Reply #14: Kasparov - Karpov, Round 2 [View All]

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Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov
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Garry Kasparov - Anatoly Karpov
Cuna de Ajedrez Moderno Rapid Match, Round 2
Valencia, 22 September 2009

Orthodox Queen's Gambit: Exchange Opening

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5

• 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 transposes into an Orthodox Queen's Gambit.

4...exd5 5.Bf4 c6

• If 5...Nf6 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 c5 then:
• If 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.0-0 then:
• 9...c4 10.Bc2 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ne5 Bb4 14.Bg5 Bxc2 15.Qxc2 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Re8 is equal (Vyzmanavin-Timoshchenko, Soviet Ch 1st League, Irtusk, 1986).
• If 9...Bg4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 d4 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.e4 Ne5 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 is equal (Yakovich-Timoshchenko, Soviet Ch prelim, Barnaul, 1988).
• If 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.0-0 Be6 11.Rc1 Bd6 12.Qa4 Ne5 13.Rfd1 Qb6 14.Qb5 Nxd3 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.Rxd3 Be7 17.a3 Rac8 18.f3 Rfd8 19.Kf2 h6 20.Rdd1 gives White the advantage in space (Braun-Porat, World Youth, Belfort, 2005).

6.Qc2

• If 6.e3 Bf5 then:
• If 7.g4 then:
• If Be6 then:
• If 8.h3 then:
• If 8...Nd7 9.Bd3 h5 10.gxh5 Ndf6 11.h6 Nxh6 12.Qc2 then:
• 12...Nh5 13.Be5 f6 14.Bh2 Bd6 15.Bg6+ Bf7 16.Nf3 Bxg6 17.Qxg6+ Nf7 is equal (Botvinnik-Petrosian, World Ch Match, Moscow, 1963).
• 12...Qd7 13.Nf3 Bf5 14.Ne5 Bxd3 15.Nxd3 Bd6 16.Be5 Qe7 17.0-0-0 Nf5 18.Kb1 Ne4 is equal (Lputian-Geller, City Ch, Riga, 1985).
• 8...Nf6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.Bd3 c5 11.Kf1 Nc6 12.Kg2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Nce2 Rfe8 16.Rc1 Bd7 is equal (Geller-Spassky, City Ch, Moscow, 1967).
• If 8.h4 Nd7 9.h5 Nh6 10.Be2 Nb6 then:
• 11.Rc1 Bd6 12.Nh3 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Bd7 14.Rg1 g5 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Kd2 Qe7 17.b3 g5 18.Nd3 0-0-0 19.Rh1 f6 20.Qg1 Nf7 21.Qg3 Qd6 22.Qxd6 Nxd6 23.f3 Rdg8 is equal (Kasparov-Karpov, World Ch Match, Moscow, 1984-95).
• 11.Nh3 g5 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.f3 Bh4+ 14.Nf2 g5 15.Bh2 Qe7 16.e4 dxe4 17.fxe4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Nxg4 is equal (Turov-Vaganian, Aeroflot Op, Moscow, 2002).
• If 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Be2 then:
• If 9...Ngf6 10.h4 h5 11.Bf3 Qb6 12.Qd2 Qa6 then:
• 13.Be2 Qb6 14.Bf3 Qa6 15.Be2 Qb6 16.a3 a5 17.0-0 0-0 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Rfe8 is equal (Juhnke-Saacke, Bundesliga 8182, Germany, 1982).
• 13.Rd1 Nb6 14.Bg5 Rd8 15.b3 Nbd7 16.Nce2 Qa3 17.0-0 Bb4 18.Nc3 Qa5 19.Rc1 0-0 20.a4 Rde8 is equal (Vaganian-Georgadze, Soviet Ch, Minsk, 1979).
• 9...Qb6 10.Qd2 Ngf6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Na4 Qd8 13.Rfc1 a6 14.Bd3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bf1 Nf6 is equal (Riazantsev-Malakhov, Russian Ch, Elista, 2001).

6...Bd6 7.Bxd6

• If 7.Bg3 Ne7 8.e3 Bf5 9.Qb3 then:
• 9...Nc8 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Be2 Qb6 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.0-0 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Re8 15.Qa3 a5 16.b3 Qc7 17.Rac1 Qd6 18.Qb2 Qe7 19.Bf3 Nd6 20.Rfe1 Nf6 21.Na4 h5 22.Nc5 g6 23.Be2 Nfe4 24.Ncxe4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Bxe4 26.Rc5 Qg5 27.Qd2 Qd8 draw (I. Smirin-Roiz, World Blitz Ch, Rishon Le Zion, 2006).
• If 9...Bxg3 10.hxg3 Qb6 then:
• 11.Nf3 Qxb3 12.axb3 Be6 13.b4 0-0 14.Bd3 a6 15.Na4 h6 16.Nc5 a5 17.Kd2 b5 18.Ra3 gives White a comfortable advantage in space (Gulko-Lputian, Op, Glendale, 1994).
• 11.Be2 Nd7 12.g4 Be6 13.Nh3 0-0-0 14.Qa3 Rhe8 15.Nf4 h6 16.b4 Kb8 17.Rb1 Ng6 18.Nd3 Rc8 19.0-0 Qd8 20.b5 gives White the advantage in space (Bareev-Khaifman, Soviet Ch, Leningrad, 1990).

7...Qxd6 8.e3 Ne7

• If 8...Qg6 9.Qd2 Nd7 then:
• 10.f3 Nb6 11.Bd3 Qh6 12.Qf2 Ne7 13.Nge2 Nf5 14.Nd1 0-0 15.0-0 Be6 16.e4 Ne7 17.Ng3 f5 18.exf5 Nxf5 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Ne3 Rff8 22.Ng4 Qd6 23.Rfe1 Rae8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 draw (Kramnik-Belikov, Russian Ch, Kuibyshev, 1990).
• 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.Nf4 Qd6 12.0-0-0 Ne7 13.f3 Ng6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.e4 Be6 16.e5 Qe7 17.f4 0-0-0 18.b3 Kb8 is equal (Rustemov-Vaganian, Bundesliga 0607, Remagen, 2007).

9.Bd3 Nd7

• If 9...g6 10.Nge2 Bf5 11.0-0 0-0 then:
• 12.f3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nd7 14.e4 gives White the advantage in space (Timoshchenko-Fokin, TT, Novosibirsk, 1986).
• 12.Nf4 Nd7 13.Rfd1 a5 14.Rac1 Qf6 15.Na4 Qg5 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.Qxc5 Bxd3 18.Rxd3 Nf5 19.Rb3 gives Black a more active game (Tandivar-Kayumov, Op, Dubai, 2004).

10.Nge2!?

• If 10.Nf3 Nf6 then:
• If 11.h3 g6 12.g4 Be6 13.0-0-0 then:
• 13...Nd7 14.Kb1 h5 15.Ng5 Nf6 16.f3 0-0-0 17.Ne2 White's active Knight a g5 tips the balance in his favor (Guseimov-Burmakin, Op, Dubaim 2005).
• 13...0-0 14.Kb1 Nd7 15.Rhg1 Rac8 16.Nh4 c5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Qf6 is equal (Knaak-Baier, Bundesliga 0809, Bremen, 2008).
• If 11.0-0 then:
• 11...0-0 12.Rab1 g6 13.b4 Bf5 14.Na4 Rac8 15.Nc5 b6 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Nd3 Rc7 18.Rfc1 Rfc8 draw (Gligoric-Portisch, IT, Palma de Mallorca, 1967).
• 11...Ng6 12.Rab1 0-0 13.Bf5 Re8 14.b4 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Rac8 16.Rfc1 b6 is equal (Porat-Zak, IMT, Tel Aviv, 2001).

10...h6!?

• The text gives White a small advantage in space that will descend into equality.
• 10...Nf6 11.Nf4 0-0 12.0-0 Re8 13.Rfc1 a6 14.Na4 also gives White the edge in space.

11.0-0 0-0 12.a3 a5

• If 12...Re8 then after 13.Rfc1 Nf6 14.Nf4 White continues to enjoy an advantage in space.

13.Rad1

• Ther game is equal.
• 13.Rfc1 b6 14.b3 Nf6 15.Nf4 Re8 16.Na4 Rb8 is equal.

13...b6

• 13...Re8 14.Rc1 b6 15.e4 Bb7 16.e5 Qe6 reamins equal.

14.e4 dxe4

• If 14...Re8 15.Rfe1 then:
• 15...dxe4! 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.Qb3 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 remains equal.
• 15...Bb7!? 16.e5! Qe6 17.h3 gives White the advantage in space.

15.Nxe4 Qb8!?

• 15...Qc7 16.Rfe1 Re8 17.Bc4 Bb7 18.Qb3 Nd5 remains equal.

16.N2c3 Ba6

• After 16...Re8 17.Rfe1 Qf4 18.Qd2 Qc7 19.Rc1 neither side has particularly promising prospects.

17.Bxa6 Rxa6

BLACK: Anatoly Karpov
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WHITE: Garry Kasparov
Position after 17...Ra8a6:B

18.d5!

• White rids himself of the isolated d-pawn before it becomes a liability.

18...Nxd5

• 18...cxd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 is a transposition.

19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Rxd5 Ra7

• White definitely has the better game.
• Black way of protecting the Knight is better than 20...Rd8? 21.Rfd1 Ra7 22.Qa4 when:
• 22...Qf4 23.Rd6 Qe5 24.Ng3 Qe7 25.Nf5 keeps pressure on the Knight.
• 22...Qc7 23.Nd6 Nf6 24.Nb5 Nxd5 25.Nxc7 Rxc7 gives White the Queen for a Rook and a Knightt.

21.Qd2 Nc5?

• Black should play to the center to block the mobility of White's pieces.
• 21...Ne5! 22.Rd1 Re7 23.Nd6 Re6 24.b3 Ng4 25.Rd4 leaves White with the advantage in space, but nothing to do with it.

BLACK: Anatoly Karpov
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WHITE: Garry Kasparov
Position after 21...Nd7c5

22.Nf6+!!

• The sacrifice is stronger than simply winning the pawn by 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Rc1 Re8 24.Rdxc5.

22...gxf6 23.Qxh6 f5 24.Qg5+!

• Black is doomed.
• 24.Rxf5? f6! 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 26.Qxf6 Rf7 27.Qg5+ is equal.

24...Kh8 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Rxf5 Ne4

• If 26...Nd7 say "goodnight" after 27.Rg5+ Kh7 28.Qg7#.

27.Qh4 Re8 28.Rh5 f5 1-0

• 29.Rh8+ Kf7 30.Qh7+ Kf6 31.Qh6+ Ke5 32.f4+ etc.
• Anatoly Evgenievich resigns withou waiting for Garry Kimovich to reply.