[Event "Candidates qf3 g/60"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1991.08.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E67"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "78"] [Beauty "7701975019098"] [GameId "284996885274"] [EventDate "1991.08.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,78,15,-3,-15,-42,-2,4,48,24,54,44,35,31,61,40,50,5,12,7,66,9,25,0,74,50,79,6,56,-12,-17,-11,-7,-7,-8,-8,118,38,77,100,134,116,174,162,134,114,46,77,437,270,611,480,480,382,471,293,686,752,697,108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-315,-412,-440,-514,-545,-1020,-1035,-29997,-29998]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 Nf8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb3 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. b5 g5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 gxf4 20. Nxc6 Qg5 21. Bxd6 Ng6 22. Nd5 Qh5 23. h4 {Yusupov (the usual spelling of his name in chess circles, other than in ChessBase's database) has been playing bridge-burning chess from the opening, and has stood better almost all the way. Here he errs, though, giving Ivanchuk the chance to seize the advantage.} Nxh4 {By itself not such a serious error, but the obvious intention was to continue as he did on the next turn, and *that* was a big mistake.} (23... fxg3 24. Bxg3 Nxh4 {remains somewhat better for Black in this very messy position.}) 24. gxh4 Qxh4 $2 (24... Be4 25. Nce7+ Kh8 26. Bxe4 Qxh4 27. Bg2 $8 $11 {and here Black has nothing better than to force a draw with 27...Qf2+ and ...28.Qh4+, though he can fiddle around for a few moves before he does it.}) 25. Nde7+ $4 {Turning the tables again.} (25. Nce7+ $1 {was the right way, and it wins.} Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 {Black is losing in any case, and if he tries to follow the example in the game White's response is obvious and lethal:} Re6 28. Bxf4 $18) 25... Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Re6 $2 $11 {Very logical, clearing the way for the second rook to come to the g-file. It turns out to be a mistake, even if the refutation isn't obvious.} (27... Bf6 $1 $19) 28. Qb7 $2 {After this, everything runs like clockwork for Black, who though already down two pieces, is prepared to offer even greater sacrifices to deliver mate.} (28. Rd3 $3 Rg8 29. Rxe3 $1 Nxe3+ 30. Nxe3 $8 Bf6 31. Ng4 $1 Rxg4 32. Qh3 $8 Qxh3 33. Bxh3 Rxd6 34. Bxg4 Rxc6 $11) 28... Rg6 $3 29. Qxa8+ Kh7 30. Qg8+ (30. Nce7 {lets Black reveals the fundamental idea underlying his attack:} Qh1+ $1 31. Bxh1 Nh2+ 32. Ke1 Rg1# {White is up a queen, rook, bishop, and knight for a single pawn, and he's threatening mate, too. All for nought.}) 30... Kxg8 31. Nce7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Nxg7 {White has more than enough for the queen; unfortunately for him, his king is still in dire trouble.} Nf2 $1 {The threat is 34...Nh3, threatening 35...Qg1#, and if White plays 35.Bxh3 then he's hit with 35...Qh1#.} 34. Bxf4 Qxf4 35. Ne6 Qh2 {Same threat.} 36. Rdb1 Nh3 37. Rb7+ Kh8 38. Rb8+ Qxb8 39. Bxh3 Qg3 {The only way to stop 40...Qf2# is to not make another move.} 0-1 [Event "URS-ch55"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Jussupow, Artur"] [Black "Sokolov, Andrei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "81"] [Beauty "7633230627359"] [GameId "284556288051"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {I won't annotate the game (at least not here and now), but will confirm that even with today's engines his play holds up - it was an outstanding game by Yusupov.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4 cxd4 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Nde7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 Bc8 14. Nc4 Re8 15. Rfd1 Nf5 16. Bc5 e5 17. e4 Nfe7 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Nxb7 Bxb7 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qa6 Rxb2 22. Qa4 Qb8 23. Bf1 f5 24. Ba3 Rb6 25. exf5 Nb4 26. Rab1 Nec6 27. Bg2 Rd8 28. Bxc6 Nxc6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qf7 Rg8 32. f6 Qd8 33. Be7 Nxe7 34. fxe7 Qd7 35. Rd3 h6 36. Rf3 Rc8 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Rf7 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Qc6+ 40. Kh3 Qe6+ 41. Kh4 1-0 [Event "World Team-ch01"] [Site "Luzern"] [Date "1985.11.18"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Jussupow, Artur"] [Black "Li, Zunian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2455"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "135"] [Beauty "6597606638086"] [GameId "314305008094"] [EventDate "1985.11.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "China"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] {[%evp 0,135,18,18,14,15,52,1,26,20,28,29,24,0,22,21,50,43,50,31,53,53,70,50,84,54,78,65,66,59,48,60,61,55,16,17,69,93,70,80,76,52,45,37,39,39,39,31,55,57,61,47,46,46,47,29,70,75,83,74,86,67,80,70,76,76,97,77,81,91,95,43,46,29,35,29,47,15,46,0,11,0,19,33,33,62,57,51,54,47,56,41,47,33,39,31,61,61,61,61,62,58,66,66,66,72,72,67,66,66,66,66,73,73,73,68,72,73,73,72,73,72,67,67,84,84,83,81,95,100,97,95,173,184,196,197,203,202]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 b6 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Rc1 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Nb3 Nd7 21. Nc5 Bb5 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qc5 Re6 24. Nf4 Rd6 25. h3 h6 26. a4 bxa3 27. bxa3 Rf8 28. a4 Bxa4 29. Ra1 Bb5 30. Rxa5 Rf6 31. Ra7 Qd6 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. Qxd6 Rfxd6 34. Re7 Kf8 35. Ra7 R6d7 36. Rca1 Ke7 37. g4 g6 38. Kg2 Kd6 39. Kg3 Rxa7 40. Rxa7 Rd7 41. Ra8 c5 42. Rb8 Bc6 43. dxc5+ Kxc5 44. Rh8 g5 45. Nh5 Rd6 46. Rf8 Bd5 47. Rc8+ Rc6 48. Rxc6+ Kxc6 {The knight vs. bishop ending begins here. I don't know if Yusupov believed (and continued to believe as of the interview) that he was winning at this point. It turns out that this ending is a draw, and remained (objectively) drawn almost to the very end of the game. That doesn't mean that Yusupov's analysis and ideas weren't terrific. Besides, many games are won like this: a player finds a series of challenging ideas, and eventually the defender cracks.} 49. Nf6 Kd6 50. Ng8 Ke5 51. Nxh6 Be6 52. h4 Kf6 $1 53. Ng8+ Kg7 54. Ne7 {White has won a pawn and the knight has escaped, but even now the win isn't easy. (And not only because there isn't a win at all! I mean that even if the position were winning, there's still much that needs to be done before White could cash in the advantage.)} Kf6 55. Nc6 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Bd7 57. Nd4 Kg6 58. Ne2 Kf6 59. Ng3 Ke5 60. Kh5 f6 $2 {Only now is White winning.} (60... Bb5 61. g5 Be8 62. Kh6 Bc6 63. Kg7 Bd5 64. g6 fxg6 65. Kxg6 Bb7 66. Kg5 {Maybe Yusupov thought that this position would win for White. The plan seems clear: swing the knight to g4, then put the king on f4, then finally push Black's king away from the e-pawn. It's a powerful plan, but Black has one and only one way to survive it.} Ba8 $3 ({A sample, semi-cooperative line:} 66... Bc6 $2 67. Nf5 Bd7 68. Nh6 Be8 69. Ng4+ Ke6 70. Kf4 Bh5 71. Ne5 Kd5 72. Nd7 {Heading for f6 and then e4, and if Black stops it with} Ke6 {the knight goes in the other direction.} 73. Nc5+ $18) 67. Nf5 Kd5 $3 68. Kf4 Kc4 $1 {This is the point: the king parks itself on d3, looking when necessary to continue on to e2. The bishop had to keep e4 defended while staying out of range of forks.}) 61. g5 fxg5 62. Kxg5 Bc6 {Black's king will not reach d3 this time.} 63. Nf5 $1 {The only winning move.} Ba8 64. Ne7 Kd6 65. Ng6 $1 {Again, the only winning move.} Kd5 66. Kf4 $1 {Ditto.} Kc5 (66... Kc4 67. Ne5+ $1 {Another only-move.} Kc3 68. Nd7 $1 $18 {And one more. Now 68...Kd3 is met by 69.Nc5+, driving the king away and winning the second pawn.}) 67. Ne5 $1 {Again forced.} Bb7 68. Nf7 {Black's king can't go to c4 due to the fork on d6, and if he doesn't play that then 69.Ng5 and 70.Nxe4 will ensue.} 1-0 [Event "Moscow-4teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.02.24"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Jussupow, Artur"] [Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A53"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2490"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "37"] [Beauty "8250229535250"] [GameId "272191962601"] [EventDate "1981.02.22"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union U26"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union Seniors"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] {[%evp 0,37,17,15,31,-7,39,16,18,20,27,23,5,5,30,-12,37,12,39,38,39,35,12,17,17,4,14,17,18,17,21,28,41,47,51,26,20,-8,-2,26]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 {Not very good, frankly, though it would be too much to call it a mistake. I'm surprised that Yusupov would play this way, but maybe it wasn't yet recognized as an inaccuracy in those days.} (4. Nf3 $142) (4. d5 $142) 4... dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11 6. Nf3 Nbd7 (6... Nc6) 7. Rg1 h5 {Only played in this game. It's a mark of Bronstein's talent that this is the move the engine thinks is best.} 8. Ng5 Ke8 ({This time Bronstein didn't find the best move, and it's hard to blame him as it's the ugly-looking} 8... Ke7 $1 {. The point is that now} 9. Nb5 {will be met by} Ne8 $1 $11 {and then ...c6, and if White doesn't play 9.Nb5 Black will pre-empt its future appearance with 9...c6. In each case, White gets nothing.}) 9. Nb5 $14 Bd6 10. b3 (10. g3 $142 $14) 10... Ke7 (10... b6 $1 11. g3 Bb7 $11) 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Ba3 (12. g3 $14) 12... Nc5 13. g3 Bf5 14. Bg2 Nfd7 $6 (14... Rab8 $11 {/?}) 15. O-O-O $14 (15. f4 $1 $16 {The board is opening for White's bishops and rooks, and with Black's king a bit exposed and the c5-knight semi-pinned it's getting awkward for Black.}) 15... Rac8 16. Kb2 h4 (16... b6 $142) 17. Bd5 (17. g4 $1) 17... Bg6 18. Nf3 (18. g4 $142 $14) 18... hxg3 19. hxg3 $11 {An interesting game; a pity it was truncated so soon.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow-4teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.02.27"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "81"] [Beauty "5979265573896"] [GameId "272191962640"] [EventDate "1981.02.22"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union Seniors"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union U26"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] {[%evp 0,81,18,5,15,-25,14,-7,10,17,19,1,12,39,74,29,61,39,74,87,75,70,66,84,90,82,91,91,120,96,120,156,140,133,133,131,262,194,213,201,227,231,190,132,173,44,133,72,73,124,124,151,160,140,148,137,151,134,136,131,139,107,122,125,143,117,120,115,122,81,149,144,127,127,98,106,51,50,58,23,116,113,155,173]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {Fearless!} Nf6 $6 {Definitely not the refutation of the King's Gambit, or even a particularly good way to decline it.} 3. Nf3 $5 {Not best, but perhaps Bronstein is trying to bait Yusupov into 3...exf4, aiming for a King's Gambit Accepted. Yusupov should accept the offer!} (3. fxe5 $142) 3... Nxe4 4. d3 Nc5 $6 (4... Nd6 $1 5. fxe5 Nf5 $11 {It doesn't have to be a Berlin for this ...Ne4-d6-f5 maneuver to be worthwhile.}) 5. fxe5 $14 {/?} d5 (5... d6 $142) 6. d4 $16 {Life is good when you're clearly better after just six moves against a very strong GM.} Ne6 7. c4 $5 (7. Nc3 $142) 7... Bb4+ 8. Bd2 (8. Nc3 $142) 8... Bxd2+ $2 (8... c5 $1 $14) 9. Qxd2 $18 {Winning after nine moves...life is good!} c6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 (11. Bd3 $142) 11... Nc7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Ng5 f5 $2 15. h3 (15. O-O $142) 15... Bh5 16. O-O Bg6 17. Nb5 $1 Nba6 (17... Nxb5 $142) 18. Nd6 {What a knightmare...} h6 19. Nf3 Ne6 20. Kh1 (20. Nxb7 {could have been played.} Qb6 21. Nd6 Nxd4 22. Kh1 $18) 20... Rb8 21. Ng1 (21. g3 $142) 21... Qg5 22. Qf2 $2 (22. Qa5 $142) 22... Nb4 $16 23. Bb5 f4 $6 24. Nf3 $6 (24. Bd7 $1 $18) 24... Qe7 25. Qd2 Na6 (25... Nc6 {was better even though White can safely grab a pawn by taking twice on c6.}) 26. Bd3 $18 Bh5 27. Bc2 (27. Nf5 $142) 27... Nac7 (27... g6 $142) 28. Qd3 (28. Nf5 $142) 28... g6 29. Bb3 Kh8 30. Ba4 Rg8 31. Qd2 Rg7 32. Qf2 $6 (32. Nh2 $142) 32... Rf8 $14 {/?} 33. Rc3 g5 34. Rfc1 $6 (34. Bc2) 34... Bg6 $6 (34... g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 $11 {As beautiful as White's pieces look on the queenside, it won't matter very much if Black gives mate.}) 35. Bc2 $1 $16 Ne8 36. Bxg6 Rxg6 37. Qc2 Rgg8 38. Nc8 $2 $11 (38. Rb3 $1 b6 39. Rc3 $1 $16 {/+-}) 38... Qf7 39. Qb3 N6g7 $2 (39... g4 40. hxg4 Rxg4 41. Qxd5 Qh5+ 42. Kg1 Ng5 43. Nxg5 Qxg5 44. R1c2 Rg3 $44 {The position may be objectively equal, but it seems to me the onus for keeping it that way is primarily on White.}) 40. Nd6 $1 $18 Nxd6 $6 41. exd6 {Now Black has no attack - especially with White's knight heading to e5 - and between that knight, the passed d-pawn, White's control over the c-file and the vulnerability of the b7 and d5 pawns, Yusupov has had enough.} 1-0 [Event "Moscow-ch"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.06.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "31"] [Beauty "6597069767170"] [GameId "272191965881"] [EventDate "1981.06.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,31,27,5,15,14,49,14,14,5,-10,-12,-19,-4,9,8,14,-1,25,21,21,21,3,-5,30,11,-10,-35,-31,-30,-30,-26,-31,-30]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be6 {No one plays this anymore, but it's not a position where great precision is required.} (11... Bd6 $1) ({and} 11... h6 {are probably best.}) 12. Ne2 Bg4 $1 13. Bxf6 (13. Qf4 Bd6 14. Qd4 Bxe2 (14... Be6 $11) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bxe2 {is nominally in White's favor due to Black's grand collection of misfit pawns. What's more relevant is that White can hardly bother those pawns, and when you add the opposite-colored bishops to the mix the draw is already a fait accompli.}) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxd8 Bxe2 15. Bxe2 Rfxd8 16. Rad1 {This is even less for White than the variation given on move 13, as Black's kingside structure remains intact. An easy win for Yusupov in what was, as far as I know, their last game.} 1/2-1/2