Kasparov, G. | Leko, P. | Karpov, A. | Shirov, A. | Polgar, J. | Grischuk, A. | Points | |
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Kasparov, G. | * | 1 - 0.5 | 1 - 0.5 | 1 - 0.5 | 0.5 - 0.5 | 1 - 1 | 7.5 |
Leko, P. | 0.5 - 0 | * | 0.5 - 0.5 | 0.5 - 0.5 | 0.5 - 0.5 | 0.5 - 0.5 | 4.5 |
Karpov, A. | 0.5 - 0 | 0.5 - 0.5 | * | 0.5 - 0.5 | 1 - 0.5 | 0.5 - 0 | 4.5 |
Shirov, A. | 0.5 - 0 | 0.5 - 0.5 | 0.5 - 0.5 | * | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 4.5 |
Polgar, J. | 0.5 - 0.5 | 0.5 - 0.5 | 0.5 - 0 | 1 - 0 | * | 0.5 - 0.5 | 4.5 |
Grischuk, A. | 0 - 0 | 0.5 - 0.5 | 1 - 0.5 | 1 - 0 | 0.5 - 0.5 | * | 4.5 |
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initial position
Grischuk, A. (2663) Polgar, J. (2676) |
B47 |
2001.02.23 | |
Round 1 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nc6
5. Nc3 Qc7
6. Be2 a6
The Taimanov-Ka
n Sicilian. I'm never quite sure which it is - Taimanov only likes to
recognise himself with one particular kind of set-up. 7. O-O Nf6
8. Kh1 Nxd4
9. Qxd4 Bc5
10. Qd3 b5
11. f4 Bb7
12. Bf3 O-O
12... h5 with the idea of ..
Ng4 is a bit more adventurous - and it's also a line with a good plus score
for Black. 13. e5
Ne8 14. a4n
Taking on b7 and either f5 or Ne4 is par
for the course here - usually White doesn't commit the queenside pawns. 14... b4 15. Bxb7
Qxb7 16. Ne4
Be7 17. Be3
Qc6 18. Ng5
g6
18... Bxg5?!
19. fxg5 Rc8
20. Bd2!
( 20. Rac1
d6! )
20... a5
( 20... Qxc2? 21. Qxc2
Rxc2 22. Bxb4
)
21. c3 b3
22. Rf4! d6
23. Rh4 g6
24. Qh3 with a big attack down the h-file. 19. Rad1
d6 20. Bd4
dxe5 21. Bxe5
Nf6 22. Qh3
h5 23. Nf3
Bluff? I thought defending c2 with 23. Qb3 was the only way. 23... Ng4
23... Qxc2!? After a good, long think. I don't know what spooked Judit, but
taking on c2 looked good; what does White have? 24. Nd4
( 24. a5 Ng4!
)
24... Qxa4 25. f5
( 25. Qh4 Nd5!
)
( 25. Qd3 Qe8!
a little awkward, but two pawns
are two pawns and Black should be able to untangle herself. )
25... Ng4!
( Could this be what Judit missed? Apart from attacking the bishop on e5, Ng4
also threatens ..Qxd1 followed by a knight fork on f2. This just looks good
to me. 25... exf5?
26. Nxf5! gxf5
27. Qh4! Rfd8
28. Qg5+ Kf8
29. Rde1 White has got a lot of pressure for the piece here. )
26. Qg3
exf5 now you can take on f5 as the piece sac doesn't work anymore as there's no Qh4. 24. Nd4
Qc5 25. Qg3
Rad8 26. c3
bxc3 27. bxc3
Rd5 28. Rde1
Rc8 29. Rf3
Bf8 30. h3
Nxe5 31. fxe5
Bg7 32. Rfe3
Qa5?
Time trouble - 32... Qc7!
, not only keep's the pressure on e5, but also indirectly defending her king: 33. Qf4
( 33. Nxe6?
fxe6 34. Qxg6
Qf7! )
33... Rc5!
and somethings got to
give for White - there's going to be too many weak pawns hanging at the end of
the day. 33. Nxe6! The saving resource. 33... fxe6
34. Qxg6 Qb6
35. Rf3 Rf8
36. Rxf8+ Kxf8
37. Rf1+ Kg8
38. Qe8+
Grischuk could have put Polgar under extreme pressure with the simple 38. Kh2!
with the big threat of Rf7. Black now has to play some very accurate
moves to survive. 38... Qb7 39. Qxe6+
Kh8
( 39... Kh7
40. Rf7 Rxe5
41. Qf6! )
40. Qe8+
Kh7 41. Qxh5+
Kg8 42. Qe8+
Kh7 43. Rf7
Rd8! To be fair, this move
was spotted by someone whom Lubosh Kavalek once stated: "Before Fritz, we had
Ljubo!" I thought that White was simply winning here, but Ljubomir Ljubojevic
had seen something that Deep Fritz hadn't. 44. Qe6
Qe4! 45. Qf6
Rg8
( 45... Qg6?
46. Qh4+ Kg8
47. Rxg7+ wins. )
46. Qg5
( 46. e6 Kh8!
)
46... Qg6 47. Qh4+
Qh6= Once the queens come off, Black will be able to activate his
rook and bishop to reach a drawish ending: 48. Qf6
( 48. Qxh6+ Kxh6
49. Re7 Rc8
50. Re6+ Kg5
51. Rxa6 Bxe5+
52. Kg1 Rxc3=
)
48... Kh8 49. Qxh6+
Bxh6 50. Rf6
( 50. e6 Re8
51. e7 Kg8
52. Rf6 Bg7
53. Rxa6 Be5+
54. g3 Rxe7
)
50... Bg7 51. Rxa6
Bxe5+ 52. Kg1
Rc8! = It's going to be too difficult for White to
make progress with the pawns. Not only are Black's pieces active. but is
pawns are too far apart - they will be easy to contain. 38... Kh7
39. Qxh5+ Kg8
40. Qf7+ Kh7
41. Qh5+ Kg8
42. Rf4 Qb1+
43. Kh2 Bxe5
44. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Shirov, A. (2718) Karpov, A. (2679) |
B17 |
2001.02.23 | |
Round 1 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Ng5 Ngf6
6. Bd3 e6
7. N1f3 Bd6
8. Qe2 h6
9. Ne4 Nxe4
10. Qxe4 c5
11. Qg4
More popular has been 11. Bd2
or 11. O-O 11... Qf6n
A novelty - the more typical Caro-Kann move, 11... Kf8 , is more usual. 12. c3?!
If White want's to take anything from the game, he really had to play 12. Be3!? cxd4
( 12... b6 13. Be4
Rb8 14. O-O-O!
)
13. Bxd4 e5
14. Qe4! Qe6
15. Bc3 Nc5
16. Bb5+ Kf8
17. Qe3 and White has much the better of it: Good pieces,
better scope for the rooks and a safer king. 12... cxd4
13. cxd4 b6
14. O-O
14. Be4
Rb8 15. Bd2
Bb7! 16. Bxb7
Rxb7 17. Rc1
Rc7 14... Bb7
15. Be3 h5!
Karpov really has a nice position - just look how harmoniously placed his
pieces are. 16. Qh3 Bxf3
17. gxf3
17. Qxf3
Qxf3 18. gxf3
Ke7! is not the sort of ending I'd like to defending against Karpov. 17... Rd8
18. Rac1 g5
19. Be4 Ke7
Rather than sit back and watch Karpov squeezing him like
a python, Shirov decides it's time to rock the boat a little. 20. Rfe1 Bf4
Karpov may have been better opting for 20... g4!? 21. Qg2
Rhg8 22. Kh1
21. Bxf4 Qxf4
22. d5! Now all the fun starts. 22... Ne5
23. dxe6 f5
24. Rc7+
24. Qxf5?
Qxf5 25. Bxf5
Nxf3+ 26. Kf1
Nxe1 27. Rxe1
Rd2 is hopeless 24... Kd6
25. Rxa7 fxe4
26. e7 Nxf3+
27. Kf1 Rde8
28. Qd7+ Ke5
29. Rd1 Kf6!
30. Qc6+ Kf7
31. Rd8 Nxh2+
32. Ke1 Ng4?
With just under 40 seconds or so for
the last eight moves, Karpov makes a crucial slip at the wrong moment. The
winning line was: 32... e3! 33. Qd5+
( 33. fxe3? Qxe3+
34. Kd1 Qf3+
35. Qxf3+ Nxf3
36. Ke2 g4
and White doesn't seem to have an answer to Black simply pushing the h-pawn. )
33... Kg7 34. fxe3
Qxe3+ 35. Kd1
Qf3+ 36. Qxf3
Nxf3 and again the same
winning plan seems unstoppable: ..g4 followed by pushing the h-pawn. 33. Qxb6
e3 34. Qb3+
Kg7 35. Qc3+
Qf6 36. fxe3
Qxc3+ 37. bxc3
Ne5
Karpov now had only
5-6 seconds left - and the pressure was beginning to tell. I think he knew
that recapturing the pawn was going to lead to a similar position as in the
game, so decided instead to try and group all his pieces together, get to the
time control, and then see how the ground lay. 37... Nxe3
38. Kf2 Nf5
39. Ra5 Kf6
40. Rdd5 Nxe7
41. Rd6+ Kf7
42. Rxg5 and the likely result here is a draw
- this is better than the game; but, in reality, Black hasn't got the
resources to take advantage of the extra piece. 38. Rd5
Kf6 39. e4
Nf3+ 40. Kf2
g4 41. Kg3
Rh7 42. Rf5+
Kg6 43. Ra6+
Kg7 44. Ra7
Kg6 45. Ra6+
Kg7 46. Ra7
Rh6 47. Rd7
Re6 48. Rxh5
Rxe4 49. Rf5
Ne5 50. Rc7
Re1
50... Ng6
51. Rg5 Kf6
52. Rxg4 Re6
53. a4 is also an easy draw. 51. a4
Nf7 52. a5
Nh6
52... R8xe7
53. Rxe7 Rxe7
54. a6
( 54. Kxg4?
Nh6+! )
54... Nh6
55. Ra5 Ra7
is also leading nowhere. 53. Rf4 R8xe7
54. Rxe7+ Rxe7
55. a6 Re3+
56. Kg2 Rxc3
57. Ra4 Rc8
58. a7 Ra8
59. Kg3 Kf6
60. Kf4 Ke7
61. Ra6 Nf7
62. Kxg4 Kd7
63. Kf5 Nd6+
64. Kf4 Nb5
65. Ke5 Kc7
66. Kd5 Kb7
67. Ra1 Nxa7
A theory draw
you would think in an elite tournament? Well, not really! Cast your minds
back to another Spanish elite tournament (Dos Hermanas, 1996), and you'll
discover that Garry Kasparov managed to beat Judit Polgar in this ending -
albeit with a little help from his opponent, who made the cardinal error of
trapping her king on the backrank. The only reason I remember this was I had
to do a review in a magazine of the ChessBase Endgame CD-Rom's containing all
five-piece major endings on 4-CDs, which had just come out at the time. I
still find them indispensible - particularly as coasters when friends come
round and I don't want stains on the coffee table! However, with Shirov's
king so central, the only way he could lose it now was by a Helpmate. Shirov
makes no mistake of that. 68. Rb1+ Kc7
69. Rc1+ Kb6
70. Rb1+ Nb5
71. Kc4 Rc8+
72. Kd5 Rc5+
73. Ke4 Kc6
74. Ra1 Nd6+
75. Kd4 Rd5+
76. Ke3 Kd7
77. Ra8 Ke6
78. Ra7 Kf5
79. Rc7 Re5+
80. Kd3 Rd5+
81. Ke3 Ne4
82. Rc4 Nc5
83. Rc3 Ke5
84. Ra3 Rd4
85. Rc3 Kd5
86. Ra3 Re4+
87. Kf3 Re8
88. Re3 Rf8+
89. Ke2 Kd4
90. Re7 Rf6
91. Re8 Ne6
92. Ra8 Nf4+
93. Kf3 Nd3+
94. Kg4 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Leko, P. (2745) Kasparov, G. (2849) |
B97 |
2001.02.23 | |
Round 1 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6
6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6
The Fischer favourite - the Poisoned Pawn variation! Bobby's had a phenominal
record with this line: a near 80% score with the Black pieces. If you don't
count Efim Geller (his bete noire) using Fischer's pet-line against the man
himself (Monte Carlo, 1967), Bobby only ever lost one game with it - to Boris
Spassky in their epic 1972 Reykjavic match. 8. Nb3 The cautious approach. This just leads to a sort of main line Najdorf. 8... Be7
9. Qf3 Nbd7
10. O-O-O Qc7
11. Bd3 b5
12. a3 Rb8
12... Bb7 is more usual.
The text (though still fitting in with the ideals of the Najdorf) has only
ever been played 3-times - and all Black wins! 13. Rhe1
b4 14. axb4
Rxb4 15. Kb1
Bb7 16. Qh3
Nc5 17. Nxc5
17. Na2 Nxd3
18. Bxf6 Rxb3
19. Bxg7 Nxe1
20. Qxb3 Rg8
21. Bd4 Nxg2
22. Qf3 d5
23. Rg1 Qc4
24. Rxg2 Rxg2
25. Qxg2 Qxd4
26. Qg8+ Bf8
27. exd5 Bxd5
28. Qxh7 Qxf4
29. Qd3 Qc4
0-1 Ellison,D-Collinson,A/Balatonbereny 1992/TD (29). 17... dxc5
I thought 17... Qxc5
looked better. But then again, who am I to question the man
that took over Fischer's mantle of mastery of the Najdorf? 18. Na2
( 18. e5
Nd7! 19. Na2
( 19. Bxe7? Qxc3!
)
19... Bxg5 20. Nxb4
Bxf4 21. Nxa6
Bxa6 22. Bxa6
Bxe5 Black has strong pressure on the White king. )
18... Rb6
with an easy game. 18. e5 Nd5
19. Nxd5 Bxd5
20. c3
20. Bxe7
Qb6! a nice little zwischenzug (Bless you!) 21. Bxc5
( 21. Bd6?? Rxb2+
22. Kc1 Qb4!
soon mates. )
21... Rxb2+ 22. Kc1
Rb1+ 23. Kd2
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1
Qxc5 25. Ke2
Qb4 also looks drawn - but Black has the advantage of the outside passed-pawn.
He may be able to make something of it if he can safely get the rook into the
game. 20... Rb3
21. Bc2 Qb7!?
Drastic action indeed. I think Kasparov
started to worry about how he was going to get his rook into the game after a
Ba4+: 21... Rb8! 22. Ba4+!
Kf8
( 22... Bc6
23. Bxc6+ Qxc6
24. Bxe7 Kxe7
25. Qg3! Qb6
26. Qh4+ Ke8
27. Re2 and, apart from worrying about how to develop
the rook on h8, Kasparov will come under a lot of pressure with Rd6 coming
shortly. )
23. Bxe7+
Qxe7 24. Rd2
and White has a little advantage - though nothing to worry about. 22. Bxb3 Qxb3
23. Rxd5?
Being in Spain, Leko really had to take the bull by the
horns here and go in for the kill. But then again, Peter was never Matador
material - he's been too cautious all his life: 23. Bxe7!
Qa2+
( 23... Be4+?
24. Rd3! Qc4
25. Rxe4 Qxe4
26. Bxc5 wins )
24. Kc1
( 24. Kc2?! Bb3+
25. Kd3 Bxd1
26. Rxd1 Kxe7
)
24... Qa1+ 25. Kc2
Qa4+
( 25... Qa2?
26. Rxd5! Qxd5
27. Bd6 )
26. Kd3
Qc4+ 27. Ke3
Qe4+ 28. Kf2
Qxf4+ 29. Kg1
Kxe7 30. Qh5!
and, with Rf1 threatened, White's hoping to entice Black to play ..g6,
weakening the dark-squares round the Black king. White should be able to
convert this easily enough. 23... Qxd5 24. Bxe7
Kxe7 25. Qh4+
Kd7 26. Qg4
Kc6 27. Qe2!
27. Qxg7? Rb8!
28. Rc1
( 28. Qxf7
Qb3 29. Re2
Qd1+! )
28... Qe4+
29. Rc2
( 29. Ka1?
Rb5! )
29... Qxf4
and suddenly White has got one or
two little problems to solve - though probably still drawn. 27... Rd8 28. Qxa6+
Kc7 29. Qa7+
Kc6 Leko's a pawn ahead but, with the domination of the
d-file and the active king should it go into a rook and pawn ending, Kasparov
can easily hold. 30. Qa6+
Kc7 31. Qa5+
Kb7 32. Qb5+
Kc7 33. Qa5+
Kb7 34. Qb5+
Leko repeats a few moves to make the time control in safety. 34... Kc7 35. Qe2
h5 36. g3
g6 37. c4
Trying to contest the d-file wasn't any better: 37. Kc2 Qa2!
38. Qb5
( 38. h3
c4! )
38... Qd5
and we're basically back to where we started. 37... Qd2 38. Qe3?
Trying to be too clever: Leko's hoping Kasparov will exchange queen's now so
that he can have his rook more actively placed on e3 to defend the g-pawn. 38. Qxd2 Rxd2
39. h4 Rd3
the active rook guarentees the draw 40. Rg1 Kb6=
38... Rd4?
The mutual time trouble explains all - Kasparov actually missed
a big chance to come out with the better side of the draw! 38... Qb4!
Now how does White defend the dual threats of ..Rd2 and ..Rd4? 39. Rc1 Rd2
40. Rc2 Rxc2
41. Kxc2 Qxc4+
42. Kd2 Kc6
and now it's White looking for the draw. 39. Qxd2 Rxd2
40. Re3
40. h4
Rd3 41. Rg1
Kb6 is much the same - the active rook secures the draw. 40... Rxh2
41. Rf3 Kc6
42. Ka2 Rh3
43. Rb3 h4
44. gxh4 Rxh4
45. Rf3 Rh5
With the idea of ..Rf5 and ..g5 winning. 46. Rg3 Rh2
47. Rf3 Rc2
48. Kb3 Rc1
49. Rf2 Kb6
50. Rf3 Ka5
51. Rf2 Re1
52. Ka3 Ra1+
53. Kb3 Rc1
54. Rf3 Kb6
55. Rf2 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Kasparov, G. (2849) Polgar, J. (2676) |
B90 |
2001.02.24 | |
Round 2 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6
6. Be3 Ng4
The Kasparov Variation. 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Bg7
10. h3 Ne5
Both these
players had this position in the last round of the Corus 2000 tournament. Then,
Judit played the unusual 10... Nf6!? and got a good game - though Kasparov won. 11. f3
Nbc6 12. Bf2
Be6 13. Qd2
After 13. Nxe6 fxe6
, Black has superb central control. 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Qa5 15. a3
Rg8! Castling on either wing is taboo, but the King is perfectly
safe in the centre. The only problem Judit had was where to best develop the
rooks: c8 was the most obvious for the queen's rook, and from g8, the king's
rook stays out of harms way after the h-file is opened. 16. h4
Rc8 17. hxg5
hxg5 18. O-O-O
18. Qxg5?? Nxf3+!
18... Nc4 19. Bxc4
Bxd4
Awkward for Black is 19... Rxc4?!
20. Bxg7 Rxg7
21. Rh8+ Kd7
22. g4 , leaving problems of how to get the "fianchettoed" rook back into the game. 20. Qxd4n
White only got a small advantage after 20. Bb5+ axb5
21. Qxd4 Rc4
22. Qd2 Kd7
23. Na2 Qxd2+
24. Rxd2 g4
25. Nb4 gxf3
26. gxf3 f6
27. Nd3 1-0 Bologan,V-Xu Jun/Beijing CHN 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (81). (80) 20... Rxc4
21. Qa7 Qc7
The thematic exchange sacrifice on c3 doesn't work here: 21... Rxc3 22. bxc3
Qxa3+ 23. Kd2
with a big White advantage. 22. Kb1 Rc5!
Entombing Kasparov's queen. Kasparov's novelty of 20 Qxd4 had the idea of
Qa7 in mind - trying to stretch the Black defenses - so he must have known
that his queen was safe here. However, it does seem well out of place on a7. 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. exd5 Kf8
24... Rxc2? 25. Rc1
Rc5 26. b4!
and Black is losing very quickly. 26... Rc3 27. Kb2!
and carnage down the c-file. 25. Rd2 Kg7
26. b4
Kasparov felt he let the
game slip here. During the post mortem, both players skipped through the
begining of the game and concentrated all their efforts here. Kasparov felt
that, in reflection, he should have gone for: 26. Rh5
Kf6!
( Again both
ers felt this looked the more natural move. The alternative left Black with
too many problems with her King and trouble in the ending, also. 26... f6
27. g4 Rc8
( 27... Rh8 28. Rxh8
Kxh8 29. Qa8+
Qc8 30. Qxc8+
Rxc8 31. Re2
Rc7 32. c3
Kg7 33. Kc2
Kf7 34. Kd3
with the better ending. )
28. c3 )
27. b4
( 27. g4 Rc8
( 27... b5 28. Qxa6
Rb8 29. f4
gxf4 30. Rf5+
Kg7 31. Rxf4
Rb6 32. Qa5
b4 33. Qa4
Rc3 )
28. c3
)
27... b5 28. Qxa6
Rc3 29. Rh6+
Kg7 30. Rh1
Rc8 31. Re1
Rxc2 32. Qxc8
Qxc8 33. Rxc2
This was just some of the many lines that Garry and Judit
flicked out (to be honest, I couldn't keep up with the speed they went through
the variations at) - no definite conlcusion was reached at the end, though it
was felt that Kasparov had "something" but maybe not enough for a win. 26... b5 27. Qxa6
Rc3
In the end, White has to play carefully and Black has a perpetual in hand: 27... Rc3
28. Re1
( 28. Qxb5?
Rxa3 29. Rd3
Ra2! 30. Qc6
( 30. Kxa2 Qxc2+
31. Ka1 Ra8+
)
30... Qa7 31. Qc3+
f6 32. Rhd1
( 32. Re1? Ra8
33. Kc1 Qf2!
34. Rxe7+ Kg6
)
32... Ra8 )
28... Rc8
29. Ree2 Qc4
30. Kb2
( 30. Qa7
Rc7 31. Qd4+
Qxd4 32. Rxd4
Rxa3 )
30... Rxc2+
31. Rxc2 Qd4+
32. Kc1
( 32. Ka2
Qxd5+ 33. Kb2
Qd4+ )
( 32. Kb1
Qd1+ 33. Kb2
Qd4+ )
32... Qa1+
33. Kd2 Qd4+
34. Kc1
( 34. Ke1
Qg1+ )
34... Qa1+=
1/2-1/2
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initial position
Leko, P. (2745) Shirov, A. (2718) |
C11 |
2001.02.24 | |
Round 2 of SuperGM - Linares ESP |
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O-O 15. Rfd1 Bc5 16. Ne2 Kc7 17. g3 Kc6 18. Kg2 h5 19. Nf4 h4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Nd3 Bd6 22. Rd1 Rg8 23. Ne1 Be5 24. c3 f5 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Nd4+ Kc7 27. Nb5+ Kc6 28. Nd4+ Kc7 29. Nb5+ Kc6 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Karpov, A. (2679) Grischuk, A. (2663) |
D30 |
2001.02.24 | |
Round 2 of SuperGM - Linares ESP |
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e5 Qd8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. dxc5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxc5 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Shirov, A. (2718) Kasparov, G. (2849) |
B84 |
2001.02.25 | |
Round 3 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6
6. Be2 e6
A blast from
the past - You need to go as far back as the Yerevan Olympiad 1996 for Garry's
last Scheveningen, when he faced Topalov. Kasparov has never really been one
to play the Najdorf with ..e5, and usually always falls back on ..e6. 7. f4 Be7
8. Be3 O-O
9. g4 d5!
The recommended remedy. 10. e5 Ne4
11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. g5 Qb6n
Putting the queen on the same diagonal as the bishop does
look odd, but there's method in Kasparov's madness. Developing the queen on c7
has been more usual - until now that is!: 12... Qc7 13. Qd2
Rd8 14. O-O-O
Nc6 15. Kb1
b5 16. Qc3
Bb7 17. Nxc6
Bxc6 1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Van Wely,L/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (17). 13. Nf5
If Rb1 or Qc1,
..Bc5 is awkward. As for 0-0? It looks as if Black can simply take on b2
safely as there's no real attack or threat from White. 13... Qa5+ 14. Bd2
Qc5 15. Nxe7+
Qxe7 16. c3
b5 17. Be3
Rd8 18. Qc2
Bb7 Black's easily equalised -
And, as they say in the Sicilian: If Black has equalised, he's winning! 19. Kf2
Nd7 20. b4
Shirov had to stop ..Nc5. 20... Nf8 21. h4
Qc7
21... Rac8!?
22. a4! Probably the best. 22... Qxb4
23. cxb4 Rxc2
24. axb5 axb5
25. Rhc1 Rb2
26. Rab1 Ra2
( 26... Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Bc6 28. Rc1
Be8 29. h5!
)
27. h5 And, if anything, despite being a pawn down, White is better. 22. h5
Nd7 23. h6
g6 24. a4
Nb6 25. axb5
axb5 26. Kg3!?
Puzzling, bit I think Alexei was worried about something like this: 26. Bxb5 Nd5
27. Rxa8 Rxa8
28. Qd2 Nxf4
29. Rd1
( 29. Bxf4?
e3+ 30. Qxe3
Bxh1 )
29... Nd5
30. c4 Nxe3
31. Kxe3 Ra3+
32. Ke2 Rd3
33. Qb2 Qd8!
26... Nc4 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. Bxc4
Qxc4 29. Rd1
Bd5 30. Rd4
Qf1 31. Qd1!
The only move. If
Black gets to keep the queen's on, he stands much better. Now, due to the
opposite coloured bishops and the formation of both sets of pawns, White can
realistically look for the draw. 31... Ra1 32. Qxf1
Rxf1 33. Kg4
Rf3
If there's a win, it has to be around here somewhere - but with the opposite
coloured bishops and all the pawns on the same coloured squares as the bishops,
It's not going to be all that easy: 33... Re1!
34. Bf2!
( 34. Bd2?!
Re2
( 34... Rg1+?
35. Kh3 Rh1+
36. Kg2 e3+
37. Rxd5! exd5
38. Bxe3 and Black will never be able to stage a breakthrough. )
35. Bc1
e3 36. Rd1
( 36. Rd3 Rg2+
37. Kh3 e2
38. Bd2 Rg1
)
36... Rg2+ 37. Kh3
e2 38. Re1
Rf2 39. Bd2
Bf3 40. Kg3
Rf1 White's helpless now - Black simply marches the king up the board:
Kf8-e7-d7-c6-d5-e4-d3. )
34... Re2
( To show you how difficult it is to win,
White - as in the game - can even give up a pawn and still draw easily enough: 34... Rc1 35. Rd2
Rxc3 36. Bd4
Rc1 37. Bc5
Re1 38. Rc2!
Bc4 39. Rc3
and again White blockades the crucial e3-square. )
35. Bg3 Re3
36. Rd2 Rxc3
37. Re2 e3
38. Be1 Rb3
39. Rc2 Black has at least made some progress as White's
bishop can't get to c5. However, now a new problem: White can generate his
own threats: 39... Bc4
( 39... Kf8 40. Rc3!
= )
40. Ra2 Bd5
( 40... Kf8 41. Ra8+
Ke7 42. Ra7+
Ke8 43. Ra8+=
)
41. Rc2 Bc4=
34. Bg1 Rxc3
35. Rd2 Kf8
36. Bc5+ Ke8
The exchange sacrifice doesn't work here - though again it comes close: 36... Rxc5 37. bxc5
b4 38. c6!
Ke7
( 38... Bxc6
39. Rb2 e3
40. Kg3! )
39. Rd4
b3 40. Rb4
e3 41. Rb7+
Kd8 42. Kg3
Kc8 43. Rb5
Kc7 44. Rc5
Be4
( 44... Kb6
45. c7! Bb7
46. c8=Q Bxc8
47. Rxc8 )
45. Rb5
Bd5 46. Rc5=
37. Re2 Rc1?
But it does here! 37... Kd7! 38. Re3
Rxc5 39. bxc5
b4 40. Re1
Kc6 White's in serious trouble: the active Black king, bishop and pawns will
secure the victory. 38. Kg3
Kd7 39. Kf2
Kc6 40. Be3
Rb1 41. Bc5
There's just no way through for Kasparov now. 41... Rc1 42. Bd6
Rh1 43. Re3
Rh2+ 44. Kg3
Rc2 45. Bf8
Ra2 46. Bc5
Ra1 47. Kf2
Rc1 48. Bd6
1/2-1/2
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initial position
Grischuk, A. (2663) Leko, P. (2745) |
B12 |
2001.02.25 | |
Round 3 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. e5 Bf5
4. c3 e6
5. Be3 Qb6
6. Qb3 Nd7
7. Nd2 f6
8. f4 g5!?
a new development in this system. Instead of ..Nh6 (with or without ..h5)
and ..Ne7, the idea is to breakdown the pawn chain as quickly as possible.
It's very similar to the plan of f6 and g5 in the French Defence Tarrasch. 9. Ngf3 gxf4
10. Bxf4 Bh6n
Brutal and to the point: Leko's inovation simply
exchanges everything off for an easy life. 10... Bg7 11. exf6
Ngxf6 12. Nh4
( 12. Be2 O-O
13. O-O h6
14. Nh4 Bh7
15. Bd6 Rfe8
16. Nhf3 Ng4
17. Nh4 Ngf6
18. Ndf3 Ne4
19. Bf4 Rf8
20. g3 Rae8
21. Rae1 Qxb3
22. axb3 a6
23. Ng2 c5
24. Rd1 cxd4
25. cxd4 Rc8
26. Ne3 Bf5
27. Kg2 Rc6
28. b4 b5
29. Bd3 Nd6
30. Nxf5 Nxf5
31. Bb1 Rc4
32. b3 Rc3
33. Rfe1 Rxb3
34. Rxe6 Rxb4
35. Rxa6 Rb2+
36. Kh3 h5
37. Ra7 Nb6
38. Ng5 Bh6
39. Rf1 Bxg5
40. Bxg5 Rxb1
41. Rxb1 1-0 Morozevich,A-Stohl,I/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 313 (41). )
12... O-O
13. Nxf5 exf5
14. Qxb6 Rae8+
15. Kd1 axb6
16. Bd3 Nh5
17. Rf1 Re6
18. Kc2 c5
19. c4 cxd4
20. cxd5 Rg6
21. g3 Nc5
22. Bc7 Na6
23. Bxa6 bxa6
24. Kd3 b5
25. Rae1 Rf7
26. Re8+ Bf8
27. Rc8 Ng7
28. Nf3 Re7
29. Nxd4 Rd7
30. d6 Rf6
31. g4 Kf7
32. g5 Rfxd6
33. Bxd6 Bxd6
34. Nxf5 Be5+
35. Kc2 Bxh2
36. Rc6 1-0 Antoniewski,R-Skalik,P/Zakopane chT 2000/The Week in Chess 310 (36). 11. Bxh6
Nxh6 12. exf6
Nxf6 13. Be2
Rg8 Black's equalised already; the half-point can be taken anytime now. 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. O-O
Ne4 16. Nxe4
Bxe4 17. Ne1
Nf5 18. Bf3
Ne3 19. Rf2
Bf5 20. Be2
Ke7 21. Bd3
c5 22. Bxf5
Nxf5 23. Nf3
h5 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Polgar, J. (2676) Karpov, A. (2679) |
B17 |
2001.02.25 | |
Round 3 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Ng5 Ngf6
6. Bd3 e6
7. N1f3 Bd6
8. Qe2 h6
9. Ne4 Nxe4
10. Qxe4 Qc7
The immediate 10... c5 was played by Karpov in his opening round game with Shirov. 11. Qg4
Kf8 This line is extremely popular at the top level. However, at first sight it is
hard to believe that a king move like that is enough for equality. First
played (I believe) by Andrei Kharltonov in the late 80s, the line soon became
popular with some of the world's top Caro aficionados: Speelman, Anand and, of
course, Karpov. 12. O-O
The immediate 12. Be3 was Judit's choice in three
games against Karpov in a rapid play match in Hungary, 1998, where she scored
2/3. 12... c5
13. dxc5!? New - but not a novelty. 13 Re1 and 13 c3 is more
standard. The idea is, at the cost of the White pawn structure, to open as
many lines as possible to try and take advantage of Black's underdevelopment. 13... Nxc5
14. Be3
14. Re1
e5 15. Bf5
e4 16. Nh4
Bxh2+ 17. Kh1
h5 18. Qh3
Be5 19. Be3
g6 20. Bxc8
Qxc8 21. Bxc5+
Qxc5 22. Rxe4
Kg7 23. c3
Bf6 24. Qf3
Rad8 25. Rf4
Qe5 26. g3
Rd2 27. Qxb7
Rb8 28. Qxa7
Rbxb2 29. Kg1
Qd5 30. a4
Be5 31. Rf3
Bf6 32. Rf4
Bxc3 33. Rf1
Be5 34. Rf3
Bf6 35. Rf4
Bg5 36. Ng2
Bxf4 37. Nxf4
Qe5 38. a5
h4 39. a6
Ra2 0-1 Luther,T-Anastasian,A/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (39). 14... Nxd3
15. cxd3 e5!
Black has to unravel somehow, and this is the best way. 16. Qe4
How about 16. Qh5!?
Qe7
( 16... g6?!
17. Qh4 and Black's looking a bit loose. )
17. Rae1
( 17. Bg5?! Qe6!
with the idea of ..Qg4 with a good game. )
17... Kg8
( 17... g6
18. Bxh6+ Kg8
19. Qg5! )
18. Nd2
g6 19. Qe2
with the idea of Ne4 and f4 to open up the game. 16... g6 17. Rac1?
Did Judit miss a trick here? 17. Rfc1! Qe7
18. Bxa7 Kg7
19. Qe3 Bg4
( 19... Bf5 20. Bc5!
)
20. Nd2 and, with the idea of Nc4 and Bb6, White just seems to be a pawn ahead. 17... Qe7
18. Rfe1
Now if 18. Bxa7
Kg7! see the difference - at the end of the
day, White's a-pawn is attacked, and Black has superb piece-play. 19. Qe3
Bg4 20. Nd2
( 20. a3 Bxf3
21. gxf3 Rhc8!
White's pawn structure is completely
shattered. Despite being a pawn ahead, the ending may be better for Black. )
20... b5! 18... Bf5
19. Qa4 Kg7
20. Nxe5
20. Bf4
f6 21. d4
e4 22. Bxd6
Qxd6 23. Nd2
Rhc8! 24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. Qxa7
Qb4 and Black's better here. 20... Bxe5
21. Bf4 Rac8
22. Rxc8 Rxc8
23. Rxe5 Rc1+
24. Bxc1 Qxe5
25. Be3 f6
26. Qb4 b6
27. h3
27. d4!
Qe4
( 27... Qd5?
28. Qe7+ )
28. h3
and Black still has a
lot of work to do to secure a draw: A pawn ahead, White has a strong, passed
d-pawn and the Black pawns are the more vulnerable to attack - especially with
the king unprotected on g7. 27... g5 28. Qa3
Qc7 29. b4
Qd7 30. Qc3
30. d4 Be6
and Black can easily set up a good blockade from d5. 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Grischuk, A. (2663) Kasparov, G. (2849) |
B90 |
2001.02.27 | |
Round 4 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6
6. f3 A Grischuk pet-line.
The young Muscovite wants to play the English Attack without having to worry
about the crucial, crunch-line, 6 ..Ng4 - the Kasparov Variation. 6... Qb6!
If Black wants to avoid going into the English Attack, then this is the way
to do it -despite the fact that your opponent has a 100% score of 4/4 against
this; including a win over Shirov in the semifinal of FIDE World Championship
KO in New Delhi recently. 7. Nb3 e6
7... Nc6 8. Qe2
e6 9. Be3
Qc7 10. g4
b5 11. O-O-O
Bb7 12. h4
Rc8 13. Kb1
Nd7 14. Rg1
Nce5 15. Qf2
b4 16. Na4
Nxf3 17. Qxf3
Qc6 18. Nac5
Nxc5 19. Bxc5
dxc5 20. Na5
Qc7 21. Nxb7
Qxb7 22. Bc4
Be7 23. Qe2
Qc6 24. g5
O-O 25. h5
Rcd8 26. g6
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1
fxg6 28. hxg6
Rf4 29. Qh2
1-0 Grischuk,A-Shirov,A/New Delhi IND 2000 (29). 8. Qe2 Qc7
With Be3 coming, the queen was going to have to move anyway. 9. g4 b5
10. Be3 b4n
10... Nc6 11. g5
Nd7 12. Qf2
Nce5 13. O-O-O
b4 14. Nb1
Nc4 15. Bxc4
Qxc4 16. N1d2
Qc7 17. Kb1
Bb7 18. Rc1
a5 19. c4
Nc5 20. Nxc5
dxc5 21. h4
a4 22. Qh2
Bd6 23. f4
O-O-O 24. Rhd1
Rd7 25. e5
Be7 26. Nf1
Rhd8 27. Qe2
Rxd1 28. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1
Qc6 30. Nd2
Kc7 31. Qf1
g6 32. Kc2
Qa6 33. Qd3
Qc6 34. h5
Qh1 35. hxg6
hxg6 36. Qf1
Be4+ 37. Kc1
Qxf1+ 38. Nxf1
Bd3 39. Nd2
Kc6 40. b3
a3 41. Kd1
1/2-1/2 Prasad,D-Ruck,R/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 313 (41). 11. Na4 Nbd7
The scene is set: White is looking to exploit the queenside,
Black is staking his claim in the centre. 12. Qc4 Qxc4
13. Bxc4 d5!
14. exd5 Ne5
15. Be2
15. Nb6
Nxc4 16. Nxc4
Nxd5 17. Bc5
Bd7! with the strong idea of ..Bb5 or ..Ba4 coupled with ..Rc8. 15... Nxd5
16. Bd4 Bd6
17. Bc5 Be7
Supported by Ljubomir Ljubojevic, we'd come to the
conclusion in the press room that the other retreat looked good for Kasparov: 17... Bc7! 18. a3
bxa3 19. Rxa3
Bb7 with the Black pieces looking the more ready for the first strike. 18. a3
a5
18... Bh4+
19. Bf2 Bf6
20. Bd4 achieves nothing for Black. 19. Bd4!
I think by now Kasparov was regretting he hadn't placed the bishop on c7 -
White's no worse here. 19... f6
19... Bf6?
20. g5! 20. Nac5?
Despite the fact that it cedes the bishop-pair, Grischuk have taken on e5: 20. Bxe5! fxe5
21. Nac5 bxa3
( 21... O-O 22. axb4
Nxb4 23. Kd2
Rd8+ 24. Kc1≤
)
22. Rxa3 Bd7
23. Ra1 Black's got slightly the better of it, but White has the better pawn structure. 20... O-O
21. O-O bxa3
22. Rxa3 Nf4
23. Bb5 Rb8
24. Bxe5 Nh3+!
24... Rxb5? 25. Bxf4
Rxc5 26. Nxc5
Bxc5+ 27. Kg2
Bxa3 28. bxa3
e5
( 28... Rd8
29. Bc7 Rd2+
30. Rf2= )
29. Bd2=
25. Kg2 Rxb5
26. Bg3?
26. Kxh3!
fxe5
( 26... Bxc5
27. Nxc5 fxe5
28. Nd3 e4
29. c4! Rb6
30. Ne5 Rxb2
31. Rxa5 )
27. c4!
Rb4 28. Rxa5=
26... Ng5
Kasparov could have gone for a simple win of a
pawn, but was probably worried about the prospects of an opposite coloured
bishop ending. 26... Bxc5
27. Nxc5 Rxc5
28. Kxh3 Rxc2≥
27. Bf2?
White's last - and only - chance was: 27. c4!
Rxc5
( 27... Rb4
28. h4 Rxc4
29. Rxa5 Nf7
30. Rc1 Rxc1
31. Nxc1= )
28. Nxc5
Bxc5 29. Rxa5
and the passed
c and b-pawn offer good survival chances against the Black pieces. 27... Bb7 There's no-way back for Grischuk now. 28. Bg1
Rc8! 29. h4
Bxf3+! 30. Rxf3
Nxf3 31. Kxf3
Bxc5 32. Nxc5
Rbxc5 33. Bxc5
Rxc5 34. c3
h5 35. gxh5
Rxh5 36. b4
axb4 37. cxb4
Rxh4 0-1
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initial position
Polgar, J. Shirov, A. |
B90 |
2001.02.27 | |
Round 4 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
Game of the day though is unquestionably Judit Polgar's superb win over
Alexei Shirov. After a lean period, she's back to her brilliant best again.
The Polgar phenomenon is well recorded. The youngest of three Hungarian
sisters (all chess masters), Judit, like Zsuzsa and Sofia, was taught at home
by their psychologist father, Laszlo (and mother, Klara), who planned their
entire family as an experiment to test his controversial theory that geniuses
are made, not born, which led to Dominic Lawson in his controversial book, The
Inner Game, to cruelly (and unfairly) christen her "Lassie", because she was
no more than just a trained dog. Their education included five hours' daily
chess instruction. All three played and studied chess to the exclusion of
virtually everything from the age of four. It didn't take long for the trio
hit the headlines and, in 1984, they started attending international
tournaments - and beating up the men! The Polgar phenomenon is well
recorded. The youngest of three Hungarian sisters (all chess masters), Judit,
like Zsuzsa and Sofia, was taught at home by their psychologist father, Laszlo
(and mother, Klara), who planned their entire family as an experiment to test
his controversial theory that geniuses are made, not born, which led to
Dominic Lawson in his controversial book, The Inner Game, to cruelly (and
unfairly) christened her "Lassie", because she was no more than just a trained
dog. Their education included five hours' daily chess instruction. All three
played and studied chess to the exclusion of virtually everything from the age
of four. It didn't take long for the trio hit the headlines and, in 1984,
they started attending international tournaments - and beating up the men!
Judit is beyond doubt the greatest female player in the game's history -
even at one time regarded as a potential heir to the Kasparov throne. She has
proved that it was possible for a woman to compete at the very top, something
she only achieved by never competing in the weaker female game, which she's
always shunned. Playing on board three in the men's team in the recent
Olympiad, she was their star performer with a score of 10/13 - the second
highest points total of any player in the men's Olympiad. This
"toughening-up" policy of competing only in Open tournaments quickly paid off.
In 1991 she became the first female to win a full national title (Hungarian
champion); a result that led the way for her to break the 30 year record of
arch misogynist Bobby Fischer, by becoming at 15 the youngest grandmaster in
the game. Before the tournament started, "Honest" Jeff Sonas and
finger-operated abacas had decide that Judit would be trailing the field at
the end, alongside Anatoly Karpov. After the comprehensive way she demolished
Shirov, I think Jeff will also have to revise his odds here, too! 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6
6. Be3 Again the English Attack,
which must be one of the most popular lines against the Najdorf these days.
Intended as a quiet sideline of the Najdorf to avoid all the theory, it first
became a big favourite of the man that should have been Britain's first GM,
William Hartston, in the early 70s when the Najdorf was at its zenith during
the Fischer years. Its was then refined by the likes of Nigel Short (who
really had most to do with its development), Mickey Adams, John Nunn and
Murray Chandler in the 80s as a way of avoiding all the reams of theory in the
Najdorf - now it basically IS the variation in the Najdorf with reams of
theory being produced on it! 6... e5
7. Nb3 Be6
8. f3 Nbd7
9. Qd2
Shirov is
no stranger to this line - with either colour! He had the Black side of it
last year in the Spanish Team Championships, he used it twice himself against
Gelfand in the FIDE KO in New Delhi, and also against Kasparov in the
Frankfurt Giants. 9. g4
b5 10. g5
b4 11. Ne2
Nh5 12. Qd2
a5 13. Ng3
Nxg3 14. hxg3
a4 15. Nc1
Qa5 16. Bh3
Bxh3 17. Rxh3
Nb6 18. b3
d5 19. Nd3
Bd6 20. Rd1
d4 21. Bg1
axb3 22. axb3
Rc8 23. Qh2
Qa2 24. Rxh7
Rxh7 25. Qxh7
Rxc2 26. g6
Qxb3 27. Qxg7
fxg6 28. Nxe5
Qc3+ 29. Kf1
Bxe5 30. Qxe5+
Kf7 31. Qf4+
Kg8 32. Bf2
Nd7 33. Qg5
Qxf3 34. Qxg6+
Kf8 35. Qf5+
Qxf5 36. exf5
Ne5 37. Bxd4
Nf3 38. Be3
b3 0-1 Morovic,D-Shirov,A/Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 301 (38). 9... b5
9... Be7 10. g4
O-O 11. O-O-O
Qc7 12. Kb1
Rfc8 13. g5
Nh5 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5
Nb6 16. Rg1
a5 17. a3
a4 18. Nc5
dxc5 19. d6
Bxd6 20. Qxd6
Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Bb5
g6 23. Rge1
Ra5 24. Re8+
Rxe8 25. Qxc7
Rxb5 26. Qxb7
1-0 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in Chess 318 (26). 10. a4 b4
11. Nd5 Bxd5
11... Be7 was the only move here until the Shirov-Kasparov encounter from Frankfurt. 12. exd5
Nb6 13. Bxb6
Qxb6 14. a5!
The idea is simple: White is going to
stymie Black's play by rounding up on the vulnerable b-pawn. 14... Qb7 15. Bc4
g6
15... Be7
is also an option, but apart from having to defend b4, Black is
cramped with no play. The idea of ..g6 is to jettison the pawn and hope to
complicate matters with active piece play. 16. Ra4 Rb8
17. Nc1! n
A nice innovation: Judit is going to swing the knight round to d3 to first
pick up the b-pawn...and then the a-pawn! Such is the seriousness of Black's
position now, Shirov has to resort to drastic action. 17. Qd3
Ra8 18. Qd2
Rb8 19. Qd3
Ra8 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/Frankfurt GER 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (19). 17... h5!
Let's admit it. Shirov was never the one to go quietly now, was he? 17... Bg7 18. Nd3
( White can also win the b-pawn without losing the d-pawn with 18. Na2!? b3
19. Bxb3 O-O
20. Nc3 )
18... Nxd5
19. Bxd5 Qxd5
20. Nxb4 Qxd2+
21. Kxd2 Kd7
22. Rb1 Ra8
23. Nd5 and the ending would have been too awful to contemplate for Black. 18. Nd3
Bh6 Black's only hope is to take the game into the weird and wonderful world
of Planet Shirov. 19. Qxb4
Qc7 20. Qa3
O-O 21. Nf2!
A brave move.
Unbelievably, Judit is going to use her King as a defender on the queenside.
And if it works, she's also going to have the King primed for the ending. The
safer option would have been: 21. O-O!? Nd7
with the idea of ..f5 to try and generate something - anything. 21... Bc1 22. Nd3
Be3 23. Kd1!
Rfc8 24. Re1
Look at how all the White pieces are working
together. Judit's plan has been impressive. 24... Bh6 25. c3
Rb5 What else? Shirov was just getting pushed off the board. 26. Bxb5
axb5 27. Rb4
Nxd5 28. Rxb5!
This simplifies everything - the advancing a-pawn cannot be stopped. 28... Qc4 29. Rxd5
Qxd5 30. Kc2
Ra8 31. a6
Qc6 32. Ra1
e4 One last throw of the dice. 33. Nb4
Qc4 34. Qa5
exf3 35. gxf3
Re8 36. Qd5!!
Re2+ 37. Kd1
Rd2+ 38. Qxd2
Bxd2 39. Kxd2
Qf4+ 40. Kc2
Qf5+ 41. Nd3
Qxf3 42. Ra5
42. a7?? Qg2+!
= 43. Kd1
( 43. Kb3
Qd5+ 44. Kb4
Qb7+ )
43... Qf3+
44. Kd2 Qg2+
and White can't
escape the perpetual - this has been a superbly played game by Judit. 42... Qa8 43. a7
d5 44. Nb4
d4 45. Nd5
dxc3 46. bxc3
Kg7 47. Kb3
Not only getting
out of any troublesome checks after Nb6 or c7, but also giving White an added
option of a stylish win by taking his king to b6 (via b4 and c5) and then
playing Nc7. 1-0
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initial position
Karpov, A. (2679) Leko, P. (2745) |
E15 |
2001.02.27 | |
Round 4 of SuperGM - Linares ESP |
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nxe4 bxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. bxc4 c5 20. d5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 exd5 22. Bxd5 Bb7 23. Qe5 Rbc8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rd5 Rc7 27. Rb1 Rc6 28. Rb5 Ra6 29. Rd2 Rc6 30. Rb7 Ra6 31. Rc7 Ra5 32. g4 g6 33. Kg2 a6 34. h4 Kg7 35. Kg3 h6 36. Kf4 Re8 37. Rdd7 Rf8 38. Rd2 Re8 39. g5 h5 40. f3 Kg8 41. Rdd7 Rf8 42. a4 Kg7 43. Rc6 Rxa4 44. Rxc5 Ra1 45. Ra7 Rh1 46. Kg3 Rg1+ 47. Kh2 Ra1 48. Re5 Ra4 49. Re4 a5 50. Kg3 Ra1 51. c5 Rc1 52. Rc7 Ra1 53. Rc4 a4 54. Ra7 a3 55. Rc2 Rc8 56. c6 a2 57. Kg2 Rb1 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Kasparov, G. Karpov, A. |
B12 |
2001.02.28 | |
Round 5 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. e5 This must have came as a surprise to Karpov.
Kasparov has never played the Advanced Variation, one of the most aggressive
systems against the Caro. These days Karpov is so predictable; Kasparov has
obviously prepared a minefield for him - the only question is: When is he
going to step on it?
3. Nd2
dxe4 4. Nxe4
Nd7 5. Ng5
Ngf6 6. Bc4
e6 7. Qe2
Nb6 8. Bb3
h6 9. N5f3
c5 10. Bf4
Bd6 11. Bg3
Qe7 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Ne5
Bd7 14. Ngf3
Nh5 15. O-O-O
Nxg3 16. hxg3
O-O-O 17. Rh5
Be8 18. Rxd8+
Kxd8 19. Qd2+
Bd6 20. Nd3
Qc7 21. g4
Kc8 22. g5
Bf8 23. Rh4
Kb8 24. a4
Be7 25. a5
Nd5 26. Kb1
Bd8 27. a6
Qa5 28. Qe2
Nb6 29. axb7
Bxg5 30. Nxg5
Qxg5 31. Rh5
Qf6 32. Ra5
Bc6 33. Nc5
Bxb7 34. Nxb7
Kxb7 35. Qa6+
Kc6 36. Ba4+
Kd6 37. Qd3+
Nd5 38. Qg3+
Qe5 39. Qa3+
Kc7 40. Qc5+
Kd8 41. Rxa7
1-0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Linares 1992/CBM 28 (41) 3... Bf5 4. Nc3
e6 5. g4
Bg6 6. Nge2
Ne7
There was a funny incident at this
stage in the press room. One of the hacks had tuned in for the ICC coverage
of the game and after he had "fingered" the K-K match, he almost fell off his
seat when he saw that Karpov's king was wandering around the board! Turns out
that, instead of the live coverage, Tony Miles was looking at some analysis on
the Advanced, which featured a famous encounter between Braga and Timman!: 6... c5
7. Be3 Nc6
8. dxc5 Nxe5
9. Nd4 Nf6
10. f4 Nexg4
11. Bb5+ Ke7
12. Bg1 Qc7
13. c6 b6
14. Qe2 Qxf4
15. c7 Ne4
16. Nc6+ Kd6
17. h3 Qg3+
18. Kf1 Qf4+
19. Ke1 Qg3+
20. Kf1 Qxc3
21. Qxg4 Qxb2
22. a4 Qxa1+
23. Kg2 f5
24. Qh4 Qf6
25. Bh2+ Kc5
26. Nb8 Qxh4
27. c8=Q+ Kb4
28. Rb1+ Ka3
29. Ra1+ Kb4
30. Rb1+ Ka3
31. Ra1+ Kb4
1/2-1/2 Braga,F-Timman,J/Mar del Plata 1982/MCL (31). 7. Nf4 c5
8. dxc5
8. h4
cxd4 9. Nb5
Nec6 10. h5
Be4 11. f3
Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Nxe5 13. Qg3
Nbc6 14. Nd3
Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3
e5 16. O-O
Bc5 17. Rf5
O-O 18. h6
g6 19. Rxe5
a6 20. Na3
Qc7 21. Bf4
Nxe5 22. Bxe5
Qb6 23. Rf1
Rae8 24. g5
Re6 25. Qf4
f5 26. gxf6
Kf7 27. b4
Bd6 28. Nc4
dxc4 29. Bxc4
d3+ 30. Kh2
Rfe8 31. Bxd6
dxc2 32. Bc5
Qc6 33. Bd5
Qd7 1-0 Kotronias,V-Karpov,A/Athens 1997/EXT 98 (33). 8... Nd7
There was an interesting aside here. After the game, Alexei Shirov one (if
not THE) world expert on this line, asked the hacks in the press room after
the game if Karpov hadn't seen Kasparov's own analysis to his game with Bareev
at KasparovChess.com, where Garry had mentioned the possibility of animpending
disaster in this line for Black after 9 h4? Good question, Alexei! But I
replied that after Karpov's disastrous computer handling during his Advanced
Match in Leon with Anand in 1999, I wasn't so sure that Karpov might know what
the Internet was! For the record, here's Shirov-Bareev game from New Delhi. 8... Nec6 9. h4
Qc7 10. Bg2
Qxe5+ 11. Kf1
d4 12. h5
Bxc2 13. Qxc2
dxc3 14. Nd3
Qd4 15. Be3
Qc4 16. Qxc3
Qxc3 17. bxc3
Na6 18. Rb1
O-O-O 19. Bxc6
bxc6 20. Ne5
Rg8 21. Nxf7
Rd7 22. Ne5
Rb7 23. Rxb7
Kxb7 24. Nd3
e5 25. Ke2
Be7 26. Kf3
Kc7 27. Ke4
Re8 28. Rh3
Kd7 29. Nxe5+
Kc7 30. Rf3
Bf6 31. Rf5
h6 32. f4
1-0 Shirov,A-Bareev,E/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in Chess 318 (32). 9. h4 Nxe5
10. Bg2 h5
11. Qe2 N7c6
12. Nxg6 Nxg6
13. Bg5n
And here's the
minefield. Kasparov and the team had found a big improvement from Karpov's
game last year against Shirov: 13. Nxd5
Bxc5 14. Bg5
Nge7 15. Qb5
f6 16. Qxc5
Nxd5 17. O-O-O
Qe7 18. Qb5
O-O-O 19. Bd2
hxg4 20. Qc4
Nb6 21. Qxg4
Rd4 22. Qg3
Rhd8 23. Bc3
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1
Na4 26. Bxc6
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Karpov,A/Monaco 2000/CBM 75 (26). 13... Be7 14. gxh5
Nf8?
It was only by now that Karpov was seeing the power of Kasparov's TN. He's
in a difficult position, and his only real alternative (bad as it was) was to
try: 14... Nge5
15. f4!
( 15. h6?
Bxg5 16. hxg7
Rg8 17. hxg5
Qxg5µ )
( 15. Nb5
Nc4! ≥ )
( 15. Bxe7
Qxe7= )
15... Nd7
16. O-O-O Nxc5
17. Bxd5! Qb8
18. f5 Bxg5+
19. hxg5 Qf4+
20. Rd2 Qxf5
21. Qe3! O-O-O
22. Bxc6 Rxd2
23. Bxb7+ Kxb7
24. Kxd2± 15. Nb5!
Nd7 16. h6!
Strong - very strong. 16... Nxc5
16... g6
17. Nd6+ Kf8
18. Bxe7+ Qxe7
19. h5! Nxc5
20. hxg6 fxg6
( 20... Qxd6? 21. g7+
Ke7 22. gxh8=Q
Rxh8 23. O-O-O+-
)
21. Qf3+ Kg8
22. Qg3! Kh7
23. O-O-O± 17. Bf4!
The position wasn't without its dangers for
Kasparov either. We found the following amusing line in the press room before
Kasparov found the correct reply: 17. hxg7 Rg8
18. Bf4
( 18. Bh6
a6 19. Nc3
Nd4 20. Qd2
Nf5= )
18... Rc8
19. O-O-O Nb4
20. a3
( 20. Nxa7
Nb3+ 21. axb3
Rxc2+ 22. Qxc2
Nxc2 23. Kxc2
Qa5 24. Be3
Rxg7˜ )
20... Nb3+
21. Kb1 Rxc2
22. Qh5 Bf6
23. Be5 Rc1+
24. Rxc1 Nd2+
25. Ka1 Nb3+
26. Kb1 Nd2+
27. Ka1 Nb3+=
17... Kf8?
Black's only hope was to try and survive with: 17... Na6
18. hxg7 Rg8
19. O-O-O! Rxg7
20. Rhg1! Rc8
21. Qh5± 18. hxg7+
Kxg7 19. O-O-O
Kf8
Kasparov is now crashing through in all lines: 19... a6
20. Nc3 Bxh4
21. Qg4+ Kf8
22. Nxd5! exd5
23. Rxd5+- 20. Kb1
Not only looking to
further open up the game with c4, but also avoiding any chances of the fantasy
lines given to the note to move 17. 20... a6
20... Rc8
21. c4! d4
22. Bxc6 d3
( 22... bxc6 23. Nxa7+-
)
23. Qe5 f6
24. Qe3 Rxc6
25. Qg3 e5
( 25... Rg8 26. Qf3+-
)
26. Rhg1! Kf7
27. Qg6+ Ke6
28. Bxe5! Rxh4
29. Bxf6 Bxf6
30. Rge1++- 21. Nc7
Rc8 22. Bxd5!
exd5 23. Rxd5
Qxc7
There was no other option. Trying to save the queen lost the king! 23... Nd7
24. Ne6+!! fxe6
25. Qxe6 Ncb8
26. Bd6 Rh7
( 26... Bxd6 27. Rf5+
Nf6 28. Rxf6++-
)
27. Rg1+- 24. Bxc7
Rxc7 25. Rf5
Rd7 26. c3
f6 27. Rg1
Nd8 28. Qg4
Ke8 29. Rh5
Rf8 30. Rxc5
Bxc5 31. Qh5+
1-0
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initial position
Leko, P. (2745) Polgar, J. (2676) |
B97 |
2001.02.28 | |
Round 5 of SuperGM - Linares ESP |
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 h6 14. Qh3 e5 15. f5 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. g4 Rg8 19. Kb1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bb7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Ke7 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Re2 Qb6 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Shirov, A. (2718) Grischuk, A. (2663) |
B45 |
2001.02.28 | |
Round 5 of SuperGM - Linares ESP |
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. Qh4 Nce5 20. Bh6 Qh8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Qe5 24. Rf4 Nc5 25. Raf1 Nxd3 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Rf7 Nc5 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rff7 Ne6 30. Rxg6 d3 31. Rg4 Rg8 32. Rxh7+ 1-0
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initial position
Kasparov, G. (2849) Leko, P. (2745) |
C88 |
2001.03.02 | |
Round 6 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O
8. a4 The Anti-Marshall. Although Leko has never played the Marshall (8 c3 d5), he
has had plenty of experience of the White side of Frank's gambit, so would be
well aware of all the nuances in it, so Kasparov avoids it. It's not that he
is frightened of the Marshall. It's just that, if Black doesn't go in for
anything speculative, he has a safe draw. Playing the Anti-Marshall against
Nigel Short in their 1993 PCA title match was the advice given to Kasparov by
the former Soviet giant and opening expert, Efim Geller. 8... Bb7
9. d3 d6
10. Nbd2 Na5
11. Ba2 c5
12. Nf1 Re8
13. Ne3n
Different. The standard
Lopez knight manoeuvre is to head for f5 via g3. Garry new idea keeps this as
an option, but also allows him to cover d5 and c4. 13. Ng3
h6 14. Nf5
Bf8 15. Bd2
b4 16. N3h4
d5 17. Qf3
Re6 18. Qg3
Kh7 19. Nf3
Nh5 20. Qg4
g6 21. Ne3
Nf6 22. Qh4
Re8 23. exd5
Nxd5 24. Nxd5
Bxd5 25. Bxd5
Qxd5 26. Ng5+
Kh8 27. Ne4
Qd8 28. Bg5
Qb6 29. Bxh6
Bxh6 30. Qxh6+
Kg8 31. Re3
1-0 Balashov,Y-Frolov,D/Moscow 1996/CBM 55 ext (31). 13... h6 14. Bd2
c4?!
The wrong choice, according to Leko. Instead, he felt that 14... b4!
was a better option. 15. Bc3 Qb6
16. Nd2 Nc6
17. Nd5 Nxd5
18. exd5 Na5
19. Bxa5! Qxa5
20. dxc4!
20. axb5?
cxd3 21. Bc4
dxc2
( 21... Qxa1?
22. Qxa1 axb5
23. Qd1 dxc2
24. Qxc2 bxc4
25. Nxc4± )
22. Qxc2
Qc7! 23. bxa6
Bxa6 24. Qe4
Bg5= 20... Qxa4
21. c5
Also good was 21. Bb3!?
Qb4 22. c3
Qc5 23. Ne4
Qc7 24. c5!
≤ 21... Qb4
The defining moment. During the post
mortem, Garry's legendary instinct detector was on full alert. Looking at the
position, he commented to Leko that Black's position "smelt bad" - and worse
for this move. Instead, both felt Black should have taken another route here,
though it still favours White thanks to strength of the c & d-pawn: 21... Qd4
22. c6
( 22. Ne4?
Qxd1 23. Raxd1
dxc5 24. d6
Bxe4! µ )
22... Bc8
23. c3 Qb6
24. Bb1! ≤ and White still controls the game. Also no better was 21... Qh4
22. c6 Bc8
23. c4! 22. Ne4!
Kasparov, as ever, chooses the
best line, though he could also have opted for the immediate push of the
c-pawn: 22. c6!? Bc8
23. Bb3 Bg4!
24. c3
( 24. Nf3
Qf4! )
24... Qf4
25. f3 Bc8
( 25... Bf5 26. Bc2!
≤ )
26. g3 Qg5
27. c4! Rb8
28. Ne4 Qg6
29. c5≤ 22... Qxb2
23. cxd6
Winnin the queen was also an option: 23. c3
f5 24. cxd6
Bf8
( 24... fxe4
25. dxe7 Qxc3
26. d6++- )
25. Re2
Qa3 26. Bb3+-
23... Bf8
23... Bh4
24. g3 Bg5
25. c3+- 24. c3
f5 25. d7
Red8 26. d6+
Kh8 27. Nc5
Bc6 28. Nd3
Qxc3 29. Nxe5
Be4 30. Nf7+
Kh7 31. Ng5+
31. Ng5+ Kh8
32. Nxe4 fxe4
33. Qd5! +- 1-0
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initial position
Polgar, J. (2676) Grischuk, A. (2663) |
C96 |
2001.03.02 | |
Round 6 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
"Remember the name of Alexander Grischuk for the future - he's got great
potential," was the prophetic words to me last year at Linares from the
legendary Russian chess editor of "64 - Review", Alexander Roshal. Much
like Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik, the 17-year-old
Muscovite is another Russian who's become the leading player of his generation
- and one with genuine designs on the laurel leafs of the world championship.
The last year has proved to be the big breakthrough for Grischuk as he
moved onto the world stage. After strong showings in the New York Open,
Reykjavik Open and North Sea Cup, he went on to big wins at the Lausanne Yong
Masters, Chigorin Memorial and the Torshavn International. Not content with
that, he more than played his part in Russia winning the recent Chess Olympiad
in Istanbul. However, the highlight of that glittering year was
unquestionably his performance in the Fide KO world championship in New Delhi.
Unlucky to be knocked out in the semi-final by Alexei Shirov in a superb match,
Grischuk walked away with some serious pocket money - $172,000! Grischuk
showed he had a much better feeling for handling the nuances of the Black side
of the Lopez than Leko, as he came close to defeating Judit Polgar. 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O
9. h3 Na5
10. Bc2 c5
11. d4 Bb7
The Romanishin Variation. Named after one the most
original thinkers in the game, the Ukrainian GM Oleg Romanishin, who is one of
the world's leading experts on this line. It's also one of Grischuk's
favourite pet-lines. 12. Nbd2
Traditional theory in the Lopez is that White
should play d5 as soon as Black commits the bishop to b7. However modern
players tend to opt for a more open centre, reasoning that at some point Black
must make a minor concession by exchanging in the centre. The locking of the
center with 12 d5 saw an amazing game between Shirov and Grischuk from the
FIDE KO World Ch: 12. d5
Nc4 13. a4
Nb6 14. Qe2
Nxa4 15. Bxa4
bxa4 16. c4
Nd7 17. Rxa4
Nb6 18. Ra3
a5 19. Nc3
a4 20. Be3
Bc8 21. b3
axb3 22. Rxb3
Ra6 23. Reb1
f5 24. Bxc5!
dxc5 25. Nxe5
Na4 26. Nxa4
Rxa4 27. Nc6
Qc7 28. e5
Ra6 29. Qf3
f4 30. Re1
Bf5 31. Rb5
Bc2 32. Rb2
Bg6 33. Rd2
Be8 34. Nxe7+
Qxe7 35. d6
Qe6 36. Qb7
Bc6 37. Qxa6
Bxg2!! 38. f3
( 38. Kxg2 f3+
39. Kh2 Qf5
40. Qb7 Qf4+
41. Kh1 Qf5=
)
38... Bxf3 39. Kh2
Bg4 40. Qb7
Qh6 41. Qd5+
Rf7 42. Kg1
Qxh3 43. Qg2
Qh4 44. Rf2
f3?
( 44... Bh3!
= )
45. e6 Rf8
46. e7 Re8
47. d7 Bxd7
48. Qxf3 Qg5+
49. Kf1 1-0 Shirov,A-Grischuk,A/New Delhi IND 2000 (49). 12... cxd4
13. cxd4 exd4
14. Nxd4 Re8
15. b4 Nc6
16. Nxc6 Bxc6
17. Bb2 Nd7
17... Bf8?! 18. Qf3!
Rc8 19. Bb3
Qe7 20. Rad1
Bb7 21. Qf5
d5 22. e5
Nd7 23. Ne4
g6 24. Qxd7
dxe4 25. e6
fxe6 26. Qd4
Kf7 27. Qh8
Qh4 28. g3
Qh5 29. Qf6+
Kg8 30. Rd7
1-0 Xie Jun-Chiburdanidze,M/Manila 1991/CBM 26 (30). 18. Bb3 Bf6
19. Bxf6 Nxf6
20. Rc1 Rc8
21. Qf3 Bb7!
22. Rxc8
Keeping the rooks on makes no
difference: Black's going to get in the freeing ..d5 and all his problems have
been solved. 22. Rcd1
Qe7 23. Qf4
Qe5 24. Qxe5
Rxe5 25. f3
d5! = 22... Qxc8
23. Qf4 Qc7
24. f3 Qb6+
25. Qe3
Keeping the queens on was no option: 25. Kh1?
Qd4! and Black has the upper hand due to the better pieces and dominating queen. 25... Qxe3+
26. Rxe3 d5!
27. e5?!
On reflection, perhaps Judit could have had an easier life with 27. Bc2!?
dxe4
( 27... Rc8
28. Bb3! )
28. Nxe4
Nd5 29. Rb3
Rc8 30. Bd3
Rc1+ 31. Kf2
Black's a bit better, but White has an easier time of it here than in the game. 27... Nh5! ≥ 28. Bc2
Rc8?
The young Muscovite was too hasty. He
had a great chance to round up on the vulnerable e-pawn which would have given
him a golden opportunity for the full point. 28... f6!
29. e6 Nf4
30. e7 Kf7
31. Nb3
( 31. Bxh7?
g6! 32. Nb3
Kg7 33. Nc5
Bc8-+ )
31... g6
32. Nc5 Bc8
33. Bb3 Rxe7≥
29. Bf5 Rc1+
30. Kf2 g6
31. Nb3 Rc4
32. Bd3
32. Bd7?
Nf4!
( 32... Rxb4?
33. Nc5! Bc6
34. Bxc6 Rc4
35. Bxd5 Rxc5
36. Bb7= )
33. Nc5
Rc2+ 34. Kf1
d4 35. Ra3
Bd5! 36. g3
Bc4+ 37. Ke1
Nd5-+ 32... Rxb4
33. g3 Ng7
34. Re2 Bc8
35. Rc2!
Realistically the best chance. White can't
wait around for Black to reposition his pieces to make the ending simpler: 35. h4
Bf5! 36. Bxf5
Nxf5 37. Nc5
a5 38. Nb7
a4 39. Nd6
a3! µ 35... Bxh3
36. Rc6 Ra4
37. g4 h5?!
Grischuk misses his big chance here. Instead 37... Rxa2+ 38. Kg3
( 38. Be2 Ne6
39. Nc1 Ra3
40. Kg3 Ng5
41. Nd3 h5
42. gxh5 Bf5!
43. Nf4 Ne4+
44. Kg2 Nc3
45. hxg6 fxg6
46. Kf2
( 46. e6
Nxe2 47. Nxe2
Ra2-+ )
46... d4-+
White can't stop all of the three passed pawns. )
38... Ne6! 39. Rxe6
( 39. Nc5 Rg2+!
40. Kxh3 Nf4+
41. Kh4 h6!
42. Bxg6 Nxg6+
43. Kh3 Rc2!
44. Rc8+ Kh7
45. Rc7 Nxe5-+
)
39... fxe6 40. Kxh3
Ra3 41. Bc2
b4 wins for Black. 38. Nc5
Rxa2+ 39. Kg3
hxg4 40. fxg4
Ne6
There's now a ray
of hope for Polgar. Black's now finding it difficult to make progress due to
the active White pieces: 40... Ra3
41. Kxh3
( 41. Kh4
Rc3! -+ )
41... Ne6
42. Nxe6 Rxd3+
43. Kh4 fxe6
44. Rxa6 Kf7
45. Ra7+ Ke8
46. Kg5! and the king stuck on the backrank guarantees White a draw. 41. Nxe6
fxe6 42. Bxg6
Kg7
Grischuk was now realising the problems he had in trying to win
from here. The most obvious try also looks as if it draws: 42... Bg2
43. Rxe6 a5
44. Kf4 Rf2+
45. Kg5 Be4
46. Bf5! = 43. Bh5
Bf1 44. Rxe6
b4 45. Rg6+
Kh8 46. Rb6
Bb5 47. g5
Ra1 48. g6
Rg1+ 49. Kf4
b3 50. Rb8+
Kg7 51. Rb7+
Kh8 52. Rb8+
Kg7 53. Rb7+
Kh8 54. Rb8+
1/2-1/2
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initial position
Karpov, A. (2679) Shirov, A. (2718) |
D27 |
2001.03.01 | |
Round 6 of SuperGM - Linares ESP |
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Be2 Ke7 11. a3 a5 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Ne4 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Rc3 f5 19. Rac1 Kf6 20. Ne1 Ne7 21. Kf1 Rad8 22. Rc7 Bd5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 e5 25. b5 Be6 26. Nf3 Nd5 27. R7c6 Rxc6 28. bxc6 Rc8 29. Ke1 Nb4 30. Bb5 Rc7 31. Nd2 Bd5 32. f3 Ke6 33. Kd1 Kd6 34. Nc4+ Kc5 35. Na3+ Kd6 36. Nc4+ Bxc4 37. Rxc4 Nd5 38. Kd2 Ra7 39. Rc2 Ra3 40. c7 Nxc7 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42. Rxb6+ Nxb5 43. Rxb5 Ra2+ 44. Ke1 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Polgar, J. Kasparov, G. |
B90 |
2001.03.03 | |
Round 7 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6
6. Be3 Again the English Attack. 6... e6
7. f3 b5
8. Qd2 Nbd7
9. O-O-O Bb7
10. g4 Nb6
11. Qf2 Nfd7
12. Bd3 Rc8
13. Nce2 Be7
14. h4 O-O
15. Kb1 Na4n
A novelty from Kasparov. The standard continuation here is 15 ..d5: 15... d5 16. g5
dxe4 17. fxe4
Nc4 18. Bc1
Qb6 19. Qg2
Nde5 20. h5
Rfd8 21. Bxc4
Rxc4 22. Be3
Bc5 23. Qg3
Nd7 24. g6
hxg6 25. hxg6
fxg6 26. Qxg6
Nf8 27. Qh5
Bxe4 28. Rdf1
Nh7 29. Qf7+
Kh8 30. Nxe6
Rg8 31. Bxc5
Rxc5 32. N2f4
1-0 Adams,M-Georgiev,K/Elenite 1993/CBM 38 (32). 16. g5 Ndc5
17. Ng3 Qc7
18. Nb3 d5
19. e5!
Attack was the only form of defense - especially against
Kasparov! Sitting back and trying to defend this position wasn't really on for
Judit, so she opts for counter-attack by opening up some lines towards
Kasparov's own king. Her other form of counter-attack wasn't so hopeful: 19. exd5
Nxd3 20. Rxd3
Bxd5 21. Nf5
Bb4! 22. Rxd5
exd5 23. Bd4
Nc5 24. Nxg7
( 24. Bxg7 Nxb3
25. axb3 Rfe8
26. Bd4 Bc5
)
24... Nxb3 25. axb3
Bc5! with no direct route through to Kasparov's king. 19... Qxe5
20. Bd4 Qc7
21. f4 Ne4
Attempting to blockade some of those open lines. 22. Bxe4 dxe4
23. Rhe1 Bd6
24. Nh5 e5
25. c3
25. Bxe5?
Bxe5 26. fxe5
Qxe5 27. Nd4
Rc4! -+ 25... f6
26. gxf6 exd4
27. Nxd4 g6?
27... Ba3!! 28. fxg7
( 28. Ne6 Qf7!
29. Qg3 Nxb2
30. Rd4 g6
31. f5 Na4
32. Re3 Bc5
33. fxg6 hxg6
34. Nxc5 Nxc5
35. Nf4 Kh7
36. h5 Qxf6
37. hxg6+ Kg8
38. Qh3 Rc7-+
)
( 28. bxa3 Nxc3+
29. Ka1 Nxd1
30. Rxd1 g6
31. Ne6 Qc3+
32. Qb2 )
28... Rf7
29. Rd2 Bxb2
30. Rxb2 Nxb2
31. Qxb2 Qxc3
32. Qxc3 Rxc3-+
28. f5 gxh5
29. Ne6
The most obvious must have been tempting - but good for Kasparov!: 29. Qg2+
Kf7
( 29... Kh8
30. Ne6 Rg8
31. Qd2 e3
32. Rxe3 Qc4
33. Qxd6 Rg2-+
)
30. Qg7+ Ke8
31. Ne6 Nxc3+
32. bxc3 Qxc3
33. Re2 Bd5!
29... Nxc3+ 30. bxc3
Qxc3 31. Rxd6
Qb4+ 32. Ka1
Qc3+ 33. Kb1
Qb4+ 34. Ka1
Qc3+ 35. Kb1
1/2-1/2
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initial position
Shirov, A. Leko, P. |
C88 |
2001.03.03 | |
Round 7 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
"My grandfather plays more interesting chess than Peter...and he's been dead
for years!" So wrote a humble Olive Farmer from Greece (aka Nigel Short) on
the ICC recently. Well, this was at least a spirited effort from young Mr
Leko in an attempt to dispel the "boring" tag - but he does seem to prefer the
draw to the win when given the option! 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O
8. h3!? A Shirov, Anti-Marshall speciality. 8... Bb7
9. d3 h6
10. Nc3 Bc5n
Up to now, 10 ..Re8 or ..d6 has been the only moves here. However, Leko's
move fits in with his Archangel-Moeller set-up with ..Bb7. 11. a4 b4
12. Ne2 Na5
13. Ba2 d5
14. Nxe5 dxe4
15. d4 Ba7
16. Be3 Bd5!
Common sense, really.
Leko has to do something about the knight on a5, and his move (challenging the
Shirov's strong, white-squared bishop) makes way for the knight to come back
into the game via b7 or c6. 17. c4 bxc3
18. b4 Nc6
19. Nxc6 Bxc6
20. Nxc3 Nd5
21. Bxd5 Bxd5
22. Bxh6 It's Planet Shirov time! 22... gxh6
23. Qg4+ Kh8
24. Qh5 f5
The draw is inevitable: 24... Be6 25. Qxh6+
Kg8 26. Rad1
Bxd4 27. Rxd4
Qxd4 28. Nxe4
f6 29. Qg6+=
25. Qxh6+ Kg8
26. Qg6+ Kh8
27. Qh6+ Kg8
28. Re3 Shirov still has some trick's left before the draw. 28... f4
29. Qg6+ Kh8
30. Qh6+ Kg8
31. Qg6+ Kh8
32. Nxd5 Nothing boring about this draw! 32... fxe3
33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. Qg6+ Kh8
And we all sat back getting ready for the final repetition...or so we thought. 35. Rc1?? They have a saying in Spain: "Tirar la casa la por ventana."
(Throwing the house out of the window). Fortunately for Shirov, Leko throws
the house back through the window! 35... Qh4??
Incredulous! Leko turns
down a rock-solid win in preference for a draw. It's clear though what was
going through his head: For the last dozen moves or so he's been ready for the
draw. 35... exf2+! spotted by everyone - including probably Nigel Short's grandfather! 36. Kf1
Qh4! Eh, where's the repetition, Alexei? 37. Rxc7
Bxd4 38. Nf6
Bxf6 39. Rc5
e3 40. Rh5+
Qxh5 41. Qxh5+
Kg7 42. Qg4+
Kh6! 43. Qf4+
Bg5 44. Qd6+
Rf6-+ 36. fxe3
Rg8 37. Nf4!
Bxd4
37... Raf8
38. Qxe4 Qg3
39. Qe5+ Rg7
( 39... Qg7?? 40. Ng6+
Kh7 41. Qh5+
Qh6 42. Nxf8+
Rxf8 43. Rxc7+
Kg8 44. Qxh6+-
)
40. Rc6 Rxf4
41. Rh6+ Kg8
42. Qe6+ Rff7
43. Qc8+ Rf8
44. Qe6+= 38. Qxe4
Bf6 39. Qxa8
Rxa8 40. Ng6+
Kg8 41. Nxh4
Bxh4 42. Rxc7
Be1 43. b5
1/2-1/2
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initial position
Grischuk, A. Karpov, A. |
B12 |
2001.03.04 | |
Round 7 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. e5 Bf5
4. Nc3 Qb6
After the carnage inflicted by
Kasparov in round 5, Karpov wisely sidesteps any possibility of repetition by
avoiding the main-line. 5. Nf3 e6
6. Be2 Ne7
7. O-O Bg4n
More often seen
is 7 ..Nd7, but there is no real difference here as the line tends to go 7 ..
Nd7 8 b3 Bg4. 8. Na4 Qc7
9. b3 b5
This may be a bit too committal - Grischuk
can take advantage of Karpov's lack of development to open the game now. Maybe
the cautious 9 ..Nd7 was to be preffered. 10. Nb2 Nd7
11. c4! bxc4
12. bxc4 dxc4
13. Ng5 Bxe2
14. Qxe2 Nb6
15. Nxc4 Nf5
16. Rd1 Be7
17. Nf3
There was an option that took advantage of the bad, black pawns: 17. Rb1!?
O-O 18. Qc2!
Nxc4
( 18... Rfd8
19. g4 Bxg5
20. gxf5 Be7
21. fxe6 fxe6
)
19. Qxc4 White's got nice and easy play here. 17... Nxc4
18. Qxc4 Qd7
19. g4 Nh4
20. Nxh4 Bxh4
21. g5! h6
21... Qd5?! 22. Qxd5
cxd5 23. Rb1
h6
( 23... O-O
24. Rb3! )
24. gxh6
gxh6 25. Rb7≤
22. d5! hxg5
23. Qxc6 Rc8
24. Qxd7+ Kxd7
25. d6 f6
The locked in bishop on h4 causes Karpov trouble. 26. Be3 a5
27. Rab1 Rb8
28. Bb6
Grischuk misses a good opportunity: 28. Rbc1!?
Rbc8
( 28... Rhc8
29. Ba7 Rxc1
30. Rxc1 Rb7
31. Bd4 g4
32. Rc5 fxe5
33. Bxe5 Bf6
34. Rxa5 Bxe5
35. Rxe5≤ )
29. Bd4
g4 30. Kg2
and White's much better in the ending. 28... fxe5 29. Rdc1
e4 30. Rc7+
Kxd6 31. Rxg7
Rhc8
31... Rhg8
32. Rh7! Rbc8
( 32... Rh8 33. Bc7+
Kc6 34. Rc1+
Kb7 35. Rd7!
± )
33. Bc7+ Kd5
( 33... Kc6 34. Bxa5
Rgf8 35. Bb6≤
)
34. Rd1+ Kc5
35. a4≤ 32. Rd1+
Ke5 33. Be3?
Much better was 33. Bc7+! Kf6
34. Rdd7 Rb1+
35. Kg2 with chances - though probably drawn with careful play. 33... Kf6
Karpov's habitual time trouble is his own downfall. I suppose if he had
more than the 50 or so seconds he had on the clock, he may well have
discovered he had much better!: 33... Rc2! 34. Rf7
Rb5! 35. Bd4+
Kd6 36. Ba7+
Kc6 37. Re7
Rbb2 38. Rxe6+
Kc7 39. Re7+
Kc8 40. Re8+
Kb7 41. Rd7+
Kc6! µ 34. Rdd7
Rd8 35. Bxg5+
Bxg5 36. Rdf7+
Ke5 37. Rxg5+
Kd4 38. Ra7!
Rb1+?
Missing the main chance to save the game: 38... e3!
39. fxe3+ Kxe3
40. Re5+
( 40. Raxa5
Rd1+ 41. Kg2
Kf4! = )
40... Kd4
41. Raxa5 Rb1+
42. Kf2 Rb2+
43. Kg3 Rg8+
44. Kf3 Rf8+=
39. Kg2 Rb2
40. Raxa5 Rf8?
Desperation to make the final move at the time control: Karpov had to play 40... Rd5 41. Rgxd5+
exd5 42. Kg3=
41. Ra4+! Kd3
42. Rg3+ Kd2
43. Rxe4 The rest is academic now: White easily wins. 43... Rxa2
44. Rxe6 Ra4
45. Rd6+ Kc2
46. Rdd3 Raf4
47. Rgf3 Rxf3
48. Rxf3 Rh8
49. Rf4 Kd3
50. h4 1-0
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initial position
Kasparov, G. Shirov, A. |
A00 |
2001.03.04 | |
Round 8 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : ChessBase Team |
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4
6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6
9. Nbd2 Nc5
10. c3 d4
11. Ng5 Qxg5
12. Qf3 O-O-O
13. Bxe6+ fxe6
14. Qxc6 Qxe5
15. b4 Qd5
16. Qxd5 exd5
17. bxc5 dxc3
18. Nb3 d4
19. Ba3 g6
20. Bb4 Bg7
21. a4 Kd7
This exact position occurred in Shirov-Timman, Hoogovens 1996.
Shirov was White and won. This is how the game continued: 21... Kd7 22. axb5
axb5 23. Rad1
Ke6 24. Rfe1+
( but we must also consider the following game: 24. Rd3 Kd5
25. Na5 Ra8
26. Bxc3 Ke4
27. Rfd1 dxc3
28. Re3+ Kf5
29. g4+ Kxg4
30. Nb3 Rhe8
31. Rg3+ Kh4
32. Rd7 Rg8
33. Rd5 Bf6
34. Nd4 g5
35. Rd7 Kh5
36. Rxc3 Ra1+
37. Kg2 Rd1
38. Rxh7+ Kg6
39. Rxc7 Rxd4
40. Rb3 Rg4+
41. Kf1 b4
42. Rc6 Kf5
43. Rd3 Re8
44. Rd5+ Re5
45. Rd7 Rc4
46. Rb7 Re6
47. Rc8 Bd4
48. c6 Bc3
49. c7 Rec6
50. h3 Ke4
51. Ke2 Be5
52. Rcb8 Rc2+
53. Kf1 Kf3
54. Ke1 Rc1+
55. Kd2 Bf4+
0-1 Sargissian,G-Danilovic,A/Moscow 1997. )
24... Kd5 25. Bxc3
Kc4 26. Ba5
Kxb3 27. Rb1+
Kc4 28. Rec1+
Kd5 29. c6
Kd6 30. Rxb5
Rb8 31. Bb4+
Ke6 32. Re1+
Kf6 33. Be7+
Kf7 34. Rd5
Rhc8 35. Rd7
Kg8 36. g3
Rb6 37. Rc1
Rb3 38. Bc5
d3 39. Rd1
Rcb8 40. Kg2
Bf8 41. Bxf8
Rxf8 42. R1xd3
Rxd3 43. Rxd3
Rf7 44. f4
Re7 45. g4
Re6 46. Rd8+
Kf7 47. Rd7+
Re7 48. Rxe7+
Kxe7 49. g5
1-0 22. axb5 axb5
23. Rfd1
Now we have only one predecessor game: 23. Rfd1
Ke6 24. Rac1
Rd5 25. Ba5
Ra8 26. Rd3
Rxa5 27. Nxa5
Rxc5 28. Kf1
b4 29. Nb3
Rd5 30. Ra1
c5 31. Ra6+
Rd6 32. Nxc5+
Kd5 33. Rxd6+
Kxc5 34. Rd8
b3 35. Rc8+
Kb4 36. Ke2
Ka3 37. Rd1
c2 38. Rd3
Bh6 39. Rxc2
1-0 Van den Doel,E-Timmermans,I/Deizisau 1999 23... Ke6 24. Rac1
Deep Fritz
thinks that Timmerman's move 24...Rd5 is not good. 24...c6 looks a bit like a
draw (= 0.37). After a few minutes Fritz switches to 24...Rhe8 with a +0.56
score. Maybe Kasparov is winning?! Well, Shirov is in a big think. He's
probably looking for a way to escape. Our bets are now on Kasparov. 24... Rhe8 25. Kf1
Kf5 26. c6
g5 27. Ba5
Rd6 28. Bb4
Rdd8 29. Rd3
g4 30. Bc5
Ke4 31. Rcd1
h5 and Deep Fritz thinks Kasparov is completely winning. 32. Nxd4
b4 33. Re3+
Kd5 34. Bxb4
Kc4 35. Bxc3
Rxe3 36. fxe3
Rf8+ 37. Ke2
Kxc3 38. Ne6
Shirov resigned. 1-0
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initial position
Karpov, A. Polgar, J. |
E12 |
2001.03.04 | |
Round 8 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Mathias Feist + Deep Fritz |
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 e6
3. c4 b6
4. a3 Bb7
5. Nc3 d5
6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qa4+ Qd7
8. Qxd7+ Nbxd7
9. Nb5 O-O
10. cxd5 Nxd5
11. Bxe7 Nxe7
12. Nxc7 Rac8
13. Nb5 Rc2
14. Rb1 Be4
15. Ng5 Nf6
15... Rxe2+ 16. Bxe2
Bxb1 17. Nxa7
16. Nxa7 Bg6
17. f3 Rd8
17... Nf5! 18. e4
( 18. Nb5 Rd8
( 18... Ne3 19. Kf2
Nfd5 20. Ne4
)
19. e4 Nxd4
20. Rd1 e5
21. Nxd4 Rxd4
)
( 18. Nh3 Nxd4
( 18... Ne3 19. Nf4
)
19. e4 Rd8
20. Nb5 Nxb5
21. Bxb5 Rdd2
)
18... Nxd4 19. Rd1
e5 20. Rd2
Rc5 21. b4
Rc1+ 22. Rd1
Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1
Ra8 24. Nb5
Nxb5 25. Bxb5
Rxa3 18. e4
Rxd4 19. Nb5
Rdd2 20. b4
h6 21. Rd1
Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1
Ra2 23. Nh3
Nd7 24. Kc1
Ne5 25. Kb1
Rd2 26. Kc1
Ra2 27. Kb1
Rd2 28. Nc3
f5 29. Kc1
Rd8 30. Nf4
Bf7 31. Bb5
Rc8 32. Kb2
fxe4 33. fxe4
Be8 34. Bxe8
Rxe8 35. Kb3
g5 36. Nfe2
N7c6 37. h4
g4 38. Rf1
Kg7 39. g3
Rc8 40. Rd1
Kf6 41. Na4
Rb8 42. Rd6
Ke7 43. Rd1
Kf6 44. Rd2
Ke7 45. b5
Na5+ 46. Kb4
Nac4 47. Rc2
Ne3
47... Nd6
48. Rc7+ Kd6
49. Rh7 Nd3+
49... Ra8 50. Rxh6
Nc2+ 51. Kc3
( 51. Kb3 Na1+=
)
51... Rxa4 52. Kxc2
Rxe4± 50. Kc3
Nf2 51. Rxh6
51. Nd4! Nxe4+
52. Kd3 Nc5+
( 52... Nd5 53. Rxh6
Ndf6+- )
53. Kxe3
( 53. Nxc5 bxc5
54. Nxe6 Nf5
55. Ng7 Nxg7
56. Rxg7 Rxb5
57. Rxg4± )
53... Nxa4
54. Rxh6 Nc5±
51... Ke5
51... Nxe4+
52. Kd3 Nf5
53. Rg6 Ke5≤
52. Rg6
52. Nb2
Rd8 53. Nc4+
Nxc4 54. Kxc4
Nxe4≤ 52. Rh5+
Kxe4 53. Rh6
Ke5≤ 52. Kb4
Nxe4 53. Rh5+
Nf5≤ 52. Kb3
Nxe4 53. Rh5+
Nf5= 52... Nxe4+
53. Kb3
53. Kd3
Nf5 54. Nac3
( 54. Rxg4?? Nf2+-+
)
54... Rd8+ 55. Kc2
Ne3+ 56. Kc1
Rc8 57. Kb2
Nc4+≤ 53... Nd2+
54. Ka2 Ndc4
54... Rc8 55. Nac3
( 55. Nxb6?? Rc2+
56. Ka1 Nb3+
57. Kb1 Rxe2-+
) 55. Nac3 Ra8
55... Rd8 56. a4
Nd2
56... Rf8
57. Nf4 Re8±
56... Rd8 57. Rg5+
Kf6 58. Ne4+
Kf7 59. Kb3
Na5+ 60. Kb2±
57. Kb2 Rd8
58. Rg5+ Kf6
59. Ka2 Nf3
60. Ne4+ Kf7
61. Rh5 Nd5
62. Rh6 Ra8
63. Kb3 Rg8
64. h5 Ng5
65. N2c3 Nxc3
66. Nxc3 Rd8
67. Rg6 Nf3
68. Rxg4 Nd4+
69. Kb2 e5
70. Rg5 Kf6
71. Ne4+ Ke6
72. Rg6+ Kd5
73. Rd6+ Rxd6
74. Nxd6 Ne6
75. h6 Ng5
76. Nc8 e4
77. Kc2 Kd4
78. Nd6 e3
79. a5 Kc5
80. a6 Kd5
and Black resigned. 1-0
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initial position
Leko, P. (2745) Grischuk, A. (2663) |
B33 |
2001.03.04 | |
Round 8 of SuperGM - Linares ESP |
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Qd2 Bxe2 15. Bf4 Qd5 16. Bxe2 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Re1 Qc7 22. h3 g6 23. Qb4 Kg7 24. Re7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. c3 dxc3 27. Qxc3 Qd6 28. Be2 b6 29. h4 h6 30. g3 Kg8 31. Bf3 Kg7 32. b4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Qc2+ Kh6 36. Qc3 Kg6 37. a4 Nd7 38. Qc8 Ne5 39. Be4+ Kg7 40. Qc3 Qf6 41. Bb7 Ng4 42. Qxf6+ Nxf6 43. Kf3 Kf8 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. Kxf4 Ne8 47. Ke5 Nc7 48. g4 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Karpov, A. (2679) Kasparov, G. (2849) |
D73 |
2001.03.05 | |
Round 9 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 g6
3. g3 Bg7
4. Bg2 d5
5. c4 dxc4
6. Na3 c3
7. bxc3 O-O
8. O-O c5
9. e3 A modest little move. White intends to build a long-term advantage. 9... Nc6
10. Qe2 Bf5
11. Rd1 Qb6!?
n
An interesting TN from Kasparov,
who signals his intent on complicating matters against his old foe. 11... Qa5 is more usual. However, in that line, White would continue as in the game
with Nc4, and Black will play ..Qa6 - therefore we sort of transpose back into
the mainline. 12. Bb2
Rfd8 13. Nc4
Qa6 14. a4
Karpov obviously doesn't like
the idea of Kasparov fixing the a-pawn with a ..Qa4. 14... Na5 15. Bf1
Ne4 16. Nfd2
It looks like the only move. Kasparov would have been only too happy with 16. Nce5?! Qxe2
17. Bxe2 Be6
and white has a lot of vulnerable weakpoints 16... Nxd2 17. Nxa5
The other option didn't hold much promise for White: 17. Nxd2 Qxe2
18. Bxe2 Rac8
and Black has an ideal Grunfeld ending. 17... Qxa5
17... Nxf1!?
18. Qxa6 bxa6
19. Kxf1 Bg4
20. Rd2 Bf3
is unclear - Black has the bishop-pair, White the better pawn structure. 18. Rxd2 cxd4
19. cxd4?
On Karpov's own admission, this is a bad move.
Opening the c-file turns out bad for Karpov. He had more dynamic chances with
the alternative recapture: 19. exd4!
e5 20. Qb5!
and White's no worse. 19... Rac8 20. h3
Karpov was beginning to worry about ..Bg4, so felt he had to prevent it 20. Bg2 Bg4
21. Qe1 b6
22. d5 Bc3!
( 22... Bxb2 23. Rxb2=
)
23. Bxc3 Qxc3
with a small plus for Black. 20... Be4 21. Bg2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2
e5! 23. Kg1
h5 24. h4
b6 25. Rdd1
exd4 26. Bxd4
Bxd4 27. exd4
The players came to the
conclusion very quickly that the alternative recapture would have made life
very difficult indeed for Karpov: 27. Rxd4?! Rxd4
28. exd4 Qc3
29. Rd1 Qc4
( 29... Qb3 30. a5=
)
30. Qxc4 Rxc4
31. d5 Kf8
32. d6 Ke8
33. Re1+ Kd8
34. a5 bxa5
35. Re7 a6
36. Rxf7 a4
is going to be difficult to defend. 27... Qd5
27... Qc3
28. Qe3= 28. Qa6!
In the nick of time. Without this move,
White would have an impossible job to hold the position. Left to his own
devices, Kasparov would build-up on the c and a-pawns with ..Rc4 leaving White
with an awkward defence. 28... Rc7
Kasparov thought long and hard here over
his other option, which he couldn't quite get to work. Come the post mortem,
the banter between the two titans (in Russian, obviously) became very animated: 28... Rc2!?
29. Qxa7 Rdc8
30. Rf1!
( 30. Qxb6
Rxf2!? Kasparov felt this
must have been mating, however, my little silicon friend Deep Fritz seems to
differ: 31. Kxf2
Rc2+ 32. Ke3
Qg2 33. Qb8+
Kh7 34. Qb5
Qxg3+
( 34... Qf2+
35. Ke4 Qg2+
36. Ke3= )
35. Ke4
Qg4+
( 35... f5+?
36. Kd5+- )
36. Ke3=
)
30... Qxd4= 29. Rac1
Qxd4
29... Rxc1
30. Rxc1 Qxd4
31. Qxa7= 30. Rxd4
Rxc1+ 31. Kg2
Rxd4 32. Qxa7
Rcc4 33. Qxb6
Rxa4 Karpov even pointed out here
he successfully defended a similar position in the 1971 Alekhine Memorial
against Tal - and that went on for 103 moves! There was no such chance of
that here, particularly as Kasparov had already won the tournament! 34. Qb8+
Kh7 35. Qc7
Kg8 36. Qb8+
1/2-1/2
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initial position
Grischuk, A. (2663) Shirov, A. (2718) |
B90 |
2001.03.05 | |
Round 9 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6
6. f3 Qb6
7. Nb3 e6
8. g4
A little divergance. Grischuk opted for 8. Qe2
against Kasparov. 8... Nc6 9. Qe2
Grischuk now intends Be3 and 0-0-0. 9... d5n It's an early visit
to Planet Shirov! Only someone like Alexei could contemplate such a move at
an early stage. Still underdeveloped and with his king in the center, Shirov
simply sacrifices a pawn. 10. Be3
Accepting looked dangerous - especially
faced over the board without the aid of a computer!: 10. exd5 Nb4
11. dxe6 Bxe6
10. g5 d4!
both with serious compensation. 10... d4 11. Bf2
Bc5 12. a3!
Castling long falls for a nice trick. Instead, Grischuk wants to play
Na4 without allowing the check on b4: 12. O-O-O? d3!
13. Bxc5 dxe2
14. Bxb6 exd1=Q+
15. Kxd1 Nd7
with unclear play. 12... Qc7
Shirov may have been better opting for the pawn sacrifice with 12... dxc3!?
13. Bxc5 Qc7
14. bxc3 Nd7
15. Be3 O-O
and Black will have good compensation
with play down the c-file against the doubled pawns. 13. O-O-O
13. Nxc5!?
dxc3 14. b4!
looked a safer bet for Grischuk. 13... Bxa3! 14. bxa3
White also had 14. Nxd4!? Nxd4
( 14... Bb4 15. Qc4!
)
( 14... Be7 15. Nxc6
Qxc6 16. Qc4
Qxc4 17. Bxc4
b5 18. Bb3
white is slightly better. )
15. Bxd4
( 15. Rxd4?
Qxc3! )
15... e5
16. bxa3
( 16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. exd5
Bd6 18. Bxe5
Bxe5 19. Re1
f6 20. f4
Qa5 21. fxe5
Bxg4! = )
16... exd4
17. Nd5 Qd6
18. Kb2 O-O
19. Rxd4 Nxd5
20. exd5
( 20. Rxd5
Qb6+ 21. Ka1
Be6! )
20... Qb6+
21. Rb4 Qf6+
22. Kb1 Bd7!
with unclear play. 14... dxc3 15. Bc5
e5 16. Qe3
Nd4 17. g5
Nh5 18. Qxc3
Nxb3+ 19. cxb3
Be6 20. Kb2!
Rc8 21. Bb4
Qxc3+ 22. Bxc3
After the dust has cleared, white has a small plus thanks to the bishop-pair. 22... f6 23. gxf6
gxf6 24. Rd6
Nf4
The immediate king move may have been better: 24... Kf7!?
25. Bd2! White's now going to be a little better in the endgame due to the doubled
f-pawns. 25... Kf7
26. Bxf4 exf4
27. Bc4
27. Rxe6
Kxe6 28. Bh3+
Ke5! 29. Bxc8
Rxc8= Black's king is very active here. 27... Bxc4
28. bxc4 Rxc4
29. Rd7+ Ke6
30. Rhd1 Rc6?
I don't know what was going through Shirov's head -
the obvious reply was the simplest of draws: 30... Rhc8! 31. R1d6+
( 31. Rxh7 Rc2+
32. Kb1 R2c7
33. Rxc7
( 33. Rh3?
Rc3! ≥ )
33... Rxc7
)
31... Ke5 32. Rd5+
Ke6= 31. Rxb7
Rg8 32. Rdd7
Rg2+ 33. Kb3
Rxh2 34. Re7+
Kd6 35. Rbd7+
Kc5 36. Rd5+
Kb6 37. a4!
Threatening a5 mate! 37... a5 38. Rb5+
Ka6 39. Re8!
Forcing a set of rooks off - the single rook ending is an easy win due to
the f-pawns. 39... Rb6 40. Ra8+
Kb7 41. Rb8+
Kxb8 42. Rxb6+
Kc7 43. Rxf6
h5 44. Rxf4
h4 45. Kc4
h3 46. Rh4
Rh1 47. Kd5
h2 48. Ke5
Rf1 49. Rxh2
Rxf3 50. Rc2+
Kb6 51. Rc4
1-0
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initial position
Polgar, J. (2676) Leko, P. (2745) |
C65 |
2001.03.05 | |
Round 9 of SuperGM - Linares ESP |
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd5 Nc5 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Qd1 Ne6 11. Na3 Ng6 12. Bc4 Bc5 13. Nc2 c6 14. Ncd4 d5 15. Bd3 Nef4 16. Bc2 f6 17. e6 Re8 18. Bf5 Qd6 19. Qc2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Re7 24. Bd2 Nf8 25. Qg4 Rae8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2
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initial position
Kasparov, G. (2849) Grischuk, A. (2663) |
B45 |
2001.03.06 | |
Round 10 of SuperGM - Linares ESP Annotator : Henderson,John |
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 e6
6. Nxc6
After 6. Ndb5
d6 White has to accept transposing into a Sveshnikov Sicilian with 7. Bf4
e5 8. Bg5
6... bxc6 7. e5
Nd5 8. Ne4
Bb7
A little played side-line (only two
or three games in the database!) that got a lot of attention two years ago at
Linares, when Peter Leko decided to try it against Kasparov. The mainline is 8... Qc7
9. f4 Qb6
9. Be2 c5
10. O-O
10. c4?!
Ne3! 11. Bxe3
Bxe4 12. f3
Bc6= 10... Qc7
11. Nd6+
White has to be careful not to open the game up
too early - it could lead to Black's advantage: 11. f4
f5! 12. exf6
Nxf6 13. Nxf6+
gxf6 14. Bh5+
Kd8 15. f5
Bd6 and if anything, it's the Black pieces that are the more dangerous. 11... Bxd6
12. exd6 Qc6
12... Qb6 is also an alternative. 13. f3
c4 14. Qd4
O-O 15. Bxc4
Rfc8
Finally we diverge from the aforementioned Kasparov-Leko game.
Grischuk is hoping the resulting ending with opposite coloured bishops will
ease his chances of drawing: 15... Qxd6
16. Bb3 Qb6
17. Rd1 Rfc8
18. Qxb6 Nxb6
19. a4 d5
20. a5 Nc4
21. a6 Bc6
22. Bxc4 dxc4
23. Be3 Bd5
24. Ra5 Rc6
25. Rda1 f6
26. h4 Kf7
27. Rb5 Rc7
28. Kf2 Rd8
29. Raa5 Ke7
30. Kg3 h5
31. b4 cxb3
32. cxb3 Rg8
33. Rc5 Rd7
34. b4 g5
35. Rc2 g4
36. Kf2 g3+
37. Ke1 e5
38. Rd2 Rgd8
39. Rc5 Ke6
40. b5 Rb8
41. Rd3 Rbd8
42. Rd2 Rb8
43. Rd3 Rbd8
44. b6 axb6
45. Rb5 Bc4
46. Rxb6+ Kf5
47. Rxd7 Rxd7
48. a7 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares 1999/CBM 70 (48). 16. Bxd5!
Kasparov is
quick to see that the ending is good - Black is going to get in a bit of a
tangle recouping the pawn, giving White the time to organise the advance of
the queenside pawns. 16. Bb3?! Qxd6
17. c4 e5
18. Qd3 Qc5+
19. Kh1 Ba6!
16... Qxd5
The finesse of taking first on d6 will backfire - badly 16... Qxd6?
17. Bh6!! gxh6
18. Qg4+ Kh8
19. Bxb7 Qb6+
20. Rf2 Qxb7
21. c3 and Black's in a bad way because of the crippled pawn structure. 17. Qxd5
Bxd5 18. Rf2!
With White looking to play c4, why waste a tempo with c3? 18... Rc6 19. Bf4
Rac8 20. Rc1
Ra6
20... Bxa2?
21. Ra1 Bd5
22. Rxa7 Rxc2
23. Rxc2 Rxc2
24. Rxd7+- 21. a3
Black has a good chance of saving the game if White is too hasty: 21. b3 Rxa2
22. c4 Rxf2
23. Kxf2 Bb7
with ideal drawing chances because of the opposite bishops. 21... f6 22. Be3
Ra4 23. Ra1!
With the idea of activating the pawns with b3 and c4. 23... e5 24. b3
Ra6 25. c4
Be6 26. Rd2
Rb8 27. Rd3
Rb7 28. g4
h5 29. h3
hxg4 30. hxg4
f5 31. Bc5!
Rc6 32. b4!
Two very precise moves have left Black struggling
further and further in the hope of saving the ending. 32... fxg4 33. fxg4
Rc8 34. Re1
Bxc4 35. Rc3
Bb5 36. Rxe5
Rf8 37. Bxa7
Bc6 38. Be3
Rbb8 39. Bg5
Rb5 40. Rcc5
Rb6 41. b5
Bf3 42. Be7
Ra8 43. Rg5
Rxa3 44. Bf6
Kf7 45. Bb2
1-0
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initial position
Shirov, A. (2718) Polgar, J. (2676) |
B92 |
2001.??.?? | |
Round 10 of SuperGM - Linares ESP |
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 12. c4 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Rad1 b6 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nfd7 17. f3 Bg5 18. Bf2 f5 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. Nb1 Qh6 21. Nc3 Rce8 22. a3 e4 23. b4 e3 24. Be1 Nb7 25. Nb5 f4 26. Nc7 Re5 27. Bc3 Re7 28. Ne6 Ra8 29. Qf5 Bh4 30. Qg4 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Nxf4 Qb2 33. Qh4 Rf7 34. Bd3 Nf8 35. Rfe1 Qxa3 36. Ne6 g6 37. Ng5 Rg7 38. Qd4 Qxb4 39. Ne4 Nc5 40. Rb1 Qa3 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Rxe3 Nxd3 43. Ne8 Rxe8 44. Rxe8 Kg8 45. Re3 Nf2+ 46. Kg1 Qa4 47. Re2 Rc7 48. Kxf2 Rxc4 49. Qxb6 Rc5 50. Qxd6 Qd4+ 51. Kg3 Rxd5 52. Qf4 Qc5 53. Rc1 Rg5+ 54. Kh4 Rh5+ 55. Kg4 Qd5 56. Rd2 Qe6+ 57. Kg3 a4 58. Qc4 Ra5 59. Re2 1-0
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initial position
Leko, P. (2745) Karpov, A. (2679) |
B17 |
2001.??.?? | |
Round 10 of SuperGM - Linares ESP |
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Bb2 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 f6 17. Qh4 Be5 18. Ba3+ Kg8 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Rfe1 b5 21. c4 g5 22. Qh5 Be8 23. Qh3 Bf7 24. cxb5 Kg7 25. Rc1 Qa5 26. Bc5 Qxa2 27. Re2 Qa5 28. Rxe5 Qd2 29. Qf1 fxe5 30. Be4 Rac8 31. Rd1 Qa2 32. b4 Rhd8 33. Ra1 Qb3 34. Qe2 Rc7 35. b6 axb6 36. Bxb6 Qc3 37. Qe1 Rb8 38. Bxc7 Qxc7 39. Ra5 Kf6 40. Bc6 Be8 41. Bxe8 Rxe8 42. Rc5 Qd6 43. Qe4 Re7 44. Kg2 Ra7 45. Ra5 Rc7 46. Ra1 Qd5 47. Rb1 Rc4 48. Qxd5 1/2-1/2