Kasparov – Portisch Kasparov Portisch Result: 1-0 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 "Kasparov"] [Black "Portisch"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 {This, though more fashionable, is hardly better than 6...cxd5.} 7.e3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bb2 {Before advancing with pawn e4 White improves the stationing of his pieces.} Rc8 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Rad1 Qc7 {14...h6 15.dxc5 Bxc5 allows White to win material.} 15.c4 {This completely transforms the nature of the game. There is a threat for White's d-pawn to advance and to be backed up by e4; additionally the White bishops can rake Black's king's position.} cxd4 {15...Bf6 16.d5 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 when White can win material.} 16.exd4 Na5 17.d5 {All White's pieces spring into action; Black's plan to tie White down to defense in the center proves futile.} exd5 {17...Nxc4 18.Qe4 g6 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Qe5 f6 21.Qxe6+ Rf7 22.Rc1 Qa6 23.Nd4 when Black's pieces have been pushed to the side of the b} 18.cxd5 Bxd5 {Black's king appears safe but White's following play does away with that illusion. Can you find the killer move?} 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Rxd5 Kg8 {Now, though White's pieces are ideally poised, there's nothing that is obviously decisive. Until it dawned on me...what else? Yes! Yes! That's it. Sacrifice again!} 21.Bxg7 {This piece sacrifice is positional in nature. It enables White to centralize his rook and knight and they, together with the queen, will make up aformidable team to attack the exposed Black king.} Kxg7 22.Ne5 {An astonishing state of affairs. White has no direct threats. His pieces have no grip. Despite this Portisch chooses the only way that does not lose immediately.} Rfd8 {22...f5 23.Rd7 Qc5 24.Nd3 Takes advantage of the pin on the seventh rank 22...Qc2 23.Qg4+ Kh7 24.Rd3 Rc6 25.Qf5+ Kg7 allows White to win material.} 23.Qg4+ Kf8 24.Qf5 f6 {This further weakening is practically forced. 24...Bd6 25.Qf6 Kg8 26.Qg5+ Kf8 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Ng4 With numerous mate threats.} 25.Nd7+ Rxd7 {25...Kg7 26.Rd4 leaves Black defenseless against White's intended 27.Rg4+.} 26.Rxd7 Qc5 27.Qh7 Rc7 28.Qh8+ {28.Rd3 would allow the pretty..Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Bc5+ 30.Kg3 Rxh7 when Black has escaped.} Kf7 29.Rd3 Nc4 30.Rfd1 Ne5 {A mistake which only hastens the end. 30...Bd6 31.h4 The advance of this pawn combined with the threats to the Black king continue to give White a big advantage.} 31.Qh7+ Ke6 32.Qg8+ Kf5 33.g4+ Kf4 34.Rd4+ Kf3 35.Qb3+ {This game was later awarded the USSR Sports Committee prize for the supreme creative achievement of 1983.} 1-0 [Event "Niksic"] [Site "?"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "Portisch"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 {This, though more fashionable, is hardly better than 6...cxd5.} 7.e3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bb2 {Before advancing with pawn e4 White improves the stationing of his pieces.} Rc8 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Rad1 Qc7 {14...h6 15.dxc5 Bxc5 allows White to win material.} 15.c4 {This completely transforms the nature of the game. There is a threat for White's d-pawn to advance and to be backed up by e4; additionally the White bishops can rake Black's king's position.} cxd4 {15...Bf6 16.d5 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 when White can win material.} 16.exd4 Na5 17.d5 {All White's pieces spring into action; Black's plan to tie White down to defense in the center proves futile.} exd5 {17...Nxc4 18.Qe4 g6 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Qe5 f6 21.Qxe6+ Rf7 22.Rc1 Qa6 23.Nd4 when Black's pieces have been pushed to the side of the b} 18.cxd5 Bxd5 {Black's king appears safe but White's following play does away with that illusion. Can you find the killer move?} 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Rxd5 Kg8 {Now, though White's pieces are ideally poised, there's nothing that is obviously decisive. Until it dawned on me...what else? Yes! Yes! That's it. Sacrifice again!} 21.Bxg7 {This piece sacrifice is positional in nature. It enables White to centralize his rook and knight and they, together with the queen, will make up aformidable team to attack the exposed Black king.} Kxg7 22.Ne5 {An astonishing state of affairs. White has no direct threats. His pieces have no grip. Despite this Portisch chooses the only way that does not lose immediately.} Rfd8 {22...f5 23.Rd7 Qc5 24.Nd3 Takes advantage of the pin on the seventh rank 22...Qc2 23.Qg4+ Kh7 24.Rd3 Rc6 25.Qf5+ Kg7 allows White to win material.} 23.Qg4+ Kf8 24.Qf5 f6 {This further weakening is practically forced. 24...Bd6 25.Qf6 Kg8 26.Qg5+ Kf8 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Ng4 With numerous mate threats.} 25.Nd7+ Rxd7 {25...Kg7 26.Rd4 leaves Black defenseless against White's intended 27.Rg4+.} 26.Rxd7 Qc5 27.Qh7 Rc7 28.Qh8+ {28.Rd3 would allow the pretty..Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Bc5+ 30.Kg3 Rxh7 when Black has escaped.} Kf7 29.Rd3 Nc4 30.Rfd1 Ne5 {A mistake which only hastens the end. 30...Bd6 31.h4 The advance of this pawn combined with the threats to the Black king continue to give White a big advantage.} 31.Qh7+ Ke6 32.Qg8+ Kf5 33.g4+ Kf4 34.Rd4+ Kf3 35.Qb3+ {This game was later awarded the USSR Sports Committee prize for the supreme creative achievement of 1983.} 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. 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