[Event "World U17-ch03"] [Site "Wattignies"] [Date "1976.07.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Rogers, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [BlackElo "1865"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "67"] [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 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc4 Rc8 10. Ne3 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Bb3 (13. O-O Bg5 $132) 13... Nd4 14. O-O Bg5 15. Ncd5 Nxb3 16. axb3 g6 {[%CAl Gf7f5]} 17. Kh1 Bh6 18. Qd3 f5 (18... Rc5 {[%CAl Gh6e3,Gd6d5]}) 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 $1 Kh8 21. Rad1 Qh4 22. Qe2 (22. c4) 22... exf4 23. Nc4 Bf7 24. Qd3 (24. Nxd6 Bh5 25. Qd3 Bxd1 26. Nxc8) 24... Bh5 25. Nxd6 $1 Bxd1 26. Nxc8 Bh5 27. Nce7 f3 28. gxf3 Qh3 (28... Bg7) 29. Nf4 $3 Qh4 30. Qd4+ Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Rxf6 32. Nxh5 Rf7 33. Nd5 f4 34. Re1 1-0 [Event "World U20-ch16 Qualifikation URS"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.04.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [PlyCount "56"] [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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. c3 Bg7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 O-O 15. Nce3 Be6 16. g3 f5 17. Bh3 Ne7 18. O-O Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rc8 20. a4 Rc5 21. Ne3 Qb6 22. b4 Rxc3 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Qxd6 Rc6 27. Qd7 Rb6 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "HSK-Kasparov sim"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Wahls, Matthias"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1987.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bd3 Qg6 16. O-O Be7 17. c3 d5 18. Qe2 Bg4 19. f3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 21. Nc2 O-O 22. a4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rad8 24. Be1 b4 25. Bf2 b3 26. Ne1 Na5 27. Nd3 Qe6 28. Nb4 Nc4 29. Nd5 Rxd5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. Rfd1 Qc6 32. Rd3 f5 33. Rad1 Qe4 34. Re1 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Re1 Be7 38. Rd1 Bd6 39. Kf1 Kf7 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Be3 f4 42. Bc1 g5 43. g4 Bc5 44. Rd8 e4 45. Re8+ Kd5 46. Rd8+ Nd6 47. Rd7 f3+ 48. Ke1 e3 49. c4+ Ke6 50. Bxe3 Bb4+ 0-1 [Event "Kasparov-SUI sim"] [Site "Switzerland"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gobet, Fernand"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1987.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. c4 Nxe4 15. cxb5 Be6 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Nb6 d5 19. Nxc8 Nxc8 20. O-O Bxa3 21. bxa3 dxc4 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 23. bxa6 Kc7 24. Rab1 Ncd6 25. Rfc1 Ra8 26. f3 Nf6 27. a7 Nd7 28. Rb4 Nf5 29. Rbxc4+ Bxc4 30. Rxc4+ Kd8 31. Bf2 Nd4 32. Ra4 Kc7 33. Kf1 Nc5 34. Rc4 Kd6 0-1 [Event "Evry sim"] [Site "Evry"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Koch, Jean Rene"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2380"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 Bg7 14. O-O f4 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 O-O 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Bd3 Nd4 20. Nc2 Nb5 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nc6 Qxa2 23. N2b4 Qxb3 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Nxa6 Qxd3 26. Nxb8 Nd4 27. Rb1 f3 28. g3 h6 29. Qh4 Kh7 30. h3 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nc3 32. Rbe1 Qb5 33. Rc1 Ne2 34. Rb1 Qc4 35. Rbd1 Qc7 36. Rb1 Kg6 37. g4 Bf6 38. Qh5+ Kh7 39. g5 Bxg5 40. Qxf3 Nd4 41. Qg2 Qc8 42. f4 exf4 43. h4 Bf6 44. Rfc1 Qd8 45. Nc6 Nxc6 46. Rxc6 Bd4 47. Kh1 Qxh4+ 48. Qh2 Bh3 49. Rxd6 Bf2 50. Rd3 Bg3 0-1 [Event "New York sim"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1988.02.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Edelman, Daniel"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "1988.02.24"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "New York sim"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1988.02.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Fishbein, Alexander"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "1988.02.24"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. c4 Nxe4 15. cxb5 Be6 16. Nc3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nd4 18. bxa6 Be7 19. Bd3 O-O 20. O-O d5 21. Nc2 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 e4 23. Be2 f5 24. Nb5 Rxa6 25. Rfd1 Rb6 26. a4 Qb8 27. Qc7 Bf6 28. Qxb8 Rfxb8 29. Rab1 Kf7 30. b3 Rc6 31. b4 Rc2 32. Bf1 Bb2 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Kf6 35. b5 Ke5 36. Rbd1 Ra2 37. Rb4 Rb6 38. Rdb1 g5 39. R1b2 Ra3 40. R2b3 Rxb3 41. Rxb3 d4 42. Rb1 d3 43. a5 Rd6 44. a6 Bc8 45. h3 Bxa6 46. bxa6 Rxa6 47. g3 Rd6 48. Kg2 f4 49. gxf4+ gxf4 50. Rb5+ Kf6 51. Rb1 f3+ 52. Kh2 Ke5 53. h4 Kf4 54. Rd1 h5 55. Kh3 Rd8 56. Kh2 Rd6 57. Kh3 Rd4 58. Kh2 e3 59. fxe3+ Kxe3 60. Bxd3 Rxd3 61. Ra1 Ke2 62. Kg3 Rd2 63. Rb1 Ra2 64. Rc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 10th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Ernst,Thomas"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 028"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qh5 Rg8 13. g3 Rc8 14. c3 Rg6 15. Nc2 $1 (15. Qf3 $6 Bxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Qxf5 Rg5 $1 $10 {Glek - Cekhov, URS 1988.}) 15... Rh6 16. Qe2 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. f3 $14 Bg7 19. Ne3 f4 20. gxf4 Ng6 21. O-O-O Nxf4 22. Qc2 Qb6 23. Nf5 Rg6 24. Be4 b4 25. c4 Kf8 26. Rd2 Rc5 27. Ng3 Qc7 28. Kb1 Bh6 29. Qb3 (29. Bxg6 hxg6 $14) 29... Rg7 30. Nf5 Rg6 31. Qxb4 Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxc4 33. Rc2 $1 $14 {Gewinnt die Dame zurück wegen Mattdrohung und behält den Vorteil.} Qxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Rf6 35. Ne3 Ne2 36. Ng4 Nd4+ 37. Kd3 Rf4 38. Nxh6 Kg7 39. Nxf7 $1 (39. Ng4 f5 $1 $10) 39... Rxf7 40. Rf1 Rb7 41. b3 a5 42. f4 Rb4 43. fxe5 dxe5 44. Rc1 Nb5 45. Rc6 Kf7 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Bxh7 (47. Re6+ Kd7 48. Rxe5 Nc3 $1 $132) 47... Rh4 48. Bd3 Nd6 49. Rc7+ Kd8 50. Rh7 Rd4 51. h4 Rg4 52. h5 Rg3+ 53. Kd2 Rg2+ 54. Ke1 e4 55. Be2 Nf5 56. Rf7 Nd4 57. Bf1 Rh2 58. Rf4 Nc2+ 59. Kd1 Ne3+ 60. Ke1 Nc2+ 61. Kd1 Ne3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Horvath,Tamas"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1994.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 041"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a3 a5 (13... Ne7 $5) 14. h4 Ne7 $1 15. Nce3 (15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Ne3 f5 $13) 15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. g3 (17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxd6 Rfd8 19. Qc5 b4 $5 20. Be2 (20. Qxa5 $2 Qf4 $19) 20... Rdc8 21. Qxa5 bxc3 22. b4 (22. bxc3 $2 Rb2 $17) 22... c2 (22... Bc4 $5) 23. O-O Qf4 24. Rac1 Qxe4 25. Rfe1 Qxh4 26. Qxe5 $13) 17... Qd7 18. Bg2 Bd8 19. O-O Bb6 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. Rfd1 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Qxd6 Qg4 $1 25. Qd3 (25. Qxe5 $2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bxf2+ $1 27. Kxf2 Rb2+ 28. Kg1 Qe2 $19) 25... bxc3 26. bxc3 g6 27. Rab1 Rd8 28. Qf3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxf3 30. Bxf3 Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Horvath,Tamas"] [PlyCount "70"] [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 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 (13. a3 a5 14. h4 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/PCA Moscow/1994/}) 13... Ne7 (13... Be6 14. Nce3 a5 15. Qf3 b4 16. Bc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb2 18. g3 a4 19. O-O Be7 20. Rab1 Qb8 21. Rxb2 Qxb2 22. Qd1 a3 23. Qa4 Rc8 {Yurtaev,L-Holmsten,A/Helsinki op (03)/1992/ 1-0 / 24}) (13... g6 {Ftacnik} 14. Qd2 Bg7 15. h5 Be6 16. Nce3 Ne7 17. g3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rc8 19. Rd1 Rc5 20. Ne3 Rc6 21. b3 Qa8 22. Bh3 $36 {Shmuter,L-Beshukov,S/Sochi/1993/1-0 (37)}) 14. Nxf6+ (14. Nce3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 (15... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 16. g3 b4 17. c4 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. Rd1 $14 {Smagin,S-Gorelov,S/URS/1982/0.5 (37)}) 16. g3 $14) 14... gxf6 15. Qd2 (15. Ne3 {Ftacnik} f5) 15... Bb7 (15... f5 $5 16. Qg5+ (16. h5 Kh8 17. O-O-O fxe4 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nf5 20. Rd2 Be6 $13) (16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne3 Be6 $10) (16. Bd3 fxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Qg5+ Ng6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. O-O-O $14) 16... Ng6 17. exf5 Qxg5 18. hxg5 Bxf5 19. Nb4 $1 $14 (19. Ne3 Be6 20. O-O-O Rfd8 $13)) 16. Bd3 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. O-O-O e4 (18... Qxa2 {Ftacnik} 19. Qh6 e4 20. Be2) 19. Be2 Qxa2 (19... Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rfd8 21. Rhd1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Kf8 $14) (19... Qe5 $5 {Ftacnik} 20. Qd6 Nf5 $1) 20. Qh6 Qe6 (20... f5 {Ftacnik} 21. Qg5+ Ng6 22. h5 $18) (20... Nd5 {Ftacnik} 21. Rh3 $40) 21. Nd4 Qb6 (21... Qe5 22. Rh3 (22. f4 {Ftacnik} exf3 23. gxf3 (23. Bd3 Ng6 24. Nf5 (24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rhe1 Qh5) 24... Qf4+ $1) 23... Ng6 24. Rhg1 Kh8 (24... Rfd8 $2 25. h5 Qh2 26. Nf5 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 $18) 25. Kb1 Rg8 (25... Qf4 $2 26. Rxg6 $18)) 22... Kh8 (22... Ng6) 23. f4 $1 exf3 24. Bd3 Ng6 25. g3 $1 Be4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. h5 Ne5 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Nf5 $18) 22. Rh3 Kh8 23. Bg4 (23. Rg3 {Ftacnik} Rg8) 23... Rg8 24. Ne6 $5 Rg6 (24... fxe6 25. Qxf6+ Rg7 26. Rd7 Re8 (26... Qc5 27. b4 $18 (27. Rg3 $1 Bc6 28. Bxe6 $18)) 27. Bxe6 (27. Rg3 $18 {Ftacnik}) (27. Rxe7 $6 Rexe7 28. Qf8+ Rg8 29. Qxe7 Qxf2) 27... Nf5 28. Rg3 $1 (28. Rxg7 Nxg7 29. Rg3 Qc7 30. Bf7 Qe5 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 32. Rxg7 Rf8 $19) 28... Qxf2 (28... Qxe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Rd8+ $18) 29. Rgxg7 Qf1+ 30. Kc2 (30. Rd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Nxg7 32. Bb3 e3 33. h5 $18) 30... Ne3+ 31. Kb3 Bd5+ 32. Bxd5 Qd1+ 33. Kb4 Qa4+ 34. Kc5 Rc8+ 35. Rc7 $18) (24... Rxg4 $2 25. Ng5 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxg5 (25... fxg5 26. Qxb6) 26. hxg5 Kg8 27. gxf6 $18) (24... Qxf2 {Ftacnik} 25. Rf3 $1 Rg6 26. Qxg6 Qxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Nxg6 28. Rxf6 fxe6 29. g3 $16) (24... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 25. h5) 25. Qf4 Re8 $2 (25... Bd5 $142 $1 26. Bh5 (26. Ng5 $1 fxg5 27. Qe5+ Rg7 28. Qxe7 f5 29. Qe5 fxg4 30. Rxd5 gxh3 31. Rd7 Rbg8 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Qe8+ $10) (26. Nd4 {Ftacnik} b4 $1 $40) 26... Bxe6 27. Bxg6 Nxg6 (27... Bxh3 $2 28. Rd6 $1) 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Rg3 b4 $19) (25... Rbg8 {Ftacnik} 26. h5 Rxg4 27. Qxf6+ R4g7 28. h6 Qxe6 29. hxg7+ Rxg7 30. Rd8+ Ng8 31. Rxg8+ $1 Kxg8 32. Qd8+) 26. Rd6 $1 (26. h5 $6 {Ftacnik} Rxg4 27. Qxf6+ Kg8) 26... Nd5 (26... Qa5 $5 {Ftacnik} 27. h5 (27. Nc5 $5 $40) 27... Qa1+ (27... Rxg4 28. Qxg4 fxe6 29. Qxe6) 28. Kc2 Qa4+ 29. Kb1 Rxg4 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qxe7 (31. Rg3 e3 32. Rxg4+ Qxg4 33. Qxe7 Bc6 $1 34. Rxc6 $140 Qd1+ (34... Qe4+ $2 35. Kc1 Qxc6 36. Qg5+ $18) 35. Ka2 Qa4+ $10) 31... Bc6 $1 32. Rd8 Qd1+ $1 33. Rxd1 Rxe7) (26... Qa7 {Ftacnik} 27. h5 Rxg4 28. Qxg4 fxe6 29. Rg3 $1 Rg8 (29... Nf5 30. Rxe6 $1) 30. Rd8 $1 $18) 27. h5 $3 (27. Rxb6 {Ftacnik} Nxf4 28. Nxf4 Rxg4) 27... Nxf4 (27... Qa5 28. hxg6 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Nb4+ 30. cxb4 Rc8+ 31. Nc5 $18) (27... Rg7 {Ftacnik} 28. Qh6) (27... Rxg4 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxg4 Rg8 29. Qxg8+ Kxg8 30. Rxb6 Nxb6 31. Rg3+ Kh8 32. Nc5 $18) (27... fxe6 {Ftacnik} 28. hxg6 Nxf4 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rxb6) (27... Rxe6 {Ftacnik} 28. hxg6 Nxf4 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. gxf7+ Kf8 31. Rh8+ Kxf7 32. Bxe6+ Nxe6 33. Rxb6 $18) (27... Rgg8 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxd5 $1 Rxe6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Rd6 $16) 28. hxg6 Qxd6 (28... Nd3+ {Ftacnik} 29. Rhxd3 $1 (29. Kb1 Qxf2 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rh7+ $10) 29... exd3 (29... Qxf2 30. gxf7 $18) (29... Qa5 30. gxf7 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb2+ 32. Ke1 Qc1+ 33. Bd1 Rf8 34. Rd8 $1) 30. gxf7) (28... Nxh3 {Ftacnik} 29. gxf7 $1) 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. gxf7+ Kxh7 31. fxe8=Q Nxe6 32. Bf5+ $1 Kg7 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Qxf6+ $18 Ke8 35. Bxe6 Qf8 $2 (35... e3 {Ftacnik} 36. fxe3 Bxg2 37. Bf7+ Kd7 38. Be8+ Kc7 39. Qg7+ Kd8 40. Bxb5 Bf3 41. Ba4 $18) (35... Qf8 $2 {Ftacnik} 36. Bd7+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Horgen CS"] [Site "Horgen"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Horvath,Tamas"] [PlyCount "75"] [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 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bb7 (12... O-O 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. h4 Ne7 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qd2 $40 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Novgorod/1994/1-0/ CBM 43}) 13. Nc2 Nb8 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 (15. Nce3 {Ftacnik} Nd7 16. Qxa4 O-O 17. Rd1 (17. Bc4 Bg5 18. O-O Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qh4 21. Bd3 f5 $17 {Hoepfl,T-Ankerst,Mil/Dortmund op/1992/0-1 (32)}) 17... Bg5 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Nf5 $1 g6 20. b4 $1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nb7 22. h4 Bf6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 {Zapata,A-Shirov,A/Manila/1992/0-1 (47)}) 15... Nd7 (15... O-O $5 16. Nce3 (16. b4 Nd7 17. Nce3 Bg5 $13) 16... Nd7 17. Nc4 (17. Ra3 {Ftacnik} Bg5 18. Nc4 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Be7 20. Bd3 Nf6 {0-1/Tatai,S-Iruzubieta,J/Cannes op/0-1 (20)}) 17... Bc6 $1 (17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Rb4 Qc5 21. Bc4 $14) 18. Ra2 Nc5 $13) 16. Rb4 $1 Nc5 (16... Bc6 17. Rc4 Rc8 (17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. Qc6+ Ke7 20. Rb4 $16) 18. Ncb4 $16) 17. Rxb7 $1 Nxb7 18. b4 Bg5 (18... Qc8 19. Nce3 Bd8 20. Bc4 O-O 21. Qd3 a5 22. O-O Kh8 $14) (18... O-O {Ftacnik} 19. h4 a5 20. Bc4 $44) 19. Na3 O-O 20. Nc4 a5 21. Bd3 (21. Ncb6 {Ftacnik} Ra7 $13 (21... axb4 22. Nxa8 bxc3 $5 23. Nab6 Bd2+ 24. Ke2 Nc5 25. f3 f5 26. exf5 e4 $40)) 21... axb4 22. cxb4 Qb8 (22... Rb8 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. h4 Bh6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. O-O Qc8) 23. h4 Bh6 (23... Bd8 $5 {? ?c7,?d8,?e6}) (23... Bd8 {Ftacnik} 24. g3 $44) 24. Ncb6 Ra2 25. O-O (25. Nd7 $6 {Ftacnik} Qa7 26. O-O Ra8 $1) 25... Rd2 (25... Qa7 {Ftacnik} 26. Bc4 Rd2 27. Qf3 Nd8) 26. Qf3 Qa7 (26... Qe8 {Ftacnik} 27. g4 (27. Ba6 $2 Nd8 28. Nc4 Rd4 29. Nxd6 Qe6 30. Nf5 Qxa6 31. Nxd4 exd4 $19) (27. Nc7 Qe7 28. Nbd5 Qxh4 $17) 27... Bf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Nd5 Nd8 30. Nxf4 $10) 27. Nd7 Nd8 (27... Rd8 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Qxf7 Rxd3 (29... g6 30. Nf6 Bg7 31. Ne8 $18) 30. Nf8 $18) (27... Qa3 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxf8 Rxd3 30. Qxf7 Qb3 31. Ne6 $18) (27... Ra8 {Ftacnik} 28. Bc4 (28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Qxf7 Rxd3 30. Nf8 Qa2 $1) 28... Nd8 29. N5b6 $36) (27... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 28. Nxf8 Nxd3 29. Qf5 $1 g6 30. Qd7 Qxd7 (30... Qb8 31. Nxh7 $40) 31. Nxd7 $16) 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. b5 Qa3 (29... Ne6 30. b6 Qa3 31. b7 Qb3 (31... Rb2 32. Bb5 $1 Qa7 33. Qc3 $18) 32. Rb1 Rb2 33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34. Ba6 Nc5 (34... Nd4 35. Qc3 $18) 35. Qf5 $18) 30. Qf5 $1 Ke8 (30... Rxd3 {Ftacnik} 31. Qd7 g6 (31... Ne6 32. Qc8+) 32. Qxd8+ Kg7 33. b6 $18) (30... Ne6 {Ftacnik} 31. Qxh7 $18) 31. Bc4 Rc2 (31... Qa4 32. Nc7+ Ke7 33. Qc8 $1 Rc2 34. Bxf7 $1 Nxf7 35. Nd5#) 32. Qxh7 $1 Rxc4 (32... Qc5 {Ftacnik} 33. Bb3 Rb2 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Bd1 $18) 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Nb6+ Ke7 35. Nxc4 Qc5 (35... Qb4 {Ftacnik} 36. Nb6 Qxb5 37. Nd5+ Kd7 38. Ra1 $18) 36. Ra1 $1 Qd4 (36... Qxc4 {Ftacnik} 37. Ra7+ Ke6 38. Qe8+ Kf6 39. Qxd8+ Kg6 40. Qxd6+ f6 41. Qc6 $18) 37. Ra3 Bc1 38. Ne3 (38. Ne3 {Ftacnik} Bxa3 39. Nf5+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-31"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.12.08"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "Moiseev,Vladislav Mikhailov"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1994.12.01"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 045"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 {Horvath,T Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. h4 $5 (14. a3 a5 (14... Ne7 15. Ncb4 Bb7 {Karpov,An-Lautier,J (06)/Ubeda m/1994/½-½/ ;CBM 45}) 15. h4 Ne7 16. Nce3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. g3 Qd7 19. Bg2 Bd8 $13 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow PCA/1994/½-½/30/}) 14... Ne7 (14... g6 {Ftacnik} 15. g3 Bg7 16. h5 $14) (14... Be6 {Horvath,T} 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 (15... Qxf6 $2 16. Qxd6 Rbc8 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Qg5 $16) 16. Ne3 b4 $5 $13 (16... Ne7 17. Bd3 $16 d5 $2 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qh5 $16)) 15. Nxf6+ $1 (15. Nce3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bb7 17. g3 b4 $1 18. c4 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6 $10 {Smagin,S-Gorelov,S/URS/1982/½-½/37/}) 15... gxf6 16. Bd3 $1 (16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Bd3 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. O-O-O e4 20. Be2 Qxa2 21. Qh6 Qe6 22. Nd4 Qb6 $13 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Novgorod/1994/1-0/ CBM 43}) 16... d5 (16... f5 {Ftacnik} 17. exf5 Bxf5 (17... Nxf5 18. Qh5 (18. Nb4 $1 $16 {Horvath,T}) (18. Nb4 $1 $16 {Horvath,T}) 18... e4 19. Be2 $16) 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qd3 $16) 17. exd5 Qxd5 (17... f5 {Horvath,T} 18. Ne3 e4 19. Bc2 f4 20. Ng4 f5 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Qd4 Bb7 23. O-O-O $16) 18. Ne3 Qe6 19. Qh5 e4 (19... f5 $5 20. O-O-O (20. Nxf5 $4 Nxf5 21. g4 Qh6 $19) (20. g4 $6 Qg6 $1 21. Nxf5 $4 (21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. hxg5 e4 23. Bc2 f4 $13) 21... Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Qxh5 $19) 20... Qg6 21. Qe2 $36 (21. Qg5 {Ftacnik} f6 22. Qxg6+ hxg6 23. Bc2 $14)) 20. Bc2 b4 (20... f5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 21. c4 Kh8 (21... f5 {Ftacnik} 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Rb7 24. h5 $16) (21... Rd8 $5 {Horvath,T}) 22. O-O-O $16 (22. Qc5 $5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 22... f5 23. Qg5 Rb6 (23... Rg8 24. Qf4 Rb6 25. h5 $16) (23... Qe5 {Ftacnik} 24. Ng4 Qe6 25. Nf6 Ng8 26. Nd5 $18) (23... f6 {Horvath,T} 24. Qf4 Qe5 25. Qxe5 fxe5 26. Rd6 Bb7 27. Ba4 $1 $16) 24. h5 Rc6 (24... Qf6 $142 {Ftacnik} 25. Qf4 Qh6 26. g3 Qxf4 27. gxf4 $16) (24... f6 {Horvath,T} 25. Qf4 Qe5 26. Qxe5 $14) 25. Kb1 (25. h6 $6 Rg8 26. Rd8 Qf6) 25... Rc5 $2 (25... h6 $142 26. Qf4 $16) (25... Qe5 {Ftacnik} 26. Ng4 Qe6 27. h6) (25... Qf6 $16 {Horvath,T}) 26. h6 Qe5 (26... Rg8 27. Rd8 $1 Ng6 28. Nd5 $18 (28. Rxg8+ {Horvath,T} Kxg8 29. Qd8+ Nf8 30. Nd5 f6 31. Rh3 Kf7 32. Rg3 $18)) (26... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 27. Rd8 $18) 27. Rh5 $1 $18 Rg8 (27... Ng6 28. Rd8 $1 $18 {? 29 ?g4, 29 ?f8 ?f8 30 ?d8} Kg8 29. Ng4 fxg4 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qd8+ Qe8 32. Qxe8+ Kxe8 33. Rxc5 $18) (27... Nc6 28. Rd5 (28. Ng4 $1 {Ftacnik} fxg4 29. Qg7+ Qxg7 30. hxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxc5 $18) 28... Rxd5 29. cxd5 $18) 28. Ng4 $3 (28. Ng4 $3 Qe6 (28... fxg4 29. Qxe5+ Rxe5 30. Rxe5 $18) (28... Rxg5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 (29... Rxh5 30. Rd8+ Ng8 31. Nxf7#) 30. Rxg5 Nc6 31. Ba4 $18) 29. Rd8 $1 {? 30 ?g7} Ng6 (29... Qg6 30. Qxe7 fxg4 31. Rxg8+ $18) 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Qd8+ Nf8 32. Nf6+ $18 (32. Rg5+ $18)) 1-0 [Event "Oakham clock sim"] [Site "Oakham"] [Date "1997.11.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Hunt, Harriet"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2820"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1997.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 Rb8 14. Bg2 a5 15. O-O Be6 16. Nce3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Ne7 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Qe2 b4 20. c4 Nc6 21. f4 Nd4 22. Qd2 f6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Rac1 a4 25. bxa4 Qa5 26. Nc2 Nc6 27. Na1 Qxa4 28. Nb3 Qa6 29. Qc2 Ra8 30. Rf2 Qa7 31. Rd2 Na5 32. Qd3 Nb7 33. h3 Qb6 34. Qe2 Rdc8 35. Kh2 Rc6 36. Bf3 Kh8 37. Bg4 Bg8 38. Bd7 Rc7 39. Bb5 Rac8 40. Rdc2 Nc5 41. f5 h6 42. g4 Qb7 43. Nxc5 Rxc5 44. Kg3 Ra8 45. Rb1 Ra3+ 46. Kh2 d5 47. exd5 Bxd5 48. Rxb4 Bf3 49. Qe1 e4 50. Rb3 Rxb3 51. axb3 Qb8+ 52. Qg3 Re5 53. Rc1 Qd6 54. Re1 Qd2+ 55. Kg1 e3 56. c5 Rxc5 57. Bc4 Rc8 58. Ra1 Bb7 59. Re1 Ra8 60. Be6 0-1 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.06.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Serper, Grigory"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1998.05.24"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. exd5 Bxf5 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bg5 e4 11. Qe3 Ng4 12. Qg3 Bc5 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Be5 O-O 16. Be2 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Bd4 18. Qg3 Rae8 19. O-O Bg6 20. Qb3 Kg7 21. c3 Bb6 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qd2 24. Kf2 Re6 25. Qd1 Rf6+ 26. Kg1 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qf2 29. Qd7 Qxb2 30. Qd4+ Kh7 31. Re1 Qb6 32. Rxe4 c5 33. Qe5 Bxe4 34. Qxe4+ Kg7 35. h3 Qe6 0-1 [Event "Internet blitz 5'"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.08.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Schmaltz, Roland"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "1998.05.24"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O a6 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Bd2 b5 12. a3 O-O 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Qh3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. e5 Nxd3 17. exf6 Nxe1 18. fxe7 Bxg2 19. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 20. Qg3 Bxf1 21. Bxe1 Bc4 22. Nd2 Bb5 23. Nde4 Bc6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qh4 h6 26. Bf2 Qe7 27. Nfe4 f6 28. Qh5 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Qg6 Qd7 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Kh7 33. Nc4 Rf5 34. Bg3 e4 35. Ne3 Rf3 36. Bf2 g5 37. Ne2 Rf7 38. Nd4 Bd7 39. b4 Bh3 40. c4 Kg6 41. c5 h5 42. c6 h4 43. Nc4 Kh5 44. Nd6 Rf4 45. Ne2 Rf6 46. Nxe4 Rxc6 47. Bc5 Re6 48. N2c3 Bf5 49. Nd6 Bd3 50. Kf2 g4 51. Nd5 Re2+ 52. Kg1 Re1+ 53. Kf2 Rf1+ 54. Ke3 Rf3+ 55. Kd2 g3 56. hxg3 h3 57. Bg1 Bb5 58. Nf4+ Kg4 59. Nxh3 Kxh3 60. Nxb5 axb5 61. Bc5 Kxg3 62. Ke2 Kg4 63. Kd2 Ra3 64. Ke2 Kf4 65. Kd2 Ke4 66. Kc2 Kd5 67. Kb2 Rd3 68. Kc2 Kc4 69. Kb2 Rd2+ 70. Kc1 Kc3 71. Be7 Rd3 72. Bf6+ Kxb4 73. Kc2 Kc4 74. Be7 b4 75. Bxb4 Kxb4 76. Kxd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Internet m1"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1998.05.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1998.05.24"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.07.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Qh5 Raf7 18. g4 e4 19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Bb3 fxg4 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Qf6 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. h3 Qe6 26. hxg4 Rf6 27. Kg2 Nd3 28. Qh4 Nf4+ 29. Kg1 h5 30. g5 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Rf3 32. Qxh5 Nxf2+ 33. Kg2 Rh3 34. Qe2 Qe5 35. Rg1 Rh2+ 36. Kf1 Nh3 37. Qg4 Nxg1 38. Kxg1 Rxb2 39. Qc8+ Bf8 40. Qh3 Qxg5+ 41. Kh1 Qh6 42. Rg1+ Kh7 43. Qxh6+ Bxh6 44. Nd5 Bg7 45. Rg2 Rxg2 46. Kxg2 Kg6 47. Kf2 Kf5 48. Ke3 a5 49. Ne7+ Ke6 50. Nc6 d5 0-1 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1998.06.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "85"] [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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O Bd7 18. Qd3 f5 19. Ra2 g6 20. f3 Bh6 21. Rd1 Qh4 22. Nde3 Rf6 23. Bd5 Rbf8 24. Nf1 Ne7 25. Nce3 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 R6f7 29. Rxa5 Bg4 30. Rda1 Be6 31. Nfe3 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Bxb3 33. c4 Rc8 34. Rc1 Rb7 35. Ra6 Rb4 36. Rxd6 Ba4 37. Re6 Rb3 38. Nd5 Bb5 39. Re7 Ba6 40. c5 Rf8 41. c6 Rb2 42. h4 Bd3 43. Rxe5 1-0 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m playoff"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1998.06.12"] [Round "10"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2825"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1998.06.??"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O g6 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. Ra2 f5 20. f3 Bh6 21. Rd1 Qh4 22. Nce3 Be6 23. Nf1 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. fxe4 Rf7 26. Rf2 Kg7 27. Rxf7+ Bxf7 28. Kf2 Nd8 29. Ra1 Ne6 30. Rxa5 Nc5 31. Ng3 Nxb3 32. Ra7 Nd2 33. Ba2 Rb2 34. Ke1 Kf8 35. Nb4 Nb3 36. Nd3 Rxg2 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Bxb3+ Kg7 39. Nf1 Bf4 40. h3 Bg3+ 41. Kd1 h5 42. Be6 Bf4 43. Ne1 Rf2 44. Bc4 g5 45. Be2 g4 46. Nd3 Rg2 47. hxg4 h4 48. Bf3 h3 49. Ke1 Rc2 50. Nxf4 exf4 51. Nd2 h2 52. Nb1 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2636"] [Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"] [PlyCount "85"] [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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 (14... Kh8 15. b4 $1) 15. Bb5 $5 Bb7 (15... Ne7 $5) (15... Bd7 16. O-O Rb8 17. Na3 (17. c4 Na7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxa5 Rxb2 20. c5 Nc6 21. Ra6 Rfb8 22. Rb6 Bd8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nde3 Bc7 25. Nf5 Rd8 26. Qg4 g6 27. Nce3 Kh8 28. Qg5 Qe6 29. Nd5 gxf5 30. Nf6 fxe4 31. g4 Nd4 32. Qh6 Qxf6 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. cxd6 Rxd6 35. Qe7 Ne6 36. Rc1 Rd2 37. Qe8+ {1-0 Paraschiv,I-Cusmir,C/cr 1984/FatBase 98 (37)}) 17... Kh8 18. Qe2 f5 19. f3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qe8 22. Kg1 Bd8 23. h3 Ne7 24. c4 Nxd5 25. exd5 Bb6+ 26. Kh1 Rb7 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Nb5 Qf8 29. Ra3 e4 30. Ra1 e3 31. Rf1 Qe8 32. Rf4 h6 33. Qf3 Rd8 34. Re4 Qg6 35. Re6 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 e2 37. Qxe2 Bg1+ 38. Kg3 Rf8 39. h4 Bf2+ 40. Kg4 Qf5# {0-1 Zielinski,M-Pyda,Z/Gdynia POL-ch sf 1987/FatBase 98 (40)}) (15... Na7 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Ra2 Nc8 18. O-O Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bd5 Rac8 21. Na3 Qa6 22. Qf3 Kh8 23. b3 f5 24. Nc4 a4 25. exf5 Rc5 26. Rd1 Rxf5 27. Qg4 e4 28. Qxe4 Qb5 29. Rxa4 h5 30. Ra8+ {1-0 Gufeld,E-Gavrikov,V/URS 1978/FatBase 98 (30)}) 16. Nce3 (16. O-O Kh8 (16... Ne7 17. Bc4 Bc6 18. Ra2 Qb8 19. Nce3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qb7 21. b3 Kh8 22. Qd3 Bd8 23. Rfa1 Rb8 24. b4 axb4 25. Ra7 Qc8 26. Nxb4 Bb6 27. R7a6 f5 28. exf5 Bd7 29. g4 Qc5 30. R1a2 g6 31. Nd5 gxf5 32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33. Rxb6 Qxb6 34. Ra6 Qb8 35. Rxd6 Ba4 36. Ra6 Bb3 37. Bxb3 Qxb3 38. Ra7 Qg8 39. h3 fxg4 40. h4 Ra8 41. Qxh7+ Qxh7 42. Rxa8+ {1-0 Brumm-Hoyer,T/GER-N 1988}) 17. Nce3 Na7 18. Bd3 g6 19. Nc4 Nc6 20. Ncb6 Rb8 21. Qg4 Na7 22. b4 Nc8 23. bxa5 Nxb6 24. Nxb6 Bd2 25. Ra3 f5 26. Qe2 Bh6 27. c4 Bc6 28. Bc2 Rf7 29. Rd1 Bf8 30. c5 Qf6 31. Nc4 dxc5 32. exf5 Re8 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rh3+ Rh7 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Be4 Bb5 37. Rb1 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Hansen Sune Berg/it op Groningen NED 1997}) 16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Ne7 18. O-O Rb8 (18... d5 $5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Re1 f6 22. h3 Rc8 23. c4 Bc6 24. Qb3 Bxb5 25. cxb5+ Kh8 26. Rea1 Qb6 (26... Qd2 27. Rxa5 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kh2 Qd2 30. Qa4) 27. Rxa5 Rb8 $14) 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Bc4 Bc6 (20... Rfc8 21. Rd1) 21. Ra2 Rfd8 (21... Qc5 $5) 22. b3 Qc5 (22... Qb7 23. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bb5 25. Rxa5 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Rdc8 27. Rfa1 Ra8 $16) 23. Rfa1 Ra8 24. h4 $1 h6 (24... h5 25. Qd1 $1 Bxe4 26. Qxh5 d5 (26... Bg6 27. Qg5 d5 28. b4 Qc7 29. Bb3 d4 30. h5 $40) 27. Qxe5 Ng6 28. Qg5 f6 29. Qg4 dxc4 30. Qxe4 cxb3 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qxb3 Nxh4 33. Ra4 $14 {Kasparov}) 25. h5 Bb7 $6 (25... Rdc8 $5 26. Ng4 (26. Rd1 Rd8) 26... Kf8 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Rad2 Rab8) 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Rda1 Bb7 28. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rdc8 30. b4 $1 $18 {x?e7} Qxc3 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Rxa5 Rb8 (32... Re8 33. g4 $1) 33. Ra7 $1 Kf8 34. Rd7 Nc8 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Rxb4 37. Ra8 Kd7 38. Rxg7 (38. g3 $1) 38... Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rf4 40. Ng4 Ne7 41. Ra7+ Ke8 42. g3 Rf5 43. Rh7 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "68"] [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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 {Kasparov used to play 9.Nd5 here.} gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 {Two rounds before, Leko played 13. ... 0-0 14.Nce3 Bg6 !? with Judith Polgar. Although he reached a rather comfortable draw in that game, against Kasparov he decided to go for a main line.} 14. a4 {This move was never popular. Last year Anand tried it in two games (once in this position against Lautier, Monte Carlo, 1999 and once in a slightly different one against Khalifman, Beograd, 1999), but haven't got anything out of the opening. Kasparov has an interesting idea in his mind, but it seems that Black is OK even after that.} O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nce3 (17. Nc7 Qa2 {[%csl Gb2]}) (17. Bxb5 Nd4 {[%CAl Gb7g2] and the practice has shown that in both cases Black faces no problems at all.}) 17... Qb7 18. g4 $5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf5] This is what Kasparov prepared for this game. White prevents f7-f5 and tries to use his extra piece on the white squares.} (18. Bd3 f5 19. O-O Kh8 $11 {0,5 Anand-Lautier/Monte Carlo 1999 (23).}) 18... Ne7 $1 19. Bg2 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 (20. Nxd5 {This is not in the spirit of the position. White needs the Knight on e3 for controlling the f5-square.} Qd7 21. g5 f5 $132) 20... Qe7 21. h4 {Well, this is more a prophylactic move than an attacking one. White covers the weaknesses of the black squares. On the other hand making so many pawn moves is quite risky, and if Black will succeed to open the position, White can find himself in trouble.} (21. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 $17 {[%CAl Gf8f2]}) (21. Be4 $5) 21... Rc8 {Right plan - fighting for d5 square and looking for counterplay in the center.} 22. g5 (22. Be4 Rc5) 22... Rc5 {?23. ... Bd5 and 24. ... Qb7.} 23. Be4 {White cannot blockade the d-pawn anymore.} d5 $1 24. Nxd5 (24. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qb7 $19) 24... Bxd5 25. Bxd5 e4 $132 26. Ke2 (26. Qb3 e3 27. O-O Qd7 $36) 26... Qe5 27. Bb3 Qc7 28. Qg1 $5 {Unusual move, trying to open the position of the Black's King.} (28. Qd2 Rf5 29. Rd1 Qh2 $40) 28... b4 {Black has enough counterplay.} 29. g6 hxg6 30. Qxg6 Kf8 31. Qg3 {White should go for a draw. Playing for an attack is simply too risky, due to bad position of the King on e2.} (31. Qg4 $2 bxc3 32. Rg1 (32. bxc3 Rxc3 (32... Rb5 $5 33. Rg1 f5 (33... Qxc3 34. Rg3 Qb2+ 35. Kf1 Rxb3 36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Qc7+ Ke8 38. Qc6+ $11) 34. Qg5 Rxb3 35. Qxf5+ Kg8 36. Qd5+ Qf7 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Rg4 $17) 33. Rg1 Qe5 34. Qd7 Qf6 $17 {and Black defends everything.}) 32... f5 33. Qg6 cxb2 34. Rd1 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Rxf2+ $1 36. Kxf2 Qh2+ 37. Ke3 Qh3+ 38. Kf2 Bd4+ 39. Rxd4 Qf3+ $19) 31... Qxg3 (31... Be5 $2 32. Qg4 bxc3 33. Rg1 $40) 32. fxg3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Bd5 Rxg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "2000.06.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "70"] [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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a3 {It's amazing that Kasparov is not going for the main line 13.a4. That might be a sign that Black is doing fine there. In this case the system with early 12. ... Bg5 and 13. ... Rb8 is not worse than more popular Black's set-ups in 9.Nd5 line.} a5 (13... O-O {I always thought this move is more precise, but it may be a subjective approach. Interesting what Kasparov had here in mind, as the earlier practice couldn't show anything for White.} 14. h4 {This can be the move to emphasise the drawback of 13. ... 0-0. The future practice will give an answer.} (14. Ncb4 Bb7 15. h4 Bh6 16. g4 Bf4 $13) 14... Bh6 15. g4 Bf4 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Nxf4 Qf6 18. Nb4 Nxb4 19. axb4 exf4 $13) 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe2 {This set-up (Bd3 and Qe2) is the most logical after Black's 13. ... a5.} O-O {Interesting novelty. Black hopes to get initiative after Bxb5.} (16... Bd7 17. b4 a4 (17... axb4 18. Nxb4 O-O 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. O-O $14) 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 O-O 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rfc8 22. Rc1 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qxe6 25. O-O Rc8 26. Qd2 Qb3 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 h5 29. h4 g6 30. f3 Kg7 31. Kf2 Qa2+ 32. Kf1 Qb3 33. Ke2 Qa2+ 34. Kf1 Qb3 35. Ke2 Qa2+ 36. Kf1 {½-½ Korneev,O-Illescas Cordoba,M/Cala Galdana 1999}) (16... Qb7 17. O-O O-O 18. b4 a4 19. c4 $14 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Sutovskij,E/Essen 1999 (42)}) 17. O-O (17. Bxb5 f5 18. Bc4+ (18. a4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Bb7 (19... Bf5 20. Qe2 $13) 20. Qc4+ Kh8 (20... d5 21. Qe2 $13) 21. O-O Rf4 22. Qe2 Rbf8 $44 {Black has enough compensation, as White cannot easily use his extra pawn and Black is ready for an active play.}) 18... Kh8 19. b4 fxe4 20. O-O Bb7 21. Rad1 $13 {Black's position looks promising, although a creative play is required.}) 17... Bd7 18. b4 {Fixing the weakness on b5. I would say that White is slightly better, as his play is easier, but Black's position is quite solid.} axb4 (18... a4 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 $14) 19. Nxb4 Rfc8 20. c4 {White must play it anyway soonet or later. His plan is to advance a-pawn and try to use the fact that black Bishop on g5 cannot defend the queenside.} bxc4 21. Bxc4 Be6 22. Bd5 Qd7 23. Qa6 (23. Rfb1 $142 Bg4 (23... Rc3 24. a4) (23... Qa4 $2 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4) 24. Qa6 $14) 23... Rc3 24. Rfd1 (24. Rfb1) 24... Bg4 25. Rdb1 Rbc8 {Black succeeded to neutralize White's positional factors by getting very good dynamic. The position remains very unclear, but one can say that Black improved the position of all pieces, while White didn't advance his a-pawn yet.} 26. a4 (26. Bb7 $5 {Here or on the next move White could've tried to bring the Knight into play.} Rb8 27. Nd5) 26... h5 {Naturally Black is looking for counterplay on the kingside. 26. ... h5 is also a defending move: Black needs "Luft" for his King anyway.} 27. a5 (27. Bb7) 27... Bh4 28. Qb7 {understandable desire to swap Queens.} (28. f3 Rxf3 (28... Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. Ra2) 29. gxf3 (29. Bb7 Rcc3 30. Nd5 Rc2 {is just winning for Black}) 29... Bxf3 {and Black has at least perpetual, although probably not more than that.} 30. Rb2 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1) 28... R3c7 (28... R8c7 {this is probably more precise than the game (see comments to 31.Nc6).} 29. a6 Bh3 30. gxh3 Qxh3 31. Qb6 R7c5 $1) 29. a6 (29. Qa6) 29... Bh3 $1 {threatening first of all Qg4.} 30. gxh3 (30. f3 $13) 30... Qxh3 31. Qb6 $2 (31. Nc6 $1 {last chance to defend was to keep away black Rooks. By the way, that's why on the move 28 was better to leave one Rook on c3.} Qg4+ (31... Bxf2+ $2 {loses, as the King walks to the queenside} 32. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 33. Ke3 Qg3+ 34. Kd2 Qf2+ 35. Kc3 Qe3+ 36. Kb4 Qc5+ 37. Ka4) 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 (33. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 33... Qg4+ 34. Kd2 Qf4+ 35. Kc3 Bxf2 $13) 31... Bg5 $2 (31... Rc5 $1 {Very strong move, which cuts white Queen from defending f2. The threat Bxf2 followed by Rc2 looks decisive.} 32. Nd3 (32. a7 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rc2+ 34. Nxc2 Rxc2+ 35. Ke1 Qc3+ 36. Kf1 Qf3+ {and mate.}) (32. Qb7 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rc2+ $19) (32. Rf1 {doesn't help either} Bxf2+ $1 $19) (32. Bc6 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qf3 $19) 32... Qxd3 33. Rf1 Qf3 34. Ra2 Rc1 {with a very strong attack.} 35. Ra1 Qg4+ $1 (35... R8c5 {strange enough, but this seem to achieve nothing as the pawn on c5 is in Wj\hite's favour:} 36. Qxc5 $1 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Rxa1 38. Rxa1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 dxc5 40. Ra2 {the Rook is well placed on a2, and the difference with the other line is that the pawn on c5 stands bad, because the Queen doesn't control the square a7 after Qe3:} Qg4+ 41. Kf1 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Bxf2+ 43. Rxf2 $11 Qe3 44. a7) 36. Kh1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Rc2 39. Rf1 Bxf2+ 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Qe3 42. Kg2 (42. Bxf7+ Kh7 43. Bd5 h4 $19) 42... Kh7 $1 43. Ra2 Qa7 {and Black must be winning.}) 32. Nd3 (32. a7 Bf4 33. a8=Q Bxh2+ 34. Kh1 $11) 32... Qg4+ ({There was no point to complicate things with} 32... Qxd3 $2 33. a7 Qh3 34. Qb3 $1 $18 (34. Qxc7 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Rxc7 37. a8=Q+ Kh7 {and although White is a Rook up, Black has some chances.})) 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 19th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2002.03.10"] [Round "14"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2838"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "56"] [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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ra4 13. b4 {Up to the present game the piece sac in connection with this pawn advance brought Shirov two nice victories. Actually the move 13.b4 was lately the reason for popularity of the whole bishop sacrifice line. Probably it is time to have a closer look to 13.b4. White obviously wants to open files on the queenside and it also defends pawn e4 in a very original and active manner. The move is not new at all and was first played in 1979, but never considered dangerous because of the answer 13. ... Rxb4. However, the things proved far from clear after 14.Nbc7 Kd7 15.0-0, when Black must play very precise in order to avoid a quick disaster. Black tried several different ways after that, but it became more or less obvious that White has a good compensation for the piece. In the former Soviet Union the inventor of the b4 idea was considered Latvian Master Alvis Vitolinsh. It is not possible to say now if he played it before the first officially recorded game with 13.b4 ( Tringov,G-Cvetkovic,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1979), because in chess databases many Soviet tournaments are absent. Interesting is another factor. Certain is that after two decades another originally Latvian player contributed to its revival - Alexey Shirov. Maybe we should name the move 13.b4 the Latvian Variation? However, the present game is a serious blow against "Latvian Variation". The psychological effect of this game might be so strong that we won't see 13.b4 soon in the practice again, that's why I thought it is better to give this short historical background now.} (13. Nbc7+ Kd7 14. b4 {would avoid Black's option 13. ... Qh4, since now 14...Qh4 makes less sense (because the king went on d7 already, see next comment). Maybe in this case Black can consider taking on b4 with the knight, although it wasn't played it in the practice yet.} Rxb4 (14... Nxb4 $5 15. c3 Nxd5 16. Qxa4+ Kxc7 17. exd5 Bb7 $13 {White will soon double rooks on the b-file, while Black should be trying to trade queens. It's difficult to give a precise evaluation of the position without practical games played with it.}) 15. O-O $13) 13... Qh4 {Repeating McShane's idea. Strange that nobody played it after the game Luther,T-McShane,L/Lippstadt 2000. 13... Qh4 has several ideas. First of all the counterplay on the kingside is typical for Black in 11.Bxb5 line. Secondly (and most important) Black makes available square d8 for his king, thus keeping open the diagonal c8-h3 for the bishop. And finally the queen attacks pawn e4.} (13... Nxb4 $2 {This doesn't work now because White wins a piece:} 14. Ndc7+ {That's the difference. White gives check with another knight.} Kd7 15. c3 $16) (13... Rxb4) 14. O-O Rg8 15. f4 {A slightly dubious novelty. Or let put it this way - the move was already recommended in the annotations to McShane's game and one would expect that Shirov had analyzed the arising complications, but the game proved the opposite.} ({After} 15. c3 f4 {White forced a draw in the above-mentioned game:} 16. Qxa4 Rxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Qg4+ {½-½ Luther,T-McShane,L/Lippstadt 2000. Probably this is the logical outcome, unless Black can invent something instead of 15...f4 to play for more than a draw, but I doubt that.}) 15... Kd8 {Shirov failed to find a way and collapsed in a few moves. I accept that there are ways for White to improve, but on the other hand Black has always enough counterplay, at least for a draw by perpetual in most of the cases.} 16. c3 (16. Nb6 $5 Rxb4 17. Nxc8 (17. Nxd6 Rd4 $19) 17... Kxc8 18. Qd5 (18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Rc4 $1 $19)) 16... Ra6 17. a4 {Makes possible the move Ra1-a2 later.} (17. Ndc7 Rb6 18. a4 fxe4 {see 18.Nbc7}) 17... fxe4 18. f5 $6 (18. Ndc7 {This was certainly more stubborn. Now in the following variations White is still struggling:} Rb6 (18... Bh3 19. Ra2) (18... exf4 19. Nxa6 f3 20. Ra2 Bxa6 21. Qd5 $1 Qh3 22. g3 Bxb5 23. axb5 Ne5 24. b6 {and probably Black has nothing more than a draw with Rxg3 at one point.}) 19. a5 Rb7 20. a6 Rxc7 21. Nxc7 Kxc7 22. a7 Bb7 23. a8=Q Bxa8 24. Rxa8) 18... Bb7 {The diagonal c8-h3 was closed by 18.f5, so the bishop finds a better one - the long diagonal, which will prove fatal for White. By the way, one can say that the long diagonal is also full of pieces. Well, watch this:} 19. Ra2 e3 $1 20. Nxe3 Qe4 21. Re1 Nxb4 $1 $19 {The decisive combination - White cannot hold g2. Who said that the long diagonal is full of pieces?} 22. cxb4 Bh6 {Attacking the defender - a well-known and effective motif.} 23. Kh1 Bxe3 24. Qe2 {The rest doesn't need comments - Black is absolutely winning.} (24. Rxe3 Qxg2+ 25. Rxg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Bf3+ 27. Kf2 Bxd1 {with a rook up.}) 24... Rc6 25. a5 Qxb4 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Qxe3 Qd4 28. Qc1 Qd5 0-1 [Event "Eurotel Trophy"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2002.04.30"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2838"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2002.04.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 089"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.08.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {Garry Kasparov played Sveshnikov Sicilian from Black side earlier as well, but mostly in simuls or advanced chess. This year he won in Linares (classical game, of course) against Alexey Shirov, which means that he more or less included Sveshnikov Sicilian in his repertoire on a stable basis. The present game is another reason for Sveshnikov Sicilian adherents to be happy. Undoubtly the fact that the World Number One started to play Sveshnikov Sicilian will have consequences and the theory of this opening will develop quicker.} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 {In above-mentioned game against Alexey, Kasparov played "the classical" 10. ... f5. Although these two options (10. ... f5 and 10. ... Bg7) can lead later to same positions, I would rather separate them and consider as two independent lines, because in each case White can choose a different type of position.} 11. c3 f5 12. Bd3 (12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 {Is another main line.}) 12... Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nc2 {Like in other main lines of the Sveshnikov Sicilian, this is a strategically complicated position. White has a better pawn structure, possibilities to play in the center and on the queenside, a better control over d-file. Quite a lot, which defines that objectively White must have the advantage. However, in Sveshnikov Sicilian Black's position often contains a lot of hidden potential. The bishop pair, pawn majority in the center and the open g-file are strong arguments in his favour. In the long run with a precise play White might well be slightly better, but in any case there is a tough battle ahead and White cannot afford to make mistakes and allow Black to take the initiative. The present game is a superb demonstration of Black's potential.} f4 $5 {15. ... Rb8 or 15. ... Bb7 are more popular than the text move. 15. ... f4 is in a way less flexible, but more determined - Black shows his clear intentions to start a kingside attack.} 16. a4 {The logical continuation - White starts immediately activity on the queenside.} (16. Qh5 {Preventing Black from playing Qg5 deserves attention as well.}) 16... bxa4 {Black is practically forced to abandon the queenside and for that purpose 16. ... bxa4 is better than 16. ... Bb7, because it keeps the a-file closed for a while.} (16... Bb7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Nb4 f5 20. f3 Kh8 21. Kh1 Bf6 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Ra1 $16 {1-0 Luther,T-Richter,M/Nova Gorica 2000 (49)}) 17. Rxa4 Qg5 18. f3 (18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Nb4 Kh8 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. f3 Rg8 22. Rf2 Qh5 23. Qf1 Be6 {Looked good for Black in Sameeh,H-Halkias,S/Tanta City 2002.}) 18... Bf6 {The start of impressive trip.} 19. Bc4 {In connection with the next move an innacuracy. White attacks pawn d6, but for some reasons didn't take it.} (19. Nb4 $142) 19... Kh8 20. Rf2 $6 (20. Qxd6 {This was the logical follow-up, although it looks quite risky, since Black activates the rook. The direct assault fails, though:} Rd8 21. Qb6 Rd2 22. Rf2 ({or} 22. Ne1 Bh3 23. Rf2 Rd1 24. Kf1 Rg8 25. Ke2 Rgd8 26. Bd5) 22... Bd8 23. Qc6 Rd1+ 24. Bf1 Rb8 25. Rb4 $1 {protecting against Bb6.}) 20... Be7 (20... Bd8 $2 21. Qxd6) 21. Nb4 {Now it seems that White is in time to place the knight on d5. However, Kasparov demonstrates that once kingside bishop swithches to the diagonal a7-g1, White can hardly resist the attack.} (21. Bd5 {doesn't help White from preventing Bd8-b6:} Rb8 22. Nb4 Bd8 23. Nc6 Bb6 {Of course.} 24. Nxb8 Bh3 25. Qf1 Rg8 {is similar to the game - White can't protect g2.}) 21... d5 $1 {As mentioned in the annotations after move 15.Nc2, once Black finds a way to coordinate his pieces, White will have a tough life.} 22. Bxd5 ({White cannot prevent Bc5, for instance:} 22. Qxd5 Be6) 22... Bc5 23. Bxa8 Rg8 {White is a rook up, but apparently the position is absolutely lost.} 24. Kf1 (24. Qf1 Bh3 25. Kh1 Bxf2 26. Qxf2 Bxg2+ 27. Kg1 Bxf3+ 28. Kf1 Bg2+ 29. Ke1 Rxa8 $19) 24... Bxf2 25. Ke2 Qxg2 26. Kd3 Be3 {The rest is clear.} 27. Bd5 Qxh2 28. Kc4 Rg1 29. Qd3 Bh3 {A nice demonstration of Black's superiority. Judith managed to escape with the king, but the endgame is lost due to the power of Black's bishops.} 30. Kb3 Bf1 31. Qc2 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Kg7 {Black wins in many ways. The simple advance of h-pawn or 32. ... Be2 followed by Bxf3 decides quickly. Kasparov leaves the option which pawn to queen (h or f) for later.} 33. c4 Be2 34. Rxa6 Bd1+ 35. Kd3 Bxf3 {So kasparov decided that f-pawn has a shorter way to f1...} 36. Nc6 Rd1+ 37. Kc3 Bg4 38. Nxe5 Bd4+ 39. Kc2 Bxe5 40. Ra7 Re1 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. c5 Re2+ 43. Kc1 f3 44. Bc4 Rxe4 45. Bd5 Rf4 0-1 [Event "ARM-ROW m"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2004.06.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "51"] [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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 (20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qf3 Qd7 23. Ra8+ Bf8 24. Rfa1 Rf7 {is okay for Black}) (20. Bxb5 d5 21. Ra6 Kh8 (21... f4 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxd5 $14) 22. Qa4 (22. f4 d4 23. cxd4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Bc8 25. Ra3 Bh6 26. Rf3 f4 $15 {0-1 Hector,J-Rogozenko,D/Goteborg 2004 (56)}) 22... f4 23. Nc2 Bc8 24. Ra8 Re6 $44) 20... d5 21. Nc2 $146 (21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Nxf5 e4 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Bxb5 $13 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Sermek,D/Belisce 1999 (34)}) (21. Bxb5 {transposes to 20.Bxb5 d5 21.Ra6, see above.}) (21. Qh5 e4 (21... Qd7 $5) 22. Bxb5 f4 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Nxd5 $14 {½-½ Nilsson,J-Binelli,R/SSKK 60 jub corr 1998 (35)}) 21... Bc8 (21... f4 22. Bxb5 (22. Qh5 e4 $36) 22... Bc8 23. Ra8 {and Black still must prove his compensation.}) 22. Ra8 Qd7 (22... Qb6 23. Nb4 Be6 24. Ra6 Qb7 25. Bc2 $14) 23. Nb4 e4 24. Be2 (24. Bc2 d4 $11) 24... Bb7 (24... d4 $5 25. cxd4 Bxd4 26. Qb3+ (26. Bxb5 Bxf2+ $1) 26... Qe6 (26... Kg7 27. Rd1) 27. Nd5 $13) 25. Ra5 ({Black is doing great after} 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 25... d4 26. cxd4 (26. cxd4 Qxd4 (26... Bxd4 27. Bxb5) 27. Rxb5 (27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxb5 Bxb2 $11) 27... f4 $5 $44 (27... Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxb2 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rdxd5 Bc3 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 $16)) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 22nd"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2005.02.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2005.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 106"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. O-O (18. h4) 18... f5 19. Qa4 $5 {The idea of Sankt Petersburg GM M.Novik. White uses the fact that he hasn't played b2-b3 yet.} Bd7 20. Bb5 Rxb5 $6 (20... Qc8 21. Nc4 $5 (21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Nxf4 $14)) (20... Nb4 $1 {Indicated first by Cifuentes} 21. Bxd7 Nxa2 {The concrete variations show that Black is doing okay here. Probably it's about equal:} 22. Bb5 (22. exf5 Rxb2 23. Nc4 Nxc3 24. Nxc3 Rb4 25. Qc6 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxd7 27. fxg6 hxg6) 22... Bxe3 (22... fxe4 23. Bc4 (23. Ra1 $2 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qh4 25. g3 Qh5 $17) 23... Bxe3 (23... Rxb2 24. Nd1 Rd2 25. Bxa2 $14 {[%csl Rg5]}) 24. Nxe3 Rxb2 {is the same as 22...?xe3}) (22... f4 23. Nc4 f3 24. g3 Nc1 25. Nxa5 Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 (26. Kh1 Rf7 $1 {[%CAl Gd8c8,Gc8h3] Cifuentes}) 26... fxe2 27. Re1 Rxb2 28. Nc4 Rb8 29. Qa6 Be7 30. Rxe2 Qc8 31. Qxc8 Rfxc8 32. Nb2 $1 $44 {[%CAl Gb2d3,Gd3b4]}) 23. Nxe3 (23. fxe3 Qh4 $36) 23... fxe4 $1 (23... f4 24. Nd5 f3 25. g3 Qg5 26. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Ra2]}) 24. Bc4 Rxb2 25. Bxa2 Qf6 26. Nd1 (26. f3 $2 Qf4 27. Nd1 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 exf3+ $19) (26. Bd5 Rxf2 $19) 26... Rd2 {followed by ...d5, with initiative for Black} 27. h3 (27. Qxa5 $2 Rxd1 $19) 27... d5 28. Qxa5 Qd8 $5 $11 (28... e3 29. Nxe3 Rxf2 30. Re1 $1 (30. Rd1 $2 Qf4 $19) 30... d4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Ng4 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qf3+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ $11)) 21. Qxb5 Nb4 22. Qxa5 Nxa2 23. Qxa2 fxe4 (23... f4 24. Nc2 f3 25. g3 Bc6 26. Rd1 Qd7 27. Ne1 h5 28. Qa3 Bh6 29. c4 $16 {1-0 Novik,M-Filippov,V/Sankt_Peterburg 1994 (48)}) 24. b4 {It is amazing that all this was known since 1994, when G.Nesis and M.Novik evaluated the position with advantage for White. They were right: the first player has plans to advance the b-pawn or/and attack pawn e4, while for Black it is difficult to create counterplay.} Be6 25. c4 Qc8 26. Qb3 (26. Qc2 {looks very attractive, but it remains unclear if White can win the following endgame:} Bxe3 {Forced} 27. Nxe3 d5 (27... Bf5 28. Rd1 $16) 28. cxd5 Qxc2 29. Nxc2 Bxd5 30. Ne3 Be6 $1 {[%csl Re3]} (30... Bc6 31. Rc1 $16) 31. Rb1 (31. b5 Rb8 32. Rb1 Rb6 33. Nd1 Bc4 34. Nc3 Bd3 35. Rb2 Kg7 $11) (31. Rc1 Rb8) 31... Rb8 32. Kf1 Kg7) (26. Rd1 $142 {[%csl Gd5][%CAl Ga2c2,Gd1d5]} Rf7 (26... Kg7 27. Qc2 Qa8 28. Nc7 $16) 27. Qc2 Qa8 28. b5 $16 (28. Qxe4 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Qa4 $132)) (26. Qb1 $2 Bxd5 {[%csl Gc4]}) (26. b5 Qc5) 26... Kg7 27. Rb1 (27. Rd1 $142) (27. b5 $5 Qc5 28. b6) 27... Rf7 28. Rd1 {Anand obviously cannot make up his mind: either to advance the b-pawn, or prepare ?c2.} (28. b5 Qc5 $14) 28... h5 29. Qc2 Qa8 30. h3 $6 (30. Qxe4 $6 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Qa4 33. Rb1 Qa2 $132) (30. b5 Bh4 31. g3 $16) 30... Bh4 $1 {Using the weaknesses created by White's previous move.} 31. Rf1 (31. Rd2 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qe1 $132) (31. g3 $5 Bg5 {[%csl Rh3]} 32. h4) 31... Qf8 32. b5 Bc8 33. Nc3 Bb7 34. Ned5 Qc8 35. Qe2 {Threatening 31.?xe4} (35. Qxe4 Rf4 $1 36. Qe2 Rd4 37. Ra1 Qc5 $44) 35... Bxd5 36. Nxd5 Qc5 37. b6 $2 (37. Nc3 {would have kept good winning chances. For instance:} Rc7 38. b6 (38. Nxe4 Qxc4 39. Qxc4 Rxc4 40. Nxd6 Rc2 $132) (38. Rb1 $5) 38... Rf7 39. b7 $5 Rxb7 40. Qxe4 Rb3 41. Qxh4 Rxc3 42. Qe7+ Kh6 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Ra1 Ra3 (44... Qc7 45. Qa8 $18) 45. Rb1 Qc7 46. Rb8 Qg7 47. Qxd6) 37... Qd4 38. Qc2 (38. Kh2 Rxf2 39. Rxf2 Bxf2 40. b7 Bg1+ 41. Kg3 (41. Kh1 $2 Qa1) 41... Bf2+ 42. Qxf2 h4+ 43. Kh2 Qxf2 44. b8=Q Qg3+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 38... Kh7 (38... Bg3 {is also good enough}) 39. Kh2 Rxf2 40. Rxf2 Bxf2 41. Qc1 (41. b7 Bg1+ 42. Kg3 Bf2+ $11) 41... e3 42. b7 Qa7 43. Qb1 e2 44. Ne7 Bg3+ 1/2-1/2