Tuesday 7 February 2017

Contests between the Current and Former World Champions are always Bitter.

This is the game played between Gary Kasprov and Anatoly Karpov in 1992.In this game Kasprov had white pieces and he starts with;

1.e4 c6

and we have Caro Kann defence on the board

2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4  4. Nxe4 Nd7



5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 {Threatening 8.Nxf7.} Nb6 {Not 7...h6? 8.Nxf7 winning at once.}

8. Bb3 h6 {The grab 8...Qxd4? 9.N1f3 Bb4+ 10.c3 Bxc3+ 11.Kf1 is suicidal for Black.}

9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 



{An important wrinkle in this line. Black has no problems after 10. dxc5 Nbd7, intending the recapture ...Nd7xc5, with a comfortable game.Kasparov aims for maximum mobilization of his pieces and there isn't a more active square for the Bishop.} Bd6 

11. Bg3 Qe7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 



{ White has emerged with a model position against the Caro. White's last move touches
the very heart of White's strategic aims in the opening. It is well known that White tries to control the e5-square and that a Knight is best placed here.} Bd7 

14. Ngf3 {If 14.O-O-O, then Black should not play 14...O-O-O?  15.Nxf7! Qxf7 16.Qe5, rather 14...a5.} Nh5 

15. O-O-O {Unsound is 15.Nxf7?! Nxg3  16.fxg3 Kxf7 17.Ne5+ Ke8 18.Qh5+ Kd8 19.Ng6 Qg5+ 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.Nxh8 Ke7 22.Ng6+ Kf6 with a large advantage to Black.} Nxg3 {Not 15...O-O-O 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Be5 with a much better position for White.}

16. hxg3 O-O-O  17. Rh5 



{A brilliant move! The Rook controls the fifth rank.} Be8 {If 17...g6, then 18.Rh4.}

18.Rxd8+ Kxd8 {Not 18...Qxd8? 19.Nxf7 winning.}

19. Qd2+ Bd6 {A nice move to have provoked. Though a target on c5, the Bishop was gunning on the f2-pawn and now that concern is over. In reality Black had no choice, as 19...Kc8  20.Nd3 Bd6
21.Qc3+ picks up the g7-critter. It's for such reasons that Black's King
belongs on b8 or a8.}

 20. Nd3



{Taking time to sidestep Black's ...f7-f6 threat.} Qc7 {Not 20...Kc8? 21.Qc3+ followed by          22.Qxg7.} 



21. g4 {Threatening 22.g5.} Kc8 {If 21...f6, then 22.Nd4.}

22. g5 Bf8 23. Rh4 Kb8 

24. a4 {White switches his attack over to the queenside.} Be7 {Better was 24...Nc8.}

25. a5 Nd5 {If 25...Nc8, then 26.a6 is strong.}

26. Kb1 {Threatening 27.c4.} Bd8 27. a6 Qa5

28. Qe2 {Threatening 29.Qe5+.} Nb6



29. axb7 Bxg5 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 

31. Rh5 Qf6 {If 31...Qxg2, then 32.Nc5 is strong.}

32. Ra5 {Black will be unable to defend his King.} Bc6 

33. Nc5 {Threatening 34.Qa6.} Bxb7 34. Nxb7 Kxb7 35. Qa6+ Kc6

36. Ba4+ Kd6 37. Qd3+ Nd5 38. Qg3+ Qe5 39. Qa3+ Kc7 40. Qc5+ Kd8 41. Rxa7 




{ and Black  Resigns.} 1-0


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