Kasparov – Karpov I decided that 1.e4 was going to be my first move during this match. Kasparov Karpov Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1990.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: World Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "Karpov"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.e4 {I decided that 1.e4 was going to be my first move during this match.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 {Later on I switched to the Scotch Game, but at the start of the match I was happy to provide the Spanish Inquisition. Karpov was hardly surprised. After all, in chess, EVERYBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!} a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 {The familiar variation worked out by Igor Zaitsev, Karpov's trainer, in the late 1970's. It is the most popular line these days.} 11.Nbd2 Bf8 {The point of this move order is that White cannot immediately adopt the plan of swinging the knight to the kingside via f1.} 12.a4 {12.Nf1 exd4 13.cxd4 Nxe4} h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 {Having exchanged at d4, Black can now attack my bishop at c2.} Nb4 15.Bb1 bxa4 {This is an important position. Black has pressure at e4, so White must build up the center.} 16.Rxa4 a5 17.Ra3 {The rook will be able to get to the kingside along the third rank.} Ra6 {Pretty much the same idea. The d-pawn can advance and then the rook helps protect the kingside.} 18.Nh2 g6 19.f3 {This was my prepared innovation. All of a sudden this position looks very bad for Black, whose pieces are uncoordinated.} Qd7 20.Nc4 Qb5 21.Rc3 Bc8 {Probably an error. Advancing the d-pawn was best, but does not solve all of the problems. 21...d5 22.Na3 Qb6 23.e5 Nd7 24.f4 c5 25.Be3} 22.Be3 Kh7 23.Qc1 c6 {This is a b ad move, because it defeats the purpose of placing the rook at a6. Now it can play no role on the kingside. Better was 23...Qd8.} 24.Ng4 Ng8 {This was no time to play passively! It was still possible to escape immediate disaster by taking the knight. 24...Bxg4 25.hxg4 Qb8 26.Kf2d5} 25.Bxh6 {A killer move! A lot of the commentators at the site thought I had made and error in my calculations, but they werewrong!} Bxh6 26.Nxh6 Nxh6 27.Nxd6 Qb6 28.Nxe8 Qxd4+ 29.Kh1 Qd8 {The knight is trapped. This is what the "experts" thought I missed. But I knew what I was doing. Black's pieces are scattered and cannot work together. That there are more of them is not the point.} 30.Rd1 Qxe8 31.Qg5 Ra7 {31...Ng8 32.Qh4+ Kg7 33.Rd8 Qe6 34.f4 Black has a two knights for a rook and a pawn, but can't possibly survive.} 32.Rd8 Qe6 33.f4 Ba6 34.f5 Qe7 35.Qd2 Qe5 36.Qf2 Qe7 37.Qd4 Ng8 38.e5 Nd5 39.fxg6+ fxg6 40.Rxc6 Qxd8 41.Qxa7+ Nde7 42.Rxa6 Qd1+ 43.Qg1 Qd2 44.Qf1 1-0 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "Karpov"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.e4 {I decided that 1.e4 was going to be my first move during this match.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 {Later on I switched to the Scotch Game, but at the start of the match I was happy to provide the Spanish Inquisition. Karpov was hardly surprised. After all, in chess, EVERYBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!} a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 {The familiar variation worked out by Igor Zaitsev, Karpov's trainer, in the late 1970's. It is the most popular line these days.} 11.Nbd2 Bf8 {The point of this move order is that White cannot immediately adopt the plan of swinging the knight to the kingside via f1.} 12.a4 {12.Nf1 exd4 13.cxd4 Nxe4} h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 {Having exchanged at d4, Black can now attack my bishop at c2.} Nb4 15.Bb1 bxa4 {This is an important position. Black has pressure at e4, so White must build up the center.} 16.Rxa4 a5 17.Ra3 {The rook will be able to get to the kingside along the third rank.} Ra6 {Pretty much the same idea. The d-pawn can advance and then the rook helps protect the kingside.} 18.Nh2 g6 19.f3 {This was my prepared innovation. All of a sudden this position looks very bad for Black, whose pieces are uncoordinated.} Qd7 20.Nc4 Qb5 21.Rc3 Bc8 {Probably an error. Advancing the d-pawn was best, but does not solve all of the problems. 21...d5 22.Na3 Qb6 23.e5 Nd7 24.f4 c5 25.Be3} 22.Be3 Kh7 23.Qc1 c6 {This is a b ad move, because it defeats the purpose of placing the rook at a6. Now it can play no role on the kingside. Better was 23...Qd8.} 24.Ng4 Ng8 {This was no time to play passively! It was still possible to escape immediate disaster by taking the knight. 24...Bxg4 25.hxg4 Qb8 26.Kf2d5} 25.Bxh6 {A killer move! A lot of the commentators at the site thought I had made and error in my calculations, but they werewrong!} Bxh6 26.Nxh6 Nxh6 27.Nxd6 Qb6 28.Nxe8 Qxd4+ 29.Kh1 Qd8 {The knight is trapped. This is what the "experts" thought I missed. But I knew what I was doing. Black's pieces are scattered and cannot work together. That there are more of them is not the point.} 30.Rd1 Qxe8 31.Qg5 Ra7 {31...Ng8 32.Qh4+ Kg7 33.Rd8 Qe6 34.f4 Black has a two knights for a rook and a pawn, but can't possibly survive.} 32.Rd8 Qe6 33.f4 Ba6 34.f5 Qe7 35.Qd2 Qe5 36.Qf2 Qe7 37.Qd4 Ng8 38.e5 Nd5 39.fxg6+ fxg6 40.Rxc6 Qxd8 41.Qxa7+ Nde7 42.Rxa6 Qd1+ 43.Qg1 Qd2 44.Qf1 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.
