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I remember when this game was first played, magazines like 'Chess Life' and 'Inside Chess' ranted and raved (and raved) about what a brilliant game this was ... and of course they were right!
I
have gotten somewhere between 50 and 100 e-mails asking me to do this
game. I have actually started on it several times ... well, you know what they say,
... ... ...
"The road to ___ is paved with good intentions."
I recently (mid-June, 2003) got an e-mail from a fan who demanded that I ... "drop everything and do this game." I told him this was impossible. He told me to name a figure, and I did. And since his check cleared the bank, it was time to get busy!
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A game of great brilliancy. (The understatement of the year!)
And perhaps one of Garry's very best games.
The annotations here are based mainly on those of GM Andrew Soltis. (He rates this as Game # 25 ... of the whole of the 20th Century!!)
---> It was also picked as the best game of Volume # 57 of the Informant.
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1.d4 Nf6; 2.c4 g6;
3.Nc3 Bg7; 4.e4 d6;
"The King's Indian Defense."
White chooses the Samisch set-up.
[E-86?]
(Note: Often times this lines gives White a wicked K-side attack.)
5.f3 0-0; 6.Be3 e5;
7.Nge2 Nbd7!?;
This looks passive - but Kasparov
is hiding his intentions.
[ A line I like is: 7...Nc6; 8.d5 Na5; 9.Nc1 c5; "~" which some books call: "The Samisch-Panno." ]
8.Qd2 c6!?; (Maybe - '!')
This move appears to severely
weaken Black on the d-file.
(But keep watching...)
9.Rd1!?;
Interesting ... but it might be a
little safer to castle.
'!' - I. Damsky.
[ 9.0-0-0!? ]
At the time this game was played,
Rd1 was thought to give White a
very large advantage. But now
Garry comes up with a MAJOR
improvement!
9...a6!N; 10.dxe5!? Nxe5!!;
{Diagram?}
Very nice. At a level where Pawns
are worth their weight in gold,
Garry will sacrifice one now ... and possibly many more later!!!
'!' - GM Andrew Soltis.
The whole idea is revealed. Black will gambit his d-pawn for play.
11.b3 b5!; 12.cxb5 axb5;
13.Qxd6 Nfd7; ('!') 14.f4!?,
"+/="
This appears to be good for White,
(this move is the first choice of
many strong computer programs);
but it also opens more lines - and
weakens White's key center pawns.
(Iakov Damsky gives it - '?')
[ If 14.Nd4, then 14...Ra6!; "~" {Diagram?} with good play.
Or 14.a4! bxa4; 15.Nxa4 Rxa4!; 16.bxa4 Nc4; 17.Qd3 Nb2; "<=>" - GM A. Soltis. ]
14...b4!;
This is a very good move ... and not at all obvious. (Several authors - like Damsky -
give this an exclam.)
[ Interesting was: 14...Ng4!? ]
15.Nb1?!,
Karpov plans N-d2-c4, but this plan
is too slow and too passive
to be
really effective. ('?' - GM Andrew Soltis.)
Damsky spends almost two
whole pages analyzing some
of the various alternatives at
about this point in the game.
(To say it is complicated is almost
the same thing as if you were to say:
"Mount Rushmore was a small
stone-cutting job!!")
[ Probably best is: >/= 15.fxe5! bxc3; 16.Nxc3 Bxe5; 17.Qxc6!, "+/=" and White looks better. (But Black has terrific play.)
Not as good is: 15.Qxb4!? c5!; 16.Bxc5 Nxc5; 17.Qxc5 Nd3+; 18.Rxd3 Qxd3; "=/+" and Black might be on top.
(Monday; June 9th, 2014: I taught this
game today on the Internet. The student there is almost 1700 ...
and he was not convinced
by the above analysis, so I decided to explore things a little
deeper.
15.Qxb4 c5; 16.Bxc5 Nxc5; 17.Qxc5 Nd3+; 18.Rxd3 Qxd3; 19.Kf2 Rd8; 20.h4 Be6;
21.e5 Bf8; 22.Qb5 Qxb5; 23.Nxb5 Rxa2; 24.Kg3 Rd3+; 25.Kh2 Re3; 26.Nc7
Bxb3; "-+"
Analysis aided by Deep
Fritz 14.) ]
15...Ng4; 16.Bd4 Bxd4;
17.Qxd4!?,
This could be an error in this
position, but GM Andy Soltis does not comment here.
[ >/= 17.Nxd4!, "+/=" 17...Re8!; "~" ]
17...Rxa2; 18.h3 c5!;
"Despite the elimination of Black's
Bishop, White's problems on the dark squares remain." - GM Andrew Soltis.
19.Qg1!?,
This makes a strange impression says the Grand-Master. (But the
alternatives could be worse.)
[ Or White could try: 19.Qd3!? Ba6;
20.Qf3 Nde5!; 21.fxe5 Nxe5; 22.Qe3 Nd3+;
23.Rxd3 Qxd3; "=/+"
{Diagram?}
which clearly favors Black. ]
19...Ngf6; 20.e5 Ne4;
21.h4!?, (Maybe - '?!') {Diagram?}
I cannot believe that White can
really think he is attacking here.
'?!' - GM Andrew Soltis.
[ >/= 21.Qe3!?; "~" ]
21...c4!;
22.Nc1, {See the diagram - just below.}
It is almost comical to see the
great Karpov place all of his
pieces ... on the very first row.
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(1kr1qb2;p1p1n3;1p6;3P4;P1Pn1pp1;6P1;1P5r;RQBKRNN1;
Black to move.)
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White appears to have saved himself ...
[ White is "going downhill" after: 22.Qe3 c3!!; 23.Qxe4!? c2; 24.Rc1 Nc5; "-/+" {Diagram?} - GM Andrew Soltis. ]
22...c3!!; 23.Nxa2 c2;
('!') {Diagram?}
Reminiscent of Alekhine ... and
his game versus Bogolyuboff.
24.Qd4,
It is hard to find a good move
here for White.
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[ Or White could play: 24.Rc1 Nxe5!!;
A really brilliant sacrifice.
25.Rxc2, Is this forced?
( </= 25.Qe3!? Ng4!; "=/+" ('/+') )
25...Bg4; 26.Be2?!,
Distinctly inferior.
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( >/= 26.Rd2 Nxd2; 27.Nxd2!?, I don't know about this.
( >/= 27.fxe5 Ne4!; "/+" )
27...Re8!; "-/+" {Diagram?} and Black triumphs. )
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26...Nd3+; 27.Bxd3? Qxd3; "-/+" - GM Andrew Soltis. ]
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24...cxd1Q+; 25.Kxd1,
Apparently this is forced.
[ Or </= 25.Qxd1 Ng3; 26.Rh3 Nxf1; 27.Kxf1!? Nc5; "-/+" ]
25...Ndc5!; 26.Qxd8 Rxd8+;
27.Kc2,
Is this forced? (GM A. Soltis
definitely seems to think so.)
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[ Black takes the cake after: 27.Kc1 Nf2; 28.Rg1 Rd1+; 29.Kb2 Bf5!; "-/+" with a decisive advantage.
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Or even the continuation: 27.Ke1 Bg4; 28.Be2 Bxe2; 29.Kxe2 Ng3+; 30.Kf2 Nxh1+; and Black is winning. ("-/+") ]
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27...Nf2; "-/+" White Resigns. (He lost on time?)
If White saves his Rook, then Black simply plays ...Bf5+, and then ...Nd1+; followed by mate.
A game of chess that is truly beyond most superlatives.
I remember when this game was
first played - I went over it while
working a night job. I played over
the moves again and again ...
it
as if I was hoping the brilliance
and the magic of these moves
would rub off on me.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
# 1.) "The 100
Best," (The 100 Best Games of The 20th Century, Ranked.);
by GM Andrew
Soltis. (© 2000, published by McFarland Books.)
# 2.) "Chess Brilliancy,"
(250 historic games from the masters); by Iakov
Damsky. (© 2002, published by EVERYMAN Chess.)
# 3.) The INFORMANT, Vol. # 57.
(Published in {former} Yugoslavia.)
(My long version also has many notes from the magazine, 'Inside Chess.')
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- 2002.
Copyright (c) A.J.G; 2003.
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I actually have annotated this game quite a few times. I started on this web page about 2 years ago, but never finished it ... I am not even sure why. But it a great game.
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