Kasparov – West Kasparov West Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1977.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: telex Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "telex"] [Site "?"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "West"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "23"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 {Black is willing to lose a lot of time to weaken White's queenside.} 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bf8 {Black doesn't like the looks of 8...Be7 9 Qg4, but now he's down four tempi.} 9.Bd3 d6 {Offering to open lines with the opponent so far ahead in development is suicidal, but he probably didn't like 9...Nc6 10 Qe2 either.} 10.Qe2 Nd7 {Blocking in his bishop like this is a bad idea anyway, and here it loses by force.} 11.Nxe6 Qb6 {11...fxe6 12 Qh5+ doesn't work after either 12...g6 13 Bxg6+ hxg6 14 Qxg6+ Ke7 15 Bg5+ or 12...Ke7 13 Bg5+.} 12.Nc7+ {12...Qxc7 loses the queen after 13 exd6+, so Black loses a whole rook.} 1-0 [Event "telex"] [Site "?"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "West"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "23"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 {Black is willing to lose a lot of time to weaken White's queenside.} 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bf8 {Black doesn't like the looks of 8...Be7 9 Qg4, but now he's down four tempi.} 9.Bd3 d6 {Offering to open lines with the opponent so far ahead in development is suicidal, but he probably didn't like 9...Nc6 10 Qe2 either.} 10.Qe2 Nd7 {Blocking in his bishop like this is a bad idea anyway, and here it loses by force.} 11.Nxe6 Qb6 {11...fxe6 12 Qh5+ doesn't work after either 12...g6 13 Bxg6+ hxg6 14 Qxg6+ Ke7 15 Bg5+ or 12...Ke7 13 Bg5+.} 12.Nc7+ {12...Qxc7 loses the queen after 13 exd6+, so Black loses a whole rook.} 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.