ch-ISR (3) |
ch-ISR (3) |
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7.
17... hxg5 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Re1 Be6 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bg6 Qd7 22. Qh8+ Bg8 23. Bxf6! gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Bf7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Qxd6+ Kg8 27. Re7
18. Nh7!
A suprising line of attack
19... gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qf5
20. Bxh6!! gxh6 21. Qxh6+ Ke7 22. Re1+ Kd8 23. Qg7!
Lining up to pick up the f-pawn after Qg7-g8-f7+
1-0
NSW Championship |
1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Ne2 e5 8. d5 Nb4 9. Bb1 Ba6 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Nc3
Stops any mischief on c2 and threatens a3, winning a piece
Playing safe, but the complications may be OK for white:
12. a3 Ng4 13. axb4 Bxf2+ 14. Kd2 Be3+ (14... Ne3!? 15. Qa4 Bf1!? 16. Rxf1! Nxf1+ 17. Ke2 looks good for white) 15. Kc2 Nf2 16. Qe1 Bd3+ 17. Kb3 Bc4+ 18. Ka3 is very complicated
White is behind in development, but black's pieces have been driven back
14...
The best chance
25. Rxe5 Nf4 26. Ne4 Nxh3+ 27. Kh2! Qf4+ 28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Re7 1-0
Tblisi |
A fantastic game! If you've ever doubted that Kasparov is a genius, take a look at this masterpiece! White has two rooks on prise, and the black bishop wants recapturing. So what does white do?
1. Rd8!!
Sensational
1... Qxb5
1... Rxd8 is met by the wonderful 2. Rd5!! Threatening mate and the Qa4. White has a won ending after 2... exd5 3. Qxa4 Bc5 4. Qxa6
2. Qd6!
The point, and a useful stratagem to learn. White piles up the pressure on the Rf8
3... Qf5+ 4. Kg2 Qe4+ 5. Kh3! Qf5+ 6. g4! Qf1+ 7. Kg3 Qg1+ 8. Kf3 and now black runs out of checks after 8... Qf1+ 9. Ke3 Qc1+ 10. Kf2
4. a4!!
The final piece of the puzzle. White chases the queen to an unconvenient square
4... Qxa4
4... Qf5+ 5. Kg1 Qb1+ 6. Kg2 Qe4+ 7. Kh3 Qf5+ 8. g4 Qf1+ 9. Kg3 Qe1+ 10. Kf3 Qf1+ 11. Ke3 Qc1+ 12. Kf2
4... Qf5+ 5. Kg2 Qe4+ 6. Kh3! is similar to the last line
5. Qe7!!
and white wins at least a rook. A dramatic illustration of the dangers of a weak back rank - and of Kasparov's genius!
1-0 [T4A]
WCh (1) |
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
This looks good for white - but Kramnik is well prepared
22... Qxe1+!! 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bf6! 25. Qxa7 c5! 26. Qxb7 Bxd4
And it turns out that black's c-pawn is very dangerous, while white's a-pawn is going nowhere (they say black pawns go faster, don't they?)
27. Ra2
Looks passive, but any other rook move leaves f2 vulnerable and makes it hard to propel the a-pawn
27... c4 28. Re2 Red8 29. a4 c3 30. Qe4 Bb6 31. Qc2 g6 32. Qb3 Rd6 33. Rc2 Ba5 34. g4 Rd2 35. Kg2 Rcd8 36. Rxc3
The only hope
36... Bxc3 37. Qxc3 R2d5 38. Qc6 Ra5
The a-pawn's a goner, and black has an edge, but white should be able to draw
39. Kg3 Rda8 40. h4 R5a6 41. Qc1 Ra5 42. Qh6 Rxa4 43. h5 R4a5 44. Qf4? g5! 45. Qf6 h6!!
Black gets the structure he needs, courtesy of a trick. Now he targets the f-pawn relentlessly.
46. f3
46... R5a6 47. Qc3 Ra4 48. Qc6 R8a6 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qb5 R4a5 51. Qb4 Rd5 52. Qb3 Rad6 53. Qc4 Rd3 54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Qc5 Ra2+ 56. Kg3 Rf6! 57. Qb4 Raa6 58. Kg2 Rf4 59. Qb2+ Raf6
A nice example of the superiority of two rooks over a queen
60. Qe5 Rxf3 61. Qa1 Rf1 62. Qc3 R1f2+ 63. Kg3 R2f3+ 64. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 65. Kxf3 Kf6 0-1
WCh (2) |
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
WCh (3) |
Gruenfeld, Y
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