Ljubojevic – Kasparov White decides to play a quiet set up rather than fight it out in the main lines. Ljubojevic Kasparov Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1983.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Niksic Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Niksic"] [Site "?"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ljubojevic"] [Black "Kasparov"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "56"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 {White decides to play a quiet set up rather than fight it out in the main lines.} Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 b6 9.c3 h6 {I don't want to commit my king to one side or the other yet.} 10.h4 a5 11.a4 Ra7 12.Nb3 {The knight is misplaced here, since it has nothing to attack or defend. He should have moved his knight toward the kingside. 12.Nf1 O-O 13.Bf4 White is still equal in this position.} d4 {Now I take the initiative in the center. White must either exchange on d4, when I will have a space advantage, or let me exchange on c3, when he will be tied down to the defence of c3 and d3.} 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Bd2 e5 15.Nc1 {White doesn't have any natural plan in this position, while I will expand in the center and on the kingside.} Be6 16.Re2 O-O 17.Be1 f5 18.Nd2 {White doesn't want to trade on f5, when I would have a very strong pawn center but now his misplaced pieces on e1, e2 and c1 will become a big embarrassment to him.} f4 19.f3 {He had to prevent ...f3.} fxg3 20.Bxg3 g5 {Now I will gain more space and open lines on the kingside. Note that White can't keep things closed by 21.h5, because he will lose the h5 pawn.} 21.hxg5 {21.h5 Qe8} Ng6 {I'm happy to sacrifice a pawn, since to take it White will have to open up the g and h-files onto his king, transfer my Bg7 to a better diagonal and open the d8-h4 diagonal for my Queen.} 22.gxh6 Bxh6 23.Nf1 Rg7 24.Rf2 Be3 25.b3 {25.Nxe3 dxe3 26.Re2 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 I have a won position here.} Nf4 {White resigned because the pins on the a7-g1 diagonal and the g-file would soon cost him material. Had he played on, the game might have gone:} 26.Bxf4 Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 exf4 28.Ra2 Kf7 {And I will follow up with ...Rfg8 and win the Bg2.} 0-1 [Event "Niksic"] [Site "?"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ljubojevic"] [Black "Kasparov"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "56"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 {White decides to play a quiet set up rather than fight it out in the main lines.} Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 b6 9.c3 h6 {I don't want to commit my king to one side or the other yet.} 10.h4 a5 11.a4 Ra7 12.Nb3 {The knight is misplaced here, since it has nothing to attack or defend. He should have moved his knight toward the kingside. 12.Nf1 O-O 13.Bf4 White is still equal in this position.} d4 {Now I take the initiative in the center. White must either exchange on d4, when I will have a space advantage, or let me exchange on c3, when he will be tied down to the defence of c3 and d3.} 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Bd2 e5 15.Nc1 {White doesn't have any natural plan in this position, while I will expand in the center and on the kingside.} Be6 16.Re2 O-O 17.Be1 f5 18.Nd2 {White doesn't want to trade on f5, when I would have a very strong pawn center but now his misplaced pieces on e1, e2 and c1 will become a big embarrassment to him.} f4 19.f3 {He had to prevent ...f3.} fxg3 20.Bxg3 g5 {Now I will gain more space and open lines on the kingside. Note that White can't keep things closed by 21.h5, because he will lose the h5 pawn.} 21.hxg5 {21.h5 Qe8} Ng6 {I'm happy to sacrifice a pawn, since to take it White will have to open up the g and h-files onto his king, transfer my Bg7 to a better diagonal and open the d8-h4 diagonal for my Queen.} 22.gxh6 Bxh6 23.Nf1 Rg7 24.Rf2 Be3 25.b3 {25.Nxe3 dxe3 26.Re2 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 I have a won position here.} Nf4 {White resigned because the pins on the a7-g1 diagonal and the g-file would soon cost him material. Had he played on, the game might have gone:} 26.Bxf4 Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 exf4 28.Ra2 Kf7 {And I will follow up with ...Rfg8 and win the Bg2.} 0-1 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.
