Kasparov – Short Kasparov Short Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1988.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Thessaloniki Olympiad Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Thessaloniki Olympiad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "Short"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 {A finesse with the idea of provoking White to move his knight to f3, thus taking away the plan of f3 followed with e4.} 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qd2 {White removes his queen in the hope of later gaining time against the Black bishop.} Nf6 {8...Nd7 9.f3 g5 10.Bg3 h5 11.e4 is also better for White thanks to his control of the center.} 9.f3 c5 {Black does not intend to give up the center without a fight!} 10.Bh6 {Now the Black king must remain in the center.} cxd4 {10...Nc6 11.dxc5 d4 12.exd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Nxd4 14.O-O-O Bxc5 allows White to win material.} 11.exd4 a6 {Played in order to prevent Bb5.} 12.g4 Be6 13.Nge2 Nbd7 {This move is a mistake as it takes the d7 square away from the other knight. Better was 13...Nc6. Then 14.Bg2 Bf8 15.O-O Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Qb6 17.Rad1 O-O-O 18. Rd2 is only slightly better for White because of his more active pieces.} 14.Bg2 Nb6 15.b3 {Preventing Nc4 once and for all.} Rc8 16.O-O Rc6 17.h3 {Black's two main problems are: his king is stuck in the center, and he has no targets to attack.} Nfd7 18.Nd1 Rg8 19.Nf2 f5 {Black hastens the end, since obviously one should not open the center with one's king still there.} 20.Rae1 g5 21.gxf5 Bf7 {21...Bxf5 22.Ng3 Be6 23.Nh5 Rg6 24.Ng4 Qc7 25.Ng7+ Kd8 26.Nxe6+ Rcxe6 27.Rxe6 Rxe6 28.Bxg5 leaves White a pawn ahead.} 22.Ng4 Bh5 23.Ng3 {Black resigned as he has no place to hide his king. For example...} Bxg4 24.Bxg5 {taking advantage of the pin on the e-file.} Rxg5 25.Qxg5 Kf8 26.f6 Bxf6 27.fxg4 {When the new pin on the f-file would decide the game.} 1-0 [Event "Thessaloniki Olympiad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "Short"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 {A finesse with the idea of provoking White to move his knight to f3, thus taking away the plan of f3 followed with e4.} 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qd2 {White removes his queen in the hope of later gaining time against the Black bishop.} Nf6 {8...Nd7 9.f3 g5 10.Bg3 h5 11.e4 is also better for White thanks to his control of the center.} 9.f3 c5 {Black does not intend to give up the center without a fight!} 10.Bh6 {Now the Black king must remain in the center.} cxd4 {10...Nc6 11.dxc5 d4 12.exd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Nxd4 14.O-O-O Bxc5 allows White to win material.} 11.exd4 a6 {Played in order to prevent Bb5.} 12.g4 Be6 13.Nge2 Nbd7 {This move is a mistake as it takes the d7 square away from the other knight. Better was 13...Nc6. Then 14.Bg2 Bf8 15.O-O Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Qb6 17.Rad1 O-O-O 18. Rd2 is only slightly better for White because of his more active pieces.} 14.Bg2 Nb6 15.b3 {Preventing Nc4 once and for all.} Rc8 16.O-O Rc6 17.h3 {Black's two main problems are: his king is stuck in the center, and he has no targets to attack.} Nfd7 18.Nd1 Rg8 19.Nf2 f5 {Black hastens the end, since obviously one should not open the center with one's king still there.} 20.Rae1 g5 21.gxf5 Bf7 {21...Bxf5 22.Ng3 Be6 23.Nh5 Rg6 24.Ng4 Qc7 25.Ng7+ Kd8 26.Nxe6+ Rcxe6 27.Rxe6 Rxe6 28.Bxg5 leaves White a pawn ahead.} 22.Ng4 Bh5 23.Ng3 {Black resigned as he has no place to hide his king. For example...} Bxg4 24.Bxg5 {taking advantage of the pin on the e-file.} Rxg5 25.Qxg5 Kf8 26.f6 Bxf6 27.fxg4 {When the new pin on the f-file would decide the game.} 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.
