Kasparov – Georgadze Kasparov Georgadze Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1979.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Soviet Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Soviet Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "Georgadze"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Bb3 Be6 8.Bc2 h6 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Qc7 {Black has adopted an unpretentious opening, and I also played quietly. But now I am ready to stake my claim in the center and secure a spatial advantage.} 11.d4 Rfe8 12.h3 {Time out! I don't want any enemy pieces reaching g4!} Nf8 13.c4 Ng6 {Georgadze appreciated that it would not be wise to open up the game while I am in control of the center. 13...exd4 14.Nxd4 Qb6 15.N2f3 Bxc4 16.Nf5 In return for the pawn I have a dangerous kingside attack.} 14.d5 {I keep advancing my central pawns and control a lot more space.} Bd7 {14...cxd5 would have been wiser. Then Black could have played on the queenside.} 15.Nb1 {I have plenty of time here, so I bring the knight to a more useful square.} Bf8 16.Nc3 c5 17.Ba4 {I wanted to eliminate the light-squared bishops because mine doesn't do much (it is a bad bishop) and his defends the light-squares.} a6 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.g3 Be7 20.h4 {These moves are designed to limit the scope of the enemy pieces.} Nf6 21.Nh2 {I want to use f3 for the queen.} Qd7 22.a4 Qh3 {This is nothing to worry about. There is no way for Black to attack my king.} 23.Qf3 Qd7 24.a5 {Tightening the screws on the queenside.} Nf8 25.Bd2 Rec8 26.Nf1 Ng4 27.Na4 {Threatening a nasty fork at b6.} Bd8 28.Rec1 Rab8 {OK, everything is ready for a decisive breakthrough on the queenside.} 29.b4 cxb4 30.Bxb4 h5 31.Nb6 Bxb6 32.axb6 Qe7 {Now I have a target at d6 and will advance my c-pawn at the appropriate moment .} 33.Qa3 Rd8 34.f3 Nh6 35.c5 dxc5 36.Bxc5 Qf6 37.Kg2 {Just a bit of safety, in case I want to move my queen.} Re8 38.Be3 Nd7 39.Rab1 Qe7 {Here Black lost the game, because the rules required the completion of 40 moves by each player in 150 minutes each. But it doesn't matter, because I could just exchange queens and take the seventh rank with my rook.} 40.Qxe7 Rxe7 41.Rc7 {I doubt Black could hold this position. Try it against Gambit if you wish!} 1-0 [Event "Soviet Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "Georgadze"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Bb3 Be6 8.Bc2 h6 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Qc7 {Black has adopted an unpretentious opening, and I also played quietly. But now I am ready to stake my claim in the center and secure a spatial advantage.} 11.d4 Rfe8 12.h3 {Time out! I don't want any enemy pieces reaching g4!} Nf8 13.c4 Ng6 {Georgadze appreciated that it would not be wise to open up the game while I am in control of the center. 13...exd4 14.Nxd4 Qb6 15.N2f3 Bxc4 16.Nf5 In return for the pawn I have a dangerous kingside attack.} 14.d5 {I keep advancing my central pawns and control a lot more space.} Bd7 {14...cxd5 would have been wiser. Then Black could have played on the queenside.} 15.Nb1 {I have plenty of time here, so I bring the knight to a more useful square.} Bf8 16.Nc3 c5 17.Ba4 {I wanted to eliminate the light-squared bishops because mine doesn't do much (it is a bad bishop) and his defends the light-squares.} a6 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.g3 Be7 20.h4 {These moves are designed to limit the scope of the enemy pieces.} Nf6 21.Nh2 {I want to use f3 for the queen.} Qd7 22.a4 Qh3 {This is nothing to worry about. There is no way for Black to attack my king.} 23.Qf3 Qd7 24.a5 {Tightening the screws on the queenside.} Nf8 25.Bd2 Rec8 26.Nf1 Ng4 27.Na4 {Threatening a nasty fork at b6.} Bd8 28.Rec1 Rab8 {OK, everything is ready for a decisive breakthrough on the queenside.} 29.b4 cxb4 30.Bxb4 h5 31.Nb6 Bxb6 32.axb6 Qe7 {Now I have a target at d6 and will advance my c-pawn at the appropriate moment .} 33.Qa3 Rd8 34.f3 Nh6 35.c5 dxc5 36.Bxc5 Qf6 37.Kg2 {Just a bit of safety, in case I want to move my queen.} Re8 38.Be3 Nd7 39.Rab1 Qe7 {Here Black lost the game, because the rules required the completion of 40 moves by each player in 150 minutes each. But it doesn't matter, because I could just exchange queens and take the seventh rank with my rook.} 40.Qxe7 Rxe7 41.Rc7 {I doubt Black could hold this position. Try it against Gambit if you wish!} 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.
