Qxa4 19. Nxe6 Qxa2 20. Nc5+ Be7 21. Qd4 $18) (18... Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Qxa4 20. Bxb7 $18) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Qxa4 21. Bxd5 Nc5 $17) 18. Bxg5 Qa5 (18... Qxg5 $2 19. Qxg5 Bh6 20. Nxe6 $1 Bxg5+ 21. Nxg5+ $18) 19. f4 $1 (19. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kf7 $19) 19... Rh2 (19... Qxa4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6+ Ne7 (21... Kf7 22. Bxd5 $18) 22. Bxb7 Nc5 23. Rxe7+ Bxe7 24. Bxa8 Qxa2 25. Bc6+ Kf8 26. Bxe7+ $18) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 (20... Be7 21. Ng7+ Kf8 22. Bxe7+ Kxg7 23. Rg1 $18) 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 (21... Be7 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rxd7 Qxa4 24. Rxb7 $18) 22. Qd3 $3 {[%mdl 128] Impressive attacking move, black king is suddenly very lonesome in the face of many white pieces.} Bg7 (22... Kxe6 23. Bxd5+ Bxd5 24. Qg6+ Nf6 25. Qxf6+ Kd7 26. Rxd5+ Qxd5 27. Nb6+ Kc7 28. Nxd5+ $18) (22... Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 (23... Bg7 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Re7 Rh7 26. Bh6 Kf8 27. Rde1 $18) 24. Re2 Ne7 25. Bxe7 Bg7 26. Rxd7 Qxa4 27. Bxb7) 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Rxd5 Qxa4 25. Re7 1-0 [Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"] [Site "Internet"] [Date "2000.02.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2646"] [Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"] [PlyCount "75"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Be7 $5 {Ftacnik: 'Van Wely avoids confrontation in the line 13..Nc5, that Kasparov knows so well.'} (13... Nc5 14. a3 $13) 14. Kb1 (14. Rh2) (14. Bd3) (14. Bh3 g5 $1 15. Bg2 Rg8 $13) (14. Bg2) (14. Be2) 14... Nc5 (14... d5 $6 15. Bh3 dxe4 (15... g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 dxe4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. g5 e3 20. Qxe3 Nd5 21. Qe1 $1 (21. Qg1 Bxg5 (21... Rg8) (21... Nf4)) 21... Nf4 (21... Bxg5 22. Nxe6) 22. Bxe6 $1 (22. Bg4 Rxh1 23. Qxh1 Qxg5) 22... Rxh1 23. Bd7+ $1 $18) 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nd5 18. g6 $1 O-O-O 19. fxe4 Nc3+ 20. Nxc3 bxc3 21. Qe2 Nc5 22. gxf7 Rxh3 23. Rxh3 Bxe4 24. Bc1 e5 25. Ne6 $1 Rxd1 26. Rh8+ Kd7 27. f8=Q {1-0 Korneev,O-Herrera,I/Open, Malaga ESP 1999 (27)}) 15. Nxc5 (15. a3 Nxa4 16. axb4 Qc7 17. bxa4 d5 18. e5 (18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg3 dxe4) 18... Nd7 19. f4 Nb6 20. Bf2 Nxa4 21. Rh3 Rc8 22. Be1 Nb6 $13) (15. Nb2 $2 Ncxe4 $1) 15... dxc5 16. Ne2 Rd8 (16... c4 $5 17. Bg2 cxb3 (17... c3 18. Qe1 $14) 18. axb3 Rd8 19. Qc1 Nd7 20. g5 h5 21. Qb2 e5 22. Ng3 $13) 17. Qc1 Nd7 (17... c4 18. Bg2 (18. Nf4 e5 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. gxh5 cxb3 21. axb3 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Bc5 $1 23. Bxc5 (23. Bxa6 Bxe3 24. Bxb7 O-O (24... Bd4 25. Bc6+ Ke7 26. Ba4 Rc8) 25. Qd5 Qa7 26. Bc6 Bd4 27. Ba4 Rc8 $44) 23... Qxc5 24. Bc4 Ke7 25. Rg1 (25. Qd2 a5 26. Rd1 Bc6) 25... Rg8 26. Rg2) (18. bxc4 Nd7 $44) 18... cxb3 19. axb3 Rxd1 (19... Nd7 {see 16..,c4}) 20. Rxd1 Nd7 21. Qd2 $14) (17... Rxd1 18. Qxd1 c4 19. bxc4 Qc7 (19... e5 20. Ng3 $14) 20. Nf4 Bc5 $11) 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Be2 (19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Be2 c4 (20... Bxh4 21. Nh5 Rg8 22. Qb2 $14) 21. bxc4 Qc7 $13) 19... Rxd1 20. Qxd1 (20. Rxd1 Bxh4) 20... Qc7 {Ftacnik: 'Black can be satisfied with the outcome of the opening, the only problem is a safe location for his king.'} 21. Bf4 (21. f4 Ng6) 21... Bd6 $6 (21... g6 $5 {??f6, x ?g3}) (21... O-O 22. g5 $14) 22. Nh5 $1 g6 (22... O-O 23. g5 $1 $14) 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. g5 h5 (24... hxg5 $2 25. Bxg5 Kf8 26. f4 $16) (24... Rd8 $2 25. gxh6 Nc4 26. Bxd6+ Rxd6 27. Qg1 Na3+ 28. Kc1 Rd8 29. Qg5 $18) 25. Be3 Nc6 (25... Rd8 $5 26. f4 (26. Qd2) 26... Ng4 27. Bxg4 Bxf4 $1 28. Qf3 (28. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxf4 30. Rd7+ Kf8 31. Rd8+ $11) 28... Bxe3 29. Qxe3 (29. Bxe6 Qf4 30. Qxf4 Bxf4 31. Bd5 Bc8) 29... hxg4 30. Nxg4 Rd4 31. Nf6 Qe5 32. Re1 a5 $13) 26. f4 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rd8 27. Qf1 Nd4 (27... Qa5 28. e5 Bc7 29. Bf3 Bb6 $13) 28. Bd3 (28. Bxa6 $6 Ra8 $1 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. e5 Bc7 31. Bxd4 cxd4 $132) 28... Kf8 29. Rg1 Kg7 $1 30. Bxd4 (30. f5 Bh2 $5 (30... exf5 $2 31. exf5 Bh2 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Ne8+ Rxe8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Rf1+ $18) 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Rg2 Be5 $13) 30... cxd4 31. e5 Be7 (31... Bc5 32. Qe2 a5) (31... Bc5 $5) 32. Qe2 a5 $6 (32... Rc8 $142) 33. f5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The attack is performed with lot of phantasy, black must be careful not to land in a difficult position.'} exf5 34. Bxf5 d3 (34... gxf5 $2 35. Qxh5 Rh8 36. Ne8+ $1 Rxe8 37. g6 $18) (34... a4 35. Nxh5+ $5 gxh5 36. g6 Rh8 (36... f6 37. Qxh5 Rh8 38. Qxh8+ Kxh8 39. g7+ $18) 37. Qh2 (37. gxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qf2 Ke8 39. Qxd4 Bc5 40. Bg6+ Ke7 41. Qc4 Qxe5 42. Qf7+ Kd8 43. Rd1+ Kc8 44. Qd7+ Kb8 45. Qxa4 Be7 $19) 37... Qc3 38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. e6+ Ke8 40. Qb8+ Qc8 41. Qe5 $13) 35. Bxd3 (35. cxd3 Qb6 $13) 35... Bc5 36. e6 $2 {Ftacnik: 'This fine combination only leads to a draw while the best move 36.Rf1! would keep the flame burning.'} (36. Rf1 $5 Bd4 (36... Bc8 37. e6 Bxe6 38. Bxg6 fxg6 39. Qxe6 Qe7 $14) 37. Bc4 Qxe5 (37... Ba6 38. e6 Bxc4 39. bxc4 fxe6 40. Qxe6 $18) (37... Rf8 38. Qd3 Bxe5 39. Nd7 $18) 38. Nxh5+ $1 Kh8 $8 (38... gxh5 39. Qxh5 $18) 39. Qxe5+ {'+-' Ftacnik.} (39. Nf4 $18) 39... Bxe5 40. Nf4 $14) 36... Bxg1 37. e7 Bc6 38. Qe5 $11 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess@iceland blitz f"] [Site "Kopavogur"] [Date "2000.04.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2000.04.02"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. O-O Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Qg2 g6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qg4 h6 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 e5 20. Ne6 fxe6 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. f6 Qc6 23. Rd2 Kc7 24. g6 Rg8 25. g7 Bxg7 26. Qf7+ Qd7 27. Qxd7+ Nxd7 28. fxg7 Rxg7+ 29. Kf2 d5 0-1 [Event "Chess@iceland rap f"] [Site "Kopavogur"] [Date "2000.04.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2000.04.02"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 Nxa4 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfa1 Nd7 16. Nb3 Rb8 17. Ba7 Rc8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bxa6 Ne5 20. Be2 f5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Nc4 Qe8 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bd3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qh5 26. Be3 Rc6 27. Qe2 Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Qxe2 29. Bxe2 Bc6 30. Rc4 Bb5 31. Ra5 Bxc4 32. Bxc4+ Kh8 33. Rxe5 Ra8 34. Rf5 Rg4 35. Rf1 Rb8 36. Bd3 Rxb2 37. e5 Rb8 38. Ba7 Rf8 39. Rxf8+ Bxf8 40. Bf2 Rg5 41. Bd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess@iceland rap sf1"] [Site "Kopavogur"] [Date "2000.04.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2563"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2000.04.02"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 Nbd7 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 d5 13. Bh3 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. Nb6 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxe6 Bh6 21. g5 fxe6 22. Qd7+ Kf8 23. gxh6 Bd5 24. Qd6+ Qe7 25. Qf4+ Qf7 26. Qe5 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2000.05.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2668"] [BlackElo "2851"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "64"] [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 2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Qf2 Nfd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Rxc3 $5 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Ne2 Be7 16. g5 O-O 17. h4 Na4 $1 {Kasparov improves on the older game, white compromised queenside pawn structure offers great attacking chances for black pieces.} (17... d5 18. h5 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Nc4 21. Bc1 b4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Rh3 {1-0 Zagrebelny,S-Lingnau,C/Berlin/1993/ (31)}) 18. Bc1 $6 (18. h5 Ne5 19. h6 g6 $13) 18... Ne5 19. h5 d5 $1 20. Qh2 (20. h6 g6 21. Qg3 Bd6 22. Qg2 Rc8 $17) 20... Bd6 21. Qh3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 (22. Rxd3 $2 dxe4 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. h6 g6 $19) 22... b4 $1 (22... Nxc3+ 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Bb2 Qb4 25. g6 Be5 (25... dxe4 $2 26. h6 $1 Be5 27. d4 $18) 26. d4 Bf4 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qg4 Bh6 $13) 23. cxb4 (23. c4 dxc4 24. h6 g6 25. dxc4 Rc8 $40) 23... Rc8 24. Ka1 (24. Qf1 dxe4 25. fxe4 Qc2+ 26. Ka1 Be5+ 27. d4 Bxe4 28. Ba3 Bd5 $19) 24... dxe4 (24... Qc2 25. Rd2 Be5+ 26. d4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 (27. Nxd4 $2 Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxc1#) 27... Qxe2 28. Qf1 Qc2 $13) (24... Bxb4 $5 25. Qh2 Qc2 26. Rde1 (26. g6 Nc3 $19) 26... Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Qxd3 $19) 25. fxe4 (25. dxe4 $2 Be5+ 26. Nd4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Qxc1+) 25... Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Even to an untrained eye it becomes clear, that black is achieving success in the attack with much higher speed than his opponent.} 26. g6 (26. dxe4 Be5+ $19) (26. Rhg1 Qc2 27. Nd4 Be5 28. Qe3 Bd5 $19) 26... Bxh1 27. Qxh1 Bxb4 28. gxf7+ (28. gxh7+ Kh8 $19) 28... Kf8 (28... Qxf7 29. Bd2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Nb6 $19) 29. Qg2 Rb8 $1 30. Bb2 (30. Bd2 Ba3 31. Bc1 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Qb6 33. Nc3 Nxc3 $19) 30... Nxb2 31. Nd4 (31. Kxb2 Bd2+ 32. Ka1 Bc3+ $19) 31... Nxd1 $1 {The final combination is simple, but esthetically very pleasing.} 32. Nxe6+ Kxf7 (32... Kxf7 33. Qxg7+ (33. Nxc7 Bc3+) 33... Kxe6 34. Qxc7 (34. Qh6+ Kf5) 34... Bc3+ $19) 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2001.01.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2849"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "67"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Rh3 {Is is a bit special, that both players have caused the explosive popularity of this position on the highest level, even though then they have played with reverse colours! Kasparov goes for the much lesser analysed move than the main line 19.f5.} (19. f5 $5) 19... Nc4 20. Qc3 Rc8 (20... Qe7 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Bd2 $16) 21. Bd2 Be7 (21... Nxd2 $5 22. Qxd2 Be7 23. a5 $14) 22. Be1 Rb8 (22... Qb8 23. Qb3 h5 24. g5 g6 25. Rc3 $16) (22... O-O 23. g5 $40) 23. f5 $1 (23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qe3 Bg2 $5 25. Rh2 Bc6 $11) 23... Bc8 24. Bxc4 dxc4 (24... Bxb4 $2 25. Bb5+ Kd8 26. Nc6+ $18) (24... Qxc4 $2 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Nc6 $16) 25. Qf3 Bd7 (25... Bxb4 $2 26. Bxb4 (26. Qc6+ $6 Qd7 (26... Qxc6 $2 27. Nxc6 $18) 27. Qxc4 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 O-O $14) 26... Rxb4 27. Nc6 $1 Rxa4 (27... Bb7 28. Qa3 $18) 28. Rd8+ Qxd8 29. Nxd8 Kxd8 30. Qc6 $18) 26. fxe6 fxe6 (26... Bxe6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. c3 $16) 27. g5 $1 {[%mdl 128] In is quite possible that white's preparation was reaching all the way to this position. Both kings are not especially safe, but black's seems more exposed.} (27. Qe4 $2 O-O) (27. c3 Bxa4 28. Nxe6 Qxe5 29. Bg3 Qxe6 30. Bxb8 Bxd1 31. Kxd1 $13) 27... hxg5 (27... Bxb4 28. Qh5+ $1 Ke7 29. Qg6 Qxe5 30. Rf3 Rhf8 31. Bg3 c3 32. Rxc3 $1 (32. Bxe5 $2 Ba3#) 32... Rf4 33. Rf3 $16) 28. hxg5 Rxh3 (28... Bxg5+ $5 29. Kb1 Rxh3 30. Qxh3 Bh6 31. Qh5+ Kf8 32. Bc3 Kg8 33. Rg1 Bf4 34. Ne2 $16) 29. Qxh3 Qxe5 (29... Bxg5+ 30. Kb1 Ke7 $5 (30... Qxe5 31. Nf3 Qf6 32. Qh8+ $18) (30... Bh6 31. Nxe6 (31. Qh5+) 31... Qxe5 32. Nxg7+ $1 Qxg7 33. Qh5+ Kf8 (33... Kd8 34. Bh4+ Kc7 35. Qc5+ Kb7 36. Rd6 $16) 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Bc3 $16) 31. Qh7 Qxe5 32. Bc3 (32. Nf3 Qf6 33. Nxg5 Qxg5 34. Bh4 Rxb4+ 35. Ka2 Rxa4+ 36. Kb1 (36. Kb2 $2 c3+ $19) 36... Rb4+ $11) 32... Bf6 33. Nc6+ Bxc6 34. Bxe5 Rxb4+ 35. Kc1 Bxe5 $13) 30. Qh5+ $1 Kf8 (30... Kd8 $2 31. Nc6+ $18) (30... g6 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Bd2 Qg7 33. Qxe6 $1 $18) 31. Nf3 $1 {White enjoys excellent piece coordination.} (31. Bd2 Qxd4 (31... Kg8 $5) 32. Rf1+ Bf6 33. c3 Qd3 34. Rf3 Qd5 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Rxf6+ gxf6 37. Qh7+ Ke8 (37... Kf8 38. gxf6 $18) 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qxf6+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qxb8 Qh1+ 42. Kb2 Qd1 43. Qf4 Qb3+ 44. Kc1 Bxa4 $11) 31... Qe3+ (31... Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Rd8 (32... Bxb4+ 33. Ke2 Qxa4 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7+ $18) (32... Qb2 33. Ke3 $1 Rd8 34. c3 $18) 33. Qh8+ (33. Ke3 $1 Bc5+ (33... Qxd1 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Ne5#) 34. bxc5 Qxd1 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. g6 $18) 33... Kf7 34. g6+ $1 Kxg6 (34... Kf6 35. Qh4+ Kxg6 36. Qg4+ Kf7 37. Rxa1 $18) 35. Qxd8 Qxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Bxd8 37. Ne5+ Kf5 38. Nxd7 $18) 32. Kb2 $1 (32. Bd2 Qa3+ 33. Kb1 Rxb4+ $1 (33... Bd6 34. Qh8+ Kf7 (34... Ke7 35. Qxg7+ Ke8 36. Ne5 $18) 35. g6+ Kf6 36. Qh4+ Kxg6 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Bh6+ $18) 34. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 35. Kc1 Qa3+ 36. Kd2 Qb2 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qh4 $14) (32. Kb1 Be8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 $13) 32... Be8 $2 (32... Rb7 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Bc3 Qxf3 35. g6+ Kxg6 36. Qxg7+ Kf5 37. Qf7+ Kg4 38. Rd4+ Kg3 39. Be1+ $18) (32... Bxb4 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qxb8 $18) (32... Bxa4 $1 33. Bc3 (33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qxb8 Qxf3 35. Rd4 (35. Ra1 $2 Bxc2 $1 36. Kxc2 Qb3+ $19) 35... Bxg5 $14) 33... Rxb4+ $1 (33... Bxb4 $2 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7+ Ke8 36. Qg6+ Ke7 (36... Kf8 37. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 38. Bxb4+ $18) 37. Qh7+ Ke8 38. Qh5+ Ke7 39. Bf6+ Kf8 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. g6+ Kxg6 42. Qg7+ Kf5 43. Nh4+ Ke4 44. Qg4+ Qf4 45. Qxe6+ Qe5+ 46. Qxe5#) 34. Bxb4 Bxb4 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. g6+ Kf6 (36... Kxg6 $2 37. Rg1+ Kf5 38. Qh7+ Kf4 39. Qh4+ Kf5 40. Qg4+ Kf6 41. Qxg7+ Kf5 42. Qg6+ Kf4 43. Qg4#) 37. Qh4+ Kxg6 38. Rg1+ Kf7 39. Qxc4 Qb6 $13) 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Bc3 (34. Bc3 Rxb4+ 35. Bxb4 Qxf3 (35... Bxb4 36. g6+ Kf6 37. Qxe8 $18) 36. g6+ Kxg6 37. Rg1+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Linares 18th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2001.03.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "69"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Qf2 Nfd7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nce2 Be7 14. h4 (14. Kb1 O-O 15. g5 d5 16. g6 hxg6 17. h4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. h5 g5 20. b3 Rc8 21. f4 dxe4 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Rhg1 {1-0 Conquest,S-Yakovich,Y/Saint Vincent/2000/ (38)}) 14... O-O (14... Nc5 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nba4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. g5 O-O 19. Ng3 f6 20. Nh5 {1-0 Polgar,J-Svidler,P/Cannes/2001/ (62)}) 15. Kb1 Na4 (15... d5 16. g5 dxe4 17. fxe4 Nc4 18. Bc1 Qb6 19. Qg2 Nde5 20. h5 Rfd8 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Be3 {1-0 Adams,M-Georgiev,K/Elenite/1993/ (32)}) 16. g5 Ndc5 (16... d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nf4 Ndc5 19. Nb3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qd7 21. Rhd1 Rfd8 {½-½ Nevednichy,V-Badea,B/Bucharest/1994/ (37)}) 17. Ng3 (17. Qg3 Qc7 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. h5 Bf8 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Qh2 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Georgiev,K/Mulhouse/2001/ (43)}) 17... Qc7 18. Nb3 (18. h5 d5 $15) 18... d5 19. e5 (19. exd5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bxd5 $15) 19... Qxe5 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. f4 Ne4 (21... Rfd8 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. h5 $13) 22. Bxe4 $2 {Only this move tilts the balance towards black's advantage, Polgar could have fought for a full compensation with 22.Qe3.} (22. Qe3 Bd6 23. Nh5 e5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Rhf1 $44) 22... dxe4 23. Rhe1 Bd6 (23... f5 24. Nh5 Rf7 25. Be5 $13) 24. Nh5 e5 25. c3 $1 f6 (25... exd4 26. Qxd4 f5 27. Qxd6 (27. gxf6 $2 Rfd8 28. fxg7 Be7 $1 (28... Bxf4 29. Qf6 $16) 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Qxf6 Re8 $19) 27... Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nd4 Rd5 $15) 26. gxf6 (26. Nxg7 $2 Qxg7 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Qg3+ Qg6 29. Qxg6+ hxg6 $19) 26... exd4 (26... Nxb2 $6 27. Qxb2 exd4 28. Nxd4 $13) 27. Nxd4 g6 $2 {[%mdl 256] The defense is difficult art even for the world's best players, Kasparov misses the great shot 27...Ba3!!} (27... Nc5 28. Rg1 Rf7 29. Nxg7 Kh8 30. Nde6 $40) (27... Ba3 $3 28. Rg1 (28. fxg7 Rf7) (28. Ne6 Qf7 29. Nxf8 Bxb2 30. Re3 (30. fxg7 $2 Nxc3+ 31. Kxb2 Qxa2+ 32. Kc1 Ne2#) 30... Nxc3+ 31. Rxc3 Bxc3 32. fxg7 Qxh5 $19) 28... g6 29. f5 Bxb2 30. fxg6 Nxc3+ 31. Kxb2 Nxd1+ 32. Rxd1 hxg6 33. Qg2 Kh7 $19) 28. f5 $1 (28. Ne6 Qc6 29. Nxf8 Bxf8 30. Ng3 Ba3 $19) 28... gxh5 (28... gxf5 $2 29. Qg1+ Kf7 30. Nxf5 $18) 29. Ne6 Nxc3+ (29... Qb8 $2 30. Qg1+ Bg3 31. Re3 Rxf6 32. Rxg3+ Kh8 33. Rg7 $18) (29... Qd7 $2 30. Qg2+ Kf7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Nxf8 $18) 30. bxc3 (30. Ka1 $2 Qa5 31. bxc3 Qxc3+ 32. Kb1 Rc4 $19) 30... Qxc3 31. Rxd6 {Now black will have to be content with a perpetual, as his king on g8 is far from safe.} (31. Qg2+ Bg3 $17) 31... Qb4+ 32. Ka1 Qc3+ (32... Qxd6 $2 33. Qg2+ Kf7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qxb7 Rb8 36. Qxe4 $18) 33. Kb1 Qb4+ 34. Ka1 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "2001.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2001.03.21"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 082"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.05.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Qf2 Bb7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nce2 Nc5 14. Kb1 Nba4 (14... d5 15. e5 Qc7 16. f4 b4 17. f5 Qxe5 18. g5 Qc7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. g6 Nc4 21. gxh7 {1-0 Dochev,D-Nutiu,H/Singapore/1990/ (32)}) 15. b3 (15. h4 Qc7 16. Rc1 d5 17. e5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qd6 19. g5 Be7 20. h5 f5 21. Nf3 Ne4 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Kasparov,G/Cannes/2001/ (39)}) 15... Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nc5 17. Ng3 Be7 {This move can easily turn out to be an innacuracy, black position looks quite sound in general.} (17... b4 $5 18. Nc2 a5 $13 {Movsesian,S-Nielsen,PH/Bundesliga 0001/2001/}) 18. Qb2 b4 (18... O-O $6 19. Nh5 e5 20. Nf5 g6 21. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 22. d4 exd4 23. Qxd4 f6 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nf4 $13) 19. Nh5 (19. Nc2 $5 O-O 20. Nxb4 a5 21. Nc2 a4 22. Nh5 f6 23. b4 Na6 $40) 19... Rg8 $1 (19... g6 $2 20. Nxe6 $1 $18) 20. Ne2 (20. Nc2 g6 21. Ng7+ $140 $2 Kd7 $19) 20... g6 21. Nhf4 (21. Ng7+ $2 Kd7 22. Ng3 Bf6 23. d4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bxg7 $17) 21... a5 22. d4 (22. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 23. d4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Qb6 $15) 22... Nd7 23. d5 (23. Rc1 g5 24. Nd3 d5 $15) 23... e5 (23... Bf6 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Rhf1 Qe7 $15) 24. Nd3 Ba6 (24... f5 25. Rc1 (25. Qd2 Nf6 26. g5 Nd7 27. h4 $13) 25... Ba6 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. g5 (27. Rxc8 $2 Qxc8 28. gxf5 gxf5 $17) 27... Nd7 (27... fxe4 28. Nf2 exf3 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. Ng3 $14) 28. h4 $13) 25. Qd2 Bf6 26. Rc1 Bb5 27. g5 Bg7 28. Nb2 {Polgar plays very cautiously, a quite understandable concept in a game with a dangerous guy like Kasparov.} (28. f4 $1 exf4 (28... f6 29. gxf6 Nxf6 30. Nf2 Rb8 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Rhd1 $13) 29. Bxf4 Ke7 30. Nf2 Qb6 31. Be3 Qa6 32. Nd4 $11) 28... Ke7 $1 29. f4 (29. h4 Re8 30. h5 Kf8 $13) 29... exf4 30. Bxf4 Qb6 31. Be3 Qa6 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. Rhd1 (33. Nxb5 Qxb5 34. Rc2 Rge8 35. Rhc1 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Kf8 $11) 33... Bd7 34. Bf4 Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Rc8 36. Bxe5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This hasty move will backfire horribly, suddenly all black pieces will spring to life.} (36. Ne2 f5 37. gxf6+ Bxf6 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. Nc4 $11) 36... Rxc1+ 37. Qxc1 Bxe5 38. Nc6+ (38. Qd1 Bxd4 39. Qxd4 Qf1+ 40. Qd1 Qf4 41. Qe1 Qxg5 $17) 38... Bxc6 39. dxc6 (39. Qxc6 Qf1+ (39... Qxc6 $2 40. dxc6 Bxb2 41. Kxb2 Kd8 42. Kc2 Kc7 43. Kd3 Kxc6 44. Kc4 $13) 40. Qc1 Qg2 $19) 39... Qe2 $1 {This is a big problem, black can cope with the strength of c pawn indirectly.} (39... Bxb2 $2 40. Kxb2 Qe2+ 41. Qc2 $1) 40. c7 (40. Qc2 Qxh2 41. Qxh2 Bxh2 42. Nc4 Kd8 43. Nxa5 Kc7 $19) 40... Bxb2 41. c8=Q (41. Qc2 Qxc2+ 42. Kxc2 Kd7 43. Kxb2 Kxc7 44. Kc2 d5 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. Kd4 dxe4 47. Kxe4 Ke6 $19) 41... Bxc1 42. Qb7+ Kf8 43. Kxc1 Qxh2 44. Qa8+ Kg7 45. Qxa5 Qf4+ 46. Kd1 (46. Kb2 Qxe4 47. a3 Qd4+ $19) 46... Qxe4 47. Qd8 Qb1+ 48. Ke2 Qxa2+ 49. Kf1 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qe5 (50... Qe5 51. Kg1 d5 $19) 0-1 [Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess KO"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "2001.03.24"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2001.03.24"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 082"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.05.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bangiev} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 Nfd7 {'!?' Bangiev. Bangiev: 'Ein merkwürdiger, seltener Zug, der allerdings mit einem interessanten Plan verbunden ist. Schwarz versucht damit den Springer auf b6 zu postieren, bevor Weiß dies mittels des Manövers ?d2-f2 verhindern könnte.'} 9. Qd2 Nb6 {'!' Bangiev.} 10. O-O-O N8d7 (10... b4 {Bangiev Es ist zu früh.} 11. Nb1 $14) 11. Qf2 (11. Bd3 {Bangiev} Ne5 $5) 11... Bb7 12. Bd3 Rc8 {Bangiev: 'Schwarz hat eine gute aktive Ausgangsposition erreicht. Alle Leichtfiguren des Nachziehenden stehen zum Angriff am Damenflügel bereit.'} (12... Ne5 $2 {Bangiev} 13. Nxe6 $1) 13. Nce2 Nc5 14. Kb1 Nba4 (14... d5 {Bangiev} 15. e5) (14... Be7 {Bangiev} 15. h4 d5 16. e5) (14... Qc7 {Bangiev} 15. h4 e5 $6 16. Nb3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Qc2+ 18. Ka1 Na4 19. Rd2 $14) 15. h4 Qc7 {'?' Bangiev. Bangiev: '?e5'} 16. Rc1 {'?!' Bangiev.} (16. Ng3 {[%CAl Gf2c2] Bangiev} e5 (16... Nxb2 {Bangiev} 17. Kxb2 Na4+ 18. Kc1 $13) (16... Nxd3 {Bangiev} 17. cxd3) 17. Nb3 (17. Ndf5 {Bangiev} g6) 17... Nxb2 $5 (17... d5 $13 {Bangiev}) 18. Kxb2 Na4+ 19. Kc1 d5 (19... Qc3 {Bangiev} 20. Ne2 Qb2+ 21. Kd2 d5 22. Ke1) 20. Ne2 (20. exd5 $2 {Bangiev} Qc3 (20... Ba3+ $5 {Bangiev} 21. Kd2 Bb4+ $17) 21. d6 Bxd6 22. Bxb5+ axb5 23. Rxd6 Bxf3 $1 {??b2} 24. Bd4 exd4 25. Qe1+ Kf8 26. Qxc3 Nxc3) 20... d4 21. Bd2 Ba3+ 22. Kb1) 16... d5 {'!' Bangiev.} (16... e5 $5 {Bangiev}) 17. e5 {'?!' Bangiev.} (17. exd5 {Bangiev} Bxd5 18. Nb3 {Durch die Vereinfachung der Stellung versucht man in der Regel den gegnerischen Druck zu verringern.} Bd6 (18... Bxb3 {Bangiev} 19. cxb3 Nb6 20. Rhd1) (18... Nxd3 {Bangiev} 19. cxd3) 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. h5 $132) 17... Qxe5 18. f4 $6 {Grischuk might have been ashamed to use the exposed queen for the move repetition with a draw, but his brave attitude will bring him only sorrow.} (18. Bf4 $1 Qf6 19. Bg5 Nxd3 (19... Qe5 {Bangiev} 20. Bf4 $11) 20. cxd3 Qe5 (20... Qg6 $2 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nf4 $18) 21. Bf4 $11) 18... Qd6 19. g5 Be7 20. h5 f5 {'?!' Bangiev.} (20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 Nc5 22. Rhd1 b4 $17) (20... O-O 21. f5 e5 22. f6 exd4 23. fxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxd4 $40) 21. Nf3 $6 (21. gxf6 Bxf6 $17) (21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Nxf5 Qd7 23. Nxg7+ Kf8 24. h6 d4 $17) 21... Ne4 22. Bxe4 (22. Qe1 O-O $17) 22... dxe4 23. Ne5 Bd5 (23... Bxg5 $2 24. b3 Nc3+ 25. Nxc3 Rxc3 26. Rhd1 Qc7 (26... Bd5 27. Bd4 $14) (26... Qxe5 27. fxe5 Bxe3 28. Qg3 $16) 27. Rd7 $14) 24. Rh3 $6 (24. Bd4 $1 e3 25. Qxe3 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Qd5 $15) (24. h6 {Bangiev} g6 25. Bd4) 24... Nxb2 $1 {[%mdl 128] '-+!' Bangiev. The decisive small combination, white king has no chance to survive without the proper pawn shelter.} 25. Bd4 (25. Kxb2 Qa3+ 26. Kb1 Qxa2#) 25... Na4 26. h6 gxh6 27. g6 (27. Qh4 $5 Rf8 28. Qxh6 Qb4+ 29. Rb3 (29. Ka1 Bc5 $19) 29... Qd2 30. Qh5+ Kd8 31. Be3 Qa5 32. Nf7+ Kc7 $17) 27... hxg6 28. Nxg6 Rg8 29. Nxe7 (29. Ne5 Qb4+ 30. Ka1 Rc3 $1 31. Bxc3 Qa3 $19) 29... Qxe7 30. Ka1 Kd7 31. Qe1 (31. Rg3 Qb4 $19) 31... Rg2 32. Re3 Rc4 33. Be5 Qb4 34. Qh4 (34. Qxb4 Rxb4 35. Rh1 Rf2 $19) 34... Rxe2 $1 {The position was ripe for a tactical solution, the a2-square becomes indifensible.} 35. Rxe2 Qa3 36. Rg1 (36. Rb1 Rc3 37. Rb3 Rxb3 $19) 36... Rc3 $1 37. Rg7+ Kc6 38. Rc7+ Kb6 39. Bd4+ Kxc7 0-1 [Event "Linares 19th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2002.03.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2002.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 088"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. g4 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Nd7 13. h4 Rb8 14. f4 Bb7 15. g5 Nc5 16. Bg2 a5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nxb5 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxb5 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 g6 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Bd3 Rb7 26. Re5 Be7 27. c3 h6 28. Kc2 hxg5 29. hxg5 Kf8 30. Rd5 Rb8 31. Rd7 Bxg5 32. Bc4 Be7 33. Ra7 g5 34. Rxa5 g4 35. Bd5 f5 36. Be6 g3 37. Bd5 Rd8 38. Bf3 Kf7 39. b4 Rh8 40. Kb3 Rh2 41. Bd5+ Kf6 42. Ra8 Rd2 43. Bf3 Kf7 44. bxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 19th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2002.03.08"] [Round "12"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2002.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 088"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8. Be2 h5 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Qe3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. O-O Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Bxe7 d5 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. fxg3 Kxe7 22. exd5 exd5 23. Rde1+ Kf8 24. b4 Ne4 25. Ncxe4 dxe4 26. Nc4 Rh5 27. Nxb6 Rd6 28. Nc4 Rd4 29. Ne3 Rxb4 30. Rd1 Re5 31. Rd7 Re7 32. Rd8+ Re8 33. Rd7 Re7 34. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "RUS-The World"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2002.09.11"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "70"] [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"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f3 b5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qxb4 Qc7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. Ne2 c4 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Kb2 Qxa4 21. bxa4 Be7 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Be2 Nb6 24. e5 Be7 25. a5 Nd5 26. Bd2 f6 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Bc3 fxe5 29. Bxe5 O-O 30. Rh3 Rc5 31. f4 Rb5+ 32. Ka2 Rxa5 33. Kb2 Rb5+ 34. Kc1 Ra5 35. Kb2 Rb5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 20th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2003.02.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2847"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "173"] [EventDate "2003.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 094"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. b3 Bc6 {The whole variation is used by black only by players of the Kasparov's and Kramnik's format. White has reasonably high chances of developing dangerous attack on the kingside.} 17. Nb2 a5 18. h5 Ne5 (18... a4 19. h6 (19. g6 h6 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bh3 e5 $1 22. Be6 exd4 23. Qxd4 axb3 24. cxb3 Ne5 $17) 19... g6 20. Nd3 axb3 21. cxb3 d5 22. Qb2 f6 23. Bh3 $14) 19. Be2 a4 20. Nc4 Bb5 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Bd3 Bd6 $15) 21. Nb6 Rab8 22. h6 (22. Bxb5 Nxf3 23. Qxb4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 axb3 25. cxb3 Rxb6 $15) 22... Bxe2 23. Qxe2 g6 (23... Rxb6 $2 24. hxg7 Rc8 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. Qh2 $1 $18) 24. f4 Nc6 (24... axb3 25. cxb3 (25. fxe5 bxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Rxb6 27. Bxb6 Ra8+ 28. Kb1 Qc3 $19) 25... Nc6 26. Qb2 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 f6 28. Nc4 Rbd8 $11) 25. Nxa4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 e5 27. Rc4 (27. Rd5 exf4 28. Rf1 f6 29. Rxf4 fxg5 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $11) 27... Qa5 28. f5 (28. Qd2 exf4 29. Qxf4 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 Bxg5 31. c3 bxc3 32. Nxc3 f5 $11) 28... Bxg5 29. Rc6 Rfd8 $2 {Black is leaving the defensive location of his rook on the f8 square and thus accepts rather high risk.} (29... Rbd8 30. Qg4 Be3 $11) 30. Qg4 Be7 (30... Bf4 $2 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qh4 $1 $18) 31. Rd1 (31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qf3 Bg5 33. h7+ Kg7 34. Qg4 Be7 35. c4 bxc3 36. Nxc3 Ra8 37. Qh3 $16) 31... Qa7 32. c3 Bf8 (32... Kh8 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. cxb4 Rf8 35. Nc3 Rf2 36. Rc8+ Bf8 37. Rxb8 Qxb8 38. Qg3 $14) 33. fxg6 hxg6 (33... fxg6 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. cxb4 Re8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rc4 $14) 34. h7+ Kh8 (34... Kxh7 35. cxb4 Kg8 36. Rc4 Qd7 $11) 35. cxb4 Rxb4 36. Qf3 Rdb8 (36... f5 $5 37. exf5 (37. Nc3 Qb7 38. Nd5 Qxc6 39. Nxb4 Qxe4+ 40. Qxe4 fxe4 $15) (37. Qg2 Qxa4 38. Qxg6 Rxb3+ 39. axb3 Qxb3+ 40. Kc1 Qe3+ 41. Rd2 Be7 $17) 37... Qxa4 38. fxg6 Rdb8 39. Rc3 e4 40. Qf5 Rxb3+ 41. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 42. axb3 Qxb3+ 43. Kc1 $11) (36... Qxa4 $2 37. Qf6+ Bg7 38. Qxd8+ Kxh7 39. Rc3 $1 $18) 37. Nc3 Qb7 (37... R4b7 38. Rh1 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Qxf5 Rxh7 41. Rxh7+ Qxh7 42. Qxh7+ Kxh7 43. Ne4 $14) 38. Rcxd6 $2 {Leko in time trouble did not have the chance to consider the advantages of the correct continuation 38.?d5!} (38. Nd5 $1 Qxc6 39. Nxb4 Qb7 40. Nd5 $14) 38... Rxb3+ 39. Ka1 (39. axb3 $2 Qxb3+ 40. Kc1 Qb2#) 39... Rxc3 (39... Rb2 $5 40. R6d2 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 Kxh7 $17) 40. Qf6+ (40. Qxc3 Bxd6 $19) 40... Kxh7 (40... Bg7 41. Rd8+ Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kxh7 43. Rh1+ Bh6 44. Qg5 Kg7 45. Qxh6+ Kf6 46. Qh4+ Ke6 47. Rf1 $11) 41. Rb6 $1 {This beautiful move is not able to save the game, but serves as an excellent parade in the defense of the endangered position.} Qc7 (41... Qxb6 42. Rh1+ Bh6 43. Qxf7+ Kh8 44. Rxh6#) 42. Rh1+ (42. Rxb8 Rc1+ 43. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 44. Rb1 Qc3+ 45. Rb2 Bc5 46. Qxf7+ Kh6 $17) 42... Bh6 43. Rxb8 (43. Qg5 Rc1+ $1 44. Qxc1 (44. Rxc1 Qxb6 $19) 44... Qxc1+ 45. Rxc1 Rxb6 $19) 43... Rc1+ 44. Rxc1 (44. Rb1 $2 Qc3#) 44... Qxc1+ 45. Rb1 Qc3+ 46. Rb2 Qe1+ 47. Rb1 Qc3+ 48. Rb2 Kg8 $1 {[%mdl 4096] After this witty move white has no chance to prevent the loss of an exchange, his opponent will enjoy advantage of two spare pawns in the queens endgame.} 49. a4 Bc1 50. Qb6 Kg7 51. Ka2 Bxb2 52. Qxb2 Qc4+ 53. Ka3 Qxe4 54. a5 g5 55. Qd2 Qf4 (55... Kg6 56. a6 g4 57. a7 g3 58. Qd6+ f6 59. Qb8 $13) 56. Qd8 (56. Qxf4 exf4 57. a6 f3 58. a7 f2 59. a8=Q f1=Q $19) 56... Qc1+ $6 {The best prove, that in Linares the participants were human and no computers. Kasparov became nervous in the winning position and instead of the correct advance of the g pawn he began to give checks to the opponent's king.} (56... g4 $1 57. a6 g3 58. a7 Qf3+ 59. Kb4 g2 60. Qg5+ Kh7 $19) 57. Kb4 Qb2+ (57... g4 58. a6 Qe1+ 59. Kc5 $17) 58. Kc5 Qc3+ 59. Kb5 Qb3+ 60. Kc5 Qc3+ 61. Kb5 Qb3+ 62. Kc5 Qe3+ 63. Kb4 Qe4+ 64. Kc5 Qc2+ 65. Kb5 Qe2+ 66. Kb6 Qe3+ 67. Kc6 g4 68. a6 g3 69. a7 g2 (69... Qxa7 $2 70. Qg5+ Kh7 71. Qh5+ Kg7 72. Qg5+ $11) 70. a8=Q Qe4+ 71. Qd5 Qc2+ (71... Qxd5+ 72. Kxd5 g1=Q 73. Kxe5 Qg5+ $17) 72. Kd6 (72. Kd7 Qf5+ 73. Ke8 g1=Q $19) (72. Kb5 Qb2+ 73. Kc6 g1=Q $19) 72... Qg6+ 73. Kc7 $1 {Leko is defending like a lion and his great opponent will be very frustrated by spoiling enormous chances for win.} (73. Kxe5 $2 g1=Q $19) 73... g1=Q 74. Qxe5+ Qf6 (74... f6 75. Qe7+ Kh6 76. Qef8+ Qg7+ 77. Kc6 Qd4 $17) 75. Qh8+ Kxh8 76. Qxf6+ Qg7 77. Qh4+ Kg8 78. Kd6 (78. Qd8+ Kh7 79. Qh4+ Qh6 80. Qe4+ Kg7 81. Qd4+ Qf6 82. Qg4+ Kh6 83. Qh3+ Kg6 84. Qg2+ Qg5 $17) 78... Qg6+ 79. Ke5 Kg7 80. Qe7 Qg3+ 81. Kf5 Qg6+ 82. Ke5 Qh6 83. Kf5 Qg6+ {The end of the game was even marred by the discussions about the result due to the few seconds on the Leko's clock and several repetitions of the position after 84.?e5. White is not able to improve his position and the arbiters have proclaimed the game a draw.} (83... Qh5+ 84. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 85. Kxg5 $11) 84. Ke5 Kh7 85. Qh4+ Kg8 86. Qd8+ Kg7 87. Qe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 22nd"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2005.02.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2005.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 106"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7 13. Na4 Rc8 14. Qc3 Nd7 15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 Bxh4 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. Bd4 e5 19. Be3 Be7 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. axb6 Qd7 23. Rh5 f6 24. Ng3 g6 25. Rh2 O-O 26. Rhd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Lichthof Champions"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2006.08.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2006.08.22"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. Qf2 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bc6 15. Bd3 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. g5 Ba4 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. e5 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 d5 22. h4 Qa5 23. h5 Nc5 24. f5 Ra8 25. a4 Nxa4 26. f6 Nc3+ 27. Kc2 Rfc8 28. Ra1 Nd1+ 0-1 [Event "URS-chT Republics 14th Group3"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1979.07.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1979.07.10"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 Nc6 8. g5 Nd7 9. Rg1 Be7 10. h4 O-O 11. h5 Nde5 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. f4 b5 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Nb4 16. f5 exf5 17. Qxf5 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Qc8 19. h6 Re8 20. hxg7 Qxf5 21. exf5 Bxg5 22. Rxg5 Rxe3+ 23. Kd2 Rf3 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. dxe4 Re8 26. Rc1 d5 27. e5 h6 28. Rh5 Rxe5 29. f6 Rf2+ 30. Kd3 Rf3+ 31. Kd4 Re4+ 32. Kxd5 Re8 33. Rxh6 Rf5+ 34. Kd4 Rf4+ 35. Kc5 Re5+ 36. Kb6 Re6+ 37. Rc6 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 14th final C"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1979.07.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kudriashov, Anatoli"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B81"] [BlackElo "2545"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1979.07.10"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Turkmenistan"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "TKM"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. Rg1 O-O 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxg5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb6 15. O-O-O Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Ne5 17. Rxd6 b6 18. Be2 Bb7 19. Rg5 f6 20. Rg1 Rad8 21. Rd4 Bc6 22. Rgd1 Rc8 23. a4 Kf7 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rc7 26. b3 g5 27. Kb2 h5 28. Rd6 Ke7 29. a5 bxa5 30. Ra6 Rb8 31. Rxa5 Rd8 32. Rd4 g4 33. Be2 h4 34. Ra1 Rdc8 35. c4 Rg8 36. Kc3 g3 37. hxg3 Rxg3 38. Rh1 h3 39. Bf1 Rxe3+ 40. Kc2 Nf3 41. Rd1 Ng5 42. Rd3 Re1 43. Rd1 Rxd1 44. Kxd1 Nxe4 45. Ke1 Ng5 46. Bxh3 Rb7 47. Bg2 Rxb3 48. Rh8 Rb2 49. Bc6 Rc2 50. Bb5 Kd6 51. Kd1 Ra2 52. Rd8+ Ke5 53. Bc6 Ne4 54. Bxe4 Kxe4 55. c5 Ra5 56. Rc8 Kd5 57. c6 Rc5 58. c7 Ke5 0-1 [Event "World-ch30-KK1 Karpov-Kasparov +5-3=40"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1984.09.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1984.09.10"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "48"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. O-O-O a6 14. Rg3 Qc7 15. Bg2 Be7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Qf2 Kb8 18. f5 Ne5 19. Bh3 Nc4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Rc8 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qg1 Qa5 25. Qd4 Qc5 26. Qd3 Qc4 27. Qe3 Ka8 28. a3 Qc6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Qxe5 Rhd8 31. Rgd3 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Qh1+ 33. Nd1 Qg2 34. Rd2 Qc6 35. Re2 Bd6 36. Qc3 Qd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Belfort"] [Date "1988.06.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1988.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 008"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Rg1 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. f4 b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Kb1 e5 16. Bf2 Nc5 17. Qe3 Be6 18. Nc1 exf4 19. Qxf4 Rac8 20. Bd4 Rfe8 21. Nb3 Qa4 22. Bf6 Bf8 23. Rg3 Qc6 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Be5 c4 26. Bd6 b3 27. c3 Rcd8 28. e5 Bxd6 29. exd6 Rxd6 30. Rc1 Qc5 31. Ka1 Red8 32. Re3 Rd1 33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Qa5 35. a3 Qd5 36. Be2 g6 37. h4 Qd2 38. Qf1 Bh3 39. Qg1 Re8 0-1 [Event "Interpolis"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1989.09.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Sax, Gyula"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2580"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1989.09.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. h5 a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 $5 {14.?c6 ?c6 15.a3!?, 14.0-0-0} Be7 {14... ?b6!?} 15. Be3 $5 (15. O-O-O b4 $1 (15... Nxh5 $2 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxh5 Rxh5 18. Nf5 $1 exf5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Rxg7 Kf8 21. Rdg1 Rh8 22. Qh6 $1 $18) 16. axb4 Nxb4 $13) 15... Nxh5 16. O-O-O Nf6 $2 {16... g6} 17. Rxg7 Qb8 18. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 19. Qd4 $16 e5 20. Qd3 Kf8 $6 (20... Bf8 21. Rg3 Qb7 22. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bh6 24. Qf5 $16) 21. Rdg1 Qc8 (21... Qb7 22. Bg5 $1) 22. f4 $1 (22. Bg4 $6 Nxg4 23. R7xg4 Qe6 $16) 22... Qh3 23. R7g3 Qh2 $6 (23... Qh7 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. f5 $1 $18) 24. Bf3 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Nxg8 26. Ne2 $18 Qh3 27. Ng3 exf4 28. Bxf4 Qh4 29. Qe3 Rc8 30. Nh5 Qh3 31. Bh6+ 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-31"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.12.06"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Speelman,Jonathan S"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1994.12.01"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 045"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 {Boensch Ftacnik Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 (7... e5 {Dolmatov} 8. Nf5 g6 $13 (8... g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 $13)) 8. f4 (8. f3 {Dolmatov} b5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Rc8 $13) (8. Qf3 {Boensch} Nbd7 9. Qh3 (9. Rg1 g5 $5 {x e5,f4} 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rc8 14. h3 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Qxc3 17. Rg3 Qc7 $44 {Kotronias,V-Van Wely,L Wijk Sonnevanck (03) 1992 1-0 41}) 9... Ne5 10. f3 Ng6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Qg2 b4 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nxb4 d5 15. Nd3 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bb7 17. Be2 Rc8 $44 {Thorhallsson,T-Belotti,B Forli op (09) 1992 ½ 64}) (8. h4 {Boensch} e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Nxh6 Bxh6 11. Bxh6 Bxg4 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd4 14. Bg2 Bf3 $15 {Richagov,M-Stohl,I Gausdal Arnold Cup (2) 1991 0-1 49}) (8. Bg2 {Boensch} Nc6 9. Nxc6 (9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Nf3 Nfd7 17. Nxe5 {½-½ Stefansson,H-Akopian,V/New York op (04) 1994}) 9... bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. c4 dxe5 13. cxd5 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 O-O 15. a3 Bd6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 {Stefansson,H-Olafsson,H Reykjavik (09) 1992 1-0 48}) 8... Nc6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nf5 (10. Nxc6 {Dolmatov} bxc6 11. fxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxg4 $5 {Boensch} 12. Bxg4 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qxg4 14. exd6 Qg2 15. Rg1 Qxh2 $13) 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. h3 Bb4) (10. Nb3 $2 {Dolmatov} Nxg4 11. Bxg4 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qxg4 13. Nd5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Rb8 $17) 10... g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Rf1 (13. h3 {Dolmatov} Qb6 14. Qd2) 13... Rc8 (13... Qb6 $5) (13... Qb6 $5 {Ftacnik}) 14. h3 Qb6 {Black seems to obtain a comfortable position after the opening. White's g3 knight is quite passive; his king is not safe enough both in the centre and on the Q-side. However, Black's king is in danger too.} (14... d5 {Boensch} 15. e5 (15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 $10) 15... Nh7 $1 $15) 15. Qd2 (15. Qc1 Nd4 16. Bd3 (16. Be3 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Qxe3 $17)) 15... Bg7 (15... Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Rf3 $13 (17. Rxb7 $6 {Ftacnik} Na5 18. Nb5 axb5 19. Bxb5+ Nc6 $17) (17. Rf3 {Boensch} Qa5 18. Rxb7 $13)) (15... Nd7 16. O-O-O Nde5 17. a3 (17. Be3 $10 {Boensch}) 17... Na5 $40) 16. Bxd6 Nxg4 {The complication started with this move prove rather favourable for White. Therefore 16...Nd4 17.Ba3 Rd8 deserved serious attention.} (16... Nd4 {Dolmatov} 17. e5 $5 (17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Bd3 $14) 17... Qxb2 18. exf6 (18. Qxd4 {Ftacnik} Qxa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Kxc3 (21. exf6 Bf8 22. Kxc3 Bxd6 $17) 21... Nd7 $17) 18... Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. fxg7 Rg8 22. Ne4 $18) (16... Nd7 17. O-O-O $13 (17. e5 {Boensch} Ncxe5 18. O-O-O $13) (17. O-O-O Nb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. a3 Qb6 $36)) 17. Bxg4 (17. Na4 {did not work in view of} Qd4 18. Bxg4 (18. Qxd4 {Dolmatov} Nxd4 19. Bxg4 Nxc2+ 20. Kf2 $132) 18... Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Rd8) 17... Qxb2 (17... Bxg4 {Dolmatov} 18. Na4 (18. hxg4 $2 Qxb2 19. e5 (19. Rb1 Qxc3 (19... Bxc3 $2 20. Rxb2 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rd8 22. Rf6 Ne5 23. Kc1 Nxg4 24. Rf4 Rxd6 25. Rxg4 $16) 20. Rxb7 $13) 19... Nxe5) 18... Qb5 19. hxg4 Qxa4 20. Qd5 Qa5+ (20... Nd8 $2 21. Rxf7 $18) 21. c3 Qxd5 22. exd5 Rd8 (22... Ne5 23. O-O-O $14 (23. Bxe5 {Boensch} Bxe5 $10)) (22... Be5 $2 23. Ne4 $16) 23. Ne4 $14 (23. dxc6 $6 Rxd6 24. cxb7 Ke7)) 18. e5 $5 {This temporary rook sacritice allows White to maintain the initiative.} (18. Nge2 $1 Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qb2 20. Rb1 $18) 18... Nxe5 {This natural move is probably wrong. However, 18...Bxe5 19.Nge4! also yielded White a strong attack. 18...Qxa1+? was poor in view of 19.Kf2 Qb2 20.Rb1} (18... Bxg4 {Dolmatov} 19. Rb1 $18) (18... Bxe5 {Dolmatov} 19. Nge4 Qxa1+ 20. Kf2 Qb2 (20... Bd4+ {Ftacnik} 21. Kg2 Qb2 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rb1 $18) 21. Rb1 $18 (21. Rb1 Bd4+ (21... Qxb1 $6 {Ftacnik} 22. Nxb1 Rd8 (22... f5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd6+ $18) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. c4 Bxd6 25. Nxd6+ Ke7 26. c5 $16) 22. Kg2 Qxb1 23. Nxb1 f5 24. Bf3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bf6 26. Bxg6+ Bf7 27. Qd5 $1 (27. Qe3+ {Ftacnik} Ne7 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qb3+ $14) 27... Bxg6 28. Qe6+ Kd8 29. Qxf6+ Kd7 30. Bg3 $40) (21. Bxe6 {Ftacnik} Bxc3 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Kg2+ Kg7 24. Nxc3 Rhd8 $17)) (18... Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qb2 20. Rb1 Qxb1 21. Nxb1 $16 (21. Nxb1 {Boensch} Bxg4 22. hxg4 $16)) 19. Rb1 Qxc3 (19... Nc4 $1 {Boensch} 20. Rxb2 (20. Bxe6 $2 Bxc3 21. Bxf7+ Kd7 $19) 20... Nxd2 21. Bxe6 fxe6 (21... Bxc3 $2 22. Bxc8 Nxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Bxb2 $16) 22. Rxb7 (22. Kxd2 Bxc3+ 23. Kc1 Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 $13) 22... Bxc3 23. Rff7 Ne4+ 24. Kd1 Nxd6 25. Rbe7+ Kd8 26. Rd7+ Ke8 $10) 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Bxe6 fxe6 (21... Rxg3 22. Rxb7 (22. Bxf7+ {Ftacnik} Kd7 $1 (22... Nxf7 23. Bxg3 $16) 23. Bxe5 Re3+ 24. Kd2 Rxe5 25. Bxg6 $14) 22... fxe6 23. Rxg7 (23. Re7+ $1 Kd8 24. Rxg7 Rxh3 25. Ra7 Re3+ 26. Kd1 Re8 27. Bc5 Re4 28. Rf2 $16) 23... Rxh3 (23... Re3+ {Boensch} 24. Kd1 Nc4 25. Ra7 Nxd6 26. Ra8+ Kd7 27. Rxh8 Rxh3 $16) 24. Kf2 $1 $18) 22. Rxb7 Nc4 (22... Nd7 23. Ra7 Rc8 24. Ne4 Bd4 25. Rxa6 $14) 23. Bb4 (23. Bc5 $5) 23... Re3+ (23... Rxg3 24. Rxg7 $16 (24. Rxg7 {Boensch} Ne3 25. Rff7 Nxc2+ 26. Kf2 Rxh3 27. Ra7 $18)) 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Rff7 Rxh3 $2 {A decisive mistake. Black should have played} (25... Bd6 {, e.g.} 26. Bxd6 (26. Rg7 $5 $16 {Dolmatov}) 26... Nxd6 27. Rfe7+ (27. Rbe7+ Kd8 28. Rd7+ Ke8 29. Rfe7+ Kf8 30. Kf2 (30. c4 $16 {Ftacnik})) 27... Kf8 {, and despite White's clear advantage (practically an extra rook) Black still maintains some chances. Now he loses at once.}) (25... a5 26. Bc5 Re4 27. Rfe7+ Kd8 28. Ra7 Kc8 29. Ra8+ Bb8 30. Ba7 $18) 26. Nd4 $1 Re3+ (26... Bxd4 27. Rfe7+ Kd8 28. Rb8#) (26... Rh1+ {Boensch} 27. Ke2 Rh2+ 28. Kd3 $18) 27. Kf1 Re4 28. Rfe7+ Kd8 (28... Kf8 29. Nxe6+ Kg8 30. Re8#) 29. Nc6+ (29. Nc6+ Kc8 30. Na7+ Kd8 31. Rbd7#) 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Bologan,Viktor"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 053"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Kasparov Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5 9. Nf5 Nc6 10. Qf3 {Novelty. Of course this move has sense only if White is going to sacrify the knight on 'f5'.} (10. Be2 g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Qd4 Be6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 $16 {Shirov A.-Kamsky G./ Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1996.}) 10... g6 11. O-O-O gxf5 12. exf5 e4 $6 {The Whites threat 'g4-g5' it is not so dangerous because of intermediar 'ef4'. That's why I would recomend for Black to play 12...?c7.} (12... Qc7 $5 13. Bg2 $5 $44 (13. g5 $6 exf4 14. gxf6 (14. Bxf4 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Ne5 16. Qf2 Bh6 $19) 14... fxe3 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Qxe3+ Kd8 17. Bh3 Rb8 $17)) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Qe7 15. Qd3 Bg7 16. Bd2 $6 {I might be wrong but I think after the game Anand sugested 16.?b6 as the best move and his evaluation of the position was quite optimistic for White.} (16. Bb6 O-O 17. Bg2 Qf6 18. c3 $16) 16... O-O 17. g5 (17. Bg2 $5) 17... hxg5 18. fxg5 Qe5 (18... Ne5 19. Qe4 d5 20. Qf4 $44) 19. f6 Bf5 20. Qg3 Rfc8 21. Bc3 {} Nb4 $1 {Just brilliantly from the estetic point of vew. But still there was an simple equalizing move 21...?g3. Kasparov: I played this move, because I wanted to make the public happy.} (21... Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nb4 23. Rd4 Nxa2+ 24. Kd2 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rc5 (25... Rc7 $15 {Petursson}) 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Bg2 Ra7 28. Rxd6 Be6 29. g6 Kxg6 30. Rb6 $10) 22. Bxe5 Rxc2+ 23. Kb1 Re2+ 24. Ka1 Nc2+ 25. Kb1 Na3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.03.09"] [Round "14"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2825"] [Annotator "Atlas,Valeri"] [PlyCount "34"] [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"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5 9. Nf5 h5 $1 $146 {[%csl Rg4][%CAl Gg4g5,Gf6g4,Gh5g4] An important novelty, yielding Black excellent counterplay.} ({The most popular continuation in this position was} 9... Nc6 {(Kasparov's choice)} 10. Qf3 (10. Be2 g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Qd4 Be6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 $16 {Shirov A.-Kamsky G./ Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1996.}) 10... g6 11. O-O-O gxf5 12. exf5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Qe7 15. Qd3 Bg7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Qe5 19. f6 Bf5 20. Qg3 Rfc8 21. Bc3 Nb4 22. Bxe5 Rxc2+ 23. Kb1 Re2+ 24. Ka1 Nc2+ 25. Kb1 Na3+ {½-½ Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Dos Hermanas 1996. Still, post-mortem analysis showed that 16.?b6 instead of the dubious 16.?d2, could yield White a durable advantage. Other moves played by Black in this position are: 9...ef4 and 9...g6 - see Hansen's detailed survey in CBM 54.}) 10. gxh5 ({Shirov chooses most prudent continuation leading to a quick draw.} 10. fxe5 $6 Nxg4 {is in Black's favor.}) ({Most principal was} 10. g5 $5 Ng4 11. Bc1 g6 12. h3 gxf5 13. hxg4 fxg4 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. f5) 10... exf4 (10... Nxh5 11. fxe5 {seems dangerous for Black.}) 11. Bxf4 Nxh5 12. Nxd6+ (12. Bxd6 $4 {loses in view of} Bxf5 13. Bxf8 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Bg4 $19) 12... Bxd6 13. Bxd6 ({White has no choice.} 13. Qxd6 $2 {loses after} Qh4+ 14. Bg3 Nxg3) 13... Qh4+ {[%csl Rd2,Re1][%CAl Gh4e1,Gg5d2,Gg5h4,Gh4g5]} 14. Kd2 Qg5+ (14... Bg4 $2 {would be a wrong choice:} 15. Qe1 Qg5+ 16. Qe3 $16) 15. Ke1 ({Accepting a draw by perpetual. After} 15. Kd3 $2 Rh6 {Black has a dangerous attack.}) 15... Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Qg5+ 17. Ke1 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 069"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5 9. Nf5 h5 10. gxh5 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxh5 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qg5+ 15. Ke1 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.04.29"] [Round "12"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "80"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. g5 b4 15. Na4 e5 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Qf2 Rb8 19. h4 Bg4 20. Rd2 Rfc8 21. b3 Qa5 22. Bh3 Be6 23. h5 Nc4 $1 {So eine Chance lässt Kasparov sich nicht entgehen.} 24. Re2 Bxg5 25. bxc4 Bxc4 (25... Bxf4+ 26. Qxf4 Qxa4 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rg1 $13) 26. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Re3 Bd3 $2 28. Qg3 $4 (28. Bxc8 {Caruana sah nicht, dass er den Turm einfach schlagen konnte - Sinnbild für seine Form in diesem Turnier.}) 28... Rxc2+ 29. Kd1 Qxh5+ 30. Qg4 Qe5 31. Rxd3 Rxa2 32. Rd2 Qa1+ 33. Ke2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Qxh1 {Schwarz hat jetzt einfach zu viele Bauern.} 35. Nb2 Qh2+ 36. Bg2 h5 37. Qg5 Qe5 38. Qxe5 dxe5 39. Bf1 a5 40. Bc4 h4 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "9"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "64"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. g5 Nb6 11. h4 N8d7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. O-O-O d5 14. exd5 b4 15. axb4 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxa6 Bxb4 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Nb3 Qc6 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Qxe5 Bxf2 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxh4 27. c4 f5 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Nc5 Rc8 30. b4 Be7 31. Kd2 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Kf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "17"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "96"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 g5 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Nfd7 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Kb1 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Bc1 Rc8 17. Rh3 Ng6 18. Bh1 Nde5 19. Rg3 Be7 20. Na2 Rh8 21. Rc3 Rxc3 22. Nxc3 Qc7 23. Bg2 Qc4 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. f3 Rh2 26. Bf1 Nf4 27. Be3 Bd8 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Bb6 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Nce2 d5 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Bg2 Nxg4 34. Nxf4 Ne3 35. Nde2 Nxg2 36. Nxg2 Bxf3 37. Nef4 Ke7 38. Kc1 e5 39. Nh4 Be3+ 40. Kb1 Bxf4 41. Nxf3 Ke6 42. b3 e4 43. Nd4+ Kd5 44. c3 Be5 45. bxc4+ Kxc4 46. Nf5 Kxc3 47. Kc1 Kd3 48. Kd1 e3 0-1 [Event "URS U20 Team-ch"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1977.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Korzubov, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [BlackElo "2309"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1977.07.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Belarus"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 b5 8. a3 (8. Qf3 {La grande ligne} Bb7) 8... Bb7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. O-O-O) 10... Rc8 11. O-O (11. O-O-O $6 Rxc3 $1 {1-0 Prikhodko,A (2330)-Fedorov,A (2571) Voronezh op 16th 2012 (3)}) 11... Be7 12. Rae1 {[%csl Re8]} O-O 13. Qg3 Rxc3 $1 {Un sacrifice classique mais très efficace} 14. bxc3 Nxe4 (14... Bxe4) 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. f5 Bh4 17. Qxd6 exf5 $44 {[%csl Ge4]} 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Bf4 (19. Nf3 $5 {[%CAl Gd1d7,Gd6d7,Gf3h4]} Bxc2 {[%csl Re3]} 20. Bf4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Be7 22. Qxd7 Bc5+ 23. Kh1) 19... Be7 20. Qxa6 Nc5 21. Qxb5 Qa8 22. Rd2 Qxa3 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3]} 23. Nb3 Ne6 24. Be3 (24. Ra1 $5 {[%CAl Ga1a3]}) 24... g6 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Rd7 Bd8 $2 $138 27. Nc5 Bg5 28. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 Bh6 30. Qf6 Rf8 31. Nxf8 Qa2 32. Qe7 (32. Nxg6 $1 {[%CAl Gd7d8]} hxg6 33. Rd8+ Bf8 34. Qe7) 32... Qc4 33. Rfd1 Be3 34. Qh4 $4 (34. Rd8 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qe2+) (34. R1d2 Qf1#) (34. R7d2 $8 Bxd2 35. Nd7 $18 {[%CAl Ge7f8]}) 34... Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qxh4 0-1 [Event "URS-ch46 Final"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1978.12.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "1978.12.01"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Nbd4 Nc5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. O-O-O Qa4 18. Kb1 b3 19. Nxb3 Nxe4 20. Qf1 g6 21. Be1 Bg7 22. h4 O-O 23. h5 Nc5 24. Rh4 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Be4 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rc3 Rac8 28. Rh2 Bf5 29. Qf2 Bxc3 30. Bxc3 e5 31. fxe5 Bd3 32. Qe3 Rf1+ 33. Nc1 Rxc3 34. bxc3 Qb5+ 35. Ka1 Bc4 36. exd6 Bf7 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Qxf2 Qxg5 39. Kb2 h5 40. Qd4 h4 41. Nd3 h3 42. d7 Qd8 43. Ne5 h2 44. Nc6 Qxd7 45. Qxd7 h1=Q 46. Ne5 Qf1 47. Nxf7 Qxf7 48. Qc8+ Kg7 49. Qxa6 g5 50. a4 g4 51. Qb5 Qg6 52. a5 g3 53. a6 g2 54. Qb7+ Kh6 55. a7 g1=Q 56. a8=Q Q6b6+ 57. Qxb6+ Qxb6+ 58. Ka2 Qe6+ 59. Ka1 Qc4 60. Qf8+ Kg6 61. Qb4 Qf1+ 62. Kb2 Kh7 63. Qe4+ Kg8 64. Qd5+ Kh8 65. Qh5+ Kg8 66. Qg5+ Kh8 67. Qd8+ Kg7 68. Qd7+ Kg8 69. Qe8+ Kg7 70. Qe7+ Kg8 71. Qd8+ Kh7 72. Qd7+ Kh8 73. Qd4+ Kg8 74. c4 Qf8 75. Qd5+ Kh8 76. Qe5+ Kh7 77. Qh5+ Kg8 78. Qd5+ Kh7 79. c5 Qb8+ 80. Kc3 Kh8 81. Qd4+ Kg8 82. c6 1-0 [Event "Niksic International"] [Site "Niksic"] [Date "1983.08.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Sax, Gyula"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1983.08.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 O-O 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 Nxg4 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bc3 Qc5 17. Rg1 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 Be6 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Re1 Qxg3 21. Rxg3 Nf6 22. Bxe5 Ne8 23. Bb5 f6 24. Bc3 Rac8 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxf6 Rc7 27. Reg1 g6 28. h4 Rc4 29. h5 Kf7 30. Bc3 Rg8 31. hxg6+ Rxg6 32. Rxg6 hxg6 33. Rh1 Bd7 34. e5 Rf4 35. Kc1 Bc6 36. Rh7+ Ke6 37. Rg7 Be4 38. Kd2 Rf7 39. Rxf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Evry sim"] [Site "Evry"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sharif, Mershad"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Be7 14. Nf2 O-O 15. Bd2 Rab8 16. a5 Rfc8 17. Ra4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. b3 Rd8 20. Qh3 g6 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Qc6 23. Bf4 Rbc8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Be5 c4 26. Be4 Qc5 27. Bxb7 Qxf2 28. Raa1 Qc5 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Rc7 31. Bxa6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch55"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Yudasin, Leonid"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Qh3 Nc5 14. Bf2 Nfd7 15. Kh1 Bf6 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Bg1 g6 18. Nde2 Bg7 19. f5 Qe7 20. Bd4 Nf6 21. Qg3 e5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Be3 Nfxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Nc3 Bb7 27. h4 Rc4 28. Bg5 Qe6 29. Rd2 Rg4 30. Qd3 f6 0-1 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1989.11.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "206"] [EventDate "1989.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 (7... Qb6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. O-O-O $13 {Michaltschischin-Kasparov URS 1978}) 8. g4 (8. Be3) (8. Nb3) 8... h6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Qg2 Rb8 (11... b5 $2 12. e5 $1 Bb7 13. Bf3 $16) 12. Be3 b5 13. g5 (13. a3 $5) 13... hxg5 14. fxg5 Nh5 15. g6 $8 (15. O-O-O g6 $17) 15... Ne5 16. gxf7+ Qxf7 17. Rf1 Qg6 18. Qxg6+ Nxg6 19. Nd4 Ne5 (19... b4 $5 20. Na4 (20. Nc6 Rb7 $13) 20... Bd7 21. b3 Nf6 $15) 20. a3 Bd7 21. O-O-O Rc8 22. Bg5 Nf6 23. Bf4 (23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 Rxh2 25. Nxe6 (25. Rdf1 Be7 26. R6f2 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Bg5+ 28. Kb1 Be3 $19) 25... Bxe6 26. Rxe6+ Kf7 $17) 23... Nc4 (23... Rxc3 24. bxc3 Nxe4 $13) 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Ng4 27. Bf4 Bc5 (27... Bxa3 $1 28. bxa3 (28. Ne4 Be7 29. Nd6+ $2 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Ne3 $19) 28... Rxc3 29. Kb2 Rc4 $17) 28. Ne4 $1 (28. Nb3 Be3+ $19) (28. Nde2 e5 $19) 28... e5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rfe1 (30. Nb3 Rc4 31. Rde1 O-O $17) 30... O-O 31. Nb3 Rxc2+ $1 (31... Rc7 $2 32. Bg3 $14 (32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rf2 $10 34. Nd2)) 32. Kxc2 Bf5+ 33. Kc3 exf4 34. Rd2 Rc8+ 35. Kb4 Ne3 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Nxc1 f3 38. Kc5 Ng4 39. Ne2 (39. Nd3 $13) 39... fxe2 40. Rxe2 Kf7 41. Kb6 $2 (41. b4 $10) 41... b4 42. axb4 Bd3 43. Rg2 Ne5 44. Kc5 Bb5 45. Kd4 Nd3 46. Kc3 Kf6 47. Rg3 Nf4 48. Rg4 Ne6 49. Kd2 g5 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Rg3 Nf4 52. Rf3 Ke5 53. Rg3 Nd5+ 54. Kf2 Kf5 55. Rf3+ Kg4 56. Rg3+ Kh4 57. Kf3 Nf6 58. Kg2 Nh5 59. Re3 Nf4+ 60. Kg1 Kg4 61. Rg3+ Kf5 62. Rf3 g4 63. Re3 Nd5 64. Rb3 Kf4 65. Kf2 Nf6 66. Ra3 Ne4+ 67. Kg2 Be2 68. Rb3 Bf1+ 69. Kg1 Bc4 70. Ra3 Ng5 71. Rc3 Bd5 72. Ra3 Be4 73. Kf2 Bb7 74. Rd3 Nh3+ 75. Ke1 Bc6 76. Rd4+ Kf3 77. Rd3+ Ke4 78. Rg3 Kf4 79. Ra3 Bb5 80. Rc3 Ng5 81. Rc8 Ke3 82. Rh8 Nf3+ 83. Kd1 Be2+ 84. Kc2 Nxh2 85. Rxh2 g3 86. Rh3 Kf2 87. Kd2 g2 88. Rh2 Bb5 89. Rh6 g1=Q 90. Rf6+ Kg2 91. Rg6+ Kf1 92. Rxg1+ Kxg1 93. Ke1 Kg2 94. Kd1 Kf3 95. Kd2 Ke4 96. Kc3 Ke3 97. Kc2 Ke2 98. Kc1 Bd3 99. b3 Ke1 100. Kb2 Kd2 101. Ka1 Kc2 102. Ka2 Kc1 103. Ka1 Bb1 0-1 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Lautier,Joel"] [PlyCount "57"] [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 {Ftacnik Ernst Boensch Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qb6 (8... Be7 {Boensch}) (8... g6 {Boensch}) 9. Be3 Qxb2 (9... e5 10. Nf5 Qxb2 11. Qd2 Qa3 (11... Qb4 12. Nb5 $1 Qxd2 13. Nbxd6+ Bxd6 14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15. Nf5+ Kf8 16. Bxd2 $18) 12. Bc4 $16) 10. Ndb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ra5 (11... Qb4 12. Nc7+ Ke7 (12... Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qa5 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. Qe1 $1 {Gheorghiu} Qa7 16. a4 Ng4 17. a5 $18) 13. Nxa8 Qa5 14. e5 Ne8 15. exd6+ Nxd6 16. c4 Qxa8 17. c5 Ne8 18. f5 $40 {de Firmian-Gheorghiu, Lone Pine 1980} (18. f5 {Anand} f6 (18... Ne5 $5) 19. Bd4 Ne5 $6 (19... e5 20. Qb3 Nc7) 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Bc4 $16 {De Firmian-Gheorghiu Lone Pine1980})) (11... Kd8 $2 12. a3 $1 {? ?d4} Ra4 (12... d5 13. Rb1 Qa2 14. Rb3 $1 {? ?c3}) 13. c4 $1 $18) (11... Rb8 $2 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Bd4 Qb4 15. c3 $18) 12. Rb1 Rxb5 (12... Qxa2 $2 13. Nc3 Qa3 14. Rb3) 13. Rxb2 Rxb2 14. Qa1 Rb6 (14... Rb4 $2 15. Qc3) 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. Qc3 Be7 (16... Kd8 17. Qa5 Nfd7 18. Rb1 d5 (18... Kc7 19. Bb5 Kb8 (19... Nc5 $2 20. Be8 $18) 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qd8 g6 (21... d5 22. Kf1 dxe4 23. Rb3 Nc5 24. Rc3 $18) 22. Kh1 $1 Bg7 23. Qe7 Kc7 24. Rd1 $16) 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bf5 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 Ke7 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Qc7 f6 24. Rd1 d4 25. c3 $16) (16... Nfd7 17. Rb1 Be7 {transposes to the game.} (17... d5 $2 18. Rxb6 Nxb6 (18... Bc5+ 19. Kf1 d4 20. Qc4 $18) 19. Qc7 $18)) 17. Rb1 Nfd7 (17... Bd8 18. Qd4 Nbd7 19. Qxd6 Be7 20. Qc7 O-O 21. Kf1 $16) 18. Qxg7 (18. Qc7 O-O $1 19. Rxb6 $2 Bd8 20. Qxc8 Bxb6+) 18... Bf6 19. Qh6 Ke7 (19... Rg8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxh7 $1 (21. Rxb6 e4 22. Rxe6+ fxe6 23. Bxe4 $14) 21... Rh8 22. Rxb6 Nxb6 (22... e4 23. Rb4 Ke7 24. Rc4 $18) 23. Qxf6 Rxh7 24. Qxe5 Nd5 25. c4 Ne7 26. a4 $16 {with the plan ?c7, c5-c6 and pushing the "a" pawn to Queen !}) 20. Bb5 $2 (20. g4 $1 Rg8 21. g5 Bg7 (21... Bd4+ 22. Kf1 Nf8 $5) 22. Qh4 (22. Qxh7 $4 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kh1 Rh8) 23... Rh8 $19) 22... e5 (22... h6 23. Kf1 hxg5 24. Qxg5+ $16) (22... Na4 {Anand} 23. Kh1 Nac5 24. g6+ Bf6 25. gxh7 $13) 23. Kh1 exf4 24. e5 $1 Bxe5 25. g6+ Bf6 26. gxh7 Rh8 27. Qh6 $16 {? ?g1-g8}) 20... Rg8 $2 (20... e5 $1 21. Rf1 (21. f5 Nc5) 21... Rg8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxh7 Rg7 24. Qh4+ Nf6 $10) (20... Nc5 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qg5+ Kd6 24. Rd1+ Nd5 25. c4 $18) 21. Rd1 $1 e5 (21... Nc5 22. e5 (22. Rxd6 $2 Rg6 $19) 22... dxe5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Qe3 (24. Qh4+ {Ftacnik} Bf6 25. Qb4 $18) 24... Nbd7 (24... Bd6 25. Qd4 Rd8 (25... Nd5 26. c4 $18) 26. Qh4+ f6 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qg7#) 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7+ Bxd7 27. Qxe5 Bc6 28. g3 $16) (21... Rg4 {Anand Kasparov's original intention} 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qh3 Rxf4 24. Qa3+ Ke8 25. Qc5 Bd8 26. a4 $18) 22. f5 {? ?d2} Nc5 $2 (22... Rd8 $1 23. g4 Nc5 24. g5 Nxe4 (24... Bh8 $2 25. f6+ $18) 25. gxf6+ Nxf6 $14) (22... Rg4 $2 23. Qd2 d5 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 (24... Bxd7 25. Qb4+) (24... Kxd7 25. Qe2 $18) 25. Qxd5 $18) (22... Na8 {Anand} 23. Bxd7 $1 Bxd7 24. Rxd6 Bg5 (24... Kxd6 25. Qxf6+ Kc7 26. Qxf7 $18) 25. Qxh7 $16) (22... Na8 $5 {Ftacnik}) 23. Rxd6 $1 Bg5 (23... Kxd6 24. Qxf6+ Kc7 25. Qxf7+ $18 (25. Qxe5+ $18 {Boensch}) (25. Qxe5+ $18 {Ftacnik})) 24. Qxh7 Nxe4 (24... Kxd6 25. Qxg8 Be3+ (25... Nxe4 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxf7 $18) 26. Kf1 Nxe4 (26... Ke7 27. Qe8+ (27. f6+ Kxf6 28. Qd8+) 27... Kf6 28. Qd8+) (26... Bd7 {Anand} 27. Bxd7 Nbxd7 28. Qxf7 $18) 27. Qxf7) 25. Rxb6 (25. Qxg8 {Ftacnik} Be3+ 26. Kf1 Nxd6 $16) 25... Rd8 (25... Be3+ {Ftacnik} 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Qh4+) 26. Bd3 (26. f6+ {Ftacnik} Nxf6 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 $16) 26... Be3+ 27. Kf1 Bxb6 (27... Nd2+ {Ftacnik} 28. Ke2 Bxb6 29. Qh4+ Kd7 (29... Ke8 30. Bb5+ Bd7 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxe5+ Kf8 33. Qd6+ $18) 30. Kxd2 $18) 28. Bxe4 Rd4 29. c3 (29. c3 Rxe4 30. f6+ $18 (30. f6+ {Ernst} Kxf6 31. Qxe4 $18)) 1-0 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1992.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 033"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 (7. Bd3 b5 $1 8. e5 $6 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 $15 {De Firmian,N-Polugaevsky,L/Biel/1989/ /}) 7... Qb6 (7... Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Qg2 Rb8 12. Be3 b5 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nh5 15. g6 Ne5 16. gxf7+ Qxf7 17. Rf1 Qg6 18. Qxg6+ Nxg6 $13 {Short - Kasparov, Belgrad 1989}) 8. a3 (8. Nb3 $5 Qc7 9. g4 $36) 8... Nbd7 (8... h5 $6 $146 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 b5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. Qg3 h4 16. Qh3 e5 17. g4 $1 $16 {Chandler,M-Suba,M Walsall (4)/1992/1-0/48/ -CBM 32}) (8... Nc6 $5 9. Nb3 (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 (10. g4 g6 11. g5 Nd7 12. b3 Bg7 (12... h6 13. Bb2 Rh7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. h4 hxg5 16. fxg5 Be7 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Kb2 d5 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. Bg2 Nc5 23. Be5+ Bd6 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6 25. e5+ {Oll,L-Stohl,I/Manila olm/1992/1-0}) 13. Bb2 O-O 14. O-O-O d5 15. h4 Nc5 16. h5 Ra7 17. Rd2 a5 18. e5 Rd8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rdh2 Bf8 21. Nd1 a4 22. b4 Ne4 23. Bd3 c5 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qe3 Rb7 26. Nf2 cxb4 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxh7 bxa3 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Bxa3 {Short,N-Smirin,I/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/½-½/49/}) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 c5 12. O-O-O Be7 13. g4 d5 14. g5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc3 Qc7 17. Qxg7 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rf8 19. Rg1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Bc4 Qxh2 22. Rf1 Be7 23. Be5 Qd2 24. Qxh7 e3 25. g6 e2 26. Bxe2 Qxe2 27. Rxf7 Qxe5 28. Rxe7+ Kd8 29. Rf7 Re8 30. Rxb7 Qd6 31. Ra7 {Adams,M-Polugaevsky,L/FRA-chT/1992/1-0/}) 9... Qc7 (9... Be7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 b5 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Qh3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Na5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rac8 18. f5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Ba8 20. Nc4 Qb7 21. Bg5 Rc5 {Belotti,B-Sanchez Almeyra,J/Biel op (06)/1992/0-1 (21)}) 10. Bd3 (10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. O-O Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be7 16. Qh3 O-O 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 g6 19. Rac1 Rae8 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. f5 Bd8 22. Qh6 {Sax,G-Wojtkiewicz,A/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/1-0}) 10... g6 11. O-O (11. Bd2 Bg7 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qf2 Nb6 15. Qe2 Na4 16. Rb1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. h4 Bb7 19. h5 Rfe8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rh4 Na5 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. Qh2 Qxa3 24. Ke2 d5 25. Rh7 dxe4 26. Bxb5 Red8 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. f5 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Rd8+ 30. Bd3 Rxd3+ 31. Ke2 {Lutz,C-Van Wely,L/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/0-1}) (11. Be3 $1 Bg7 12. g4 $132) 11... Bg7 12. Bd2 (12. Be3 O-O 13. Rae1 (13. Rad1 b5 14. Bxb5 $1 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. Nxd6 $16) 13... b5 14. e5 $2 (14. Kh1 $1 Bb7 15. Qh3 $13) 14... dxe5 15. Bc5 Bb7 $1 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qe3 Bh6 $1 $17 18. Qh3 Bxf4 19. Kh1 Ne7 $1 20. Ne2 Ned5 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Rf2 h6 24. Kg1 Rd8 25. Nd2 $6 {25. g3! ?d5! ?} Rd4 26. Qg3 Ng4 27. Qxg4 $8 Nxd3 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. cxd3 e5 30. Nb3 {30.?f3} Bd5 31. Rc1 {De Firmian,N-Polugaevsky,L/Biel-A/1990/0-1}) 12... O-O 13. Nd1 e5 14. Ne3 exf4 15. Qxf4 Be6 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. Rae1 Nd7 $10 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Na5 Nxa5 20. Bxa5 Rc8 21. c3 Bh6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ne5 24. Be2 Bd2 25. Rd1 Be3+ 26. Kh1 f5 27. g3 g5 28. Bb4 Rf6 29. b3 f4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. c4 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/0-1/37}) (8... g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Be3 Qc7 (10... Qxb2 11. Kd2) 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f5 Nc6 13. g4 Re8 (13... Nd7 14. Rhf1 (14. fxe6 $6 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 fxe6) 14... Nce5 15. Qg3 Re8 16. Qh4 b5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 $1 Qb7 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. Nec7 Bxg4 22. Nxe8 Bxe2 23. Nexf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6 {De Firmian,N-Yudasin,L/Manila izt (09) [Boensch]/1990/1-0 (24)}) 14. g5 Nd7 15. f6 Bf8 16. h4 Nde5 17. Qh3 b5 18. h5 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Rdf1 h6 21. Nf3 Rd8 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. f7+ Kh7 25. Bh5 Qa5 26. Bxg6+ Kh8 27. Kb1 Nxc2 28. Qf3 Na3+ {Adams,M-Renet,O/Cannes 60'Team (1)/1992/1-0}) (8... Qxd4 $4 9. Be3 $18) 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Ng4 13. Bd2 b5 14. Bh3 $1 $146 (14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Be2 g6 17. Rhe1 Bg7 18. Qg3 Nb6 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. f5 Be5 21. Qxg4 Qe7 22. Na5 Ba8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bf4 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Na4 26. Bxe5 $18 {Adams,M-Smirin,I (2)/Tilburg/1992/1-0/38/ CBM 32}) 14... Nb6 15. O-O-O Nc4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Rb8 (17... g6 $2 18. h5 $16) 18. g6 a5 (18... f6 $5 {Anand} 19. f5 a5 20. fxe6 b4 {Also came into consideration}) 19. Nd4 $1 (19. gxf7+ {Anand} Qxf7 (19... Kxf7 20. f5 $40) 20. Qe2 $1 $16) 19... b4 20. Ncb5 Qc5 21. a4 $1 e5 22. Nf5 $16 f6 (22... Rxb5 {Anand} 23. axb5 Na3 24. c3 (24. bxa3 b3 $19) 24... Nxb5 {with a mess}) (22... Na3 $2 {Anand} 23. Nbxd6+ $5 Kd7 24. c3) 23. Qe2 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rxb5 $1 $40 25. axb5 a4 26. Kb1 Qxb5 27. Qd3 b3 28. Ka1 (28. Bc1 {Anand} bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 (29. Qxc2 $4 Na3+ $19)) 28... Be7 29. Bc1 Kd7 30. Rh2 Rc8 31. h5 e4 (31... Qa5 {Anand ? a3?} 32. Qd5 Rc5 33. Qe6+ Kd8 34. Kb1) 32. Qd5 Rc5 33. Qe6+ Kd8 34. c3 a3 35. bxa3 Qa4 $2 (35... Qa6 $132) (35... Qa6 {Anand} 36. Kb1 $1 {and I don't the continuation of Black's attack} Nxa3+ 37. Bxa3 Qxa3 38. Rb2 $1 Rxc3 39. h6 $18) 36. Rd4 $1 $18 Qa6 37. Rxe4 Rc7 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Rhe2 (39. Rxe7+ {Anand} Kxe7 40. Re2+ Ne5) 1-0 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"] [Site "Debrecen"] [Date "1992.11.??"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1992.11.20"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "EU-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "England"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bd2 $1 (12. Be3) 12... O-O 13. Nd1 $6 e5 $1 14. Ne3 (14. f5 d5 15. fxg6 (15. Ne3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd4 $17) (15. Nc3 gxf5 $1 16. exd5 e4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Ne7 19. d6 Ng6 20. Bc4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Be6 $17) (15. exd5 e4 16. Bxe4 Ne5 17. Qf4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxf5 $17 19. Rxf5 gxf5 20. Qxf5 Nc4 21. Bc3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qg6) 15... dxe4 $1 16. gxh7+ (16. gxf7+ $2 Qxf7 $19) 16... Kh8 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qh4 f4 $1 $40) 14... exf4 15. Qxf4 Be6 16. Qh4 (16. Bc3 Nh5 $5 17. Qf2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne5 $15) 16... Qd8 $1 $15 17. Rae1 $6 (17. Bc3 Ng4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nxg4 (19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nce5) 19... Bxc3 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxf6 Kg7 22. Rf2 Rac8) 17... Nd7 $17 (17... Bxb3 $5 18. cxb3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Be4 $1 Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Bxb2 23. Bxc6 $17) 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 (18... Rfxd8 $1 19. Na5 (19. Bc1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rd4 23. Nd2 Re8 $17) 19... Nxa5 20. Bxa5 b6 21. Bb4 Bxb2 (21... Nc5 $17) 22. Bxd6 Ne5 $17) 19. Na5 $1 Nxa5 20. Bxa5 Rc8 $2 (20... b6 $1 21. Bb4 Nc5 22. Rb1 Bd4 23. Rfe1 d5 $40) 21. c3 Bh6 $1 22. Nd5 $6 (22. Bb4 $2 Ne5 23. Bc2 Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Nc4 25. Rd3 Nxb2 26. Rxd6 a5 27. Rxe6 (27. Bxa5 Nc4) 27... axb4 28. Rb6 Nc4 $1 29. Rxb4 Ne3 30. Bb3 $17) (22. Bc2 $1 $13) 22... Bxd5 23. exd5 Ne5 24. Be2 Bd2 $1 25. Rd1 Be3+ 26. Kh1 f5 $1 27. g3 $2 (27. Bb4 $1 $8 Rf6 28. b3 b5 29. a4 Bb6 $1 30. c4 (30. axb5 a5) 30... a5 31. Bc3 b4 32. Bb2 h5 $1 $15) 27... g5 $17 28. Bb4 Rf6 29. b3 f4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. c4 $2 (31. Bf3 Nxf3 (31... b5 $17) 32. Rxf3 b5 $17) 31... f3 32. Bxf3 (32. Bd3 Ng4 33. Bc3 Rh6 $19) 32... Nxf3 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxf3 Bh6 $1 35. Re1 Rg6 {? ?f8} 36. Re4 b5 37. c5 $2 (37. Rg3 $1 Bf8 (37... bxc4 38. bxc4 a5 39. d6 Bf8 40. Rd4 Rxg3 41. hxg3 Kf7 42. c5 Ke6 43. d7 Rd8 44. c6 Bd6 $13) 38. Re6 Kg7 39. Rxa6 bxc4 40. bxc4 Rxc4 41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. Ra6 Rxg3 43. hxg3 Rd4 $19) 37... Rxc5 0-1 [Event "FRA-chT"] [Site "Auxerre"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Renet, Olivier"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Kh1 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Neg5 h6 16. Nh7 Rfe8 17. c3 Rad8 18. Bb1 Qc4 19. Bd3 Qg4 20. Bd2 Nc5 21. Bc2 Qc4 22. Qf2 Ne4 23. Qe1 Nb4 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. Bb3 Nd3 26. exf6 Nxe1 27. Bxc4 Nxf3 28. fxe7 Rxd2 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 10th final"] [Site "Lyon"] [Date "1994.11.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Almasi, Zoltan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1994.11.18"] [EventType "team-k.o."] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"] [BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"] [WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"] [BlackTeamCountry "BIH"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 (7. Be3 Qb6 (7... b5 8. Qf3 {~}) 8. a3 Qxb2 $2 9. Na4 {+-}) 7... Qb6 8. a3 (8. Nb3 $5 Nc6 9. Be3) 8... Nc6 (8... Qxd4 $2 9. Be3 {Trapping the Qd4}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 (9... Qxc6 {N} 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. b4 $6 (12. Bd2 g6 13. Qe2 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Bg7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nd7 17. Rc4 O-O {[%emt 0:00:43] = Wahls,M-Forster,R SWZ-ch (02) 1994 1/2 28 - EXP}) 12... g6 13. a4 Bg7 14. e5 Qc7 15. exd6 Qc8 16. d7+ Qxd7 17. Qh3 Qd4+ 18. Be3 Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:26] -+ Gurevich,D-Xu Jun Biel izt (08) 1993 0-1}) 10. b3 (10. g4 g6 11. g5 Nd7 12. b3 h6 $6 (12... Bg7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. O-O-O d5 15. h4 Nc5 16. h5 Ra7 17. Rd2 a5 $132 {[%emt 0:00:49] Short,N-Smirin,I Debrecen EU-chT (8) 1992 1/2}) 13. Bb2 Rh7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. h4 hxg5 16. fxg5 Be7 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:25] ? Oll,L-Stohl,I Manila olm (12.10.2) 1992 1-0}) 10... Bb7 {N} (10... Be7 11. Bb2 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Na4 Qc7 (13... Qa5+ 14. Bc3 Qc7 15. Bc4 O-O 16. O-O a5 17. Kh1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:41] += Almasi,Z-Rasik,V Mitropa Cup 1993 1/2}) 14. Bc4 O-O 15. O-O Re8 16. Qg3 Bd8 17. Rad1 Qa7+ 18. Kh1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Bxe5 Nh5 21. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:48] ? Hjartarson,J-Van Wely,L Groningen PCA (06) 1993 1/2}) 11. Bb2 d5 12. O-O-O $2 {Zu gef?hrlich! Wei? rochiert in den schwarzen Angriff hinein.} (12. e5 Nd7 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Bd3 c5 {=}) 12... Qa5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Na4 Qc7 {Verhindert f5.} 15. Re1 g6 16. g4 c5 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Qd1 (18. f5 d4 19. Qg3 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Nxe5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qe2 Bd6 23. Qxa6 O-O {?}) 18... c4 $1 19. Kb1 Qa5 20. Bc3 Qb5 21. Ka2 Bc6 22. f5 {Endlich hat Wei? f5 durchgesetzt, aber es droht nichts.} (22. Re3 {Wirtensohn} Nc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qc1 {=+}) 22... Qb7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nb2 cxb3+ 25. cxb3 Nc5 26. Bb4 $2 (26. b4 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 {?} 28. Rhf1 a5 $1) 26... Nxb3 $1 27. Qxb3 a5 {-+} 28. Rhf1 axb4 29. a4 Be7 30. Rc1 Rf8 31. g5 (31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rf1+ Kg7 {-+}) 31... Bxg5 32. Qh3 Rf5 33. Rxf5 exf5 34. Rd1 b3+ 35. Kb1 Rc8 36. Rd3 Bxa4 $1 (36... Bxa4 37. Nxa4 Rc1+ 38. Kb2 Rc2+ (38... Qb4 39. Nc3 (39. Rxb3 Qd2+ 40. Ka3 Ra1#) (39. Rc3 Qxa4 40. Rxc1 Qa2+ 41. Kc3 Bxc1 {-+}) 39... Rc2+ 40. Kb1 Qa3 {-+}) 39. Kb1 Qb4 40. Rxb3 (40. Rc3 Qxa4 41. Rxc2 bxc2+ 42. Kb2 c1=Q#) (40. Nc3 Qa3 {-+}) 40... Qe1+ $1 41. Kxc2 Qc1+ 42. Kd3 Qc4#) 0-1 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Endgame-CD"] [PlyCount "180"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 053"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bologan} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 d5 12. Bd3 c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bf5+ Kb8 17. Be5 Bd6 18. Qc3 d4 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxc5 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Rd5 22. Rdf1 Qe5 23. Qc4 Rb5 24. Qxf7 Bd5 25. Qxg7 Rg8 26. Qh6 Bxb3 27. cxb3 Rxb3+ 28. Kc1 Qc7+ 29. Bc2 d3 30. Qf4 Rc8 31. Qxc7+ Rxc7 32. Rf2 Ne4 33. Rf8+ Ka7 34. Rf7 Rbb7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Rd1 Rxc2+ 37. Kb1 Rxg2 38. Rxd3 Rxh2 39. Rd7+ Kb8 40. Re7 Nd2+ 41. Kc1 Nb3+ 42. Kd1 h5 43. Re3 Nd4 44. Nc5 a5 45. Nb3 Nc6 46. Rc3 Kb7 47. Ke1 Kb6 48. Kf1 Rh4 49. Kg2 Nd4 50. Nxa5 Kxa5 51. Rc5+ Kb6 52. Re5 Kc6 53. Kg3 Rh1 54. Kg2 Kd6 55. Ra5 Rh4 56. Kg3 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Ne2 58. Rxh5 Rg3+ 59. Kh4 Rxa3 $10 {Bauernlose Endspiele besitzen einen gewissen Charme. Nicht die Bauernumwandlung, sondern allein die Kraft und Wendigkeit der Figuren entscheidet die Partie. Nirgendwo sonste lernt man die Wirkung und das Zusammenspiel der einzelnen Figuren besser kennen. Das erreichte Endspiel ?+? vs ? bietet sehr viel weniger theoretische Gewinnchancen als das vergleichbare Endspiel ?+? vs ?. Immerhin gibt es natürlich praktische Gewinnmöglichkeiten und was Schwarz hier zurecht ermutigen darf, ist die Randstellung des weißen Königs.} 60. Kg4 (60. Rh8 {verhindert auch nicht, daß der weiße König am Rand festgehalten wird:} Rg3 61. Re8 Rg2 62. Kh3 Nf4+ 63. Kh4 Rg7 $10 {nebst Se6 und Überführung des Königs.}) 60... Ke6 61. Rb5 Rg3+ 62. Kh4 Rg1 63. Rg5 Rf1 64. Ra5 (64. Kg4 Kf6 (64... Rg1+ 65. Kh4 Rf1 66. Kg4) 65. Ra5 Rf4+ {und nun Vorsicht:} 66. Kh3 $10 (66. Kh5 $4 Ng3+ 67. Kh6 Rh4+)) 64... Kf6 65. Ra8 Rg1 66. Rf8+ Ke5 67. Re8+ Kf4 68. Rf8+ Ke4 69. Re8+ Kf3 70. Kh5 {Danach gerät der König forciert in die Ecke. Einfach und hübsch ist folgende Remisidee:} (70. Rf8+ $1 Nf4 71. Rg8 $1 Rh1+ (71... Rxg8 $10 {Patt!}) 72. Kg5 Rg1+ 73. Kh4 $10 {Solche Wendungen bleiben mit Hilfe der Endspiel-CD niemals unentdeckt.}) 70... Ng3+ 71. Kh6 {Schenkt Schwarz ein Tempo.} (71. Kh4 $4 Nf5+ 72. Kh5 (72. Kh3 Rh1#) 72... Ng7+ $19) (71. Kg5 Ne4+ 72. Kh6 $10 (72. Kf5 $4 Nd6+ $18) (72. Kh4 Rh1#) (72. Kh5 Nf6+ $19)) (71. Kg6 $142 Ne4+ 72. Kh6 {und jetzt steht der Springer so gut wie nach der Partiefortsetzung.} (72. Kh7 $4 Nf6+ $19) (72. Kf7 $4 Nd6+)) 71... Nf5+ 72. Kh7 (72. Kh5 $4 Ng7+ $19) 72... Kf4 73. Rb8 (73. Rg8 $4 Rh1+ 74. Kg6 Ne7+ $19) 73... Rg7+ 74. Kh8 {Nun hat Schwarz alles erreicht, was man hier erreichen kann: Der weiße König ist in die Ecke getreiben worden und steht extrem gefährdet. Die Stellung ist dennoch theoretisch remis. Aber leicht ist das weiße Leben wirklich nicht.} Rd7 75. Re8 (75. Rf8 $4 {Danach läßt sich ein langzügiger Gewinn erzwingen:} Kg5 $8 76. Ra8 Kg6 $8 77. Rg8+ (77. Rb8 Rh7+ 78. Kg8 Ne7+ 79. Kf8 Rh8+ $19) 77... Kh6 78. Rg1 Rd8+ $8 79. Rg8 Rd3 {Jeder andere Zug auf der d-Linie gewinnt auch.} 80. Rg1 Rf3 81. Rg4 (81. Kg8 {Würde den Gewinn beschleunigen:} Ne7+ 82. Kh8 Rf8+ $19) 81... Ne7 82. Rh4+ Kg6 (82... Kg5 $4 83. Rh6 $3 Ng6+ 84. Kg7 (84. Kh7 $4 Rf7+ 85. Kg8 Kf6 $18) 84... Ra3 85. Rh1 Ra7+ 86. Kg8 Kf6 87. Rf1+ $10) 83. Rg4+ Kf7 84. Rg7+ Kf8 $19 {Es droht ?h3 und Sg6}) 75... Kg5 76. Re6 {Bologan:  If Black manages to put the knight on 'f6' then his position is winning. But how to do that? If the knight is going away from his king then White starts checking. So it's important at the moment Black moves his knight that White has no any check.} Nd4 77. Re1 (77. Rb6 Re7 (77... Kf5 78. Kg8 Ne6 79. Rb1 Kg6 80. Rg1+ Ng5 81. Kf8 $10) 78. Kg8 Ne6 79. Rb1 Kg6 80. Rg1+ Ng5 81. Kf8 $1 $10) 77... Kf6 78. Rd1 $6 (78. Rf1+ {sieht am einfachsten aus:} Nf5 (78... Ke7 79. Kg7 $10) 79. Kg8 Rg7+ 80. Kf8 (80. Kh8 $4 Rg2 81. Kh7 Rg5 82. Kh8 Kf7 83. Rh1 Rg2 84. Rh3 Rf2 85. Kh7 Ne7 86. Kh6 Rf5 87. Kh7 Ng8 88. Rh1 Rg5 89. Rh2 Nf6+ 90. Kh8 Rg8#) 80... Ra7 81. Ke8 $10) 78... Rd5 $1 {Droht ?h5 mit Gewinn, wogegen es nur eine Verteidigung gibt.} 79. Ra1 $4 (79. Rh1 $4 Nf3 80. Rh6+ Kf7 81. Rh7+ Kg6 (81... Kf8 $4 82. Ra7 $10) 82. Rg7+ Kf6 83. Rg4 (83. Rg8 $2 Rh5#) 83... Ng5 {Nach anderen Zügen dauert es sehr viel länger.} 84. Rf4+ Kg6 85. Kg8 Ne6 86. Rg4+ Kf6 87. Kh7 Ng5+ 88. Kh6 Nf7+ 89. Kh7 Rh5+ 90. Kg8 Rh8#) (79. Rf1+ $1 $8 Nf5 {und nun ist entweder der schwarze König oder der Turm and den Springer gebunden und die Figurenaufstellung läßt sich nicht optimieren.} 80. Rf2 Rd4 (80... Kg6 81. Rg2+ Kf7 82. Rf2 Rd8+ 83. Kh7 Kf6 84. Rf1 $10) 81. Kg8 $1 $10 {Läßt den König nicht nach f7.} (81. Rh2 $4 Kf7 82. Rh1 Rf4 83. Rh7+ Kf8 84. Rh3 Ne7 85. Kh7 Kf7 86. Rh1 Ng8 87. Rh3 Rg4 88. Rh1 Nf6+ 89. Kh8 Rg8#)) 79... Ne6 $1 $8 80. Ra6 Kf7 81. Ra7+ Kg6 82. Ra8 Rd7 83. Rb8 Rc7 84. Kg8 Rc5 85. Ra8 Rb5 86. Kh8 Rb7 87. Rc8 {Für Liebhaber von Endspielstudien: Diese Stellung finden Sie in Centurini 1850, La Regence.} Nc7 (87... Rb6 {ist die Gewinnidee, es droht ?f7} 88. Kg8 Ng5 {Der Turmzug auf die sechtse Reihe hat den Springer beweglich gemacht.} 89. Kf8 Re6 $8 90. Kg8 Nh7 91. Kh8 Nf6 92. Rf8 Re7 $19) 88. Rg8+ Kh6 89. Rg1 {erlaubt dem schwarzen einen anderen Gewinnweg.} (89. Rf8 $142 {und nun ist Schwarz gezwungen, die richtige Idee Tb6 und Überführung des Springers nach f6 zu finden.}) 89... Rb8+ 90. Rg8 Ne8 (90... Ne8 {Bologan} 91. Rf8 Kg6 92. Rg8+ Kf7 93. Rg1 Nf6+ 94. Rg8 Rxg8#) 0-1 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.09.01"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. O-O-O N8d7 13. Qh3 b4 14. Ne2 Nc4 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Ned4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 g6 18. Bh3 Qb6 19. Rhf1 O-O-O 20. c3 Kb8 21. cxb4 Qxb4 22. Rc1 Nc5 23. Rfd1 Be7 24. e5 Nxb3 25. axb3 Rc8 26. Bf1 Qb6 27. b4 Rhd8 28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 dxe5 30. Qxe5+ Bd6 31. Qe3 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Bc7 33. Nc6+ Bxc6 34. Qxb6+ Bxb6 35. Rxc6 Be3 36. Rc4 Rd5 37. Re4 Bd2 38. Be8 Rf5 39. Rd4 Bxf4 40. Rd8+ Kc7 41. Rd7+ Kc8 42. Rxf7 Kd8 43. Rxf5 exf5 44. Bf7 Ke7 45. Bg8 Kf8 46. Bd5 Bxh2 47. Kc2 Bf4 48. Kd3 Bxg5 49. b4 Bd8 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. b5 h5 53. Kg3 g5 54. Kf3 g4+ 55. Kg2 h4 56. Kf2 Bb6+ 57. Kg2 h3+ 58. Kg3 Kg5 59. Kh2 Bc7+ 60. Kg1 g3 0-1 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.04.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Belov,Igor"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1981.04.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 e5 $5 (9... Bd7) 10. Nb3 exf4 11. Bxf4 (11. Rxf4 Be6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nd7 14. Kh1 Bg5 15. Rf1 Ne5 $10 {Kasparov,Nikitin/}) 11... Be6 12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 (13... Ne4 14. Bd3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nc5 exd3 18. Nxe6 dxc2 19. Qxc2 Nd4 $10 {Cseshkovsky,V-Tukmakov,V/URS/1981/}) 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5 15. c4 (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qe1 Rad8 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Rfe8 $10 {Klovans,J-Cseshkovsky,V/URS/1981/}) 15... Bg5 $1 16. Nc5 (16. Qc1 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qe7 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. a3 f6 $10 {Kuzmin,G-Kasparov,G/URS/1981/}) (16. Bg3 Bh4 $10) 16... Bxf4 17. Rxf4 (17. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 18. Nxf4 Qe7 19. Qb3 (19. Qd2 $142 $14) 19... Nd4 20. Qe3 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 Rf5 $1 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Psakhis,L/Moscow(GMA)/1990/1:0 (63) Inf 49/268/}) 17... b6 $1 18. Ne4 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $15) 18... b5 19. b3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Kh8 $1 21. Qh5 $2 (21. h3 $142 f5 22. Nec3 $10) 21... Bxd5 $19 22. Bxd5 (22. Rd1 g6 $1 (22... Nxc4 23. Rxd5 $1 Qc7 $2 24. Nf6 gxf6 25. Rh4 $18) 23. Qh6 Bxe4 24. Rxd8 Rfxd8 25. h3 f5 $19) 22... Qxd5 23. Rh4 h6 24. Rd1 Qa5 25. b4 (25. Qg5 f6 26. Rxh6+ gxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxf6 Qc7 $19) 25... Qxb4 26. Nf6 Qe7 27. Rf1 Rfd8 0-1 [Event "URS-ch49 Final"] [Site "Frunze"] [Date "1981.12.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1981.11.28"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nb3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5 15. c4 Bg5 16. Qc1 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qe7 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. a3 f6 21. Rd1 Bc8 22. Nd5 Qf7 23. Nc5 b6 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Nd6 Bg4 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. Nf4 Ng6 28. h3 Qd7 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. b4 Ne5 31. Rd4 g5 32. Rfd1 Qc6 33. Qc2 Rd7 34. Qf5 Re7 35. Kg1 a5 36. Qc2 axb4 37. axb4 Rd7 38. Rd5 Rfd8 39. c5 bxc5 40. bxc5 Ra8 41. Qe4 Rc7 42. Nc4 Nf7 43. h4 Re8 44. Qf3 Qe6 45. Nd6 g4 46. Qf2 Ra8 47. Nxf7+ Rxf7 48. Rd6 Qe5 49. R6d5 Qe6 50. Qf4 Re7 51. Kh2 Ra3 52. R5d3 Ra2 53. Rg3 f5 54. Rd6 Qe5 55. Qc4 Re2 56. Rd8+ Re8 57. Rxe8+ Qxe8 58. c6 Re4 1/2-1/2 [Event "URS-chT Cup 12th"] [Site "Kislovodsk"] [Date "1982.06.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1982.06.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Dinamo"] [BlackTeam "Spartak"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. Nf3 Ng4 11. f5 Nb4 12. Bd3 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Bxe4 Re8 16. O-O-O Bf6 17. Bg5 Rxe4 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. g4 Bd7 22. Rhe1 Re8 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. Qa5 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Qxh3 26. Qxa7 Qxg4 27. Rc1 Bxf5 28. Qxb7 h5 29. b3 Qd4 30. a4 Qc3 0-1 [Event "Interzonal-12c"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1982.09.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1982.09.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Rxf5 Qa5 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Qf1 Qb4 15. Rb1 Qd6 16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qc5 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Qe2 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 g6 22. Rf3 f5 23. c4 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qxe4 Qf2 26. Qxe5+ Bf6 27. Qe1 Qxb2 28. Rd2 Qb4 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.07.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Gurevich, Ilya"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1998.05.24"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Rc8 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rff1 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Rfd1 Rdc8 20. Rd3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 R4xc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. g3 R8c7 25. Kg2 b5 26. a3 a5 27. Rb8 Nd7 28. Rxb5 Rxb5 29. Nxb5 Rxc2+ 30. Kg1 Rxb2 31. Nd6 Nb6 32. Ne8+ Kf8 33. Nf6 h5 34. Rc1 a4 35. Rc7 Rb3 36. Nh7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38. Rb7 Nd5 39. Rxf7 Rxa3 40. Ne4 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 a3 42. Ra7 a2 43. Nc5 Rh1 0-1 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.08.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1998.05.24"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 Bd7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qg3 g6 13. Bf3 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Rae1 b4 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Nf2 e5 18. Be3 bxa3 19. bxa3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Bxg4 Bh4 23. Qc3 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Qh4 25. g3 Qxg4 26. Bh6 f6 27. Bxf8 Bxe4 28. Bxd6 Qe6 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. cxb3 f5 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Bf4 Rd3 33. Rc5 Rxb3 34. Rxa5 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Ke3 Rxh2 37. Ra7 h5 38. a4 h4 39. gxh4 Rxh4 40. a5 Rg4 41. a6 g5 42. Be5 Rg2 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. a7 Ra2 45. Rxg5 Rxa7 46. Rg3 Ra3+ 47. Kf4 Rxg3 48. Kxg3 f4+ 49. Kxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "94"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rfd1 Bd7 12. f3 Na5 13. Qe1 Rac8 14. Kh1 Rfe8 15. Bf1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. a5 Qb4 18. Nb3 h6 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qf2 Nf6 21. Bb6 e5 22. Qd2 Qc4 23. Bf2 Be6 24. Bh4 Red8 25. Qe1 Qc6 26. Rac1 Qe8 27. Bf2 Rc6 28. Nd5 Rdc8 29. Na1 Bd8 30. Qb4 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rc4 32. Qxb7 e4 33. Re1 Bxa5 34. c3 Qb5 35. Qxb5 axb5 36. Nb3 Bd8 37. Nd2 Ra4 38. Nxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Bf6 40. Rce1 Kh7 41. Bg3 Ra2 42. Rb4 Rc5 43. Bxd6 Rxd5 44. Bf4 Be7 45. Rbe4 Bf6 46. Rb4 Be7 47. Rbe4 Bf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Baku"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1973.11.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Magerramov, Elmar S"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1973.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 a6 8. f4 Be7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. a3 Rb8 13. Qe1 a5 14. Qg3 a4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Ne2 O-O 19. Bc3 Rc4 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qxd5 24. Nf4 Qe4 25. Rae1 Qxc2 26. Re2 Qf5 27. Ref2 Bc5 28. Rd2 Bc6 29. Rdd1 h5 30. h3 h4 31. Qh2 Qg5 32. Nd3 Bd4 33. Rf4 Rd8 34. Rdf1 Rd7 35. Re1 Bxe5 0-1 [Event "Khalilbeyli Memorial"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1976.05.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Morgulov, Alexsander M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B84"] [BlackElo "2375"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "38"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 Qc7 8. O-O b5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Rd8 {[#]} 16. Bg3 (16. Qf3 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Qg3 g6 19. Bh6 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. h3 $14) 16... Nc5 $17 17. Qf3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 O-O $17 1/2-1/2 [Event "Khalilbeyli Memorial"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1976.05.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Shakarov, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B84"] [PlyCount "43"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Bf3 Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 Rb8 11. a4 b6 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Re1 Nfd7 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Ndb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qc6 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Khalilbeyli Memorial"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1976.05.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Velibekov, A."] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [PlyCount "45"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. a3 Qc7 11. Kh1 h5 12. Be3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Bg5 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Ncd7 18. Rad1 Be7 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Ng5 Raf8 22. Qe1 Nc5 23. Qxe5 1-0 [Event "Minsk Sokolsky Memorial-08"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1978.01.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Maryasin, Boris Feliksovich"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1978.01.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 dxe5 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. fxe5 Rc8 14. exf6 Qxc6 15. fxg7 Bxg7 16. Qxc6 Rxc6 17. O-O-O Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rg8 19. Rd2 Nf6 20. Rhd1 Nd5 21. Rd4 h5 22. Kb2 Rg4 23. Re1 f6 24. g3 Kf7 25. Rd3 b4 26. h3 bxc3+ 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. hxg4 Rc4 29. Rd1 hxg4 30. Kb3 Rc6 31. c4 Ne7 32. Bf2 e5 33. c5 Ke6 34. Kc4 f5 35. Rh1 f4 36. Re1 f3 37. Rh1 Nf5 38. Rh8 e4 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Re5 e3 41. Rxf5+ Ke6 42. Rxf3 gxf3 43. Bxe3 Ke5 44. Kd3 Kf5 45. Bf2 Re6 46. a4 Re2 47. c6 Re6 48. c7 Rc6 49. Bb6 Kg6 50. Ke4 Rxc7 0-1 [Event "World-ch30-KK1 Karpov-Kasparov +5-3=40"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.01.18"] [Round "43"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1984.09.10"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "48"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Qe1 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 Ne8 13. f5 dxe5 14. fxe6 Bxf3 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Nxf3 Nd7 17. Bg5 Bf8 18. a3 Nd6 19. Nd2 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Qc6 21. Re1 Re8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Barcelona sim"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bofill Mas, Alejandro"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2410"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Bf2 g6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Ne8 16. Rae1 Ng7 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Ne4 Nf5 22. b3 h5 23. Ned2 Qb4 24. Nc4 Rd5 25. Qf2 Rfd8 26. Re4 Qb7 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Rd1 29. Kg1 Qd5 30. Re1 Rd7 31. Qe2 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Qd2 33. Nd3 Qxe2 34. Rxe2 c4 35. bxc4 Rd4 36. Nb2 Bc5 37. Kf1 Rf4+ 38. Ke1 Bb4+ 39. c3 Bxc3+ 40. Kd1 Bxb2 41. Rxb2 0-1 [Event "Optiebeurs"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Van der Wiel, John"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "1988.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 007"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 a6 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Rd8 11. Qe1 b6 12. Qg3 Bb7 13. f5 e5 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Bg5 Be7 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "1989.03.??"] [Round "17"] [White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "172"] [EventDate "1989.03.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Qe1 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bf3 Nc6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxe5 Bd6 20. Qd4 Ng4 21. Bf4 Be7 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Bd5 24. Nc3 Bc4 25. Rfe1 Bh4 26. g3 Bf6 27. h3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Nf6 29. Kh2 Rfe8 30. Be5 Nd7 31. Bd4 h5 32. a3 Rac8 33. Nd2 Bd5 34. Nf1 f6 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Ne3 Bc6 37. Kg1 Ne5 38. Kf2 Nf3 39. h4 Nd2 40. Nf1 Nc4 41. Ne3 Nd6 42. Rg1 Bd7 43. Ke2 Bf5 44. Kf3 Bc8 45. Ke2 a5 46. Bc5 Ne4 47. Bd4 Ba6 48. Kf3 Nd2+ 49. Kf2 Bb7 50. Ke2 Nc4 51. Ra1 a4 52. Kf2 Nd6 53. Rg1 Bc8 54. Kf3 Kg8 55. Kf2 Kf7 56. Kf3 Bb7+ 57. Ke2 Re6 58. Kf2 g5 59. hxg5 fxg5 60. Ke2 Kg6 61. Kf2 Ba6 62. Rd1 Ne4+ 63. Kg2 Bb7 64. Kh2 Nxc3 65. Bxc3 Rxe3 66. Rd3 Re2+ 67. Kg1 Rg2+ 68. Kf1 Rxc2 69. Bb4 Kf5 70. Rc3 Rb2 71. Rc5+ Kg4 72. Ke1 Rb3 73. Rxb5 Be4 74. Ra5 Rxg3 75. Be7 Bf5 76. Rxa4+ Kh3 77. Bf6 Rg1+ 78. Kf2 Rg2+ 79. Ke1 h4 80. Ra8 Kg4 81. Ra4+ Kf3 82. Bxg5 Re2+ 83. Kf1 Bh3+ 84. Kg1 Rg2+ 85. Kh1 Rxg5 86. Rxh4 Kg3 0-1 [Event "Buenos Aires sim"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qe1 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Qg3 Rac8 14. Rae1 Ba8 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Qf2 Qb8 17. Bc1 Nb6 18. g4 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bc5 22. c3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc4 24. Qd3 Rd8 25. Qf3 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Na4 27. b4 Rc8 0-1 [Event "Linares 12th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1994.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 040"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Timman Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O Qc7 9. Qe1 (9. g4 Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. a4 Ne5 15. f6 Bf8 16. Qb6 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Hellers,F (1) Tilburg (2) 1993 1-0 45}) (9. Kh1 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Qg4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. a4 $16 {Sokolov,A-Jacques,R St Martin op (05) 1992 1-0 26}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qg3 h5 12. Rad1 g6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 h4 15. Qe3 Rh7 16. a4 $16 {Gavrikov,V-Summermatter,D SWZ-GP Suhr (4) 1991 1-0 34}) 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Kh1 Rd8 $1 (12... Rc8 $2 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 $16) 13. Be3 (13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 (14. Bxb7 $2 {Ftacnik} exd4) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxb7 (15. Bf4 {Ftacnik} Nxf3 16. Bxc7 Nxe1 17. Bxd8 Bxg2+ 18. Kg1 Bxd8 19. Rfxe1 Bb7 $17) 15... Rxd4 $13) 13... O-O 14. Qg3 Nc5 15. f5 (15. e5 $2 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nfe4 $17 (16... Nce4 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxe4 (17. Qf4 g5 $1 $19) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Bh6 Bg6 $17)) 15... e5 16. Bh6 Ne8 17. Nb3 Nd7 $1 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Be3 Nef6 20. Qf2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 (21. g4 d5 22. exd5 e4 23. Nxe4 Bxd5 24. Nxf6 Bxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Bxf6 $44) 21... Bf8 (21... h6 {Ftacnik} 22. g4 $13) 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bh4 Rc8 $15 24. Qf1 Be7 25. Nd2 (25. Qd3 $5 {Ftacnik}) 25... Qc5 (25... Nxe4 $6 26. Rxe4 $1 (26. Bxe7 $2 Nxc3 $17) 26... Bxe4 27. Ndxe4 Bxh4 28. Nxd6 $14) 26. Nb3 Qb4 27. Be2 Bxe4 $1 $17 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Bf3 (30. Bxa6 Rxc2 31. Rxe4 Qxb3 $19 (31... Qxe4 32. Bd3 Qc6 33. Bxc2 Qxc2 34. Qd3 $17)) 30... Nef6 (30... Ndf6 $5) 31. Qxa6 Ree8 (31... Rxc2 $2 32. Nd4 $13) 32. Qe2 Kg8 (32... e4 $2 33. Rd4) (32... Qf4 $5) 33. Bb7 Rc4 34. Qd2 Qxa4 35. Qxd6 (35. Ra1 Qb4 $19 (35... Qb5 $2 36. Ba6)) 35... Rxc2 $19 36. Nd2 Nf8 $6 (36... Qg4 $19) (36... Nc5 {Timman} 37. Bc6 Qh4 (37... Qg4 38. Bxe8 Nce4 $10 {Kasparov (according to Keene), but:} 39. Bxf7+ Kxf7 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qxb6 Rxd2 (41... Nxd2 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Rxd2 $18) 42. Rxd2 Nxd2 43. Qd8+ Kf7 44. Qxd2 $18 {Keene}) 38. Bxe8 (38. g3 Qh5 39. Bxe8 Nxe8 (39... Ng4 40. Re2 Nxh2 41. Bxf7+ Kxf7 42. Qg6+ Qxg6 43. fxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kxh2 $18 {Keene}) 40. Qxe5 Nf6 41. Qe2 Qxf5 42. Qf3 (42. Rf1 $5 {Timman's new try}) 42... Qxf3+ 43. Nxf3 Rxb2 $44) 38... Ng4 39. h3 (39. Bxf7+ Kxf7 40. Qd5+ Kf8 41. h3 {Timman: so any winning tries have to start with this move} (41. Nf1 {Timman: unclear, White probably wins?!} Nf2+ 42. Kg1 Nxd1 43. Rxd1 Qe4 $1 {Deep Thought: probably okay for Black. Timman: This accurate move holds for Black:} (43... Qf2+ 44. Kh1 e4 {probably okay for Black (DT)}) 44. Qd6+ Kg8 45. Qg6 Nd3 {and White has nothing more than a perpetual (Timman)}) 41... Nf2+ 42. Kg1 Nxd1 43. Rxd1 Qd4+ {Deep Thought thinks Black is about equal}) 39... Nf2+ 40. Kg1 Nxh3+ 41. gxh3 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Qxh3+ 43. Ke2 Qg2+ $10) 37. Ne4 (37. Qxb6 {Ftacnik} Qf4 38. Qe3 (38. Ne4 Ng4 39. Qg1 Rb8 40. Rf1 Qxh2+ 41. Qxh2 Nxh2 42. Kxh2 Rxb7 $17) 38... Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Rd8 40. Re2 Rxb2 $17) 37... N8d7 38. Nxf6+ Nxf6 39. Qxb6 (39. Rxe5 Rxe5 (39... Rxb2 {Ftacnik} 40. Bc6 Qxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Rxe5 $17) 40. Qxe5 Ng4 41. Qb8+ Kh7 $19) 39... Ng4 $1 40. Rf1 (40. Rd8 Qf4 41. Rxe8+ Kh7 42. Qg1 Nf2+ $19) 40... e4 $6 (40... Nf2+ 41. Rxf2 Rxf2 $19) 41. Bd5 $2 (41. Rd4 Qa2 (41... Rf2 42. Rc1 (42. Rfd1 {Ftacnik} Qc2 43. Qc6 Re5 44. Qxc2 Rxc2 45. Rb1 Nf2+ 46. Kg1 e3 $36) (42. Rxf2 $2 Qa1+) 42... Qc2 43. Qc6 $17)) 41... e3 $1 42. Bb3 Qe4 43. Bxc2 Qxc2 44. Rd8 (44. Rc1 {Ftacnik} e2 45. Rfe1 Qxc1 $1) (44. Ra1 {Ftacnik} e2 45. Rfe1 Qxf5 $19) 44... Rxd8 45. Qxd8+ Kh7 $19 46. Qe7 (46. Qh4 Nf2+ (46... Qf2 $5 47. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 48. Kg1 Nd3 49. b4 e2 50. Rb1 e1=Q+ 51. Rxe1 Nxe1 52. b5 Nd3 53. b6 Nc5 54. Kf2 Kg8 55. Ke3 Kf8 56. Kd4 Nd7 57. b7 Ke7 58. Kd5 Nb8 $19) 47. Kg1 Nd3 $19) 46... Qc4 (46... Qc4 47. Ra1 (47. Kg1 e2 48. Re1 Qd4+ $19) 47... Qf4 $19) 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-31"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.12.14"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Speelman,Jonathan S"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1994.12.01"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 045"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "England"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 {Boensch Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {After only managing to defeat the Najdorf one in 9 games as White during the London World Championship match, Nigel Short decides to test the merits of Black's structure for himself.} 6. Be2 $1 {Played after ten minutes thought. Kasparov invites Short to enter the main line with 6...e5 knowing full well that the Englishman had a bad experience with this sort of structure in the thirs game of his match against Gata Kamsky in Linares this year.} e6 7. f4 {The first psychological blow has worked out in Kasparov's favour. Short is now in Kasparov's favourite territory, the Scheveningen variation of the Sicilian.} Be7 8. O-O Qc7 9. Qe1 (9. g4 Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. a4 Ne5 15. f6 Bf8 16. Qb6 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Hellers,F (1) Tilburg (2) 1993 1-0 45}) (9. Kh1 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Qg4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. a4 $16 {Sokolov,A-Jacques,R St Martin op (05) 1992 1-0 26}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qg3 h5 12. Rad1 g6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 h4 15. Qe3 Rh7 16. a4 $16 {Gavrikov,V-Summermatter,D SWZ-GP Suhr (4) 1991 1-0 34}) (9... O-O {Boensch} 10. Kh1 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 Ne8 13. f5 dxe5 14. fxe6 Bxf3 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Nxf3 Nd7 17. Bg5 Nef6 18. Rd1 Raf8 $10 {Damjanovic,V-Poluljahov,A Belgrade Beopromet (08) 1993}) 10. Bf3 (10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Kh1 Rd8 $1 13. Be3 (13. e5 {Boensch} dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Rxd4 $13) 13... O-O 14. Qg3 Nc5 15. f5 e5 16. Bh6 Ne8 17. Nb3 Nd7 $1 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Be3 Nef6 20. Qf2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Bf8 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bh4 Rc8 $15 {Polgar,J-Kasparov,G Linares 1994.}) 10... O-O 11. Kh1 Kh8 (11... Re8 {Ftacnik} 12. g4 Nf8 13. g5 N6d7 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Rd1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Bd7 17. Qf2 Rac8 18. f5 Ne5 19. f6 gxf6 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Rg1+ Nfg6 22. Be2 {Boleslavsky,I-Kan,I/Moscow-ch/1942/1-0 (51)}) (11... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 12. b3 Nf8 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Nce2 e5 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. c4 b5 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. cxb5 Qb6 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc3 Bd3 22. Rd1 {Unzicker,W-Gligoric,S/Oberhausen EUchT (6)/1961/1-0 (39)}) (11... Rb8 {Boensch} 12. a4 b6 $14) 12. a4 (12. g4 {Ftacnik} Ng8 13. Bg2 b5 14. Rf3 b4 15. Nce2 Ndf6 16. g5 Nxe4 17. Rh3 Bb7 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Qh4 h6 20. Rg1 e5 21. fxe5 Nxg5 22. e6 {Eisinger,M-Milic,B/Oberhausen EUchT (6)/1961/0-1 (40)}) 12... Rb8 13. g4 $1 {And now the problem with Black's setup is clearly seen. The knight on d7 is better placed on c6 as the knight f6 needs to retreat to d7 after this thematic push.} b6 14. g5 (14. e5 {Ftacnik} dxe5 15. Nc6 Bd6 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nxb8 Qxb8 $44) 14... Ne8 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. b3 Qd8 (16... g6 {Ftacnik} 17. Bb2 Ng7) 17. h4 {After 17.?b2, the sacrifice on g5 is not really possible but prevention of the idea is good anyway as Black has a very passive position anyway.} (17. Bb2 {Ftacnik} e5 $1 18. Nf5 exf4 (18... exf4 {Boensch} 19. h4 f6 $10)) 17... g6 18. Bb2 Ng7 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. f5 $1 e5 (20... gxf5 {Ftacnik} 21. exf5 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 exf5 23. Nd5 $16) (20... exf5 {Boensch} 21. exf5 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 f6 (22... Re8 23. Qf2 Bf8 24. Nd5 $16) 23. Nd5 $1 Ne5 24. c4 fxg5 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. Bxe5+ dxe5 27. Qxe5+ Bf6 28. Qxe6 $16) 21. f6 (21. Nde2 f6 $1 (21... gxf5 {Boensch} 22. exf5 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 f6 24. Ng3 fxg5 25. hxg5 Bxg5 26. Rxd6 $13)) 21... exd4 (21... Nxf6 {Ftacnik} 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Nf3 $18) 22. fxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxd4 $16 {And with the two bishops and Black's diabolically weak a1-h8 diagonal, Kasparov makes no mistakes.} f6 (23... Ne5 24. Qd2 Rfd8 (24... Rcd8 {Ftacnik} 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rfe8 27. Rd1 f6 28. Rxd6 $18) 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Kg8 27. Rd1 $16) 24. Qd2 fxg5 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxd6 $1 {An important pawn to capture as Black's only hope of blunting the bishop on b2 is to secure the e5 square.} (26. hxg5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 26... Ne5 27. Rxb6 (27. hxg5 {Ftacnik} Qc7 $16 (27... Nf3 {Boensch} 28. Rd7 Qe5 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Rd8+ Ne8 31. Nd1 $18)) 27... gxh4 (27... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 gxh4 30. Nd5 Nf7 31. Rb6 $16) 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 {And now Black can only cling on to e5 for a short time before White comes crashing through.} Re8 (29... h3 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxe5 hxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 $18) 30. Bh3 (30. Bxe5 {Ftacnik} Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxa6 $18) 30... Qc7 (30... Qg5 {Ftacnik} 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 $18) 31. Re6 $1 Rxe6 (31... Nxe6 {Ftacnik} 32. Bxe6 $18) 32. Bxe6 Nc6 33. Qg5 (33. Bd7 {Ftacnik} Qf4 $1 $132) (33. Qd7 {Boensch Das Endspiel gewinnt leicht.} Qxd7 34. Bxd7 Nb4 (34... Nb8 35. Be6 h5 36. b4 Kh7 37. Bf7 $18) 35. c4 Nd3 36. Bd4 $18) 33... Qd6 (33... Qg3 {Ftacnik} 34. Qxg3 hxg3 35. Kg2 $18) (33... Nb4 {Ftacnik} 34. Qf6 $18) 34. Bd5 Nb4 35. Qf6 Qxf6 36. Bxf6 Nxc2 (36... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 37. exd5 Kg8 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. b4 Kf6 40. b5 axb5 41. a5 $18) 37. Bc3 h6 38. b4 Kh7 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Nh5 (40... Ne8 {Ftacnik} 41. b6 Nd6 42. e5 $18) 41. b6 Ng3+ 42. Kh2 {An almost effortless win by the World Champion and one which compliments his own deep understanding of the Sicilian from both sides.} 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2000.05.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "94"] [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"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 h5 13. h4 Rc8 14. Ng3 Qc4 15. Bd2 g6 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. O-O-O O-O 20. b3 Rc7 21. Kb2 Rfc8 22. Rc1 Nc5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 e4 25. Be2 Nxd5 26. Kb1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 e3 29. Bc4 exd2 30. Bxd5+ Kg7 31. Rcf1 Bf6 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. Rd1 Re7 34. Rxd2 Re1+ 35. Kb2 Rb8 36. Ka2 Rb6 37. Ne2 Rb4 38. g3 g5 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. Nd4 Kg4 41. Bf3+ Kxg3 42. Bxh5 Kf4 43. Rf2+ Ke4 44. c3 Rb6 45. Bg6+ Ke3 46. Rf3+ Kd2 47. b4 Re7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2001.01.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2849"] [PlyCount "55"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Qe1 b5 10. Bf3 b4 11. Nd1 e5 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Nde3 exf4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxe1 17. Rxe1 Nd4 18. Bxf4 Nxc2 19. Bxd6 Nxa1 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Rxa1 Bd7 22. a3 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Bb5 24. Rc3 Rd8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Rc7+ Rd7 27. Rc8 Rd8 28. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 18th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2001.02.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Kostakiev,Dimitar"] [PlyCount "95"] [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"] {Do you remember the clasic game Alekhine - Botvinik where the ?'s army e4,f4,g4 was put forward in an early attack? Here we shall see somthing simmilar against a7-a6 instead of g7-g6.} 1. e4 {½-½ Alekhine,A-Botvinnik,M Nottingham 1936} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 {According to "MEGA-2001" - 9.g4 was used in 1982 twice by Nielsen,T. So far this move had very small adherence. The last one before this game was Lanka 1987. The statistic is more favorable for Black} d5 {(!) "Counter ?,s blow in center to the side ?'s attack" said the old masters. Here is concerned one typical middle game problem: "When in the opening we could (or should) move twice with a pawn or piece without breaking the principles for fast mobilization.} (9... Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 {.../43/. 0-1 Nielsen,T-Yrjola,J/Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (26)}) 10. e5 Ne4 ({The pressure over ?e4 who took place in the text, can be escaped by:} 10... Nfd7 $5 11. g5 $140 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 c5 14. Bf2 Rb8 $15) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. g5 (12. O-O Qc7 13. c3 b5 {0-1 Nielsen,T-Houshan,B/Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (69)}) 12... Qb6 $146 {[#]} (12... Qc7 13. Qd2 b5 (13... Rd8 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Kb1 b5 {½-½ Lanka,Z-Van Wely,L/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (17)}) 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Kb1 {½-½ Ghinda,M-Sokolov,A/Luzern 1985/MCD (21)}) (12... f6 13. gxf6 gxf6 14. Bc4 Kh8 (14... fxe5 15. Nxe6 Bh4+ 16. Ke2 Bxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 $18) 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Bxe6 fxe5 18. fxe5 Nc6 19. Bd5 Nxe5 20. O-O-O $16) 13. Nf5 (13. Rb1 $5) 13... Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qc5 (14... Qc7) 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. c3 b5 (16... Nc6 17. Qa4 {?Xe4}) 17. Be3 (17. Qc2) 17... Rd8 18. Qc2 Bb7 19. Kf2 (19. O-O $142 Nd7 20. Rad1) (19. a4 $5) 19... Nd7 (19... h6) 20. b4 Nf8 21. h4 Qc7 22. h5 Nd7 23. h6 g6 24. a4 Nb6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kg3 Nc4 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Rd1 Bd5 30. Rd4 Qf1 31. Qd1 Ra1 32. Qxf1 Rxf1 33. Kg4 Rf3 34. Bg1 Rxc3 35. Rd2 Kf8 36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Re2 Rc1 38. Kg3 Kd7 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. Be3 Rb1 41. Bc5 Rc1 42. Bd6 Rh1 43. Re3 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Bf8 Ra2 46. Bc5 Ra1 47. Kf2 Rc1 48. Bd6 {Conclusion: shall be prematurate to say that early g2-g4 is much more logic and promissing whene used against g7-g6. inspite of the facts that It is proved by the misleading number of partisans and statistic.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Astana"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2001.05.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2827"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "74"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O b5 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 Nxe4 11. c3 (11. Nxb4 Nd7 12. f4 d5 13. c3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Qe2 Ndc5 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Bf8 19. Rae1 {1-0 Votava,J-Dydyshko,V/Schoeneck/1996/ (37)}) 11... b3 (11... bxc3 $6 12. Rc1 $40) 12. Qxb3 (12. Nb4 Nd7 (12... d5 13. f3 Nf6 14. f4 Bd6 15. Nd3 O-O 16. Qxb3 Nbd7 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qd1 Bb7 20. b4 Ba7 21. Bd3 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Stohl,I/Koszalin/1999/ (38)}) 13. f4 Ndf6 14. a5 Bb7 15. c4 Be7 16. f5 d5 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qa2 e5 19. Nb3 d4 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Qa4+ {1-0 Antoniewski,R-David,P/CZE/2000/ (52)}) 12... Be7 13. Bf3 Bb7 (13... d5 $6 14. c4 $14) 14. Qc2 Nf6 (14... d5 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. h3 O-O 17. c4 Rc8 18. Rfd1 $11) 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. b4 O-O 17. b5 $6 {Shirov is not suspecting, that the miserable location of the knight a2 will cost him dearly.} (17. c4 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Nbd7 19. Qe2 $11) 17... Ng4 18. Bf4 (18. Qe2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 d5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Qe4 $15) (18. Bd2 Ne5 $15) 18... e5 19. Qe2 exd4 (19... Nxh2 20. Bxh2 exd4 21. Rfe1 $14) 20. Qxg4 axb5 21. axb5 (21. cxd4 Rxa4 $17) 21... Qxb5 22. cxd4 (22. Rfe1 Qb2 23. Qd1 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Qxa2 25. Rxe7 dxc3 $17) 22... Qc4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Despite the simple character of the position black is much better, since he fully dominates knight a2.} 23. Rae1 (23. Rfc1 Qxd4 24. Re1 Nc6 $17) 23... Nc6 (23... Rxa2 24. Rxe7 Qxd4 25. Qg3 Nc6 $17) 24. Nc1 (24. Rc1 Qxd4 25. Rfd1 Qf6 26. Nc3 Ne5 $15) 24... Qxd4 25. Ne2 (25. Qf3 Rfc8 26. Rd1 Qb4 $17) 25... Qa4 26. Qg3 (26. Qf3 Ne5 27. Qg3 Ra5 28. Nc3 Qd7 $17) 26... Rfd8 27. Nc3 Qb3 28. Re3 (28. Rb1 Qc4 29. Rfc1 d5 $17) 28... d5 $1 {Another excellent move, modest d pawn turns into a dangerous marching machine.} 29. Bh6 (29. Ne2 Qb4 $17) 29... Bf8 30. Ne4 Qb2 31. Nc5 (31. Bg5 dxe4 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxe4 f5 $19) 31... Bxc5 32. Rc3 Bxf2+ (32... Bd4 33. Rxc6 Re8 34. Be3 Ra1 $19) 33. Rxf2 Ra1+ 34. Rf1 Qb6+ 35. Re3 (35. Be3 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qb1+ 37. Rc1 Qd3+ $19) 35... Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qd4 37. Qc7 (37. Bg5 Ra8 $19) 37... Qc4+ (37... Qc4+ 38. Kf2 gxh6 $19) 0-1 [Event "Reykjavik rapid"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2004.03.21"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2831"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2004.03.18"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 100"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 {McShane} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 {'!?' McShane.} b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a3 Bb7 {Short is trying a radical approach against Kasparov, he goes for all out attacking chess.} 12. Rg1 Nc5 (12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f5 Kh8 15. Qd4 Qc7 $13) 13. f5 Kh8 (13... e5 14. Nb3 (14. f6 exd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. fxe7 Qxe7 17. Qf6 Nxe4 18. Qxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. O-O-O Rae8 $15) 14... Nxb3 (14... Nxe4 $2 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f6 $16) 15. cxb3 Kh8 16. Nd5 $14) 14. Bd3 (14. Bf3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. h4 Nd7 $11) 14... Nc6 15. Qh5 (15. f6 gxf6 16. h4 Ne5 17. b4 Ncxd3+ 18. cxd3 Rc8 19. Qd2 fxg5 20. hxg5 f5 $15) 15... g6 (15... Ne5 $2 16. g6 fxg6 17. fxg6 h6 18. Bxh6 $18) 16. Qh4 Re8 (16... Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4+ e5 19. Be3 d5 20. Rg3 Re8 (20... d4 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Rh3 Rg7 23. f6 $16) 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Qe4 $11) 17. O-O-O (17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. O-O-O Bf8 $13) 17... Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Ne5 19. fxe6 $5 {Excellent idea since Kasparov is rather limited on three rows white sets his sight on kingside attack.} (19. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (19... Nxd3+ $2 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Bd4+ Kg8 22. Qh6 $18) 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. fxg6 Bf8 22. Rf1 Qg7 23. Rf7 Qxg6 24. Bxe5+ dxe5 25. Rxb7 $18) 19... fxe6 20. Nxe6 $5 (20. Rdd1 Bf8 21. Rdf1 Bg7 $11) 20... Qd7 21. Nf4 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 {McShane: 'The exchange sacrifice has opened the diagonal to Black's king and attained an excellent outpost on d5.'} Kg8 23. Bd4 d5 (23... Rf8 24. Qh6 Rf7 25. Nxg6 $18) (23... Bd8 24. Nxg6 d5 25. Qh6 $18) 24. Nxg6 $2 {[%mdl 128] Wrong direction! Short has build up a dream attacking set up, but nows insists on opening the kingside instead of solid grab of a central pawn.} ({McShane: It is very tempting to rip open Black's king position, but after the simpler} 24. Ncxd5 $1 {McShane: 'White should be in control.'} Rac8+ 25. Kb1 (25. Kd2 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rf8 27. Qg4 Qd6 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. Rxg3 $16) 25... b4 26. Qh6 Bd8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. gxf6 $18) 24... dxe4 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Bf6 (26. Bc5 Re6 27. dxe4 Rc8 28. g6 Rxg6 29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. b4 Re8 $15) (26. g6 {McShane: 'would be decisive here if it weren't for '} Qxd4 {McShane: 'This vital tempo gives Kasparov the time to survive the attack.'} 27. gxh7+ Kh8 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. hxg8=R+ Kxg8 30. Qxe7 $11) 26... exd3 (26... Qxd3 $2 27. Rd1 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Rc7 29. g6 $18) 27. g6 (27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Kd2 Re8 (28... Rc8 29. Rg3 $13) 29. Re1 Qxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 Kf7 (31... Bc8 $2 32. Nd5 $1 Kf7 33. Nf4 Bf5 34. Kd2 $16) 32. Kd2 Kg6 33. Kxd3 Kxg5 $15) 27... d2+ $1 {Such an advance pawn is rarely a good sign for an opponent, black will achieve wonders with his counterplay.} 28. Kc2 (28. Kb1 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 dxe1=Q+ 30. Qxe1 Qf5+ 31. Ka1 Qxf6 $19) (28. Kd1 Bf3+ 29. Kc2 d1=Q+ 30. Nxd1 Qf5+ 31. Kc1 Qc5+ 32. Bc3 Qxg1 $19) 28... Qf5+ 29. Kxd2 (29. Kd1 Bf3+ 30. Kxd2 Rd7+ 31. Kc1 hxg6 (31... h5 32. Qg5 Qxg5+ 33. Rxg5 Rc8 $17) 32. Qh8+ (32. Qh6 Kf7 33. Bh4 Qh5 34. Qf4+ Kg8 35. Qf6 Bg4 $17) 32... Kf7 33. Qg7+ Ke6 34. Re1+ Kd6 35. Be7+ Kc7 $19) 29... Rd7+ 30. Kc1 h5 $1 (30... hxg6 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qg7+ Ke6 33. Re1+ Kd6 34. Rd1+ Kc6 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxg6 $11) 31. Bg5 (31. Bd4 Rf8 32. h3 Bg2 $1 33. g7 Rc8 34. Qg3 Bxh3 35. Qe3 Qe6 $19) 31... Bf3 32. Bh6 Re8 {McShane: 'With all his heavy pieces active, Kasparov is almost winning, but a blunder soon decides the game.'} 33. Qb4 (33. Qf2 Bg4 34. Qb6 Qd3 $19) 33... Qe6 {It becomes obvious, that white has failed to achive his goals.} (33... Bg4 34. g7 Qe6 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Kb1 Rdd8 $19) 34. Qf4 Bg4 35. h3 Bf5 36. g7 (36. Qf3 a5 $1 37. Qxh5 (37. Nxb5 Qe1+ 38. Rxe1 Rxe1+) 37... b4 $19) 36... Qe1+ $1 0-1 [Event "Linares 22nd"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2005.03.08"] [Round "12"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2005.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 106"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 (10... Nbd7 11. O-O-O d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Nf5 Qb6 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Bg5 Nc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd4 Bc6 19. Qxf6 Nd7 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Qxe7 {Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Amber rapid 13th/2004/ 1-0 (28)}) 11. O-O-O $6 {Adams shows surprizing courage as Kasparov can immediately open access to his king.} (11. g4 Be7 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Rc8 $13) (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. g4 Rc8 13. h4 Be7 14. g5 Nd7 15. O-O-O d5 16. Bf4 e5 17. exd5 exf4 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxf4 Bxa3 20. Qe3+ Kf8 21. bxa3 {1-0 Suspes Aguiar,J-Ferreiro Pailos,A/Ferrol 2002/ (21)}) 11... b4 $1 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. g4 (13. Bg5 d5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 $15) 13... Be7 (13... Rc8 14. Kb1 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 $11) 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 Nc5 16. Kb1 Rb8 (16... d5 17. e5 Nc6 18. f4 Rb8 19. h5 $11) 17. h5 {White has made progress with preparation for the kingside attack, black rooks are still unconected.} O-O 18. g6 Bf6 $1 19. Rdg1 (19. gxh7+ Kxh7 20. Bg5 Be5 $1 21. h6 g6 $13) 19... Ba8 20. Bg5 (20. gxh7+ Kxh7 21. h6 g6 22. Bf1 d5 $36) 20... Be5 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. Nb3 $2 {[%mdl 256] Serious tactical mistake, but is was not easy to show the development of white's play on the kingside. Black was planning the doubling along the b file with serious consequences for the security of the b2 pawn.} (22. Be3 Qb6 23. h6 g6 24. b3 Nxc2 25. Kxc2 Nxb3 $17) 22... Nxc2 $1 23. Nxc5 (23. Qxc2 Rxb3 $19) 23... Na3+ 24. Ka2 (24. Kc1 Qxc5 25. h6 g6 26. Be3 Qb4 27. Bxa6 Nb1 28. Nxb1 Bxb2+ 29. Kd1 Qa4+ $17) 24... Qxc5 25. Na4 Nc2 $1 {Beautiful small combination, white king will remain exposed and vulnerable.} 26. Kb1 (26. Nxc5 Rxb2#) 26... Qa3 (26... Qa3 27. Qxc2 Rfc8 28. Qd2 Qxa4 $19) 0-1 [Event "World U20-ch16 Qualifikation URS"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.04.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Magerramov, Elmar S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1977.04.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Qh4 h6 18. Qh5 Bc5 19. Nxd7 $146 (19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Ng4 Be4 21. Nxh6 gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Rd3 Bxd4 {½-½ (23) Geller,E (2620)-Tal,M (2615) Moscow 1976}) 19... Qxd7 20. c3 Qe7 21. Rf6 Be4 22. Bd3 Bxd4+ 23. cxd4 Bh7 24. Qh4 Ra7 25. Bxh7 Kxh7 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Qe4+ Kh8 28. Rf2 Rad7 29. Rfd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "World U17-ch03"] [Site "Cagnes sur Mer"] [Date "1977.09.15"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2323"] [Annotator "Kasparov,G/Primel,D"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1977.09.08"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"] {[%evp 0,80,29,40,46,49,46,37,54,43,22,21,87,41,63,34,58,38,58,43,40,34,47,28,40,12,29,26,39,0,8,19,8,-12,0,-28,-16,-3,0,-23,-27,-23,-43,-56,-46,-69,-46,-67,-68,-57,-53,-63,-54,-50,-55,-55,-36,-154,-174,-120,-140,-150,-142,-158,-164,-158,-125,-128,-148,-200,-162,-195,-208,-223,-228,-228,-228,-226,-232,-221,-221,-246,-238]} 1. e4 c5 {[%emt 2:30:00] Une partie importante pour le russe qui joue contre le leader du tournoi et il préfère opter pour une sicilienne plutôt qu'une Caro-Kann qui était son répertoire habituel à l'époque} 2. Nf3 e6 {The shedule for this swiss event was very demanding: A round in the evening, completion of adjourned games the following morning,the next round in the evening and so on throughout the tournament without a single free day ( Kasparov Part 1 1975 1985 p 84)} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 {[%emt 2:29:00]} 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Rd8 {[%emt 2:23:00]} (11... Re8 {La ligne moderne}) (11... Bd7 $142 {Yudovich: Plus souple}) 12. Qe1 (12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 $14) 12... Nxd4 (12... Na5 13. Rd1 Nc4 14. Bc1 Bd7 15. b3 Na5 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. Bf3 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Qe3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ne2 b4 23. Nd4 Qb6 24. Re1 Bb7 25. Nf5 Qxe3 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Rxe3 Kxe7 28. h3 Ne8 29. Red3 Ba6 30. Rd4 Rb8 31. e5 d5 32. Rxb4 Nc7 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Ba3+ Kd7 35. Rd1 Nb5 36. Bb2 Rc8 37. c4 Nc7 38. cxd5 Nxd5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Rxd5+ Ke8 41. Rd6 Bf1 42. Kg1 {Yanofsky, D-Kotov,A Saltsjobaden 1948 1/2-1/2}) 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5 $146 (14. Be3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Qg3 Ne8 17. Bh6 Kf8 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Bd3 Kg8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 g6 22. a5 Bxb2 23. Bb6 Qc8 24. Rae1 Be5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Qd7 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. c4 Rc8 29. h3 Rc5 30. Re1 Nd6 31. Qf6 Rxa5 32. Re7 Qd8 33. h4 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 {0-1 (34) Klovans,J-Ornstein,A Polanica Zdroj 1975}) (14. Bg1 $5 exf4 15. a5 {[%csl Gb6]} Re8 {Illustrant le problème de jouer ?d8} 16. Bb6) 14... dxe5 15. Be3 Be6 $11 {[%emt 2:17:00]} 16. Qg3 Qa5 {[%emt 1:56:00] Le russe est sorti de sa préparation et il commence à réfléchir} 17. Rad1 (17. Bh6 Ne8) (17. Bg5 Kf8 (17... Rac8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6) (17... Kh8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qh4 Rg8 21. Qxf6+ Rg7 22. Rf1 Rag8 $13) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 20. Qf3 $44) 17... Rxd1 $1 {[%emt 1:44:00]} 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bh6 g6 {[%emt 1:35:00]} 21. h3 Bb6 {[%emt 1:31:00]} 22. Be3 Bd4 $1 {[%emt 1:24:00] En cas d'échange des ? de cases Noires, les Noirs auront une très bonne finale avec un bon ?} 23. Qf2 Bxe3 {[%csl Re2,Ge6]} 24. Qxe3 Qb4 25. b3 Qd4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3]} 26. Qd3 Kg7 {[%csl Gg7,Rh1] Les Noirs ont le temps d'améliorer la position alors que les pièces Blanches sont très mal placées} 27. Bf1 Nh5 $36 {[%csl Rc3,Rh1,Gh5] Le ?c3 est hors-jeu pour défendre l'aile-roi} (27... Qf2 $5) 28. Qf3 Qd2 29. Qd3 Qf2 30. Kh2 Nf4 31. Qf3 Qxc2 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Qd2 34. Bc4 f5 35. Qg3 h6 36. d6 Qxd6 37. Qc3 Nh5 38. Be2 Nf6 39. Qc8 e4+ 40. Kh1 Qe7 {Après ce gain contre le leader, G KASPAROV revient à égalité avec ARNASON et WHITEHEAD avec 6,5/8} 0-1 [Event "World U17-ch03"] [Site "Cagnes sur Mer"] [Date "1977.09.17"] [Round "10"] [White "Santo Roman, Marc"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2000"] [BlackElo "2323"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1977.09.08"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 {Le futur Champion du Monde était fatigué en fin de tournoi car la différence d'âge commençait à se faire sentir et contre le toulousain, il ne va pas obtenir grand-chose dans cette partie} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 {Cette ligne était moins populaire à l'époque par rapport aux grandes lignes ?g5,?e2 ou ?c4} e6 (6... e5 {Davantage dans l'esprit de la Najdorf}) 7. a4 Nc6 (7... Be7) (7... b6) 8. Be2 {La partie a transposé dans la variante ?e2 de la Scheveningen} Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qe1 (11. Nb3 $5 {[%CAl Ga4a5]}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 (13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Qg3 Nd7 (15... Rfd8) 16. Bh6 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qe5 {[%CAl Ge5g7,Ge5g3]} 18. Bf4 Qc5 {Aurait peut-être entrainé une nulle rapide}) 13... dxe5 14. Be3 $146 {Une imprécision dans l'ordre de coups} (14. Qg3 $142 {[%CAl Gg3c7]} Re8 15. Kh1 Bd8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Rf2 Kh8 18. Raf1 Rc8 19. Bg5 Ng8 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Bg5 Qb6 22. Qh4 Ng8 23. Bxd8 Rexd8 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 f6 26. Nd5 Qxb2 27. c3 Qa3 28. Rf3 Qf8 29. Rb1 Rc4 30. Nb6 Rc7 31. Nd5 Rf7 32. c4 Qc5 33. Rh3 Qxc4 34. Qg6 h6 35. Qxf7 Qxe4 36. Rd1 Qxa4 37. Rhd3 Rd7 38. Qf8 Kh7 39. h3 a5 40. Nxf6+ Nxf6 41. Rxd7 {1-0 (41) Wahlbom,M-Hartston,W (2445) Haifa 1976}) 14... Be6 $11 15. Qg3 {Moins fort que 14.?g3} Rfd8 (15... Bc5 $5 {[%csl Rg1]} 16. Kh1 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rfd8 $132 (17... Rac8)) 16. Kh1 Qa5 17. Bg5 {[%CAl Gg3g8,Gg5f6,Gf1f6]} Kh8 18. Bd3 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 $5 {Force peut-être la nulle} gxf6 20. Qf2 Kg7 21. Qg3+ Kf8 22. Qh4 $44) 18... Rd7 19. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%CAl Gd3h7] La ?a5 est mal placée pour défendre l'aile-roi et le sacrifice de ? des blancs parait dangereux} Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qh3 (22. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 23. Qh4 {[%CAl Gh4f6,Gh4h7,Gd3h7]} e4 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Rf1 exd3 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qf6+) 22... e4 $1 23. Bxe4 Rh5 $132 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Bxb7 Bxb2 26. Rab1 Rh6 27. Qb3 {[%CAl Gb3b2,Gf1f7]} (27. Rxb2 $4 Qe5 {[%CAl Ge5b2,Ge5h2]}) (27. Qd5 $5 {La présence de couleurs opposées rend la position peu claire avec des chances réciproques tant que les pièces lourdes ne sont pas échangées.}) 27... Bd4 28. Rxf7 Rxh2+ $1 {[%CAl Ga5h5,Gh5f7]} 29. Kxh2 Qh5+ 30. Qh3 Qxf7 31. Bxa6 {[%csl Ga4]} g6 32. Rf1 Qc7+ 33. Kh1 Re8 34. Bd3 {[%CAl Gd3g6]} Kg7 35. g4 Re3 36. Rf3 Qb7 $1 {[%CAl Gb7h1]} 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Bf1 Qe4 39. g5 $1 Qxc2+ 40. Kh1 Bc5 {La partie est ajournée dans une position compliquée} 41. Qd7+ Re7 42. Qd8 Rf7 {... le bulletin ne donne ni la suite de la partie ni le nombre de coups.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "URS-ch46 Semifinal"] [Site "Daugavpils"] [Date "1978.06.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Korsunsky, Rostislav R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1978.06.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Qe1 b5 11. a3 O-O 12. Qg3 Qc7 13. Kh1 Rab8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 b4 20. axb4 f6 21. Qc5 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Nb3 Bb5 24. Kg1 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Rc8 26. Nc3 Rc6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Ra2 g5 29. Nc1 Rf4+ 30. Ke2 Rg4 31. g3 h5 32. Nd3 Rgc4 33. Ke3 h4 34. Ne4 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rb6 36. c3 Rc8 37. Ndc5 f5 38. Nxg5+ Kg6 39. Nd7 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Rxc3+ 41. Kd4 Rxg3 42. Nxe6 f4 43. Nxf4+ Kf5 44. Nd3 a5 45. Rb5+ Ke6 46. N7c5+ Kf7 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. Ne6 a4 49. Ndf4 a3 50. Ra7 a2 51. Rxa2 Rg1 52. Ke5 1-0 [Event "Azerbaijan tt"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Sokolov, Andrei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1978.11.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Kh1 Bf8 12. Nf3 b6 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Qe1 Bb7 15. Qh4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nd7 17. Qg3 Nc5 18. Rad1 f5 19. Bd4 Nb3 20. Bg1 g6 21. Rfe1 Bg7 22. d4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. exf5 b4 25. Nb5 gxf5 26. d5 Qd7 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. dxe6 Qf8 29. Ng5 Na5 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Bc5 Rae8 32. Bxb4 Qf6 33. Bxe7 Rxe7 34. Rd8+ Bf8 35. Ne4+ Qg6 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nd7 Qxg3 38. hxg3 Bc6 39. Nxf8 Nb7 40. Rb8 Nd6 41. Rb6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch46 Final"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1978.12.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1978.12.01"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Bf2 Bf8 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Qe2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Bb4 19. Rad1 Nf8 20. Rf1 Ng6 21. Ne4 Nxe5 22. Bh5 Ng6 23. Ng5 e5 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rxf7 Qc6 26. Bxe5 Rb7 27. Qf2 Bg4 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Qh4 Bh5 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Bc5 32. b4 Bf8 33. Rf7 Qc8 34. Qf4 a5 35. h4 1-0 [Event "Banja Luka"] [Site "Banja Luka"] [Date "1979.04.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Sibarevic, Milenko"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1979.04.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qe1 (11. a4 Qc7 12. Nb3 b6 13. Bf3 Rab8 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Nd2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. e5 Ne8 18. Qf2 Nc6 19. Nb3 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Ra7 Qc8 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. Qg3 Nxf3 24. Bh6 g6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Qxf3 $14) 11... b5 12. a3 Qb8 13. Qg3 (13. Rd1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Bc6 $11) 13... b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Rfd1 Qxb2 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd4 Qb7 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qc8 21. Rd4 (21. Rb6 g6 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rd6 Bxg2+) 21... g6 22. Rc4 Qe8 23. f5 (23. Rb6 Bb5 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Rc7 Nd7 26. Bxb5 Nxe5) 23... exf5 24. Rb6 Rc8 (24... Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27. Bc4 $18) (24... Bb5 25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 $18) 25. Rxa6 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bd4 (27. Bb2 $1) 27... Qb5 28. Rxc8 Qb1+ 29. Bg1 Rxc8 30. Qe5 Bc5 31. Ra1 Qxc2 32. Bxc5 $2 (32. Bf1 Bxg1 33. Kxg1 Qc5+ $19) 32... Qxe2 0-1 [Event "Banja Luka"] [Site "Banja Luka"] [Date "1979.04.25"] [Round "15"] [White "Adorjan, Andras"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1979.04.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Bb7 (15... Nxe5 16. Qg3 f6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxf6 Rxf6 19. Bxe5) 16. Nf6+ Kh8 (16... gxf6 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. exf6 Qxg3 19. fxe7+ Qg7 20. exf8=Q+) 17. Qh4 h6 18. Qh3 Rad8 (18... Nxe5 19. Nd7 Bd6 20. Rf6 Kg8 21. Rxh6 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Qxd7 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Bxd6 Rf7 25. Bg4) 19. Qd3 Nxf6 (19... gxf6 20. exf6 (20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Qg3+ Kh7 22. Bd3+ f5 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Bxf5+ Kh8 25. e6+) 20... Bd6 21. Qe3 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Rg6 25. Bd3 Rg5 26. Qh3) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 e5 22. Qf5 (22. Qh3 exd4 23. Rxh6+ gxh6 24. Qxh6+ $11) 22... exd4 (22... Rxd4 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Bd3 g6 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Qxf8+ Kh7 27. Qf6 Qg7 28. Qb6 Bc8 29. Bxg6+ Qxg6 30. Qc7+) 23. Bd3 g6 24. Qf2 Kg7 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Bc4 Rd7 (27... Qe3 28. Qxe3 dxe3 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxf7+ Kh8 31. Kf1 Be4 32. Ke2 Bxc2 33. Kxe3 $11) 28. Be6 Rd6 (28... fxe6 29. Rxf8 e5 30. Qg3) (28... Rc7 $2 29. Qxd4) 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Rf6+ Kg7 33. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "URS-ch47 Final"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.12.??"] [Round "17"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [PlyCount "41"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Qe1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qg3 Bd8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Bg5 Ng8 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bg5 Ng8 21. Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "World U20-ch19"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1980.08.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Gerbert, Philipp"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "1980.08.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Qe2 Re8 15. e5 Qc7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Ne4 d5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Rac8 20. c3 Qc4 21. Qh5 Re7 22. b4 b6 23. Rf3 a5 24. b5 Qe2 25. Qh4 Qe4 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Re3 Nc5 28. Ra3 Rd7 29. Kg1 Rd5 30. Kf1 Nd7 31. Rxe4 Rc4 32. Re3 Nc5 33. Ke2 Nxa4 34. Kd3 Nb2+ 35. Ke4 Rxb5 36. Re1 f6 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Kf3 Nd3 39. Re3 Nxe5+ 40. Bxe5 Rxe5 41. Rxe5 fxe5 42. Rb3 Kf7 43. Rxb6 Rxc3+ 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. Rb7 Rc4+ 46. Kf3 h5 47. Rh7 a4 48. Rh6+ Kg5 49. Rxe6 Kf5 50. Ra6 Rc3+ 51. Kf2 Ra3 52. Rh6 Kg5 53. Re6 Kf4 54. g3+ Ke4 55. Rh6 Ra2+ 56. Kg1 a3 57. Rxh5 Rb2 0-1 [Event "World-ch30-KK1 Karpov-Kasparov +5-3=40"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1984.09.24"] [Round "5"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1984.09.10"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "48"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. a4 Re8 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qd3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Ba7 Rbc8 17. Be3 Qc4 18. a5 h6 19. h3 Bf8 20. Bd2 Qd4 21. Be3 Qb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch30-KK1 Karpov-Kasparov +5-3=40"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.01.23"] [Round "45"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1984.09.10"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "48"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Be3 Bd7 17. a5 Rac8 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Qd3 Qd8 20. Rfd1 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bf8 22. Bf3 Qe7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Nxe4 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Nxe4 Rce6 28. Kg1 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rd1 g5 31. Rd5 h6 32. c3 Re6 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. g4 b6 35. h3 Kg6 36. Kf3 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch31-KK2 Kasparov-Karpov +5-3=16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.09.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "1985.09.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Qf2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. f5 Bc4 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. Rfc1 d5 20. b3 Bb4 21. Na2 Ba3 22. bxc4 Bxc1 23. Nxc1 Qxc4 24. exd5 e4 25. Be2 Qxc2 26. Qd4 Rbc8 27. h3 e3 28. d6 Qd2 29. Nd3 Qxe2 30. d7 Nxd7 31. Qxd7 Qd2 32. Re1 e2 33. Kg1 a5 34. g3 Qh6 35. Bf2 Qc6 36. Qxc6 Rxc6 37. Rb1 Rc4 38. Rxb7 Rxa4 39. Be1 Ra3 40. Rd7 a4 41. Kf2 Rb3 42. Nc1 Rb1 43. Na2 Ra8 44. Re7 Rb2 45. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 46. Kxe2 Re8+ 47. Kf2 h5 48. Bc3 Rb8 49. Bb4 Rd8 50. Ke2 a3 51. Bc3 f6 52. Bb4 Kf7 53. Nc3 Rb8 54. Na2 Rb5 55. g4 Rb8 56. Kd3 Rd8+ 57. Kc4 Rd1 58. Bxa3 Ra1 59. Kb3 Rh1 60. gxh5 Rxh3+ 61. Nc3 Rf3 62. Bc1 Rxf5 63. h6 g6 64. Ne4 Rh5 65. Bb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch31-KK2 Kasparov-Karpov +5-3=16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.09.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1985.09.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bg1 Rb8 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nb3 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Qd3 Be6 19. f5 Bd7 20. Ra3 Qa5 21. Rb3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Bc6 24. Bf3 Rab8 25. c4 Qa8 26. Bg5 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Ra3 Qc6 30. b4 h5 31. Na7 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Rxb4 33. Qf3 Rxc4 34. Qxh5 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch31-KK2 Kasparov-Karpov +5-3=16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.10.22"] [Round "18"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1985.09.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Bf2 Bc8 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. e5 Rbd8 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. Be4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch31-KK2 Kasparov-Karpov +5-3=16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.11.09"] [Round "24"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1985.09.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. g4 Bc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qf2 Bf8 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. Rad1 g6 20. Bc1 Rbc8 21. Rd3 Nb4 22. Rh3 Bg7 23. Be3 Re7 24. Kg1 Rce8 25. Rd1 f5 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Rg3 Rf7 28. Bxb6 Qb8 29. Be3 Nh5 30. Rg4 Nf6 31. Rh4 g5 32. fxg5 Ng4 33. Qd2 Nxe3 34. Qxe3 Nxc2 35. Qb6 Ba8 36. Rxd6 Rb7 37. Qxa6 Rxb3 38. Rxe6 Rxb2 39. Qc4 Kh8 40. e5 Qa7+ 41. Kh1 Bxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Nd4+ 0-1 [Event "SWIFT-Chess World Championship"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "1987.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. g5 b6 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Bg2 Bf8 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. f5 Qc4 19. g6 hxg6 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Qf2 Nf6 22. Qg3 e5 23. Qxg6 Qe6 24. Rae1 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bg5 Nh7 27. Qxe6+ Rxe6 28. Be3 Ree8 29. Rf2 Nf6 30. Bg5 b4 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Rc5 33. Rd2 Rc4 34. Re4 Rec8 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Bh3 Bc8 37. Be6+ Bxe6 38. dxe6 Rc7 39. Kg2 Kh7 40. Rf2 Be7 41. Be3 Kg6 42. Kg3 Bf6 43. h4 d5 44. Kg4 Rc4+ 45. Kh3 Rc6 46. Kg4 Rxe6 47. Bg5 Bxg5 48. hxg5 e4 49. Rd2 e3 50. Re2 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Kxg5 52. Rg2+ Kf6 53. Ke2 g5 54. Rh2 g4 55. Rh8 Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kh4 57. Rd8 g3 58. Kf3 Kh3 59. Rh8+ Rh4 60. Rg8 Kh2 61. Rxg3 Re4 62. Rg2+ Kh3 63. Re2 Rc4 64. Kxe3 Kg4 65. Kd3 Kf4 66. Re1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Optiebeurs"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Van der Wiel, John"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1988.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 007"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxb7 Rcd8 20. Bf4 Qa5 21. Qe2 Bc8 22. Bc6 Rf8 23. Bf3 Qb4 24. Bc7 Rd7 25. Be5 Bb7 26. a5 Rfd8 27. Ra4 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Qc5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rh4 f5 31. Rh3 Qc4 32. g4 f4 33. g5 Rd4 34. Rf2 Bxg5 35. Qg4 f6 36. Rhf3 Kh8 37. Rg2 Rd2 38. h4 Rxg2 39. Kxg2 Bh6 40. Kh3 Rg8 41. Qh5 Qc6 42. Kh2 Bf8 43. Rf2 f5 44. Qe2 Rg4 0-1 [Event "URS-ch55"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Ehlvest, Jaan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4 Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 $5 12. Nb3 (12. Nf5) (12. Nf3 $5) 12... Nb4 13. Qf2 $5 (13. Qd2 $13) 13... Nxc2 14. Bb6 Qb8 $8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. fxe5 Nd7 (16... dxe5 17. Nd5 (17. Nc5 $2 Nd4 18. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 fxe6 $17) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Bd6 (18... Nd7 19. Bd3 Nxb6 20. Qxb6 Nb4 21. d6 $1 $13) 19. Qh4 $44) 17. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nb4 19. Rdd1 Nxe5 (19... Nxb6 20. Qxb6 Nc6 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. g3 $10) 20. Nd4 g6 21. Ba5 Nbc6 22. Bc3 $44 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qa7 24. Kh1 Rac8 (24... Nc6 $2 25. Bc4) 25. Bd1 Qb6 26. a5 Qd8 27. Rb4 (27. Rd5 $1 $13) 27... Nd3 28. Qd4 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Nxb4 30. cxb4 $10 {?} d5 $1 31. Bb3 (31. exd5 Qd6 $15) 31... dxe4 32. Qxe4 Qd7 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Bxd5 Bxb4 35. Bxb7 Bxa5 36. Bxa6 h5 37. Bc4 Kg7 38. Ra1 Bb6 39. Rb1 Rd8 40. g3 Rd6 41. Be2 Bc7 42. Rc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1988.10.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Sokolov, Andrei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1988.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bg1 Rb8 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. g4 Bc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Bf8 18. Qf3 Na5 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh3 Rbc8 22. f5 Ne5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rf4 Qe7 25. Raf1 Bg7 26. Rh4 Bh8 27. Bd4 Nac4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. Be3 Rcc8 30. Bc1 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rhf4 b4 33. Na2 Ba6 34. Rd1 b3 35. cxb3 Be2 36. Rd2 Qxg5 37. Qe3 Bh5 38. Rf8+ Rxf8 39. Qxg5 Ng4 40. Nc3 Be5 41. h3 Bf4 42. Qe7 Rce8 43. Qd7 Ne3 44. Rf2 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "1989.03.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "1989.03.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 a6 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Re8 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. g4 Bc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qf2 Bf8 18. h4 {Bulletin: 'N'} (18. Bg2 {? ?f2-h4, ?f1-f3-h3 Karpov,An-Kasparov,G/Wch-Moscow (24)/1985/0-1/42/} Bb7 19. Rad1 g6 20. Bc1 Rbc8 {? 20...?c5!} 21. Rd3 Nb4 22. Rh3 Bg7 $6 {? 22...f5!?} 23. Be3 $2 (23. f5 $1 $16) 23... Re7 $1 24. Kg1 Rce8 25. Rd1 $1 f5 $1 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Rg3 Rf7 28. Bxb6 Qb8 29. Be3 Nh5 30. Rg4 Nf6 31. Rh4 g5 $1 32. fxg5 Ng4 $5 {32...?xe4!?} 33. Qd2 Nxe3 34. Qxe3 Nxc2 35. Qb6 $1 Ba8 $1 36. Rxd6 $2 {? 36.?xb8 ?xb8 37.?h3!} Rb7 37. Qxa6 Rxb3 38. Rxe6 Rxb2 39. Qc4 Kh8 40. e5 $2 {? 40.?xe8 ?} Qa7+ 41. Kh1 Bxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Nd4+ {0-1 ?Karpov,An-Kasparov,G/Wch-Moscow/1989/}) 18... Bb7 {'!?' Bulletin. Bulletin: '18...g6!?'} 19. h5 Na5 20. Rad1 (20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Nxa5 Ba8 $44) 20... Nc4 21. Bc1 Rbc8 {'?!' Bulletin.} (21... Ba8 {? ...b6-b5-b4}) (21... g6 {? ...?f8-g7}) 22. Bg2 Nc5 23. Nd4 d5 {'?!' Bulletin.} (23... e5 $5 24. Nf5 Ne6 25. fxe5 dxe5 $13) 24. e5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. b3 {'?' Bulletin.} (26. Qe2 Red8 27. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 28. Qxe4 Rd5 29. Ne2 $14 {? ?e2-g3-e4}) 26... Na5 27. Be3 g6 {'!' Bulletin.} 28. Rd2 Red8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qh4 Nc6 {'!' Bulletin.} 31. c3 Ne7 32. c4 Rxd4 {'!' Bulletin.} 33. Bxd4 Nf5 34. Qh3 Kg7 {'!' Bulletin. Bulletin: '? ...?f8-b4, ?c8-h8'} 35. Qc3 a5 36. c5 Nxd4 37. Rxd4 Bxc5 38. Rc4 Rh8+ 39. Bh3 e3+ 40. Kh2 Qc6 41. Qc2 Ba6 42. Kg3 Bxc4 43. Qxc4 Qd7 44. Bg4 Qd2 45. Be2 Rd8 {'-+' Bulletin.} 46. Rc1 Rd4 47. Qc2 Qb4 48. Qc3 Rxf4 49. Qxb4 Rxb4 50. Bc4 Be7 51. Kf3 Bxg5 52. Ra1 Kf8 53. Ra2 Ke7 54. Rg2 e2 55. Rxe2 b5 56. Bxb5 Rxb3+ 57. Kg4 Be3 58. Rc2 Bd4 59. Kf4 Rh3 60. Rc8 Rh4+ 61. Kg3 Rh8 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2800"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1991.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 e6 8. Bf3 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2 b5 16. a3 a5 17. Qe2 Rab8 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Rd3 e5 21. Be3 exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne5 23. Rh3 Bd7 24. Nd5 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Rd3 a4 27. h4 Rbc8 28. h5 Bg4 29. Bf3 Bxf3+ 30. Rdxf3 Rxe4 31. Nc3 d5 32. Nxb5 d4 33. Rd1 Ne5 34. Rff1 Rxc2 35. Nxd4 Rc4 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Nf3 Re8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "90"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Na5 15. b3 Rec8 16. Nde2 Be8 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd6 Qb6 21. e5 Be7 22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Qd3 Rd8 24. Qe4 Qc5 25. Na2 Bd2 26. c3 a5 27. Nac1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Rac8 29. Ng3 Nb4 30. Rcd1 Qxc3 31. Qxb7 Qxb3 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qc7 Rd4 34. Ne4 Qd3 35. Rg1 Rxe4 36. Qc8 Kf8 37. Qc5+ Kg8 38. Qe7 g6 39. Qxe8+ Kg7 40. Bxe4 Qxe4 41. Rf1 Nd3 42. Qb5 Qe3 43. h3 Nf2+ 44. Kh2 Qxf4+ 45. Kg1 Nxh3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-30"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1992.06.22"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Psakhis, Lev"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1992.06.08"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Israel"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 11th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 034"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O Qc7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Qf2 Nb4 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20. Rfc1 Qxf2 21. Nxf2 d5 22. Bd2 a5 23. g3 Bc5 24. Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rc2 b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.06.22"] [Round "2.2"] [White "De Firmian, Nick E"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1995.06.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.09.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15. g3 Rfd8 16. Bg2 Nc5 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. f5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. g4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. h3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. f6 Be8 26. fxg7 b4 27. Nd1 Qc5 28. b3 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rd2 Ra1 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Nxf2 Rc1 33. Kg3 Kxg7 34. Kf4 h6 35. Nd1 Kf6 36. Ne3 Ke7 37. Bf1 Bd7 38. h4 Ra1 39. g5 Ng6+ 40. Kg4 hxg5 41. Kxg5 Ne5 42. Kf4 f6 43. h5 Nf7 44. Kg3 Ra8 45. Rd4 Rg8+ 46. Kf2 Rb8 47. Be2 Ng5 48. Bf3 Nxf3 49. Kxf3 Rh8 50. Rxb4 Rxh5 51. Rb7 Kd8 52. Rb8+ Bc8 53. Nc4 Kc7 54. Ra8 d5 55. exd5 exd5 56. Na5 Rh2 57. c3 Rh3+ 58. Kf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"] [PlyCount "54"] [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"] {Verhaltener Auftakt bei der Schachprofiweltmeisterschaft in New York. Die diesjährige Schachweltmeisterschaft ist vom Rahmen her sicherlich die spektakulärste überhaupt.Gespielt wird in einer schalldichten Glaskabine auf der Aussichtsplattform( im 107.Stock) des nach dem Bombenanschlag erst kürzlich wiedereröffneten Worl Trade Centers.Die ca. 1000 Zuschauern können die Partie mit Hilfe von computergesteurten Demonstrationsbrettern und großmeisterlichen Livekommentaren, gut afbereitet verfolgen.Im Gegensatz zum Rahmen gestaltete sich die erste Begegnung der beiden Kontrahenten eher nüchtern.Wie zwei Boxer,die sich inder ersten Runde noch beschuppern müssen,blieben beide Spieler auf Distanz,und einigten verhältnismäßig früh auf Remis. Wie bei solchen Anläßen durchaus nicht unüblich, eröffnete der Schirmherr Mr.Giuliani, Bürgermeister von New York,die Veranstaltung,indem er den ersten Zug eigenhändig ausführte. Unüblich war es allerding,diesen Zug vorher nicht mit dem betreffenden Spieler abzusprechen. Wohl ein wenig ungläubig mußte das indische Wunderkind dabei zusehen,wie plötzlich statt seines geliebten Königsbauerns der Damenläuferbauer zwei Schritte nach vorne tat.Da es hier um die höchsten schachlichen Ehren ging,konnte auch ein so liebenswürdiger und toleranter Mensch wie Anand dies nicht auf sich beruhen lassen. Kurzerhand nahm er den Zug des Bürgermeisters zurück,und zog seinerseits..} 1. e4 {Wahls} c5 {Die Sizilianische Eröffnung.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Soweit keine Überraschung.Die Najdorf-Variante ist seit Jahrzehnten die Lieblingswaffe Kasparovs gegen 1.e4.Der Ausgang des Kampfes hängt m.M. nach sehr stark davon ab,ob es Anand im Laufe des Matches gelingen wird,den Weltmeister in diesem soliden System unter Druck zu setzen.} 6. Be2 {Wie schon Karpov beim WM-Kampf 1985 in Moskau,so wählt auch Anand diese verhältnismäßig positionelle Fortsetzung.Es stellt sich ernsthaft die Frage,ob man den Weltmeister damit gefährden kann.Karpov jedenfalls schien zu resignieren,und konvertierte in späteren Kämpfen mit Kasparov zu 1.d4.} e6 {Kasparov unterläßt den Najdorf-typischen Zug 6..e5.Durch Zugumstellung ist die Scheveninger Variante entstanden.} 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Qd2 {Less common than 12.Qe1 or 12. Bf3. The text has been used by one of Anand's seconds, former U.S. Champion Patrick Wolff.} Bd7 {Neben der Partiefortsetzung werden hier auch die Züge 12..Sa5,12..Sd4 und12..Tb8 gespielt.} 13. Rad1 {Die Hauptfortsetzung ist 13.Sb3.} (13. Bf3 Rab8 14. Qf2 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qa5 17. g4 {King-Mainka,G Dortmund II (9) 1987}) 13... Rad8 {Played after 30 minutes thought. 30 Minuten brauchte Kasparov für diesen Zug.} (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Qc4 {Sznapik,A-Wojtkiewicz,A Poland match 1991} (16. Bf3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 exf4 {- A Sznapik-Ftacnik L/EU-chT Haifa 1989 ½-½ Sznapik,A-Ftacnik,L ,Haifa 1989}) (16. Qc4 {Wahls} Qxc4 17. Bxc4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Bb3 h6 20. Be3 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Bf8 22. Bb6 Rd7 23. Rd4 Re6 24. a5 g6 25. Rc4 Bg7 26. g3 Kh7 27. Kg2 g5 28. b4 Kg6 29. h3 Rde7 30. Bd8 Re8 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Nd5 Bg7 33. Re1 Re5 34. g4 Rxd5 {0-1 Sznapik,A-Wojtkiewicz,A ,Warschau 1991})) 14. Nb3 {(1:52) Dieser Zug ist neu.Bekannt war bisher} (14. Bf3 Na5 15. Qe1 Nc4 16. Bc1 e5 17. Nde2 b5 {Wolff,P-De Boer,G.J Wijk aan Zee op(12) 1993} (17... b5 {Wahls} 18. b3 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Qd1 b4 23. Na2 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nxe4 25. Rd4 Nc3 26. Naxc3 bxc3 27. Rxd6 Qa7 28. Rd3 Rbc8 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Be6 31. Nb5 Qa5 32. Nc7 Re7 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34. Qd2 Qa3 35. h3 Qb2 36. Qd3 Re7 37. Be3 Nd7 38. Bd4 Qa3 {1-0 (59)})) 14... Bc8 {(1:22)} (14... d5 {Wahls} 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. a5 Bb4 18. Bb6 Bxd2 (18... Qxb6 19. axb6 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 $16) 19. Bxc7 $16) 15. Bf3 b6 {(1:03)} 16. Qf2 {(1:18)} Nd7 {(1:05)} 17. Nd4 {(1:09 Here the aggresive looking 17.g4 would be strongly met by 17...Bf6, threatening to destroy White's Q-side with ...Bf3. Another sharp try was 17.e5. After 17... dxe5 White has two tries but neither need worry Black!} (17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxd7 (18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. fxe5 f5 (19... Nxe5 $2 20. Bd4 f6 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Qf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxf8#) 20. Nd4 Qc4 (20... Qc4 21. Qg3 Nxe5 $1)) (18. f5 Nc5 $1) 18... Bxd7 (18... Qxd7 {Wahls} 19. Bxb6 Bb7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. fxe5 Rf8 $44 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. b3 Qc7) 19. Bxb6 Qb8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. fxe5 Rf8 {Black's two bishop offer excellent compensation.}) (17. Qg3 $5 {Wahls} Bb7 18. Rd2 {is auch nicht von der Hand zu weisen.}) 17... Bb7 {(1:05)} 18. Bh5 {(0:58) Ein Nadelstich.Weiß attackiert den schwächsten Punkt im schwarzen Lager,und droht den schwarzen König mittels des doppelten Figurenopfers auf f7 und e6 ins Zentrum zu ziehen,wo er den weißen Figuren schutzlos ausgeliefert wäre.18..Sf6?! könnte durch das ruhige 19.Sc6 Dc6 20.Lf3 Sd7 21.f5! mit weißem Vorteil,oder sogar durch die Figureneinschläge auf f7,bzw.e6 beantwortet werden.} Rf8 {(0:55) Kasparov reagiert umsichtig.Der neuralgische Punkt f7 wird überdeckt.} 19. Qg3 {(0:49)} Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bf6 {(0:51 Black's last three moves have effectively neutralized any prospects of White launching a kingside attack.} 21. Be2 {A good move according to GM John Fedorowicz, one of the guest commentators. The Bishop retreat ties Black down to the defense of the a6 pawn (no...Bc6-Qd7) and prepares to redeploy on the f1-a6 diagonal. It may look a little funny to see the Bishop go to h5 on move nineteen and then retreat three moves later, but there is sense to it. Remember, Kasparov had to undevelop his Rook to f8.} e5 {(0:38) Die bedrohliche weiße Bauernphalanx wird zestört.} 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qf2 {(0:40)} Nc5 $5 {(0:34) A sharp way to play the position. } 24. Bf3 {Criticized by Kasparov in the post-mortem. The World Champion preferred} (24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 (25... Qxd8 26. a5) 26. Bc4 Nxe4 27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Rd4 (28... Kh8 {Instead} 29. Rxb7 Nxc3 30. h3 (30. Kg1 Nxa4 31. Bxa6 Nxb2 32. Rxb6) 30... Nxa4 31. b3 b5 {holds the draw.}) 29. Bb3 (29. Ba2 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Bd5 $1 (30... Rxa4 $2 31. Bb3)) 29... Nxc3 30. Rxb7+ (30. bxc3 {Wahls} Bd5 $1) 30... Kf8 31. h3 Nxa4 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rxg7 {with a big edge for White.}) 24... Rfe8 (24... a5 {intending Qe7-g5. The text though natural, weakens f7 in some variations.}) 25. h3 a5 26. Rfe1 {(0:22)} Bc6 27. b3 {(0:22)} h6 {The position is balanced. One possible line is Das Remisangebot Kasparovs konnte Anand natürlich nicht ablehnen.Er steht aufgrund des eingeschränkten Läufers f3 eher ein wenig schlechter. Das Remisangebot Kasparovs konnte Anand natürlich nicht ablehnen.Er steht aufgrund des eingeschränkten Läufers f3 eher ein wenig schlechter.} (27... Qe7 28. Re2 Qg5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Red2 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "72"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {The classical Scheveningen is actually more interesting and unexplored than generally acknowledged.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {This position arose several times in the 1985 match between Kasparov and Karpov. Needless to say, I had made a thorough study of these games for this match.} 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 $1 {This move is much stronger than 14.?f3. The ? can still go to g3 in two moves if necessary, but Black must now deal with ?b6.} Bc6 $6 {Later, Kasparov played the correct 14...?ac8.} 15. Bb6 Qc8 $5 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Bd4 Nc5 $5 {Very ambitious. Black is forcing White to take a shot at him on the kingside since normal moves leave White a bit worse.} 18. Qg3 f6 (18... Bf8 $2 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Nbxd3 21. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 (21... Qxf5 22. Nh4 Re3 23. Nxf5 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg7 $16) 22. f6 Ne6 23. cxd3 $16) (18... g6 19. Rad1 $14) 19. e5 $1 {This gives White an almost decisive advantage. This move cost me 23 minutes and I spent almost all of it on 19...dxe5.} (19. Bxc5 Nxd3 $1 (19... dxc5 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. Nc4 Nxd3 22. Nb6 Qb8 23. cxd3 Ra7 24. Qh3 {? 25.f5?}) 20. Bxd6 Nxb2 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 $132) 19... Rf8 $1 {During my 25-minute think before e5, he must have realised that 18...dxe5 loses.} (19... dxe5 20. Bxh7+ $1 {This I had calculated before playing e4-e5. Anything else leaves White much worse, of course.} (20. fxe5 $2 f5 $1 $15) 20... Kxh7 21. fxe5 Nxc2 (21... f5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 (22... Bxf3 23. Bxe7 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 $18) 23. Ng5+ Kg8 (23... Kh6 24. Qh4+ Kg6 25. Qh7+ Kxg5 26. Qxg7+ Kh5 27. Qh7+ Kg5 28. h4+ Kg4 29. Qg6+ Kxh4 30. Rf4#) 24. Qh4 $18 {?}) 22. Qh4+ (22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 (23. Ng5+ $2 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 (24. Rf7 Nxd4) 24... Qc7) 23... gxf6 24. Qh4+ (24. Ng5+ $2 fxg5 25. Rf7+ Kg6 26. Raf1 Qd8) 24... Kg7 25. Ne5 $1 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Ne3+ 27. Kh1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 {mate in 5}) 22... Kg6 (22... Kg8 23. exf6 Nxd4 24. f7+ $1 Kxf7 (24... Kf8 25. Qh8+ Kxf7 26. Ne5#) 25. Ng5+ Kg6 (25... Kg8 26. Qh7#) 26. Qh7+ Kxg5 27. h4+ Kg4 28. Qg6+ Kxh4 29. Rf4#) 23. Qg4+ (23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ (24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Ne5+ Bxe5 26. Qg4+ Kh6) 24... Kh6 (24... Kh7 25. Ng5+ $1 $18) 25. Bxc5 (25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nh4 Bxg2+ $1 27. Nxg2 Bg5 $1 28. Rad1) 25... Bxc5 26. Ne5 $1 $18) 23... Kh6 (23... Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. exf6 $18) (23... Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. exf6 $18 Bxf6 (25... Nxd4 26. f7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kxf7 28. Ne5#) (25... Bxf3 26. f7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kxf7 28. Qxg7#) (25... gxf6 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Ng5 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 $18) 26. Ng5 $18 Bxg2+ $5 27. Kxg2 Qc6+ 28. Kh3 e5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rxf6+ $3 $18) 24. exf6 $1 (24. Nh4 g5 $8) 24... Bxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Bxc5 $1) 25. Bxf6 (25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qd7) 25... gxf6 26. Ne5 $1 $18) 20. Bxc5 $2 {What a pity! Having spent so much time on 19...dxe5, I hadn't considered thiis move.} (20. exf6 $1 Rxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Ng5+ {Amazingly, I had seen this in my calculations. Unfortunately, I didn't linger long enough to realize how strong White's attack is. The variations are quite pretty.} Bxg5 (22... Kg6 23. f5+ $1 exf5 24. Nge4+ Kh7 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rf4 $18) (22... Kg8 23. Qh4 Bxg5 24. fxg5 Qe8 (24... Rf5 25. g6 e5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh5 $18) 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (25... Qxf8 26. g6 $18) 26. Rf1+ Kg8 (26... Ke7 27. g6+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Qxf7 (28... Kc8 29. Bxg7 $18) 29. gxf7 $18) 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rf6 $1 $40 (29. g6 Qe7 30. Rf7 Qxf7 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh4+ Kf7 (33... Ke5 $5 34. Qg5+ Kd4 35. Qf4+ Ne4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. c3+ Kd3 38. cxb4 Rg8 $1 39. Qxd6+ Bd5) (33... Kf5 34. Qxb4 Rg8 35. Ne2 $1 $16) 34. Qxb4 Rg8 $132)) 23. fxg5 $1 Qe8 (23... Kg8 24. g6 $40) (23... Kg6 24. Rf6+ $1 gxf6 25. gxf6+ Kh5 $1 $8 26. Qh3+ (26. Be3 $4 Bxg2+ $3 (26... Rg8 27. Qh3+ Kg6 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Kxf6 30. Rf1+) 27. Kg1 (27. Kxg2 Rg8) (27. Qxg2 Qc6) 27... Rg8) 26... Kg5 $8 27. Rf1 $1 $18 (27. Be3+ Kxf6 $8 28. Rf1+ Kg7 $1 $8 (28... Ke7 29. Bg5+ Ke8 (29... Kd7 30. Qh7+) 30. Qh5+ $1) 29. Bh6+ (29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qh4+ Kg8 $10) 29... Kg6 $8 30. Bxf8 Qxf8 $8 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Rxf8 (32. Qh5+ $2 Kg8 $17) 32... Rxf8 33. Qh4+ Kg6 34. Qg4+ $1 Kh6 $10 (34... Kf7 35. Qxb4 Rg8 $13))) (23... Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qe8 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rf6 $1 $16 (28. g6 Qe7 29. Rf7 Qxf7 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ Kf7 33. Qxb4 Rg8 $1 34. Qf4+ Ke7 35. Qh4+ Kf7 36. Qf2+ Ke7 $10)) 24. Rxf8 Qxf8 25. g6+ Kg8 (25... Kh6 26. Be3+) 26. Qh3 $18) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 $16) 20... dxc5 {Kasparov later explained that he was so relieved after 22.?xc5 that he didn't want to speculate any more.} (20... Nxd3 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. cxd3 $44) 21. Bc4 Bd5 $1 {Simple} (21... Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxc2 $2 23. f5 Nd4 24. fxe6 $1 Nxf3 25. Nd5 (25. gxf3) 25... Qd8 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. e7 $1 Bxe7 28. Nc7+ $1 (28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. Qh3+ Qh4) 28... Kh8 29. Ne6 Qd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Qc7 $16) (21... f5 $14) 22. Nxd5 exd5 $8 (22... Nxd5 23. f5 $1 $16) 23. Bb3 c4 24. Ba4 Nc6 25. c3 (25. Rae1 $1 Nxa5 (25... fxe5 26. Nxe5 $1 Bb4 (26... Nxe5 27. Rxe5 $16) (26... Bf6 27. Qf3 $1) 27. c3 Bxa5 {Black shouldn't be worse here.}) 26. c3 $44) (25. Rad1 fxe5 $1 26. fxe5 Qe6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Nd4 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Ne6 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bb4 32. Nc7 Rd8 33. e6 d4 $132) 25... fxe5 26. Nxe5 (26. fxe5 $1 Nxa5 27. Bc2 Nc6 $13 {This position didn't seem so clear to me at the time, but perhaps it was worth a try anyway, since White doesn't really run a lot of risk.}) 26... Nxe5 27. fxe5 Qe6 28. Bc2 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qf4 g6 32. Bd1 Qf7 33. Qd4 $1 {? 34.?f3} (33. Qxf7+ $4 {Not very bright.} Kxf7 34. Bg4 Bc5 $1 (34... Bh6 35. Bc8 Bc1 36. Bxb7 Ke6 37. Bxa6 Kxe5 (37... Bxb2 $2 38. Bc8+ Kxe5 39. a6 d4 $8 40. a7 (40. cxd4+ Bxd4 41. Bd7 Ke4 $17) 40... dxc3 41. a8=Q c2 42. Qb8+ $18) 38. Bb7) 35. Bc8 b6 (35... d4 $2 36. cxd4 Bxd4 37. Bxb7) 36. axb6 Bxb6 37. Bxa6 Be3 $1 $19) (33. g3 $5 Bh6 34. Qf3 (34. e6 Qxe6 35. Qb8+ Bf8 36. Bf3) 34... Bc1 $140 35. Qe2 Bxb2 $4 36. e6 $18) 33... Qf1+ 34. Qg1 Qxg1+ (34... Qf4 35. Bf3 Qd2 (35... Qxe5 36. Qd1) 36. Qd4 Qe1+ 37. Qg1 Qxe5 38. Qd1) 35. Kxg1 {The difference with the immediate ? exchange is that White's ? is closer to the ? and so the queen side won't disintegrate.} Kf7 36. Bg4 b6 (36... Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Be3 38. Bc8 b6 $10) (36... b6 37. axb6 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 Bxb6 39. Ke2 Bc7 40. e6+ Kf6 41. h3 h5 42. Bf3 Kxe6 43. Kd2 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"] [PlyCount "54"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 {Kasparov is the first to deviate from game three, where 14...Bc6 was played. The text has the virtue that after 15.Bb6 Qb8, the Rook doesn't get trapped on a8. } 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Bb6 {Vishy is still in his pregame preparation. Sixteen moves into the game he has spent only four minutes. Kasparov explained Anand's opening strategy as follows:" White's play is based on the isolation of Black's Queen."} Qb8 {} 17. Nd4 {Natural and probably best, though White had three alternatives worthy of consideration: (1) 17.Ng5 (threatening e5 but loses time) 17...h6 18.Nxf7 ?! Kxf7 19.e5 Nfd5 20.Bh7! looks very strong for White but 18...Nxd3! looks like} Nxd3 $5 {Sharpening the struggle. The text prepares a well-timed counterblow in the center.} 18. cxd3 {Former World Junior Champion Ilya Gurevich, who is serving as one of the guest commentators for the event, tossed in the offhand suggestion of 18.Nxc6, meeting 18...bxc6 with 19.Qxd3, but 18...Rxc6 is fine for Black.} d5 $5 {A double-edged advance. Under different circumstances Anand would no doubt have gone for the throat with 19.e5 Nd7 20.Qg4 Nxb6 21.axb6 Bc5 22.Nce2 Bxb6 23.Rf3 and a strong initiative but a pawn minus. During the post-game analysis} 19. Qf3 {Kasparov, a nd several of the GM commentators, criticized this move after the game, but alternatives to the very committal 19.e5 are not so easy to find. } Nd7 20. Nxc6 {Winning material would cost White dearly: 20.exd5 exd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Nxb6 23.axb6 Rcd8 with tremendous pressure down the central files.} bxc6 21. Na4 Qd6 {Kasparov feels that 21..Bd8 would have been strongly met by 22.f5 with a kingside attack brewing. The text finally allows Black to activate his Queen.} 22. Qe3 {Here the spectators were getting excited about the radical 22.b4!?. White has real compensation after 22.b4!? Qxb4 23.Rfb1 Qd6 24.e5 Qb8, but nothing concrete.} Qb4 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Nc3 Bd8 26. exd5 {} exd5 {Kasparov criticized this move after the game, claiming that 26...Bxb6 27.axb6 Qxb6 28.Na4 Qb5! (G.K.) 29.dxe6 Rxe6 would have given him a slight advanatage. It seems that after 30.d4 c4 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Qc3 the game would still be heading} 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 {The draw was well justified. After 28.Qxd5 Bxb6 29.axb6 Qxb6 30.Qc4 the position is quite equal.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Seirawan,Yasser"] [PlyCount "50"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Anand sticks to 6.?e2, the most controlled response to the Najdorf. Prior to this match he had played that move on a couple of occasions, but had also experimented with 6.a4, 6.?c4 and 6.?e3. Interestingly, it appears he has never employed the sharpest rejoinder to the Najdorf - 6.?g5.} e6 {Anand also plays the Najdorf, but prefers the more double-edged 6...e5. It now transposes into the Scheveningen.} 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bb6 {A refinement on game five, where 15.?e2 ?c6 16.?b6 was played.} Qb8 {} 16. e5 {This double-edged move was played instantly and is very likely the product of work Anand's team (GMs Yusupov, Speelman, Ubilava and Wolff) did over the free day. Kasparov was critical of it in his analysis in the VIP room after the game. He said "it doesn't really make sense to open the position without any concrete gain."} dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 {A good mov e which gains necessary breathing space for Black's pieces.} ({It's also forced since} 18... Nxd5 {would be strongly answered by} 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Qh5 Bh6 (20... f5 $145 $1) 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 $18) 19. Re1 {Vishy intends to force Garry into a passive position with ...?e6 but the world champion finds a pawn sacrifice to liberate his position. One of the ideas behind 19.?e1 is to be able to answer ...?xd3 with ?xd3 and not worry about ...?b5.} ({Two alternatives:} 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. cxd3 h6 21. Rae1) (19. Rf2 {intending ?af1.}) 19... h6 {A good idea. As Kasparov explained in his analysis of the game; "Normally White wants to exchange dark-squared Bishops, but this position is an exception. Here Black wants to trade down to light-squared Bishop versus Knight because of the specifics of the situation - namely the weakness of the e and a pawns and the possiblity of B vs. N in the ending."} ({Note that the immediate} 19... Bd8 $2 {would be met by} 20. Bxd8 Rcxd8 21. Ng5) 20. c3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bc5 {This temporary pawn sacrifice solves all of Black's problems.} 22. Qxd5 Be6 ({The natural} 22... Bc6 {would only leave Black struggling for a draw after} 23. Qxc5 Bxf3 24. Qf2) 23. Qd2 ({The queen sacrifice} 23. Qxc5 {falls short after} Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Bd5 $1 25. Bd6 Qc8 26. Nd4 Qg4 27. Re2 f6) 23... Bxb6 24. axb6 Rc6 25. Ra4 {Kasparov praised this move. White activity or his weak e-pawn will leave him worse.} Rxb6 {Drawn at Kasparov's suggestion. Anand's next move would be 26.Rd4 grabbing the d-file. This draw, the seventh in a row, equals the record for consecutive draws at the start of a World Championship match. The other match to start with seven draws, Karpov-Kortchnoi, Baguio City 1978, was contested with different conditions. The winner was to be the first player to win six games, draws not counting. So in a real sense the players did set a record today, beating the six consecutives draws that marked the start of Petrosian-Spassky, Moscow 1966.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "69"] [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 {The World Championship had begun with 8 draws. The absolute record - 17 consecutive - still belongs to Karpov vs Kasparov from Moscow 1984. Anyway the next six games had five decisive results!} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Neither player wanted to blink first.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 {Our discussion of the Scheveningen Variation continues into my fifth White. I had tried 12.?d2 in the first game and then 12.?d3 3 times. But Garry had managed to find a solution to 12.?d3 so it was time to switch.} Bd7 {He had played 13...?b8 consistently in the matches against Karpov, but then switched to this move against Van der Wiel in Amsterdam (Optiebeurs) 1987.} 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 $1 {A recommendation of Van der Wiel. Almost all the interesting games in this line were played by Van der Wiel - against Polugaevsky and against Kasparov himself and his notes were a good starting point for my preparations.} (16. Qd2 Rc8 {Van der Wiel-Kasparov Optiebeurs 1988}) (16. g4 {Van der Wiel-Polugaevsky Haninge 1989}) 16... Bc6 (16... e5 17. f5) 17. b4 Qc7 18. b5 Bd7 (18... axb5 $2 19. axb5 Bd7 20. Na4 $16) 19. Rab1 $1 $146 {I was surprised to discover later that this move was an improvement over 19.?e2 (Kuijpers-de Boer). This is clearly stronger of course.} (19. Ne2 Rc8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Qxa6 Ra8 22. Qd3 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Rb8 27. Qa4 Rc8 28. Rd2 Nd7 29. Qd4 Rb8 30. g3 Nb6 31. Be2 Qc6 {1/2-1/2, Cuijpers-DeBoer, 1988}) 19... axb5 (19... Rc8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 (21... Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Qxe5 24. Bf4 $16) 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Bxf6 (23. b6 Qb8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxd7 Re7) 23... Bxf6 24. Qxd7 $16 {Because Black hasn't exchanged the a-?s yet, White will create dangerous passed pawns.}) 20. Nxb5 $1 (20. axb5 {Now this is less strong since the a-?s are no longer there.} Rc8 (20... Ra8) 21. Na4 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 (22. Nb6 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc7 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nxd5 Bf5 $1 28. Nxc7 Bxd3 29. Nxe8 (29. Rd1 Rd8) 29... Bxb1 30. Nd6 Bxd6 31. exd6 Bf5 $10) 22... Rxc2 23. Nb6 $44) 20... Bxb5 {This surprised me since I was expecting 20...?a5.} (20... Qa5 $1 21. Nxd6 {Anything else allows Black to play ?c6 with a fine position.} Bxa4 22. Bb6 (22. e5 Bxd6 23. exd6 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd6 25. Qa3 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5) 22... Rxd6 23. Bxa5 $1 (23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxa5 Bxf4 (24... Bxc2 $2 25. e5 $18) 25. Rxb7 Bxc2 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Bxd8 Bxe4 $1 (27... Nxe4 28. Bc7 g5 $1) 28. Rb4 Bxf3 29. Rxf4 Bd5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 $10) 23... Rxd3 24. cxd3 Bxd1 $14 {White keeps a slight advantage due to his ?s and Black's weak b-?.}) 21. Qxb5 (21. Rxb5 $5 {Possibly even stronger than the game continuation.} Nd7 (21... Rc8 22. Rdb1 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rxb7 $16 d5 $140 $2 25. e5 $18) 22. Rdb1 Nc5 23. Qc4) 21... Ra8 22. c4 e5 23. Bb6 $1 {A fine move forcing Black's ? to go to c8.} (23. fxe5 $2 dxe5 24. Bb6 Qc6 $1) 23... Qc8 (23... Qc6 {Now this fails because...} 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. c5 $1 $16) 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. a5 Bf8 26. h3 Qe6 27. Rd5 $1 Nxd5 $4 {An inexplicable move. Black should just wait and make some useful moves on the ?. White remains with the better position but has to find a way to break through.} (27... h5 $5) 28. exd5 $18 {Now White just has to push his pawns.} Qg6 29. c5 e4 30. Be2 Re5 (30... Be7 31. d6 (31. Qb3 e3) 31... Bf6 32. d7 Rf8 {Black threatens ?e5 with some chances, but...} 33. Bc7 $1) 31. Qd7 $1 Rg5 (31... Qg3 32. Qxb7 Rg5 33. Rg1 $18) 32. Rg1 $1 e3 33. d6 (33. Qxb7 Re8 34. d6) 33... Rg3 34. Qxb7 Qe6 35. Kh2 $1 {This gave me my first win in a WC match and my frist win against him (in a tournament game) after Reggio Emilia 1991. I was ecstatic. Needless to say, the rest of the week was a cold shower.} (35. Rf1 Rb8 $1 36. Qxb8 $140 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qe5) (35. Rd1 $1 Rb8 36. Qd5 $18) (35. Kh2 Re8 36. d7 $18 (36. Rf1 $18)) 1-0 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.10.06"] [Round "16"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Wahls,Matthias"] [PlyCount "39"] [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"] {Die 16. Partie der Schachweltmeisterschaft endete erneut mit einem farblosen Kurzremis. In der Eröffnung bediente sich Anand eines psychologischen Tricks. Er wählte die von Kasparov bevorzugte Najdorf-Variante und ließ den Weltmeister quasi gegen sich selber spielen. Tuniertaktisch klug entschied sich dieser dann einfach für ein Spiel auf Sicherheit und nahm seinem Kontrahenten damit allen Wind aus den Segeln.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Auch wenn Anand diesen Zug nicht zum ersten Mal spielt, so ist er im Gegensatz zu seinem Gegner nicht gerade als Experte der Najdorf-Variante bekannt.} 6. Be2 {Die ersten fünf Züge spielte Kasparov sehr schnell. Als Anand jedoch mit 5...a6 ankam, zuckte er sichtlich zusammen und begann zu überlegen. Während der nächsten sieben Minuten bot der Weltmeister dann den Anblick eines Schauspielers im Training, als er so ziemlich alle überhaupt erdenkbaren Fratzen und Grimassen über sein Gesicht wandern ließ. Nur wenige hatten es bisher gewagt, ihn auf seinem ureigensten Terrain zu bekämpfen. Anstatt nun zu testen was Anand auf die gefährlichste Fortsetzung 6.Lg5 (so spielte der junge Kasparov) oder 6.Lc4 (Bobby Fischers Lieblingszug) vorbereitet hatte, entscheidet sich der Champion für die sicherste Möglichkeit. Warum auch Risiken eingehen, so kurz vor dem nahen Gesamtsieg.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {Vorausgesetzt ein "Deja-vu-Erlebnis"sei, wie viele Wissenschaftler behaupten, eine Fehlfunktion des Gehirns, so ist dies hier mit Sicherheit keines. Mit vertauschten Farben wurde diese Stellung bereits fünfmal in diesem Match erreicht!} 12. Bd3 {Merkwürdigerweise verzichtet Kasparov hier auf 12.Lf3, womit ihm Anand seine bisher einzige Niederlage beibringen konnte. Der Weltmeister konvertierte anschließend zur Drachenvariante.} Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Bd4 {An dieser Stelle verläßt Kasparov die Spuren Anands. In der siebten Partie versuchte der Inder vergeblich die Initiative an sich zu reißen. Nach 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Sfd5 18.Sxd5 exd5 19.Te1 h6 20.c3 Sxd3 21.Dxd3 Lc5! war die Partie zum Remis verflacht.} Bc6 17. Qd2 Nxd3 {Mit diesem Tausch beseitigt Schwarz den gefährlichen weißen Angriffsläufer (Erinnern wir uns an die 3. Partie. Dort hätte Anand mit einem Einschlag auf h7 gewinnen können.), verbessert aber auch gleichzeitig die weiße Bauernstruktur. Vielleicht hätte er mit dem Tausch warten können, bis der Läufer wirklich etwas droht.} (17... Nd7) (17... d5 $6 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3) 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. Bg1 Qc7 20. Nd4 {Das mit diesem Zug einhergehende Remisangebot wurde von Anand akzeptiert. Er sah sich wohl nicht in der Lage den Weltmeister aus einer derartig soliden Stellung heraus noch ernsthaft zu gefährden. Und wer wollte es ihm auch verargen? Die magere Ausbeute von einem Punkt aus den letzten sechs Partien war sicherlich keine Kraftnahrung für sein Selbstbewußtsein. Immerhin versprach er für die siebzehnte Partie noch einmal alles zu geben.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.10.10"] [Round "18"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Wahls,Matthias"] [PlyCount "23"] [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"] {10,5 zu 7,5 lautet der Endstand der Intel Schachweltmeisterschaft 1995. Durch ein Kurzremis in der 18. Partie konnte der alte und neue Weltmeister Garry Kasparov das auf zwanzig Partien angesetzte Match gegen den indischen Herausforderer Viswanathan Anand vorzeitig für sich entscheiden. Er unterstrich damit erneut seine Vorherrschaft in der Schachwelt und erhielt als Belohnung einen Scheck in Höhe von einer Million US Dollar. Die 18. Partie dauerte lediglich 20 Minuten. Nach seinem 12. Zug lächelte Kasparov und bot Remis, worin schließlich Anand nach fünfminütigem Zögern einwilligte. Nach der Partie wechselten die Spieler noch ein paar freundschaftliche Worte, bevor sie gemeinsam zur Pressekonferenz erschienen. Anand präsentierte sich als gutgelaunter Verlierer. "Das sind eine ganze Menge Nullen", war sein Kommentar, als er von Intels europäischem Marketingdirektor Mike Couzens den Fünfhunderttausenddollarscheck entgegennahm. "Kasparov hat seine Chancen genutzt, ich nicht," erklärte er abschließend den Matchverlauf.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 {"Ich glaube, daß mit dieser Veranstaltung eine neue Ära des Profischachs begonnen hat, eines Profischachs, das in der Lage sein wird, fortan die breiten Massen und die dazugehörigen Sponsoren in seinen Bann zu ziehen." Das sind die Worte Kasparovs, des Weltmeisters, der als Mensch umstritten ist, als Motor des Schachsports jedoch von unschätzbarem Wert.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1996.04.30"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh4 Bf8 15. Rf3 Bg7 16. Nde2 b5 17. Rh3 Nf8 18. f5 Ne5 19. f6 Bh8 20. a3 Rb8 21. b4 Bb7 22. Rf1 Rbc8 23. Bd4 Nc6 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Rf4 Qd7 26. Qh6 Nxd3 27. cxd3 e5 28. Rf1 Rc7 29. Bb6 Rc6 30. Nd5 Bc8 31. Re3 Qb7 32. Bd8 Ne6 33. Ne7+ Rxe7 34. fxe7 Qd7 35. Rh3 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 053"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 13. Bg1 Bf8 14. Qe1 Rb8 15. h3 Nd7 16. Bh2 Nc6 17. Rd1 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. e5 f5 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Nd5 Qa7 23. Rd1 b4 24. Bg1 Qa5 25. Bh5 g6 26. Qg3 Kf7 27. Bf3 Bf8 28. Rfe1 Bg7 29. Ne3 Kf8 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Nf6 34. Red1 Ba6 35. Qh4 Nd7 36. Qe1 e5 37. fxe5 Nxe5 38. Qg3 Nxf3 39. gxf3 Ra8 40. Qf4 Be2 41. R1d2 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Bf1+ 43. Kg3 Ba6 44. Rd1 Rxd1 45. Rxd1 Qxc2 46. Qd4 Kg8 47. Qd5+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-32"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1996.09.25"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "126"] [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 "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 (17... Bb4 18. Na2 a5 (18... Ba5 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Ne8 21. c4 Be6 22. Rfc1 Qe7 23. Nc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nc7 {Dolmatov,S-Kalegin,E/RUS-ch Elista (07)/1995/½-½ (76)}) 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Qd2 Nf8 22. Qxb4 Qxc2 23. Rfc1 Qd3 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Marcantoni,H/Paris-ch (08)/1991/ (51)}) (17... Rxa7 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qc1 Kh8 22. Rg1 (22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Bh5 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Rxg4 25. Rad1 {1-0 Oll,L-Cvitan,O/Eupen op 25' (06)/1995/ (30)}) 22... Rg8 23. Qh6 Rg6 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Qd2 Be6 {½-½ Sutovskij,E-Zoler,D/ISR-ch (06)/1994/ (42)}) (17... Nd7 18. Nd5 Qc6 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Bh5 g6 21. Qf3 Rf8 22. Bg4 b6 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Bxc5 bxc5 {1-0 Fishbein,A-MacArthur,J/New York op '60 Newark (01) 1996}) 18. Qe2 (18. Qc1 Rxa7 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qc6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Bh5 Qh4 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bd5 Bh3 25. Rf3 {Kaiumov,D-Semeniuk,A/Vladivostok2 op (06)/1995/1-0 (78)}) 18... Ne8 (18... Rxa7 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Rxd5 21. exd5 Be7 22. Be4 Bd6 23. Qd3 h6 24. Rf3 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Andruet,G/Torcy op/1991/ (29)}) 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qf2 Qc4 $5 (20... Rdc8 21. Bg4 (21. a5 Nd6 22. Na4 Rf8 23. b3 Nb5 24. Nb6 Rad8 25. Nd5 {½-½ Sax,G-Bairachny,R/Budapest Spring op (06)/1996/ (49)}) 21... Nd6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. g6 Rf8 (23... Bf6 24. Qg2 Qe7 25. Rf3 Nc4 26. Bc1 hxg6 {Fishbein,A-Gligoric,S/Moscow GMA-op (09)/1989/0-1 (75)}) 24. Qg2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rf8 {½-½ Riemersma,L-Ligterink,G/NLD-ch/1987/ (36)}) 21. Bb6 (21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rac8 $15) 21... Rdc8 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Rad1 (23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Be2 Qb4 25. Bg4 Bc4 26. Be2 Nd6 $15) 23... Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb4 25. Rd3 Rd8 (25... Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qa3 (26... Qxc2 $2 27. Bd1 $18) 27. Nd5 Qa2 28. Rdd1 Rd8 $17) (25... Bc4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 (27. c3 Qxa4 28. exd5 Qb5 29. Bg2 Nd6 $17) 27... Rxc2 28. Qxe5 Nd6 $17) 26. b3 Rd4 $1 (26... Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Qe7 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Nd5 $15) 27. Rfd1 Rc8 28. R1d2 (28. Nd5 $5 Rxd3 (28... Bxd5 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Rxd4 Bc4 $1 $17 (30... Qc3 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. exd5 Rxf3 33. d6 $15)) 29. Rxd3 Bxd5 30. exd5 Rxc2 31. Qxe5 Nd6 32. Re3 $15) 28... Qc5 29. Kg2 (29. Nd5 Rxd3 (29... Bxd5 30. exd5 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Nd6 $15) 30. Qxd3 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 Qe3 $15) 29... b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Nd1 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 (32. Qxc5 $2 Rxd2+ $19) 32... f6 33. gxf6 (33. h4 fxg5 34. hxg5 Qe7 35. Qe3 Nd6 $17) 33... Nxf6 34. Ne3 Kh8 $1 (34... b4 35. Qd6 $1) 35. c4 (35. Qd6 $2 Qxe3 $19) 35... bxc4 36. Nxc4 (36. bxc4 h6 $17) 36... h6 37. Rc2 (37. Qd6 Bxc4 38. bxc4 Qe3 $17) 37... Qb5 38. Rc1 (38. Nb2 Rxc2+ 39. Qxc2 Bxb3 $17) 38... Qc5 39. Rc2 Qb5 40. Rc1 Qb4 41. Qc3 Qe7 42. Qe3 (42. Qxe5 Bh3+ 43. Kxh3 Qxe5 44. Nxe5 Rxc1 $17) 42... Nd7 43. Be2 Rb8 44. Nd2 (44. Qg3 Bg8 $17) 44... Nf8 45. Kh1 Ng6 46. Nc4 Bg8 47. Rf1 Qc7 48. Qg3 Bh7 (48... Nf4 $2 49. Nxe5 Nxe2 50. Ng6+) 49. Rf2 Nf4 50. Qe3 (50. Nxe5 Bxe4+ 51. Kg1 (51. Nf3 Rxb3 $19) (51. Bf3 Qxe5 $19) 51... Qc1+ 52. Bf1 Rf8 $19) 50... Bg8 51. Bf1 (51. Nxe5 Nxe2 52. Ng6+ Kh7 53. Nf8+ Rxf8 54. Rxf8 Qc2 $17) 51... Rf8 52. Nd2 (52. Ra2 Ne6 53. Bg2 Nd4 $17) 52... Qc1 53. Nc4 Qa1 (53... Qxe3 54. Nxe3 Bh7 55. Bd3 Rc8 $17) 54. Qc5 Ne6 55. Qe3 (55. Qxf8 Nxf8 56. Rxf8 Kh7 $19) 55... Nf4 56. Qc5 Re8 57. Qe3 (57. Rf3 Qd1 58. Qe3 Bxc4 59. bxc4) 57... Bxc4 58. bxc4 Rd8 59. Qf3 (59. Rxf4 exf4 60. Qxf4 Kg8 $19) 59... Qe1 60. Qg3 (60. Kg1 Rd3 61. Qg4 Nh3+ $19) 60... Rd1 61. h4 (61. c5 Qxf1+ 62. Rxf1 Rxf1+ $19) 61... Rd3 62. Qg1 (62. Qh2 Rh3 $19) 62... Qxe4+ 63. Kh2 (63. Bg2 Rh3+) 63... Qe3 (63... Qe3 64. Kh1 Rc3 $19) 0-1 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Kramnik,Vladimir"] [PlyCount "66"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf system is extremely popular in the tournament practice} 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Re8 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. g4 {The famous Sheveningen attack, which is not too dangerous here} Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 (17... Rxa7 $2 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qe1 {with attack}) 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 {Black protecs the critical square d5. The game is even} 20. Qf2 Rdc8 (20... Qc4 21. Bb6 $2 (21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 (22. b3 Qc3 23. exd5 Nd6 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Bd2 Qb2 26. c4 Qxb3 27. c5 Nf5 28. d6 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxa4 31. Qb6 Qd7 32. Ba5 Re8 33. Bb4 Ng3+ 34. hxg3 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Namgilov,S/ch-RUS, Elista 1996}) 22... f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 {(Seirawan)}) 21... Rdc8 22. Be3 Bc5 {Black has a good play, Topalov-Kasparov, Olympiad 1996, Yerevan}) 21. Rad1 (21. Bb6 $5 Qc4 22. a5 Qb4 {leads to very complex play}) 21... Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxc2 25. Rxe5 Qxf2 26. Rxf2 g6 {After simplifications the game is about even} 27. Rd5 (27. Re7 Rc7 $10) 27... Nc7 28. Rd7 Ne6 29. Bg4 (29. Rxb7 Rc1+ (29... Nc5 30. Rb6 Nxa4 31. Rf6 Nc5) (29... Nxg5 30. h4 Ne6 31. Bg4 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Nc5 33. Rbxf7 Re8) 30. Kg2 Nxg5 31. Bg4 h5 {is good enaugh for equalizing}) 29... Nxg5 30. h4 Nxe4 31. Rfxf7 Rc1+ {Now Kasparov is forcing a draw]} 32. Kg2 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 ({Of course not} 33. Kf3 $2 Rf2+ 34. Kxe4 Rxf7 35. Be6 Re8 36. Kd5 Rxe6 37. Kxe6 Rxd7 38. Kxd7 h5 39. Ke6 g5 {and Black wins}) (33. Kf1 Rf8 $11) (33. Kh3 {Lutz} Nf2+ (33... Re8 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rdg7+ Kf8 37. Rxb7 Ng5+ 38. hxg5 Re3+ 39. Bf3 Rxf3+ 40. Kg4 $18) 34. Kg3 Nh1+ $5 {Fritz} (34... Nxg4 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Kxg4 (36. Rxh7 $2 Nf6) 36... Rg2+ $1 37. Kf3 (37. Kf4 Rf2+ 38. Kg5 Rf5+ 39. Kg4 Rd8) 37... Rxb2 38. Rdf7+ Ke8 39. Rxh7 (39. Rc7 Kf8 40. Rxh7 Kg8 41. Rcg7+ Kf8 42. Rxg6 Rc8) 39... Rc8 $10) 35. Kf4 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rxb7 Nf2 38. Be6 Re2 $13) 33... Rc1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Van der Ofen,U"] [PlyCount "82"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bc1 e5 16. Nde2 exf4 17. Nxf4 Be6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Bb2 Rbc8 20. Rac1 $5 Qc5 21. Qg3 g6 22. Nce2 Nxf3 23. gxf3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. Qg2 b4 27. Ng3 Qb5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. f4 e5 30. Bb2 Rc5 $1 31. f5 $2 (31. Nf5 Z0 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ $11) 31... g5 $1 32. Rce1 Qc6 33. Re2 Kf7 34. Bc1 Rg8 35. Be3 Rc3 36. Bd2 Rxc2 37. Bxb4 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 h5 39. Nxh5 $2 (39. Re1 $8 g4 $36) 39... Nxe4 $19 40. Qf3 g4 41. Qg2 Rh8 0-1 [Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.02.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2825"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "103"] [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"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nd7 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Bg4 (20. Qf2 Rdc8 21. Rad1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nd5 {½-½ Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Las Palmas 1996/CBM 57 (33)}) 20... Bc4 21. Qf2 Qc6 22. b3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 f6 24. Nd5 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Akopian,V/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58 (52)}) 14. Bg2 b6 15. g5 Bb7 16. Qg4 (16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh3 Bf8 18. f5 Nde5 19. fxe6 Nxd4 20. exf7+ {1-0 De Firmian,N-Irzhanov,R/WchT 4th 1997/CBM 62 (34)}) 16... Bf8 17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5 Nde5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nb3 Ne7 (20... Bc8 $5 21. Qf2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 {??e6 Dokhoian}) 21. Qf4 Rc8 22. Nd4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. b3 g6 $2 (24... b5 $5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra5 Ra8 27. Rfa1 Qc7 28. Ra7 $14) (24... Ng6 $5 25. Qf2 Nh4 26. Qxh4 Rxe3 27. Rae1 $14) 25. c4 $1 $14 Re7 26. Bg1 Rce8 27. Rae1 Bg7 28. Qg3 Qc7 29. Rd1 $6 Nd7 30. Rde1 $14 Nc5 31. Nc6 $138 (31. Rxe7 $5 Rxe7 32. Nc6) 31... Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Nxb3 34. Qe8+ Bf8 35. Bh3 $2 (35. Nd8 Bc8 36. Nxf7 Qxf7 37. Qxc8 $11) 35... Na5 (35... Nd2 $5 36. Qe2 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Nb3 $17) 36. Qd8 (36. Nxa5 $5 bxa5 37. Qd7 Qxd7 38. Bxd7 h6 39. h4 Be7 40. Be3 hxg5 41. hxg5 Kg7 42. Kg2 f5 43. gxf6+ Bxf6 44. Bf4 Be7 45. Bc6 Bc8 46. c5 $14) 36... Qxd8 37. Nxd8 Ba8 (37... Be7 38. Nxb7 Nxb7 39. Bxb6 Nc5 $11) 38. Bf1 Nb7 39. Nxb7 Bxb7 40. Bxb6 $11 h6 41. h4 hxg5 42. hxg5 Be7 43. Bc7 Kf8 44. Kh2 Ke8 45. Bh3 Bxg5 46. Bxd6 Be7 47. Be5 Bc5 48. Bf6 a5 49. Kg3 Ba6 50. Bf1 Bc8 51. Bd3 Kd7 52. Kf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ISR-Kasparov handicap sim"] [Site "Tel Aviv"] [Date "1998.05.19"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Sutovsky, Emil"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "Har Zvi,Ronen"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1998.05.19"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 065"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Sutovskij} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 {Lukacs: Kasparov wants to play a sideline, where the standard attacking plan g4-g5 is not so effective.} (12... Na5 13. Qe1 Nc4 14. Bc1 e5 15. Nde2 d5 $5 16. exd5 (16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bg5 Bf5 22. Qg3 $16 {1-0 Makropoulou,M-Ashlanian,L/Manila olw 1992/TD 92\07 (37)}) 16... Bd6 17. fxe5 $8 Bxe5 18. Qh4 Bf5 19. Nd4 $1 Bg6 20. Nce2 $2 Nb6 $1 $15 {(I.Stohl) ½-½ Dolmatov,S-Stohl,I/Manila izt 1990/CBM 19/[Stohl] (61)}) ({Lukacs: In comparision to} 12... Rb8 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5) 13. Qd2 (13. Bf2 Nxd4 (13... Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Bh4) 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 exf4 (15... Be6 16. f5 Bc4 17. Rfd1 {Lukacs: and the ? has problems on c4.}) 16. Bd4 Be7 17. Qxf4 Be6 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. Be2 Kh8 20. Bd3 Qa5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bc3 Qxc3 (22... Qc5 23. exd5 $16) 23. bxc3 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qd3 Bf6 26. Rf4 Nc5 $44 {½-½ Kaiumov,D-Magerramov,E/URS-ch otbor 1979/MCD-ch (41)}) (13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 {cannot be answered with a win of a tempo.} 15. Bg1 exf4 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bg2 Re5 19. Rxf4 Rxg5 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Raf1 h6 23. a5 Qc6 24. Qf2 Ng4 25. Qd2 Ne5 26. Qf2 Ng4 {½-½ Geller,E-Sokolov,A/Sochi 1983/MCL 05}) 13... Na5 {? ?c4} (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 (14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Rfd1) 14... e5 15. Bg1 Be6 16. a5 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nd7 18. Nd5 (18. Bd4 Ne5 $11) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. c3 g6 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Bd1 Qe7 23. Bc2 Bg7 $132 {0-1 Large,P-Suba,M/Oviedo rapid45 1992/TD 92\09 (41)}) 14. Qf2 (14. g4 $6 Nc4 15. Qc1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 (17... d5 $5) 18. exf5 h6 19. h3 e4 20. Bg2 d5 $132 {0-1 Sakotic,J-Koskoska,G/Dorjan-W 1996/EXT 97 (31)}) (14. b3 $2 d5 $1 15. e5 Bb4 $19) 14... Nc4 15. Bc1 e5 16. Nde2 {Lukacs: White's well-developed pieces are pushed back.} d5 $1 {Lukacs: This is the typical central blow in the Scheweningen. a standard break in the center for the Sicilian opening,black free himself with no problems at all} 17. fxe5 (17. exd5 $2 e4 $19) (17. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bh5 g6 $19) 17... Nxe5 18. Bf4 (18. exd5 Nxf3 19. Qxf3 (19. gxf3 Bh3 20. Rg1 Bc5 21. Nd4 Qe5 $19) 19... Bg4 20. Qg3 (20. Qf2 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Ng4 $19) 20... Qxg3 (20... Rac8 $5 $44) 21. Nxg3 Bb4 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nge2 Rac8 $44) (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxc2 $36) 18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 (19... Qxc2 $5 {of course in a simul game you do not expect anyone not even Kasparov to play this move,but infact it might not such a bad move since white has no immediate threats} 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 (21... fxe5 22. Bh5) 22. Qh4 Rxe2 23. Rac1 Qxb2 24. Rxc8 Re8 25. Rc7 $11) 20. Bg3 (20. Ng5 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Qe7 $15) 20... Qe7 $6 {this is one of Kasparov's [ which made very few mistakes!! in all the match ] mistakes,no body likes to have such a pin on your knight,so you want to move your Queen but "e7" is not the best place again taking the pawn on "c2" was the right move.aftervKasparov's mistake white had a fantastic chance [ which he missed ] the take the advantage} (20... Qxc2 $142 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bxe5 Bf5 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. Bxf6 gxh5 25. Qxf5 Rxe2 26. Qxh5 Rae8 $11) 21. Rad1 $2 (21. N2c3 $1 Nxc3 (21... Nxf3 22. Nxd5 Qxe4 23. Nc7 $16) 22. Nxc3 Nxf3 {what else?} 23. Nd5 $1 {this is a very strong move which white has missed,I wonder what would happen after this since indeed Kasparov is ...Kasparov but the position is .....very bad!!} Qe2 24. Nc7 Qxf2 25. Rxf2 Nxh2 26. Nxe8 Ng4 27. Nc7 $1 Ra7 (27... Nxf2+ 28. Bxf2 Rb8 29. Ba7) 28. Re2 $16) 21... Nxf3 22. gxf3 {Lukacs: White's ? is weakened, and Black has the ? in an open position.} (22. Qxf3 $2 Bg4 $1 23. Qxg4 Ne3 24. Qf3 (24. Nf6+ Qxf6 25. Rxf6 Nxg4 26. Rf4 Rxe2 27. Rxg4 Rxc2 $17) 24... Nxd1 $17) 22... Nf6 23. N2c3 (23. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 24. Bxe7 Nxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Bxe7 $19) 23... Nxe4 24. fxe4 $13 {after all the tactics and mistakes from both sides,we have reached this position which ofcourse is not simple [ almost all the positions in the Sicilian are never simple ].and now to our position black has many advantage's pair of bishops no weaknesses,and white has weak king and weak "e4" pawn.but on the other hand white has big devlopement adavntage and active pieces,with 2 open files,the position is unclear with equal chances} (24. Nxe4 $142 $5 Qb4 $1 (24... Bh3 25. Rg1) 25. b3 Rxe4 26. fxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Qg2 Bf5 $44) 24... Bh3 {Lukacs: The white ? is not in safety at all.} 25. Rfe1 Rac8 26. Bd6 (26. Nd5 Qc5 $15) 26... Qe6 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rd3 {Lukacs: White's ? structure is rather corrupted.} (28. Nd5 Bg4 29. Rd3 Rc4 $1) 28... Qh6 29. Nd5 Kh8 30. Rg3 Be6 31. Reg1 Qh4 {[%csl Rc2,Re4]} 32. Qd4 f6 {another critical [ ot maybe "the" critical ] poisition in the game.white's initiative is gone and black will manage to defend his "g7" pawn let's say with Rf7,and after attack the "e4" with all he can white stands bad,that's why it was necessary for white to act immediately 33.Rxg7 seems as the move with equal after it} 33. c4 $2 $17 (33. Rxg7 $142 Rxc2 (33... Bf5 $5 $15) 34. R7g2 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Bxd5 36. Qxd5 $11 {and the game would have probably ended with a draw}) 33... Rf7 {now we see great demonstration of Kasparov's play,he just has the initiative and "you are dead" no chances at all} (33... Bf5 $5) 34. Nb6 $2 {Lukacs: The ? has to keep his strong post in the centre. why to move the knight? now black manages to double his rooks on the "e" file [e8-e7]} (34. Rd1 $5 Re8 35. Re3) 34... Re8 35. Rd1 h6 $1 {giving "air" to the king} 36. Re3 Rfe7 37. e5 (37. Rde1 Bf5 $19) 37... Bg4 $1 $19 (37... Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Bf5 (38... Bg8 $19) 39. Rd5 {gives white some chances thanks to his pawns majority on the Queen's side}) 38. Rg3 f5 39. Nd5 (39. Re3 Qf2) 39... Rxe5 40. Nf4 Qf6 41. Rf1 {} {[%tqu "En","please try and find Kasparov's next move,I will tell and please believe me that Kasparov thought no more than 4 minutes on his next move!!! I give 4 times more!!","","","e5e1","",10]} Re1 $3 {Lukacs: Now Black has a mating ? after a nice ? sacrifice.} 42. Qxf6 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Rxf4 44. Qc3 (44. Qf7 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rd4 $19) (44. Qb6 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rxc4 46. Rc3 Rxa4 $19) 44... Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rfe4 {[%CAl Ge2e1,Ye4e2]} 46. h3 (46. Kf1 Rxh2 {[%CAl Ge4e2]}) 46... Re1+ 47. Kh2 R4e2+ 48. Rg2 Re3 49. Qxe1 Rxe1 50. hxg4 fxg4 {Lukacs: Transposing to a ? ? is no medicine for White either.} 51. a5 h5 52. Kg3 g5 53. Rh2 Re3+ 0-1 [Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "2000.06.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2851"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2000.06.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 078"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.10.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Wells} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Qh5 Nb4 18. Rf2 g6 19. Qh3 Bf8 20. Raf1 Bg7 21. Bd4 {Wells: 'White would like to exchange this key defensive piece. Nothing surprising that black is not enthusiatic about this...'} (21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Bxg2+ 23. Rxg2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nd5 25. Bd4 Ne5 $13 26. f6 $140 h5 $1) 21... e5 $5 {[%mdl 8] '!' Wells. It is very likely, that Kasparov knew this idea from home. Black sacrifices the pawn for the bishops pair and activity of most pieces.} 22. fxe5 (22. Be3 exf4 23. Bxf4 Re7 $11) 22... Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxf7 {Wells: '...not even that shocking that it should be thought worth a pawn, However, opening the f-file and allowing white to crash in on f7 shows a deep judgment and a feeling for what is really important in the position.'} Re7 (24... Qxf7 $2 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qd7+ Re7 27. Qxd6 $18) 25. Rxe7 (25. R7f2 Rae8 26. Rd1 Re5 $132) 25... Qxe7 {Wells: 'The smoke has cleared. White's f7 invasion was easily repelled, and black has a stong pair of bishops and pressure on e4 which provides full compensation for the pawn.'} 26. Qe3 Re8 $1 (26... Nxc2 $2 27. Qd3 Nb4 28. Qc4+ d5 29. exd5 $18) 27. Qxb6 {The only moment where white could probably have shown more ambitions with the smart move 27.Qd2!?} (27. Qd2 $5 Qc7 28. Nc1 $14) 27... Bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxe4 29. Qxb4 (29. Bxe4 $2 Qxe4+ 30. Kg1 Nxc2 $15) 29... Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qxg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-35"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "2002.11.06"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Lutz, Christopher"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2838"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2002.10.26"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 092"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.02.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Germany"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 ({Lutz probably due to respect to his illustrious opponent avoids the sharp} 6. Be3) 6... e6 ({Although he from time to time essays} 6... e5 {Kasparov has his whole career been an avid fan of Scheveningen setups.}) 7. a4 {Is this prohylaxis against b5 necessary?} (7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 {leadds to an important crossroad:} {Safer is} Nc6 {but here White can do without a4, and also for the time being without playing ?h1. Black gets a solid, but rather passive position:} ({The ambitious, but risky move is} 9... Qc7 {Now Black really intends to play b5.} {However, precisely at this moment the bayonet attack} 10. g4 {is very dangerous:} (10. a4 Nc6 {-7.a4} (10... b6 $5 $132 {is also playable.})) 10... Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bd3 $1 Nc6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh4 Bf8 15. Rf3 Bg7 16. Nde2 b5 $6 (16... f5 $142 $5) 17. Rh3 Nf8 18. f5 Ne5 19. f6 Bh8 20. a3 Rb8 21. b4 Bb7 22. Rf1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/PCA-GP Moscow/1996/}) 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Bc6 15. Bd3 Rae8 $5 16. e5 Nh5 17. Qe3 g6 18. g4 (18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ng7 20. c3 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rd1 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 d5 24. Bd3 Nf5 25. Bxf5 $11 {½,Hracek,Z-Movsesian,S/BL 0102/2002/}) 18... Ng7 19. Be4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Ne4 Rff8 24. Qd4 Rd8 25. c3 $14 {/?,Macieja,B-Lutz,C/Bled olm/2002/}) 7... Nc6 (7... b6 $6 8. f4 (8. Bf3 $5) 8... Bb7 9. Bf3 $36 {is not ideal.}) 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 {Already in his 1995 match against Anand Kasparov found ways to deal with this move.} ({The main move since tha abovementioned match still remains} 12. Bf3 {Black's most popular reaction is} Bf8 {White's attempts have concentrated more on} 13. Nb3 ({Now interesting and still rather uncharted is} 13. g4 Nxd4 (13... Nd7 $5 14. Bg2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b6 16. g5 Bb7 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qf3 Rae8 22. Kh1 d5 23. Rad1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. g6 hxg6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Rxd5 Re3 $132 {Dolmatov,S-Vorobiov,E/Moscow op/2002/}) 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Bg1 exf4 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qd2 $5 (18. Bg2 Re5 ({More circumspect is} 18... Ne5 19. Rxf4 Be6 $11) 19. Qd2 Rxg5 20. Qxf4 f6 21. Ra3 Ne5 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Rg3 Rg6 24. Rc3 Qg4 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Nf4 Bc6 $1 27. Rg3 Qd7 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. b3 {Grischuk,A-Khalifman,A/Wijk aan Zee/2002/} g5 $1 $44) 18... Ne5 19. Qxf4 Be6 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. Nc7 Qc6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Bd4 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 d5 25. e5 Qxc2 $44 {/?,Nataf,I-Stefansson,H/Havana/2001/}) 13... b6 14. a5 $5 bxa5 15. e5 (15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 {Lutz,C-Balcerak,J/BL 0001/2000/} Nc5 $5 $11) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 ({A new idea is} 16. Nxa5 $5 e4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rb8 $13) 16... Rd8 {The latest wrinkle, where the road to equality is still not so clear, is} 17. Bd2 $5 (17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxa8 (18. Bxd4 Bb7 19. exf6 e5 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 $11 {Vehi Bach,V-Van Wely,L/Vlissingen/2001/}) 18... Nf5 $1 (18... Qxe5 19. Bg1 Be7 20. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 21. Bxd4 Qb8 22. Qh5 $36 {Tiviakov,S-Shipov,S/Port Erin op/1999/}) 19. Qe1 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Ng4 21. Qg3 Nxe5 22. Rae1 Bd6 23. Ne4 Be7 $11 {Shipov}) 17... Nd5 (17... Nd7 $6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxa5 Qc7 20. Bf4 Nb6 21. Qf3 Rb8 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. c4 Nb4 25. Nf6+ $1 {Ehlvest,J-Van Wely,L/EU-ch 5' Panormo/2002/} gxf6 26. Bxf6 h6 27. Qg4+ Kh7 28. Qe4+ Kg8 29. Rf4 $18 {?}) 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Nxa5 Bf5 20. c4 $1 $36) ({Lately more attention has focused on the sharp} 12. a5 $5 Nxa5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Na4 Qa7 17. Bc7 (17. Be3 $5) 17... b5 (17... Bd8 $2 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Nb5 $1 $18) 18. Nb6 Rb8 (18... Qxc7 19. Nxa8 Qd8 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 $5 21. Nc6 Qa2 22. Nc7 Bd7 23. Nxe8 Bxc6 $11 {also might be quite playable.}) 19. Bxb8 Qxb6 20. Be5 Nc4 $11 {This position has already occurred several times in practice and is about equal.} 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qe2 Bb7 23. Qxc4 Ng4 24. Qe2 (24. Bc7 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Bxc5 26. Nb3 Nf2+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 24... Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Bf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Qxf6 Qd8 $1 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qe3 Kh8 30. Nf3 e5 $11 {Smeets,J-Cheparinov,I/Oropesa del Mar WchJ U16/2001/}) 12... Nb4 {Kasparov always played this move.} (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Bg4 (14... exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 $1 $36) 15. Qe1 exf4 16. Bxf4 $14 {is not very pleasant for Black.}) ({But a playable alternative is} 12... Bd7 $5 13. Qf3 (13. Nf3 {gives Black time for} b6 $5 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Rae1 Bc6 16. Bd4 Nd7 $132 17. Ng5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 h6 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. f5 Nxa4 22. Nxa4 Bxa4 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. f6 Bh8 25. Qh5 Kh7 26. Re3 Rg8 27. Qxh6+ Kxh6 28. Rh3+ Kg6 29. Rg3+ {½,Psakhis,L-Cvitan,O/EU-chT Debrecen/1992/}) 13... Nb4 14. Qg3 (14. a5 {can arise by transposition after 12...?b4.}) 14... Bf8 15. Nf3 (15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bd2 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Qb6 $13) 15... g6 $5 16. e5 Nfd5 $1 {?} (16... Nh5 17. Qf2 Bc6 {0-1 Tischbierek,R-Stohl,I/Leipzig 1986/EXT 97 (35)} 18. g4 $5 $14) 17. Nxd5 exd5 $1 $132) 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 {This was also Anand's choice 7 years earlier.} (14. g4 Bc6 15. g5 Nd7 $13 {is committal and gives Black typical Sicilian ?.}) ({After} 14. Qf3 {Black can choose between sound developing moves, or go for the more concrete} e5 $5 (14... Rac8 $11) (14... Bc6 $11) 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Bb4 19. Bh6 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Be3 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Nb8 $11 {Smirin,I-Novikov,I/Polanica Zdroj/1989/}) 14... Rac8 {Garri found this strong move already during the match, less accurate is} (14... Bc6 15. Bb6 Qc8 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Bd4 Nc5 $2 18. Qg3 f6 19. e5 $1 Rf8 (19... dxe5 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. fxe5 {?}) 20. exf6 $1 (20. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 21. Bc4 Bd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bb3 c4 24. Ba4 Nc6 25. c3 fxe5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Qe6 $11 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G/PCA-m (3) New York/1995/}) 20... Rxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qh4 Bxg5 24. fxg5 {[%CAl Rg5g6,Rd4g7] ??g7,g6}) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 $16) 15. Qe1 {This move is too soft.} (15. Bb6 Qb8 16. e5 (16. Bd4 Bc6 17. Qd2 (17. e5 Nd7 $5 {exposes White's ?.}) 17... Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. Bg1 Qc7 20. Nd4 $11 {½,Kasparov,G-Anand,V/PCA-m (16) New York/1995/ But this game was playred at a moment, when Kasparov was already cruising to the end of the match.}) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Re1 h6 $5 20. c3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bc5 $1 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qd2 Bxb6 24. axb6 Rc6 25. Ra4 Rxb6 {½,Anand,V-Kasparov,G/PCA-m (7) New York/1995/} 26. Rd4 $11) 15... Bc6 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. Qg3 Bf6 $146 {Although it's a new move, exchanging the active ? is logical.} ({But OK for Black is also} 17... Bf8 18. Nd1 (18. Qh4 $5 $13) 18... Nxd3 19. cxd3 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc3 Qd6 22. Nh4 {½,Svidler,P-Anand,V/Linares/1999/} Bb5 $13 {/?}) (17... e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 (19... Bf6 20. Rxf6 Nxf6 21. Bc4 Re7 22. Rf1)) 18. Bxf6 (18. e5) 18... Nxf6 19. Nd4 (19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nxd3 $1 21. cxd3 Nd7 22. d4 f6 $132 {just activates the still passive ?c6.}) 19... Red8 $11 {Meets the still possible e5 and frees e8 for his ?. The opening is over, Black has equalised and the manoeuvring phase of the game begins.} 20. Qh4 Nxd3 (20... Be8 $5 {[%CAl Yc7c5,Yc5h5] ??c5-h5 was another plausible idea.}) 21. cxd3 Qe7 22. h3 {[%CAl Yg2g4] ?g4} (22. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 $1 $15 {[%CAl Gb8b2] ?b gives Black a more compact pawn structure.}) ({Reasonable alternatives were} 22. Rac1 $11) (22. Rf3 $5) (22. g4 $4 Nxe4 23. Qxe7 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3#) 22... Be8 23. Rfc1 (23. g4 {was more consistent.}) 23... Nd5 $5 {[%mdl 4096] Kasparov finds no reasonable way to rurther improve his pieces, so he goes for the ?. At first it remains equal.} 24. Qxe7 ({After moving the ? away from the ? it would be illogical to play} 24. Qg3 Nb4 {??f6?}) 24... Nxe7 25. Kg1 (25. Nf3 {also allows} e5 $5 $15 (25... d5 26. e5 Ng6 27. g3 d4 28. Ne2 {[%csl Rd4] ×d4})) 25... e5 26. Nde2 f5 $1 {The right time for activity, otherwise White could play d4.} 27. exf5 $6 {The equilibrium still hasen't been disturbed, but this seems like the first step in the wrong direction.} (27. g4 $5 fxe4 28. dxe4 (28. Nxe4 $6 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Nc6 {[%csl Ra5] ×a5}) 28... exf4 29. Nxf4 $13) (27. Kf2 {[%CAl Yf2e3] ??e3= was still OK for White, later on he won't get a chance for the typical ? activization of his ?.}) 27... Nxf5 28. Nd5 $6 {Consequent, but again not best.} (28. Kf2 exf4 29. Nxf4 Bc6 {[%CAl Rd8f8] ??f8?}) (28. Ne4 $6 Bb5 $36) (28. g4 $142 Ne7 29. d4 $1 $132) 28... Rc5 $1 $36 29. Nb6 {Maybe even this decision is dubious.} (29. Nc7 $5 Bc6 30. g4 (30. Ne6 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Re8 32. Nc7 Re7 33. Nxa6 exf4 34. Nxf4 g5 35. Nh5 Re2 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ne4 Ne3 $15) 30... Ne3 (30... Nh4 $5) 31. f5 (31. Ne6 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Re8 33. Nc7 (33. f5 $6 g6 34. Kf2 gxf5 35. Kxe3 Rxe6 36. gxf5 Rh6 $17) 33... Re7 (33... Rc8 34. Ne6 $11) 34. Nxa6 Bf3 35. fxe5 $5 Rxe5 $1 (35... bxa6 $2 36. exd6 Rd7 37. Kf2 $16 {wins the piece back.}) 36. Nd4 Bxg4 $15 {?}) 31... Nc2 (31... Rc8 $6 32. Rxc5 dxc5 33. Ne6 Bb5 34. Kf2 $14) 32. Ne6 (32. Rab1 Bd7 33. Ne6 Bxe6 34. fxe6 Re8 35. b4 Rc6 $15 {?} 36. b5 axb5 37. Rxb5 $2 Nd4 $1 $19) 32... Nxa1 33. Rxc5 (33. Rxa1 $6 Rc2 34. Nxd8 Rxe2 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. b4 Rc2 $15 {/?,??}) 33... dxc5 34. Nxd8 Nb3 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Kf2 c4 37. Ke3 $11 {and even though he will lose a ?, White should save the ??.}) (29. Ndc3 {admits the previous move was misguided, White can't maintain his d5 outpost:}) (29. Nec3 $2 Bf7) 29... Bb5 30. fxe5 $2 {But 3 consecutive mistakes are too much.} (30. Rxc5 dxc5 31. fxe5 (31. Nc3 exf4 $5 $15) 31... Rxd3 32. Nc3 (32. Rc1 $143 $6 Re3 $1 33. Nc3 Bc6 $17) 32... Bc6 (32... Rd2 33. Nxb5 axb5 34. Rf1 Ng3 35. Rf2 $11) 33. Re1 $15 {/? Black's advantage is far less significant, than it will be now.}) 30... Rxe5 31. Nf4 Nd4 {[%CAl Rg7g5] ?g5} (31... g5 32. Nfd5 Bxd3 33. Rc7 $44) 32. Rc8 {A logical attempt to reactivate the ?b6.} (32. Rc7 Bc6 $17) 32... Rxc8 33. Nxc8 Bc6 $5 {Kasparov strives for more, than} (33... g5 34. Nd5 Nc6 35. Ndb6 Re6 $15 (35... Bxd3 36. Nxd6 Nxa5 37. Nd7 Re6 38. Rxa5 Rxd6 39. Rxg5+ $11) (35... d5 36. d4 $5 Nxd4 37. Nxd5 $15)) ({or even the simplifying} 33... Ne2+ 34. Nxe2 Rxe2 35. Nxd6 Bc6 36. g4 (36. Ne4 Rxb2 $15 (36... Bxe4 $5 37. dxe4 Rxe4 $15)) 36... Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rh2 $36 (37... Rxb2 $15)) 34. Rf1 ({White also had to consider} 34. Nxd6 g5 $5 (34... Ne2+ 35. Nxe2 Rxe2 {-33...?e2+}) 35. Nh5 (35. Nc4 Rf5 36. Nh5 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Rf2 38. Ne3 Nf4 $40) 35... Re2 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nfe4 Rxb2 $15 {/? Even this ? is quite unpleasant.}) 34... Re8 $1 35. Na7 $8 (35. Nxd6 $2 Rf8 $1 {??f4,g5-+}) (35. Nb6 $2 Rf8 36. g3 Nf3+ 37. Rxf3 (37. Kf2 g5 $19) 37... Bxf3 $19) 35... Bd7 $6 {[%csl Ra7][%CAl Re8a8] ??a8} ({A natural move, but because of the following note perhaps stronger was} 35... Rf8 $1 36. Nxc6 (36. g3 $2 Bf3 $19) 36... bxc6 37. g3 $8 Rb8 38. Rf2 Rb5 $17 {Black wins a ? without allowing too much ?.}) 36. Nd5 $2 {The ?a7 needs help, but it's provided by the wrong piece.} (36. Rc1 $1 Nc6 $5 (36... Bf5 37. Rc7 $5 $13 (37. Rc4 Ne2+ (37... g5 38. Nd5 Ne2+ 39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Nc8 $1 $132) 38. Nxe2 Rxe2 39. Nc8 Bxd3 40. Rc7 Rxb2 41. Nxd6 h6 $15 {/=} 42. Nxb7)) (36... g5 37. Rc7 (37. Rc4 $2 gxf4 38. Rxd4 Ra8 39. Rxd6 Bf5 {[%csl Ra7] ?a7}) 37... gxf4 (37... Bf5 38. Nd5 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Bxd3 40. Nc8 $132) 38. Rxd7 Re1+ 39. Kf2 (39. Kh2 $2 Nf5 $19 {?}) 39... Re2+ 40. Kf1 Rxb2 41. Nc8 Nc2 (41... Nf5 42. Ne7+ $1 Nxe7 43. Rxe7 $44 {and with his active ? White holds the ?.}) 42. Kf2 $1 {with reasonable drawing chances, e.g.,} (42. Nxd6 Ne3+ $17) (42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Ke6 $1 44. Rxd6+ Ke5 $19) 42... Nb4+ 43. Kf3 Nxd3 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46. Rxh7 d5 47. Nd6+ Kf8 48. Rxb7 Rf2+ 49. Kg4 Rxg2+ 50. Kf5 {[%CAl Rf5f6] ??f6}) 37. Nxc6 bxc6 $15) 36... h5 $1 {Frees h7 for the ? and renews the threat ?a8.} (36... Ra8 $2 37. Ne7+ Kh8 38. Nac8 $16) 37. Nb6 Bf5 38. Kh2 {[%CAl Rf1f4,Yf1c1] ??f4,?c1 White is ready to launch some ?, but with his ? completely offside Kasparov whips up a mating attack.} g5 $40 {[%mdl 128]} 39. Rc1 (39. Nd5 Kg7 40. Rc1 Re2 $19) (39. Nc4 Re6 $5 $40) 39... g4 $1 $19 40. hxg4 (40. Rc4 Re3 $1 $19 {pins the ? to the basic rank.}) (40. Nac8 g3+ $1 41. Kh1 (41. Kxg3 Ne2+ $19) 41... Re2 42. Nd5 Bxc8 43. Rxc8+ Kg7 44. Rc1 Rxb2 $19) 40... hxg4 {[%CAl Rg4g3] ?g3} 41. Nac8 {White already can't prevent g3:} (41. Rd1 Re3 $19 (41... Ne2 42. g3 Nd4 $19)) (41. Rf1 Re3 $19) 41... g3+ (41... Ne2 $19) 42. Kh1 Re6 {[%CAl Re6h6,Rd4e2] ??h6,?e2} 0-1 [Event "RUS-ch 57th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2004.11.22"] [Round "7"] [White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2004.11.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 104"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bg1 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Be4 b5 19. Nd4 g6 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxd5 dxe5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Qh5 Bf8 25. Qxf5 Bg7 26. Ra3 e4 27. Rh3 h6 28. Rg3 Qe5 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Qg6 Rf8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bd5 Rf1 33. c3 Rbf8 34. h3 Qf6 35. Bxe4 Qxg6 36. Rxg6 Re8 37. Bd3 Rd1 38. Rd6 Bf8 39. Bg6 Bxd6 0-1 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Skelleftea"] [Date "1989.08.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Ehlvest, Jaan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1989.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 (7... Nc6 {Kortschnoj,V-Ribli/Skeleftea WCup/1989/ ? CBM14}) 8. Bg5 h6 {Bulletin: 'N'} 9. Bh4 Qa5 {'!' Bulletin.} 10. O-O {'?!' Bulletin. Bulletin: '10.f3; Ehlvest-Tal/Skeleftea WCup/1989/'} Qh5 {'!' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'Damentausch begünstigt Schwarz'} 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. f3 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bc4 Be7 15. Bf2 Rc8 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Nb3 Rc6 18. a4 Nhf6 19. Rd2 Rfc8 20. Nd4 R6c7 21. a5 b5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Ndxb5 Rc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.09.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "62"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Nde2 b5 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 d5 (13... b5 14. Bg5 (14. O-O-O b4 (14... Bb7 15. b4 $2 a5 $1 $17) 15. Na4 Bb7 16. Ng3 Bc6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Ne4 a4 21. bxa4 b3 22. c3 Qa5 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qe4 {Schuh,F-Malisauskas,V/Debrecen EU-chT (1) OST-LIT/1992/0-1 (56)}) (14. Nxb5 $2 d5 $1 $44 {?} 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ng3 $8 (16. Nbc3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxf5 $17) (16. O-O Bb7 17. Na3 $8 Qc7 $1) 16... Bb7 17. Nc3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rc8 (18... Bxg2 $2 19. Rg1 Bb7 20. Rd1 $1) 19. Rd1 $6 (19. Ra4 Bc5) (19. f6 $1 Bxf6 20. O-O $15) 19... Qa5 20. Rd7 Qb4 $1 (20... Qa1+ $2 21. Kd2 $1 Qxb2 22. Rb1 $1 $8 Bg5 $8 23. Rxb2 Bxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Rxc3+ 25. Kd2 Bc8 26. Rd5 $16) 21. Nh5 $2 (21. f6 $1 Bxf6 22. O-O $15) 21... Bh4+ $1 $19 {Akopian,V-Anastasian,A/Tbilisi/1989/0-1 (23)}) (14. O-O Bb7) (14. Rd1 $5 Bb7 (14... b4 $5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 (16. exd5 $13) 16... Bb7 17. Rd2 Bh4+ $5 18. g3 Be7 $13) 15. Ng3 (15. O-O Rc8 16. Rd2 b4 (16... Qa5 17. Ng3) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 (17... Bxd5) 18. exd5 Bg5 19. Ng3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qa5 21. f6 $5 Qc5 $8 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf5+ {Golubev,M-Ginsburg,G/Ukrajina (ch)/1992/}) 15... b4 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rd2 Bc6 18. Nb6 Qb7 $1 19. Nd5 (19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. O-O Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 a5 21. O-O a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. b3 Ra5 24. Rfd1 {Kuczynski,R-Stempin,P/Leba/1989/}) (14. g4 $5 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. Ng3 d5 (16... Qc7 $5) 17. O-O-O d4 (17... dxe4 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. g5 Nd5 20. f6 $1 $16 {?}) (17... Nxe4 $5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qh3 Qc7 20. g5 $44 {?}) 18. Bd2 (18. g5 $2 Nxe4 $1 19. Nxe4 Qd5 $19) 18... Rc8 19. Kb1 (19. g5 $2 Qc7 20. Qd3 Nxe4 $1 21. Nxe4 Qxc2+ $1 22. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 24. Kc1 Rc8+ $19) 19... Nd7 20. g5 $2 (20. h4 $6 Bc6 21. g5 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Nb6 23. f6 Nxa4 $5 24. fxe7 Qxe7 $44) (20. Rhg1 $1 Bc6 (20... h6 21. g5 $40) 21. g5 Bxa4 22. f6 $1 Bc6 23. Nf5 $3 Bc5 24. fxg7 Re8 25. Rg3 $18) 20... Bxg5 21. Bxb4 Re8 22. Rhg1 $6 Be3 23. Rg2 {Winants,L-Ftacnik,L/Tilburg/1992/}) 14... Bb7 (14... b4 15. Bxf6 bxc3 16. Bxe7 cxb2 17. Rb1 Qxe7 18. O-O a5 19. Rxb2 Ba6 20. Ra1 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rfc8 22. Rba2 Qc7 23. Qd2 Qc6 24. Qd3 {Fiorito,F-Sunye Neto,J/Bogota(2) Final Latin Cup/1991/0.5 (39)}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Qd3 Rc8) 15... Bxf6 16. O-O-O b4 17. Nd5 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Nc1 a3 20. Nxb4 Qa5 21. c3 axb2 22. Ncd3 Rfc8 23. Kxb2 d5 24. Ra1 {Kruppa,Y-Anastasian,A/Podolsk GMA-qual/1989/0-1 (29)}) 14. exd5 e4 15. Qh3 b5 {N} 16. Rd1 $5 Qc7 17. O-O Bb7 18. Qg3 $1 Bd6 19. Bf4 $1 Rad8 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rd4 $1 Re8 22. Rfd1 Qb6 23. Kh1 Rdd8 {Yakovich,Y-Vaulin,A/USSR/1987/}) 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. b4 $5 Ncd7 (14... Na4 15. Nxa4 bxa4 16. a3 $14) 15. O-O Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bb7 17. Nec3 Nf6 18. Rad1 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 $2 (20... Qc7 $1 21. Qg4 f6 22. Rf3 Qxc2 23. Rh3 Rf7 24. Qh5 h6 25. Qg6 Qxe4 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28. Rxh6 Ke8 29. Rh7 Qc4 $17) 21. Qg4 f6 22. Rf3 Rxc2 23. Rh3 Rf7 24. Qh5 h6 25. Qg6 Kf8 26. Bxh6 $2 (26. Qh7 $1 Ke8 27. Qg8+ Rf8 $1 (27... Bf8 $2 28. Bc5 $1 Qc7 29. Rhd3 dxc5 30. Rd8+ Qxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Qxf7 $16) 28. Qxg7 Qc7 $132) 26... gxh6 27. Rxh6 Qb6+ 28. Rc5 $1 $8 (28. Kh1 $2 Rc1+) 28... Bd8 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rh7 (30. Qg8 $2 dxc5 31. Qe8+ Kd6 $19) 30... Rxh7 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.09.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "82"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 (10... Nxb3 11. axb3 Bc5 12. Be3 Nd5 $2 (12... Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nd5) 13. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 14. Bxc5 Qg5 15. Qd4 $1 Nxc3 (15... Nf4 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bd6) (15... Qxg2 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Ne4 $16) 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Bd6 f6 18. O-O $1 fxe5 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. Qf2 Rxc3 21. Rae1 {1-0/Pugatchev-Boger/URS/1991/}) 11. Bf4 (11. Qe2 $5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bc5 13. Nf3) 11... b5 (11... Nxb3 12. axb3 Bc5 13. Ne4 (13. Qd3 $5 { 0-0-0}) 13... O-O 14. Qd3 (14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Qd3 f5 (16... Qd5 $2 17. c4 $18) 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. O-O-O Qd5 $132) 14... Qh4+ (14... Bb4+ 15. c3 Nc5 16. Qe3 { 0-0-0?} (16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. O-O-O Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 b5)) 15. Bg3 Qh5 (15... Qg4 $5) 16. Nxc5 (16. Nf3 $5 b5 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. Neg5 Bd5 $13) 16... Nxc5 17. Qe3 f5 (17... b6 $142) 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nf3 (19. Qe5 Qxe5+ 20. Bxe5 $14) 19... Nd7 (19... b6 $5) 20. O-O-O h6 21. Rhe1 a5 22. Rd4 Qb5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 {Mikhalchishin,A-Stangl,M/Dortmund-B (4)/1991/1-0 (40)}) (11... Nb6 12. Be3 (12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. h4 Bd7 15. Qe2 Kh8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc8 18. c3 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bc2 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rab8 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Bd4 {Yagupov,I-Tataev,M/Moscow Tal/1992/1-0 (42)}) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 Nd5 14. Bf2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. Re3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qe4 Rae8 22. Bg3 Qb6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 {Magomedov,M-Bukic,E/Ljubljana Iskra/1992/0.5 (47)}) (11... g5 12. Nxe6 (12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qe2 b5) 12... Nxe6 13. Bxe6 gxf4 14. Bxf7+ (14. Qh5 Nxe5 $1 15. Qxe5 Bxe6 16. Qxh8 f3 $17) 14... Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg7 (15... Kg8 16. Qg4+ Bg7 17. Qe6+ Kf8 18. Qf5+ Nf6 19. Qxf4 $44) 16. Qg4+ Kh6 17. h4 (17. O-O-O Qg5 $19) (17. O-O Nxe5 18. Qxf4+ Qg5 $19) 17... Nxe5 (17... Be7 $5) 18. Qxf4+ Kg7 (18... Kg6 19. h5+) 19. Qxe5+ Qf6 20. Qg3+ Qg6 21. Qe5+ Qf6 22. Qg3+ {Sokolov,A-Har Zvi,R/Biel op (03)/1992/0.5 (22)}) (11... Be7 12. Qh5 (12. Qg4 g5 $1 13. Bg3 h5 14. Qe2 h4 15. Bf2 Qc7 $13) 12... O-O 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Rhf1 (14. Rhe1 b5 15. Qg4 Re8 16. Re3 Nf8 17. h4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Rf1 Bb7 20. h5 Ne7 21. Rxf7 Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Qb6 23. Rf4 Nd5 24. Nxd5 {Vavra,P-Chloupek,S/CSR-chT/1992/1-0 (27)}) 14... b5 15. Bd5 b4 16. Bxa8 bxc3 17. Nc6 Nb6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Bf6 gxf6 21. exf6 Kh8 22. Rd4 cxb2+ 23. Kb1 Nba4 24. Rf3 {Jaracz,P-Liiva,R/Duisburg WchJM-U18 (05)/1992/1-0 (25)}) (11... g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Kh1 $16) 12. Qg4 (12. Qe2 Bb7 13. O-O-O (13. O-O b4 14. Na4 Nxb3 15. axb3 Nc5 16. Rad1 Nxa4 17. bxa4 Bc5 18. Be3 $2 (18. Kh1 $1 $13) 18... Qc7 $1 $15 {Zapolskis,A-Slekys,E/Mariampole/1992/}) 13... Qa5 (13... b4 14. Na4 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Rhf1 Nc5 17. Nf5 (17. Kb1 Nxa4 18. bxa4 Bc5 19. Qg4 O-O-O 20. Bg3 g6 21. Bh4 Rd5 22. Bf6 Re8 23. Nb3 Bf8 24. g3 {Riegler,P-Osterman,R/SLO-ch/1992/0-1 (35)}) 17... exf5 18. e6 Nxb3+ 19. Kb1 Qc6 20. Nb6 Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Nc5 22. Nxa8 Qxe2 23. Rxe2+ Ne4 24. Nc7+ {Emms,J-Petrosian,A/London LB (08)/1991/1-0 (65)}) 14. Rhf1 (14. Rhe1 Rc8 15. Qg4 b4 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Nxe6 Nac5 18. Nxg7+ Bxg7 19. Qxg7 Nxb3+ 20. Kb1 Nd4 21. e6 Bd5 {Morawietz,D-Ottens,S/NWL-II 9192/1992/1-0 (22)}) 14... Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. a3 Be7 18. Qg4 O-O 19. Rde1 Rfd8 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Re3 Rc8 23. Bf6 Ne4 24. Rxe4 {Motwani,P-Pigott,J/BCF-ch/1989/0-1 (40)}) 12... h5 (12... Nb6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Rhf1 h5 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Bg5 $1 {Zapolskis,A-Tataev,M/Stare Mesto 57/(242)/1992/1-0 (18)}) (12... Nf6 $1 13. exf6 Qxd4 $13 {Zapolskis,A}) 13. Qg3 h4 14. Qg4 g5 $6 (14... h3 $5) 15. O-O-O Qe7 (15... gxf4 16. Nxe6 $1 (16. Bxe6 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Ned3+ $1) 16... Nxe6 17. Bxe6 Rh6 (17... fxe6 18. Qg6+ Ke7 $13) (17... Qe7 18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. Qf3 Rc8 20. Nd5 Bc6 21. Nf6+ Qxf6 22. exf6 Bxf3 23. Rhe1+ $18) 18. Bf5 $1 Ra7 (18... Qe7 19. Nd5 Nxe5 20. Rhe1 $1 Nxg4 21. Nc7#) 19. e6 $40) 16. Nc6 $1 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Qc5 18. Ne4 $1 Qxc6 19. Bxg5 Bb7 (19... Rg8 20. Nf6+ $1 (20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Nf6+ $18) 20... Nxf6 21. Bxf6 $18) 20. Rd6 $3 Bxd6 (20... Qxe4 21. Rxe6+ $18) 21. Nxd6+ Kf8 22. Rf1 Nxe5 (22... Rh7 $2 23. Qxe6 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 $18) (22... f5 23. Rxf5+ $18) 23. Qxe6 Qd5 24. Rxf7+ $3 (24. Qf6 Rh7 25. Rf5 Qxg2 $13) (24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Rxf7 Qxe6 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ $10) 24... Nxf7 (24... Kg8 25. Rg7+ Kxg7 (25... Kf8 26. Qe7#) 26. Nf5+ Kh7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg7#) 25. Be7+ Kg7 $8 (25... Kg8 26. Qg6#) 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Nxf7 (27. Nf5 Rag8) 27... Qh5 $8 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Bf6+ Kh6 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Ng5+ (34. Nxh8 Rxh8 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36. Bxh8 Qg5+ $1) 34... Kh6 35. Bxh8+ (35. Nf7+ Kh7 36. Nxh8 Qh6+ 37. Kb1 Rf8 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Ng6 $16) (35. Qe7 $5 Rag8 (35... Qg6 36. Nf7+ Kh5 37. Qe5+ Kg4 38. h3#) (35... Qe8 36. Qg7+ Kh5 37. Ne6 Qg6 38. Nf4+ Kg4 39. Qxg6+ Kxf4 40. Qg5+ Ke4 41. Qe5#) 36. Nf7+ Kg6 37. Nxh8+ Rxh8 38. Bxh8 Qg5+ $1 39. Qxg5+ Kxg5 40. g3 hxg3 41. hxg3 Kg4 42. Be5 Bd5 $3 43. Kd2 Kf3 44. Kc3 Be4 $10) 35... Qg6 (35... Kxg5 36. Qe5+ Kg6 (36... Kg4 37. h3#) 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Qg7#) 36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. Qe7 Qxg2 $2 (37... Kg8 $3 38. Qxb7 (38. Ne5 Qh7 $1) 38... Rf8 39. Ne5 (39. Bd4 Qxf7 $15) 39... Rf1+ 40. Kd2 Qd6+ $10) 38. Be5 $2 (38. Bd4 $1 Qh1+ (38... Qf1+ 39. Kd2 Qf4+ (39... Qg2+ 40. Kc3) 40. Be3 $1 (40. Kd3 Qf3+) (40. Kc3 Rc8+) 40... Qxh2+ 41. Kc3 Rc8+ 42. Kb4 Rc7 43. Ng5+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kf6 46. Bg5+ Kf5 47. Bf4 $18) 39. Kd2 Qxh2+ (39... Qg2+ 40. Kc3 Qc6+ 41. Kb4 a5+ (41... Re8 42. Qxh4+ $18) 42. Ka3 b4+ 43. Ka2 $18) 40. Kc3 Rc8+ 41. Kb4 Qd2+ (41... Rc7 42. Qf6 $18) (41... Qc7 42. Qf6 a5+ 43. Ka3 b4+ 44. Ka2 Qg3 45. Qh6+ (45. Ng5+ $18) 45... Kg8 46. Nd6) 42. c3 $18) 38... Qf1+ $10 39. Kd2 Qf2+ 40. Kd3 Qf3+ 41. Kd2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.09.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "86"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 (9... Qc7 10. O-O (10. f5 Nxb3 (10... e5 11. Nde2 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Ng3 Be7 15. h4 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Kb1 Be7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb4 21. Ne2 Kb8 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Rd3 Qa5 24. g3 $14 {Filipenko,A-Gaponenko,L/Smolensk cup/1991/1-0 (39)}) 11. axb3 Be7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. Qh3 d5 16. Nxe6 Qe5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rfd1 Bxe6 20. Rxd5 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Bf6 22. Bd4 Rae8 23. Rf1 Re2 24. Bxf6 {Hoffmann,M-Fabiano,G/Mitropa-Cup (4) ITA-GER [4]/1991/0.5 (41)}) 10... Be7 11. f5 O-O 12. g4 Nxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. exd5 Bc5 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Rad1 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 exf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rae8 21. d6 Re5 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Rd8 24. d7 $13 {Neverov,A-Isupov,V/RSFSR-ch Kuibishev/1990/1-0 (62)}) (9... Nxb3 10. axb3 Rb8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. e5 Nd7 13. O-O dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Qg3 f6 16. Ne4 b5 17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Ng5 Bc5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Ngxe6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Qe7 23. Qh3 h5 24. Rfe1 {Filipenko,A-Sadriev,O/URS-sf Voronez/1991/0.5 (49)}) (9... Qd7 10. Be3 b5 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qg3 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qh3 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Bd5 17. c3 Be7 18. Rhd1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. Qf3 Qxe5 21. Rf1 f5 22. Rfd1 O-O 23. Bf4 Qf6 24. Nc6 $17 {Mindras,C-Costescu,M/Singeorz ROM-chJ/1993/1-0 (35)}) 10. f5 Bd7 11. fxe6 (11. a3 e5 12. Nde2 h6 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. Ng3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bc6 16. Be3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. O-O Be7 21. Rae1 O-O 22. Bf2 Bd8 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Re4 {Kovalev,A-Tataev,M/Moscow/1990/1-0 (34)}) 11... fxe6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. e5 Nfe4 (14... Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qg3 $14) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe4 $1 (16. Qe3 Nf2 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Ndxb5 Qb6 $17) 16... Rxf3 17. exd6 Nxb3+ (17... Qh4 18. Nxc5 (18. gxf3 Nxe4 19. fxe4 $13) 18... Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Qxc5 20. Nxf3 $44) 18. Nxb3 (18. axb3 Qh4 19. gxf3 e5 $1 20. Nc5 $140 exd4 21. Nxd7 Qh6+ 22. Rd2 Qxd6 $19) 18... Qf8 (18... Qh4 $5) 19. gxf3 Qxf3 20. Nec5 Bc6 (20... Qc6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Nc5 Qc6 23. b4 Rd8 24. d7 $16) 21. Rhe1 e5 (21... a5 22. d7 Bxd7 23. Rxd7 a4 24. Nd2 $16) 22. d7 Rd8 23. Rd6 a5 24. a3 (24. Nxa5 Qf4+ (24... Qf2 25. Nd3 $1 Qf8 26. Rxc6 $16) 25. Kb1 Qb4 26. Rxe5 Bxd7 (26... Qxa5 27. Rxc6 Qd2 28. a3 Rxd7 $13) 27. Nab3 Rf8 28. a3 (28. Rxd7 Rf1+ 29. Nc1 Rxc1+ $1 30. Kxc1 Qf4+) 28... Qf4 29. Nxd7 Qxh2 $13) 24... a4 25. Nd2 Qg2 26. c3 (26. Rxe5 $2 Qg1+) 26... Bd5 27. Nd3 (27. Rxe5 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Bf7) 27... Bb3 (27... e4 28. Rxd5 e3 (28... exd3 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rf5+ Kg6 31. Rxd8 $18) 29. Rxe3 Qxd5 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Ne5+ Kf6 32. Rxd8 $18) 28. Nxe5 (28. Rxe5 Kf7 $5) 28... Qxh2 29. Nc6 Qxd6 30. Re8+ Kf7 (30... Rxe8 31. dxe8=Q+ Qf8 32. Ne7+ $18) 31. Nxd8+ Kg6 32. Ne6 $1 Qh2 (32... Qxd7 33. Nf8+ Kf7 34. Nxd7 Kxe8 35. Nxb3 axb3 36. Nc5 $18) 33. Nf4+ (33. d8=Q $4 Qg1+ 34. Nf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kd3 Bc2#) (33. Rf8 Qh4 34. Nf3 $1 Qh1+ 35. Kd2 Qd1+ 36. Ke3 Qc1+ (36... Qxd7 37. Ne5+ $18) 37. Kf2 Qxb2+ 38. Kg3 $18) 33... Kh6 (33... Qxf4 34. d8=Q $18) 34. Nd3 Qg1+ 35. Re1 (35. Ne1 Qg4 $1 36. Nxb3 Qxd7) 35... Qg5 36. Ne5 $2 (36. Rh1+ $1 Kg6 37. Ne5+ Kf5 38. Nc6 $18) 36... g6 37. Rf1 (37. Nc6 Qf5 38. Nxb3 Qxd7 39. Ne5 $16) 37... Be6 38. Nf7+ (38. Rf8 Bxd7 $1 39. Nxd7 Qe7) 38... Bxf7 39. Rxf7 Qd5 40. Re7 Qd6 41. Rf7 Qd3 42. Ne4 Qe3+ 43. Nd2 Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1996.03.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "1996.03.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 052"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Hecht Topalov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. O-O (9. f5 Be7 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Qd3 $6 Ng4 $1 $15 {Akopian,V-Ivanchuk,V/Erevan/1989/}) (9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 Bd7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Qc8 13. a3 Be7 14. Ba2 O-O $6 15. Nf5 Rf7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. e5 $16 {1-0 Macieja,B-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest FS02 GM (11) ;EXP 51 1996 (35)}) 9... Ncxe4 (9... Be7 10. e5 $5 (10. Be3 Qc7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf5 Ng4 14. Nd6+ Qxd6 15. Qxg4 O-O 16. Bh6 Qe5 17. Rae1 f5 $17 {0-1 Velimirovic,D-Peng Zhaoqin/Pozarevac (04) ;EXP 49 1995 (36)}) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bc5 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bf2 $5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 $10 {Arakhamia,K-Ftacnik,L/Sydney Mercantile (7) 1991/0-1 (44)}) (9... Be7) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 (12. Ne6 $6) 12... Qe7 $6 (12... d5 $3 $146 13. Re1 Bc5 (13... exd4 $4 14. Rxe4+ Be7 15. f6 $1 gxf6 16. Bxd5 Rf8 17. Bh6 $18) 14. Rxe4 Bxd4+ (14... O-O $5 15. Rg4 (15. Rh4 Bxf5 $1 $19) 15... Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 Kh8 $17) 15. Be3 (15. Rxd4 $5 Qb6 (15... exd4 $2 16. Bg5 Qa5 $8 (16... Qd7 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. f6 $18) 17. Qe2+ Kd7 18. Qe7+ Kc6 19. Qxf7 $16) 16. c3 exd4 (16... O-O 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 $44) 17. Qe2+ Kf8 18. Qf2 Qf6 19. cxd4 Qxf5 $17) 15... O-O 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 f6 18. Bc5 $2 (18. Qf3 $1 $44) 18... Re8 $15 {0-1 Topalov,V-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB (03)/1996/ (46) ;CBM 52}) 13. Qf3 Nc5 (13... exd4 14. Re1 $16) 14. Nc6 (14. f6 $2 gxf6 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Qxf6 Nxb3 17. axb3 (17. Qxh8 Nxc1 $1) 17... Rg8 18. Nd8 Bh3 $19) (14. Ne2 $5 {? ?e2-c3-d5}) 14... Qc7 15. Bd5 (15. Nb4 $6 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 b5 $1 17. Nd5 Qc6 18. f6 Bb7 $1 $17) 15... a5 $6 (15... Bd7 16. Nb4 Be7 $1 (16... Qb6 $2 17. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 18. Nd5 Qc6 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. f6 $18) 17. Bc4 (17. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 18. Nd5 (18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. f6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Nd5 Qd8 $19) 18... Qd8 19. Qh5+ Kg8 $19) 17... Bc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 $44) 16. Bg5 $1 (16. Be3 Ra6 17. Nd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 $13 {Spanish TV-Kasparov 1990}) 16... Ra6 $2 (16... Bd7 17. Ne7 $3 {Topalov} (17. Nd4 $2 {Topalov} f6 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Ne6+ Nxe6 $1 20. fxe6 Qc5+ $19) (17. f6 $6 {Topalov} g6 18. Ne7 Ne6 $1 $13) 17... f6 (17... Bxe7 $2 18. Bxe7 Qb6 (18... Kxe7 19. f6+ Kd8 20. fxg7 Re8 21. Bxf7 $18) 19. f6 g6 20. Kh1 $16) 18. Qh5+ Kxe7 (18... Kd8 19. Ng6 Be8 20. Be3 $16) 19. Bxf6+ $1 gxf6 (19... Kxf6 20. Qh4+ g5 21. fxg6+ Kg7 22. Rf7+ $18) 20. Qf7+ Kd8 21. Qxf6+ Kc8 22. Qxh8 Qd8 23. f6 $16 (23. f6 Bh6 24. Qxh7 Be3+ 25. Kh1 $16)) 17. Nd8 $3 $18 f6 $8 18. Nf7 Rg8 19. Be3 g6 20. Ng5 $1 (20. Nxe5 $2 dxe5 21. Bxg8 Bxf5 $132) 20... Rg7 (20... fxg5 21. f6 $1 Rh8 22. f7+ Kd8 23. Bxg5+ Be7 24. f8=R+ Rxf8 25. Qxf8+ Kd7 26. Qxe7#) 21. fxg6 Rxg6 $1 (21... hxg6 22. Qxf6 Qe7 23. Bf7+ (23. Qf2 $18 {Topalov}) 23... Kd8 24. Bc4 Qxf6 25. Rxf6 Ke7 (25... Be7 26. Rf7 $18) 26. Raf1 Bf5 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 28. Bxa6 Nxa6 29. g4 $18) 22. Bf7+ Qxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rad1 Be7 26. Rd5 Bg4 (26... Re6 27. Qe4 b6 28. Rxe5 Bb7 29. Rxe6 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 $18) 27. Qe4 (27. Qb3 {Topalov} Be6 28. Qxb7 Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Re6 30. Qa8 $18) 27... Kg7 28. Rfd1 $2 (28. Rf2 {? ?fd2 + ?d7 ist das bessere Feld eine Qualität zurück zu opfern.}) 28... Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Re6 $1 $16 30. Qf5 (30. Qxb7 $2 e4 31. Rd7 Kf7 $13 {[%CAl Ge4e1]}) 30... Kf7 31. Re1 b6 (31... b5 $5 32. c4 bxc4 33. a4 $16) (31... b5 $1 $16 {Topalov ? 32...c4; 33...a4}) (31... Rd6 $2 {Topalov} 32. Rxe5) 32. h4 $6 (32. c4 $142 $1 {War jetzt oder in den nächsten beiden Zügen stärker.}) (32. a4 $142 $1) 32... Rg7 (32... b5 $142 $1 {Topalov}) 33. Kf1 (33. a4 $142 $1 {Topalov}) 33... Bd6 (33... b5 $1) (33... Bf8) 34. Kf2 Bc7 $2 {Hier steht der ? passiv, noch immer war b5 stärker.} 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Re4 Kf7 37. Rg4 $1 $18 Re7 38. Ke4 Rxg4+ 39. Qxg4 {Hecht: D-TL: 1 schwarzer Mehrbauer, passive schwarze Figuren, Bauern auf L-Farbe festgelegt, schwache weiße Felder, schlechte Koordination von T und L, Technik} Bd8 40. a4 {Endlich wird der ?-Flügel festgelegt.} (40. Qf5 Kg7 41. h5 {? 42.h6+ +-}) 40... Kf8 41. c3 Rg7 42. Qc8 Ke8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. g4 Rf7 45. h5 Rg7 46. h6 $6 (46. b3 Rf7 {nachdem der ? die g-Linie verlassen hat} 47. h6 $1 $18 (47. h6 {Topalov} Ra7 48. Qd5 $1 $18)) 46... Rg6 47. Qd5 Be7 48. Kf5 Rxh6 49. Qb7 e4 (49... Bd8 50. Ke6 (50. Qd7 Be7 51. Qc8+ Kf7 52. Qb7) 50... f5+ 51. Kxf5 Rf6+ 52. Kxe5 h6 53. Qc8 Ke8 54. Qxd8+ Kxd8 55. Kxf6 $18) 50. Qb8+ Kf7 51. Qxb6 e3 52. Qe6+ Ke8 53. Qxe3 {Nach dem Verlust des b-? hätte Schwarz getrost aufgeben können.} Rg6 54. Qe4 Rg5+ 55. Kf4 Kd7 56. Qb7+ (56. Qxh7 {Topalov} c4 $1 {? 57...?c5}) 56... Ke6 57. Qc8+ Kf7 58. Qc7 h5 59. gxh5 Rxh5 60. Qxa5 Bd6+ 61. Ke4 (61. Kf3 {Topalov} Rh3+ 62. Ke4 $4 Ke6 {? 63...f5#}) 61... f5+ (61... Re5+ {Topalov} 62. Kf3 Rf5+ 63. Ke3 Re5+ 64. Kd2 $18) 62. Kd5 Be7 63. Qc7 Rh6 64. a5 Rd6+ 65. Ke5 Rf6 66. Qc8 (66. Qc8 f4 67. a6 f3 68. a7 f2 69. a8=Q Bd6+ 70. Kd5 f1=Q 71. Qg8+ Ke7 72. Qae8#) 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires sim"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1997.09.07"] [Round "2"] [White "German, Gustavo"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2820"] [PlyCount "59"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nf5 Nxb3 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. axb3 b5 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Bb7 17. Qd3 Qe6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd5 Qh4 21. Rd1 Rf8 22. Qe3 h6 23. h3 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rf4 25. Rxd6 Rxe4 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Qd3 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "2001.03.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Bauer, Christian"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2618"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2001.03.21"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 082"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.05.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Kh1 (14. h3 Qe8 15. Nf3 e5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Nd5 Rg6 19. Nc7 Qc8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qd5 {1-0 Plachetka,J-Debnar,L/SVK/1999/ (39)}) (14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rad1 (15. Kh1 b5 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Qf3 Qc4 18. Nce2 e5 19. b3 Qf7 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qd5 {0-1 Zhukov,V-Loskutov,O/St Petersburg/2000/ (45)}) 15... b5 16. Bf2 b4 17. Na4 e5 18. Nf5 Bb5 19. Qd2 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Kh8 {0-1 Reindl,W-Kordts,W/Bayern/2000/ (26)}) 14... Qe8 (14... Qc7 15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Bg1 Rxf1 17. Rxf1 Rf8 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Nf3 b5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bd4 e5 22. Be3 Qb7 {0-1 Akopian,V-Ivanchuk,V/Yerevan/1989/ (45)}) 15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Bg1 Nh5 $5 {Black has survived the attack against e6 square intact, with the bishop's pair he can count on good chances in the middlegame and endgame.} 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Rad1 h6 (18... Nf6 19. Qd3 (19. e5 dxe5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Bg5 Bc6 22. Qxe5 Ng4 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxe7 Rxf3 $19) 19... Ng4 $15) 19. b4 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nf6 21. Bg1 b5 22. Rf3 (22. Qf3 Rf8 $15) 22... Qh5 23. Re3 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rc8 25. Nb3 (25. Nf3 e5 26. Bb6 Kf7 $15) 25... Rc4 26. Na5 (26. e5 dxe5 27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. Nxc5 Rxb4 29. Nd3 Rd4 30. Rxe5 b4 31. Ne2 Rd6 $17) 26... Rxb4 27. b3 Bd8 28. Nb7 (28. e5 Bxa5 29. exf6 Rf4 $19) 28... Bc7 29. e5 {[%mdl 4096] Bauer omitts better chance of creating problems for the opponent in the difficult endgame.} (29. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 30. e5 Bf8 (30... Bxe5 31. Rxe5 a5 32. Bc5 Rf4 33. Kg1 a4 34. Be3 Rf5 35. Rxf5 exf5 36. Kf1 $15) 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Ne4 Be7 33. Nc5 Bxc5 34. Bxc5 Rf4 35. Kg1 $17) 29... dxe5 30. Nc5 Rf4 $1 (30... Bc8 31. N3e4 $1 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Kf7 33. Bc5 Rd4 34. Bxd4 exd4 35. b4 $15) 31. Nxa6 Ba5 32. b4 (32. Nd1 Rf1 33. Ne3 Rb1 $17) 32... Bxb4 33. Nxb4 Rxb4 34. Rxe5 Rb2 35. Re2 (35. Ne2 Rxc2 36. Nd4 Rc1 37. Nxe6 Ng4 38. Re2 Bxe6 $19) 35... b4 36. Nd1 Ra2 {White pieces are so poorly coordinated, that defense of c2 pawn is a daunting task.} 37. Bd4 (37. Rf2 e5 38. Ne3 Ne4 39. Rf1 Nc3 $19) 37... Bb5 38. Rxe6 (38. Rf2 e5 39. c4 b3 40. Bxe5 Ng4 41. Rxa2 bxa2 42. Ba1 Bxc4 $19) 38... Rxc2 39. Re1 (39. Bxf6 gxf6 40. Re1 b3 $19) 39... Rc1 40. Rg1 b3 41. Nc3 (41. Nb2 Rc2 $19) 41... b2 42. Nb1 Ne4 43. Na3 (43. Bxb2 $2 Nf2#) 43... Bd3 44. h3 (44. h3 Ng3+ 45. Kh2 Ne2 46. Bxb2 Rxg1 $19) 0-1 [Event "URS U18-ch"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1976.01.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tiliskin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B87"] [PlyCount "86"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Qh5 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Rf4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. Ne4 Qxe5 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Rxd7 Bxe4 21. Qe3 Qf5 22. c3 Qg6 23. R1d2 Rac8 24. R7d4 Bf5 25. Qe5 Qf6 26. Qd6 a5 27. a4 bxa4 28. Bxa4 Qg5 29. Qe5 Rc4 30. Bb5 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 e5 32. Qf2 Be6 33. c4 e4 34. Qd4 Bg4 35. h4 Qe7 36. Qe3 f5 37. g3 Bf3 38. Qf4 e3 39. Rd7 Qe4 40. Qxe4 fxe4 41. c5 e2 42. Bc4+ Kh8 43. Kf2 Bh5+ 0-1 [Event "URS-chT Republics 14th final C"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1979.07.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Govbinder, Mikhail Yudovich"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B87"] [BlackElo "2545"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1979.07.10"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Tadzhikistan"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "TJK"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Qb8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. c3 a5 16. a3 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qc8 19. g4 Ne8 20. Bd5 Ra6 21. Qd2 Nc7 22. Rfd1 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 h5 24. h3 Kh7 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 g6 27. Rc4 Qe8 28. fxg6+ fxg6 29. Rd2 h4 30. g5 Kg7 31. Rxh4 Rf5 32. f4 Qc8 33. Rg4 exf4 34. Bd4+ Kf8 35. Qf3 d5 36. Rxf4 Bxg5 37. Rxf5+ Qxf5 38. Qxf5+ gxf5 39. Rf2 f4 40. Be5 Ke7 41. Bxf4 Bxf4 42. Rxf4 a4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-25"] [Site "Luzern"] [Date "1982.10.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Sarapu, Ortvin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2315"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1982.10.30"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "New Zealand"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O b5 9. a3 O-O 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Qf2 Rfe8 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. c3 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bf8 20. h3 Qb7 21. Bc2 Rac8 22. Kh1 g6 23. Nb3 Bg7 24. Nd2 d5 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Be3 Red8 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Ba4 Bc6 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Bc2 Bc6 33. Be3 Bd5 34. Kg1 Qb8 35. Qe2 Rd8 36. Bf2 h5 37. Qe1 Rd7 38. Ba4 Rb7 39. Qd2 Be5 40. Bd1 Bh2+ 41. Kf1 Bd6 42. Bd4 Bxa3 43. Ra1 Bd6 44. Rxa6 Bf4 45. Be3 Bxe3 46. Qxe3 Rxb2 0-1 [Event "Evry sim"] [Site "Evry"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bellet, Georges"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B87"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O-O Qb8 13. g4 a5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nd7 16. g5 O-O 17. h4 Bb5 18. Qf2 Rc8 19. Rd2 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Qe3 Rc4 23. Bb3 Rb4 24. g6 hxg6 25. h5 a4 26. hxg6 axb3 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 0-1 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1991.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 026 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1992.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nce2 Kh8 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Nf6 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd3 h6 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Qh4 Rd7 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 Qd8 25. h3 Qb6 26. a5 Qb7 27. Qh4 Qb5 28. Red1 Rfd8 29. Qf4 Qxa5 30. Rxd6 Qg5 31. Rxd7 Qxf4 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. R8d4 a5 34. c3 a4 35. Bc2 bxc3 $4 36. e5+ 1-0 [Event "Linares 11th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 034"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Speelman,J Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 (12. Rfe1 $6 {Boensch} Bd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nce2 Kh8 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Nf6 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rad1 Rad8 $10 {Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B Paris Immopar (4f/1) 25min 1991 1-0 36}) 12... Bd7 (12... Bf6 $5 {Boensch} 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qc5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Gavrikov,V URS-ch 1988 ½ 47}) 13. Nf3 $1 {Kasparov and Gelfand already played one game in this variation(Immopar 1991) and though Garry won he was highly unconvincing.This was played after the rest day and two Kasparov wins so he was expected to come out with guns blazing!} (13. f4 {Boensch} Nc6 (13... Kh8 $5 14. Bg5 Nc6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. f5 e5 17. Ne6 fxe6 18. fxe6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nf6 20. exd7 Qxd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Gruenberg,HU DDR-ch Zittau 1989 ½ 23}) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16. Be3 b4 17. Na4 (17. Ne2 $2 e5 $15) 17... Nf6 $1 (17... Rb8 $2 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. e5 $16 {Sokolov,A-Gelfand,B URS-ch 1989 1-0 64}) 18. fxe6 Nxe4 19. Qh3 fxe6 20. Qxe6 Bf6 $10 {Damasko,R-Arnason,J Novi Sad olm (12) 1990 ½ 61}) (13. a3 {Boensch} Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f4 Bf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 $14 {Stirenkov,V-Vaulin,A Budapest Festival (9) 1991 1-0 41}) 13... b4 $2 {Too provocative} (13... Kh8) (13... Nc6 $1) (13... a5 {Speelman,J} 14. e5 (14. a4 $14) 14... a4 15. Rd4 axb3 (15... g6 16. Bd5 $1 $16) 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Rg4 bxa2 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Ne4 a1=Q 20. Rxh7+ Kxh7 21. Neg5+ Bxg5 $8 (21... Kg6 22. Nxe6+ Kf5 23. Nfd4+ Ke4 24. Qf3+ Kxe5 25. Qf5#) 22. Nxg5+ Kg6 $1 $8 {This is probably drawn now - Kasparov's opening preparation!} (22... Kh6 $2 23. Qh4+ Kg6 24. Qh7+ Kxg5 25. f4+ Kg4 26. Qh3#)) 14. Ne2 {This is the direction it's going anyway} a5 (14... Kh8 $5 {Boensch}) 15. Nf4 $1 Kh8 (15... a4 $4 {Boensch} 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nh5 Bf6 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. Qh4 h5 20. Qg5 $18) 16. Bg5 Nf6 (16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 a4 18. Qh4 Nf6 19. Bxe6 (19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 h6 21. Nxf7+ $16) 19... Bxe6 20. Nfxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Qe7 22. Nxf8 Qxf8 $16) (16... f6 $4 {Boensch} 17. Bxe6 fxg5 18. Ng6+ hxg6 19. Qh3#) 17. Qh4 (17. e5 {Speelman,J} Ne4 18. Bxe7 Nxg3 19. exd6 Qc8 20. hxg3 a4 21. Bxf8) 17... Bb5 $2 (17... a4 18. Nh5 $18 (18. Nh5 {Boensch} axb3 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Ng5 (22. Rd3 {Speelman,J} Bb5 (22... Qd8 23. Qh6 $18) 23. Rxb3 $1 Qd8 (23... Bxf1 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. Qh6 $1) (23... Qc4 $2 24. Nd2) (23... Re8 24. Nd4 Bxf1 25. Qh6 $1 Qc3 $8 26. bxc3 $18) 24. Qh6 f5 (24... f6 25. Ne5 $18) 25. Ng5 $1 (25. Nd4 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Nxb5 $18) 25... Ra7 26. Nxe6 Qf6 27. Rg3+ Kf7 28. Qxf8+ Kxe6 29. Qxb8 $18) 22... Bb5 23. Qh6 f6 24. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 25. Nxe6+ $18)) (17... Nc6 $16) (17... Nc6 {Boensch} 18. Nh5 (18. Ba4 {Speelman,J} Rae8) (18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 (19. Bc2 $6 cxb2 20. e5 $2 (20. Bb1) 20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxc2 $1 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxe7 Rfb8 $13)) 18... Nxh5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qxe7 Rae8 $1 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bb5 $13) 18. Nd4 $1 {Gelfand overlooked this} Be8 (18... Bxf1 19. Ndxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6 $1 h6 (20... g6 21. Nxg6+ Kg7 22. Qh6#) 21. Bxh6 $18 (21. Bxh6 {Boensch} gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Nh7 23. Ng6#)) 19. Ndxe6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qa7 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rd8 Nd7 (24... Qe7 25. Qg4 $1 (25. Qc4 Kg7 26. Qg8+ Kh6 27. Rd3 Bg6) 25... Bg6 (25... Bg7 26. Qc4 Qf8 27. Qe6 $18) 26. Qc4 Qg7 27. Qc8 $1 $18) 25. Qg4 (25. Qg4 {Boensch} Bg7 26. Qe6 $18) 1-0 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.10.12"] [Round "16"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "75"] [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 {Tisdall} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 (13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qh6 O-O-O 15. Qh3 (15. f3 Rg6 16. Qh4 Rdg8 17. Re2 Bd8 18. Qe1 Bb6+ 19. Kh1 Bd4 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qc5 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Rc3 $16 {Krason,J-Schurade,M/Olomouc/1989/1-0 (107)}) 15... Kb8 16. a3 (16. f3 Rg6 17. Be3 Rdg8 18. Re2 Nd7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. Bxf7 Bf6 22. Rd1 Bxb2 23. c4 Ba3 24. cxb5 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Polugaevsky,L/Monaco blind (01)/1993/1-0 (35)}) 16... Rg6 17. Re2 Rdg8 18. f4 $2 (18. f3 h5 $13) 18... d5 $1 $17 {Drozdov-Schnaider,A/URS/1987/}) (13. f3 O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 Rd8 (15... Bf6 16. Bg5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 a5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Ba2 Qxc3 20. Be7 Qxc2 21. Qf2 Rc8 22. Rd2 Qc7 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Bb1 $14 {Hernandez,Y-Martin del Campo/Capablanca Memorial III (10)/1993/0.5 (60)}) (15... b4 $6 16. Ne2 $6 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Bf6 $10 {Rublevsky,S-Magerramov,E/USSR-ch/1991/}) 16. Kh1 (16. Rd3 Kh8 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Red1 Qc7 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. a3 Qb7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne2 Rg8 23. Qf2 a5 24. c3 {Prasad,D-Shneider,A/Calcutta/1991/0.5 (25)}) 16... Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. a4 $6 h6 $1 20. Qd2 b4 21. Na2 a5 22. c3 bxc3 23. Nxc3 $13 {Magomedov,M-Magerramov,E/USSR/1991/}) (13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. Rd3 b4 19. Rf3 bxc3 20. Rxf6 cxb2 21. Rf3 Qxe4 22. Qd2 a5 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Qd1 $13 {Moutousis,K-Cvetkovic,S/Vrnjacka Banja (7)/1990/0-1 (46)}) (13. a4 b4 14. a5 O-O 15. Na2 Nxe4 16. Qg4 f5 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Qe2 d5 {Vavra,P-Vokac,M/Prague Bohemians (04)/1991/0-1 (18)}) 13... Rd8 $1 (13... O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 a5 (15... Rd8 16. Rd3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. f3 Rc8 21. Rd1 Ne8 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne2 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Polugaevsky,L/Moscov TV/1987/0.5 (40)}) (15... Kh8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. Rd3 h6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. f3 Rd7 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Ne2 Kg8 24. Nd4 $10 {Vujadinovic,G-Cvetkovic,S/Vrnjacka Banja (13)/1990/0.5 (49)}) 16. a4 b4 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxe5 Qc6 20. Rh5 Qe4 21. Re5 Qc6 22. Rh5 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Be3 $13 {De la Riva,J-Lesiege,A/WchJ-16/1991/0-1 (74)}) 14. f3 (14. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 15. Qh6 d5 $1 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Ne4 Rd1 $1 19. Rxd1 Qxe4 20. f3 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qxf3+ 22. Kg1 Qg2#) (14. Nd5 $2 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qxg7 Kd7 17. Qg4+ (17. Qxf7 {Tisdall} Rde8 18. Bg5 Rhg8 $1 19. Bxe7 Rxg2+ $3 {which was spotted with remarkable speed by Fritz2, even though it did not see all the way to the end on its first search. It did 'see' that the sac was correct, and fleshed out the variations after longer 'thought'.} 20. Kxg2 Ne3+ 21. Kg3 Qg2+ 22. Kf4 Qe4+ 23. Kg5 (23. Kg3 Qg4#) 23... h6+ $1 24. Kxh6 (24. Kh5 Qg4+ 25. Kxh6 Rh8+ 26. Qh7 Nf5#) (24. Kf6 Qe5+ 25. Kg6 Be4+ {also mates quickly.}) 24... Rh8+ 25. Kg7 Qh7+ 26. Kf6 Qh4+ 27. Kg7 Qh6#) 17... Kc7 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxe7+ Kb8 $132) 14... O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 (15... Ne8 $10 {Stirenkov,V-Magerramov,E/Smolensk/1991/}) 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Red1 Qc5 22. Qe3 (22. Qxc5 $6 dxc5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Kg1 c4 $15) 22... Kg8 23. Kg1 Kf8 $6 (23... Qxe3+ 24. Rxe3 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Red3 Nf6 $10) 24. Qf2 Ba8 25. Ne2 g6 $2 (25... Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Ke7 $10) 26. Nd4 Qe5 (26... e5 27. Rc3 Qa7 (27... Qb6 $4 28. Ne6+ $18) 28. Nc6 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rc8 (29... Bxc6 30. Rxc6 $16) 30. Nxe5 $1 $18) 27. Re1 g5 (27... Kg8 28. c3 {? ?c2} (28. f4 Qc5 $13)) 28. c3 Kg7 29. Bc2 Rg8 30. Nb3 Kf8 31. Rd4 Ke7 32. a4 $1 h5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rb4 (34. h4 gxh4 $140 35. f4 $18) 34... h4 35. Nd4 g4 (35... Rb8 36. Ba4 $1 $18) 36. Rxb5 d5 (36... Qxh2+ 37. Kxh2 g3+ 38. Kg1 gxf2+ 39. Kxf2 $16) 37. Qxh4 Qh5 (37... gxf3 38. exd5 $1 (38. Nf5+ $2 exf5 39. exf5 Rxg2+ 40. Kf1 Re2 $19) (38. Nxf3 Qh5 $16) 38... Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Qxh2 (39... Rxh2 40. Nf5+ Qxf5 41. Qb4+ $18) 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41. Qxh2 Rxh2 42. Rb8+ Ne8 43. Ba4 $18) 38. Nf5+ $1 (38. Nf5+ $1 exf5 39. exf5+ Kf8 40. Qxf6 $18) 1-0 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.10.16"] [Round "18"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "66"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nf3 $1 (13. f4 b4 (13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16. Be3 b4 17. Na4 Nf6 (17... Rb8 $6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7 $8 21. e5 Bxa4 22. Bg5 Qa7+ 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Bxa4 $36 {Sokolov,A-Gelfand,B/USSR-ch/1989/1-0 (64)}) 18. fxe6 Nxe4 19. Qh3 fxe6 20. Qxe6 Bf6 21. Qc4 Qb7 22. Nb6 Rae8 23. Qxb4 Bxb2 24. Bd5 $13 {Damaso,R-Arnason,J/Novi Sad olm (12)/1990/0.5 (61)}) (13... Kh8 14. Bg5 Bxg5 (14... Nc6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. f5 e5 17. Ne6 fxe6 18. fxe6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nf6 20. exd7 Qxd7 21. Qd3 Rd8 22. g3 h6 {Tischbierek,R-Gruenberg,H/DDR-ch Zittau/1989/0.5 (23)}) 15. Qxg5 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. f5 Nf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe6 Qa7+ 20. Kh1 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. c3 Rf2 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Bd5 {Sieiro-Vera/Cuba-ch/1982/0.5 (26)}) 14. Nce2 Kh8 15. Bg5 (15. Bg5 Nc6 16. f5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Rae8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6 Bd8 21. Qh3 Rxe6 22. Nxe6 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 {Almasi,I-Vaulin,A/Kecskemet 57/(247)/1993/0.5 (23)})) (13. a3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfe1 (15. f4 Bf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21. Qh4 Rad8 22. Rd3 Qb7 23. Rde3 Rfe8 24. h3 $14 {Stirenkov,V-Vaulin,A/Budapest Festival (9)/1991/1-0 (41)}) (15. Bf4 Qb7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. Rd4 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Ne2 a4 22. Ba2 b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Bc3 $36 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/London (m/20)/1993/0.5 (36)}) 15... a5 16. f3 (16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qb7 18. Rd4 Nf6 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Red1 b4 21. axb4 e5 22. R4d3 Qxb4 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 $14 {Riegler,P-Danner,G/Ljublana Pirc mem/1993/1-0 (44)}) 16... Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Qg3 Rfd8 20. Rd2 a4 21. Ba2 b4 22. axb4 Qb6+ 23. Qf2 Qxb4 24. Nd1 $10 {Martin del Campo,R-Sunye Neto,J/Merida (01)/1993/0.5 (42)}) 13... a5 $1 $146 (13... b4 $6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nf4 $1 Kh8 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Qh4 $1 Bb5 $2 (17... a4 18. Nh5 axb3 19. Nxf6 $16) (17... Nc6) 18. Nd4 $1 Be8 (18... Bxf1 19. Ndxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6 g6 21. Nxg6+ Kg7 22. Qh6#) 19. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qa7 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rd8 Nd7 25. Qg4 $1 {1-0/Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/Linares/1993/}) (13... Nc6 $5 14. Ne2 (14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Rd8 16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 b4 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. e5 Ne4 20. Qh4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nc5 22. Qg3 Bc8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Kh1 $15 {Sax,G-Wojtkiewicz,A/Budapest zt-A (09)/1993/0-1 (42)}) (14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Bc8 16. h4 Kh8 17. Rd3 {Zapata,A-Sunye Neto,J/Merida (03)/1993/0.5 (17)}) 14... a5 15. c3 a4 16. Bc2 e5 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Bb1 Kh8 19. Be3 Nf6 20. f4 Nh5 21. Qf3 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Qxf4 a3 24. b3 $13 {Ashley,M-Arnason,J/Saint Martin/1993/}) 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Nf4 Bf6 $6 (16... Kh8) 17. Nd3 (17. Nh5 Bxb2 18. e5 Nxe5 $1 19. Bxg7 $140 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bxg7 $19) 17... e5 18. Be3 Be7 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. f3 (20. f4 Ng4 $13) 20... Rfe8 21. Kh1 Be6 22. Rfe1 Rac8 (22... d5 23. Bg5 $5 (23. Nc5 $2 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 d4 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Re2 Nd7 27. Nb3 Nd8 28. Bxd4 Rg6 $19)) 23. Qf2 d5 $1 24. Bb6 Qb8 25. Bc5 Bxc5 (25... d4 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 $14) 26. Nxc5 Nd4 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. exd5 Nxb3 (28... exd5 29. Ne4 $1 (29. f4 Nxc2 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Qxe5 $17) 29... Nxb3 (29... Nxe4 30. Bxd5+ Kh8 31. Bxe4 $18) 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. cxb3 (31. Rxd5 Nd4 (31... Qb7 32. Rb5) 32. Qg3+ (32. Rd7 Nf5) 32... Kf7 (32... Kh8 33. Rd7 Rg8 (33... Nf5 34. Qh3 Ng7 35. Qh6 Rg8 36. Re4 {? ?h4}) (33... Ne6 34. Qh4 Ng5 35. Qh6 $18) 34. Qh4 Rg7 35. Qxf6 Rcg8 36. Rxe5 Nxf3 $5 37. Rxg7 (37. gxf3 Qf8 $1 38. Qxf8 Rg1#) 37... Qxe5 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. gxf3 Qe1+ $10) (32... Kf8 33. Qh4 Qb6 34. Qh6+ Kf7 35. Qxh7+ Kf8) 33. Qh3 $5 (33. Rd7+ Re7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Qg7+ Ke6 $17)) 31... d4 32. f4 $13) 29. Nxb3 exd5 30. Nxa5 Qa8 31. Nb3 Qxa4 32. Ra1 Qc6 33. Re2 d4 (33... d4 34. Ra5 (34. Rae1 Nd5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Qxc2 37. Qxc2 Rxc2 38. Rxd5 Rxb2 39. h4 Rxb3 40. Rxd4 $10) 34... Qd6 35. Qe1 d3 36. cxd3 Qxd3 37. Nc5 Qd4 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.10.21"] [Round "20"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "71"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. a3 (13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16. Be3 b4 $1 17. Na4 {Sokolov,A-Gelfand,B/URS-ch/1989/} Nf6 $1 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qh3 Nxe4 20. Qxe6 Bf6 $13) 13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf4 (15. f4 Bf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21. Qh4 Rad8 22. Rd3 $14 {Stirenkov,V-Vaulin,A/Budapest/1991/}) 15... Qb7 16. Rfe1 a5 (16... b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. e5 $14) 17. e5 (17. Nd5 $5 Bd8 $1 (17... exd5 18. exd5 $16)) 17... dxe5 (17... d5 18. Ne2 b4 19. axb4 a4 20. Ba2 Qxb4 21. Nd4 Bb7 22. Bc1 $14) (17... b4 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 bxc3 21. bxc3 $16) 18. Bxe5 Bf6 (18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. Nd4 $14) (18... Nf6 19. Rd4 Rad8 20. Rh4 $13) 19. Rd4 Rd8 (19... b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Na2 $1 $16 (21. Ne4 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 $14)) (19... Bxe5 20. Qxe5 $14 (20. Rxe5 $2 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Na2 $1 Rxa2 23. Bxa2 Qa7 $17)) 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Ne2 a4 22. Ba2 b4 23. axb4 (23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. axb4 $140 $2 f6 26. c4 Qxc4 $19) 23... Qxb4 24. Bc3 Qb7 (24... Qh4 $2 25. Qxh4 Bxh4 26. Bb4 $18) 25. Nd4 Nf6 $1 (25... Bd5 26. Nf5 $1 f6 (26... exf5 27. Rxe8 $18) (26... Bxa2 27. Bxg7 h5 28. Bxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qa3+ $18) 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Bb4 Bc7 (29... Ba5 30. Bxf8 Bxe1 31. Bxg7+ Nxg7 32. Qb8+ Ne8 33. Qxe8+ Kg7 34. Ng4 Bb4 35. Ne3 $16) 30. Qh3 Ba5 31. c4 Qxc4 32. Bxa5 gxh6 33. Qxe6 $16) (25... Bf6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Bb4 Qxc2 28. Bb1 $1 (28. Bxf8 $2 Kxf8 $44) 28... Qxb2 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Bxf8 $16) (25... Be4 26. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Be7 28. Nxg7 Bg6 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Qe5 Bf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qxh7+ $18) 26. Nxc6 (26. Rxe6 $6 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Qf7 (27... Bd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxg7 Bh4 $17) 28. Nxg7 Qxa2 29. Nf5+ Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke6 31. Nd4+ Kd5 $19) (26. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Qf7 (27... Re8 $2 28. Nxd8 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Qe7 30. Ba5 $1) 28. Nxf8 Qxf8 $10) 26... Qxc6 27. Rd1 Be7 (27... Bc7 28. Qd3 Rd8 (28... Ne4 29. Be1 (29. Bb4 Rb8 30. Be7 Bb6 31. Bh4) (29. Qf3 Bb6 30. Bd4 Rd8 31. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qxb6) 29... Rb8 30. b4 axb3 31. Bxb3 $14) 29. Qxd8+ Bxd8 30. Rxd8+ Ne8 31. Bc4 h6 32. Bd3 f5 33. Rb8 Qd7 $1) 28. h3 Ra8 (28... Rd8 $2 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Qb8 Qc7 31. Qa8 $16) 29. Rd4 Ne8 (29... a3 30. bxa3 (30. b4 $5 $14) 30... Rxa3 31. Bb3 $14) 30. Qd3 Bf6 31. Rc4 Qa6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Qd2 (33. b4 axb3 34. Bxb3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe1 $132) 33... h6 (33... g6 $10) 34. Rd4 Qb6 35. c3 (35. b4 axb3 36. Bxb3 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Qc7+ 38. g3 Qc6 $17) 35... a3 36. bxa3 (36. bxa3 Rxa3 37. Rd8+ (37. Rb4 Qc7 38. c4 Ne4 $10) 37... Kh7 38. Qc2+ g6 39. Rd2 $10) (36. b4 Rb8 37. Qc1 Qa7 $132) 1/2-1/2 [Event "London rapid m"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2815"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1993.10.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. c3 Bd7 19. Nf4 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Bd4 Qa5 23. Bb3 Qb5 24. Ne2 Rfc8 25. Nc3 Qa5 26. f4 Nh5 27. Qe3 Nc6 28. Ne2 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qc3 30. Rd3 Qc5 31. Qf3 Nf6 32. f5 e5 33. Ne2 Qb4 34. Nc3 d5 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. exd5 e4 37. Qxe4 Rxc3 38. Rd4 Qd6 39. f6 Bxf6 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-31"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.12.05"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Annotator "Shipov,Sergei"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1994.12.01"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 045"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Belarus"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BLR"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O (10... Nc6 $5) 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 (12... Bf6 13. Bg5 (13. f4 $2 Bxd4+ $1 14. Rxd4 Qa7 $17) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qc5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Gavrikov,V/Moscow/1988/}) 13. Nf3 (13. f4 Nc6 (13... Kh8 $1) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16. Be3 b4 17. Na4 Rb8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. e5 $1 $16 {Sokolov,A-Gelfand,B/Odessa/1989/}) (13. a3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf4 (15. f4 Bf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Bd2 $10 {Shtyrenkov,V-Vaulin,A/Budapest/1991/}) 15... Qb7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 $14 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/London(Wm/20)/1993/}) 13... Nc6 (13... b4 $6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nf4 $1 Kh8 (15... a4 $2 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nh5 $18) 16. Bg5 Nf6 (16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 $40) 17. Qh4 $16 {Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/Linares/1993/}) (13... a5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Nf4 Bf6 17. Nd3 e5 18. Be3 Be7 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Kh1 Be6 $10 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/London(Wm/18)/1993/}) 14. Bf4 (14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Rd8 16. f4 $6 (16. Rd2 $5) 16... h6 17. Nf3 b4 $1 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. e5 Ne4 $1 20. Qh4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nc5 $17 {Sax,G-Wojtkiewicz,A/Budapest/1993/}) 14... Qb7 {N/} (14... Rd8 15. Rfe1 Bc8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qc6 $10 {Winants,L-Wojtkiewicz,A/Wijk aan Zee/1994/}) 15. Rfe1 b4 16. Ne2 (16. Nd5 $6 exd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. d6 Rd8 $17) (16. Na4 Na5 $1 $13) 16... e5 $1 17. Bg5 $1 (17. Be3 Nf6 18. Nd2 Be6 $10) 17... Be6 (17... Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Be6 19. Ng3 $14) 18. Nh4 Na5 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Nc4 22. Ng3 $5 (22. b3 Nb6 23. Rdd1 Qxe4 $5 24. Nd4 Qb7 25. Ndf5 $44) 22... Nxb2 23. Ngf5 $44 f6 (23... Nc4 $32) 24. Qg3 Rc8 25. Qb3 Nc4 $8 26. a3 (26. c3 $32 g6 27. Nxd6 Nexd6 28. Rxd6 Rf7 29. Rdd1 $10) 26... g6 (26... Nxa3 $2 27. Rc5+ (27. Rb5+ Qf7) 27... Kh8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 30. Qh3+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ $18) 27. Ne3 (27. Nxd6 Nexd6 28. Rxd6 Kh8 29. Rd5 Nxa3 $17) 27... Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Rf7 29. axb4 Qc6 30. c3 Nc7 31. Rdd3 $15 Nb5 32. Nf3 Kg7 33. h4 h5 (33... Rfc7 $5 34. h5 Qb7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Nh4 Rc4 $36) 34. Nd2 Rfc7 35. Qa2 Qb7 36. Qa1 Rc6 37. Rg3 Qc7 38. Qd1 $1 (38. Qd1 Kh7 (38... Kf7 39. Qb3+ Kg7 40. Qd1 $10) 39. Nb1 Rc4 40. Qf3 $132) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1996.04.30"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Qh5 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Ncxe5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Rd4 Ng6 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Nf4 e5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6 exd4 22. Bxd4 Ne5 23. Qg3 Rae8 24. Rf5 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 Rd1 28. Bc5 Bc8 29. Rf4 g5 30. Re4 Rfd8 31. Re5 R8d2+ 32. Kg3 Be6 33. Rxg5+ Kh7 34. c4 Rh1 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Be3 Rxb2 37. Rh5+ Kg6 38. Rg5+ Kh7 39. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1997.06.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "49"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. Qh5 Nbc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Rf3 b4 16. Rh3 h6 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Nd5 exd5 19. Rg3 d4 20. Bd5 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxd5 22. Bf6 Qxh5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Astana"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2001.05.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2827"] [Annotator "Winants,Luc"] [PlyCount "114"] [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"] {[%mdl 4101]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 {L'une des grandes conceptions de Bobby Fischer : La diagonale du Fou introduit l'offensive vers f7.} e6 {Les Noirs installent une barricade, mais les Blancs ne tarderont pas à l'assiéger via f4-f5 et peut-être même g4-g5-g6.} 7. Bb3 b5 {La meilleure réplique : Les Noirs lancent une contre-attaque vers le pion central.} ({Apparemment trop lent serait} 7... Be7 8. f4 O-O (8... b5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bxe6 $1) 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. g4 {Avec une forte attaque. (Fischer)}) 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 {Menace 10.e5, pour transférer la Dame sur l'aile Roi avec gain de temps. On retrouve cette idée dans la partie Fischer-Olafsson disputée en 1960.} Qc7 ({Il n'était évidemment pas question de jouer} 9... Bb7 {à cause de} 10. Bxe6 $1) 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 {Accélère la mobilisation des troupes, tout en provoquant un embouteillage sur la huitième traverse.} 12. Rad1 Bd7 {Kasparov et Morozevich avaient déjà abordé cette variante à diverses reprises.} ({Le coup} 12... Nc6 {présenterait une erreur instructive :} 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nd5 $1 Bd8 15. Rd3 Bb7 16. Rc3 Qd7 17. Rc7 $3 {Les Blancs gagnent la Dame ou font mat :} Bxc7 18. Nf6+ $1) 13. f4 {La suite logique. On pourrait pourtant aussi jouer} (13. Nf3 {Parties Kasparov-Gelfand, Linares 1993 et Short-Kasparov, 18e du match, Londres 1993.}) (13. a3 {Short-Kasparov, 20e du match, Londres 1993.}) 13... Nc6 14. f5 {L'affaire se précise !} ({Morozevich avait déjà essayé} 14. Bg5 {contre Gelfand, lors du tournoi olympique d'Istanbul 2000.}) 14... Nxd4 15. Rxd4 {Chaque coup accroît la pression. Les Noirs doivent maintenant tenir compte d'une percée en e5, suivie du sacrifice sur g7 et de l'arrivée d'une Tour vers g4.} Bf6 16. Rd3 Be5 {Ftacnik: 'The first independent move in the game, Kasparov has prepared the risky version of the defense.' Un choix discutable : Le Fou bloque le ?e4, pour y empêcher l'accès du ?c3, mais facilite les mouvements de la Tour sur la troisième rangée.} ({Après} 16... b4 {Kasparov craignait} 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. e5 (18. Nd5 exd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxa8 gxh6) 18... Bxe5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qf3+ Bf6 21. Ne4 {avec des chances réciproques.}) 17. Qg4 b4 {'!' Ftacnik.} 18. f6 ({Il n'y avait rien à espérer de} 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 bxc3 20. Bd5 cxb2 $1 {etc.} (20... Qc8 $1 $15 {Ftacnik})) 18... g6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (18... Qb6+ {Ftacnik} 19. Kh1 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 bxc3 21. Bxg7 $1 cxb2 22. Bxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rf1 $16) 19. Ne2 {La tâche des Noirs devient de plus en plus délicate : Comment éviter 20.?h4 suivi de ?h3 ?} (19. Nd1 $5 {Ftacnik}) 19... a5 {Au bout d'une longue réflexion, Kasparov décide d'encercler le ?b3. Supposons :} ({a)} 19... Bb5 20. Qh4 Bxd3 21. cxd3 {Les Blancs conservent tous les atouts en mains.}) ({b)} 19... Nxf6 20. Qh4 Nh5 21. g4 Ng7 22. Rh3 {L'attaque perce.}) (19... a5 {[#]}) 20. Bxf8 {Cette prise gagne du matériel aux dépens de l'offensive.} ({Peut-être fallait-il essayer} 20. Qh4 a4 21. Bg5 h5 (21... axb3 $2 22. Qh6 bxa2 23. Rh3 {conduirait au mat.}) 22. g4 {avec de folles complications qui dépassent les capacités humaines. (Kasparov). Tâchons d'aller plus loin : Les variantes qui suivent n'ont pas la prétention d'être exhaustives, mais seulement de donner un aperçu du labyrinthe.} axb3 23. gxh5 Qc5+ ({Certainement pas} 23... bxa2 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rh3 {Le Roi est pris au piège.}) 24. Kh1 ({Sur} 24. Be3 $2 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Qxh5 $1 {gagne.}) 24... Nxf6 25. hxg6 (25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Qxh5 {Les Blancs ont trop de chose en prise}) (25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qxf6 (26. Rxf6 bxc2 27. hxg6 c1=Q+ 28. Nxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kg2 Qxb2+ 30. Kg3 fxg6 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 {Et la prétendue victime sort du bois en excellente santé.}) 26... Bc6 {ou même 26... ?xh5, les Noirs n'ont rien à craindre.}) 25... fxg6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 (27... Qh5 28. Qxh5 gxh5 29. Rg3+ Kh7 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxb3 Rf2 32. Rxb4 $1 {Prenant un deuxième pion}) (27... Kg7 28. Rxg6+ Kxg6 29. Nf4+ Kf7 ({Si} 29... Rxf4 30. Rg3+ Kf7 31. Qxf4+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ $1 {Le mat suit}) 30. Rf3 Ke8 31. Ng6 d5 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Nxf8 bxc2 (33... bxa2 $2 {perd brillament après} 34. Ng6 a1=Q+ 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Qh7+ Kf6 37. e5+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kg4 39. Qh6 $1) 34. Qh5+ Kxf8 35. Qh6+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Kf7 (36... Kd6 $2 37. e5+ Kc7 38. Qc1) 37. Qh5+ {Echec perpétuel}) 28. Qxf6 Qh5 29. Nf4 (29. Rg3 Be8) 29... bxc2 $1 30. Nxh5 c1=Q+ 31. Kg2 Qc2+ 32. Kh1 (32. Kg1 $2 Qc5+ $1) 32... Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qc2+ {Nulle !}) 20... Kxf8 21. Qh4 (21. c3 $5 {Ftacnik} Bb5 22. Re3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Nxf6 $44 24. Qg5 Qc5 25. Kh1 Kg7 $17) 21... a4 22. Qxh7 Qa7+ {Pour assurer la défense de la Tour, après l'échec sur h8.} 23. Kh1 Nxf6 {Ftacnik: 'With the help of the defended rook a8 black has managed to liquidate the danger on the kingside, bishop on e5 is a sufficient counterweight of the white spare exchange.'} 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Bc4 Qc5 {Les Blancs disposent d'une qualité de plus, mais leurs forces sont dispersées. Les Noirs jouissent encore des deux Fous, celui de e5 contrôle même l'échiquier tout entier.} (25... Bc6 $5 {Ftacnik} 26. Qh4 (26. Ng3 {Ftacnik} Bxb2 27. Rdf3 Qc5 28. Bd3 Rg8 $15) 26... g5 $5 27. Qxg5 Rg8 28. Qe3 Qb7 $15) 26. b3 axb3 27. Bxb3 {'?!' Ftacnik. Rend la qualité, pour regrouper l'ensemble des troupes et empêcher l'intrusion de la Tour en a2.} (27. axb3 $1 {Ftacnik} d5 (27... Bc6 {Ftacnik} 28. Ng3 Ra2 29. Rdf3) 28. Qg5 dxc4 29. Rd5 $3 exd5 30. Qxe5+ $14) 27... Bb5 28. Nf4 {Prépare le sacrifice sur g6 ou e6.} Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Qe5 30. h3 (30. Rxd6 {Ftacnik} Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Kxd6 32. Rxf6 Ra7 $15) 30... g5 31. Qf2 g4 {La ?d3 peut attendre !} 32. Qb6 (32. Qxf6+ {menait probablement à la nullité, mais le coup joué ne gâche rien.}) 32... Nd7 33. Qf2 Nf6 34. Qb6 Rh8 {Même à court de temps, Kasparov ne veut pas entendre parler de la répétition des coups !} 35. Rxd6 $2 {Ftacnik: 'The decisive mistake in the game, Morozevich had to insert the check on c7 and the game would remain in the balance.' La faute décisive : Il fallait jouer} (35. Qc7+ Nd7 36. Rxd6 $1 Rxh3+ (36... Qxd6 $2 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qxd6 $18) (36... Qxe4 $2 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Bxe6+ Kg7 39. Rxd7+) 37. gxh3 Qxe4+ 38. Kg1 (38. Kh2 $2 Qe2+) 38... Qe3+ 39. Rf2 Qe1+ (39... g3 40. Rdd2) 40. Kg2 Qe4+ {échec perpétuel.}) 35... Qxd6 36. Qxd6+ (36. Qxb5 {Ftacnik} gxh3 37. e5 hxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qd2+ $19) 36... Kxd6 37. Rxf6 Rh7 $1 {L'avantage reste du côté des Noirs, dont le Roi est nettement plus actif.} (37... gxh3 {Ftacnik} 38. Rxf7 Bc6 39. Rf6 hxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 41. Kg3 Bf5 $15) 38. Kh2 Ke5 39. Rf2 gxh3 40. gxh3 Bc6 {'!' Ftacnik. [#] La pointe des coups précédents : la chute du ?e4 entraîne la débâcle des Blancs. Notez aussi la bonne position de b4 qui retient à fois a2 et c2.} 41. Bc4 ({Si} 41. Re2 Bxe4 42. c3 bxc3 43. Rxe4+ Kxe4 44. Bc2+ Ke3 45. Bxh7 f5 {Et le ?c3 va à Dame.}) 41... Bxe4 {Ftacnik: 'Despite equality in the number of pawns endgame is very difficult for white, black enjoys better pawn structure and more active king.'} 42. Re2 {Menace ?xe4.} (42. Bb3 {Ftacnik} f5 $17) 42... f5 43. Bd3 {La meilleure chance, autrement les pions liés l'emporteraient facilement.} Kf4 {Pour soutenir le pion passé et barrer la route au Roi blanc.} 44. Bxe4 (44. Re1 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $17) 44... fxe4 45. Rf2+ Ke3 46. Rf8 e5 47. Re8 Rc7 48. Rxe5 Kf4 49. Rb5 Rxc2+ 50. Kg1 e3 51. Rxb4+ Kf3 52. Rb1 ({Une variante instructive :} 52. Rb8 Rc1+ 53. Kh2 e2 54. Rf8+ Ke3 55. Re8+ Kd3 56. Rd8+ Kc3 57. Rc8+ Kb2 58. Re8 e1=Q 59. Rxe1 Rxe1 60. Kg3 Re4 $1 {Coupe le passage du Roi et gagne. Par exemple,} 61. h4 Kxa2 62. h5 Kb3 63. h6 Re6 64. h7 Rh6) 52... Rg2+ 53. Kh1 e2 54. a4 Kf2 55. a5 Rg5 56. Kh2 Rxa5 57. h4 Ra3 $1 {Abandonne.} 0-1 [Event "Bugojno"] [Site "Bugojno"] [Date "1982.05.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1982.05.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. Rfd1 Bd6 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qxd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rd4 Qe5+ 19. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.10.02"] [Round "12"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "80"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. f4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bxf6 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Ra7 $1 14. O-O Rd7 15. Rad1 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bb7 $10 {Soerensen-Sher/Hastings/1989-90/}) 12... Bxf6 13. e5 Bh4+ 14. g3 Rb8 (14... Qb6 15. gxh4 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bb7 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Rf1 Qxe5+ 19. Qe2 Qd4 20. Qf2 Qe5+ 21. Qe2 Qd4 {Michalek,J-Bagaturov,G/Brno/Morava-C (02)/1991/0.5 (22)}) 15. gxh4 (15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Ne4 Be7 (16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qd3 Be7 19. h4 Qa5 (19... a5 20. c3 b4 21. Bc2 g6 22. h5 bxc3 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rh6 $16) 20. f5 b4 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. f6 $16 {Morozevich-Mitenkov/Moscow/1991/}) 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Rhe1 a5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 Bd5 21. Ng5 Rb6 22. Kb1 Qc8 23. h4 Bc5 24. Qe2 {Hmadi,S-De Firmian,N/Tunis izt/1985/0-1 (27)}) 15... Bb7 16. Ne4 dxe5 (16... Qxh4+ 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. Nxg3 Bxh1 19. Nxh1 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rfd8 21. Nf2 $1 (21. Rd1 $2 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 Rd4 24. Nf2 Rh4 25. h3 Rh5) 21... Rd4 22. a4 $1 bxa4 23. Bxa4 Rh4 (23... Rxb2 24. Bb3) 24. Bb3 $16) 17. Rg1 g6 (17... Qxh4+ 18. Qg3 Qxg3+ (18... Qh6 19. Ng5 exf4 20. Qxf4 $16) 19. Nxg3 exf4 20. Nh5 $16) (17... Qd4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qg3 g6 20. fxe5 Qxb2 (20... Bf3 21. Kf1 $1 Qxb2 22. Re1 $16) 21. Rd1 $16) 18. Rd1 (18. fxe5 $2 Qxh4+) 18... Bxe4 (18... Qxh4+ 19. Qf2 (19. Qg3 Qxg3+ 20. Nxg3 exf4 21. Nh5 Bf3 22. Nxf4 Bxd1 23. Kxd1 $13) 19... Qxf2+ 20. Nxf2 exf4 21. Nd3 $16) 19. Qxe4 Qxh4+ 20. Ke2 (20. Kf1 Rfd8 $1 21. Rxd8+ $140 Rxd8 22. Qxe5 Rd1+ $19) 20... Qxh2+ (20... Rbd8 $1 21. c3 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Rd8 $13) 21. Rg2 (21. Kf3 Qh3+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+) 21... Qxf4 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. Kf3 Rfd8 (23... e5 $2 24. Rg5 Rbe8 25. Re1 $16) (23... a5 24. c3) 24. Rxd8+ (24. Rgd2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 g5 26. Kg4 h6 $13) 24... Rxd8 25. Kxf4 Kf8 (25... h5 26. Ke3 Kg7 27. Rd2 $14) 26. Ke3 (26. Re2 $5 Ke7 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rd4+ 29. Re4) 26... Ke7 27. c4 (27. Rd2 Rc8 28. a4 h5 $132) 27... h5 (27... b4 28. c5 h5 29. c6 $14) 28. a4 (28. cxb5 axb5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Bxa4 Rb8 $10) (28. c5 h4) 28... bxa4 $1 (28... bxc4 29. Bxc4 a5 30. Rg5 Ra8 31. Rb5 $16) (28... b4 29. c5 h4 $140 30. Rg4 Rh8 31. Kf2 $14) 29. Bxa4 h4 30. c5 (30. Rg4 $5 Rh8 31. Kf2 h3 (31... Rh6 $6 32. c5 f5 33. Rd4 g5 (33... h3 34. Kg1 g5 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. c6 Rh4 37. c7 (37. b3 h2+ 38. Kh1 Rh3 39. c7 Rc3 40. Kxh2 $16) 37... Rc4) 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. c6 Rh8 36. c7 Rc8 37. Bc6 $18) 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. b3 Rd2 34. Rg3 $14) (30. b4 Rh8 31. Bc6 $14) 30... Rh8 31. Rc2 (31. Kf2 h3 32. Rh2 Rh4 33. b3 f5 34. Kg3 g5 35. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 36. Kxh3 a5 37. Bb5 Kd8 38. Bc4 Kd7 39. c6+ Kxc6 40. Bxe6 Kc5 41. Bd7 Kb4 42. Ba4 Kc3 $10) 31... h3 32. Bc6 e5 33. Kf2 (33. Bb7 h2 34. Rc1 $140 f5 35. Rh1 a5 $13) 33... h2 34. Rc1 (34. Bh1 f5 35. Kg3 e4 36. Rxh2 f4+ 37. Kg2 f3+ 38. Kg3 Rxh2 39. Kxh2 Kd7 $17) 34... a5 $1 35. Bd5 (35. Bb7 f5) 35... Rd8 (35... f5 36. c6 Kd6 37. Bg2 e4) 36. Bg2 (36. Bb7 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 Rxb2 38. c6 Rc2 39. Rxc2 h1=Q 40. c7 Qe1+ 41. Kd3 Qd1+) 36... Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Kd7 (37... Rxb2 38. c6 Kd8 39. c7+ Kc8 40. Bd5 h1=Q 41. Bxh1 $18) 38. Ra1 (38. c6+ Kc7 39. Rc5 f5 $1 40. Rxe5 f4+ 41. Kh3 f3 42. Bxf3 Rd3 43. Re7+ Kc8 44. Kxh2 Rxf3 $10) 38... f5 39. Kxh2 (39. Rxa5 e4 40. b4 f4+ 41. Kh3 f3 42. Bh1 f2 43. Ra1 e3 $19) 39... Rxb2 40. Rxa5 e4 (40... e4 41. Ra6 Rc2 42. Rxg6 Rxc5 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.10.07"] [Round "14"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "78"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Qe2 (17. Rf2 a5 18. a4 b4 (18... e5 $5) 19. Qe2 Ra6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rxd6 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Bf4 Rd4 24. Be3 {0,5/Winants,L-Tukmakov,V/Wijk/1993/}) 17... e5 (17... Bd5 $6 18. Rad1 Bxb3 19. axb3 {? c4-c5}) (17... a5 18. a4 (18. c3 Ra6 $5) 18... b4 19. Bc4 {? ?b5} (19. Rad1 $6 Ba6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rac8 22. Qe2 Rc6 $132)) 18. Bc3 (18. Be3 Qg6 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. h4 Nf6 (20... f5 $5 21. h5 Qf6 $13 {Browne,W-Donner,HJ/Wijk/1974/}) 21. d7 Qg3 (21... Rfd8 22. Rd6 $1 Rxd7 $140 23. Rfxf6 gxf6 24. Rxd7 $18) (21... Bc6 22. Rd6 Bxd7 23. Rfxf6 gxf6 24. Rxd7) (21... Rad8 22. Bc5 Rg8 23. Be7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxf7 $18) 22. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 {Zapata,A-Rodriguez,Am/Bucaramanga/1992/} 23. Qf2 $16) 18... Qg6 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 (20... Qxd6 21. Bxf7 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 $14) 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 $146 (22... f5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxe5 Rae8 25. c4 Nxe5 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxd7 Rc6 29. R1d4 {0,5/Christiansen,L-Spasov,L/Indonesia/1982/}) 23. Ba5 $1 Rc6 24. b3 Rac8 (24... Re8 $5 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 f5 $13) (24... h6 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb8 (26... f5)) 25. Bc7 Re8 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4 f5 28. h3 $6 (28. Qc2 e4 29. Qa4 Rc5 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Qc6) 28... h6 (28... e4 29. Qf2 e3 30. Qxf5 e2 31. Re1 Rxc4 32. Qxe6 (32. Rxe2 $2 Qxe2 33. Qxd7 Qe3+ $1 $19) 32... Rxe6 33. Rd2 Rce4 34. g3 R4e5 $13) 29. Qc2 e4 30. Qa4 Rc5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Qc6 Nd7 (32... Nd3 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. cxd5 Ne5 35. Rd4 $16) 33. Qd5 (33. Qxa6 f4 $132) 33... Qg6 (33... Qxd5 34. Rxd5 e3 35. Kf1 $16) 34. Qd2 $2 (34. c5 $1 Re5 (34... f4 35. c6 f3 (35... Nf6 $2 36. Qd2) 36. g4 (36. Rd2 $2 Nf6 37. Qd4 e3 38. d7 exd2 39. dxe8=Q+ Qxe8) 36... Nf6 37. Qf5 Qf7 $1 (37... Qxf5 $2 38. gxf5 e3 39. Rc1 (39. d7 $2 f2+) 39... f2+ 40. Kf1 e2+ 41. Kxf2 Ne4+ 42. Ke1 $18) 38. Qf4 (38. d7 Qxa2 39. dxe8=Q+ Nxe8 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 $10) 38... Qxa2 39. Qd2 (39. Qh2 $6 Qa4 $13 (39... Qxh2+ 40. Kxh2 e3 41. Rc1 e2 42. Bb6 e1=Q 43. Rxe1 Rxe1 44. d7 Re8 45. d8=Q Rxd8 46. Bxd8 Ne4 47. Be7 f2 48. Kg2 Nd2 49. Kxf2 Nc4 50. Bc5 $18)) (39. Qg3 Qc2) 39... Qxd2 40. Rxd2 e3 41. Rb2 (41. Rd1 f2+) 41... e2 42. Ba5 Ne4 43. Rxe2 fxe2 44. d7 Rf8 45. c7 Rf1+ 46. Kg2 Rf2+ $10) 35. Qa8+ Kh7 (35... Re8 36. Qxa6 e3 (36... Ne5 37. c6 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Qg3 39. d7 f4 40. dxe8=Q+ Kh7 41. Qxe4+ $18) 37. c6 e2 38. Re1 Qg3 39. Rxe2 $18) 36. c6 Rb5 $1 (36... f4 37. cxd7 f3 38. Rd2 $1 e3 (38... Rg5 39. g4 Rxg4+ 40. hxg4 Qxg4+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ (41... Qf4 42. Qxe4+ $1 $18) 42. Ke3 Qe1+ 43. Kd4 Qxd2+ 44. Kxe4 $18) (38... Qg5 39. d8=Q Qe3+ (39... Qxd2 40. Qg8+ Kg6 41. Qae8+ Rxe8 42. Qxe8+ $18) 40. Rf2 Qe1+ (40... Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. g3 $18) 41. Kh2 Qxf2 42. Qg8+ Kg6 43. Qae8+ Rxe8 44. Qxe8+ Kf5 45. Qf7+ Ke5 46. d7+ Kd4 47. Bb6+ $18) 39. d8=Q Qb1+ 40. Kh2 exd2 41. Qg8+ Kg6 42. Qxf3 d1=Q 43. Qff7+ Kg5 44. Bd8+ $18) 37. Qxa6 $1 (37. cxd7 Rb2 38. g4 fxg4 39. Qe8 Qf5 40. Rf1 (40. Qg8+ Kxg8 41. d8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qh4 Qf3) (40. Qf8 Qxf8 41. Rf1 Qg8 42. d8=Q Qxa2 43. d7 gxh3 44. Qh8+ Kxh8 45. d8=Q+ Kh7 46. Qd6 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rg6 48. Qh2 Qg2+ $1 $19) 40... Qc5+ 41. Kh1 Qc2 $19) 37... Rb2 38. Qf1 f4 39. cxd7 $8 f3 40. g4 (40. d8=Q $2 Rxg2+ 41. Kh1 Qg3 42. d7 Qxh3+) 40... Qf6 41. d8=Q f2+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Qf3+ 44. Kh2 Qxd1 (44... Qf4+) 45. Qf8 Qxf1 46. Qf5+ $10) 34... Re5 35. Qe3 Qe6 (35... Qf7 $1 36. Rc1 f4 $40) 36. Rc1 Rc5 37. Rc2 Kg8 (37... Rxc4 $2 38. Qb3 Ne5 39. Rxc4 Nxc4 40. d7 Qxd7 41. Qxc4 $18) 38. a4 Kf7 39. Qf2 e3 (39... e3 40. Qf3 $15) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1996.03.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1996.03.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 052"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik Cifuentes Romero} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 {Romero: One more time.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ne8 {Romero: A little surprise. During the world championship in London, Kasparov tested the known variation 13...?d7 14.?e4 ?b7 15.?d6 ?xd6 16.exd6 ?g5 18.?e2. This position is very interesting strategically speaking. The first time we saw ?e8 was in the game Ehlvest-Dlugy, Mazatlan 1988, when black had good prospects to win the game. [#]} (13... Nd7 $6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Rf2 (17. Qe2 Rac8 $2 (17... a5 18. a4 b4 19. c4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Ra6 21. Rf2 Rxd6 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. axb5 $44 {½-½ Riemersma,L-Van der Wiel,J/NLD-ch (05) ;CBM 48 1995 (43)}) 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. d7 $1 Nxd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rxd7 $16 {Wittmann,W-Boensch,U/EUCup Gr6Clichy (2) (Graz-Bayern [5]) 1993/½-½ (72)}) 17... Bd5 (17... a5 18. a4 e5 19. Bc3 e4 20. Qf1 e3 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. g3 e2 24. Bd4 Qg4 25. Qf4 Qh3 26. Qf2 $16 {Almasi,I-Loginov,V/Kecskemet (11) 1993/1-0 (137)}) 18. Qf1 Rac8 19. Rd1 Bxb3 20. axb3 e5 21. Bc3 Rc6 22. Qd3 Qg4 23. Re1 Qe6 24. Qe4 {½-½ Mikhalchishin,A-Piket,Je/Lvov 1988}) 14. Ne4 (14. Qg4 {Ftacnik} b4 15. Ne4 a5 16. c3 a4 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Rf3 {½-½ Pachmann,A-Cvek,R/CZE-chJM U16 Svetla/1994/}) 14... Bb7 15. Qd3 Qc7 $146 {A new move. The bishop will take the knight, but in better conditions. Ehlvest-Dlugy continued} (15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 g6 17. a4 (17. Rad1 {Romero} Qc8 (17... Qc8 18. Qe3 Ng7 19. g4 h5 20. h3 Rb8 21. c3 Rb7 22. Bc2 Rc7 23. Be4 Bc5 24. Rf6 Rd8 25. Rdf1 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rdd7 $1 27. Qf2 Rc1 $1 $15 {½-½ Ehlvest,J-Dlugy,M /Mazatlan rapid 1988 (42)})) 17... Ng7 18. g4 b4 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Rd3 Rad8 21. Rfd1 $14 {Mortensen,E-Fishbein,A/Herning 1991/½-½ (61)} (21. Rfd1 {Cifuentes} a5 22. Kg2 Rc8 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bc4 h5 27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qd1 29. b3 Ne8 30. Bb6 Bd8 31. Bf2 Bc7 32. Bb5 Qd8 33. Bd4 $14 {1/2-1/2, Mortensen,E-Fishbein,A /Herning 1991 (61)})) 16. c3 Rd8 {The rook makes pressure against the strong bishop of d4.} (16... Rc8 $1 {Cifuentes} 17. Bc2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Rad1 Ng7 20. g4 Bc5 $13) (16... Bxe4 $1 {Ftacnik} 17. Qxe4 g6 $14) 17. Bc2 Bxe4 (17... Qc6 18. Rf2 (18. Qh3 $4 Rxd4 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. exf6 Rh4 $19) 18... Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc7 21. Bb6 Rc8 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rfd2 $16) (17... g6 {Cifuentes} 18. Qe3 $1 $16) 18. Qxe4 g6 19. b4 $1 $16 {Ftacnik: Black can not exchange the bishops and is left completely locked without counterplay. Romero: A nice move to make, controlling black squares, and avoiding the swap of bishops. The ?d4 incomunicate black forces. Verhindert ?-Tausch und legt den shwarzen b-? fest. Weiß kann an beiden Flügeln aktiv werden.} Ng7 20. g4 {Romero: White weakness are not easy to exploit.} h5 {Romero: In my opinion a mistake, because weakens g6 and the king rook cannot go out from f7. Probably it was better} (20... a5 {Romero} 21. a3 Rd7 22. Rad1 Rc8 $5 {Romero: Now this move is possible, creating tactical possibilities, and after ?d8.}) 21. h3 a5 (21... f5 $2 {Cifuentes} 22. exf6 Qg3+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bxf6 25. Bxg6 (25. Bxf6 $1 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 Rxc2 27. Bd4 Re8 (27... Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxa2 29. Rf6 Re2 30. Rxg6 e5 31. Kf3 Re1 32. Be3 $18) 28. Rfe1 $16) 25... Bxd4 26. cxd4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxd4 29. Kg3 Rxb4 30. Bf7+ $5 (30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Rd7 Ra4 $1 32. Kh4 Rxa2 33. Kg5 Rf2 $1 34. Rd8+ Ke7 35. Rg8 Nf5 $10) 30... Kf8 $8 31. Bxe6+ Ke8 32. Bb3 Rd4 $14) (21... Rd7) (21... hxg4 {Ftacnik} 22. hxg4 Bxb4 $5 23. cxb4 f5 24. Qd3 (24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Qd3 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxc2 27. Rf2 $16) 24... Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxc2 26. Rf2 $16) 22. a3 Rd7 23. Rf3 {Romero: Defending g3 ( and avoids problems with a future counterblow like f5 ) and pressing f7.} (23. Rad1 $5 {Romero}) 23... Qd8 {xb4} (23... Rfd8 $2 {Romero} 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qxg6+ Kg8 26. Qh7+) 24. Rb1 $6 Bg5 (24... h4 {Romero}) 25. Rbf1 axb4 26. axb4 Be7 {Romero: An incredible blow.} (26... h4 $16) 27. Rb1 $2 {Dieser Zug ist völlig unverständlich, da die Drohung ?b4 unwichtig war. Gewonnen hätte:} (27. gxh5 $1 Nxh5 (27... Bxb4 28. hxg6 fxg6 (28... Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Qxg6 30. Qe2 Qh5 31. Rg1 $18) 29. Qxg6 Qh4 30. Rf6 Qh5 (30... Qxh3 31. cxb4 $18) 31. cxb4 Qxg6+ 32. Bxg6 Rxf6 33. exf6 Rxd4 34. Rc1 $18) (27... Rxd4 28. cxd4 Nxh5 29. Bb3 $18 {[%CAl Rb3g8]}) (27... Nf5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Bb3 $18) 28. Rxf7 $3 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ (31. Qxh5 {Romero} Bxb4 $10) 31... Ng7 (31... Kf7 32. Bg6+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qf7#) (31... Kg8 {Cifuentes} 32. Bh7+ $18) 32. Bg6 $1 Bf6 (32... Bg5 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qxg7#) 33. exf6 $18) 27... h4 28. Qe3 {Romero: e3 and f2 are good squares for the white queen, supporting the bishop.} Ne8 29. Be4 Nc7 30. Bc6 (30. Qd3 $1 {Ftacnik} Qb8 31. Bxg6 $18) 30... Nd5 31. Qe4 $2 {Romero: Short, who manouvered very well until now, playing against the weakness on b5, blunders, probably not taking into account the incredible tactical resource that follows.} (31. Qf2 $16) (31. Qf2 {Romero} Rc7 32. Bxb5 Qc8 33. Rb3 $16 {Romero: There is not compensation.} (33. Qd2 $16 {Cifuentes}) 33... Qb7 34. Bf1) 31... Nxc3 $3 $10 32. Bxc3 Qb6+ 33. Kg2 (33. Kh1 $1 {Hier steht der weiße Monarch sicherer, da die gelegentlichen Schachs auf der zweiten Reihe wegfallen.}) (33. Kh1 $1 Rc7 34. Ba8 Rc4 35. Qb7 Qd8 (35... Qxb7 36. Bxb7 Rb8 37. Ba6 Rb6 38. Ra1 Rcc6 $10) 36. Ra1 Rc8 37. Qxb5 Rxa8 38. Rxa8 Qxa8 39. Qe2 $15) (33. Kh1 {Ftacnik}) 33... Rc7 34. Ba8 Rc4 35. Qb7 Qxb7 (35... Qd8 $1 {Stellt plötzlich Short noch vor Probleme. z.B.} 36. Rbf1 $1 (36. Qxb5 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Qd2+ 38. Kh1 Qxc3 $15 (38... Qxc3 {Cifuentes} 39. Bg2 Rd8 $19)) (36. Rb3 Rc8 $1 (36... Rc7 {Cifuentes} 37. Qb6 $1 Rxc3 38. Qxd8 Rc2+ 39. Rf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Rxd8 41. Bc6 Rb8 $15) 37. Ra3 Rb8 $1 38. Qc6 Rxa8 39. Rxa8 Qxa8 40. Qxb5 Qe4 $1 $17) (36. Rc1 {Cifuentes} Bg5 37. Qxb5 Qc7 $17) (36. Be1 {Cifuentes} Qxa8 37. Qxe7 Qa2+ $19) 36... Qxa8 (36... Rc7 {Cifuentes} 37. Qe4 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Qd2+ $19) 37. Qxa8 Rxa8 38. Rxf7 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 (39. Kh1 {Ftacnik} Rxc3 40. Rxe7 $15) 39... Rxc3 40. Rxe7 Rg3+ 41. Kh1 Rxh3+ 42. Kg1 Rg3+ 43. Kh1 Rxg4 44. Rff7 $10) 36. Bxb7 Rb8 37. Ba6 Rb6 38. Ra1 Rcc6 39. Bxb5 Rxb5 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Ra7 Kf8 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Ra7 Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Reinderman, Dimitri"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 069"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. g4 (13. a3 Bb7 14. f5 e5 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Kb1 a5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 a4 19. Ba2 b4 20. axb4 a3 {½-½ Ostojic,P-Minic,D/Novi Sad 1965/ (101)}) (13. f5 Rb8 (13... b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 e5 15. Rc4 Qa5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. g4 d5 20. exd5 e4 21. Qg2 Rd8 22. g5 Nxd5 23. Qxe4 {1-0 Medvegy,N-Grabics,M/HUN-chW 1992/ (41)}) (14. Rxb4 d5 15. Rd4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 exf5 (16... Bb7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Nxg3 Rae8 21. Rd3 Ne4 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 {1-0 Istratescu,A-Lieberum,J/Berlin 1996/ (28)}) 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bf4 Qa7 19. Rd6 Be6 20. Rhd1 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rfc8 22. c3 a5 {0-1 Istratescu,A-Maherramzade,J/Halle 1995/ (43)}) 14... e5 15. Rd2 Bb7 16. Ng3 a5 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 a4 19. Bf2 Rfc8 20. Kb1 a3 21. b3 Nxd5 22. c4 Nc3+ 23. Ka1 d5 {0-1 Lendwai,R-Weindl,A/Zuerich 1987/ (36)}) (13... Bd7 14. g4 a5 15. g5 a4 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Bd5 Rac8 18. Qf2 b4 19. Rc4 Qb8 20. Ba7 Rxc4 21. Bxb8 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Rxb8 24. Rg1 b3 25. axb3 {1-0 Medvegy,N-Somogyi,M/HUN-chT 1993/TD (25)}) (13... exf5 14. exf5 Bb7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rac8 18. Rd2 Bf6 19. Qb3 Rfe8 20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Bxd6 Qxf5 22. Kb1 Rc4 23. Rhd1 Rec8 24. Bg3 h6 25. Qd3 {½-½ Gross,S-Vodicka,V/Bayern 1997/EXT 99 (25)}) 14. g4 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Rhd1 Rb5 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nf4 Bb7 22. g5 {1-0 Chorfi,K-De Vries,G/Buenos Aires 1978/ (30)}) (13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxa8 Qxe3+ 16. Rd2 b4 17. Nd1 Qb6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Rd3 a5 {0-1 Kerek,K-Todorovic,J/Budapest 1996/ (32)}) 13... e5 (13... b4 14. Rxb4 d5 15. Rd4 dxe4 (15... Bc5 16. exd5 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 $44) 16. Qe2 a5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nxe4 Nb6 19. a4 (19. a3 $5) 19... Ba6 20. Qf2 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. b3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 e5 $1 $132 {1-0 Anand,V-Piket,J/Amsterdam II/1990/ (39)}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 b4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Kasparov comes with a new concept of defense. Black will try to speed up the counterplay on the queenside in order to slow down white's attack on the other side of the board.} (15... exf4 $1 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Rd2 $14) (15... Be6 $2 16. f5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 $16) 16. f5 a5 17. Ba4 (17. Rd2 Bb7 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 b3 20. a3 (20. axb3 a4 $17) 20... Rac8 $15) 17... Bb7 18. g5 (18. Rd2 Qc4 19. Bb3 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 $15) 18... Rfc8 19. Qg2 (19. Rd2 Qc4 $17) (19. g6 Bxd5 20. exd5 b3 $1 21. Bxb3 a4 $19) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Qc4 21. Kb1 (21. Bb3 Qd3 $19) 21... Qh4 22. Bc6 (22. f6 Bf8 23. Bc6 a4 $40) 22... a4 $1 {Consequent and correct, black strives to realize his main plan of counterplay.} (22... Rab8 23. f6 Bf8 24. Ba7 $13) 23. Rf1 Qc4 24. Rg1 (24. f6 b3 (24... Bf8 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. fxg7 Bxg7 27. Qf3 b3 $17) 25. fxe7 (25. Bxa8 bxc2+ 26. Kc1 (26. Ka1 c1=Q+ $19) 26... a3 27. bxa3 Qd3 $19) 25... bxc2+ 26. Kc1 a3 27. bxa3 Qxa2 28. Qf3 (28. Qxc2 Qa1+ 29. Qb1 Qc3+ $19) 28... Qxa3+ 29. Kd2 Qb4+ 30. Ke2 $13) 24... b3 $1 25. a3 (25. Bxa8 bxc2+ 26. Kc1 a3 27. Bc6 axb2+ 28. Kxb2 Rb8+ $19) 25... Rxc6 26. dxc6 Rc8 27. Rd1 (27. cxb3 $2 Qd3+ $19) 27... Rxc6 28. cxb3 axb3 (28... Qxb3 29. Qd5 $17) 29. Ka1 (29. Qd2 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Qxf5 $19) (29. Rc1 Qd3+ 30. Ka1 Rc2 31. Qa8+ Bf8 $19) 29... e4 30. Qd2 f6 31. h4 (31. g6 hxg6 32. fxg6 f5 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Rc2 35. Rb5 Rg2 36. Rb8+ Bf8 37. Rxb3 Rxg6 $17) 31... Kf7 32. Qd5+ Qxd5 33. Rxd5 g6 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Black needs passed pawns in the endgame, the king on a1 improves his chances of coming first in a run against the white pair of a and b pawns.} (33... Rc2 34. Rb5 Rh2 35. Rxb3 Rxh4 36. Rb7 Rh1+ 37. Ka2 Rf1 38. g6+ hxg6 39. Bb6 Ke8 40. fxg6 d5 $17) 34. fxg6+ (34. Kb1 gxf5 35. Rxf5 Ke6 36. Rb5 Rc2 37. Rxb3 Rh2 38. gxf6 Bxf6 39. Bg5 h5 $17) 34... Kxg6 35. Rb5 fxg5 36. hxg5 (36. Bxg5 Bxg5 37. Rxg5+ Kf6 38. Kb1 e3 $19) 36... Rc2 37. Kb1 Rg2 38. Rxb3 (38. a4 Rg3 39. Bc1 Rg1 40. Rxb3 Bxg5 41. Rc3 Bd2 42. Rc6 e3 $19) 38... Bxg5 39. Bxg5 Kxg5 40. a4 Kf4 41. Rb7 (41. a5 e3 42. Rb8 e2 43. Re8 Rg1+ 44. Kc2 e1=Q 45. Rxe1 Rxe1 $19) 41... e3 {It becomes obvious that black has excellent chances to promote his pawn first.} 42. Re7 Kf3 (42... e2 43. Kc1 h5 44. a5 h4 45. a6 h3 46. Kd2 h2 47. Rh7 Rg1 48. Kxe2 h1=Q 49. Rxh1 Rxh1 $19) 43. Kc1 (43. a5 e2 $19) (43. Rf7+ Ke4 44. Rxh7 e2 45. Rh1 Rf2 $19) 43... d5 44. a5 d4 45. Rxh7 (45. a6 d3 46. b4 d2+ 47. Kc2 Rg1 $19) 45... d3 46. Rh1 (46. Rh3+ Kf2 47. Rh1 Rg1+ 48. Rxg1 Kxg1 49. a6 e2 50. Kd2 Kf2 $19) 46... Rc2+ 47. Kb1 (47. Kd1 e2+ 48. Ke1 d2#) 47... e2 48. a6 Rc8 (48... Rc8 49. a7 d2 $19) 0-1 [Event "Vilnius YM"] [Site "Vilnius"] [Date "1973.07.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Kengis, Edvins"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B89"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1973.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 a6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 Nc5 13. Rhg1 Bd7 14. Rg3 Rfc8 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Qh4 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Be7 19. f4 b5 20. Qh6 Bf8 21. Qh4 b4 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rh3 h5 24. gxh6 bxc3 25. Qf6 Kh7 26. Bd4 cxb2+ 27. Kxb2 e5 28. fxe5 Bxe4 29. e6 Qxc2+ 30. Ka3 d5+ 31. e7 Bxe7+ 32. Qxe7 Qc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Rg3 Rc2 35. Rf1 f5 36. h4 Kxh6 37. Be3+ Kh7 38. Rfg1 Rc3 39. h5 g5 40. Bxg5 Rxg3 41. Rxg3 Rg8 42. Kb2 d4 43. Bf4 Rxg3 44. Bxg3 Kh6 45. Be5 d3 46. Kc3 Kxh5 47. Kd2 Kg4 48. Ke3 Kh3 49. Bd4 Kg2 50. Bc3 Kf1 51. Bd2 Kg2 52. Bc3 Kg3 53. Be5+ Kg4 54. Bd6 Kg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "URS U18-ch"] [Site "Vilnius"] [Date "1975.01.11"] [Round "8"] [White "Dvoirys, Semen I"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B89"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1975.01.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. g4 (11. Rhg1) 11... Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qh5 Rd8 15. Nd5 $5 $146 (15. Rg1 g6 16. Qh6 Rb8 17. Rg3 b4 18. Rh3 Nf8 19. Rc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 bxc3 21. f4 Rb4 22. f5 cxb2+ 23. Kb1 f6 24. Bd4 Rxc4 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rd7 27. fxg6 Nxg6 28. Rg3 Rdc7 29. h4 Rxc2 30. Rxg6+ hxg6 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qd8+ {1-0 (34) Roth,P-Kristiansen,J Teeside 1974}) 15... exd5 16. Bxd5 {[%CAl Gd5a8,Gh5f7]} Ne5 17. f4 (17. Bxa8 Bg4 $1 18. Qh4 Rxa8) 17... g6 18. Qh4 Nf3 19. Bxf7+ $1 Kg7 $1 (19... Kxf7 20. Qxh7+ {[%CAl Gh7g6]}) 20. Qh6+ Kxf7 21. Qxh7+ Ke8 22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. Qf5+ Ke8 24. Qg6+ Kd7 25. Rd3 Qc4 26. Rhd1 Bb7 27. Qh7 Bxe4 28. Rxd6+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ Bf8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Qxf8+ Kd7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. Qe8+ Kf5 39. Qd7+ Qe6 40. Qxe6+ Kxe6 41. b3 (41. h3 Bf5) 41... Nxh2 42. c4 bxc4 43. bxc4 Ng4 44. Kd2 Kf5 45. a3 Bb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-24"] [Site "Valetta"] [Date "1980.11.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Roth, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B89"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1980.11.20"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MLT"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Austria"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Bb3 Na5 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. f4 b4 13. Na4 Bb7 14. f5 e5 15. Nf3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Bxe4 17. O-O Qb7 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Rf2 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Kd7 24. f6 Bd5 25. Rxc8 Kxc8 26. Ba5 gxf6 27. gxf6 Rg8+ 28. Kf1 Rg4 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. Nf1 Re4+ 31. Kd1 Be6 32. Ng3 Rd4+ 33. Kc2 d5 34. Nf5 Bxf5+ 35. Rxf5 Ke6 36. Rh5 h6 37. a4 bxa3 38. bxa3 Kxf6 39. Bc3 Re4 40. a4 bxa4 41. bxa4 Rxa4 42. Bxe5+ Kg6 43. Rh3 Ra2+ 44. Kd1 Kf5 45. Bg3 Ke4 0-1 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m playoff"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1998.06.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B89"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "1998.06.??"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhg1 Nd7 12. Kb1 Nc5 13. Qh5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qa5 15. g4 Qxh5 16. gxh5 Re8 17. Bh6 g6 18. Na4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 b5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nxc8 Rexc8 22. Rd3 Rc5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bf4 Rh5 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxh2 27. Rf1 Ra8 28. Rb6 Kg7 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 a5 31. Ka2 Rh3 32. f3 g5 33. Rb5 Kf6 34. b3 a4 35. b4 Rh2+ 36. Ka3 Rc2 37. c5 Rc3+ 38. Kb2 Re3 39. Rf2 Ke5 40. c6+ Kd6 41. Rc5 Rb3+ 42. Ka2 Rxb4 43. Rc3 Kc7 44. Rd2 Rd8 45. Rxd8 Kxd8 46. Rd3+ Kc7 47. Rd7+ Kxc6 48. Rxf7 g4 49. fxg4 Rxe4 50. Rg7 Re3 51. Rg8 Rg3 52. g5 Kd5 53. g6 Ke5 54. g7 Kf6 55. Ra8 Rxg7 56. Rxa4 Rb7 57. Rf4+ Kg5 58. Rf1 e5 59. Rg1+ Kf5 60. Rf1+ Ke4 61. Re1+ Kd4 62. Rd1+ Kc3 63. Re1 Re7 64. Rh1 e4 65. Kb1 e3 0-1