Kasparov, Garry – Topalov, Veselin

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Date: January 20, 1999
Location: Wijk aan Zee
Tournament: ?
Round:
Opening: B07 Pirc Defence
Submitted by: MIG
Published on: February 9, 2020

[Event "?"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [Annotator "MIG"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1999.01.20"] [Source "TaL's Chess"] [SourceDate "1999.01.20"] {CHESSBASE http://www.chessbase.com/mig/12waz.htm The Week in Chess - Mig on Chess http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/michael86.html http://www. chesscenter.com/twic/michael87.html http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/ michael95-3.html Michael "Mig" Greengard: } 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5 7. Nge2 {Topalov probably hoped to surprise a little with his choice of opening. He never plays the Pirc and Kasparov has almost never seen it from either side of the board. Perhaps another example of an opponent taking himself out of his own best game to avoid Kasparov's famed opening preparation. } (7. h4 h5 (7... Qc7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Be6 (9... b4) 10. Nh3 Bxh3 11. Rxh3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Qe3 e5 15. a3 { Adams,M-Wolff,P. London 1990}) 8. a4 b4 9. Nd1 a5 10. Nh3 (10. Nf2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. O-O c5 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. b3 { Topalov,V-Gurevich,M. Elenite 1994}) 10... Bxh3 11. Rxh3 Nbd7 12. Nf2 O-O 13. g4 13... c5 14. Bb5 14... cxd4 15. Bxd4 Rc8 (15... Qc7 ) 16. O-O-O { Van der Wiel,J-Nijboer,F Nederland (ch) 1995 64/108[Van der Wiel,J] }) (7. g4 h5 8. gxh5 (8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 (9. Nge2 Nb6 10. b3 N8d7 11. f4 b4 12. Nd1 c5 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. Nf2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 cxd4 (15... O-O) 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Qxb4 e5 19. Qxd6 exf4 20. Qxf4 { Vogt,L-Tischbierek,R. Duetschland 1994 60/(109)}) 9... Bb7 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. b3 N8d7 12. Nh3 O-O 13. f5 Re8 14. O-O e5 15. d5 { Magam Badals,J-Izeta,F. Pamplona 1993}) 8... Nxh5 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Rg1 (10. a4 ) 10... Qc7 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. O-O-O a6 13. f4 b4 14. Nxh5 (14. Nce2 Nhf6 15. e5 Ng4) 14... Rxh5 15. Ne2 15... c5 { Beliavsky,A-Chernin,A. Reggio Emilia 1995 66/85[Beliavsky,A]}) (7. O-O-O O-O 8. g4 Qa5 9. Kb1 Be6 10. b3 b4 11. Na4 11... c5 12. g5 Nh5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Bh3 Rad8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qe1 16... dxc5 { Yudasin,L-Anand,V. Munich 1991 }) 7... Nbd7 8. Bh6 (8. Nf4 { I have no game in my Database with Nf4 maybe this is a novelty} 8... Bb7 9. Nd3 9... a5 { - Galkin,A-Zakharevich,I/Perm. 1997/CBM 58/[Har Zvi] (24)} (9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. a4) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 a5 15. Bc4)) (8. g4 Nb6 9. Ng3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 O-O-O 13. h5 Rhg8 14. Qf2 b4 15. Nb1 15... c5 { Gdanski,J-Hennigan,M. Wch-U20 Santiago 1990}) 8... Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 (9... e5 10. Qd2 a6 11. Nd1 Bb7 12. Ne3 Qe7 13. Rd1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. dxe5 16... Nxe5 { Blatny,P-Piket,J. Groningen Eu-chJ}) 10. a3 (10. Nc1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 a6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Qg7 Rf8 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Bh3 Kb8 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxh7 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Nc1 a3 21. b3 b4 22. N3e2 c5 23. Qh6 f5 24. Qxg6 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qg5 Nxe4 28. Qxe5+ Ka8 29. Rg1 Re8 30. Rd1 Qxd1 31. Qxe8+ Ka7 32. Qe5 Nd2+ 33. Ka1 Be4 34. Qe7+ Kb6 35. Qe6+ Kc7 36. Qe7+ Kc6 37. Qe6+ { - Moroz,A-Yurasov,A/Simferopol 1991/TD (37)}) 10... e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 22. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 {UNBELIEVABLE!!! Kasparov punishes Black's ... d4 in the most spectacular way possible. Combination of the decade, anyone? (Played by Fritz5.32 in 2:30, but it evaluates it as a draw.) Later Kasparov said that he had seen this sacrifice back on move 19 when he allowed Black to play ...d4. } (24. Nc6+ Bxc6 25. dxc6 Qxf4 (25... Qxc6 26. Re7+ Ka8 27. Rxf7 ) 26. Re7+ Kb6 27. gxf4 27... Kxc6 ) 24... cxd4 {['?!']} ( 24... Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Nxd5 26. Rxf7+ Kb6 27. Nb3 ) (24... Rhe8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Qxf7+ {FSS NEW['In the file, where it says "NEW" is analysis that was not included in the file from two days ago.' ]} (26. Qxd6 26... Rxd6 ) 26... Kb6 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Qxd4 29. Qb7+ Ka5 30. c7 Qg1+ 31. Ka2 31... Rd1 ) (24... Kb6 {Kasparov}) ( {Junior 5.0:} 24... Kb6 25. Nb3 g5 26. Qd2 g4 27. Rxg4 Nxg4 28. Bxg4 Bxd5 29. Qe3 Bxb3 30. cxb3 {-0.20/13}) 25. Re7+ 25... Kb6 {['?!']} (25... Qxe7 26. Qxd4+ Kb8 27. Qb6+ Bb7 28. Nc6+ Ka8 29. Qa7#) ( 25... Kb8 26. Qxd4 26... Nd7 27. Bxd7 (27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxd7 Rg8 29. Nc6+ ( 29. Bc6 Qc7 30. Qb4 Bxc6 31. Nxc6+ Ka8 32. a4 Qb7 33. axb5 Qxb5 34. Qe7 (34. Qxb5 34... axb5 35. b3 Kb7 36. c4 36... Kb6 ) 34... Qb7 35. c4 )) 27... Bxd5 (27... Qxe7 28. Qb6+ Bb7 29. Qxb7#) 28. c4 { The key move! Now Black won't have ...Ba2+ (!!!) } (28. Nc6+ 28... Qxc6 29. Bxc6 Ba2+ 30. Kxa2 Rxd4 31. Rb7+ Kc8 32. Rxf7 ) { } 28... Qxe7 { } (28... bxc4 29. Nc6+ Qxc6 30. Bxc6 { Now, with the pawn on c4 Black doesn't have the equalizing ...Ba2+ }) (28... Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qxh8+ Kc7 31. cxd5 ) { } 29. Qb6+ 29... Ka8 30. Qxa6+ Kb8 31. Qb6+ Ka8 32. Bc6+ 32... Bxc6 33. Nxc6 33... Rd7 (33... Qb7 34. Qa5+ Qa6 35. Qxa6#) 34. Nxe7 Rxe7 35. Qc6+ Rb7 36. cxb5 ) 26. Qxd4+ 26... Kxa5 {['?']} ( {