[Event "Olympiad-24"] [Site "Valetta"] [Date "1980.11.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Georgiev, Krum"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "2595"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "125"] [Beauty "5360677051411"] [GameId "272191952873"] [EventDate "1980.11.20"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MLT"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] {[%evp 0,125,25,32,46,44,67,58,58,33,46,26,59,43,49,14,59,17,68,17,-6,-33,-78,-174,-149,-149,-149,-175,-238,-290,-290,-290,-290,-76,-184,-28,181,219,207,215,177,177,186,192,192,192,205,175,175,165,164,164,162,162,162,142,140,153,149,138,137,124,201,192,213,182,180,186,183,186,188,200,202,206,197,182,197,182,187,190,199,196,198,201,197,205,212,226,236,220,237,222,227,221,223,223,245,247,269,231,245,214,215,218,257,227,271,279,288,293,324,296,278,301,352,296,352,336,383,410,527,384,413,376,383,413,414,456]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 {Kasparov's results with this sideline haven't been stellar, at least not if one counts the start and the finish (or post-finish) of his career.} 8. Qf3 ({Nowadays} 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf3 {is more popular.}) 8... b5 (8... Nbd7) 9. O-O-O (9. Bxf6) 9... b4 10. e5 Bb7 11. Ncb5 (11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Be2 $1 $146 {looks like fun. Try this line for starters:} Ke7 14. Bg4 bxc3 15. Bxe6 e4 16. Bb3 Bc8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 $1 Ke8 (18... exf3 $4 {puts Black up a queen and two knights for a single pawn, but after} 19. Rhe1+ $18 {he'll have to return his ill-gotten gains and then some.}) 19. Rhe1 Be7 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 {Black has a rook and a knight for just two pawns, but White's attack is enough for a draw (though not more) after} Ra7 22. Ba4+ Kf7 (22... Kf8 $2 23. Qd4 Rg8 24. Re1 $1 Kf7 (24... Bxg5 $2 25. Re8+ Kf7 26. Qd5+ $18) 25. Bb3+ Ke8 26. Qf6 $18) 23. Bb3+ Ke8 24. Ba4+ $11) 11... axb5 12. Bxb5+ Nfd7 $2 {Now Georgiev pounces on Kasparov's error.} (12... Nbd7 {is best, as played in a bunch of games since this one.} 13. Qh3 b3 $1 {Only this resource keeps Black alive.} 14. Qxb3 $8 Bd5 $8 15. c4 $8 Ne4 $1 16. Rhe1 Nxg5 17. fxg5 Bxc4 $1 18. exd6 Bxb3+ 19. dxc7 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Bd6 21. Nxe6 Ke7 22. Nd4 Bf4+ {and a repetition is on the way. It has been played a few times, including once by MVL, but let's give credit to the first players to get here:} 23. Kb1 Nb6 24. Nc6+ Ke6 25. Nd8+ Ke7 26. Nc6+ {½-½ Duran Vallverdu,J-Serrano Salvador,E ESP AEAC W/M/014 email ICCF email 2007}) 13. Nxe6 $1 $18 fxe6 14. Qh3 Kf7 15. f5 $1 {Life is good when you get to do this to Kasparov! Sure, he was only 17 at the time, but he was already approaching the world's elite (back then, that meant 2600; the only 2700 back then was Karpov, joined briefly by Tal at the end of 1979) and seen as a likely World Championship contender (which he was in the following cycle).} Be4 (15... Kg8 {was better, which is not to say that it was good or satisfactory.} 16. fxe6 Nxe5 17. e7 $1 Bxe7 18. Qe6+ Nf7 19. Bxe7 $18 {is also horrible for Black, an evaluation since confirmed in subsequent games.}) 16. fxe6+ Kg8 17. Qb3 $1 Bxc2 (17... Nc5 {was tried (unsuccessfully) in a later correspondence game.} 18. Qc4 d5 19. Rxd5 Nxe6 20. Rd6 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 h6 22. Rxe6 Kh7 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. Rb6 Re8 26. Rxb4 Rxe5 27. Bd4 Rg5 28. g3 Be7 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Rb8 Bg6 31. b4 Rg4 32. c3 Re4 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34. a4 Nd6 35. Bd5 Be7 36. Rxh8+ Kxh8 37. b5 Bd3 38. b6 Ba6 39. Bc5 Bg5+ 40. Kc2 Nb7 41. Bb4 Be3 42. a5 Nc5 43. Bf7 g5 {1-0 Gavish,M-Biedermann,T (2285) ICCF Jubilee P034 email ICCF email 2001}) 18. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Nxe5 20. e7 Bxe7 21. Bxe7 {Black has managed to avoid getting mated - that counts for something. He's losing the d-pawn though, his development is poor, and White's bishops are far, far better than Black's knights. The rest should be a mopping-up operation, and it is.} Nbc6 22. Bxd6 Ra5 23. Rd5 (23. Rhf1 $1) 23... Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Nd4+ 25. Kb1 Nxb5 26. Bxe5 Kf7 27. Rc1 Ke6 28. Rc5 Nd6 29. Kc2 Rf8 30. Bd4 Rf1 31. Re5+ Kd7 32. Bc5 Kc6 33. Bxb4 Rf2+ 34. Kc1 Nb7 (34... Rxg2 35. Re6) 35. Rg5 g6 36. a3 Re2 37. Kb1 Rf2 38. Ka2 Nd8 39. Rc5+ Kb7 40. Rd5 Nc6 41. Bc3 Rxg2 42. Rd7+ Kb6 43. Rxh7 Kb5 44. Kb3 Rg4 45. Rd7 Rh4 46. Rd2 Rh3 47. Rg2 Nd4+ 48. Ka2 Nf5 49. Be5 Re3 50. Bb8 Re6 51. Rg4 Ne7 52. Bg3 Nc6 53. a4+ Kc5 54. Ka3 Rf6 55. b3 Kd5 56. Rg5+ Ke4 57. Rc5 Re6 58. a5 Kd3 59. b4 Nd4 60. Be5 Nf3 61. Bb2 Nd2 62. Rc3+ Ke2 63. Ka4 {Kasparov fought well, but Georgiev's technique was up to the job.} 1-0 [Event "Pardubice KB op"] [Site "Pardubice"] [Date "1997.07.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Ionescu, Constantin"] [Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A81"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2615"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "37"] [Beauty "8250497964560"] [GameId "284824344472"] [EventDate "1997.07.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.09.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 f5 {Malaniuk's signature opening.} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 {This may look weird if you've never seen it before, but it's a pretty normal way to develop the knight against the Dutch. It's generally headed for f4, and against the Stonewall it may even continue to d3.} Bg7 5. c3 {The idea of this somewhat forgotten line is to put the queen on b3, where it prevents castling or checks Black's king while also hitting b7 together with the bishop on g2. Black can stop the fun on both diagonals with ...d5, but that creates the hole on e5 White's knights are hankering to occupy (Nf4-d3, Nd2-f3 and then someone jumps in).} Nc6 {It looks a little clumsy, but it shields the b7 pawn so that Qb3 proves less dangerous (though it's still playable).} 6. Nd2 e5 $2 {Too agressive and optimistic.} (6... d6 7. O-O e5 $14 {is okay, at worst a little better for White.}) 7. d5 $16 Ne7 8. d6 $1 {There's the problem.} Nc6 $2 (8... cxd6 9. Nc4 d5 10. Nxe5 (10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Ng5 $16 {is at least as good.}) 10... d6 11. Nf3 (11. Qa4+ $16) 11... Be6 $6 12. Nd4 Bf7 $6 {1-0 Schleining,Z (2326)-Muzychuk,M (2490) EU-ch (Women) 13th Gaziantep 2012 (11) and now} 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nc2 $18 {is absolutely awful for Black.}) 9. e4 $18 {It's not every day one has a winning position against a strong GM after just nine moves - and in the latter's pet opening, too. Kids, playing the Dutch is one of those "don't try this at home" openings. In fact, it's a good idea not to try it anywhere else, either.} (9. Nc4 $18) 9... O-O 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nc4 h6 12. O-O Ne8 $2 13. Bd5+ (13. Qh5 $142) 13... Kh7 $2 (13... Kh8 {had to be played, with a nauseating position after} 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Bh4 $18) 14. Qh5 $1 {It's clear that Black won't survive for long - and he doesn't.} Qf6 15. Ng5+ Kh8 16. Nf7+ (16. f4 $1) 16... Kh7 17. f4 $1 e4 18. Ng5+ Kh8 19. Ne5 $1 {Both 20.Ng6+ and 20.Nef7+ are crushing threats, and there is no adequate defense.} (19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qg6 Nf6 22. Rxf5 Qxd6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Qh7# {is the basic problem. Black can avoid getting mated, but can't avoid getting massacred.}) 1-0