[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.04.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "E83"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "48"] [Beauty "6602438495775"] [GameId "1107656844386304"] [EventDate "1981.04.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,48,11,29,10,15,37,36,39,22,35,26,24,42,46,24,39,27,19,23,40,40,40,61,40,20,23,40,40,98,35,35,70,9,24,108,188,109,107,177,214,247,68,34,-1,76,14,-1,1,1,1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Nc1 (8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Rb1 h5 10. b4 Nh7 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nd1 b5 17. Nb2 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 e5 19. Nb3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Bb5 22. Rc1 d5 23. Qxd5 Qh4+ 24. g3 Qf6 25. Kf2 Rd8 26. Qb7 Rd3 27. Qb6 Qxb6 28. Bxb6 Ng5 29. h4 Rxf3+ 30. Kg2 Rxb3 31. axb3 Nxe4 32. Rhe1 Nd2 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 Kg8 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7 Kg8 37. Re3 {1-0 So,W (2752)-Rapport,R (2748) Sinquefield Cup 10th Saint Louis 2023 (4)}) 8... e5 9. d5 Nd4 {A standard KID tactic.} 10. Nb3 (10. Bxd4 $2 exd4 $19 {is already horrible for White, and the key point is that} 11. Qxd4 $2 {makes things worse because of} Nxe4 {, threatening ...Qh4+ amongst other things. After} 12. Qxe4 {(There's nothing better at this point.)} Re8 $19 {White has no positional compensation for his pending material deficit; to the contrary, his position is terrible.}) 10... Nxb3 (10... c5 $1 {is better, and this time Black it's a real sacrifice on d4.} 11. dxc6 bxc6 $1 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 {and now} Rb8 {,} (13... Re8 {,}) ({and} 13... d5 {all give Black good compensation for the pawn.})) 11. Qxb3 $14 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Qb6 Bb7 15. g4 (15. Qa5 $1 {keeps an edge, even if (as usual) it wasn't enough to win in correspondence.} Rfb8 16. g4 Ne8 17. h4 h6 18. b3 c5 19. Rh2 Bc6 20. h5 g5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nc7 23. Bxc5 Qf6 24. Rf2 Rc8 25. Bb6 Nxd5+ 26. Bc4 Nxb6 27. Qxb6 a5 28. Rxd6 Qf4+ 29. Kb1 Rcb8 30. Qc6 a4 31. Rd7 axb3 32. Bxb3 Qe3 33. Rc2 Qxf3 34. Qd5 Qf1+ 35. Rc1 Qf2 36. Qd2 Qf3 37. Qd3 Qg2 38. Qc2 Qf3 39. Qc4 Qf2 40. Qc2 Qf3 41. Qc4 Qf2 42. Rc2 Qf3 43. Rc3 Qf2 44. a4 Ra7 45. Rxa7 Qxa7 46. Ka2 Bf8 47. Qc7 Rb7 48. Qxe5 Rb4 49. a5 Qf2+ 50. Rc2 Qf3 51. Qd5 Rxe4 52. Qc6 {½-½ Hildebrand,G (2376)-Lanz Calavia,J (2366) ESP MG4/B email ICCF email 2019}) 15... Rab8 $6 {It's hard to know the best way to arrange the rooks here, and it turns out that even Kasparov didn't find the best way.} (15... Rfb8 $142 {was better, looking to continue with ...a5 when both rooks will have something to do. For that reason here, as on the previous turn, White's best is} 16. Qa5 {, transposing to the game given in that note.} (16. h4 a5 $1 17. h5 d5 $5 {led to a mess and a rare victory - especially with Black - in a correspondence game.} 18. Bc5 Qd7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bb5 Qc8 21. hxg6 Ba6 22. Qd6 Bxb5 23. g5 Ne8 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxd5+ Qe6 26. Qxe6+ Kxe6 27. Rxh7 Bc4 28. Kb1 Rc8 29. Ba3 Kf7 30. Rhh1 Kg6 31. Rhg1 Rc6 32. Be7 Nc7 33. Nd5 Ne6 34. Bf6 Bxf6 35. gxf6+ Kf7 36. Ne3 Nf4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Rd6 Ne6 39. Rh1 Rd4 40. Rb6 Rb4 41. Rd6 Rab8 42. b3 R8b6 43. Rd5 R4b5 44. Rh7+ Kg6 45. Ra7 Rxd5 46. exd5 Ng5 47. Kc2 Rb5 48. f7 Nxf7 49. Rd7 Ng5 50. Rd8 Nxf3 51. Kd3 Rb4 52. Ra8 Rd4+ 53. Ke2 Ng1+ 54. Ke3 Nh3 55. d6 Nf4 56. a3 Kf5 57. Rf8+ Ke6 58. Re8+ Kxd6 59. Rd8+ Kc5 60. Rc8+ Kb6 61. Rb8+ Kc6 62. Rc8+ Kb7 {0-1 Burger,H (2533)-Bauer,W (2484) Champion's League 0406/A2 bd03 email ICCF email 2004})) ({For that reason, Black's most precise move is} 15... a5 $1 {, not allowing White's queen to park herself on a5.}) 16. h4 (16. Kb1 $142 $1 $16) 16... Rfc8 $6 (16... Nd7 $142) 17. h5 {Now Kasparov comes up with an amazing idea. It's not good in the conventional sense, but it made enough of a mess to flummox Timman into going for a draw by repetition.} (17. g5 $142 $16) 17... Nd5 $2 {/!? This is bad, yes, but Black's remaining pieces explode to life.} (17... Nd7 $1 18. Qb4 Nc5 $14 {/?}) 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Rxd5 $2 (19. cxd5 Bxd5 {looks okay for Black at first sight, as he's threatening the queen and ...Bxf3 forking White's rooks. However, there's} (19... e4 {also looks attractive, but White has this one covered as well.} 20. Qa5 exf3 21. Ba7 $1 Ra8 22. Bf2 $18) 20. Qxb8 Rxb8 21. Nxd5 $18 {when White has more than enough material for the queen (rook, bishop, and knight for a queen and pawn) and a much better position to boot.}) 19... Bxd5 20. Nxd5 {Now it's just equal and the repetition is more or less forced for both sides.} Qe6 21. Qa7 (21. Qa5 {doesn't lose, but Black is better after} Rb5 22. Nc7 (22. Qxa6 Rxd5 23. h6 $1 Bf6 $17) 22... Rxa5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Kb1 Ra4 $15) 21... Ra8 22. Qb7 (22. Nc7 Qxc4+ $1 23. Bxc4 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Rxc7 25. b3 $1 d5 $11 (25... Rxa7 $11)) 22... Rab8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qb7 Rab8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 10th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "E87"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "50"] [Beauty "8248216262704"] [GameId "1165542602768384"] [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"] {[%evp 0,50,18,31,16,17,29,33,33,45,32,23,26,31,45,43,51,12,12,44,36,32,51,37,27,39,202,32,59,102,6,-30,88,-28,-40,-17,0,26,-6,81,-5,2,-28,-17,20,-2,105,10,-45,-21,-135,-260,-375] (In the Spongebob Squarepants French accent:) 11 years later...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 {A different line: there won't be any ...Nc6-d4 jumps this time.} 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 (10. exf5 {is also popular.}) 10... Nc5 11. Bc2 a6 12. Nge2 b5 13. b4 Nd7 14. cxb5 (14. c5 $2 {has been played in most of the subsequent games, but it's not very good.} a5 15. a3 (15. c6 axb4 16. Nxb5 fxe4 $1 $146 {?}) 15... axb4 16. axb4 dxc5 17. bxc5 b4 18. Nb1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nhf6 $1 $146 {-+}) 14... axb5 15. Nxb5 {Playable, but unnecessarily risky.} (15. Kb2 {was played in the only prior game to reach the position after 14...axb5. The player with White was not Tigran Petrosian, who was not a junior in 1973 but 44-year-old ex-World Champion. Rather, it's Arshak Petrosian (then still a future GM), probably best known for allegedly getting swindled in this game (https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1281614) (in fact Hazai's 45...Qb6!! is fully sound and White cannot win even if he doesn't take the queen) and for being Peter Leko's father-in-law.} Ba6 $2 (15... Nf4 $1) 16. Nc1 Qb8 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Na5 Nc4+ 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. a3 $16 {White's king is safe, and now he can patiently set up about winning the game step by step. Arshak Petrosian handles this just about as well as his great (and unrelated) namesake.} Nf4 21. Ra1 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Kb3 Rc8 24. a4 c6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. b5 d5 27. Nxd5 Bf8 28. Qxd3 Qd6 29. Kb2 Rb8 30. Rhc1 Kh8 31. Rc3 Bb7 32. Rac1 fxe4 33. fxe4 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Bxd5 35. Bc5 Qf6 36. Qxd5 Rd8 37. Qc6 Qf4 38. Bxf8 Qxf8 39. Qc5 Qf4 40. Qc6 Qd2+ 41. Ka3 h5 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Rc7+ Kh6 44. Qg7+ Kg5 45. Qxe5+ Kh6 46. Qg7+ Kg5 47. Rc5+ Kh4 48. Qf6+ g5 49. Qxg5+ $1 {1-0 Petrosian,A-Beliavsky,A Riga U20 otbor 1973 A nice final touch.}) (15. Bb3 $14) (15. Bg5 $14) 15... Rxa2 $6 (15... Ba6 $1 $146 16. Nec3 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxa2 18. Nc3 Ra8 {is the right way, with good counterplay.}) 16. Nec3 Ra8 17. Kb2 $16 Ndf6 18. Na7 fxe4 $5 (18... Bd7 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. b5 fxe4 21. fxe4 Ng4 22. Ra1 $1 $16) 19. Nc6 (19. fxe4 $16 {White will soon be sorry he didn't recapture, keeping the h8-a1 diagonal securely closed.}) 19... Qd7 20. g4 $2 {Missing or underestimating Kasparov's 21st move.} (20. fxe4 Bb7 21. b5 Ng4 22. Ra1 $16) 20... Nf4 $11 21. g5 N6xd5 $3 22. Nxd5 Nd3+ $1 23. Bxd3 (23. Kb3 $1 Qxc6 $3 24. fxe4 $8 (24. Ne7+ $2 Kh8 25. Nxc6 Be6+ 26. Kc3 Ra3+ 27. Bb3 Rxb3+ 28. Kc2 Rb2+ 29. Kc3 Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Rxf3 $19) 24... Qa4+ 25. Kc3 Qc6+ 26. Kb3 Nc5+ $5 27. Bxc5 $1 Be6 28. Kb2 Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Qxd5 30. Rxd5 dxc5 $11) (23. Kb1 Rxf3 24. Rhf1 $11) 23... exd3 24. Nce7+ $2 (24. Qc3 Qf7 25. Ra1 $1 Be6 26. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 27. gxf6 Qxf6 $11) 24... Kh8 $19 25. Nxc8 $2 {This loses immediately, but it's already too late.} (25. Ra1 Bb7 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Rc1 Qe6 $19) 25... e4+ (25... e4+ 26. Nf6 Rxf6 $1 27. Bd4 (27. gxf6 Bxf6+ 28. Kb3 (28. Kb1 Ra1#) 28... Qe6#) 27... Rxf3 28. Qc3 Rf2+ 29. Kb1 Rxc8 $19) 0-1