[Event "Kasparov sim vs 32Computers +32-0=0"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1985.06.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Comp Meph Munchen B+P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1985.06.05"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "32"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 a5 17. c3 Bg5 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Qb5 Rc8 20. Rd3 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rfxe8 22. Ra1 Rc4 23. f3 Bd8 24. Kf2 Rc6 25. Ke2 h6 26. b4 axb4 27. cxb4 Bg5 28. Ra2 Rec8 29. a5 Rc1 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Rc6 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Kxc2 Bd8 34. Kb3 g6 35. Ka4 Kg7 36. b5 Bh4 37. a6 bxa6 38. bxa6 Bf2 39. Kb5 Ba7 40. Kc6 f5 41. Kb7 Bd4 42. Nb6 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.06.23"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Vaisser,Anatoli"] [PlyCount "70"] [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. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 {× d5} Na5 $6 (11... Ne8 $5) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bg5 15. Qd3 Bh6 (15... f5 $2 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Nc7) 16. Rad1 Rc8 $6 (16... f5 $5 17. Nc3 $6 (17. Nd2 $5) 17... fxe4 18. Nxe4 $2 (18. Qxe4 Qe7 19. Nd5 Qf7) 18... d5 19. Nc5 e4 $17) 17. Nd2 (17. Nc3 $1 Bg4 $1 (17... Rc6 $2 18. Nxe5) 18. h3 (18. Qxd6 $2 Bxf3 19. Qxd8 (19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qh5 21. Rg1 Qxf3+ 22. Rg2 Rc6 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Bc1 $17) 19... Rfxd8 20. gxf3 Bd2 $44) 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 $16) 17... b5 (17... Bxd5 $2 18. Qxd5 $1 Rxc2 $2 19. Nc4 b5 20. Qd3 $16) 18. c3 Kh8 19. b4 Ra8 (19... f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4) (19... g6 $5) 20. Nb3 f5 21. Na5 $6 Rc8 22. Qh3 $6 Rf7 23. Rfe1 Qe8 24. Qh4 Qf8 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. f3 Bc2 27. Ra1 Bf5 28. h3 $2 (28. Rad1 Qe8 $140 29. Ne3) 28... Qe8 $1 29. Qf2 $2 (29. Ne3) 29... Qe6 30. Rad1 (30. Ne3 $5) 30... Qg6 31. Kh1 $6 (31. Kh2 $5) 31... Rcf8 32. h4 $2 (32. Ne3 $2 Bxh3 $1 33. gxh3 Rxf3 34. Qg2 Rg3 $19) (32. Kh2 $1 Bc2 $1 (32... Bxh3 $2 33. Kxh3 (33. gxh3 $2 Rxf3 34. Qg1 Qc2+ $19) 33... Qh5+ 34. Qh4 (34. Kg3 $2 Bf4+ 35. Nxf4 exf4#) 34... Rxf3+ 35. gxf3 Rxf3+ 36. Kg2 Qxh4 37. Kxf3 e4+ $1 38. Kg2 $44) 33. Qg3 $1 $17 (33. Ra1 $2 Be4 $1 34. Ne3 Bxf3 $19)) 32... Bc2 $19 33. Rd2 (33. Ra1 Be4 34. Ne3 Rxf3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 $19) 33... Bxd2 34. Qxd2 Qg3 35. Nb7 Rxb7 0-1 [Event "Horgen"] [Site "Horgen"] [Date "1995.10.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1995.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 050"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Vogt} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 (9... Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 $2 (11. Bd5 Bb7 12. Qd2 $14) 11... Rb8 $1 12. Bg5 Ng4 $1 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. a3 Bb7 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Qe3 Bc6 19. Bd3 Re8 $15 {½ Short,N-Ehlvest,J Horgen CS (07) 1995 - CBM 50}) 10. Qe2 (10. Qd3 Nc6 11. a3 Na5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Na4 $1 Nd7 14. b4 Nc6 15. c4 Qe8 16. Nd2 Kh8 17. Nb3 $14 {Shirov,A-Gavrikov,V Zurich (10) 1994 ½ 31}) (10. Bd5 Nc6 11. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Na4 Bd8 14. Re1 h6 15. Nf3 Nxe4 $17 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Qg6 Ne7 18. Qg3 Qxa4 19. Qh3 Qg4 20. Rad1 Qxh3 21. gxh3 {0-1 Guliev,L-Yuferov,S Kstovo op (07) 1994 - EXP 42}) (10. Bb3 Nc6 (10... b5 $5 11. Re1 h6 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. Nf5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Rab1 Kh7 $10 {Smirin,I-De Firmian,N (02) New York PCA (01) 1995 0-1 40 - EXP 47}) (10... Qc7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rac8 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 b4 18. Nb1 Qxa2 19. b3 h6 20. Nxe6 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Kf7 22. Qh3 Rxc2 23. Nc7 Qb2 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Rxc2 Qxc2 {0-1 Smykovsky,I-Vaulin,A Moscow op (07) 1995 - EXP 46}) 11. Bg5 {[%csl Gd5][%CAl Gc3d5,Gb3d5,Gg5f6]} (11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qb8 14. Bg5 b5 15. Ne1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nc2 Bd8 18. Nb4 Bb6 19. Ncd5 Bc5 $10 {Mainka,R-Skembris,S Dortmund op-A (06) 1992 ½ 34}) 11... Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bg5 15. Qd3 Bh6 16. Rad1 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G (01) New York PCA-Intel GP (04) 1995 0-1 35 - EXP 47}) 10... b5 (10... Bxc4 $5 11. Qxc4 b5 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Rad1 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Qd3 Rfc8 $15 {Zaitsev,I-Neverov,V Moscow 1989 0-1 40}) 11. Bb3 h6 (11... Nbd7 $4 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng5 $18) 12. Rfd1 (12. Ne1 Nbd7 13. Nd3 Qa5 14. a3 Rfc8 $10 {Xie Jun-De Firmian,N San Francisco (01) 1995 ½ 42 - CBM 46}) 12... Nbd7 13. a3 Qe8 $6 {Dieser Zug sieht seltsam aus, aber man muß ja nicht jeden Zug des Weltmeisters verstehen.} (13... Rc8 14. Nh4 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Bxe6 (16. Ng6 Nxc3 17. Qd3 Nxd1 18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. Rxd1 $44) 16... fxe6 17. Qg4 Bxh4 18. Qxe4 d5 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. g3 Bg5 $44) 14. Ne1 $1 {? ?e1-d3-b4-d5} (14. Nh4 {Vogt} Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Bxe6 fxe6) 14... Rc8 15. f3 {Entkräftet ?c3!} Nc5 (15... Bxb3 16. cxb3 Nc5 17. b4 (17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 $14) 17... Ne6 (17... Nb3 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Rd3 $16) 18. Rd2 $14) 16. Ba2 (16. Bxe6 fxe6 $10) 16... Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne6 18. Nd3 a5 (18... Nd4 19. Qf2 Rc4 20. Raa1 (20. Nb4 $6 a5 21. Nd3 $10 (21. Nbd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 (22. Nxd5 Rxc2 $17) 22... Bg5 $15)) 20... a5 21. Rd2 $14) 19. Nc1 {} Nd4 $6 (19... Nc7 20. Nb3 b4 (20... a4 $2 21. Nc1 $16 {[%CAl Gc1d3,Gd3b4]}) 21. axb4 axb4 22. Na4 Ra8 $10) (19... Rb8 20. Nb3) (19... b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nb5 $16) 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nxb5 (21. Rxd4 d5 22. Nxd5 Bc5 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Nb3 Ba7 25. Kh1 a4 26. Rb4 axb3 27. Rxb3 Qc6 $15) 21... d5 22. e5 $1 (22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd4 Bf6 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8 25. Nce2 (25. c3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Nxc3 27. Rad2 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Re1+ 30. Kf2 Rxc1 31. Rd5 a4 32. Rd4 h5 $10) 25... Ne3 26. Rd2 Nc4 27. Rd3 Nxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxe2 29. Nxe2 Bxb2 $10) 22... d3 $1 (22... Nh5 23. Nxd4 $18) 23. Qxd3 (23. Nxd3 Qxb5 24. exf6 Bxf6 $44) 23... Bc5+ 24. Kh1 (24. Nd4 Qxe5 25. Ncb3 Bd6 (25... Bb6 26. a4 $14) 26. g3 a4 $44) 24... Qxe5 25. Nb3 Be3 (25... Bb6 $2 26. N3d4 $16) 26. Re1 (26. Nxa5 $2 Nh5 $1 {? ?g3} 27. Qxd5 (27. g3 Nxg3+ 28. hxg3 (28. Kg2 Nh5 $19) 28... Qxg3 29. Qxe3 Rxc2 30. Rd2 Rc1+ $19) 27... Rfd8 $1 28. Qxd8+ (28. Nd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Ng3+ $1 30. hxg3 Qh5#) 28... Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kh7 $19) 26... Rfe8 27. N3d4 {} (27. Nxa5 Nh5 28. g4 Nf4 $40) 27... Bxd4 $2 (27... Nh5 $1 28. Nf5 $2 (28. g3 $1 Nxg3+ $2 (28... Qg5 $1 29. Raa1 (29. Nd6 Bf2 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Ra1 (31. Nxe8 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qg1+ 33. Kh3 Bxg3 $3 $19) 31... Nxg3+ $1 32. hxg3 Bxg3 $19) 29... Bf2 {? ?:g3+} (29... Re5 {Vogt ? ?:g3+} 30. Ne2 Rce8 $44) 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Nf5 $13) 29. hxg3 Qxg3 (29... Qh5+ 30. Kg2 Bxd4 31. Rh1 $1 (31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. g4 Qh4 33. Nxd4 Re1 $40) 31... Qg5 32. Nxd4 $18) 30. Rxe3 $18) (28. Qf5 $2 Rxc2 $1 (28... g6 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Raa1 Ng3+ 31. hxg3 Rh5#) 29. Qxe5 (29. Nd6 Bxd4 $1 30. Qxf7+ Kh7 31. Qxe8 Ng3+ $1 32. hxg3 Qxg3 $19) 29... Rxe5 30. g4 (30. Nxc2 Ng3+ 31. hxg3 Rh5#) 30... Bxd4 31. Rxe5 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rg1+ 33. Kh3 Nf4+ 34. Kh4 Bf2#) 28... Nf4 29. Qxe3 Qxf5 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kh7 32. Nd4 Qf6 33. Ne2 (33. c3 $4 Qg6 $19 {[%CAl Gg6g2,Gg6b1]}) 33... Qc6 $19) 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Ra1 $6 (29. g3 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Bb6 $16) (29. Qf1 {Vogt} Be3 30. c3 Bd2 31. Ra1 Rce8) 29... Bxb2 30. Rb1 $2 (30. Rf1 Rce8 31. Qb3 Bc1 (31... Re1 32. Kg1 $16) 32. Qc3 $16) 30... Rce8 31. g3 (31. Qf1 Re2 32. Qd1 $14) (31. Kg1 {Vogt} Re3 32. Qd2 (32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Rxb2) 32... Bxa3 33. Qxa5 $2 Bc5 34. Kf1 Re2 35. Nc7 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rxc2+) 31... Re3 32. Qd2 Re2 33. Qd1 R8e3 34. Kg1 Be5 35. f4 Bb2 (35... Bb8 $2 36. Nd4 $18) 36. c3 Ne4 37. Qxd5 (37. Qxd5 Nxc3 (37... Rd2 {Vogt} 38. Qxd2 Nxd2 39. Rxb2 Re2 40. Kh1 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Nc4) 38. Nxc3 Rxc3 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qxa5 Rcc2 41. Qd5 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1995.11.11"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1995.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rc8 17. Na5 Nxd5 18. Nb7 Nxe3 19. Nxd8 Nxc2+ 20. Kd1 Nxa1 21. Nb7 Nc2 22. g6 Nd4 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bd3 g5 25. Qg2 Nf6 26. Qxg5 Rcg8 27. Bg6+ Kf8 28. Nxd6 Rh5 29. Qg2 Bxd6 30. f4 e4 31. Kc1 Rh6 32. f5 Nxf5 33. Qf2 Rhxg6 34. Rxg6 Rxg6 35. Qxf5 Kf7 36. Qf2 Ke6 37. Qb6 Rg5 38. Qxa6 e3 39. Kd1 Re5 40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Ke2 Nd5 42. Qg4 b4 43. Qc4 Ke7 44. Qh4+ Kd7 45. Qg4+ Kc7 46. Qc4+ Kd7 47. Qg4+ Re6 48. Qg7+ Kc6 49. Qg2 Kc5 50. Qg5 Rg6 51. Qd8 Rg2+ 52. Kd3 Rd2+ 53. Ke4 e2 54. Qa5+ Kc6 55. Qa8+ Kb6 56. Qd8+ Bc7 57. Qh4 Nf4 58. Qe1 Ng2 0-1 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.08.31"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "128"] [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. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 gxh4 12. Rxh4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nce5 17. c3 Ng6 18. Rh3 h4 19. Bxg4 hxg3 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8 21. Qe3 gxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Ne5 24. Be2 Kd7 25. Nd2 Rg8 26. Rh1 Bf6 27. Kf2 Ng4+ 28. Bxg4+ Rxg4 29. Rh7 Ke8 30. Kf3 Rg5 31. Ne4 Rf5+ 32. Ke3 Rxd5 33. Nxf6+ exf6 34. Rh8+ Kd7 35. Rb8 Re5+ 36. Kf3 Kc7 37. Rf8 Re7 38. g4 Kd7 39. Kf4 Ke6 40. c4 Rc7 41. b3 b5 42. Re8+ Kd7 43. Ra8 bxc4 44. bxc4 Rxc4+ 45. Kf5 Ra4 46. Kxf6 Rxg4 47. Ra7+ Kc6 48. Rxa6+ Kc5 49. Kxf7 d5 50. Ra5+ Kd6 51. Kf6 Rf4+ 52. Kg5 Rf1 53. a4 Ke5 54. Ra8 Rg1+ 55. Kh6 d4 56. a5 d3 57. Rd8 Ke4 58. a6 Ra1 59. Rd6 Ke3 60. Re6+ Kf2 61. Rd6 Ke2 62. Re6+ Kd1 63. Kg5 d2 64. Kf4 Kc2 0-1 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.09.01"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "King,Daniel J"] [PlyCount "109"] [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 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O e6 (15... g4 $1 {Anand} 16. f4 Nc4) 16. b3 Ng6 17. Rad1 g4 18. f4 h4 19. Nde2 h3 20. g3 {I hope you will forgive my digression; now we come on to the main theme of this article: the far-advance of the rook's pawn. This and the following game caught my eye, well, I was commentating live on both of them, so they couldn't fail to. The variation Kasparov has played has grown in reputation over the last few years. The kingside pawns are flung up the board introducing a variety of dynamic possibilities. Here Kasparov has managed to advance his h-pawn all the way to h3 making life extremely awkward for White. With no light-squared bishop to cover g2, there will always be a threat of mate looming against the king should the position open. Moreover, as both the e and f pawns have advanced, the king has no cover along the second rank.} Rc8 21. e5 {Shutting out the bishop on g7 as 21...dxe5 22 Ne4 gives White some chances. However, even after} d5 {White is not out of danger, even though the position has closed.} 22. Nd4 O-O 23. Qd3 f5 $1 {Securing the structure. White cannot contemplate 24 exf6 Qxf6 as the position begins to open, and once again the king on g1 is in a shaky position.} 24. Nce2 Rf7 {During the game, I thought I was better, but White should just keep the position closed.} 25. Rc1 Bf8 26. c3 Ne7 27. Rfd1 Nc6 28. c4 {Opening the position is a mistake, though the alternative was just to sit there and allow Black to build up pressure on the queenside. It is difficult to criticise moves in a speed game. Anand was obviously trying to blast his way through to the weak-point on e6, but the plan rebounds.} dxc4 29. Rxc4 Qe8 30. Qd2 b5 31. Rcc1 Nb4 32. Nc3 Rc7 $1 33. a3 Qa8 $1 {Precisely why the position should have remained closed.} 34. Be3 Nd3 35. Rc2 b4 (35... Nc5 {Anand} 36. b4) 36. Na2 Nc5 37. Qe2 (37. axb4 {Anand} Ne4 38. Qe2 $14) 37... bxa3 38. b4 Ba4 39. bxc5 Bxc2 40. Nxc2 Bxc5 41. Bxc5 Rxc5 42. Ne1 Rb5 43. Qc4 Rb2 44. Qxe6 Qa7+ 45. Kh1 Rxh2+ 46. Kxh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qxd1 {There's no perpetual.} 50. Kf1 (50. Qg6+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ Ke7 52. Qg5+ Kd7) 50... Qd7 51. Qxa6 h2 52. Qg6+ Rg7 53. Qh5 Rh7 54. Qg6+ Qg7 55. Qe8+ {time. The h-pawn played a starring role in the game and is due to be crowned for its hard work, but Anand lost on time first.} 0-1 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.09.01"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "107"] [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"] {King: This was the second blitz game in the play-off of the final of the PCA quickplay in Geneva (the first was drawn). Anand was convinced that the opening variation was better for White so repeated it. However, he was less thrilled to find himself with exactly the same pawn structure on the kingside as before. Once again, Kasparov had a superb position.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O g4 $1 {His improvement over the 1st game.} 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Rc8 $1 18. b3 Na3 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nb4 Qa5 21. Qe1 h4 $1 {A very nice demonstration of power play - Black could probably already try to win something on the kingside, but tries to squeeze the maximum out of the position.} 22. Be3 h3 23. g3 Nb5 24. Rd1 Nc3 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Rc1 Nxe4 $19 27. f5 e5 28. f6 {What else can I do?} Nxf6 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qc6 31. Qe2 Qe4 32. Rf2 Nd5 33. Re1 {With one last hope.} Qxe3 $4 {Well, this more than compensates me for the missed win in game 3!} 34. Qxg4 $1 $16 {The face pulling he did now rivalled anything he has ever done!} O-O 35. Rxe3 Nxe3 36. Qxh3 {King: Anand said afterwards that he thought 36 Qd7 might have been stronger, but after his experience with this opening in speed game 1, he had learned his lesson: the pawn on h3 just had to go. A sound practical decision, and germane to this discussion. A rook's pawn nested on the sixth rank can create all kinds of difficulties. Here, it helps to set up a mating net, but even without queens, such a pawn is a thorn in the side, as we shall see.} Nxc2 37. Qd7 Nd4 $2 (37... e4 38. Nf4 Bd4) 38. Qxb7 a5 39. Kg2 Rc3 40. Nb2 Nc2 41. Nc4 d5 42. Nd6 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 f5 44. Qd7 f4 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. Nf7 Rxf7 47. Qxf7 Rc6 48. gxf4 Rf6 49. Qc7 e4 50. f5 d4 51. Qe7 Rh6+ 52. Kg3 Nd1 53. Rf4 e3 54. Rg4 {And I won my first Grand Prix since April 1994!} 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-32"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1996.09.28"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Smirin, Ilia"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "80"] [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 "Israel"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Nd5 Rb8 15. O-O e6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ne3 d5 18. Rb1 O-O 19. c4 d4 20. Nc2 e5 21. Ne1 f5 22. Nd3 g4 23. Nc5 gxf3 24. Qxf3 fxe4 25. Qxh5 Qe8 26. Qg5 Rf5 27. Qd2 e3 28. Bxe3 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 dxe3 30. Qxd7 Qxd7 31. Nxd7 Rxb2 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Rxf6 Rxa2 34. Rf1 a5 35. Re1 e2 36. Kf2 a4 37. Rb1 a3 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Ra8 Ra1 40. Kxe2 a2 0-1 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.15"] [Round "10"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Knaak,Rainer"] [PlyCount "76"] [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. Be3 Ng4 {Die Bilanz der Schwarzen mit diesem Zug ist ausgezeichnet. Nach den neuesten Ergebnissen kann ich nur jedem raten, die Finger von 6.Le3 zu lassen.} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 {Es gelang bisher selten, aus der zweifellos etwas geschwächten schwarzen Stellung am Königsflügel Nutzen zu ziehen.} 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. O-O (13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 (14. Nd5 Rb8 15. O-O e6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ne3 d5 {0-1 Smirin,I-Kasparov,G/Erevan olm 1996 (40)}) 14... Ne5 15. O-O e6 16. b3 Ng6 17. Rad1 g4 18. f4 h4 19. Nde2 h3 20. g3 Rc8 21. e5 d5 {0-1 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Geneva Credit Suisse 1996 (54)}) 13... Nc6 14. Bf2 e6 $1 (14... Rc8 15. Nd5 (15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 f6 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. Nd1 c5 19. Bf2 O-O {½-½ Tiviakov,S-Georgiev,K/Cacak 1996 (33)}) 15... e6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 (16... bxc6 17. Bb6 $18) 17. Bd4 $1 Be5 18. Ne3 f6 19. Rf2 Ke7 20. c3 Qa5 21. Rd2 Rhc8 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd4 Qc5 24. Qd2 h4 25. Rd1 b5 26. Kh1 Be8 27. Ng4 Qb6 28. e5 $1 dxe5 29. Rd7+ {1-0 Bologan,V-Ribli,Z/BL9697 (35)}) 15. Nce2 (15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd4 Be5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rad1 {=/? (Poldauf)}) 15... Ne5 16. b3 g4 17. f4 h4 $1 18. Be3 (18. fxe5 dxe5 {? g3?}) 18... h3 19. g3 Nc6 {Die Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel ist festgelegt und momentan ohne große Bedeutung. Doch auf lange Sicht wird Weiß mit seinem König Probleme bekommen, sofern die Damen auf dem Brett bleiben.} 20. Qd3 O-O 21. Rad1 f5 22. c4 Qa5 23. Nc3 $2 {Der Springer steht schlecht, weil er nur durch die Dame gedeckt ist, was ihre Aktivität einschränkt. Zudem vergibt Weiß hier die Chance, etwas für den oben erwähnten Damentausch zu tun:} ({Nach} 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 fxe4 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxd6 {sollte Weiß nicht schlechter stehen.}) (23. Qd2 $11) 23... Rae8 24. Rfe1 e5 $1 {Schwarz übernimmt die Initiative. Das Ziel, Öffnung der Stellung rückt näher.} 25. Nxc6 (25. Nde2 exf4 26. Bxf4 Ne5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5) (25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 exf4 $19) 25... Bxc6 26. b4 $6 (26. fxe5 {war notwendig.} dxe5 (26... Bxe5) 27. Nd5) 26... Qa3 $1 (26... Qxb4 27. Nd5 Qa5 28. Bb6 Qxa2 29. Rd2 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Qa4 31. fxe5) 27. b5 (27. Ne2 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 exf4 29. Bxf4 Rxe4 30. Bxd6 Rd8 {mit schwarzer Gewinnstellung.}) 27... exf4 28. Bxf4 axb5 29. cxb5 Qc5+ 30. Be3 Qxc3 31. bxc6 Qxc6 32. Qxd6 Qxe4 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Bc3 {Die Fesselung des ?e3 ist tödlich.} 35. Re2 Re4 36. Kf2 Rfe8 37. Rd3 Bf6 38. Red2 Rxe3 $1 (38... Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40. Kxe3 Bg5+ 41. Ke2 Bxd2 42. Kxd2 f4 {wäre die Folge.}) 0-1 [Event "Buenos Aires sim"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1997.09.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Ricardi, Pablo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2575"] [PlyCount "53"] [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. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Na4 d5 13. Bc5 d4 14. Qxb4 Nc6 15. Bxe7 Qe8 16. Qa3 Nxe7 17. Nbc5 Ng6 18. c3 Nd7 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Kb1 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qc6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxd4 Ne5 24. Be2 Rac8 25. Rd2 Rf7 26. Qxa6 Nxf3 27. Rd8+ 1-0 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1997.10.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "Winants,Luc"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1997.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 061"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 {[#] Un dispositif agressif que l'on doit aux joueurs britanniques. Les Blancs ont deux atouts à leur disposition. La structure de pions d'abord: le pion central e4 est solidement défendu et ceci leur permettra bientôt de lancer un assaut à la baïonnette contre le flanc-Roi (g4, h4 ...). Le bon développement ensuite, car toutes les pièces mineures, à l'exception du ?b3, occupent une position idéale. Il faudrait d'ailleurs envisager une action du côté Dame. D'une part, les deux Fous sont braqués dans cette direction, et de l'autre, il y a un avant-poste pour le Cavalier en d5.} Be7 {Najdorf Variation-English attack Survey Pris isolément ce coup paraît anodin, voire même banal. Mais cette impression s'évanouit dès que l'on considère la stratégie des Noirs dans son ensemble. Ainsi Kasparov ne se contente pas uniquement de mobiliser ses pièces. Son but principal est d'éviter de jouer ...b5, aussi longtemps que les Blancs n'auront pas effectué le grand roque ou, pour le moins, accepté des responsabilités sur le flanc-Roi, avec le coup g4.} 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 ({Toujours pas} 10... b5 {à cause de} 11. a4 $1 {le coup du Dr Nunn} b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 {et si 13...} Nb6 $2 14. a5 $1 Nbxd5 15. g5 {[%csl Rd5,Rf6]} Nxe3 16. gxf6 Nxf1 17. fxe7 {et les Blancs gagnent.}) 11. O-O-O ({Ou bien:} 11. h4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rc8 17. Na5 Nxd5 18. Nb7 Nxe3 19. Nxd8 Nxc2+ 20. Kd1 Nxa1 21. Nb7 Nc2 22. g6 Nd4 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bd3 g5 $17 {Georgiev-Kasparov, Grand Prix PCA, Paris 1995}) 11... b5 12. h4 Nb6 {[%csl Gd5] Pour empêcher l'arrivée du ?c3 en d5, ou provoquer l'échange du Fou de cases noires (?xb6)} 13. Kb1 (13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Kb1 b4 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Bd3 h5 20. g5 f5 21. gxf6 Bxf6 {Almasi-Lautier Tilburg 1996}) 13... b4 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. Qd3 {[%CAl Yb3d2] Une nouveauté théorique, au lieu de 17.?c4 joué dans la partie Bologan-Wahls, Bundesliga 1995. Avec 17.?d3, les Blancs se proposent de retirer le Cavalier en d2.} (17. Bc4 O-O 18. Qe2 a4 19. Nd2 a3 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 axb2 22. g5 Ra3 23. gxh6 g6 24. Bb3 Qa6 25. Qf3 Ra8 26. Rdf1 f5 27. Qg3 g5 28. Qd3 Rxa2 29. Qxa6 R2xa6 30. Kxb2 gxh4 31. Rhg1+ Kh8 {Bologan,V-Wahls,M/BL9495 1995/BL 90/½-½ (48)}) (17. Be2 a4 18. Nc1 Rc8 19. Qd3 Rc5 20. Qa6 Qxa6 21. Bxa6 Nxd5 22. Nd3 Ra5 23. Bb7 Ne3 24. Rde1 Ng2 25. Re4 Kd7 26. Nxb4 Nf4 27. Rd1 Ra7 28. Bc6+ Kc7 29. Rc4 Kb6 30. Nd5+ Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxh4 {Dimitrov,V-Howell,J/WchJ Gausdal 1986/EXT 86ch/1-0 (58)}) 17... O-O $1 {Une réaction instructive, car il semblerait que les Noirs roquent sous le feu de l'ennemi.} 18. Nd2 {[%csl Ge4][%CAl Rg4g5,Yd2f6] En route vers é4} ({Après} 18. g5 Nh5 19. gxh6 g6 {[%csl Gf4,Gh5] l'infanterie des Blancs serait immobilisée et leur attaque au point mort. C'est pourquoi Shirov décide d'aller échanger le ?f6.}) 18... a4 19. Ne4 (19. g5 Nh5 20. gxh6 g6) 19... Rfc8 $1 {[%CAl Gc8c2,Yg8f8] Occupe la colonne ouverte et prévoit l'évacuation du Roi via f8.} 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {[%csl Rb2][%CAl Ye5e4,Gf6b2]} 21. Qe4 {[%csl Rh7][%CAl Yf1d3,Gd3h7] Tout cela avait probablement été conçu à domicile. Les Blancs projettent d'attaquer sur la diagonale b1-h7, et bloquent le pion e5, pour éviter le réveil du ?f6 (...e4)} (21. g5 $2 e4 $1 22. Qxe4 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 Bxb2 $19 {Shirov}) 21... Qc5 {[%csl Rb2,Rc3][%CAl Ya4a3] Pour mener l'offensive sur la couleur inverse du ?f1. Kasparov menace 22...a3} (21... b3 $142 22. cxb3 axb3 23. a3 Bxh4 $17 24. Rxh4 $2 Qf2 $19) 22. Bd3 Kf8 $1 {} ({Surtout pas} 22... a3 $2 23. g5 $1 hxg5 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. Rh8+ $3 {et le mat suit.}) 23. g5 {Impossible d'avancer autrement.} ({Si} 23. Rdg1 Bxh4 $1 {[%csl Rg1]}) 23... hxg5 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. Qf5 Bh6 (25... Bf6 $2 26. Bb5 $3 (26. Qd7 $2 g6) 26... Rd8 (26... Qc7 27. Bxa4 Rxa4 $4 28. Rh8+ Ke7 29. Qxc8 $18) (26... Qxb5 $4 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Rxc8) 27. Bc6 $14) 26. Rh4 $132 {[#] La pointe des coups précédents: les Blancs menacent 27.?c4} (26. Rxh6 {, joué immédiatement, n'aurait pas entraîné le résultat escompté:} gxh6 27. Qf6 b3 28. Qxh6+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ Kd7 30. Bf5+ Kc7 {et les Noirs gagnent.}) 26... Ke7 $3 {Une conception inouïe et que l'on ne pourrait estimer à sa juste valeur, sans examiner d'autres possibilités.} (26... Rc7 {[%csl Ra8,Gc7] Ce coup présente deux inconvénients: il laisse la ?a8 sans protection et bloque la case de fuite en c7.} 27. Rxh6 gxh6 28. Qf6 b3 29. Qxh6+ Ke8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh4+ $11 {et les Blancs sont hors de danger.}) (26... Qxd5 {Une prise risquée, car elle accroît le potentiel du Fou de cases blanches.} 27. Be2 $1 {Le coup juste: il dégage la colonne -d- et prépare l'intervention du Fou sur la diagonale c4-f7.} (27. Rxb4 {trop mou} Rcb8 ({non pas} 27... Qe6 28. Qh7) 28. Rxb8+ (28. Rc4 Rxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Rb8+ {et puis 30...?b7}) 28... Rxb8 29. Be2 Qb7 30. b3 Qc7 {et les Noirs sont tranquilles.}) 27... Qa5 (27... Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rxd6 $11) (27... Qb7 28. Bc4 Qe7 29. Bd5 $13) 28. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7]} Rc7 29. Rxh6 $1 {toujours le même thème!} gxh6 30. Qf6 Qc5 (30... Rxc4 31. Qxd6+ Ke8 (31... Kg7 32. Rg1+ Kh7 33. Qf6 $18) 32. Rg1 f6 33. Rg7 $18 {le mat est imminent.}) (30... Ke8 31. Qxd6 Qc5 32. Bb5+ $3 Qxb5 33. Rg1 $18) 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ Kd7 33. Qg4+ Ke7 (33... Kc6 34. Qe4+) 34. Qh4+ $11 {échec perpétuel.}) 27. Rc4 Qxc4 (27... Qxd5 28. Rxb4 $13) 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Qd3 Rac8 {[%csl Rc2,Rd5,Rf3] Les Noirs ont obtenu un matériel équivalent à la Dame (Tour, Fou et pion). Mais il faut surtout constater que leur position est désormais imprenable. De plus, les pions c2, d5 et f3 sont exposés.} 30. Re1 Bf4 {Rien ne presse. Les Blancs sont condamnés à l'expectative.} 31. Re4 $4 {Shirov souhaitait manifestement rompre la cohésion entre les Tours ennemies en simplifiant les débats.} ({Or le remède s'est révélé inopérant, et on peut donc conclure qu'il valait mieux jouer} 31. a3 {immédiatement.}) (31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Rxc2 34. Kxc2 g5 35. Kd3 f5 $11 {Shirov}) 31... Rxe4 32. fxe4 ({Ou pire:} 32. Qxe4 Rh8 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1,Rc1,Rd1,Re1,Rf1,Rg1,Rh1][%CAl Yh8h1]} 33. a3 (33. b3 a3) 33... b3 34. cxb3 axb3 35. Qe1 Rh2 36. Qd1 Rc2 {etc.}) 32... g5 $1 {[%CAl Yg5g1] Tout simplement: le fantassin va à Dame.} 33. a3 ({Si} 33. Qa6 Rh8 34. a3 g4 35. Qb7+ Kf6 36. Qxb4 g3 37. Qxd6+ Kg7) 33... bxa3 34. Qa6 Rd8 35. Qb6 {Cherchant le salut dans la contre-attaque (c4-c5).} ({Une variante pour illustrer les conséquences d'une défense passive:} 35. bxa3 g4 36. Qxa4 g3 37. Qa7+ Kf6 38. Qg1 Rg8 39. Qg2 Rh8 40. a4 Rh2 41. Qg1 Re2 {Pour continuer par ...g2 et ...?e3.} 42. Qh1 Kg5 $1 43. Qh7 g2 {et gagne.}) 35... g4 36. c4 g3 37. c5 g2 38. cxd6+ Rxd6 39. Qc7+ {[#] Il semblerait que Shirov soit parvenu à brouiller les cartes.} ({Supposons} 39. Qc7+ Rd7 {il suivrait} 40. Qc5+ Ke8 41. Qc8+ Rd8 42. Qc6+ Kf8 43. Qc5+ Kg7 44. Qg1) 39... Kf6 $3 {[%csl Gg2] Superbe non?} 40. Qxd6+ (40. Qc5 Kg7 41. Qg1 Rg6) 40... Kg7 {et les Noirs abandonnèrent.} (40... Kg7 {Si} 41. Qc5 Bh2 42. d6 g1=Q+ 43. Qxg1+ Bxg1 44. d7 Bb6) 0-1 [Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.03.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2825"] [Annotator "Atlas,Valeri"] [PlyCount "47"] [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 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 (11... f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. h4 Qd7 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. a3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qa4 18. Kb2 Nd5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Bxd4 21. Rxh8+ Bxh8 22. Qh5+ {1-0 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Biel 1997 (36)}) 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 (13... Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd5 (15. O-O-O Be6 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bxc4 {½-½ Ye Jiangchuan-Forster,R/Geneva op 1997}) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rb8 17. c3 Bb7 (17... Nc6 18. a3 O-O 19. Be2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne3 {½-½ Tiviakov,S-Oll,L/Beijing 1997 (61)}) 18. a4 Bxd5 19. exd5 O-O 20. Be2 Rfc8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ba7 Rb7 23. Ra5 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Be3 {½-½ Aronian,L-Olafsson,H/Erevan olm 1996}) 14. Nd4 (14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Nd4 Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. h4 g4 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Ka1 Qb6 21. b3 cxb3 22. cxb3 Rfc8 {½-½ Wallace,J-Szekely,P/Budapest FS05 GM 1995 (40)}) (14. Nd5 e6 15. Ne3 a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18. Be2 Ng6 19. O-O Nf4 20. Rb1 Rb4 21. Rxb4 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 axb4 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. h4 Qb7 25. Qe2 Ne5 {½-½ Leko,P-Milos,G/Yopal 1997 (43)}) 14... Bd7 15. Be2 (15. h4 g4 16. f4 g3 17. Bg1 Ng4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf2 20. Bxf2 gxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qa5 22. Qg3 Kf8 23. a4 b4 24. Nd1 Nd4 25. Rc1 Nxf5 {0-1 Schneider,B-Heissler,J/BL9697 1997 (39)}) 15... Nc4 $1 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Rg8 $1 18. Nxc6 (18. h4 $6 {would be a wrong choice in view of} g4 $1 $36) (18. O-O {was a plausible alternative here. Now both} {but natural} Nxd4 (18... h5 $2 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxg5) ({and} 18... g4 $6 19. Nxc6 (19. fxg4 $5) 19... Bxc6 20. fxg4 {yield White a superior position,}) 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qb6 {easily equalizes.}) 18... Bxc6 19. h3 (19. O-O {falls short after} g4 $1 20. fxg4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxg4 22. Qh8+ Kd7 $40 {?a8-h1, ×g2}) (19. h4 $6 {fails to} g4 {, with the strong initiative.}) 19... h5 $1 {[%csl Re4,Rg4][%CAl Gg5g4,Gg7c3,Gc6e4,Gg8g4] Inteding to realize the programmatic advance g5-g4} 20. Bd4 ({Most probably, the only way to keep the balance.} 20. O-O g4 $1 {would yield Black excellent attacking perspectives.}) 20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qb6 $1 22. Qxb6 ({The right reaction. After} 22. Qxc4 $2 {Correct is} g4 $1 ({the tempting} 22... Qe3+ {is strongly met by} 23. Kd1 {(??e1), and Black's action proves dubious.} (23. Qe2 $4 Qxc3+ 24. bxc3 Rxb1+ 25. Kd2 Rxh1 $19)) 23. hxg4 $140 hxg4 24. Rh7 e6 $17 {, and Black attack seems irresistible.}) 22... Rxb6 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "ICC blitz m"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.05.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1998.05.??"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Na5 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Ng3 O-O 19. Nb3 Nca4 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21. Be2 Nc4 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. h4 Qa3 24. O-O Qxa2 25. Bxc4 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 dxc4 27. Na5 Rd3 28. Ne2 Rb8 29. Nc6 Rb5 30. Nb4 Rd6 31. f4 exf4 32. Nxf4 Nxc3 33. e5 Rd4 34. Nxe6 Rg4+ 35. Kf1 Rxb4 36. Nd8 Nd5 37. Rxf7 c3 38. Rd7 Rbf4+ 39. Ke2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Rd2# 0-1 [Event "Sofia m 25'"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "1998.05.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Kostakiev,Dimitar"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1998.05.02"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 065"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {King} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 (10. Qd2 $14 {Dobrev,Iv-Mollov,E/tt ch Bg 1994}) ({King: The idea of playing the knight in to f5 has been tried before - even a move earlier - though without success:} 10. Nf5 {King} Bxf5 11. exf5 Qa5 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Qd2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nf6 17. f3 Rc8 $17 {King: Florean,A-Istratescu,A/ROM-ch Herculane 1996/0-1 (56). Who cares about the bishops: White's pawns are just a mess.}) 10... h5 { King: Kasparov has considerable experience with this variation, though normally from the Black side. Still, he knows his way around well. 11 Bxg4 and 11 h4 are the main moves now, but Kasparov tries out a little explored side line:} 11. Nf5 (11. Bxg4 hxg4 (11... Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. O-O (14. Qd2 Ne5 15. b3 $1 {Anand-Kasparov/Frankfurt/1998/ CBM 65 [Anand]}) 14... e6 15. Nxc6 (15. Nce2 {0-1 Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/Ciudad de Linares XIV 1997/CBM 57/[Knaak] (18)}) 15... Bxc6 16. Qd2 Be5 {1-0 Apicella,M-Zhu Chen/Open, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998}) 12. O-O Bxd4 13. Qxd4 f6 {0-1 Shirov,A-Salov,V/Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee NED 1998 (16)}) (11. h4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 (12. Nb3 gxh4 13. Rxh4 (13. Bxh4 Be6 (13... Bxc3+ {Rashkovsky,N - 50/275}) 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Nd5 (15. Bxg4 $2 {Rashkovsky,N}) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Nce5 17. Qa5 {0-1 Konguveel Ponnuswamy-Rodriguez Amador/It (open), Ubeda (Spain) 1997}) 13... Be6 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nce5 17. O-O-O Ng6 {N} 18. Rh3 $140 Bh6 19. f4 Qe3 20. Bxg4 Qxd2+ 21. Nxd2 hxg4 22. Rh2 $1 $14 {Morozov-.Ninov,N/mem Lascurain cor 1996}) 12... bxc6 13. hxg5 Rb8 14. Qc1 Qa5 15. Kf1 Qb4 $11 {Grodzensky,S-.Ninov,N/mem cor Lascurain 1996 (50)}) (11. h3 h4 12. hxg4 hxg3 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. fxg3 Nc6 15. Nb3 Be5 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Qc1 {½-½ Shirov,A-Sadler,M/Oviedo rapid 1992/TD 92\09}) 11... Bxf5 12. exf5 {King: Kasparov has made a canny choice. It's a dynamic way for White to play the position and, I would say, perfect for rapid play, especially when backed up by home preparation. White isn't too worried about his pawn structure but relies on open lines for his rooks and bishops to exploit the looseness in Black's position.} Qa5 (12... h4 {King King: is a major alternative. It is hard to say what is White's best reply:} 13. Bxg4 (13. Bxd6 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 exd6 (14... Qb6+ 15. Kf1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 exd6 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Bf3 $40) 15. Nd5 Nd7 16. Re1 O-O 17. c3 Nf6 $11) 13... hxg3 14. fxg3 Qa5 (14... Qb6 $5 15. Nd5 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qe5+ 17. Be2 (17. Kf2 $5 Qd4+ 18. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Ke2) 17... Ra7 18. O-O Nd7 $13) 15. O-O Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. f6 Qxc3 18. fxg7 Qxg7 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Rxb7 Ne5 21. Bf5 Rd8 22. h3 Rh6 23. c3 d5 24. Qd4 Rhd6 25. Re1 f6 26. Rc7 Kf8 27. Rb1 Qf7 28. Rbb7 Qe8 29. Kh2 Nc6 30. Qg4 Ne5 31. Qd4 Nc6 32. Qc5 Ne5 33. g4 Nd7 34. Qa7 Ra8 35. Qd4 Ne5 36. h4 Nc6 37. Qe3 Rad8 38. hxg5 $138 {1-0 Florean,A-Ardeleanu,A/ROM-ch Herculane (6) 1996}) 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 {} Qxf5 $6 $146 (14... Nf6 $142 $5 15. Re1 (15. Bf3 $1 d5 (15... h4 $2 16. Bxd6 exd6 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Qxd6 Nbd7 19. Rfe1+ Kd8 20. Rad1 $18) (15... Nc6 16. Rb1 (16. Bxd6 $2 O-O-O $19) 16... O-O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qf3 $40) 16. c4 Nbd7 17. Re1 $40) 15... Nc6 16. Bf3 d5 17. c4 (17. Qb1 $5 b5 (17... O-O-O 18. c4 g4 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 $13) 18. c4 $1 h4 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. cxd5 Rxd6 21. dxc6 g4 22. Be4 g3 23. Bf3 Rd2 24. Kh1 Rxf2 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 gxh2 27. Kxh2 Qc7+ 28. Kg1 h3 $15) 17... O-O-O 18. cxd5 Nxd5 $15 19. c4 (19. Qe2) 19... Ndb4 20. Qb3 h4 21. a3 hxg3 22. axb4 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxf5 {0-1 Sziebert Adam-Anka,E/It (open) Balatonbereny (Hungary) 1993} (23... Qxf5 {King} 24. b5 Rd3 25. Qxd3 Qxd3 26. bxc6 Qd4+ 27. Kf1 Qxc4+ 28. Be2 Qf4+ 29. Bf3 g4 30. Re4 Qf6 31. cxb7+ Kb8 {0-1 Sziebert,A-Anka,E/Balatonbereny op 1993})) 15. Rb1 $1 Nd7 (15... Qd7 16. Qd5 Nc6 17. Qxg5 b5 18. c4 Nd4 19. Bd3 $16) 16. Rxb7 Ngf6 17. Re1 Kf8 (17... Kd8 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Qe2 e5 $132) (17... h4 $2 {King} 18. Bxd6) (17... O-O $2 {King} 18. Bd3 Qc5 (18... Qd5 19. Rxd7 $18) 19. Rxe7 $18) 18. h3 {King: If Black could coordinate his forces then he would have a fine game, but he never manages it as Kasparov keeps him busy in defence with his active rooks and bishops. The opening can be counted as a success for White.} Re8 (18... g4 19. h4 Qc5 20. Qd4 e5 21. Qc4 $16) 19. Bxa6 h4 20. Bd3 Qd5 21. Rb5 Nc5 22. Bh2 Rg8 23. Rb4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qxa2 25. Rb5 Rg6 (25... g4 26. Bf4 Ra8 27. Bh6+ Ke8 28. Bg5 gxh3 29. Qf3 $16) 26. Rf5 g4 27. hxg4 Nxg4 28. Qf3 {} (28. Rf4 {King: was also good:} Nxh2 29. Rxh4 Ng4 30. Rxg4 Rxg4 31. Qxg4 Qd2 32. Re3 Qxc3 33. d4) 28... f6 (28... h3 $1 29. Qxh3 Qd2 30. Rb1 Qc2 $11) 29. Rh5 Nxh2 $2 (29... Qd2 $142 30. Rd1 (30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Rb8 $11) 30... Nxh2 31. Kxh2 Qxc3 $14) 30. Kxh2 Qd2 31. Re4 $1 $18 Qxc3 32. Rexh4 Rg8 33. Rg4 $1 Qb3 34. Rxg8+ Qxg8 35. Qh3 {[ A la Rety: The ? should be behind the ? - when attaking the oponent's ? ]} Qg6 (35... Kg7 36. Rh4 $1 $18) 36. Rh6 Qg5 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Qh7+ Ke6 39. Rxe8 1-0 [Event "ISR-Kasparov handicap sim"] [Site "Tel Aviv"] [Date "1998.05.21"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Huzman, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "81"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O b5 12. h4 Nb6 13. Qf2 Nfd7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qb6 18. Qe1 a5 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nxa5 c3 21. Nc6 cxb2 22. Be3 Qa6 23. Qb4 Rxc6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Qb3 O-O 26. g5 Qxf3 27. gxh6 Rb8 28. Rhf1 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxb3 30. cxb3 gxh6 31. a4 f5 32. Bxh6 f4 33. a5 Kh7 34. Bg5 Bxg5 35. hxg5 f3 36. a6 e4 37. a7 Nb6 38. Kxb2 e3 39. Kc2 e2 40. Rh1+ Kg6 41. Kd2 1-0 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1998.06.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1998.06.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. g5 Nh5 14. Rg1 Nb6 15. Qf2 Bd8 16. h4 g6 17. Rd2 Qc6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qe8 21. Nd4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Na4 23. Rg3 Ba5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Rd4 Nxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. Bc4 Qe7 28. Qxd6 Re8 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Bd5 Be1 32. h5 gxh5 33. Rb8 b5 34. Rb7 Rxb7 35. Bxb7 a5 36. Kc1 h4 37. Kd1 Bg3 38. Ke2 h3 39. Kf3 h2 40. Kg2 b4 41. Bd5 Be5 42. Bb3 Kg6 43. Kh1 h6 44. gxh6 f6 45. Kg2 Kxh6 46. Ba4 Kg5 47. Bc6 Kg4 48. Ba4 Bg3 49. Bb5 Kf4 50. Bc6 Ke3 51. Kh1 Be5 52. Kg2 Kd2 53. Ba4 Kc3 54. Kh1 Kb2 55. Bb3 Ka3 56. Bd5 Kb2 57. Bb3 Kc3 58. Ba4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1998.06.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1998.06.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. h4 b4 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxb4 d5 21. Qb3 Rd8 22. c4 O-O 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. cxd5 Qd6 25. Qc4 e4 26. Qxe4 Rb8 27. Bd3 g6 28. h5 Qf6 29. Rh2 Ba3 30. b3 Rb7 31. Qe3 Re7 32. Be4 Rc7 33. Rc2 g5 34. Qd2 Rxc2 35. Kxc2 Qa1 36. Kd3 Qf1+ 37. Kd4 Qa1+ 38. Kc4 Qf1+ 39. Qd3 Qf2 40. b4 Qxa2+ 41. Qb3 Qxb3+ 42. Kxb3 Bc1 43. Bd3 Bf4 44. Bxa6 Kf8 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Bc8 Bd6 47. Bf5 Kf8 48. Bh7 Ke7 49. b5 Kd7 50. Bg8 Ke7 51. b6 1-0 [Event "Chess Classics Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2825"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1998.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 065"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Kasparov had lost against Vlady in the first round, so I could imagine that he was in a particularly aggressive state.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 {Kasparov played 6...e5 all the time against Topalov in Leon. Maybe the presence of the computer-second influenced his choice. He has experimented with all the main-lines (6...e6,6...e5 and 6...?g4), but he almost always plays 6...?g4 against me.} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 {In Linares, I played 10.?d2 here, but here I wanted to try something else.} h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. b3 $1 {In Geneva, I castled twice. Thereafter, presumably under the influence of these games, I looked elsewhere for White's advantage. Peter Leko pointed this out to me and we soon realized that White is in very good shape here.} e6 16. Nde2 $1 Rc8 {An important moment - if you wonder later in the game why Black can't simply castle on the queenside!} 17. Bd4 {Neutralizing Black's "Dragon bishop"} b5 18. Nd1 $3 {The reason White shouldn't castle too early. The knight is superbly placed on e3. Against Kamsky (our 9th match game in Las Palmas, I executed a similar manoeuvre - but the knight went from e3 to c3 via d1.) Here the reverse manoeuvre, but I was equally pleased.} Rg8 {Perhaps Black should have started with a5-a4 as then White would not have the option of playing cxb3, but I don't think this improves Black's prospects. Incidentally, Black's king is stuck on e8 for the rest of the game.} 19. Ne3 a5 20. O-O-O a4 21. Kb1 axb3 22. cxb3 {Helpful to have the c-file open, but 22.axb3 was also good for White.} Ra8 23. Bc3 Ra6 24. Nc2 {Now ?b4 threatens to force the rook to b6, so his next move if forced.} Bf8 25. Nb4 Ra8 26. Nd4 Be7 27. Rhe1 Qc8 28. Bb2 Qb7 29. Ndc2 $6 {Just enjoying the position.} f6 30. Nd4 $1 {Correcting my last move - if Black had a little more time, he could consolidate.} h4 (30... Kf7 31. g3 {? f4}) 31. g3 g4 32. f4 Nf3 33. Nxf3 gxf3 34. f5 $1 {Once the knight gets to d5...} hxg3 35. hxg3 Rxg3 36. Qh2 $1 Rg5 (36... Rg7 37. Qh5+) 37. Bc1 Rg7 38. Qh5+ (38. Qh8+ {Is also interesting, but I wanted to keep it simple.}) 38... Rf7 39. Qxf3 {Kasparov didn't want to look at his position anymore. However, his resignation needs to be explained.} (39. Qxf3 exf5 {This is the only move.} 40. Nd5 fxe4 41. Rxe4 $1 (41. Qxe4 Bc6 $13) 41... Bc6 42. Rxe7+ $1 Rxe7 43. Nxf6+ Kd8 44. Rxd6+ Kc7 45. Qf4 $1 $18 {Black's king is too exposed to survive and the opposite colored bishops make it worse.}) 1-0 [Event "Chess Classics Giants 3rd pl"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1998.06.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Qf2 Nfd7 13. Kb1 g6 14. h4 h5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. f4 Nc4 18. gxh5 Rxh5 19. Be2 Rf5 20. h5 gxh5 21. Bc1 Nf6 22. Bd3 e4 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd7 26. Rhe1 Be7 27. Rg1 Qb5 28. Qc3 Rxd5 29. Rg5 Rxg5 30. fxg5 Nd7 31. Qh8+ Nf8 32. Qxh5 Ng6 33. Qg4 Qe5 34. Nd4 d5 35. Be3 Rb8 36. b3 Ba3 37. Rf1 a5 38. Qh3 a4 39. Rf5 Qd6 40. Qh7 Rb7 41. Rf1 axb3 42. axb3 Qe5 43. Qh3 Ne7 44. Qh7 Ng6 45. Qh3 Ne7 46. Rf6 Bc5 47. Nc6 Nxc6 48. Bxc5 Ne7 49. Qh8+ Kd7 50. Rd6+ Qxd6 51. Bxd6 Kxd6 52. Qf6+ Kd7 53. Qxf7 Rb6 54. Kc1 Rg6 55. Qf4 Re6 56. Kd1 e3 57. Ke2 Kc6 58. c4 dxc4 59. Qxc4+ Kd7 60. b4 Rg6 61. Qg4+ Kc7 62. Kxe3 Nd5+ 63. Kf2 Kd6 64. b5 Kc5 65. Qf5 Rg7 66. g6 Kd6 67. b6 Rb7 68. Kg3 Rg7 69. Kh4 Rg8 70. b7 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "98"] [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 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O e6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Kasparov admitted, that without the help of a strong computer he would not have been able to enter such a sharp line. Modern chess is changing with a breathtaking speed.} (12... Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bxc3 (14... Qa5 15. Nd5 Be5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. b4 Qd8 18. c4 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Degraeve,J/Cappelle/1994/ (26)}) 15. bxc3 f6 (15... Ne5 16. c4 (16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qxg4 f6 18. Rfd1 (18. g3 Qc7 19. Rab1 b5 20. c4 Kf7 21. Rb4 Qc5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Qxc2 {½-½ Miranovic,R-Ruck,R/HUN-chT1/1995/ (27)}) (18. Qe4 Qc7 19. Rab1 O-O-O (19... Rb8 20. g3 {? ?b3, ?fb1 ×b7}) 20. g3 Rd6 21. Rb4 Rhd8 22. Kg2 Kb8 23. Rfb1 {1-0 Apicella,M-Gallagher,J/Clichy/1997/ (38)}) 18... Qc7 19. Qa4+ b5 20. Qb3 Rc8 21. a4 e4 22. g3 e3 23. fxe3 Qe5 24. Qe6 {½-½ O'Donnell,T-Gardner,R/CAN-ch/1994/ (41)}) 16... Qc7 17. Rb1 f6 18. c5 Qxc5 19. Rxb7 Kf7 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. h3 Qe4 22. Qb1 gxh3 23. Qb3+ d5 24. gxh3 g4 {½-½ Mainka,R-Gallagher,J/Eupen 1993/ (33)}) 16. Qxg4 Qa5 17. Rab1 O-O-O 18. Rb3 Rd7 19. Rfb1 Rc7 20. f3 Qd5 21. Re1 Kb8 22. Bf2 {½-½ Mainka,R-Tischbierek,R/Baden-Baden 1992/ (22)}) (12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 f6 $8 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Qe3 (15. Qb6 $5 Qxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 17. c4 e5 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Rd2 Be6 $14) 15... Be6 16. Nb6 $6 (16. Rad1 Kf7 17. c4 Qa5 18. a3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. b4 Qxc4 21. Nb6 Qxe4 22. Rfe1 Qf5 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qe3 Rc7 {½-½ Xie Jun-Lin Weiguo/Beijing/1998/ (36)}) 16... Rb8 17. c4 Kf7 18. c5 (18. Rfd1 $5 Qg8 $1 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nd7 Rd8 21. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qc8 $1 23. e5 $5 Rd8 $132) 18... dxc5 19. Qxc5 Qg8 20. f4 (20. Bxb8 Qxb8 21. g3 Ne5 22. Rfd1 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Rxh2 24. Nd5) 20... gxf3 21. Rxf3 Rd8 {0-1 Shirov,A-Salov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1998/ (36)}) 13. Qd2 (13. Nde2 Be5 (13... Ke7 14. Qd2 f6 15. Rad1 $16) 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rad1+ Ke7 $13) 13... Nd7 $1 14. Bxd6 Ne5 (14... Nb6 15. Ncb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Ra4 (16... Nc4 17. Qb4 $18) (16... f6 17. Nc7+ Kf7 18. Nxa8 Nc4) 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. e5 $5 (18. Be5+ Kc6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxg7 Kxc7 $17)) 15. Ncb5 (15. Bc5 $2 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qc7 $19) 15... axb5 16. Nxb5 f6 17. Rfd1 {This position must have been part of black's preparation, white certainly has some compensation for the sacrificed piece.} (17. Nc7+ Kf7 18. Nxa8 (18. Rfd1 Ra4 $17) 18... Nc4 19. Qb4 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21. Rfe1 Bd7 (21... f5 22. exf5 Bxb2 23. Rad1 Nxf5 $15) 22. Rad1 (22. Nb6 Bc6 23. e5 fxe5 $17) 22... Rxa8 (22... Ke7 23. Nb6 Bc6 24. Nd5+ $14) 23. Rxd6 Bc6 24. a3 Ra4 $17) 17... Kf7 18. Qe2 (18. Nc7 Ra4 19. Qe2 Nc6 $17) 18... Bd7 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd6+ (20. Qxg4 $1 Qe7 (20... Kg8 21. Nd6) 21. Nd6+ Kg6 22. Rd3 $13) 20... Kg6 21. Rd3 $6 {An unfortunate slip, Shirov plays for high stakes and loses initiative.} (21. Nxb7 Qc7 22. Nc5 Qxc5 23. Rxd7 g3 $1 24. hxg3 Rh7 $17) (21. Qxg4 $5 Rh4 (21... Qc7 22. Qf3 Raf8 23. Qb3 b6 24. Rd2 $16) 22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Bxf6 24. Nxb7 Bc6 25. Nd6 $14) 21... Qf6 22. Qxg4 (22. Nxb7 $2 Bb5 $19) (22. c4 Bc6 23. b4 b6 $13) 22... Qf4 $1 23. h3 (23. Qxf4 exf4 24. Nf7 Rhf8 25. Rxd7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 $17) 23... Qxg4 24. hxg4 Bc6 25. c4 (25. a3 Bf8 26. f3 $15) 25... Rhd8 26. f3 Bf8 27. c5 b6 $1 28. b4 (28. Rc1 bxc5 29. Nc4 Rxd3 30. Nxe5+ Kf6 31. Nxd3 Rxa2 32. Nxc5 Bb5 $17) 28... bxc5 29. bxc5 Ra5 {[%mdl 4096] The game is not over yet, white has three pawns for the piece and black pawns are isolated.} 30. Rc3 Rb8 31. Rc2 $6 (31. a3 $5 Rb2 32. Rd1 $15) 31... Kf6 32. Kf2 (32. Rd1 $2 Ba4 $19) 32... Ba4 33. Rc3 Rb2+ 34. Kg3 (34. Ke3 $2 Bxd6 35. cxd6 Bb5 36. Re1 Raxa2 $19) 34... Rc2 35. Rc1 (35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. Nb7 Ra3 37. Kf2 Ba4 $17) 35... Rxa2 36. Rb1 (36. c6 Bxd6 37. c7 Bd7 38. c8=Q Bxc8 39. Rxc8 Ra8 $19) 36... Bc6 37. Rb6 Ra6 {Kasparov still has to surmount technical problems, but the triumph is near.} 38. Rb8 (38. Rcb3 Be7 $17) 38... Be7 39. Rc1 Ra8 40. Rb6 (40. Rxa8 Rxa8 41. Rb1 Ra5 $19) 40... R2a6 41. Rbb1 (41. Rc2 Rxb6 42. cxb6 Bxd6 43. Rxc6 Ke7 44. b7 Rb8 45. Rb6 Kd7 $19) 41... Be8 42. Rh1 (42. Nxe8+ Rxe8 43. Rb6 Rxb6 44. cxb6 Rb8 45. Rb1 Rb7 46. Rb5 Bd8 $19) 42... Bg6 (42... Bxd6 43. cxd6 Rxd6 44. Rh8 Rad8 45. Rb7 $17) 43. Rb7 (43. Rhd1 Rc6 44. Rb5 Rd8 $19) 43... Rc6 44. Nf5 {The player in a pretty lost position can afford a bit more than usual.} (44. Rd7 Rxc5 45. Rh6 Rc6 $19) 44... Bf8 (44... exf5 45. gxf5 Bxf5 46. exf5 Bf8 $19) (44... Bxc5 45. Ng7 Bf7 46. Nh5+ Kg6 47. Rd1 Bd4 $19) 45. Rh8 (45. Ne3 Bxc5 $19) 45... exf5 46. gxf5 Bf7 47. Kg4 (47. Rb6 Rxb6 48. cxb6 Rb8 49. Kg4 Kg7 $19) 47... Kg7 48. Rh5 Bxc5 49. Rxg5+ Kf6 {After heroic effort white have managed to eliminate all pawns, but the opponent has won two spare bishops.} (49... Kf6 50. f4 Bd6 $19) 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens 5'"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1999.01.18"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 Nb6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Qf2 Nfd7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. h4 O-O 15. g5 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 a5 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Rc6 a4 22. Nd2 Qb5 23. Qe2 b3 24. a3 Qxd5 25. Rc7 Qe6 26. Rhc1 d5 27. Bf2 Rfd8 28. R1c6 Qf5 29. Nf1 d4 30. Ng3 Qh3 31. Ne4 Bf8 32. Bg3 Re8 33. Be1 Be7 34. h5 Nf8 35. h6 Ne6 36. Rb7 Nf4 37. Qd1 Rac8 38. Rbc7 Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Qf1 40. hxg7 Qxd3+ 41. Qxd3 Nxd3 0-1 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "62"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 $1 14. Nd4 (14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Nd4 Qa5 (15... Na5 16. b3 Nac6 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Rb7 20. Be2 O-O 21. h4 gxh4 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rfb8 {½-½ Tolnai,T-Vegh,E/HUN 1995 (36)}) 16. Kb1 O-O 17. h4 g4 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Ka1 Qb6 21. b3 cxb3 22. cxb3 Rfc8 {½-½ Wallace,J-Szekely,P/Budapest FS05 GM 1995 (40)}) (14. Nd5 e6 15. Ne3 a5 16. a4 (16. Rd1 $6 a4 17. Nc1 O-O) 16... bxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18. Be2 Ng6 (18... d5 $1 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Be6 $1 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $132) 19. O-O Nf4 20. Rb1 Rb4 21. Rxb4 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 axb4 23. Qb5 {½-½ Leko,P-Milos,G/Yopal 1997 (43)}) 14... b4 $1 {Excellent active approach to the problems of the opening. Kasparov studies his lines in extraordinary detail manner.} (14... Bd7 15. Be2 (15. h4 g4 16. f4 g3 17. Bg1 Ng4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf2 20. Bxf2 gxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qa5 22. Qg3 Kf8 23. a4 b4 24. Nd1 Nd4 25. Rc1 Nxf5 {0-1 Schneider,B-Heissler,J/BL9697 1997 (39)}) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Rg8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h3 h5 $1 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qb6 $1 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 {½-½ Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Linares 1998/ (24)}) (14... Na5 15. b3 (15. Nd5 Nac4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. h4 e6 18. f4 exd5 19. fxe5 Bb7 20. e6 O-O 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Be3 Qe8 23. O-O-O Qa4 {0-1 Tidman,S-Petrovitch,I/Murek 1998/ (34)}) 15... e6 16. Be2 Nec6 17. Rd1 Be5 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Qf6 20. g3 Ke7 21. Nxc6+ Nxc6 22. O-O Rd8 23. Kh1 a5 24. Be3 {1-0 Kovacevic,A-Ilincic,Z/Belgrade/1998/ (43)}) 15. Nd1 (15. Nce2 Na5 16. Ng3 Nec4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qc1 Bd7 19. O-O Be5 20. Nh5 Qc7 21. h4 Rg8 22. Kh1 Rg6 23. Rb1 gxh4 {0-1 Ortiz,N-Dzagnidze,N/Oropesa del Mar/1998/ (28)}) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 d5 $1 {The key move to black concept, second player has better development and he uses it to his benefit.} 17. exd5 (17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxd5 (18. exd5 Qd6 19. g3 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Qe5+ 21. Be2 Qxb2 $15) 18... Qc7 19. g3 O-O (19... Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Qc3+ 21. Qd2 Qxb2 22. Rd1 $13) 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qa4 Bxb2 $17) (17. Nf2 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Bxd4 $15) 17... Qxd5 18. c3 $6 {Endgames are usually nice for black in the sicilian, but even middlegames can be very good. White probably had to accept some problems after exchange of the queens.} (18. Ba7 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rb7 20. Be3 $15) 18... O-O 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Qe3 (20. Ne3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qe6 $15) 20... Bb7 21. Nf2 (21. Bb6 Rd6 22. Bc7 Re6 23. Bxb8 Nd3+ 24. Kf1 Rxe3 25. Nxe3 Qc5 $17) (21. O-O $5 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Rbc8 $15) 21... bxc3 22. Bxc3 (22. bxc3 Ng6 $1 (22... Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. h4 $1) 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 22... Qe6 23. Kf1 (23. Ne4 Ng4 24. fxg4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 26. bxc3 Bxe4 $17) (23. O-O $2 Nxf3+ $19) 23... Bd5 $1 24. b3 (24. h4 Nc4 25. Qxe6 Bxe6 $15) 24... Rbc8 25. Rd1 (25. Rc1 Nxf3 26. Qxe6 Bxe6 27. gxf3 Rxc3 $17) 25... Rxc3 $5 {This sacrifice seems so strightforward, that it is easy to overlook small tactical problem in the main line.} 26. Qxc3 Ng4 27. Qa5 (27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qe1 Ne3+ 29. Kg1 Nf5 $17) (27. Qd2 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Nxd1 $17) 27... Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Rc8 (28... Nxd1 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. Kf1 $1 {A shocking defense, but black would be hard pressed to find anything better than a draw.} (30. Nxd1 Qxe2 $19) (30. Bd3+ f5 31. Bxf5+ Qxf5 32. Nxd1 Qd3 $19) (30. Ne4 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Ke1 Nxg2+ 33. Kd1 (33. Kd2 f5 $19) 33... Bxb3+ $1 $40) 30... Ne3+ (30... Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Bd4+ 32. Ke1 Qe3 33. Kd1 $1 $11 (33. Qxd5 $2 Qc1+ 34. Bd1 Qc3+ 35. Kf1 Qd3+ 36. Be2 Qb1+ $19)) 31. Kg1 Nf5 32. Kf1 $13) 29. Qxa6 $6 (29. Rd3 Rc1+ 30. Bd1 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 (31. Nxd1 Bc3 32. Qd8+ Kh7 $19) 31... Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 Qe2 $19) (29. Rb1 Bd4 (29... g4 $6 30. Qxa6 Rc6 31. Qa8+ Rc8 32. Qa6 $11) 30. Qxa6 (30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Bxa6 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Qxa6 $17) 30... Qxa6 31. Bxa6 Rc2 $17) 29... Nxd1 30. Qxe6 (30. Nxd1 Qxa6 31. Bxa6 Rc2 $17) 30... Bxe6 31. Bxd1 (31. Nxd1 Rc2 32. Kf1 Rxa2 $17) 31... Rc1 {Ivanchuk was a bit depressed, resigning in such a position is unusual. White position is difficult, but he could have marched on with a lof of resistance.} (31... Rc1 32. g4 (32. Kf1 Ra1 33. Ke1 Rxa2 $17) 32... Ra1 33. Kg2 Bc3 34. a4 Ra2 35. Rf1 Bd4 36. Kg3 Rd2 $17) 0-1 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.09"] [Round "13"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "56"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. Rg1 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Kb1 Nh5 20. Rg4 Qd7 21. Rc4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Rc7 Bf8 24. Rb7 Nf6 25. Rb5 Ne8 26. Rb7 Nf6 27. Rb5 Ne8 28. Rb7 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "1999.05.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1999.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 071"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Qxg4 f6 16. Rab1 Qxc3 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. g3 b5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Qf3 c3 22. Rbc1 Bb7 23. Qxc3 Bxe4 24. Nxd6+ exd6 25. Re1 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 d5 27. f3 Kf7 28. fxe4 Rhe8 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. Rf1 dxe4 31. Rc6 Rf8 32. Re6 Rae8 33. Rfxf6+ Rxf6 34. Rxe8 Kf5 35. Kf2 Rh6 36. Rf8+ Ke5 37. Re8+ Kf5 38. Rf8+ Ke5 39. Re8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.30"] [Round "13"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "87"] [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 {Kasparov is undoubtedly the greatest expert on the Najdorf, lately he also plays this most aggressive move.} (6. f3 $5 {can lead to the same positions and prevents ?g4.} Qb6 (6... e5 7. Nb3 h5 $5 8. Be3 Be7 9. a4 Be6 10. a5 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. c4 Bh4+ 15. g3 Bf6 16. Be2 e4 17. f4 Bh3 18. Kf2 g6 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Rhd1 Re8 21. Na1 Bg7 22. b4 Nf6 23. Kg1 Ng4 $132 {Yagupov,I-Rashkovsky,N/Linares op/2000/}) 7. Nb3 e6 8. g4 (8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 b5 12. Rg1 Ne5 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh5 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 Bb7 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Rd2 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. f4 Nc4 $17 {Antoniewski,R-Kempinski,R/POL-chT Suwalki/ 1999/}) 8... Nc6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. Qf2 Bb7 14. g5 Rc8 15. Rg1 O-O 16. h4 b4 17. Na4 Nce5 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qb8 20. Bh3 $1 Nc4 21. Ba7 Qc7 22. h5 a5 23. g6 Bf6 24. Bd4 $14 {Leko,P-Topalov,V/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 6... Ng4 {Judit has no fear, Kasparov's own pet move was used against him only once before by Topalov in rapid chess.} (6... e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 (12... d5 $2 13. Bh3 g5 14. Bg2 $1 gxh4 15. Rxh4 dxe4 16. g5 Nd5 17. Rxe4 Qa5 (17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qa5 19. f4 Rh2 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22. Qd3 Bg7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Rxd5 Qxa4 25. Re7 {1-0, Kasparov,G-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee/2000/}) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kf7 20. Qd3 $1 Kxe6 21. Qe4+ Ne5 22. Bh3+ Kd6 23. Bc5+ Qxc5 24. Nxc5 Kxc5 25. Qxe5 $18) 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 $1 {The author of this inspired novelty is the Russian junior Grischuk, it puts the whole line under a serious threat.} Nc4 $142 $5 (19... Nxa4 20. fxe6 Nc3 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bd3 $1 Bxb4 23. Rdf1+ Kg8 24. Qf2 Re8 (24... Rf8 $2 25. Qxf8+ $1 $18) (24... Na2+ 25. Kb2 Bc3+ 26. Kb1 $1 $40) (24... Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Bb4 26. Qf5 Ne4+ (26... Re8 27. e6 Ne4+ 28. Kd1 Qg3 29. Qf7+ Kh7 30. Rf3 Qb8 31. Rf6 {1-0, Zulfugarli,M-Cvitan,O/Batumi EU-chT/ 1999/}) 27. Kd1 Rf8 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. g5 Rhg8 30. gxh6 g6 31. h5 Bc8 32. hxg6+ Rxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. Rfg1+ Kh7 35. Rg7+ {1-0, Grischuk,A-Ibrahimov,R/Batumi EU-chT/1999/}) 25. e6 Rf8 26. Qf7+ $1 Rxf7 27. exf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rf1+ Ke7 (29... Kg8 30. Bg6 Ba3+ 31. Kd2 Ne4+ 32. Kd3 Nd6 33. Ne6 {1-0, Grischuk,A-Popov,V/St Petersburg/1999/}) 30. Nf5+ Kd8 31. Nxg7 Ba3+ 32. Kd2 Ne4+ 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Rf7 Kc8 35. Nf5 $16 {Selin,O-Rogovoi,M/St.Petersburg Petroff mem/2000/}) 20. Qe1 $1 (20. Bxc4 dxc4 $5 (20... Qxc4 21. fxe6 Bxb4 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Qd3 Qa2 24. Rdf1+ Kg8 25. Kd1 a5 $1 26. Qf5 Qa1+ 27. Ke2 Ba6+ 28. Nb5 Qxa4 29. Qe6+ $11 {Tiviakov,S-Danailov,S/Wijk aan Zee-B/2000/}) 21. fxe6 c3 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rhf1+ Kg8 24. Qd3 Bxb4 25. Ne6 Qxe5 26. Nxg7 Rb8 27. Rde1 Be4 28. Qc4+ Bd5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Bc4 $19 {Mrdja,M-Vera,R/Aosta op/2000/}) 20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxb4 22. fxe6 O-O 23. g5 Bc3 24. Rd3 Rac8 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. gxh6 gxh6 28. Bd3 $44 {Hracek,Z-Stohl,I/SVK-chT 9900/2000/}) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 (10. Be2 h5 {Kasparov's choice in the aforementioned game was} 11. Nf5 $5 {Black still has his problems after this move.} (11. Bxg4 {Until lately this was considered the main move, but Black is doing well here:} hxg4 $5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 $1 15. Qxg4 f6 $1 16. Rab1 (16. Qf3 Ne5 17. Qe3 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rc8 19. Qa7 Kf7 20. Qxb7 Rxc3 21. Rfd1 Qc5 22. Rd2 Qc6 $44 {=,Ye Jiangchuan-Sutovskij,E/Shenyang/1999/}) 16... Qxc3 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. g3 b5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Qf3 c3 22. Rbc1 Bb7 23. Qxc3 Bxe4 24. Nxd6+ exd6 25. Re1 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 d5 27. f3 Kf7 $11 {Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/Sarajevo/1999/}) (11. h3 $2 h4 $1 $17) 11... Bxf5 12. exf5 h4 $5 (12... Qa5 $143 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxf5 15. Rb1 $1 Nd7 (15... Qd7 16. Qd5 Nc6 17. Qxg5 O-O-O 18. Bf3 $36) 16. Rxb7 Ngf6 17. Re1 Kf8 18. h3 Re8 19. Bxa6 h4 20. Bd3 Qd5 21. Rb5 Nc5 22. Bh2 Rg8 23. Rb4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qxa2 25. Rb5 Rg6 26. Rf5 $14 {[%csl Rf8,Rg5,Rh4] ?,Kasparov,G-Topalov,V/Sofia rapid m/1998/}) 13. Bxd6 $5 (13. Bxh4 Qa5 $1 (13... Bxc3+ $2 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bxg5 Nxh2 16. Kd2 Nd7 17. Kc1 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Nc5 19. Qd5 Rc8 20. Bd2 Qg7 21. Be3 $18 {Shirov,A-Polgar,J/Prague m/1999/}) 14. Bxg4 (14. Bxg5 $6 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qxf5+ 16. Bf3 Qxg5 17. Nd5 Ra7 $36 {[%CAl Gg7b2,Gg5d2] with excellent play on the weakened dark squares.}) 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 Rxh4 $15) (13. Bxg4 hxg3 14. fxg3 Bxc3+ $5 15. bxc3 Nc6 $44 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Ge5,Rf5,Rg2,Rg3][%CAl Yc6e5] ??e5,?}) 13... Nxf2 14. Kxf2 exd6 (14... Qb6+ 15. Kf1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxd6 (16... exd6 17. Rb1 $36) 17. Qxd6 exd6 18. Rb1 $14) 15. Nd5 Nc6 $14 {/?}) 10... Nf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Surprisingly Judit is the first to come up with a novelty. Although this move is not quite in keeping with Black's dark-square strategy, it's not easy to pinpoint it's drawbacks.} ({The more logical and until now universally played alternative was} 10... Ne5 11. Nf5 (11. Be2 Nbc6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nd4 $1 $36 {is ineffective.}) (11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 e6 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. O-O-O Be5 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. Qf2 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 O-O-O 20. Bc4 Ne5 21. Bb3 Rhg8 22. Qf2 $11 {Nunn,J-Bosch,J/Bundesliga 9900/1999/}) 11... Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 (12... Nbc6 $6 13. Nd5 $1 e6 (13... O-O 14. Be2 e6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ne3 d5 17. O-O Qb6 18. Ng4 Rf5 19. c3 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxc3 21. Rxb7 Rf7 22. Qb1 Rxb7 23. Qxb7 Re8 24. Qxa6 Nxg4 25. Bxg4 Nd4 26. Rb1 $16 {Shirov,A-Polgar,J/Prague m /1999/}) 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 d5 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Rad8 19. Qb3 b5 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. Rfe1 Qc5 22. Qc2 b4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. a3 Qb6 26. Bf1 Nd4 27. Qb1 Ndf3+ 28. gxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxb2 31. Qg6 $18 {Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Haifa rapid/2000/}) ({Also deserving attention is} 12... Nbd7 $5 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. c3 Qa5 (14... Nf6 15. Be2 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qd7 17. O-O Rc5 18. Qe4 Qc6 19. Qc2 Bf6 20. Rac1 Nd7 21. a3 Be5 $2 22. b4 Rxc3 23. Qd2 Bf6 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 26. Rc1 Bxd2 27. Rxc7 Kd8 28. Rc2 {1-0, Luther,T-Bouaziz,S/Cappelle op/2000/}) 15. Be2 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd7 19. Bf3 Rc7 20. Ke2 h5 21. h4 g4 22. Be4 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Rhd1 Nd7 25. g3 Kf8 26. Rd4 Kg7 27. b4 Kf6 $11 {Schumi,M-Lakos,N/Budapest/1999/}) 13. Qd5 Nbc6 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. O-O-O e6 17. Ne3 (17. f6 $5) 17... Ke7 18. Be2 h5 19. Rhf1 d5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Nac4 22. Bg5+ Kd6 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Nxc4+ Rxc4 26. Rf7 Rg8 27. h4 Be5 $132 {Svidler,P-Georgiev,K/FIDE WCh Las Vegas/1999/}) 11. Bc4 {The most aggressive development, but it isn't an ideal solution.} ({It seems too early for} 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Qb6 {[%csl Re5][%CAl Yb8d7]} (12... O-O $5 $132 {??bd7,?e5})) (11. Nf5 $6 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 13. Bd3 Nd5 $15) ({Possible, but also an unclear alternative is} 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nb3 (12. Nxc6 $143 bxc6 13. e5 $6 Nh5 $1 $17) 12... b5 $13) ({The solid} 11. Be2 $5 Qb6 12. Nb3 $14 {is probably the most promising.}) 11... Qb6 {A logical sortie.} (11... Nc6 $2 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rf7] ?}) 12. O-O (12. Nb3 {doesn't go well together with 11.?c4, after} Nc6 $11 {Black's position is satisfactory.}) 12... O-O (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Nxe4 Qxd4 (13... Bxd4 14. Qh5 $16 {?}) 14. Nxd6+ $1 (14. Qe2 $143 O-O 15. c3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Bf5 17. f4 $44) 14... exd6 15. Qe2+ $1 (15. Re1+ $2 Kd8 16. Qe2 Bd7 $1 17. Rad1 Re8 $17) 15... Kd8 16. Rad1 $40 {+- Black can hardly survive the raging attack.}) ({Also risky, but deserving more attention is} 12... Qxb2 13. Qd3 $5 {napr.} (13. Nde2 O-O {-12...0-0}) 13... Qa3 $13 (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Nxe4 $142 $1 (14. Qxe4 $6 Qxc3 15. Bxd6 O-O 16. Ne2 (16. Bd3 Re8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qxe7 Bxd4 $17) 16... Qf6 $5 (16... Bf5 17. Nxc3 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxa1 19. Bxb8 Raxb8 20. Rxa1 $14) 17. Bxe7 Re8 $11) 14... Qxd4 15. Nxd6+ exd6 16. Qe2+ $1 $18 {[%CAl Ra1d1] ?,??ad1 is the same as above.})) 13. Nde2 {[%mdl 512] Kasparov typically isn't interested in preserving the material balance.} (13. Nb3 $11 {was the solid move.}) 13... Qxb2 14. Bb3 Qa3 $8 (14... Nh5 $6 15. a4 $1 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Bxc3 17. Ra2 $14 {/?}) 15. f4 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Rg5,Rh6] Garri has given a pawn for nebulous compensation, he is trying to create sufficient play against Black's ?. If he doesn't succeed, his position on the other flank is hopelessly weakened.} Nc6 ({Another try was} 15... Nh5 16. Qd3 (16. Nd5 Nc6 $1 $17 {practically forces White to sacrifice the exchange.}) 16... Nxg3 (16... gxf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Raf1 Ne5 21. Qg3 $44 {/? is similar.}) 17. Qxg3 Nc6 18. Kh1 Qc5 19. Rad1 gxf4 20. Rxf4 $15 {[%csl Gg7] Although White has some initiative, Black with the strong dark-squared ? has good defensive chances.}) 16. Kh1 Be6 (16... Nh5 $5 17. Qd3 Qc5 $15 {?} 18. Bf2 $2 Nxf4 $17) 17. Qd3 (17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Bh2 (18. fxg5 $2 Nxg3+ 19. Nxg3 Qa5 $1 $17 {with no compensation.}) 18... Nxf4 19. Nxf4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Qa5 21. Rf3 Qh5 $15 {[%csl Ge5][%CAl Rc6e5] /?,??e5}) 17... Rac8 (17... Nh5 18. fxg5 $5 hxg5 19. Bf2 {is less convincing.}) (17... gxf4 18. Nxf4 Ne5 {?} 19. Qe2 Bc4 $1 $17) 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nd5 Rfe8 (19... Nxd5 $6 20. exd5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Bxd5 22. Qxg5 $40 {[%csl Rg8] ?g8 dangerously exposes Black's ?.} (22. Bxd5 $6 Rxc2 23. Qxg5 Rxe2 $17)) 20. Rad1 $1 {A brave, but objectively correct decision.} (20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxe6 Qxd3 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. cxd3 Kg7 $5 24. Rab1 (24. Rac1 Nd4 $17 {/?}) 24... b5 $17 {/? leads to a perspectiveless ?, in which White must heavily fight for a draw.}) 20... Nb4 21. Qf3 $6 (21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. e5 Ne4 $17 {?} 24. Nd4 $2 Qxd4 $1 25. Qxd4 Nxg3+ 26. Kh2 Nxf1+ 27. Kg1 Ng3 28. Qg4 Bxe5 29. Qxg5+ Kf7 30. Rd3 Rg8 31. Rf3+ Bf6 $19) (21. Qe3 $142 $1 Nbxd5 (21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxc2 23. Nd4 $44) 22. exd5 Bxd5 (22... Nxd5 23. Qxg5 Nf6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Bxd6 exd6 26. Rxf6 Qc5 27. Qg4 $14) 23. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 24. Qf3 $40 e6 25. Qxf7+ {gives White at least a perpetual.} {FRITZ6} Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qg6 Re7 (27... Qb2 28. Rf7 {[%csl Rg7][%CAl Yc2c3]} Rf8 29. Qxe6 Rxf7 30. Qxc8+ Kh7 31. Bxd5) 28. Nd4 $18 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nxe6+ Rxe6 31. Qxe6) 21... Nbxd5 (21... Bxd5 $6 {prematurely gives up the important ?.} 22. exd5 {?} a5 23. Nd4 a4 $2 24. Nb5 Qb2 25. Rb1 $16) 22. exd5 Bd7 {[%CAl Ra6a4]} 23. c3 $1 {[%CAl Rb3c2,Rf3d3,Gb1h7] In a difficult situation, when his ?b3 is out of play and under threat (a5-a4) Kasparov finds the only way preserve some initiative. He intends to attack on the b1-h7 diagonal.} a5 $6 {Ignoring White's idea is not ideal.} (23... g4 24. Qd3 $5 (24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Qd3 Bh5 $17) 24... gxh3 25. gxh3 Bxh3 26. Rf2 Bd7 27. Rg1 $13 {is perhaps possible, but it seems incosistent to open files for White's ?.}) (23... Bb5 $142 $1 24. Rfe1 (24. Nd4 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qb2 $5 $17 {is hardly sufficient.}) 24... Qb2 $15 {/? and Black should be able to convert his advantage.}) 24. Qd3 a4 25. Bc2 Qc5 $2 {[%CAl Rd7b5] ??b5 Sometimes it's difficult to think about prophylaxis in the middle of a tough fight, but after} (25... Kf8 $1 $15 {there still isn't anything concrete for White.}) 26. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 576] ? Unleashes some dangerous tactics, in which Black loses her way.} exf6 (26... Bxf6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nf4 gxf4 (28... Qxc3 $2 29. Ng6+ fxg6 30. Bxg6 $18) 29. Bxf4 e5 $8 (29... e6 $2 30. Bg6 Bg7 31. Bh6 Qxc3 32. Rf1 f5 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Bg5+ Bf6 35. Qg7+ $1 $18) 30. Bg6 Ke7 $8 (30... Bg7 $2 31. Bh6 Ke7 32. Bg5+ $1 f6 33. Bxf6+ $1 Kxf6 34. Rf1+ Ke7 35. Qh4+ Bf6 36. Qxf6#) 31. Qxf7+ Kd8 32. Qxf6+ Kc7 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. Bh6 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Gh1] /? White is a pawn up with a better ?, he has winning chances.}) 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nd4 {[%CAl Rc2a4,Rc2f5] ??f5,?a4!} Re5 $8 (28... Re3 29. Bxa4 $1 (29. Bf5 Rxg3 30. Bxd7 Qxd5 31. Ne6+ $16) 29... Bxa4 30. Nf5 Ke8 (30... Bxd1 31. Bxd6+ $18 {is the same.}) 31. Bxd6 Bxd1 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qxf7+ Kd8 34. Bxc5 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rxc5 36. Nxg7 $18) (28... Qxc3 $2 29. Bxd6+ $18) 29. Bxe5 ({Unconvincing is} 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Rd8) 29... fxe5 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (29... dxe5 $142 $8 30. Nf5 (30. Bf5 $2 exd4 31. Bxd7 Rd8 32. cxd4 Qc4 $5 33. Qf5 Qxa2 $15 {[%csl Ga4] ?a}) 30... Bxf5 31. Qxf5 {Although White is still a pawn down, with his ?d5 , absolute light-square control and the poor scope of the ?g7 he is better. But at least Black's ? is relatively safe and he can put up a blockade on the dark squares after e.g.} Rd8 32. Bxa4 Rd6 $14 {with drawing chances.} (32... Rxd5 $2 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Qe8+ Kd6 36. Qd7+ Kc5 37. Qc7+ $18)) 30. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 $8 (30... fxe6 $2 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Qxg7+ Kd8 33. Rf7 $18) 31. dxe6 $40 {[%csl Rf8][%CAl Re6e7] ?e7+- Here the ?f8 is under heavy fire. With ? on the board an attack is always very dangerous. Black will start losing pawns and still want be able to solve the permanent problem-his ?.} Rc7 (31... Qxc3 32. Bxa4 $40 (32. Bg6 $5 $18)) (31... Qf2 32. Bxa4 (32. Bd3 Qf6 (32... Rc7 33. Rf1 Qc5 34. Qg6 $18) 33. exf7 Qxf7 34. Rf1 Bf6 35. Qf5 $18) 32... Qh4 (32... fxe6 33. Qd3 $1 Qc5 34. Rf1+ Kg8 35. Bc2 $18) 33. Qf5 Rc7 34. Bd7 Qf4 35. Qb1 $1 Qc4 36. Rf1 f6 37. Re1 $40 {?} Qxc3 38. Qg6 $1 Qxe1+ 39. Kh2 $18) 32. Bxa4 (32. Bg6 $5 {?} fxg6 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Qg8 $1 d5 35. Rf7+ Kd6 36. Qd8+ Kxe6 37. Rxc7 $18) 32... d5 (32... fxe6 33. Qg6 Rf7 (33... Re7 34. Rf1+ Kg8 35. Bc2 {mates.}) 34. Qxe6 b5 35. Bb3 $18) 33. Qf5 Qc4 34. Bd7 Qf4 35. Qb1 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rd1f1] ??f1} fxe6 {[%mdl 128] This exposes Black's ? and White quickly finishes his attack.} (35... Qc4 $142 36. Qc1 (36. Rf1 f6 37. Re1 $1 e4 (37... Qxc3 38. Qg6 $1 $18) 38. Qd1 Qxc3 39. Rxe4 $1 Ke7 $8 (39... dxe4 40. Qd6+ Kg8 41. e7 $18) 40. Qxd5 $16) 36... Bf6 (36... f6 37. Qa3+ Rc5 38. Qa8+ Ke7 39. Qe8+ $18) 37. Qa3+ Qc5 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. exf7 Qf8 40. Qxf8+ Kxf8 41. Be6 $16 {/+- This ? should be technically won.}) 36. Bxe6 (36. Rf1 $2 Rxd7 37. Rxf4+ gxf4 $15 {?}) 36... Ke7 37. Bxd5 Rd7 38. c4 $5 (38. Rf1 Qxf1+ (38... Qa4 39. Rf7+ Ke8 40. Qg6 $1 $18) 39. Qxf1 Rxd5 40. Qf5 $18) 38... Qe3 (38... Kd8 {??c8-b8} 39. Rf1 Qe3 40. Bxb7 $18 {[%CAl Rb7c6] ??c6}) 39. Qh7 Kd8 (39... Ke8 40. Bc6 $1 bxc6 41. Qg8+ Bf8 42. Qe6+ Re7 43. Qg6+ Rf7 44. Qxc6+ $18) 40. Rb1 (40. Qg8+ Kc7 41. Rb1 $18) 40... Qf4 41. Be6 Re7 42. Bg4 Rf7 (42... e4 43. Qg8+ Bf8 44. Qd5+ Ke8 45. Rd1) 43. Qd3+ Qd4 (43... Kc7 44. Qd5 Kb8 45. Be6 $18 {wins the ?.}) 44. Qg6 {[%CAl Rg6f7,Rb1d1] ??f7,?d1} 1-0 [Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"] [Site "Internet"] [Date "2000.02.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "127"] [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 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Nxb6 Nxb6 14. Qa5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Na5 h6 18. gxh6 g6 19. O-O-O Kc7 20. b3 Bxh6 21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22. bxc4 g5 23. Rhg1 Kb6 24. Nb3 Bxc4 25. Rd2 Rg6 26. Kb2 Kc7 27. Rdg2 Rh6 28. Nd2 Be6 29. Rxg5 Rxh2 30. R5g2 Rh3 31. c4 Kd7 32. Kc3 a5 33. Rg3 Rhh8 34. Rc1 Rc7 35. Rgg1 Rhc8 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Rc3 d5 38. exd5 Bxd5 39. Re1 f6 40. f4 Kd6 41. fxe5+ fxe5 42. Rec1 Bc6 43. Kc2 Rg7 44. Rd3+ Kc7 45. Re3 Rd8 46. Kc3 Rg2 47. Rc2 a4 48. Nb1 Rxc2+ 49. Kxc2 Kd6 50. Rd3+ Ke7 51. Rxd8 Kxd8 52. Kc3 Kd7 53. Kb4 Kd6 54. Nc3 e4 55. Nd1 Ke5 56. Kc5 Be8 57. a3 Kf4 58. Kd4 Kf3 59. Ne3 Bc6 60. c5 Kf4 61. Nc4 Bb5 62. Nb6 Bc6 63. Nc4 Bb5 64. Ne3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 17th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2000.03.05"] [Round "6"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2000.02.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [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 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 Qb6 9. Nb3 e6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bd4 Ndb6 17. h4 Bb7 18. h5 e5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Be7 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Rh3 O-O 23. Qe4 Qf2 24. Rf3 Qh4 25. Bd3 g6 26. Rg1 exf4 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Bxg5 30. Nd4 Rae8 31. Qf1 Re3 32. Rh1 Qg4 33. Rg1 Qh4 34. Rh1 Qg4 35. Rg1 Qh5 36. Rh1 Qg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 17th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2000.03.09"] [Round "9"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2000.02.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [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 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Nb3 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nb4 16. a3 Ng6 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. Nd5 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 O-O 20. b4 b5 21. Nc7 Rab8 22. Nxa6 Rb7 23. Rd5 Na7 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Bxb5 Bxb2 26. O-O Bxa3 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Bf1 Bc1 29. Rb3 Bf4 30. Rd1 e6 31. b5 Rb7 32. Nb4 h5 33. Kf2 h4 34. Ra3 Rc5 35. Be2 Ne5 36. Rb1 Kg7 37. Rab3 Bg3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2000.05.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "53"] [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 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. e5 Qxf3 15. gxf3 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Be5 f6 20. Rxd5 Bc6 21. Rd3 fxe5 22. h4 gxh4 23. Rxh4 Rd8 24. Re3 Rd6 25. Rxe5 Rg7 26. Bd3 Rg2 27. Reh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2000.05.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2850"] [BlackElo "2675"] [Annotator "Hansen,Curt"] [PlyCount "67"] [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 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. f3 g6 {Back in the 80´s Ki. Georgiev was one of the leading experts in the Sicilian Dragon. However then he changed his opening-repertoire and the Najdorf Sicilian became his main opening against 1. e4. In this game the Bulgarien Grandmaster tries to combine the two openings. The choice when facing Kasparov is difficult: play a main line then the worlds nr. 1 is at least well at home in - or play a off-beat line that he does less well - because it is of dubious value.} 8. Qd2 b5 $6 {even taking into consideration that blacks opening setup is not the best, this is in my opinion a basic mistake. I think black should play b7-b5 but only after white has castled ?-side. If white does not put his ? on c1 then blacks b-? should stay at home.} (8... Bg7 $142 9. O-O-O b5 {Even in that case white is probably substantionally better} (9... b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. h4 Nb6 12. h5 Rg8 {Xie Jun-Chiburdanidze/World Championshop match Manila 1990})) 9. a4 $1 {'!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Beating black's flexible set up is anything but easy. Kasparov hopes to benefit from slightly better pawn structure on the queenside. '} bxa4 (9... b4 {Ftacnik} 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. exd5 $14) 10. Nxa4 $16 {[%csl Rd7] Blacks ?-side has been weakened and the postion of Nd7 makes it difficult to get the kind of counterplay/exchanges that is normal for Dragon-positions: ?c6-a5 controlling c4 or ?c6x?d4} Bg7 11. Be2 Bb7 {[%CAl Yd6d5]} 12. c4 (12. O-O {Ftacnik} d5 $1) 12... O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. b4 (14. Nxc5 {Ftacnik} dxc5 15. Nb3 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Nd7 $11) 14... e5 {'?' Ftacnik. An inventive move, however it does not solve blacks basic problems. Ftacnik: 'Positionally wrong, since black's central pawns will become very exposed. '} (14... Nxa4 {Ftacnik} 15. Rxa4 Qc7 16. Ra5 $14) (14... Ne6 {Ftacnik} 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Na5 $14) 15. bxc5 exd4 16. Bg5 $1 Re8 (16... dxc5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxc5 (17. e5 d3 $1 18. exf6 (18. Bxd3 Qd4+ 19. Be3 Qxe5 20. Nxc5 Rfe8 $14) 18... Qd4+ 19. Be3 Bh6 20. f4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Qxa1+ 22. Bd1 Rfe8 23. Rf1 $16) 17... Qc7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 $16) (16... Bc6 {Ftacnik} 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nd5 $16) 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. c5 Qc6 (18... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 19. Nb6 $1 Ra7 20. Rfc1 $16) 19. Bc4 {[%csl Ra6,Rd4][%CAl Yc4g8,Yg5d8,Ya4b6]} Bc8 (19... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 20. Rfb1 $16) 20. Nb6 Ra7 (20... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 21. Rfc1 $16) 21. Rfc1 {Ftacnik: 'Black has problems to hold back white' pieces, since his own forces suffer from lack of coordination.'} Nd7 22. Bd5 Qc7 23. Nc4 {'!' Ftacnik. White can convert his advantage into a win in several ways. A funny way of doing so would have been the antipositional:} (23. Na8 $5 {However Kasparovs move is nicer and most probably better}) (23. Na8 $5 {Ftacnik} Qe5 24. f4 Qb8 25. Rab1 Rxa8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. c6 $18) 23... Qxc5 24. Na5 Qf8 25. Nc6 h6 26. Bh4 Rc7 27. Be7 $18 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Witty move is a triumph of white's perfect piece play, black queen is unusually trapped on f8 square. '} (27. Ne7+ {Ftacnik} Rxe7 28. Rxc7 g5 29. Bg3 $16) 27... Rxc6 28. Bxf8 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Nxf8 30. Qf4 Be6 31. Rc7 Bxd5 32. exd5 f5 33. d6 Rd8 34. Qh4 1-0 [Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "2000.06.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "38"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Qd3 Ra8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 18th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2001.02.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2849"] [BlackElo "2676"] [Annotator "Ernst,Thomas"] [PlyCount "54"] [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 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15. a3 Rg8 16. h4 Rc8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. O-O-O Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxc4 21. Qa7 Qc7 22. Kb1 Rc5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Kf8 25. Rd2 $2 (25. Rh7 $1 {Kasparov} Rxc2 26. Qe3 Qc5 $1 (26... Rxg2 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Ka1 $14) 27. Qe4 Rxg2 28. Re1 $1 {An important zwischenzug.} Qc7 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Ka1 $14) 25... Kg7 26. b4 b5 27. Qxa6 Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 18th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2001.02.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "74"] [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. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. Be3 b4 $5 (10... Nc6 11. g5 Nd7 12. Qf2 Nce5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. N1d2 Qc7 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Rc1 a5 19. c4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. h4 a4 {½-½ Prasad,D-Ruck,R/Istanbul/2000/ (41)}) 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. Qc4 {Grischuk is indirectly admitting, that he is afraid for the fate of his knight on a4.} (12. g5 Nxe4 $1 13. fxe4 Qc6 14. a3 Qxa4 15. Qc4 Bb7 $15) 12... Qxc4 13. Bxc4 d5 14. exd5 (14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 Bb7 $17) 14... Ne5 15. Be2 (15. Nb6 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxd5 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Ra7 $15) 15... Nxd5 16. Bd4 Bd6 (16... Nc6 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Naxc5 h5 19. a3 $13) 17. Bc5 {Black has yet to grab any advantage, but white is helping with a tad too cautios play. Much better impression made the natural move 17.Rd1.} (17. Rd1 $5) (17. O-O-O Nf4 $15) 17... Be7 (17... Bc7 18. a3 bxa3 19. Bxa3 Ne3 20. Nd4 h5 $15) 18. a3 $1 a5 19. Bd4 f6 20. Nac5 (20. O-O bxa3 21. bxa3 Bd7 22. Nac5 Nf4 $1 $15) 20... O-O (20... a4 $6 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Kd2 $1 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 axb3+ 24. Nxb3 $14) 21. O-O $6 (21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Kd1 Nd5 $13) (21. Kf2 bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nc6 23. c3 $15) 21... bxa3 22. Rxa3 (22. bxa3 a4 23. Nc1 Rd8 $17) 22... Nf4 23. Bb5 Rb8 24. Bxe5 (24. Rxa5 Bd8 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rfa1 (26. c4 Bxa5 27. Nxa5 Ne2+ 28. Kg2 Nd4 $17) 26... Bxa5 27. Rxa5 Rd8 $15) 24... Nh3+ $1 {[%mdl 2048] Kasparov is like a fish in a watter in positions with myriad of possibilities, black pieces are springing to life due to the white's problems with piece coordination.} 25. Kg2 Rxb5 26. Bg3 (26. Kxh3 fxe5 27. c4 Rxc5 (27... Rb4 28. Rxa5 e4 29. Nd4 Rxc4 30. Ncxe6 Bxe6 31. Nxe6 Rxf3+ 32. Rxf3 exf3 33. Kg3 $11) 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxa5 Bd4 $15) 26... Ng5 27. Bf2 $2 (27. c4 $5 Rxc5 (27... Rb4 28. h4) 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxa5 Bb6 30. Rb5 Be3 $13) 27... Bb7 $1 $17 28. Bg1 (28. Nxb7 Bxa3 29. bxa3 Rxb7 30. h4 Nf7 $17) 28... Rc8 29. h4 Bxf3+ {The great swapping operation is leading to the very pleasant rook ending for black.} (29... Nxf3 30. Rxf3 (30. Nxb7 Nxh4+ 31. Kh3 Bxa3 $19) 30... Bxc5 31. Bxc5 Rbxc5 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. c3 h5 $1 $19) 30. Rxf3 Nxf3 31. Kxf3 Bxc5 32. Nxc5 Rbxc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. c3 (34. c4 g6 35. b3 e5 $19) 34... h5 $1 35. gxh5 Rxh5 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Rxh4 (37... Rxh4 38. Ra8+ (38. Rb3 $2 Rh3+ $19) 38... Kf7 39. Rb8 Kg6 40. b5 Kf5 41. b6 Rb4 $19) 0-1 [Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess KO"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "2001.03.24"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2849"] [PlyCount "39"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nb3 e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. h4 Rc8 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qf2 Nce5 15. a3 Qd8 16. Bd4 Nc6 17. Be3 Nce5 18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Be3 Nce5 20. Bd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 19th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2002.03.06"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "78"] [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 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. Nc1 Qa5 16. Nd3 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bg2 Qb5 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Be7 21. Rh4 f5 22. O-O-O b3 23. a3 Rc8 24. c3 Nf8 25. Rh2 Ng6 26. Nb4 Rd8 27. Nd5 Kf7 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Nxf4 Nxf4 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bxf4 Rd3 34. Rh3 Kg6 35. Bd2 Bd8 36. Rg3 Be7 37. Rh3 Bd8 38. Rg3 Kf5 39. Kd1 Bc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "RUS-The World"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2002.09.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2711"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "79"] [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. Rg1 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. O-O-O Bf8 13. Na4 h5 14. h3 Nd7 15. Qc3 hxg4 16. hxg4 d5 17. Qxc6 d4 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Qb7 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Ra8 21. Qb5 Bxa2 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qf6 24. g5 Qd6 25. Kb1 Rh3 26. Rgf1 Be7 27. b3 Qa3 28. Bc1 Qb4 29. Qxb4 Bxb4 30. f4 Rh4 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Ke7 33. f5 Ra6 34. Rh7 Nc5 35. Bd2 Rxa4 36. fxg6 Bxd2 37. Rxf7+ Ke6 38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. bxa4 Nxe4 40. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-35"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "2002.11.04"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2002.10.26"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Hungary"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 a4 18. Kb1 f5 19. f4 Qc7 20. Nc4 exf4 21. Bd4 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rhf1 Rfe8 24. Rxf4 g6 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rfxd4 h6 27. Rg1 a3 28. bxa3 bxa3 29. c3 hxg5 30. hxg5 Bf8 31. Kc2 Bg7 32. Rd3 Re4 33. Nxd6 Re2+ 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Rd8 36. Nc4 Rxd5+ 37. Kc2 Rc5 38. Kd3 Rd5+ 39. Kc2 Bf8 40. Re1 f4 41. Re5 Rd7 42. Re4 Rf7 43. Ne5 Rf5 44. Nf3 Rb5 45. Kd3 Rb2 46. Re2 Bg7 47. c4 Kf7 48. c5 Rxe2 49. Kxe2 Ke6 50. Nh4 Bf8 51. c6 Be7 52. Nxg6 Bxg5 53. Ne5 Bd8 54. Nc4 Kd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 21st"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2004.02.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2831"] [Annotator "McShane,Luke"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2004.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 100"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nc1 {Ambitious play from Shirov, as White can choose to continue alternating his attack between the a6/b4 pawns, with a draw.} h5 {'!?' Ftacnik.} 20. Nd3 Bh6 (20... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxd5 (21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bxd5 Qd7 23. Ra1 Bc5 $11) 21... Qxd5 22. Nxb4 Qb5 23. b3 $14) 21. Qe2 O-O 22. Nxb4 {White has won a pawn and looks to be winning another on a6. But practice shows that Black will gain dangerous compensation on the dark squares, particularly on the kingside. White's king will have difficulty finding a comfortable home.} Qd7 $5 {'N' Ftacnik. The first new move of the game. Several top level clashes have seen 22...e4 recently, which is also razor-sharp. Ftacnik: 'Kasparov is always very well prepared, but even he can not change the verdict of the given position. Black is hopinhg the get sufficient counterplay for the fatally weak a6 pawn. '} 23. Nc6 (23. b3 {Ftacnik} Qxa4 $5 (23... e4 $13) 24. bxa4 Rxb4 25. Bb3 Ra8 26. O-O Nd7 $14) 23... Rxb2 24. O-O h4 {'!' Ftacnik.} (24... e4 {Ftacnik}) 25. Bb3 {Boxing in the rook and preparing to swing the other rook over from a4, but now Kasparov begins his counterplay in earnest.} (25. Bxa6 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxd5 $19) 25... h3 26. g3 e4 $1 {A thematic sacrifice to create weaknesses in White's position. But if the counterplay peters out and Shirov can grab the a6 pawn, Black will be lost.} 27. fxe4 {Ftacnik: 'The choice in the future will probably be more ambitious approach with 27.f4!? '} (27. f4 $5 {Ftacnik} Re8 28. Qxa6 Bg7 29. Qe2 $16) 27... Qg4 $1 {'!?' Ftacnik.} (27... Ng4 $5 {Ftacnik} 28. e5 $1 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ $1 30. Kg1 $1 (30. Rxf2 Bxf2 31. Ra1 Bc5 32. Qxa6 dxe5 $13)) 28. Qd3 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Shirov is careful and avoids devilish traps after alternative moves.'} (28. Qxg4 Be3+ $1 29. Kh1 Nxg4 {and with ?g4-f2+ to follow, Black will have at least a draw.}) (28. Qe1 {Ftacnik} Rb1 $3 29. Qxb1 Be3+ 30. Rf2 Qf3 31. Qf1 Ng4 $19) (28. Qxa6 $2 {Ftacnik} Be3+ 29. Kh1 Rb1 $1 30. Rxb1 Qf3#) 28... Qg5 29. e5 $5 {'!' Ftacnik.} dxe5 30. Rh4 (30. d6 {Ftacnik} e4 31. Qd4 Qe3+ (31... Ng4 $5) (31... Bg7 $5) 32. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Ng4 34. Raa1 (34. d7 $2 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nd1+ 36. Kh1 Rb1 $3 $19) 34... Nf2+ 35. Kg1 (35. Rxf2 Bxf2 36. d7 e3 $17) 35... Nd3+ 36. Kh1 Nf2+) 30... e4 31. Qd4 (31. Rxe4 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qe3+) (31. Qd1 $5 {Ftacnik}) 31... Ng4 (31... Qe3+ {Ftacnik} 32. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Bd2 $1 (33... Kg7 34. Ne5 g5 35. Rxh3 g4 36. Rh4 Bg5 37. Rxg4 Nxg4 38. Nxg4 $14) 34. d6 Kg7 (34... e3 35. Bc4 Kg7 36. Bxa6 $11) 35. g4 e3 36. g5 Nh7 37. Nd4 Nxg5 $17) 32. Rxh6 {'!' Ftacnik. Simplifying to a draw by perpetual. Ftacnik: 'Kasparov has a magical ability to create very original and dangerous tactical fireworks on the board. The very tempting 32.?e7+ might have ended tragicaly for white.'} ({An incredible variation given by Jon Speelman goes} 32. Ne7+ Kh7 $1 33. Qxe4 Qxh4 $3 34. Rxf7+ (34. gxh4 {Ftacnik} Be3+ 35. Qxe3 Nxe3 36. Rc1 Rb8 $19) 34... Kh8 $1 35. Nxg6+ (35. Qd4+ {Ftacnik} Qf6 $3 36. Rxf6 (36. Qxf6+ Nxf6 37. Nxg6+ Kg8 38. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $19) 36... Rxf6 $19) 35... Kg8 36. d6 Rb1+ 37. Rf1+ Kg7 38. Rxb1 Qg5 {and Black is winning.} 39. Nf4 {Ftacnik} Qc5+ $19) (32. Re1 {Ftacnik} Qe3+ $3 33. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nd3+ 36. Kf1 Nxe1 37. Kxe1 Rb1+ $15) 32... Nxh6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (32... Qxh6 {'?' Ftacnik.} 33. d6 $1 {rather than 33.Qxb2 Qe3+, leaves Black with problems stopping the advance of the d-pawn.} Qe3+ {Ftacnik} 34. Qxe3 Nxe3 35. Rc1 $16) 33. Qxb2 ({Here} 33. d6 Rxb3 $1 (33... Nf5 {Ftacnik} 34. Qxb2 Nxg3 $1 35. Bxf7+ Kh7 36. Bg8+ Rxg8 37. Rf7+ Kh6 $19) 34. cxb3 Nf5 {gives Black enough play.}) 33... Qe3+ 34. Rf2 (34. Kh1 $2 {Ftacnik} Qe2 $19) 34... Qe1+ (34... Ng4 {was possible, but after} 35. Qd4 (35. c3 {Ftacnik} Nxf2 36. Qxf2 Qxc3 37. Bd1 $14) 35... Qe1+ {'=' Ftacnik.} 36. Rf1 Qe2 37. Rf2 {Black would risk a lot in playing on with 37...?xf2}) 35. Rf1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 21st"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2004.02.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2831"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2004.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 100"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Qf2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. h4 O-O 15. Na4 f5 16. Nb6 Bxb3 17. axb3 fxe4 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. Qd2 b5 20. fxe4 Ng3 21. Rg1 Nxe4 22. Qd3 d5 23. Rxa6 Qxa6 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxe4 Qa1+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2 27. Qc6 Bb4 28. Rf1 Rg8 29. h5 Bc3 30. Qe4 Qa2 31. h6 b4 32. Rf7 Qa1 33. hxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rf8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 21st"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2004.03.05"] [Round "14"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2831"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2004.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 100"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 Qc7 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. h4 g6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Na4 b5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 a5 23. Rd3 a4 24. Rc3 Qd8 25. Nc1 b4 26. Rc4 Qd7 27. Rg4 Rb5 28. Rc7 Qxc7 29. Qxb5 a3 30. Nd3 Rb8 31. Qd5 axb2 32. Bd2 Nf4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rxf4 Bf8 35. Kxb2 Bg7+ 36. Kc1 Rc8 37. Qb3 Qa7 38. Kd2 Bc3+ 39. Ke2 Be5 40. Rg4 Rc3 41. Qb1 Qa4 42. Rg2 Rxc2+ 43. Kf1 Rc3 44. Rd2 Bg3 45. Qxb4 Qxb4 46. Nxb4 Rxf3+ 47. Kg2 Ra3 48. Nc2 Rc3 49. Nd4 Bf4 50. Rc2 Rd3 51. Nb5 h6 52. gxh6 d5 53. h7+ Kxh7 54. Rf2 g5 1/2-1/2 [Event "RUS-ch 57th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2004.11.27"] [Round "11"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "77"] [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. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 Qb6 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nb3 e6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Qf2 Rb8 15. f4 Na5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Bg2 b4 21. Ne2 Nf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ng3 Qc5 24. Qe2 Be7 25. h4 h6 26. Nh5 Rc7 27. g5 fxg5 28. hxg5 Kd7 29. e5 Kc8 30. exd6 Bxd6 31. Nf6 Bxg2 32. Qxg2 Qc6 33. Qf2 h5 34. Rxh5 Rxh5 35. Nxh5 Kb7 36. Rf1 a5 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. Rxf3 Rc5 39. c3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kasparov sim"] [Site "Bydgoszcz"] [Date "1980.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Burchardt, Brigitte"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1980.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "POL"] [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 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. h3 b5 11. a3 Nc6 12. g4 Be6 13. Be3 Na5 14. b3 Rac8 15. Qd2 h5 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Nb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Ng3 g6 22. h4 Ne6 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. exf5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. f6 Bd8 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Qxh5 Qf5 29. Qh6 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ fxg6 31. Be4 Kf7 32. Kg2 d5 33. Bd3 Rh8 34. Rh1 Nd7 35. f4 Nc5 36. f5 Nxd3 37. fxg6+ Kxg6 38. cxd3 Re8 39. Kg3 Kh5 40. Kf4 Bc7+ 41. Kf5 0-1 [Event "Catonsville sim"] [Site "Catonsville"] [Date "1997.05.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Morrison, William"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1997.05.17"] [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 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 d6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. g4 Rc8 13. g5 Ne8 14. Qg4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. Be3 d5 18. e5 Bb4 19. Bd4 Nc7 20. Bxb6 Qe7 21. Na2 Na8 22. Nxb4 Nxb6 23. c3 Nc4 24. Rf2 d4 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Nxd4 Ncxe5 27. h4 Rc5 28. a5 Qc8 29. Nf5 Rc4 30. Qxe5 Rg4+ 31. Kf1 Nxe5 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Nxc8 Rxh4 34. Re1 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Rxc8 37. Nxa6 Rc5 38. Rf5 Rxa5 39. Kd1 g6 40. Rf6 Ng4 41. Rc6 Rxg5 42. Rc5 Rxc5 43. Nxc5 Kg8 44. b4 Kf8 45. Ke2 Ke7 46. b5 Ne5 47. Ke3 h5 48. Kd4 Nd7 49. Nd3 h4 50. Ke3 f5 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. c4 Ne5 53. Nb2 0-1 [Event "Buenos Aires sim"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1997.09.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Spangenberg, Hugo"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2820"] [PlyCount "55"] [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. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. h3 Nbd7 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. Ng3 Re8 15. a3 a5 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Re1 Qb8 18. axb4 axb4 19. b3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Rea1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Ba8 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Ra4 Qc7 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. Ng3 Bf8 28. Qxb4 1-0 [Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.02.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1998.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 064"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 (13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Re8 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bg5 Nfd7 19. Bh6 Be7 20. Re3 Nf8 21. Nce2 Nfe6 22. f4 exf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Rcd8 25. Re2 Ne6 26. Be3 Bf6 {½-½ Wolf,V-Gerbert,P/BL8081 1981/BL 80}) (13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Ne6 (14... f5 $5) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nd4 17. Kd1 b5 18. a5 Rc8 19. c3 Rc5 20. Qa2 Nc6 21. Bd2 Ncb8 22. b4 $14 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Palac,M/EUCup f 1996/CBM 56 (43)}) 13... Ne6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. O-O-O $5 (15. O-O $5 {normal}) 15... Rc4 16. Kb1 Qc7 (16... g5 $2 17. Nf5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qd5 Rxa4 21. Qc6+ Qd7 22. Qa8+ Nd8 23. Bg7 Rg8 24. Bxe5 $40) 17. Rhe1 Rd4 18. Qc1 Rb4 19. Bd2 Rd4 20. Bh6 Rb4 21. Bd2 Rd4 22. Bh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Eurotel Trophy sim"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2001.10.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2631"] [BlackElo "2838"] [Annotator "Movsesian,Sergei"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2001.10.18"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 086"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 $5 {Not very usual continuation} ({More frequently played is} 7. Nde2) 7... Nbd7 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd5 $5 ({After} 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 {black would hardly play} Nb6 $2 (12... Rb8 $142 $5) 13. Qa5 $1 O-O 14. Qxb4 Be6 15. Na5 $16 {Vul-Kokanovic, Kladovo 90}) 10... Nxd5 11. exd5 a5 $5 (11... Bb7 $6 12. a4 b4 13. Bd2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Bxc3 {[%csl Ra5]} Qb6 16. Ra3 Bd8 17. Nd4 $3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Re1+ Kd7 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bd4 $16 {[%csl Rd7] Civric-Djukanovic, Tivat 95}) 12. a4 b4 13. Bd2 Bg5 $5 (13... O-O 14. c3 bxc3 15. Bxc3 $14) 14. f4 (14. Be1 Ba6) 14... Bf6 15. c3 bxc3 16. Bxc3 O-O 17. Ra3 $6 ({Objectively better is} 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Ba6 $13 {but white is looking for complications}) 17... Qb6+ 18. Kh1 exf4 19. Nd4 $5 ({After} 19. Rxf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Ra3] white rook on a3 would be completely out of play}) 19... Nc5 $1 {[%CAl Gc5e4,Gc5d3]} (19... fxg3 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nc6 $44 {[%CAl Rc3f6,Rb3g3,Rc6e7] looked pretty dangerous for black}) 20. Rxf4 Be5 21. Rh4 (21. Rf2 Ba6 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rf2] and all black pieces are placed perfectly}) 21... Re8 22. Qf3 Ba6 {[%CAl Ga6d3,Gd3g6]} 23. h3 Bd3 24. Kh2 Bg6 25. Nf5 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rab8 $5 (26... Qxb2 27. Nxd6 Re2 28. Rxc5 Rf2 29. Rb5 Qa2 30. Qxf2 Qxf2 31. Rf4 $44) (26... Bxf5 27. Qxf5 g6 28. Qf2 (28. Qf4 Qxb2 29. Rf3 f5 $17) 28... Rab8 (28... Ra7 29. Rcc4 Rae7 30. b4 axb4 31. Rxb4 $13) (28... Nxa4 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30. Rc6 Nc8 31. Ra4 $1) 29. Rxh7 (29. Rc2 $5) 29... Kxh7 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Rc4 Re4 32. Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Qf4+ $11) (26... Re5 27. Ne3 $13 {[%CAl Ge3c4]}) 27. b3 $1 Nxb3 (27... Bxf5 $143 28. Qxf5 h6 29. Rg4 $1 $40 {[%CAl Rg4g7]}) 28. Rc6 Qa7 29. Rg4 $8 Bxf5 (29... Re1 30. h4 Qg1+ 31. Kh3 {[%CAl Rf3c3,Rc3c8,Rc3g7]}) 30. Qxf5 g6 (30... Nd4 $4 31. Qf6 $18) 31. Rxd6 Nd2 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} (31... Re1 32. h4 Qg1+ 33. Kh3 Re2 34. Qf1) 32. h4 (32. Rd7 $2 Nf3+ $1 $19) 32... Re1 33. Kh3 Qg1 34. Qf4 Re2 $2 ({The winning continuation was} 34... Rb2 $3 35. Rd8+ (35. Qf6 $2 Qxg2+ $3 36. Kxg2 Re2+ 37. Kh3 Rh2+ $3 38. Kxh2 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 Rh2#) (35. Qd4 $2 Qh2+ $3 36. Kxh2 Nf3+ 37. Kh3 Rh1+ 38. Bxh1 Rh2#) 35... Kg7 36. Qd4+ Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Re2 38. Rf4 f5 $1 {and black has a mating attack}) 35. Rdxg6+ hxg6 36. Rxg6+ fxg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Legends rapid m"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2015.04.25"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {What a treat! The former World Champion playing the defense he was so famoulsy feared for: the Najdorf Sicilian.} 6. g3 {Not the most aggressive approach, maybe Short was taking a page out of Adams' book, as he had beaten Giri only a couple of days ago with this move.} e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nd2 {Short goes for a maneuver that is not uncommon in this position. The knight is rerouting to f1, e3 and finally it will land on the d5 square. There isn't much Black can do about this, except to wait for the knight to occupy e4. Then, as we will see, Kasparov can think of sacrificing the exchange} h5 $5 {Making the king a little uncomfortable on the kingside. Short doesn't have to react to the move, and he doesn't, but perhaps more prudent was to simply play 13.h4.} 13. Nf1 h4 14. Ne3 g6 (14... hxg3 15. hxg3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 {doesn't look like compensation at all. The knight cannot even take on c3 in this position and Black has given up the important light squares.}) 15. Re2 $6 {This move is simply inviting Black to sacrifice the exchange, and I cannot believe that is not extremely powerful.} (15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 (17. exd5 $5) 17... Rxc2 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Be3 {gives White some compensation for the pawn, and at least retained active changes with the rook coming into c1.}) 15... hxg3 16. hxg3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. Bb2 (18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxc3 {is unplayable.}) 18... Ndf6 (18... Qc8 {was a bit more flexible, but allows White to countersacrifice...} 19. Nd5 $1 f5 20. Rxe4 $1 {With a very unclear situation.}) 19. c4 Qc8 $6 (19... Qa8 $5 {with possibilities of Ng5 in the future. However Kasparov felt his queen was better placed on c8.}) 20. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Ng5 $6 (21... Nc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 {still gives Black some compensation.}) 22. c4 $1 {Short fighting back! The compensation in this position doesn't seem clear. It's true that White has some issues with his rooks and some weak pawns, but his king is not too badly posted and if he can make Kasparov go in the defensive his extra material will tell.} a5 $1 {A nice move. The point is that under some tactical scenarios Ba6xc4 is actually possible, despite the pin down the c-file.} 23. Rc1 Ba6 24. Qb3 (24. Qd3 $1 Qg4 25. f4 $1 {is a way, way stronger version of the game, as the rook on e2 is defended and White saved a tempo.}) 24... Qg4 25. Rcc2 Bc8 $1 {The bishop goes back to a strong post on f5.} 26. f4 Nh3+ 27. Kf1 f6 28. Qf3 Qf5 {Of course, Kasparov is in no mood to exchange queens!} 29. Re4 $6 {A very poor placement for this rook. It defends f4, but there were better ways of doing so.} (29. Bc1 $1 $14) 29... Kf7 30. Rce2 Qg4 31. fxe5 $6 {Probably the worst way to go into the endgame.} (31. Bc1 $14) 31... Qxf3+ 32. Bxf3 dxe5 33. Rh4 $2 {But this is the real mistake.} (33. Rh2 Bf5 34. Kg2 Rh7 (34... Kg7 35. Re3 $14) 35. Re2 {and only White can be better. Black is nowhere near as active as he was in the game.}) 33... Rxh4 34. gxh4 Nf4 {now Black is coordinating too well. It's important to also notice tht both sides were playing with seconds.} 35. Rd2 Bc5 36. d6 Bh3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4 38. Kd1 Bd7 $1 {Such precision with the clock ticking down! The rook is not important; not yet. If White decides to save the exchange he loses two pawns.} 39. Rh2 Bxa4+ 40. Kc1 Bxd6 41. Kb1 f5 42. Bc1 e4 $2 43. Bh1 $2 (43. Bxe4 fxe4 44. Bxf4 {would have completely changed things! Black suddenly loses a very important pawn and Short holds the game!}) 43... Nd3 44. Re2 Bd1 45. Rd2 Bb3 46. Rxd3 exd3 47. Bd5+ Kf6 48. Kb2 a4 {The pawn difference is too big.} 49. Kc3 b5 50. Kxd3 Bxc4+ 51. Bxc4 bxc4+ 52. Kxc4 f4 53. Kd4 0-1 [Event "Team GM/Young Pioneers"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1975.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 b5 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Nd4 Bc4 15. Rf2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Be4 Rfe8 21. Bg1 g6 22. a3 a5 23. axb4 axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. b3 Ba6 26. Nc6 Nxc6 27. dxc6 Re8 28. Bd5 Bc3 29. Rf2 Re1 30. Qf3 Bd4 31. Bxf7+ Kg7 32. Bc4 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Bxc4 35. bxc4 Qa7+ 36. Ke2 Qd4 37. Qd5 Qf6 38. Qe4 b3 39. cxb3 Qb2+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Qe1 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+ 43. Kh1 Qb6 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ 1-0 [Event "Khalilbeyli Memorial"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1976.05.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Korsunsky, Rostislav R"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [PlyCount "151"] [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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. Be3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 Ng6 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Qe1 Rac8 19. Qf2 Nc5 20. Qg3 f6 21. Bh5 Bf7 22. Rae1 Qc6 23. Bf3 Qd7 24. Bg4 Qc6 25. h4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. h5 Re8 29. Rd1 Qxc2 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 32. Qxd6 Qxa4 33. Bc3 Qb5 34. Bf3 Qg5 35. Bxb7 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 a5 37. Bf3 Qg5 38. Bd5 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Bxd5 40. Qxd5+ Kh7 41. Rd3 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qc2+ 45. Bd2 Re5 46. Rh3+ Rh5 47. Qd3 Qc5+ 48. Qe3 Qf5+ 49. Ke2 a4 50. Qd3 Qg4+ 51. Qf3 Qc4+ 52. Kd1 Kg8 53. Qe2 Qd5 54. Qe8+ Kh7 55. Qxa4 Qxg2 56. Rxh5+ gxh5 57. Qd4 Kg6 58. b4 Qc6 59. Qd3+ Kf7 60. b5 Qh1+ 61. Kc2 h4 62. Qd7+ Kg6 63. Qc6 Qf1 64. b6 Qf5+ 65. Kb2 Qe5+ 66. Bc3 Qe2+ 67. Kc1 Qf1+ 68. Kc2 h3 69. b7 h2 70. b8=Q h1=Q 71. Qce8+ Kf5 72. Qbc8+ Kg5 73. Bd2+ Kh4 74. Qh8+ Kg3 75. Qxg7+ Kf2 76. Qc5+ 1-0 [Event "World U20-ch19"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1980.08.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "116"] [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 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Na5 O-O 16. Nc4 d5 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Qf3 Rfd8 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. Qf5 b5 21. Ne3 Bb7 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 g6 24. Qd3 Qb4 25. Qd7 Qe7 26. Qd3 e4 27. Qd2 Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Bxd8 29. c3 Kg7 30. a4 bxa4 31. Bxa4 f5 32. g3 Kf6 33. h4 Bc8 34. Bd1 h6 35. Be2 a5 36. Bb5 Ke5 37. Nc4+ Kd5 38. Ne3+ Kc5 39. Be8 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Bg6 f4 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Ng2 Kc4 44. Nxf4 Kb3 45. Bxe4 Kxb2 46. Bc6 Kxc3 47. Kf1 Kd2 48. Bb5 Bf5 49. Nd5 Bd3+ 50. Bxd3 Kxd3 51. Ke1 a4 52. Kd1 a3 53. Kc1 Kc4 54. Ne3+ Kb3 55. f4 Bc7 56. Kb1 a2+ 57. Ka1 Ba5 58. Nd5 Bd2 0-1 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1994.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 043"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b5 (9... Nc6 $6) (9... Nbd7 $5) (9... Be6) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd1 Rb7 $146 (13... Rd7 14. a4 bxa4 (14... b4 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qc8 17. Nd4 Bc4 18. Nf5 $16 {Zvara,P-Schumi,M Prague Bohemians (04) 1991 1-0 40}) 15. Rxa4 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qc1 Qxc1 18. Nxc1 $10 {Wahls,M-Arnason,J Groningen 1990 ½ 22}) 14. Rc1 $5 (14. a4 $5) 14... Nc6 15. c4 Na5 $1 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a3 Qa8 19. Bd3 (19. f4 $5 $10) 19... Rd8 20. f3 h6 21. Rf2 Bg5 $10 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Rd2 (23. Qd2 f6 24. Qb4 Qa4 $15) 23... Qa5 24. h3 g6 25. Kh2 (25. Bf1 Bb3 26. Qe1 Kg7 $15) 25... d5 26. b4 (26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Qe2 Rbd7 $15) 26... Qxa3 27. exd5 Bd7 (27... Rxd5 $2 28. Be4 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 $132) 28. d6 $2 (28. Rb1 $10) 28... Qxb4 $17 29. Be4 Rb6 30. Rc7 Kg7 31. Rd3 Be6 $1 32. d7 (32. Qa1 Kf6 33. d7 Rd6 $19) 32... Qe7 33. Bc6 b4 34. Qa1 Bf5 35. Rd5 b3 36. Bb5 (36. Rxe5 Qd6 (36... b2 $2 37. Qxb2) 37. Rc8 b2 $19) 36... Qf6 37. Qc3 e4 $1 $19 38. Qxb3 (38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rc6+ (39. Rc8 b2 40. Rxd8 b1=Q 41. Re8 Bxd7 $19) 39... Rxc6 40. Bxc6 exf3 41. Rd2 fxg2 $19) 38... Be6 39. Rc8 Rxd7 40. Qa3 Rxd5 (40... Rxd5 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qg8+ Kh6 $19) 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-31"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.12.11"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Oll, Lembit"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Hecht,Hans Joachim"] [PlyCount "85"] [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 "Estonia"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "EST"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. a4 O-O 13. Kh1 Rfc8 14. a5 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf3 Rc7 18. Nd2 Qb4 19. Rfb1 Rac8 20. Ra4 Qc5 21. Rba1 Bd8 22. Nf1 b5 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. R1a2 a5 25. h3 Rc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Nd2 Rb4 28. Ra1 Qc6 29. b3 a4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. bxa4 Ba5 32. Nd5 Qxc2 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Nf1 $15 {Black has attacking chances with his 'bad' ?a5. Black manages to draw with a perpetual.} d5 $1 (34... Qxa4 35. Ne3 Bb6 36. Nd5 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Bg1+ (37... Qg1+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kg4 Bd8 40. Kh5 Qd2 41. h4 Kg7 42. g4 $14) 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kg4 Kg7 40. Kh5 Qd2 41. h4 $36) 35. Ne3 $1 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Bb6 38. Nd5 Bf2 39. Nxf6+ Kh8 (39... Kf8 40. Qb4+ Kg7 41. Nh5+ $10) 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Nh5+ Kh7 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Nh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.06.22"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "De Firmian, Nick E"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "107"] [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. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rf2 Rad8 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. Rd2 h6 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bc4 Nh5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Bg5 20. Bg1 Nf4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qe1 a5 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Bf2 Rd6 25. h4 Be7 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. g3 Ne6 28. c3 g5 29. h5 g4 30. fxg4 Bg5 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Qe2 Qd2 33. Qxd2 Bxd2 34. Bxe6 Kxe6 35. Kf3 Kd6 36. Ke2 Bc1 37. Kd3 Kc6 38. Be1 Bg5 39. Kc4 Be3 40. b4 cxb4 41. cxb4 axb4 42. Bxb4 Bc1 43. Bf8 Bg5 44. Bg7 f6 45. Bh8 Kd6 46. Kb5 Kc7 47. Bg7 Kb7 48. Bf8 Kc7 49. Be7 Kd7 50. Bb4 Be3 51. g5 fxg5 52. g4 Ke6 53. Kc6 Bd4 54. Bd6 1-0 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1996.04.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "71"] [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 {Dokhoian Romero Tischbierek} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 (9... Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 $14) (9... b5 $5) 10. f4 a5 {A new and interesting idea, despite to loose a tempo.} (10... exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Qe1 Ne8 (12... Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Bh5 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rae1 Qe6 $10 {0-1 Sutovskij,E-Gruenfeld,Y/Rishon le Zion (06) ;CBM 45 1994 (37)}) 13. Rd1 (13. Nd5 $1) 13... Bh4 14. Bg3 (14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qb6 18. Qc1 $16 {1-0 Cseshkovsky,V-Skalik,P/Wisla BES (04) 1992 (25)}) 14... Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Qb6 16. Bg4 Bc4 17. Rf2 Ne5 18. Rfd2 Rd8 19. Be2 Be6 20. h3 Nf6 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Mithrakanth,P/Calcutta op (04) ;EXP 50 1996/½-½ (48)}) 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 {Controlling d5.} (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Rf2 d5 15. exd5 exf4 {Cabrilo,G-Kosic,D/JUG-chT Igalo ;EXT 94ch 1994/½-½ (48)}) 12... Qb6 (12... Bd7) 13. g4 (13. Re1 {Dokhoian} Qf2 14. Re2 Qh4 15. f5 $6 d5 $132) 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 (15... Ne5 16. Nf5 Re8 $13 (16... Bxf5 17. exf5 (17. gxf5 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Bf6 19. Rad1) 17... Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd2 d5 21. Nb5 $16)) 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5 $5 {Forcing matters} gxf5 18. gxf5 Bf6 $2 (18... Kh8 $1 19. Rg1 Bf8 (19... Rg8 $2 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Qg1+ $1 Qxg1+ 22. Rxg1+ Kh8 23. Bh5 Ne5 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bxe5+ Kf8 26. Bf4 Nxc2 27. Nd5 $18) 20. Qd2 d5 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Qg5 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qd4 23. e5 $1 Qxe5 24. Rae1 $18) (20... Qd8 $5 21. Bg5 $5 $44) 21. Be3 (21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. e5 Qc7 (22... Nxe5 23. Qg5 Ng6 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb2 27. Rae1 $44)) 21... Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. exd5 (23. f6 Qd6 24. e5 Rxe5 25. Qg2 Qf8 $19) 23... Ra6 (23... Qe3 24. Qg2 Qh6 25. Rae1 $44 (25. Rae1 {Dokhoian} Rf8 26. Ne4 Nf6 27. Nd6 Ra6 28. Qg3 Nxc2 29. Re4 Rxd6 (29... Nxe4 30. Nxf7+) 30. Qxd6 Ng4 31. Qg3 Nge3 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qc7 Nxd5 34. Qg3 $16)) (23... Ne5 $2 24. Qh6 $18) 24. Ne4 (24. Qg2 Qf8 $17) 24... Qf8 25. c3 Ne5 26. Be2 $44) 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Qd2 (20. e5 $5 {Tischbierek}) 20... Ne5 {Black has good squares for their pieces, but no comunication between queen and king side.} (20... Qd8 21. Nb5 Ne5 22. Nxd6 Rg8 (22... Ra6 23. Nxe8 $3 Qxd2 (23... Qxe8 24. Qg2 Nxc2 25. Bg7+ $18) 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 (24... Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Rxf6 27. Bg7+ $18) 25. Bxd2 Nxf3 26. Bc3 $18) 23. Bh5 $1 Rxg1+ (23... Ra6 $2 24. Nxf7+ Nxf7 25. Bxf7 $16) 24. Rxg1 Qe7 (24... Bd7 {Dokhoian} 25. Qc3 {? 26.?:e5}) 25. Qg2 Ng6 26. fxg6 fxg6 (26... hxg6 27. Bxg6 $18) 27. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 (27... Qxd6 28. Bf7 $18) 28. Qxg6 Be6 29. Bf8 $1 $18) 21. Qg2 Ng6 $8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rgf1 $1 {} (23. Bg4 {Romero}) (23. Bh5 $6 {Dokhoian} Rg8 24. Raf1 Bd4 (24... Be5 $145 $5) 25. Bg5 Be6 $13) 23... Bg7 $6 {Seems logical to propose this change, but black pawn d6 will be very difficult to defend.} (23... Be5 {defending d6} 24. Rad1 (24. Bg4 {Romero xf7} Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Nxc2 $1 26. Nd5 (26. Rf7 Qxb2 (26... Nxa1 27. Qd7 Qb3 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Rg7+ $10) (26... Qxb2 $2 27. Rg1 Qxc3 $145 28. Bd2 $1 $18)) 26... Qxb2 27. Rab1 Qa2 28. Rxb7 $6 (28. Qh4 Nb4 (28... Rab8 29. Bf4) 29. Nc7 Rac8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rbc1 $14) 28... Ne3) 24... Be6 (24... Bd7 {Dokhoian} 25. Bg4 $5 Bc6 26. Rf7 Bxc3 27. Bf5 $1 Rg8 28. bxc3 Nd3 $5 29. Qg5 $1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kg3 Qd8 33. Re7 $18) 25. Bg4 Bc4 (25... Bxg4 $2 26. Qxg4 Nxc2 (26... Re7 27. Qf3 (27. Rd2 $16) 27... Ree8 28. Qf7 Nxc2 29. Rf6 Rg8 30. Rfxd6 Qxb2 31. Rd7 $18) 27. Rf7 Qc6 28. Rg1 $1 Rg8 (28... Bxc3 $2 29. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Bg7+ $18) 29. Qh4 Bg7 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qf6 Rag8 32. Rxg6 $3 $18) 26. Rf3 $36) (23... Qd8 {Romero} 24. Rad1) 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rad1 (25. Bg4 {Romero} Qc6 26. Qf3 Bxg4 27. Qf6+ $10 Kh6 $2 28. Qf4+ Kh5 29. Rg1) (25. Nb5 $6 {Dokhoian} Bd7 26. Rad1 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 $13) 25... Bd7 {Avoiding the jump ?b5 [#]} (25... Be6 26. Nb5 Rad8 (26... Bc4 {Romero} 27. Nxd6 Bxf1 28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxf1) 27. c3 $16) (25... Re5 {Romero} 26. Nb5 $1) 26. Qg3 Re5 (26... Nxc2 27. Rxd6 Bc6 28. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Yg6]}) 27. Bg2 {Black has a lot of problems. ??f4 xf6} (27. Be2 $5 {Dokhoian ? ?e2-c4}) 27... Nxc2 $6 (27... Rf8 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Rf1+ (29. Qf4+ {Romero}) 29... Kg8 (29... Kg7 30. Qh4 g5 31. Qh5 Be8 32. Qf3 h6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Rf6 Bg6 35. Rxd6 $18) 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Qf6 (31. e5 $6 {Dokhoian} Bc6) 31... Qd8 32. Qxd6 Bc6 $16) (27... Rae8 28. Qh4 Be6 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Nb5 Rxb5 31. axb5 Nxc2 32. Bh3 $18) 28. Nd5 Qd8 (28... Qxb2 29. Qf2 Bc6 30. Qf6+ Kh6 31. Rf4 Nd4 32. Rh4+ Rh5 33. Rxh5+ Kxh5 34. Nf4+ Kh6 35. Ne6 $18) 29. Qf2 Nb4 30. Nb6 $1 Bg4 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Nxa8 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Qxa8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Rxd6 Re8 (35... Nc6 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Qxe5 $18) 36. Rd7 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Kramnik,Vladimir"] [PlyCount "126"] [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 {Dolmatov Shamkovich} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf variation is the most popular opening system at the present time. Both opponents play it with White and Black} 6. Be2 {The classical line, which is more quiet than aggressive ones 6.Bg5 and 6.Bc4} e5 {The alternative 6...e6 leads to the Sheveningen formation} 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 {Alternatives are 9.a4 and 9.Be3} b5 (9... Nc6 10. f4 a5 (10... exf4 {Dolmatov} 11. Bxf4 Be6) 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Qb6 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5 $1 {with strong attack, Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/VSB Amsterdam NED 1996}) (9... Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 {and Black's position is satisfactory, Glek,I-Svidler,P/ch-RUS Elista 1995}) 10. a4 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rd7 {is unclear (Sznapik-Bukic, Lubliana 81, Informator 32/349)}) 10... Bb7 (10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxe4 $4 12. Bf3 {wins}) 11. Nd5 {After 11.ab ab 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Qd3 Nbd7 (Vogt-Suetin, Leipzig 1980) the game is even. Kasparov choses the new line with the pawn sacrifice.} ({After solid} 11. f3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 {the posision is practically even, Krylov,S-Baburin,A/32nd Chess Olympiad Yerevan ARM 1996}) 11... bxa4 {The original idea. Black is trying to keep an extra pawn, but at cost of some undevelopment. Alternatives are:} (11... Nxd5 $6 12. exd5 b4 13. a5 {and White has a significant advantage.}) (11... Nxe4 $5 12. axb5 (12. Bf3 {Dolmatov} f5 13. Na5 Qxa5 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd6 $16) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Bxb5 {White's position is preferable}) (11... Nbd7 12. axb5 (12. Nxe7+ {Dolmatov} Qxe7 13. f3 bxa4 14. Na5 Nc5 15. Nxb7 $16) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. f3 {White is better, Ivanchuk,V-Malisauskas,V/Keres Rapid 1996}) 12. Rxa4 Bc6 13. Ra3 (13. Rc4 $2 {Dolmatov} Bb5 14. Rb4 Nc6) 13... Nxe4 { Is there a sufficient compensation for a pawn? Kasparov continues to play positionally, posessing control over key square d5} 14. Na5 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Rh3 {Combining play on two sides. The threat is 18.Qd3} g6 18. Qd2 {Threatening the simple 19.Qh6} Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bd5 (20. g4 {Timman} Qc8 (20... Nh4 21. g5 $18) (20... d5 $5 21. gxf5 dxc4 22. Qh6 Qd5+ 23. f3 Rfd8 $13) 21. Bd5 $1 (21. Rc3 Qb7+ 22. Bd5 Qb5) 21... Nh4 22. Rg1 $3 {} (22. Bxa8 {Dolmatov} Qxa8+ 23. f3 e4) 22... g5 23. Rxh4 gxh4 24. g5 Bg7 25. g6 $1 hxg6 (25... Qf5 26. gxf7+ Kh8 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 (27... e4 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Rxa8 30. Bxd6 h6 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. f8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Bxf8+ Kxf8 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kh3 {wins}) 28. Qd5 Rf8 29. Bh6 $1 {Fritz and Black has no defense}) (25... Ra7 26. gxh7+ Kh8 (26... Kxh7 27. Qg5 $18) 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kxh7 30. Be4+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qh7#) 26. Rxg6 Qh3 27. Rg1 $1 Kh8 (27... e4 28. Bxe4 f5 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qh6#) 28. Qg5) 20... h5 {The only way to hold the position is to sacrifice an exhcange} (20... Rc8 {Dolmatov} 21. g4 $18) 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. c3 Qb7 24. Qd3 (24. Rd1 $5 {Dolmatov} d5 $2 (24... Rc5 25. b4 Rc6) 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Rxd8+) 24... Rc6 25. Rd1 {It is strange that Kasparov overlooked 25.Ra5 Ne7 26.f4, which was much better} (25. b4 {Dolmatov} Ne7 26. Be3 d5 27. Bc5 e4 $16) 25... d5 {Now Black has full compensation for the exchange. The point is that if 26.Qxd5 Rd6!, winning.} 26. Ra5 (26. Qxd5 $4 {Dolmatov} Rd6 $17) 26... d4 27. cxd4 exd4 (27... Nxd4 {Dolmatov} 28. Be3 Qxb2 (28... Nf5 29. Bc5 $16) 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Qxa6 Ne6) 28. b4 Nh4 29. f3 Qxb4 {[Black has a pawn for the exchange, his pieces are centralized. The game is practically even, yet Kasparov is trying to break through.} (29... Nf5 {Dolmatov} 30. Bd2 Nd6 31. Rc1 Rb6 32. Rac5 Nb5) 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Bg7 32. Qd3 Nf5 33. Bf4 Qb2 (33... Bf6 {Dolmatov} 34. Rb1 Qa5) 34. g3 Kh7 35. Rd2 Qb7 36. Qe4 Qb5 (36... Qxe4 $5 {Dolmatov} 37. fxe4 Ne3 38. Bxe3 dxe3 39. Re2 Bh6) 37. Qd3 Qb7 38. Qe4 Qb5 39. Kg1 Qa5 40. Qd3 Ne7 41. Rd1 Nd5 (41... Nf5 {Dolmatov} 42. Kg2 Qa2+ 43. Rd2 Qd5 44. h3) 42. Bd2 Qa7 43. Re1 Qd7 44. Kg2 Qa7 45. Kg1 Qa2 46. Re2 Qa1+ 47. Re1 Qa4 48. Rc1 Nc3 49. g4 {The last try} Qa5 50. Re1 Qc5 51. h3 Bf6 52. f4 h4 (52... hxg4 {Dolmatov} 53. hxg4) 53. Qf3 Qb5 54. g5 Bg7 55. Re7 (55. Qg4 Kg8 56. Qxh4 Ne2+ 57. Kh2 d3 {and Black is no worse}) 55... Qb1+ 56. Qf1 Qf5 57. Qe1 Qxh3 58. Rxf7 Qg4+ 59. Kh2 h3 (59... Ne2 {Dolmatov} 60. Qf2) 60. Qf1 Ne4 61. Be1 d3 62. Qxh3+ Qxh3+ 63. Kxh3 d2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "93"] [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 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Nd2 b5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Nf3 Rfd8 17. Qd2 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bb3 Bc6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Ne1 Ra8 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. f3 h6 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Ra7 27. Rxa7 Qxa7 28. Qc4 Rb8 29. g3 Kh7 30. Kg2 Qe3 31. Rxd6 Rc8 32. Qf1 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Bxf7 Qd2+ 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Bb6+ 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. c3 bxc3 39. b3 g5 40. Kd3 Kg7 41. Be8 Kf6 42. b4 Bg1 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 Bf2 45. h5 Ke7 46. Ba4 Bg3 47. Kxc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 17th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2000.03.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2851"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2000.02.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [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. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 (12. Be3 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. c4 Rac8 16. Rc1 g6 17. c5 dxc5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Bg4 Nxe5 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Qe2 {1-0 O'Donovan,R-O'Shaughnessy,C/IRL-ch/1994/ (28)}) 12... O-O (12... Nb6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Qe1 e4 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. d6 Qd8 20. c5 Nd7 21. Bg4 {1-0 Chatterjee,L-Sharma,D/Calcutta/1997/ (39)}) 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Be3 (14. a4 a5 15. Be3 b6 16. Rc1 Rab8 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. b3 {1-0 Grigorov,J-Szekely,P/Ruse/1978/ (49)}) 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf8 (15... Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 b6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. b4 Qb7 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. bxc5 $44) 16. Rc1 Qb6 (16... Ne5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Rc2 Neg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. b3 Qd8 {0-1 Wolff,P-Morovic Fernandez,I/Buenos Aires/1997/ (40)}) 17. Rc2 {Anand has prepared this move long time ago, but finding a coherent plan in the next few moves will be very difficult.} g6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Nc1 (19. Re1 $5 Qb4 (19... Ne5 20. c5 Qb4 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bxb7 $14) 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bd2 $14) 19... Ne5 20. b3 h5 21. h3 Bg7 22. Ne2 (22. Re2 Nxf3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxf3 Ne4 $11) 22... Nxf3 23. gxf3 Qc5 24. Rc1 b5 25. Qd2 $2 {White misses his chance to improve the position of his modestly located knight.} (25. Nd4 bxc4 (25... Nxd5 26. cxd5 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd6 $11) 26. bxc4 Nd7 27. Nb3 Qa3 $15) 25... bxc4 26. bxc4 h4 27. Bg5 Nh5 28. Bxh4 Rb8 $1 29. Ng1 $2 (29. Rc2 $142 $13) (29. Ng3 Qc8 $1 30. Nxh5 Rb2 31. Rc2 Qxh3+) (29. Bf2 Qa3 $15) 29... Rb2 30. Rc2 Qxc4 $1 {White have missed this simple combination that pulls apart his defenses.} 31. Rxc4 (31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Rb1 Qxh4 $17) 31... Rxd2 32. f4 (32. Rc6 g5 33. Bf2 Bd4 $1 $19 34. Re1 Rb8 $19) 32... Rxd5 0-1 [Event "EUR-ASIA m 30'"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2001.09.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Ye, Jiangchuan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2001.09.17"] [EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 086"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5 Nh7 13. h4 Nf8 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. h5 Bxb3 18. axb3 Ne6 19. Qd2 Ndc5 20. Bf3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Ne6 23. Qf5 Nxg5 24. Rae1 Qe5 25. Kg2 Nh7 26. Be2 Ng5 27. Bc4 Ke7 28. Qg4 g6 29. Qh4 Rxh5 30. Rxf7+ Kd8 31. Qxh5 gxh5 32. Rf5 Qg7 33. Kh2 Rc8 34. Re2 Rc5 35. Bd5 Rxd5 36. exd5 Qd4 37. Rg2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ 39. Kf1 Kc7 40. c3 Qe4 41. Rf7+ Kb6 0-1 [Event "New York Man-Machine m"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2003.02.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Comp Deep Junior"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [BlackElo "2847"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2003.01.26"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [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. Be2 e5 {One of the rf main lines. 5...a6 was played to deny White's pieces the important b5 square. Eine der Najdorfhauptvarianten. 5...a6 wurde gespielt, um den weißen Kräften das wichtige Feld b5 zu nehmen.} 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. Be3 Bc6 11. Bf3 $146 {does not fit well to Kh1, I think. passt irgendwie nicht recht zu Kh1, finde ich.} Nbd7 12. a4 (12. Nd5 {can be answered with kann mit} Nxd5 13. exd5 Bb5 {beantwortet werden.}) 12... b6 (12... Nc5 $5) 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. h3 {I don't like this move too much (but Junior likes rook's pawn moves....) gefällt mir nicht sonderlich (Junior mag Randbauernzüge nun mal...)} Rc8 (14... Nc5 $5 {came into consideration again. kam erneut in Betracht.}) 15. Rad1 h6 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. g3 Rfd8 18. Kh2 Re8 {both sides have reached their ideal set ups and it is not easy for them to make progress. Beide Seiten haben ihre Idealaufstellungen eingenommen und es ist für sie nicht leicht, Fortschritte zu machen.} 19. Re2 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd2 Rc7 22. Bg2 Rec8 23. Nb3 Rxc3 $5 {Kasparov combined this typical Sicilian exchange sacrifice with a draw offer. Kasparov verband dieses typische sizilianische Qualitätsopfer mit einem Remisangebot.} 24. bxc3 Bxe4 $5 (24... Nxe4 {was the riskier alternative: war die riskantere Alternative:} 25. Bxb6 Nxg3 26. Rxe5 (26. fxg3 $6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Nxb6) 26... Nxe5 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Na5 Ne2 29. Ra1) 25. Bc1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxc3 27. Ba3 Ne8 (27... Nc5 $6 {is answered by ist wegen} 28. a5 {nicht empfehlenswert.}) 28. f4 {Draw offer om DJ team, which is accepted by Kasparov to avopid further risk. He started very well, but could not use his chances in games 2 and 3. So man and machine seems to be of equal strength at the moment, but their main qualities are on completely different fields. This fascinating theme will remain on the agenda! Remisangebot vom Deep Junior Team, was Kasparov annimmt und damit jedes weitere Risiko vermeidet. Er hatte Deep Junior zu beginn des Matches gut im Griff, konnte seine Chancen aber nicht verwerten. Mensch und Machine scheinen zur Zeit ungefähr gleich stark zu sein, ob wohl ihre jeweiligen Stärken auf ganz anderen Feldern liegen. Dieses faszinierende Thema dürfte uns also noch weiter beschäftigen!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zagreb GCT Blitz"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.11"] [Round "12"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe1 Qc7 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Nc5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. b4 Na4 22. c4 e4 23. d6 Qd7 24. c5 g6 25. Nd4 Bg7 26. Bc4 Nb2 27. Rc1 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 f5 29. Ne2 h6 30. h3 g5 31. Rc2 Rde8 32. Nd4 f4 33. Qd2 f3 0-1 [Event "Khalilbeyli Memorial"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1976.05.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Guseinov, Aidyn"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B93"] [PlyCount "63"] [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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Qe1 e5 11. Kh1 b5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. Ng5 O-O 17. Qh4 h6 18. Ne4 h5 19. d6 Qc6 20. Bb5 Qxc2 21. Bh6 Bb7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rae1 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rad8 25. Re2 Qb3 26. Bc4 Qxa4 27. b3 Qc6 28. Qe7 Nb6 29. Ref2 Kh6 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Rh8 32. h4 1-0 [Event "World U17-ch03"] [Site "Wattignies"] [Date "1976.07.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Van der Wiel, John"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B93"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1976.07.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [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 de loin le plus jeune participant du Championnat et cela va se ressentir un peu dans cette première ronde} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 g6 (7... e6) 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 $142 {1-0 Byrne,R (2550)-Bukic,E (2500) Bugojno 1978 (9)}) 8... Bg7 {[%CAl Gg7d4]} 9. Nf3 Bg4 (9... Nbd7 {La grande ligne} 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1 {[%CAl Ge1h4,Gf4f5,Gc1h6];0-1 Musil,V-O'Kelly de Galway,A Buesum 1968 (1)}) 10. Be3 (10. O-O Nc6 (10... Qc5+ $5)) 10... Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe1 $1 {[%CAl Ge1h4]} Bxf3 13. Rxf3 e6 14. Qh4 {[%CAl Gf3h3]} Qd8 15. Rh3 $36 h5 16. Be2 $1 {[%CAl Gg2g4]} d5 {Réaction classique au centre} 17. e5 {fermeture classique!} Nd7 (17... d4 18. Rd1 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Qxh4 $1 20. Rxh4 dxe3 21. Bf3 Rad8 $17 {[%csl Rd1,Rh4] L'attaque Blanche a échoué et les Blancs auront des problèmes pour coordonner les ?}) 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. g4 $36 hxg4 (19... Qb4 $5 {[%CAl Gd5d4]} 20. gxh5 d4 21. hxg6 fxg6 {[%CAl Gg8f7]} 22. Qh4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Rd1 $44) 20. Bxg4 Rad8 21. Rd1 f5 (21... Qb4 {[%CAl Gb4b2,Gd5d4]}) 22. Bf3 Rf7 $6 23. Kh1 (23. Nxd5 $1 exd5 24. Bxd5 Nf8 25. Bc5 $40 {[%csl Re7,Rf7]}) 23... g5 24. Bh5 {[%CAl Gh5g6]} g4 (24... gxf4 25. Bxf7+) 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (25... Kxf7 26. Rh7 Qb4 (26... Nf8 27. Bc5) 27. Qh4 $13) 26. Rg3 Qh5 27. Kg2 Nf8 {[%CAl Gf8g6,Gg6h4]} 28. Ne2 Ng6 29. h3 $1 Nh4+ 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ng1 d4 32. Bc1 gxh3 {Prématuré} (32... Rg8 $142) 33. Qe2 Qxe2+ 34. Nxe2 Ng6 35. Rxh3 $18 Bf8 36. Rb3 Rd7 37. Rbd3 Bc5 38. c3 Ba7 39. Be3 Rd5 40. cxd4 Nb4 41. Rb3 a5 42. Bd2 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Skelleftea"] [Date "1989.08.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Sax, Gyula"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "61"] [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. f4 e6 7. Bd3 (7. g4 $6 e5 $1 8. Nf5 h5 9. fxe5 (9. g5 Nxe4 $1) 9... Nxg4 10. Bf4 Bxf5 11. exf5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rd1+ Nd7 14. h3 exf4 15. hxg4 Bb4 $17) 7... Nbd7 8. Nf3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qe2 {Bulletin: '11.?e1 ? ?h4'} Qc7 12. Kh1 b6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Ngxe5 18. Rae1 f6 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qe2 {Bulletin: 'Soweit hatte Sax alles zuhause vorbereitet, er glaubte sehr gut zu stehen.'} Qc6 {'?!' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'N'} 23. h3 e4 24. Qxa6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rxe4 Qxc2 27. Rxe6 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Rf1 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Qe4 Qc7+ 31. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "66"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 (6... Nbd7 {- Polgar,J-Sadler,M Hastings (06) 1992 -CBM 33}) 7. a4 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nc6 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O e6 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Kh1 b6 16. Qh4 Bb7 $10 {Ansell,S-James,D BCF-ch (7) 1992 ½ 62}) 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qe1 O-O (11... Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nc5 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Raa3 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Polugaevski,L Moskow 1986 ½ 51}) 12. Qh4 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 e6 14. Be3 Qd8 $1 15. Raf1 $2 (15. Rd1 $10) 15... d5 $1 16. f5 $2 (16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 $15) 16... dxe4 $19 17. Rh3 (17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxe4 gxf5 $19) 17... exf5 18. Bxe4 Re8 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 Rxe3 $1 21. Rxe3 Qb6 22. Qf2 Ng4 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Qxb6 Bd4+ 25. Qxd4 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nxd4 28. Ne4 Nxc2 29. Nc5 b5 30. a5 Nb4 31. h3 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Nc4 33. b3 Nxa5 {Boensch} 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1994.05.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1994.05.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 041"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Qf3 $146 (7. a4) (7. Bd3) (7. Be2) (7. Nf3 Nbd7 (7... e6 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 $14 {Polgar,J-Ljubojevic,L Monaco blind (08) 1993 ¼ 65}) 8. a4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. e6 fxe6 15. Be4 Nc5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 $10 {Kindermann,S-Hoffmann,M Muenster (01) 9394 1993 ¼ 23}) 7... g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. h3 e5 $5 (9... O-O {Ftacnik} 10. O-O-O e5 $13) 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bh6 $1 (11. Nb3 O-O $10) 11... Bxh6 $2 (11... O-O $4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qxf6+ $1 Kxf6 14. Nd5+ Kg7 15. Nxc7 $18) (11... Nh5 $1 {Ivanchuk} 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Nd5 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qd8 15. Nf6+ Kf8 16. Nb3 Nf5 $1 $13) 12. Qxf6 O-O 13. Nd5 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qd8 $2 (14... Bg7 15. bxa5 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Kg7 17. Nxh7 (17. Nd5 exd4 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. O-O-O Nc6 20. Be2 Be6) 17... Kxh7 18. Nf3 (18. Nb3 {Ftacnik} Nc6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. O-O-O $16) 18... Nc6 19. Bc4 f6 20. Bd5 Nxa5 $14) 15. Ne7+ $18 Qxe7 16. Qxe7 exd4 17. Bc4 Nc6 18. Qc5 Be3 19. Rf1 Nd8 (19... a5 20. b5 Nb4 21. Qe7 $1 $18) 20. Rf3 $1 Be6 21. Rxe3 $1 dxe3 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxe3 a5 24. b5 Rac8 25. O-O-O Rc5 26. Rd5 b6 (26... Rfc8 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. b6 $18) 27. Qg3 Rc7 (27... Rfc8 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. Qd6 Na4 (29... Nxe4 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxb6 $18) 30. e5 $18) 28. Qd6 Rfc8 29. Rd2 Rb7 (29... Nc5 30. Qxb6 Nxe4 31. Rd8+ $18) 30. g4 Nc5 31. Qf6 h6 (31... Nxe4 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ Nf6 35. g5 $18) 32. e5 Re8 33. h4 Kh7 (33... Ne4 34. Qc6 $18) 34. h5 g5 (34... Re6 35. hxg6+ fxg6 36. Qf8 Rxe5 37. Rd8 $18) 35. Rd6 Re6 36. Qd8 Kg7 (36... Rxe5 37. Rxh6+ Kxh6 38. Qh8#) 37. a3 a4 38. Kb2 $22 Rbe7 (38... Kh7 39. Rc6 $18 {? ?c8}) 39. Rxb6 (39. Rxb6 Rd7 (39... Rxb6 {Ftacnik} 40. Qxe7 Rxb5+ 41. Kc1 Ne6 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qxh6 Rxe5 44. Qf6 $18) 40. Qb8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Horgen CS"] [Site "Horgen"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1994.09.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 043"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5 (8. Nf5 Nc5 9. Ng3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Qc6 $10 {Short,N-Gelfand,B Tilburg (03) 1990 0-1 53}) 8... dxe5 (8... Nxe5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 Rc8 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. Rb1 Ned7 $10 {Polgar,J-Gelfand,B Munich 1991 ½ 51}) 9. Nf5 Qb6 $146 (9... Qc7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bg5 Ncd7 13. Nh5 Nxh5 14. Bxh5 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Nb6 $10 {Wahls,M-Gelfand,B Munich 1991 0-1 60}) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc5 12. Qb3 Nf6 13. Bc4 Qb4+ 14. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 15. c3 Bf8 (15... Bxf5 16. exf5 Bc5 17. Bd2 $14 {?}) 16. Bd3 (16. Rf1 b5 (16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 $10) 17. Bb3 Bb7 $13) 16... Be6 17. Rf1 O-O-O $10 18. Bc2 Ne8 $6 (18... Bc4 19. Rf3 Ng4 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 $10) 19. Bb3 $1 $14 Rd7 20. Bg5 Bc5 (20... Bxf5 $2 21. exf5 Bc5 22. Rd1 $16) 21. Ke2 Bxb3 22. axb3 f6 23. Bc1 $1 Nd6 24. Nxd6+ Rxd6 25. b4 Ba7 (25... Bb6 26. b5 a5 $2 (26... Bc7 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. Be3 $16) 27. b4 $18) 26. b5 Rhd8 27. Ra2 $1 Kb8 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. b3 Kb7 30. Rd2 Kc6 31. Rxd6+ Rxd6 32. g4 $16 Rd7 33. Bd2 Bb6 34. Ra1 Kb7 35. h4 Rd8 36. h5 Rd6 37. Be1 Bc7 38. b4 Bb6 39. Ra2 Rc6 40. Ra1 Rd6 41. Bd2 Rd7 42. Rf1 Kc6 (42... a5 43. b5 $16) (42... h6 $16) 43. c4 $3 Bd4 (43... Rd4 44. h6 $3 Rxe4+ (44... gxh6 45. Rxf6+ Kb7 46. Be3 $18) 45. Kf3 Rd4 46. hxg7 Rd8 47. Ke4 $18) 44. h6 $1 $18 Kb7 45. c5 a5 46. Rc1 Rc7 (46... Kc6 47. b5+ Kxb5 48. c6 Rc7 49. hxg7 $18) 47. c6+ $1 (47. c6+ Kc8 (47... Ka6 48. hxg7 $18) 48. b5 Bb6 49. Bxa5 Bxa5 50. Ra1 $18) 1-0 [Event "Reykjavik TV rapid"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Stefansson, Hannes"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Qf3 g6 8. Be3 b5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. a3 Bg7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Bg1 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nfd7 15. a4 b4 16. Nd1 Nc5 17. a5 Nbd7 18. c3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nxe4 21. cxb4 Rfc8 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Ne2 f5 26. Rae1 f4 27. Qh3 Qc4 28. Bb6 Rf8 29. Ng1 e4 30. Rd1 Rf7 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. cxd4 f3 33. gxf3 exf3 34. Rf2 Bd5 35. Qg3 Qxb4 36. Rdf1 Re8 37. Nh3 Re1 38. Nf4 Rxf4 39. Qg5 Rxf1+ 40. Rxf1 Qxd4 0-1 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "1999.05.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1999.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 071"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O exf4 (11... b5 $5 12. Bb3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 $1 $10) 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Nd5 (13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Qe1 Rac8 16. Bb3 Kh8 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Bg5 Bxb3 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. cxb3 Bg5 {½-½ Poutiainen,P-Portisch,L/Budapest/1975/ (42)}) (13. Bb3 Bg4 (13... Be6 14. Nd4 (14. Bxe6 $5) 14... Qc5 (14... Qb6 15. a5 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qe5 18. f4 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. Nd5 Bh4 {½-½ Vavra,J-Stodola,J/CSR-ch22 corr/1988/ (47)}) 15. Be3 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 (16. cxb3 $5 Neg4 17. Nf5 Nxe3 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. b4 Qa7 $1 (19... Qe5 $10)) 16... Qc4 17. Rae1 (17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. Bd4 Rac8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bg5 21. Rae1 Rfe8 22. Kf2 {1-0 Prange,E-Braghetta,S/CompuServe Casual email 1996/ (47)}) 17... Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nc4 19. Bc1 Rfe8 20. Rd1 Rac8 21. Nd4 Bd8 (21... g6 $10) 22. Nf5 Ba5 23. Nd5 {1-0 Lukin,A-Vera,R/Leningrad/1989/ (56)}) (13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Be6 15. Kh1 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Rae8 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Nd5 {Ehlvest,J- Gelfand,B/Cap D' Agde/1996/}) 14. Kh1 Rad8 (14... Rac8 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Qe1 Nc4 17. Bc1 h6 18. h3 Qh5 19. Ne2 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Qa5 21. Nc3 Rc5 22. Qe2 Ne5 {0-1 Rantanen,Y-Bouaziz,S/Luzern/1982/ (35)}) 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qg3 Be6 19. Bg5 Kh8 20. Qh4 Qc5 21. Rf3 Qe5 22. Raf1 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Ng8 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Rxf7 Kg8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rf3 {½-½ Rantanen,Y-Helmers,K/Randers/1982/ (55)}) (13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Kh1 Bg4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qc7 17. Qd3 Rab8 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. h3 Bd7 20. Nh2 Kh8 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 b5 {½-½ Dvorak,J-Stodola,J/CSR-ch22 corr/1988/ (48)}) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Be6 {Black's defense is not that difficult, since his pieces have lot of space for counterplay.} (14... Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nxf3 16. Qxf3 Be6 17. Bxe6 (17. c4 $142 $1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Rab1 Rfe8 20. b3 Re7 21. Rbe1 $14) 17... fxe6 18. Qh3 Rf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $11 {½-½ Leko,P-Sutovskij,E/Tilburg/1996/ (33)}) (14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be6 (15... Qb6+ $2) 16. Bb3 Qc5+ (16... Bf6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3) 17. Kh1 $14) 15. Bxe6 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 fxe6 17. Qb3 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qc8 {Leko,P-Gelfand,B/Wijk/1996/ 0,5 The position is objectively equal.} 19. Rad1 b5 $1 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 Rb8 {The last exact move, white has no chance to get any advantage.} (21... Qxc2 $6 22. Qd7 Qxe4 23. Qxe7 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. h3 $14) 22. Qd3 Rxb2 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rxc2 26. h3 1/2-1/2 [Event "URS U20-ch"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Romanchenko, V."] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B95"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1977.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. f4 Be7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nfg4 13. Nf3 hxg5 14. Bg3 Qc7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qf2 Bd7 17. Be2 Rf8 18. Rhf1 O-O-O 19. Qa7 Bc6 20. Rd4 Qa5 21. Rfd1 Kc7 22. Be1 Qc5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bg3 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Bd6 27. Nf2 Nd7 28. Bxd6+ Kxd6 29. Kd2 a5 30. g3 f5 31. Ke3 Nf6 32. Bf3 g4 33. Be2 Nxe4 34. Nxe4+ Bxe4 35. Bxg4 Bxc2 36. Be2 e5 37. h4 Ke6 38. Kd2 Ba4 39. Kc3 Bc6 40. Kc4 Kd6 41. Bd1 b5+ 42. Kc3 Bd5 43. b3 b4+ 44. Kc2 c4 45. bxc4 Bxc4 0-1 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2000.05.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B95"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "109"] [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. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. f4 h5 11. f5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Bc4 Ke7 14. Bb3 Bh6 15. Rf1 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rag8 17. g3 Bc1 18. Ne2 Bxb2 19. Rb4 Bc6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxb2 e5 22. Nc3 h4 23. Rf3 Kf7 24. Rd3 hxg3 25. hxg3 Rh2 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. a4 Rgh8 28. Nd5+ Kf7 29. Nc3 Rh1+ 30. Kg2 R8h2+ 31. Kf3 Rf1+ 32. Kg4 Rh8 33. Rb3 Rd8 34. Nd5 Rf2 35. Rbc3 Rg8+ 36. Kh3 Rh8+ 37. Kg4 Kg7 38. Rc4 Bxd5 39. Rxd5 Kh6 40. Kh4 Rh2+ 41. Kg4 Rf2 42. Rc7 Rg8+ 43. Kh3 Rf3 44. Rxd6 Rgxg3+ 45. Kh2 Kg5 46. Rg7+ Kf4 47. Rxg3 Rxg3 48. Rxf6 Rg7 49. Rb6 Kxe4 50. f6 Rf7 51. Kg3 Kf5 52. a5 e4 53. c4 Ke5 54. Kg4 Rf8 55. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Caucasus Youth Games"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Eolian, Levon S"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B96"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1976.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qb6 12. Bh4 Nc5 13. Bg2 Na4 14. Nxa4 bxa4 15. g5 Nd7 16. Be1 O-O 17. h4 Rab8 18. Bc3 Rfc8 19. Rh3 Ba8 20. Qg4 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Nc5 22. f5 e5 23. Ne2 d5 24. f6 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxa3+ 26. Kd2 dxe4 27. Ke1 Bc5 28. Qf5 a3 29. Qxe5 a2 30. c4 e3 31. Nc1 Bd4 32. Qxb8+ Qxb8 33. Nxa2 Qf4 0-1 [Event "Azerbaijan tt"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B96"] [PlyCount "75"] [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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nh7 11. Qh5 hxg5 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. O-O-O d5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Rhf1 Ra7 16. Ncb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Nf8 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Nd6+ Kd8 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Qb6+ Qc7 22. Nxf7+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Qe3 b3 25. axb3 Ne7 26. Nf7+ Ke8 27. Nd6+ Kd8 28. Nb5 Ra1+ 29. Kd2 Qa5+ 30. c3 Ra2 31. b4 Rxb2+ 32. Ke1 Qa6 33. Rf7 Qc6 34. Rxg7 Ba6 35. Qxg5 Bxb5 36. Qxe7+ Kc8 37. Bxb5 Qxc3+ 38. Kf1 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-24"] [Site "Valetta"] [Date "1980.11.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Georgiev, Krum"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "125"] [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 "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. O-O-O b4 10. e5 Bb7 11. Ncb5 axb5 12. Bxb5+ Nfd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qh3 Kf7 15. f5 Be4 16. fxe6+ Kg8 17. Qb3 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Nxe5 20. e7 Bxe7 21. Bxe7 Nbc6 22. Bxd6 Ra5 23. Rd5 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Nd4+ 25. Kb1 Nxb5 26. Bxe5 Kf7 27. Rc1 Ke6 28. Rc5 Nd6 29. Kc2 Rf8 30. Bd4 Rf1 31. Re5+ Kd7 32. Bc5 Kc6 33. Bxb4 Rf2+ 34. Kc1 Nb7 35. Rg5 g6 36. a3 Re2 37. Kb1 Rf2 38. Ka2 Nd8 39. Rc5+ Kb7 40. Rd5 Nc6 41. Bc3 Rxg2 42. Rd7+ Kb6 43. Rxh7 Kb5 44. Kb3 Rg4 45. Rd7 Rh4 46. Rd2 Rh3 47. Rg2 Nd4+ 48. Ka2 Nf5 49. Be5 Re3 50. Bb8 Re6 51. Rg4 Ne7 52. Bg3 Nc6 53. a4+ Kc5 54. Ka3 Rf6 55. b3 Kd5 56. Rg5+ Ke4 57. Rc5 Re6 58. a5 Kd3 59. b4 Nd4 60. Be5 Nf3 61. Bb2 Nd2 62. Rc3+ Ke2 63. Ka4 1-0 [Event "URS-ch49 Final"] [Site "Frunze"] [Date "1981.12.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Yudasin, Leonid"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2365"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "48"] [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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bh5 Bg7 12. Qg4 O-O 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Nd4 b4 15. Nce2 f5 16. exf5 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qg3 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Qb3 e4 23. Kb1 Be6 24. Qg3 Qa5 0-1 [Event "Interpolis"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1989.09.29"] [Round "12"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "70"] [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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 b5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Bd5 21. Kb1 Rac8 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Rg4 Rc4 24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. c3 Qa7 26. Qc2 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qe3 28. Qa4 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Rxf3 30. a3 Qd5 31. Qxa6 Rh3 32. Rg1 Rxh2 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc7 Rg2 35. Rxg2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1989.11.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "74"] [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. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Be7 11. g3 (11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 {? 13.Ld2} Nxe7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Qh5 Ng6 $15 {Ivanchuk-Kasparov Tilburg 1989}) 11... Bd7 12. Bg2 h6 {12...Lc6 ? ...0-0-0} 13. Bh4 Bc6 14. f5 O-O (14... e5 15. Rd3 $14) 15. Rhd1 (15. fxe6 g5 $13 (15... fxe6 16. Rc4 g5 $13)) 15... b5 16. g4 $6 (16. fxe6 g5 (16... fxe6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. e5 $14 {x e4}) 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 gxh4 19. Rxh4 Nh7 20. Qg4+ $2 (20. Rh5 $13) 20... Bg5+ 21. Kb1 f5 $19) 16... e5 17. R4d3 b4 18. Bxf6 (18. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bb5 $19) 18... bxc3 $17 (18... Bxf6 $2 19. Nd5 $14) 19. Bxe7 cxb2+ 20. Kb1 Qxe7 21. Rxd6 Rfc8 22. R1d2 (22. Qd2 $2 Ba4 $19) 22... Bb5 23. Qe3 (23. Qd1 $5) 23... Rab8 24. Rb6 Bc4 25. Rd1 (25. Rdd6 Qxd6 $1 26. Rxd6 Bxa2+ 27. Kxa2 b1=Q+ 28. Ka3 Qb2+ 29. Ka4 Qb4#) (25. Kxb2 Qg5 $19) (25. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Qb4+ 27. Kc1 (27. Ka1 Rb8 $19) 27... Bxa2 $19) 25... Rxb6 26. Qxb6 Qa3 27. Qxb2 Bxa2+ 28. Ka1 (28. Qxa2 Rb8+ 29. Ka1 Qc3+ $19) (28. Kc1 Qe3+ 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Qb4 (30. c3 Qe1+ $19) 30... Qe1+ $19) 28... Qa4 29. Qxa2 (29. Rd2 Qa5 $19) 29... Qxa2+ 30. Kxa2 Rxc2+ 31. Kb3 Rxg2 32. Kc4 Rxh2 33. Kd5 f6 34. g5 hxg5 35. Ke6 g4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Kf7 Rh5 {38.Tg8 Tg5 -+} 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Van der Wiel, John"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "48"] [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. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxf6 (14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 O-O-O $1) (14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. fxe5 Kc7) 14... gxf6 15. Be2 (15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nc5 19. Qf5 Be4 20. Qh5+ Bg6 $13 {Cejtlin-Gutman/URS/1971/}) 15... h5 16. Nd5 (16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 O-O-O 18. Qxe7 Nc5 19. Qxf6 Be4 20. Bc4 $13 {Westerinen-Jacobsen/Raach/1969/}) (16. fxe5 Nf8 17. Qb3 Rd8 18. exf6 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxf6 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Rf1 Qe5 23. Bxb5+ Kd8 $19 {Kuyindzhi-Tseitlin,M/URS/1971/}) (16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Qh3 exf4 18. Rhe1 Rd8 19. a4 b4 20. Ne4 Kf7 $17 {Tringov-Polugajevsky/Skopje/1971/}) 16... Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nc5 (17... Nb6 18. Bxh5+ (18. Bd3 Kf8 19. Bg6 Kg7 20. Qf7+ Kh6 $15 {Georgadze-Gutman/URS/1972/}) 18... Rxh5 19. Qg8+ $10) 18. Qf5 Qc6 19. Qg6+ Kf8 20. Rhd1 (20. Rxe5 Qe8 21. Qf5 Qc8 22. Qg6 Qe8 {Schulman-Parma/Lugano ol/1968/}) 20... Qe8 (20... Ne6 21. Bxh5 (21. Rd6 Nxf4 $1) 21... Rxh5 22. Qxh5 Nxf4 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qh7+ Ke6 25. R5d2 $40) 21. Qf5 Qc8 (21... exf4 $2 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ $1 Kf8 25. Qxc5+ $18) 22. Qg6 Qe6 23. Bxh5 Qg8 (23... Rxh5 24. Qxh5 exf4 25. Rxc5 Qe3+ 26. Kb1 Bxc5 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxa8 $18) 24. Rd8+ (24. Qf5 Qe6 (24... Qh7 25. Bg6 Qh6 26. Rxc5 $1 Qxf4+ 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Rc7 $16)) 24... Rxd8 {Ftacnik,L} (24... Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Qg6+ $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.06.07"] [Round "?"] [White "TALPA"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B96"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "69"] [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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. f5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qxf6 Rg8 14. Be2 Be7 15. Qd4 Qc5 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. O-O-O Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Ke7 20. e5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bf4 22. Ne4 c4 23. Nc5 Rgd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nxa6 Bxe5 26. Nb4 Rd6 27. c3 Bf4 28. Rg1 Kf6 29. h4 Rd2 30. Nc2 e5 31. Na3 Rd5 32. Kc2 Rd2+ 33. Kb1 Rd5 34. Kc2 Rd2+ 35. Kb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zagreb GCT Blitz"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf3 b5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. f5 Qc5 13. Be2 Ra7 14. O-O-O Qe5 15. Rhf1 Rc7 16. Kb1 h5 17. h4 Be7 18. Qe3 Qc5 19. Qg3 Kf8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qg6 Qe5 22. Rd3 Bd8 23. Rg3 Rf7 24. Rg5 Qd4 25. Bxh5 1-0 [Event "Zagreb GCT Blitz"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf3 b5 10. a3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Rb8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. f5 Qc5 15. Rhd1 Qe5 16. Qh5 Be7 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd5 Qxh5 19. Bxh5 Rg8 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Nxa6 Rb6 22. Nb4 Rxg2 23. R4d2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 f5 25. exf5 Bg5+ 26. Ke2 1-0 [Event "Zagreb GCT Blitz"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf3 b5 10. a3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qc5 13. Rd3 Rb8 14. b4 Qa7 15. f5 a5 16. Na2 Be7 17. Be2 h5 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Rhd1 h4 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Nb4 Rc8 22. Qg4 Kf8 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Qf3 Rc5 25. Qe3 f5 26. Bf3 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Rc4 28. Bd5 Bf6 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Rxd6 1-0 [Event "World U20-ch16 Qualifikation URS"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.04.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Zaid, Leonid D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B97"] [BlackElo "2400"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1977.04.05"] [EventType "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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nd7 (11... Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bh5 Bg7 14. Rf3 O-O 15. Raf1 Na5 16. Rh3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rac8 18. Kh1 f5 19. exf5 Qb4 20. f6 Bxf6 21. f5 Rxc3 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh6 {1-0 (23) Tal,M-Platonov,I Dubna 1973}) 12. O-O h5 13. Qd4 $146 (13. Kh1 Be7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. f5 Bd7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. e5 Nxb3 18. axb3 fxe5 19. Ne4 d5 20. Qc3 Qb4 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. Qxe5 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. c4 Rf8 25. cxd5 Ke7 26. Nxd7 Kxd7 27. dxe6+ Kxe6 28. Rfe1 Kd7 29. Bxh5 Rad8 30. Rc1 Rf4 31. g4 Rb4 32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Kxc8 34. Bf7 Rd4 35. Kf3 Rd2 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Kxe2 Kd7 38. Kf3 b5 39. Bg6 a5 40. Bd3 Kc6 41. h4 a4 {½-½ (41) Kuzmin,G-Platonov,I Kharkov 1967}) 13... b5 14. Nb1 Qa4 15. c4 b4 16. f5 Be7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. N1d2 Qc6 19. a3 bxa3 20. Kh1 Rb8 21. Rxa3 Qb6 22. Qa1 Ne5 23. c5 dxc5 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Nbd2 Nxc4 26. Nxc4 Rb4 (26... h4 $132 {[%csl Rh1]}) 27. e5 fxe5 28. Qd1 Bd7 29. Rxa6 h4 30. h3 Rg8 {[#]} 31. Rxe6 $1 Kd8 32. Rxe5 Rxc4 33. Qd5 Rxg2 34. Bxc4 Rg3 35. Qa8+ Qc8 36. Qa5+ Ke8 37. Bf7+ Kf8 38. Be6+ Kg7 39. Qa1 Kh6 40. Qc1+ Bg5 41. Rxg5 Qc6+ 42. Bd5 1-0 [Event "URS-ch47 Final"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.12.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B97"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "67"] [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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c4 Be7 20. O-O Ra7 21. Rb8 Rc7 22. Qd3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Ke7 24. Qg6 Kd6 25. Rd1+ Bd4 26. Rxd4+ exd4 27. Qg3+ e5 28. c5+ Kd5 29. Bf3+ e4 30. Qg5+ Kc4 31. Qc1+ Kd5 32. Bd1 Qxa2 33. Qg5+ Kc4 34. Qc1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "OHRA-A"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1986.12.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Nunn, John DM"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "54"] [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. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. O-O Rg8 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Qh6 Qd8 22. Ne4 f5 23. Bf7 Qf8 24. Qh5 Rg7 25. Be8 a5 26. Bxc6 Ba6 27. Rf2 Rd8 0-1 [Event "Linares 08th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1990.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. h3 e5 20. Na4 Qa7 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. hxg4 exf4 23. Nb6 d5 {N} (23... Rb8 24. Rxf4 Bd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rf5 Qa7 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Qf2 a5 29. g5 Qd8 30. g6 hxg6 31. Rf3 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Bg5 $10 {Konovalov - Zablockij corr. 1989 -Inf.48/369}) 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 26. Nxc8 Rbxc8 $10 27. Rh3 Qb6 28. Re1 Bg5 29. Re6 Qd8 30. c4 Rb8 31. Qd3 Bh4 (31... h6 $2 32. Qg6 f3 (32... Rf6 $2 33. Qxg5) 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. gxf3 Bf4 35. Kg1 $16) 32. Be4 Qg5 (32... Qxd3 $2 33. Bxd3 Rbd8 34. Rxh4 Rxd3 35. g5 $16) 33. Bxh7 $2 {? 33.Dd5} Rfd8 34. Qc2 f3 $3 35. Rxf3 Rd2 36. Qe4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Re1 $19 38. Qf5 $19 Rxe6 39. Qxe6 Kxh7 40. Qe4+ g6 41. Rh3 Kg7 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. Qe4 Qf6 0-1 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.09.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B97"] [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. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 (13. Bh5) 13... h5 (13... Rc8 14. Bh5 Bg7 15. Rf3 O-O 16. Rd1 f5 17. exf5 exf5 $13 {Rodriguez,Am-Vera/Havana/1978/}) (13... Be7 14. Nb1 Qb4 15. Qe3 Bd8 16. N1d2 Qb6 17. Qg3 $16) 14. Nd1 (14. Nb1 Qb4 (14... Qb2 $5 15. a3 (15. a4 f5 $13) 15... Rc8 $1 16. Rf3 e5 $1 17. Nc3 Nd4) (14... Qa4 15. c4) 15. Qe3 d5 $2 (15... Ne7 16. c4 f5 17. a3 Qa4 18. Nc3 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. exf5 Bg7 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rad1 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Nf5 25. Rd2 Rc8 26. Rf3 Ke7 $17 {Jingxuan-Karpov,An/Hannover/1983/}) 16. exd5 Ne7 17. c4 $1 Nf5 18. Qd3 h4 $2 19. Bg4 Nd6 20. N1d2 f5 $2 21. a3 $1 Qb6 22. c5 $1 Qb5 23. Qc3 fxg4 24. a4 $1 h3 25. axb5 hxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rh3 27. Qf6 Nf5 28. c6 Bc8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rfe1 Be7 31. Rxe6 {1-0/Spassky,B-Fischer,R/Reykjavik/1972/}) (14. Qe3 $5 Rc8 (14... Na5 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. exd5+ Be7 17. Rfe1 $1 Nxb3 18. Bd3 $40) 15. Nb1 Qa4 (15... Qb2 $2 16. N1d2 b5 17. a3) 16. c4 Na5 17. Qc3 (17. Nc3 $2 Qb4 18. Rab1 Nxc4 19. Qd4 Qb6 $1 20. Qxf6 Rh6) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxf6 Rh6 19. Qd4 Rh7 20. f5 $40 {Tal,M-Byrne,R/Leningrad izt/1973/}) 14... Rc8 (14... Qb4 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. a3 Qa4 17. f5 e5 $13 {Platonov-Buhover/URS/1963/}) 15. Ne3 (15. Rf3 Qb4 16. Qe3 Qa3 17. Qb6 Qb4 18. Qf2 Qxe4 19. Bd3 Qa4 20. Nb2 Qa3 21. Nc4 Qb4 22. a3 Qc3 23. Bf1 $18) 15... Qb4 16. c3 Qxe4 (16... Qb6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Rad1 (18. Rfd1 h4 $5)) 17. Bd3 (17. Nc4 Nd8 18. Bd3 (18. Nb6 Qc6 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 $13) (18. Nd4 Rc7) 18... Rxc4 $5 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 $13) 17... Qa4 18. Nc4 Rc7 (18... Rd8) 19. Nb6 Qa3 20. Rae1 $2 (20. Qe3 Kd8 $6 21. Na8 d5 22. Qb6 Qd6 $44) 20... Ne7 (20... Kd8 21. Qf2 (21. f5) (21. Nc4 Qa4 22. Re4 $6 d5 $1)) 21. Nc4 (21. f5 e5 22. Be4 Bh6 23. Qd3 $13) (21. c4 f5 (21... Bc6 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc6 24. c5 $18) 22. c5 d5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Nxd5 Kd8 $17) 21... Rxc4 (21... Qa4 22. Nxd6+ Kd8 23. Nxf7+) 22. Bxc4 h4 23. Bd3 $2 (23. Rf3 $5) (23. Be2 $1 Bg7) 23... f5 24. Be2 Bg7 25. c4 (25. Bf3 b5 (25... d5 $2 26. c4 $1 dxc4 27. Rd1)) 25... h3 26. g3 d5 27. Bf3 $2 (27. cxd5 Nxd5 28. Bf3 O-O 29. Bxd5 exd5 $17) 27... dxc4 28. Re3 (28. Rd1 Nd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Nd4 (30. Qxd5 Bc6 (30... Qe7 $1 $17) 31. Rfe1+ Be5 $1 (31... Kf8 $2 32. Qxc6 bxc6 33. Rd8#) 32. Rxe5+ Kf8 $19) (30. Rfe1+ Kf8 31. Nd4 Rh6) 30... Be6 31. Rfe1 Kd7 32. g4 $5) 28... c3 (28... cxb3 29. Rxb3 {? ?b7}) 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 O-O 31. Rg1 (31. g4 Rc8 32. Qf6) 31... Rc8 32. Qf6 Bc6 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. g4 Ng6 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Qxf5 Qxa2 37. Qxh3 Qc2 38. f5 Rc3 $1 (38... Qe4+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Rxg2 Rc3 41. Na5 Rc1+ 42. Rg1 Rxg1+ 43. Kxg1 b6 44. fxg6 bxa5 $19) 39. Qg4 $2 (39. Nd4 Qe4+ 40. Qg2 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Ne5 $19) 39... Rxb3 40. fxg6 Qc6+ (40... Qc6+ 41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 fxg6 $19) 0-1 [Event "Riga Tal Memorial"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 047"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 Qxb2 10. Na4 Qa3 11. c3 Nd7 12. O-O b5 13. Bh5 bxa4 14. Bxf7+ Ke7 (14... Kxf7 $2 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qg4+ Bg7 17. Nxe6 $18) 15. Nc6+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Kg7 17. Nd4 (17. Qg4+ $10) 17... Rg8 $19 {Hector,J-Olafsson,H Reykjavik zt (10) 1995 0-1 24 - CBM 47}) (8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. f5 Nd7 17. Kb1 a5 18. h4 a4 19. Nbc1 Nc5 $15 {Groszpeter,A-Georgiev,Ki Odorheiu zt (04) 1995 1-0 72 - CBM 47}) 8... Qxb2 9. Nb3 {Eine Spezialität von Short, häufiger wird 9.?b1 gespielt.} Qa3 (9... Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na4 Qa3 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nc4 Qa4 14. a3 b5 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxe4+ $17 {Adams,M-Gelfand,B (3) Wijk cm1 1994 ½ 36}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 h5 (11... Nc6 12. O-O (12. f5 Bg7 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd5 f5 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 17. Rd1 fxe4 $15 {Dang Tat Thang-Marte,M Novi Sad olm (08) VIE-DOM 1990 1-0 49}) 12... Bd7 13. Kh1 h5 14. Nd1 Rc8 15. Ne3 Qb4 16. c3 Qxe4 17. Bd3 Qa4 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Nb6 Qa3 20. Rae1 (20. Nc4 Qa4 21. Nb6 Qa3 22. Nc4 {½ Gulko,B-Psakhis,L Beersheba (10) 1993}) 20... Ne7 21. Nc4 Rxc4 22. Bxc4 h4 23. Bd3 f5 24. Be2 Bg7 25. c4 h3 26. g3 d5 $15 {Short,N-Kasparov,G (04) PCA-Wch (London) 1993 0-1 40}) 12. O-O Nd7 $1 (12... Nc6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Qe3 (14. Nb1 Qb4 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. c4 f5 17. a3 Qa4 18. Nc3 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. exf5 Bg7 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rad1 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 $17 {Qi,Jingxuan-Karpov,An/Hannover/1983/}) 14... Rc8 15. Nb1 Qa4 (15... Qb2 {Ftacnik} 16. N1d2 d5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Nxb2 Rxc2 23. Rfe1 Rxb2 24. Bxa6+ {Mordue,T-Collinson,A/GBR-ch Eastbourne (06)/1991/0.5 (30)}) 16. c4 Na5 17. Qc3 Nxc4 18. Qxf6 Rh6 19. Qd4 Rh7 20. f5 exf5 21. Nc3 Bg7 22. Nxa4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxa4 24. Rac1 {Tal,M-Byrne,R/Leningrad izt/1973/0.5 (43)}) 13. Kh1 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. Rad1 b6 (15... b5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qa4 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 $13) 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. f5 Rc8 (17... Ne5 $6 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxb6) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bg4 Qb2 $2 (19... Nc5 $1 20. Qd4 (20. Nxc5 $2 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Rd3 Kf7 $19) 20... Nxb3 21. cxb3 Qc5 22. Na4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Kf7 24. Nxb6 Rc2 $15) 20. Rd3 f5 (20... Ne5 $2 21. Bxe6 Nxd3 22. Bxc8 Bxc8 23. Qxd3 $14) 21. Rb1 (21. exf5 {Ftacnik} Ne5 (21... Qxc2 22. Rf2 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Qe4 24. Rc8+ $5 (24. fxe6 $16) 24... Bd8 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. fxe6 Ne5 27. Be2 $18) 22. f6 Nxd3 $2 (22... Qxc2 $1 $19) 23. Qxe6 $1 Rc7 24. fxe7 Rxe7 25. Qg6+ Kd8 26. Qxd6+ Ke8 27. Qb8+ $18) 21... Qxb1+ (21... Qxc2 $2 22. Bd1 $16 (22. Bd1 {Ftacnik} Rxc3 23. Bxc2 Rxc2 24. Nd4 Rxa2 $13)) (21... Qa3 {Ftacnik} 22. exf5 Ne5 23. fxe6 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 O-O $5) 22. Nxb1 fxg4 23. hxg4 h3 (23... Rxc2 24. Nd4 Rxa2 25. Nxe6 {ist zu riskant für Schwarz.}) 24. Rc3 (24. gxh3 {Ftacnik} Ne5 25. Rc3 Bxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Rxc3 27. Nxc3 Rxh3+ 28. Kg2 Rxc3 $13) 24... hxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rg8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Kf1 Rxg4 28. N1d2 e5 29. Qc3 Bb7 (29... Kd8 {Ftacnik} 30. Qc6 $36) 30. Qc7 (30. Qc7 Rf4+ (30... Bxe4 {Ftacnik} 31. Qc8+ Bd8 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Qxa6 $10) 31. Kg2 Bxe4+ 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Qc8+ Bd8 34. Qxa6 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1995.06.04"] [Round "8"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "36"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Bb6 Qe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1997.06.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "57"] [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. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. a3 Rb8 15. h4 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Na2 Rb6 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 h6 20. Be2 Bb7 21. Na5 Ba8 22. Nc4 Rc6 23. Kb1 Nb6 24. b3 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Rc5 26. Kb2 a5 27. Bd3 Bc6 28. Na4 Bxa4 29. bxa4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 18th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2001.02.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Tyomkin,Dimitri"] [PlyCount "109"] [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"] {This is always difficult to annotate those games on the highest level, especially when Kasparov is one of the players....} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 {As it was proved in two games of this tournament, this line isn't dangerous for black.} b4 {After Polgar's 13...h6, black wasn't worse anywhere:} (13... h6 {½-½ Leko,P-Polgar,J/Linares 2001/CBM 82_01 (27)}) 14. axb4 Rxb4 15. Kb1 (15. Qe2 $2 {Tyomkin,D} h6 $1 16. h4 (16. Bh4 $5 Nxe4 $1 17. Bxe7 (17. Qg4 Ndf6 (17... Nxc3 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. bxc3 Rxf4 21. Qxh6 Rf6 22. Qh4 $132) 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qxg7 Rg8 20. Qxh6 Rxg2 $13) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Bxd6 Rxb3 20. Qh5 {[%csl Re6]} (20. f5 {but always black can make a draw}) (20. Be5 $2 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 O-O) 20... Nf6 21. Qc5 $44) (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. f5 Nb6 $1) 16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Nc5 (17... Nh5 $5 18. Rh1 Nc5 (18... g6 19. g4 d5 20. exd5 (20. gxh5 d4 $5 21. hxg6 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 dxc3 24. g7 $1) 20... Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Qxg4 22. dxe6 Qxe2 23. exd7+ Bxd7 24. Bxe2 Bxg5 25. Bxa6 $11) (18... d5 19. exd5 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 Qxg5 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6 $44) 19. Rxh5 (19. Nxc5 $2 dxc5 {[%csl Rf4][%CAl Gc5c4]}) 19... Rxh5 20. Qxh5 Nxb3+ $15) (17... Nh7 $5 18. Rh1 $44 {[%csl Re8,Rh7,Rh8] Black has piece up,but in other hand the pin on the h-file and strong position in the center give white a good compensation}) 18. gxf6 gxf6 (18... Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 Bxf6 20. Bc4 Bb7 $13) (18... Bxf6 $6 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Ne4 $36) 19. Nxc5 $2 (19. Nd2 $142) 19... dxc5 $17 {[%csl Gf4][%CAl Gc5c4] 0-1 Campora,D-Morovic Fernandez,I/Buenos Aires 1997/CBM 60/[Tyomkin,D] (34)}) (15. Qh3 e5 $1 {and like in the game Leko-Polgar, but with an extra tempo for black (saved on h6).}) 15... Bb7 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 $146 (17. Na2 $4 {Tyomkin,D} Nxd3 18. Bxf6 (18. Qxd3 Rxe4) 18... Rxb3 $1 19. Bxg7 Nxe1 20. Qxb3 Rg8 $19 {Ellison,D-Collinson,A/Balatonbereny op 1992/0-1(29)}) 17... dxc5 {After 17...Qxc5 white can reach the draw by 18.Na2, which Kasparov tried to avoid.} (17... Qxc5 $5 18. Na2 (18. e5 Nd7 $1 {[%CAl Rc5c3]} 19. Na2 (19. Bxe7 $4 Qxc3) 19... Bxg5 20. Nxb4 Bxf4 $15) (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bg6 Rxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Bxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Kxc3 hxg6 25. Rb1 Bc8 $8 $15) 18... Ra4 (18... Rb6 $5) 19. Nc3 (19. e5 Qa5 20. b4 $8 Rxb4+ 21. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 22. Kc1 Nd5 23. Bxe7 Nc3 $1 {[%CAl Rc3a2]} 24. Kd2 $1 Kxe7 25. Qh4+ Kd7 $17) 19... Rb4 $11) 18. e5 Nd5 {Another very sharp alternative leads to the complications, probably with the draw at the end:} (18... c4 19. exf6 (19. Be2 Qb6 $1 20. Kc1 $1 (20. exf6 Rxb2+ 21. Kc1 Rxc2+ $3 22. Kxc2 Qb3+ $19) 20... Rxb2 21. Bxc4 Nd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 {[%CAl Ge8g8]}) 19... gxf6 20. Rxe6 (20. Bxh7 {Kasparov} Qb6 $1 (20... fxg5 21. Rxe6 $1) 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22. f5 Rxb2+ $1) (20. Bh6 cxd3 21. Qxd3 f5 $132) (20. Bf5 fxg5 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ (23. Bxe6 Rxb2+ $1 {[%CAl Gc7b6,Gb6e6]}) 23... Ke8 24. Qh5+ $11) 20... cxd3 (20... fxg5 21. Bxh7 $1 $16) 21. Bxf6 dxc2+ 22. Kxc2 fxe6 23. Qh5+ (23. Bxh8 Be4+ $19) 23... Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Qh5+ $11 (25. Bxh8 Be4+ 26. Kc1 Bg6 $17)) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. c3 $14 {White just looks a little bit better here, and black didn't solve all the opening problems yet, like he can not caslte so far.} Rb3 $5 {That's an attempt to complicate the game by following sacrifice of exchange, and to play for a win. Another possibility led to the worse position of black, but with the good chances for a draw.} (20... Rb6 21. c4 $14) 21. Bc2 Qb7 22. Bxb3 Qxb3 23. Rxd5 $6 {White may try to keep the material advantage, and I didn't find the clear way for black to create sufficient compensation:} (23. Bxe7 $142 Qa2+ (23... Be4+ 24. Rd3 $1 Bg6 (24... Bf5 25. g4 $1) 25. Kc1 $1 Kxe7 26. Qh4+ f6 27. exf6+ gxf6 28. Rd2 Qa2 29. Kd1 Rb8 30. Qg4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rf4f5]}) (23... Kxe7 24. Qh4+ Kd7 25. Kc1 Qa2 26. Re2 Rb8 $140 $2 27. Qxh7 Qa1+ 28. Qb1 $1) 24. Kc1 (24. Kc2 Bb3+) 24... Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qa4+ 26. Kd3 (26. Kd2 Qxf4+ {-26.Kd3}) 26... Qc4+ (26... Kxe7 27. Qh4+ Kd7 28. Ke3 $16 {[%CAl Ge3f2]}) 27. Kd2 Qxf4+ 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Kxe7 30. c4 $1 $16) 23... Qxd5 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Qh4+ Kd7 26. Qg4 {[%CAl Re1d1,Rg4g7]} Kc6 $1 {Black doesn't mind about the pawn g7;} 27. Qe2 $1 {[%CAl Ye2e4,Re1d1] Imrpoving the queen and threatening Rd1 as well;} (27. f5 Qd3+ 28. Ka2 Qxf5 29. Qxg7 Rb8 {and black is fine;}) (27. Qxg7 $6 Rb8 {and black has a draw at least;}) 27... Rd8 $8 28. Qxa6+ {White has reached a pawn, but black saves the game thanks to his centralized pieces;} Kc7 29. Qa7+ Kc6 30. Qa6+ Kc7 31. Qa5+ Kb7 {31...Kc6 helps white to bring the queen to the defence through a4;} (31... Kc6 32. Qa4+ {[%CAl Ya4c2]}) 32. Qb5+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ Kb7 34. Qb5+ Kc7 35. Qe2 h5 $5 {Good positional move- black captures some space over the kingside and prevents g2-g4;} (35... Qd2 36. g4 $1) 36. g3 g6 37. c4 {That's the only thing white can do here;} Qd2 38. Qe3 Rd4 {Now white is forced to trade queens anyhow, but the rook ending is safe for black because of the active rook;} 39. Qxd2 Rxd2 40. Re3 (40. h4 Rd4 41. Rc1 Rd3 42. Rc3 Rxc3 43. bxc3 $11) 40... Rxh2 41. Rf3 Kc6 (41... Rh3 {[%CAl Rh5h4]} 42. Ra3 $11) 42. Ka2 Rh3 {[%CAl Rh5h4]} 43. Rb3 h4 {Kasparov is who tries to win in this ending, but easily holds the defence here;} 44. gxh4 Rxh4 45. Rf3 Rh5 {[%CAl Rh5f5,Gg6g5] That is the last chance of black to do something.} 46. Rg3 $8 {Easily repeling the threat.} Rh2 {[%CAl Gh2f2]} (46... Rf5 47. Rg4 $11 g5 {white can reach the draw now by different ways, here is one of them:} 48. fxg5 Rxe5 49. g6 fxg6 50. Rxg6 {and the draw is obvious.}) 47. Rf3 Rc2 48. Kb3 Rc1 49. Rf2 Kb6 50. Rf3 Ka5 51. Rf2 Re1 {[%CAl Re1e3]} 52. Ka3 {[%CAl Yb2b3]} Ra1+ (52... Re3+ 53. b3 {and black king can't get b4 square.}) 53. Kb3 Rc1 54. Rf3 Kb6 55. Rf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "ARM-ROW m"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2004.06.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2666"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2004.06.10"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 102"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.09.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 Kh8 20. Rg3 Rd7 21. Qh6 Rf7 22. Qh5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qa5 24. Kf1 Qd8 25. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+ 27. Kf3 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Ke3 Bc5+ 30. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kd2 Qf2+ 32. Kc3 Qd4+ 33. Kc2 Qf2+ 34. Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-Cup 20th"] [Site "Izmir"] [Date "2004.10.06"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2556"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2004.10.03"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 104"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Minsk Vesnianka"] [BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 Kh8 20. Rg3 Rd7 21. Qh6 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rf7 23. Qh5 Qa5 24. Kf1 Qd8 25. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+ 27. Ke3 Bc5+ 1/2-1/2