[Event "World-ch31-KK2 Kasparov-Karpov +5-3=16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.09.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1985.09.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 Qa5 7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Qb6 10. dxc5 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qc3 12. Qd3 Qxd3 13. exd3 Na6 14. d4 Rb8 15. Bg2 Ke7 16. Ke2 Rd8 17. Ne4 b6 18. Nd6 Nc7 19. Rb4 Ne8 20. Nxe8 Kxe8 21. Rhb1 Ba6 22. Ke3 d5 23. cxd6 Rbc8 24. Kd3 Rxd6 25. Ra4 b5 26. cxb5 Rb8 27. Rab4 Bb7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. a4 Ke7 30. h4 h6 31. f3 Rd5 32. Rc1 Rbd7 33. a5 g5 34. hxg5 Rxg5 35. g4 h5 36. b6 axb6 37. axb6 Rb7 38. Rc5 f5 39. gxh5 Rxh5 40. Kc4 Rh8 41. Kb5 Ra8 42. Rbc4 1-0 [Event "World-ch31-KK2 Kasparov-Karpov +5-3=16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.10.08"] [Round "13"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1985.09.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. Qd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne4 13. c5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Ba6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Qe5 Qf6 19. Qe3 Qh6 20. Qxh6 gxh6 21. Rfe1 Bc4 22. a3 b5 23. Rad1 Rf5 24. Bb2 Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch31-KK2 Kasparov-Karpov +5-3=16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.10.17"] [Round "17"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1985.09.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Nd4 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nxc4 13. Qg5 f6 14. Qf4 Ne5 15. Nb3 Rb8 16. Qd4 b6 17. f4 Nf7 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. c4 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. cxb6 Rxb6 22. c5 Rc6 23. Rac1 d5 24. cxd6 Rdxd6 25. Qe3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 g6 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qb6+ 29. Qc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch32-KK3 Kasparov-Karpov +5-4=15"] [Site "London/Leningrad"] [Date "1986.07.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1986.07.28"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nc6 12. Nf4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bd7 14. Rhc1 Ke7 15. Nd3 Rhc8 16. Nc5 Rab8 17. Rc3 Nd8 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Nd3 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Be8 22. b4 a6 23. Be4 h6 24. a3 f6 25. Nd3 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Nc5 Ne5 28. f4 Nd7 29. Nb3 Kd6 30. e4 g5 31. Ke3 e5 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. Na5 g4 34. Rc2 h5 35. Rc1 b6 36. Rc6+ Ke7 37. Nc4 Rf8 38. Ke2 Rf3 39. Ne3 Nf6 40. Rxb6 Nxe4 41. Rxa6 Rf2+ 42. Kd3 Nd6 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Rh7 e4+ 45. Kc3 Nb5+ 46. Kc4 Nxa3+ 47. Kd4 Rxh2 48. Rh6+ Kd7 49. Nd5 h4 50. Rxh4 Rxh4 51. gxh4 g3 52. Nf4 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch32-KK3 Kasparov-Karpov +5-4=15"] [Site "London/Leningrad"] [Date "1986.08.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1986.07.28"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Na5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. c4 Ne7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Nb3 Nxc4 16. Bxb7 Rc7 17. Ba6 Ne5 18. Qe3 Nc4 19. Qe4 Nd6 20. Qd3 Rc6 21. Ba3 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Ndxc8 23. Rfd1 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Re8 25. Rad1 f6 26. Nd4 Rb6 27. Bc5 Ra6 28. Nb5 Rc6 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Rd7 Ng6 31. Rxa7 Nf8 32. a4 Rb8 33. e3 h5 34. Kg2 e5 35. Rd3 Kh7 36. Rc3 Rbc8 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Nc7 Ne6 39. Nd5 Kh6 40. a5 e4 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-27"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "1986.11.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "1986.11.15"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qa5 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. c4 Qd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olympiad-27"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "1986.11.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Suba, Mihai"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "1986.11.15"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Romania"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ROU"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Na5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd7 14. e4 Nb6 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 Nac4 17. g4 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Nbc4 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Rae1 Rad8 21. g5 Rfe8 22. Kh1 b5 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. h4 Bg4 25. Nb3 Qc8 26. Rd5 Rxd5 27. exd5 Bh5 28. Nd4 Ng6 29. Bc1 Qd7 30. Nf5 Re5 31. Qf2 Be2 32. Re1 Rxf5 33. Qxe2 Re5 34. Qf2 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Qg4 36. Kh2 Qxh4+ 37. Qxh4 Nxh4 38. Bf1 Nf5 39. a4 a6 40. axb5 axb5 41. Bd3 Nfd6 42. Bf4 Kf8 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. Bc1 Ne5 45. Bc2 Ndc4 46. Kf4 Kd6 47. Ke4 Kc5 48. Bb3 Ng6 49. Bxc4 Kxc4 50. Be3 Nf8 51. Bd4 h5 52. Bxg7 Nd7 53. d6 Kc5 54. Be5 h4 55. Bf4 Kc4 56. Bd2 h3 57. Kf3 Kd5 58. Be1 Ne5+ 59. Kg3 Ke4 60. c4 bxc4 61. Bc3 Nd7 62. Kxh3 Kd3 63. Bb2 Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Evry sim"] [Site "Evry"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Miralles, Gilles"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bc1 Qa5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 a6 16. c4 axb5 17. cxb5 Nd4 18. Bb2 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxe5 Rfe8 21. Bf4 Rxe2 22. Rfb1 Nd4 23. Rxb7 h6 24. a4 Ra5 25. Rd7 Nc2 26. Ra2 Nb4 27. Ra3 Nc2 28. Rc3 Rxa4 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Rxf7 Nd4 31. Be3 Kg6 32. Rff8 Rc2 33. Rce8 Rc6 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. Rh8 Rac4 36. h4 Nd4 37. g4 Ne6 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Rb8 Rc7 40. Rb5 Nc5 41. Rd8 Ne4+ 42. Kf3 Nf6 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Nh5 45. Rd6 Ke7 46. Rbb6 Rc8 47. g6 Rf8+ 48. Ke2 Nf4+ 49. Kd2 Rc7 50. Rd4 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Dlugy, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba5 11. O-O Bb6 12. Bc1 Qe7 13. a4 Na6 14. a5 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. cxd4 Rb8 21. Rfb1 Rd8 22. Rb4 Kf8 23. Rab1 Rd7 24. e3 Rc7 25. g4 Ke7 26. Be4 h6 27. Kg2 g6 28. h4 Kd6 29. Kg3 f5 30. Bf3 e5 31. dxe5+ Kxe5 32. h5 fxg4 33. Bg2 g5 34. Rd4 Be6 35. Rb5+ Kf6 36. Rd6 Re7 37. Bd5 Kf7 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Kxg4 Kf6 40. Bxe6 Kxe6 41. f4 gxf4 42. Kxf4 b6 43. Ke4 Kf6 44. axb6 Rxb6 45. Ra5 Rb4+ 46. Kf3 Rb7 47. Kf4 Rb4+ 48. e4 Rb7 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Kf5 Rf7+ 51. Ke5 Rf1 52. Rxa7+ Kg8 53. Ke6 Rh1 54. e5 Rxh5 55. Kf6 Rh1 56. Ra8+ Kh7 57. e6 Rf1+ 58. Ke7 Rb1 59. Rd8 Kg7 60. Ke8 h5 61. e7 Kg6 62. Rd6+ Kg5 63. Kf7 Rf1+ 64. Kg7 Re1 65. Rg6+ Kf4 66. Kf7 Rxe7+ 67. Kxe7 h4 68. Ra6 h3 69. Kf6 h2 70. Ra1 Kg3 71. Kf5 Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 08th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "54"] [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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxc4 $5 {N} 7. Bxc4 c5 8. dxc5 (8. d5 $5) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nd6+ (12. f4 {? ?f3, Ljubojevic}) 12... Ke7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Ne3+ 15. Bxe3 Bxe3 16. g3 Rd8 17. b4 $5 (17. Ke2 Bc5 18. Nxc8+ Raxc8 $10) 17... f6 18. Ke2 Bd4 19. b5 Bxa1 20. bxc6 fxe5 21. Nxc8+ Raxc8 22. Rxa1 exf4 23. Rb1 Rxc6 24. Rxb7+ Kf6 25. Rb4 $6 fxg3 $6 (25... e5 $15) 26. hxg3 h5 27. Ke3 e5 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 08th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "112"] [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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Rb1 Nd7 {N} (11... e5 12. Rxb7 exd4 13. Rb3 Na6 14. Bxa8 Bh3 15. Bf3 Nc5 16. Rb4 Nd3+ $6 17. exd3 Bxb4 18. cxb4 Re8+ 19. Be4 f5 20. f3 fxe4 21. dxe4 $16 {Staniszewski-Suba/Warszaw zt/1987/ ?CBM 03}) 12. O-O (12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Rxb7 Bf6 $44) 12... Nb6 13. Bf4 (13. Qb3 e5 14. Nf3 Be6 $10) 13... Nd5 14. Qb3 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Qc7 16. e3 $14 a6 17. Rfd1 Ra7 18. c4 Bc5 19. Nf3 a5 $1 (19... b6 20. Ne5 $16) 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 a4 22. Qb5 Ra5 23. Qb2 b6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Ba6 26. Bf1 Bb7 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. f4 (28. Rxb6 Bf3 29. Rd4 Rxe5) 28... Ba6 29. Rd4 Rfc8 30. Rb4 a3 31. Ra4 Ra5 32. Rb4 (32. Rxa5 bxa5 {x a2}) 32... Rac5 33. Be2 g5 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Ke1 R8c6 36. Rd6 Rc7 37. Rd4 gxf4 38. exf4 f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. Kd2 R7c6 41. Re4 Kf5 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. h3 e5 44. Bf3 Rd6 45. h4 Bc8 46. fxe5+ Rxe5 47. Rxe5 Kxe5 48. Rb5+ Kf6 49. Bd5 Bd7 50. Rb3 b5 51. Rxa3 Be6 52. Rd3 Bxd5 53. cxd5 Ke5 54. h5 Rxd5 55. Rxd5+ Kxd5 56. Kf4 Kc4 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corfu sim"] [Site "Corfu"] [Date "1996.10.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Balaskas, Panayotis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2265"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Qa6 13. Bg5 Nfd7 14. f4 f6 15. e5 fxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kf8 17. Qh5 Qxc4 18. Bg6 Ke7 19. Qxg5+ Nf6 20. Bxe8 Kxe8 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qg8+ Ke7 23. Nf5+ exf5 24. Rae1+ Qe4 25. Rxe4+ fxe4 26. Qg7+ Kd8 27. Qxf6+ Kc7 28. f5 Bd7 29. Qg7 Nxd5 30. f6 e3 31. f7 e2 32. Re1 1-0 [Event "Kosmos m 5'"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1998.11.28"] [Round "14"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2815"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1998.11.27"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qg6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfc1 Bh3 15. Qc2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qe6 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Kf2 Qh6 19. Qd3 Re7 20. Rc2 Rae8 21. Re1 Qh5 22. Kg1 Bf5 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens 5'"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "65"] [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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Rb1 e5 12. Rxb7 exd4 13. Rb3 Be6 14. Bxa8 Na6 15. Bf3 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 d3 17. Qc4 Nc5 18. O-O dxe2 19. Qxe2 Bf6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. c4 Re8 22. Qc2 Rb8 23. Rb1 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Be7 25. Bd5 Qc8 26. Kg2 Bd6 27. h4 Qc7 28. h5 h6 29. Qb5 Nd3 30. Qe8+ Bf8 31. c5 Nb4 32. Be4 Nxa2 33. c6 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens 5'"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "72"] [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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. g3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bg2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb5 a6 12. Bc1 Be6 13. c4 Ne7 14. Nd6 Nbc6 15. O-O b6 16. Ba3 Ra7 17. c5 bxc5 18. Ne4 c4 19. Ng5 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rc8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rac1 Nd4 23. Kf1 Nb5 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. a4 Nd4 26. e3 Nb3 27. Rc3 a5 28. Ke1 Rec7 29. Bf1 Kf7 30. Rd6 Ke7 31. Rb6 e4 32. Rb5 h6 33. h4 g6 34. Be2 Kf6 35. Bf1 Rc6 36. Be2 R6c7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "1999.05.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2697"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1999.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 071"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {McShane} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 {After preferring Capablanca's 4.?c2 for a long time Kasparov returns to his old love, which has brought him the World title in 1985. He has tried it recently in a few blitz games, so it was only a question of time when it would appear in a tournament encounter.} O-O (5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Qe3 $14 (13. Qd3 $5)) 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 ({Already the K-K matches proved Black has no problems after} 8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 (9. Qxc3 e5 10. Nb3 d4 11. Qa5 Qe8 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Qa3 Qe6 14. Rc1 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. c5 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Nd8 19. Ne4 Qe6 20. b4 Rc7 21. Qa4 h6 22. Rc2 f5 23. Nd6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 bxc5 25. bxc5 Nf7 $11 {½, Boensch,U-Ftacnik,L/Munich/1993/}) 9... Nc6 $1 10. cxd5 Na5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12. Qd3 Qc7 $1 $132) 8... Nxd5 9. Bd2 ({Garri understandably refrains from} 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qg6 $1 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfc1 Bh3 15. Qc2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qe6 17. f3 Rfe8 $132 18. Kf2 $6 Qh6 19. Qd3 Re7 20. Rc2 Rae8 21. Re1 Qh5 22. Kg1 Bf5 {0-1,Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow m 5'/1998/}) 9... Bxc3 {A theoretically important moment. What is more-a tempo or the ??} ({Also playable is} 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Rb1 a6 $5 (11... e5 $2 12. Rxb7 exd4 13. Rb3 Be6 14. Bxa8 Na6 15. Bf3 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 d3 17. Qc4 Nc5 18. O-O dxe2 19. Qxe2 Bf6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. c4 Re8 22. Qc2 Rb8 23. Rb1 $18 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 5'/1999/}) (11... Qd7 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. Nd6 Bxc3+ 16. Kf1 Bf6 17. Nxb7 $14 {Stohl,I-Aronian,L/Portoroz/1999/}) 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qb3 (13. Qc2 Nd7 14. c4 Rb8 15. Bf4 e5 16. Nf5 Bc5 17. Be3 b6 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Ne3 Be6 21. Qa4 b5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 $11 {½,Panzer,P-Ribli,Z/BL9192/1992/}) 13... Nd7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. a4 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Nc4 21. Bd5 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Kg2 h6 24. Bc1 Ba7 $132 {Piket,J-Nielsen,P/Moscow olm/1994/}) 10. bxc3 Nb6 $5 {[%csl Rc4] A rare move, which however has it's logic. The main struggle will take place on the ?, where White's ? is already aimed. Black therefore wants to create ? on this part of the board, ×c4 is a welcome target. On the other hand Black loses time.} ({More usual is} 10... e5 11. Nb5 {Currently the most topical move.} Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bc1 a6 14. c4 Nb6 (14... Nde7 15. Nd6 b6 16. Ba3 Ra7 17. c5 bxc5 18. Ne4 $1 c4 19. Ng5 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rc8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee/1999/} 22. e3 $44 {[%csl Ga3,Gg2] ??}) 15. Nd6 Nxc4 16. Nxb7 Qb6 17. Qb3 Qd4 18. Ba3 Nxa3 19. Qxa3 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. a3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd5 24. Rfc1 Rfd8 25. Rab1 h6 26. a4 Nf6 27. Rd1 $11 {½,Piket,J-Kortschnoj,V/Nijmegen m/1993/}) 11. Be3 $5 {This move is certainly more enterprising, than the stereotyped} (11. O-O e5 12. Nb5 ({Harmless is} 12. Nc2 Nc6 13. Be3 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Na4 $1 15. Nb4 Nxc3 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc6 Nxd1 18. Rxd1 Be6 (18... Rb8 19. Bxa7 $14 {??c5}) 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. a3 a6 {½,Izhnin,A-Gurevich,V/UKR-ch sf/1986/}) 12... Nc4 (12... Nc6 $6 13. Be3 $36 {[%CAl Rb5a7] ??a7}) 13. Bc1 Nc6 14. Bd5 Nb6 $142 $11 (14... N6a5 $6 15. Qd3 a6 16. Na3 Bf5 {½,Makarichev,S-Yudasin,L/Ivano Frankovsk/1982/} 17. e4 Nb6 18. c4 $36) (14... Be6 $5 $13)) (11. Nb5 $143 $6 Bd7 {??c6?}) (11. Qb3 $143 $6 e5 {??e6?}) 11... Nd5 $146 (11... Nc4 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Nd7 14. O-O {[%csl Rb7][%CAl Gb1b7,Gg2b7] ?b,?h1-a8,×b7} e5 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 $5 (16. Rab1 $6 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Nc5 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. Bd5 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rb4 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 b6 23. Ke1 Rd8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 {½,Mochalov,E-Dydyshko,V/Minsk/1982/}) 16... axb6 17. Nd6 $14) (11... N8d7 12. Qb3 $5 $14 {?} Nd5 $2 13. Bxd5 Nc5 14. Qc4 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Nb5 $16) 12. Qd2 (12. Qd3 $143 Nd7 {[%CAl Yd7c5,Yd7e5] ??c5,?e5}) (12. Bd2 $11 {is a move Kasparov would never play.}) 12... Nd7 {[%csl Rc4][%CAl Yd7b6] ??7b6} (12... Nxe3 $14 {-11...?c4}) 13. Bg5 $1 {If White doesn't want to relinquish the initiative, hew must act fast.} (13. c4 Nxe3 (13... N5b6 $6 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. c5 Nbc4 16. Qc3 $16) 14. Qxe3 {Compared to the position after 11...?c4 White has played c4 instead of 0-0, this eases Black's task.} Qc7 $5 (14... Nc5 $143 15. Nb3 $1 $36) 15. Rc1 (15. O-O $5 Qxc4 16. Rfc1 $44) 15... Nc5 16. O-O (16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bd7 $11) 16... Bd7 17. Nb5 Qb6 $132) (13. O-O $6 N7b6 $15) 13... Qc7 14. Nb5 (14. Bxd5 $6 exd5 {[%csl Rc4,Re1] ?,c4} 15. Nf5 Kh8 $5 16. O-O Qe5 $15) (14. e4 N5b6 $15 (14... Qxc3 $2 15. exd5 Qxa1+ 16. Ke2 $18)) 14... Qc5 (14... Qa5 $2 15. c4 $16) (14... Qc4 15. Nd6 (15. Rb1 $5) 15... Qc5 16. c4 Qxd6 17. cxd5 e5 18. O-O $14) 15. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512] A typical Kasparovian intuitive "stab".} ({Less energetic is} 15. Rb1 a6 $142 $1 (15... N7b6 $143 16. e4 Nc4 17. Qd4 $14 {/?}) (15... f6 16. Bf4 $5 (16. e4 Nxc3 $1) 16... Nxf4 17. gxf4 $32 {and Black has problems with unravelling his ?.}) (15... h6 16. c4 $5 (16. Bxd5 hxg5 (16... exd5 17. Be3 $16) 17. Bg2 $36 {[%csl Rg5][%CAl Rb5d6,Rd2d6,Rd2d4] ??d6,?d6,?d4}) 16... N5b6 (16... Qxc4 $6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nd6 {[%CAl Rg5e7] ??e7?}) 17. Be3 Nxc4 (17... Qf5 18. Qd3 $1 $16 {?} Nxc4 $2 19. Be4 $18) (17... Qxc4 $2 18. Rb4 $16) 18. Bxc5 Nxd2 19. Bxf8 (19. Rc1 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Rd8 21. Rc2 Bd7 22. Na3 Rac8 $1 $15 {saves the ?.}) 19... Nxb1 20. Bb4 $36 {[%csl Rb1] ?b1}) 16. Bxd5 (16. e4 axb5 17. exd5 Qc4 $1 $15) (16. c4 $2 f6 $1 17. Nd4 fxg5 18. cxd5 e5 19. Nf3 g4 $17) 16... exd5 (16... axb5 17. Bg2 $11) 17. Be3 Qc4 18. Nd6 Qc6 $11 {?}) 15... Qxc4 16. Rb1 {[%CAl Rg2d5] ??d5,?e7,?d6} N7b6 (16... Nc5 $6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rb4 $1 (18. Nd6 Qa4 19. Be7 Ne4) 18... Ne4 19. Rxc4 Nxd2 20. Rxc8 $16) (16... f6 17. Bf4 $5 (17. Nd6 $143 Qc6 $15) (17. e4 $2 fxg5 18. exd5 Nc5 $40) 17... N7b6 $5 (17... Nxf4 18. gxf4 Nb6 19. O-O Bd7 (19... e5 $5) 20. Nd6 Qa4 21. Rfc1 $5 $36 (21. Rb4 Qa3 22. Nxb7 $14 {??b6})) 18. O-O (18. Bd6 $6 {[%csl Rd6] ?d6} Rd8 19. O-O Bd7 20. Rfc1 Bxb5 $1 $17) 18... Bd7 19. Rfc1 (19. Nd6 Qa6 20. Rxb6 $6 Qxb6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxf7 Be6 $17) 19... Qa4 20. Nc7 Rac8 21. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxb7 Be6 $11 {/?,? Despite being a pawn down black should be able to hold this position.}) (16... a6 $2 17. Bxd5 $1 exd5 18. Nd6 $16 {wins an exchange.}) ({Interesting also is} 16... N7f6 $5 17. O-O Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. f3 $44 {?e4}) 17. O-O h6 $5 {Brave, but probably the best.} (17... f6 $6 18. e4 $1 fxg5 (18... Ne7 19. Be3 $44 {?}) 19. Rfc1 $40 {?ed5}) (17... Bd7 18. Rfc1 Qa4 19. Nd6 $36 h6 (19... f6 20. e4 $1 Ne7 (20... fxg5 21. exd5 Qa3 22. Nxb7 exd5 23. Nc5 $16 {[%CAl Rb1b3,Rg2d5] ??b3,?d5}) 21. Be3 $16 {with very strong pressure,e.g.} Bc6 22. Bh3) 20. Bxh6 (20. e4 hxg5 21. exd5 exd5 $5 $13) 20... gxh6 {Much more effective is the surprising} 21. Bxd5 $1 (21. e4 Qa3 $142 $5 (21... Nf6 22. e5 (22. Qxh6 Qd4 23. Rd1 Qxf2+ $1 (23... Ng4 $17)) 22... Nfd5 (22... Ng4 $2 23. Rb4) 23. Bxd5 $1 {[%CAl Rb1b4,Rc1c4] ??c4,?b4?}) (21... Ne7 22. Rc5 $5 (22. Qxh6 Qd4) (22. e5 Qg4 $1) 22... Rfc8 (22... Rfd8 23. Qxh6 Be8 24. Rg5+ Ng6 25. Nxf7 Bxf7 26. Rxg6+ Bxg6 27. Qxg6+ $40) (22... Kh7 23. Ra5 Nc4 (23... Qc6 24. Rc1 $18) 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Rc1 $1 $18) 23. Rh5 Ng6 (23... Qc2 $2 24. Qxh6 Qxb1+ 25. Bf1 $18) 24. Qxh6 Be8 25. e5 $40) 22. e5 (22. exd5 Qxd6 23. Qxh6 Qe5 $15) (22. Qxh6 Qxd6 23. Qg5+ $11) 22... Kg7 23. Rb3 Qa6 (23... Qa4 24. Bxd5 {??b4,?c4}) 24. Bxd5 $5 Nxd5 25. Rc4 Ne7 (25... f5 26. Rh4 Rh8 27. Rxb7 Nb6 (27... Rad8 28. Nxf5+ exf5 29. Qxd5 $18) 28. Nxf5+ exf5 29. Rxb6 $5 Qxb6 30. Qxd7+ Kg6 31. Rc4 $40) 26. Rxb7 Rad8 27. Rcc7 Bc6 28. Rxa7 Qb5 $3 $17 {??b1,?e5,?d5} (28... Qb6 29. Qc1 $40)) 21... exd5 (21... Nxd5 $2 22. Rc4) 22. Rb4 Qa3 (22... Qa6 23. Rh4) 23. Rc7 $1 Rfd8 (23... Kh7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Nf5 Kg6 (25... Qa6 26. Rh4) 26. Qxh6+ Kxf5 27. g4+ Ke5 28. f4#) (23... Bh3 24. Nb5 {[%CAl Rd2h6] ??h6+-}) (23... Rad8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rg4+ Kh7 26. Nf5 Rd6 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Qd4 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 f6 30. Qg4 $18 {[%CAl Rg7h7] ??h7}) 24. Qf4 (24. Nb5 $6 Qa6 $1 (24... Bxb5 25. Rg4+) 25. Qxh6 Nc4 $13) 24... Rf8 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Rxd7 $16) 18. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 704] The only consistent continuation of the attack, which leads to amazing tactical complications.} (18. Rfc1 Qg4 $15) (18. e4 hxg5 19. Rfc1 Qa4 $13) 18... gxh6 19. e4 {The ? must be cut off from the ?.} (19. Qxh6 $2 Qg4 $17) 19... Ne7 (19... Bd7 $2 20. Rfc1 Qa4 21. exd5 Bxb5 22. Rb4 $18 {??g4-h4?}) 20. Rfc1 Qa4 21. Qxh6 $44 {A very important critical position. White has sacrificed a piece to attack Black's ?, moreover Short's pieces are uncoordinated and his ? undeveloped. But White's forces are also still quite far from the main action, so it's a question of who manages to mobilize his reserves more effectively. Although it was very hard to foresee, Black's logical next move probably loses, so now is the time to look for alternatives. McShane: 'So white has a queen hovering around the vulnerable black king. But that's not enough for a winning attack, so Kasparov swings an extra rook around.'} Bd7 $6 ({The weakening} 21... f6 $6 {gives White a whole array of attacking possibilities:} 22. Rc5 $5 (22. Rc7 Bd7 (22... Rf7 23. Nd6 Qxa2 24. Rbc1 e5 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26. Rd1 $36) 23. Nc3 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Rdxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7 Rf7 $13 {/?}) (22. g4 $5 $40 {[%CAl Rg4g5,Yc1c3,Yc3h3,Yb1b3,Yb3h3] ??c3,b3-h3,g4-g5}) (22. a3 $5 $40 {[%CAl Rb1b4] ??b4}) (22. e5 $5 Qg4 23. Rc7 (23. exf6 $6 Nf5) 23... Qg6 24. Qxg6+ Nxg6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Nd6 $44) 22... e5 (22... Qxa2 $2 23. Rh5 Qxb1+ 24. Bf1 $18) 23. Rc7 (23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qxe7 Rxf2 $5 $13) 23... Rf7 (23... Bd7 24. Nc3 Qd4 (24... Qa3 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Rxd7 $40 {[%CAl Rc3d5,Rg2h3] ??d5,?h3}) 25. Bh3 $1 $36 {?} (25. Rd1 $143 Qb4 26. Rdxd7 Nxd7 27. Rxd7 Rad8 $11) 25... Rac8 $6 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Be6+ Rf7 28. Nd5 $1 $18) 24. Nd6 Qxa2 25. Rbc1 $36) (21... Ng6 $142 $5 22. h4 $142 $1 (22. Rc5 $6 Qxa2 $1 (22... Rd8 23. Bf3 $5) (22... Nd7 23. Rg5) (22... e5 23. Nc7 $1 {[%CAl Rb1b6,Rc7d5] ??b6,?d5?}) 23. Nc3 Qa3 $17 {enables Black's ? to join the defence effectively.}) 22... Nc4 $5 {is better, White's attack is very dangerous, but probably not winning by force.} (22... Bd7 23. h5 Ne7 (23... Nh8 24. Qf6 Kh7 25. Nd6 {?e5,?e4+-}) 24. Qf6 (24. Rc5 f6) 24... Kh7 25. h6 $16) 23. a3 $1 $36 (23. h5 $143 Nge5)) (21... Rd8 {is not an ideal defence either.} 22. Qf6 $1 (22. h4 $44) (22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ $11 (23. h4 $5)) 22... Nc6 23. e5 $40) 22. Rc5 (22. Nd6 $2 Qd4 $17) 22... Ng6 {The best.} (22... Bxb5 $2 23. Rh5 $18) (22... Rfd8 $6 23. Rg5+ Ng6 {The simplest is} 24. Nd6 (24. Rxg6+ $5 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 (25... Kf8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Nd6 Be8 28. Qxe6+ $40) 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. e5 $40) (24. h4 Bxb5 25. Rbxb5 Qxa2 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Rg5 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Kf7 $1 29. Qxg6+ Ke7 30. Bh3 (30. e5 $2 Rf8 $1) 30... Rd1 $1 31. Qxe6+ Kd8 32. Qf7 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 Qf1+ 34. Kf3 Qd1+ $11) 24... Be8 25. e5 (25. Nxf7 $2 Rd1+) 25... Rxd6 26. exd6 Qd4 27. h4 Qh8 28. Qxh8+ Kxh8 29. h5 $16) 23. Rg5 {[%CAl Rh2h5,Re4e5,Rb5d6,Rd6e4,Rg2e4] ?h4-h5,e5,?d6-e4,?e4 McShane: 'Now white always has a perpetual check up his sleeve with Rxg6+'} (23. Rh5 Rfd8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nd6 Be8 26. e5 Rxd6 $5 (26... Nxe5 $2 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Nf5+ $1 exf5 29. Qxe5+ Kd7 30. Rc1 $18 {?}) 27. exd6 Qd4 28. Qh6+ $11 {was possible, but here White's attack is grounded and Kasparov didn't want that.}) (23. h4 $2 Qxa2 24. Nc3 Qa3 25. Rg5 Rfc8 $1 (25... Qxc3 26. e5 Qd3 27. Rb4 Nd5 28. Be4 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Be8 30. h5 Nde7 31. Rxb7 Qe2 32. Rxe7 Qxe4 33. Rxg6+ $18) 26. h5 Qf8 $19 {enables Black's ? to return to the defence. It's crucial for White to prevent this.}) 23... Qc2 {Black can't avoid a perpetual and has to do something against the abovementioned attacking ideas. Short's move is the best practical chance, although objectivly it should also lose.} (23... Bxb5 $5 24. Rbxb5 (24. Rxg6+ fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Rxb5 $2 Rf7) 24... Qd1+ $5 (24... Rfd8 $2 25. Rxg6+ fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qf6+ $18) (24... Qd4 25. e5 $1 (25. Rxg6+ fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Qg7 27. Qxe6+ Rf7) 25... Qd1+ 26. Bf1 Rfc8 27. Rb4 $1 Rc4 28. Rxc4 Nxc4 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qf6+ $18 {[%CAl Rf6e6,Re6c4] ??e6-c4+-}) 25. Bf1 Qd4 26. e5 Rfc8 27. Rb3 $1 {White needs h4 for his ?.} (27. h4 Qd1 $1 28. Rb4 Rc1 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 27... Qe4 (27... Qd1 28. Rb4 {-24...?d4}) 28. h4 Nd7 29. h5 Ndxe5 30. Re3 Ng4 31. Rxe4 Nxh6 32. hxg6 $16 {?}) (23... Qxa2 $2 24. Nc3 Qc2 25. e5 Qxc3 (25... Bc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Rb4 $18) 26. Be4 Be8 27. Rh5 $1 {#2}) (23... Rfd8 {-22...?fd8}) 24. Na3 Qd3 {[%csl Ge4] Controls e4.} (24... Qxa2 $2 25. e5 Qxa3 (25... Rfc8 26. Be4 Be8 27. Rh5 $1 {[%CAl Re4g6] ??g6+-}) 26. Be4 Be8 27. Rh5 $18) (24... Qe2 25. h4 Qxa2 26. e5 $1 $18) 25. h4 $6 ({Kasparov's intuition proved him right once again: just after the game he proposed the winning} 25. Rb3 $1 Qd1+ (25... Qd4 26. e5 Rac8 27. Bf1 Bc6 (27... Rc1 28. Rf3 $1 $18) 28. Rd3 Qe4 29. f3 Qe1 30. Nc2 Qa5 31. Rd4 Qc5 32. Kg2 $1 {[%CAl Rd4h4] ??h4+-}) 26. Bf1 Rfc8 27. Rxg6+ $1 (27. g4 $2 Rc1 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ Kd6 $19) (27. Rd3 $6 Qa1 $142 $1 (27... Qe1 $2 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 (29... Kh8 30. g4 Rc3 31. Qf6+ $18) 30. Rf3+ Ke7 31. Qf6+ Kd6 32. Rd3+ Kc7 (32... Kc6 33. Qe5 $1 Qb4 34. Rc3+ Qxc3 35. Bb5#) 33. Nb5+ Bxb5 34. Qe5+ $18) 28. e5 Be8 $1 (28... Rc1 $2 29. Rxg6+ $11) 29. Rh5 (29. Rf3 Nd7 $19) 29... Bc6 $1 {?} (29... Rc1 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ $11) 30. Rg5 Be4 $19) 27... fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 (28... Kh8 $2 29. g4 $18) 29. Qf6+ $142 $5 (29. Rd3 Qa1 30. Rf3+ Ke7 31. Qg5+ Kd6 $5 (31... Ke8 {-29.?f6+!}) 32. Qd2+ Nd5 33. exd5 $40) 29... Kg8 $1 (29... Ke8 $2 30. Rf3 Qd6 31. Nb5 $1 Qc5 (31... Bxb5 32. Bxb5+ Rc6 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qg8+ $18) 32. e5 $1 $18) 30. Qg5+ $1 Kf7 31. Rd3 Qa1 (31... Qc1 32. Rf3+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ Kd6 (34... Kd8 35. Qf6+) 35. Qd4+ Ke7 36. Qf6+ Kd6 37. Rd3+ Kc7 38. Rc3+ $18) 32. Rf3+ Ke8 33. e5 $1 $18 Ba4 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qf7+ Kd8 36. Qf8+ Be8 37. Rd3+ Nd5 38. Rxd5+ exd5 39. Qf6+ Kd7 40. Qd6# {A beautiful finish, White's ? does the job single-handed.}) (25. e5 $2 Rfc8 $1 {[%CAl Rd3a3,Ra3f8] ??a3-f8-+} (25... Qxa3 $2 26. Be4 $18)) 25... Qxa3 26. h5 $6 {McShane: 'This move gives up the last opportunity to play Rxg6+ with a draw, so its is an extremely crucial moment. Objectively its probably best to take the perpetual check, as Short has an improvement at move 30, but full marks for bravery.'} (26. Rxg6+ $142 $11) 26... Qe7 (26... Be8 $2 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Rxg6+ Bxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Rb5 $1 $18) 27. e5 (27. hxg6 {McShane} f6 28. g7 (28. Rh5 Qg7) 28... fxg5 {is no good}) 27... Be8 $1 {?} (27... Bc6 $2 28. Bxc6 (28. hxg6 $2 f6 $17) (28. Rb4 Qxb4 (28... Be8 $2 29. Rbg4 $1 Nd7 30. hxg6 f6 31. g7 fxg5 32. Rxg5 $1 Bg6 33. Rxg6 Rfe8 34. Bh3 $18) 29. hxg6 Qb1+ $16 {-28.?c6 bc6 29.?b4}) 28... bxc6 29. Kg2 $1 {Kasparov's move wins by force.} (29. Rb4 Qxb4 30. hxg6 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kh2 fxg6 33. Rxg6+ Qxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+ {[%CAl Rf2f4] ?f4?/+-}) 29... Qd7 (29... Qb7 $2 30. hxg6 f6 31. g7 fxg5 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 34. Qh7+ $18) (29... c5 30. Rh1 Qb7+ 31. f3 (31. Kg1 $2 Rfd8) 31... Nc4 32. hxg6 Ne3+ 33. Kf2 Qb2+ 34. Kxe3 $18 {the ? escapes to h3.}) 30. Rh1 Qd5+ 31. f3 Qd2+ 32. Kh3 Qd7 33. g4 $1 {[%CAl Rh3g3,Rh5g6] ??g3,hg6+-}) 28. Be4 f5 29. exf6 (29. hxg6 $2 Qg7 $19) 29... Rxf6 30. hxg6 $2 (30. Bxg6 $142 Bxg6 31. Rxg6+ Rxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 $5 (32... Kh8 33. Qh6+ Qh7 34. Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qxe6 $44) 33. Re1 (33. Rb3 Qf7) 33... Qf7 $13 {But with Short in time-trouble Kasparov wants to keep as many pieces and tension on the board as possible.}) 30... Qg7 $6 $138 {'?' McShane.} (30... Bc6 $1 $19) (30... Bc6 $1 {McShane: gains time to regroup and make use of the extra piece.}) 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh4 $5 {A suprising retreat.} ({Also interesting, but probably weaker was} 32. Kg2 Bc6 (32... Rd8 33. Rh1 Rd2 $2 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. g7 $1 $18) 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Rh1 Rf5 $1 (34... Nd5 $2 35. Qh8+ Qg8 36. Rxd5 $18) (34... Rc8 35. a4 $5 $44) 35. Qh5 (35. Rxf5+ exf5 36. Rh5 $2 Qxh7 37. gxh7 Kg7) 35... Rxg5 36. Qxg5 $15) 32... Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] The decisive mistake.} ({Critical is} 32... Bxg6 $142 33. Rb3 (33. Rb4 $1 {McShane For instance,} Rc8 34. Bxg6 Rxg6 35. Rf4+ Ke8 (35... Kg8 36. Rxg6 Qxg6 37. Rg4) 36. Qh5) 33... Nd5 $1 {Hiarcs-this protects f4!} (33... Kf7 $2 34. Bxg6+ $1 (34. Rf3 $2 Rxf3 35. Rxg6 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Rh8 $19) (34. Qg4 Rg8 35. Rc3 $5 (35. Rf3 $2 Rxf3 36. Bxg6+ Kf6) 35... Qh6 $1 (35... Kf8 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Qxf3+ Qf7 38. Qd3 $1 Bh7 $1 39. Qd8+ Qe8 40. Qf6+ $11) 36. Rc7+ Kf8 {??h8?}) 34... Rxg6 35. Rf3+ (35. Qh5 Rg8) 35... Kg8 36. Rxg6 Qxg6 37. Rf4 $1 $18 (37. Rf6 Qg7 38. Rxe6 Rf8 $1 $11)) 34. Qg4 (34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. Rxg6 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Rf6 $1 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxa8 (38. Qg7+ Kd6 39. Bxd5 Rh8 $1 $19) 38... Ne3+ 39. Kh3 Rxg6 40. Qxb7+ Kf6 41. Bxg6 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 Ng2+ 43. Kg4 Kxg6 44. Qe4+ $11) 34... Ne7 (34... Kf7 $2 35. Rxb7+ $18) 35. Rxb7 Qh6 36. Bxg6 (36. Rxe7 Rc8 $1 37. Rd7 Rc1+ 38. Rd1 Bxe4 $19) 36... Rxg6 37. Rxg6 Qxg6 38. Qh4 Re8 $15) (32... Kg8 $5 {also deserves close attention, White probably doesn't have more than a draw after} 33. Qh7+ $11) (32... Ke7 $143 33. Bxb7 {[%csl Re7][%CAl Rh4b4] ??b4?,??}) (32... Bc6 $2 33. Rh5 Bxe4 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. Rh7 Qxh7 36. Qxh7+ Kd6 37. Rd1+ Nd5 38. Qh4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rh4e4,Rh4f6]}) 33. Rh5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Gh4h8] ??h '!' McShane.} Bxg6 $8 (33... Rxg6 34. Rh8+ $18 {??h7}) (33... Kg8 34. Rh7 $18) 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rxc8 Nxc8 36. Rxb7+ Ne7 37. Bxg6+ Qxg6 (37... Kxg6 38. Qg4+ Kh7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rxe7+ $18 {? loses another pawn.}) 38. Qb4 {McShane: 'How embarassing. Almost any square is better than f6 for the rook!'} Qf5 $6 {Hastens the end, but Black was lost anyway.} (38... Kg8 $8 39. Qxe7 Rf8 40. Rb5 Re8 (40... Rf7 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Qh4 $18) 41. Qxa7 $18 {?}) 39. Qxe7+ Kg6 40. Qh7+ (40. Qh7+ Kg5 41. Rg7+ Qg6 (41... Rg6 42. Qh4#) 42. Qh4+ Kf5 43. Qf4#) 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "Wells,Peter K"] [PlyCount "112"] [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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 {In the last few years, this has become very popular, almost completely replacing the old 9 Bd2.} Nc6 {Also becoming established as the main line.There are several important alternatives however:} (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Na6 (10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O {- main line.}) 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Nc5 {A fairly typical scenario. Black's structure is neat and he has a happy knight sitting comfortably on c5. However, with his next move white easily dislodges it, and shows that his superior bishop and the pressure on the half-open b file are more salient factors.} 15. Nb3 $1 $14 {[%csl Gc5][%CAl Yb3c5,Yg2b7,Ya1b1]} Na4 16. c4 Rb8 17. c5 e5 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. Na5 b6 20. Nc6 Nxc5 $1 {Sensible, under the circumstances.} 21. Nxb8 Rxb8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke1 Ke7 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Bd5 {and although white's task is not at all easy he eventually converted} Bd7 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Podgaets,M/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (59)}) (9... Qb6 10. Bxd5 $1 exd5 (10... Qxd4 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. Be3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qg4 14. Rd1 e5 15. h3 Qh5 16. Rd6 {Dautov, and in my view '?'.}) 11. Be3 Nc6 (11... Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qg6 $5 13. h4 $5 (13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfc1 Bh3 15. Qc2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qe6 {Black has enough activity for the IQP and the opposite coloured bishops only help. In blitz he has more than enough.} 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Kf2 Qh6 19. Qd3 Re7 20. Rc2 Rae8 21. Re1 $2 Qh5 $1 $17 22. Kg1 Bf5 {0-1 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow 1998/CBM 67 ext (22)}) 13... h5 14. g4 Bxg4 15. f3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. fxg4 Ne5 18. gxh5 {Strange.} Qe4 19. Rg1 Nc4 20. Qd3 Nxe3 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Kf2 Nc2 23. Rad1 Rc5 24. Nxc2 Rxc2 25. Rd7 Rxb2 26. h6 $1 e3+ 27. Kxe3 (27. Kf3 $5) 27... Re8+ {½-½ Zvjaginsev,V-Polgar,J/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (27) I must confess - I simply do not understand this game, although its players and setting render it to important to pass over.}) (11... Bh3 $5 {Interesting, although since g4 is a recurring theme in the line, it does seem rather to invite it!} 12. g4 $5 Nc6 (12... Nd7 13. Rg1 Nf6 14. Rg3 Bxg4 15. Nf5 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qe6 17. Nd4 (17. Nxg7 $5 Qa6 18. Rxg4 Nxg4 19. Nf5 $40) 17... Qd7 18. f3 Bh5 19. Bg5 Ne8 20. Kf2 f6 21. Bf4 Rc8 $15 {0-1 Rogozenko,D-Socko,B/Hamburg HSK 1996/CBM 56 (39)}) 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rg1 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 f5 $13 {½-½ Bezold,M-Horvath,C/Budapest Honved 1994/EXP 45 (23)}) 12. Nxc6 (12. Rd1 Qa5 13. O-O Bh3 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Ndb5 Be6 17. Nd4 Nc4 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Timman,J/Beograd 1995/Inf 65 (69) looks OK for black}) 12... Qxc6 (12... Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. f3 Rfb8 17. b3 a5 18. Bc5 a4 19. b4 Re8 20. a3 Bc8 21. Kf2 Ba6 22. e3 h5 23. h3 f6 24. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Alterman,B-Baumegger,S/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (64) is no easy technical task for white, but no fun at all for the opponent!}) 13. Qxb4 d4 14. f3 dxe3 {½-½ Nielsen,P-Pinter,J/Kobenhavn 1995/Inf 63 (14) is where the whole business started. No-one has seen fit to test this obscure position. Probably after} 15. O-O-O $5 {Black's e-pawn will eventually prove too vulnerable.}) (9... Na6 10. O-O Nxc3 (10... Nc5 $5) 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. Qc4 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 (15... bxc6 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qc7 18. Rd4 Rb8 19. Rad1 Be8 20. Rb4 Rb6 21. a4 $16 {[%csl Re8,Rf8] 1-0 Avrukh,B-Finkel,A/Antwerp 1998/EXT 99 (34) looks quite unpleasant for black. Again the relative activity of the forces tells us a great deal.}) 16. Rxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. a4 $1 {This queen sacrifice might be found to be sufficient for a draw with perfect play - in any case it seems to me to be a rather masochistic variation to choose with black. White sets about preparing to undermine black's queenside, since ...b6 is likely to be required to consolidate it.} Rd5 (18... h6 19. Rb1 b6 20. a5 bxa5 $6 21. Rb7 $1 Nxb7 22. Qxc6 Nd6 23. c4 Kf8 24. Qa6 a4 25. Bxa7 a3 26. Bb6 Rb8 27. c5 {[%CAl Yc5c8] 1-0 Huzman,A-Loginov,V/Beersheva 1998/EXT 99 (37) Once the blockade is broken, of course, the shrewd money has to be on white.}) 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Qb3 b6 21. c4 Rdd6 22. Qb5 Rc8 23. a5 Rdc6 24. Qa6 (24. Rd1 $5 {around here I had a good feeling. The game is still too painful for a rigourous analysis.}) 24... R6c7 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Qb5 Rc6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra1 Bf8 29. Ra7 Ne4 30. Qh5 R6c7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qb5 Nd6 33. Qxb6 Rxc4 {½-½ Wells,P-Alterman,B/FIDE WCh KO, Groningen NED (1.2) 1997 (82) and now it should probably be a draw, although white constructed at least three more winning positions, two of them trivial, before it eventually was.}) (9... Bc5 $5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Rd1 $14 b6 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Rd8 16. Bc3 Be6 17. e4 Rd7 18. O-O Rad8 19. a3 f5 20. f3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 {½-½ Kuemin,S-Cvitan,O/Zurich 1999/CBM 73 ext.}) 10. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 (12... Rb8 $2 {[%csl Ra5,Rb8][%CAl Yb3b8,Yd2a5]} 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxb8 Bd7 16. Qb7 $16 {½-½ Barsov,A-Rowson,J/York 1999/CBM 75_02 (27)}) 13. bxc3 (13. Bxc3 $5 {is not particularly dangerous, but black has to be a bit careful. The endgame reached in Ribli-Wahls is not lost, but it is no joy to play for black either. The move is also a decisive headache for those wishing to play for a win with black.} Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Qb4 Qe5 (15... Qxb4 16. cxb4 Rab8 17. a3 Bxe2 18. Rfc1 Bb5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rfc8 21. Rac1 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 $14 {[%csl Ya3,Ga7,Yb4][%CAl Yg1g2,Yg2f3,Yf3e4,Ye4d4]} g5 23. Ra6 Rb7 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Kf3 Kg6 26. Ke4 h5 27. f4 g4 28. f5+ Kf6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Ra5 Kg6 31. Re5 Rb6 32. Kd4 Rd6+ 33. Kc3 Ra6 34. Kb3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Ye5] The relative activity of the rooks tells the story!} Rd6 35. b5 Rd2 36. Rxe6+ Kf5 37. Re7 Rxh2 38. Rxa7 Rh3 39. b6 Rxg3+ 40. Kb4 Re3 41. b7 Re4+ 42. Kb3 Re1 43. Ra5+ Kg6 44. Kc2 Re2+ 45. Kc3 Re3+ 46. Kc4 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Wahls,M/Bundesliga 1998.}) 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. Qa3 Qb5 18. c4 Qxc4 19. Rac1 Qb5 20. Bxc6 Qb6 21. Be4 Bb5 22. Rb1 Rfd8 $11 {½-½ Rogozenko,D-Blauert,J/BL2-N 1996. (28)}) 13... Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 ({The most played alternative is clearly in crisis -} 14... Rab8 $6 15. c4 $1 {Otherwise black would control the c4 square and be slightly more than comfortable.} Qc5 16. cxd5 $1 {This queen offer is of great importance since it underpins white's play in the whole line.} Rxb3 17. axb3 Bxe2 18. Re1 $1 {White simply attacks the bishop, and ensures that he will either reach ???v.? or obtain a very powerful supported passed pawn. Since this seems to be very strong, and is well-known to be better than} (18. Rdc1 $6 {it was strange to see that Alterman was apparently unaware of this. He payed the price after} Qd6 19. Rxc6 (19. Be3 $6 cxd5 20. Bc5 Qb8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rc2 Bb5 23. Rca2 a6 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qxb3 26. Rxa6 g5 $17 {0-1 Nielsen,P-Emms,J/Copenhagen BSF 1995/CBM 46 (50)}) (19. Bf4 $5 e5 {[%csl Rd5]} 20. Rxc6 (20. Be3 $5 {Wells}) 20... Qb8 21. Be3 {Alterman might be the best chance, but in view of the strength of 18 Re1 it is largely academic.}) 19... Qd7 20. Bf4 exd5 21. Rd6 Qb5 22. Bxd5 a6 23. h4 (23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rdxa6 $11 {Alterman.}) 23... h6 24. Rc1 Qb4 {0-1 Alterman,B-Timman,J/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (44) and white should maybe hold the balance, but that is the extent of his ambitions.}) 18... cxd5 (18... Bb5 19. dxc6 $16 {[%csl Yc6][%CAl Yc6c7]} Bxc6 $6 20. Rac1 Qd6 (20... Qd4 21. Be3 $18) 21. Bf4 $18) 19. Rxe2 Qb6 20. b4 Rc8 21. Be1 h6 22. Rea2 Rc7 23. Bf1 Qd4 24. b5 Qc5 25. Bd2 e5 26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Rc6 Rd7 28. Ra4 d4 29. Bb4 Qe8 30. Bh3 Rd8 31. Rxa7 $18 {1-0 Nielsen,P-Savon,V/Pardubice op 1995/EXT 95op (43)}) ({In 1998 the move} 14... Bxe2 $5 {at last received a test. I had been expecting that someone would be moved to give it a try for some time, since black does get a rook and two pawns for his minor pieces, even though it is the bishop pair. Moreover, black's pawn structure is very solid.} 15. c4 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 {desirable other things being equal, but I had analysed} (16. Qxd1 $5 {at home because I believed that it was imperative for white to keep the queens on the board.}) 16... Qb6 17. cxd5 cxd5 $6 (17... Qxb3 $5 {looks much more logical to me. Is white better without queens?}) 18. Qf3 $1 Rac8 19. Bf1 Rc2 20. a3 Rfc8 21. Bd3 Ra2 22. Bb4 a5 23. Be7 Qb2 $6 24. Kg2 Rc1 25. Rxc1 Qxc1 26. Qf4 $5 {Now the situation is altered in the key sense that the exchange of queens now would leave black's a-pawn defenceless.} Qb2 (26... Qxf4 27. gxf4 {[%csl Ra5][%CAl Yd3b5,Ya3a4,Ye7d8]}) 27. Bc5 Qb7 28. Qd6 Qa8 29. Bd4 h6 30. Qe5 Qf8 31. Bb2 $16 {[%csl Ra2] ½-½ Chabanon,J-Dorfman,J/Meribel 1998/CBM 67 (58)}) 15. e4 Bc4 $1 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 $5 ({I have thought that} 17... Qxb4 {is a legitimate defence too, even if the ending is not entirely comfortable for black. Obviously Kasparov, who does not leave such things to chance, considers the white position promising enough eg.} 18. cxb4 Rfd8 (18... Rad8 $6 {weakens a7 and is thus clearly inferior:} 19. Be3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxa2 21. Bc5 Rb8 22. Ra1 Bc4 23. Rxa7 h6 24. f4 Bb5 25. Rc7 Na8 26. Re7 Nb6 27. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Volzhin,A-Epishin,V/RUS-ch Elista 1996/CBM 56 (54)}) 19. Be3 e5 $5 (19... Bb5 20. Rxd8+ (20. e5 $5) 20... Rxd8 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. a4 Ra8 23. a5 Kf8 24. e5 Ke7 25. f4 bxa5 26. bxa5 Kd7 27. Kf2 Kc7 28. Ke3 {½-½ Fish,G-Shipov,S/Yalta op 1996/EXP 53 (31) should draw, although if my memory serves me, I managed to lose a similar ending in a rapid game ( with black! ) and it is not trivial to hold.}) 20. Rxd8+ $6 {Criticised by Leko, and rightly so.} (20. Rdc1 {is more thematic.}) 20... Rxd8 21. Bf1 Bb5 22. Rc1 f6 23. Bxb5 cxb5 24. Rc7 Nc4 {[%csl Gc4] This excellent piece will suffice to hold the game.} 25. Bxa7 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Ra1 27. Bc5 Rxa2 28. Rb7 Nd2 29. Rxb5 Nxe4 30. Be3 Rb2 31. Rb8+ Kf7 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. g4 h5 34. gxh5+ Kxh5 35. Rxg7 Rxb4 {½-½ Wells,P-Lalic,B/Szeged 1997/CBM 62 (35)}) 18. Be3 Be2 {This is a key part of black's idea.The bishop is sometimes headed for f3, sometimes just facilitating a changing of the c4 blockade guard.} 19. Rd2 (19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qc5 (20. Rxe2 $2 Qxe2 21. Bf1 Qb2 $17) 20... Rfd8 21. e5 $1 a5 22. h3 (22. Bd4 $2 Nd2 $132 {[%CAl Gd2f3]}) 22... Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bc4 24. Bxc6 Rac8 25. Bg2 a4 26. Qa7 Bb5 27. Qa5 $14 {0-1 Shaked,T-Georgiev,K/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (55)}) 19... Rab8 20. Bxb6 (20. Qc5 $5) (20. Bc5 Nc4 21. Bxf8 Rxb4 22. Rd8 h6 23. cxb4 Kh7) 20... axb6 21. Qd6 Bf3 (21... Rfc8 $5 22. h3 (22. Rb1 h6 $5) 22... Bf3 23. Rb1 (23. g4 Qg5 {[%csl Rd2][%CAl Gc8d8]}) 23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qa5 {½-½ Van Wely,L-Short,N/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75_02 (24)}) 22. Qxc6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rfc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rb4 Qc5 28. Rd3 Qc7 {White has clear advantage and reasonable winning chances, although the weakness of the c-pawn of course complicates the technocal task.} 29. a4 Rd8 30. Qe3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Rc8 32. Qb1 Qxc3 33. Rxb6 Rc4 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb7 f6 36. Re7 Rb4 37. Qa2 Qc4 38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39. a5 Ra4 40. Rxe6 Rxa5 41. Rd6 Ra4 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Ke2 h5 44. Rd3 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. h3 Ra4 47. f4 Rb4 48. Ra3 Rc4 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rb4 51. Ra6 Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. f5+ Kh6 54. g5+ fxg5 55. e5 g4 56. e6 Kg5 1/2-1/2