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Instructional Game

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Black fractures whites pawn structure, gaining compensation for being down the exchange, rook for knight.

The remaining knight becomes very powerful in the later middle and endgame.
Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

  • 8
  • a
  • 7
  • b
  • 6
  • c
  • 5
  • d
  • 4
  • e
  • 3
  • f
  • 2
  • g
  • 1
  • h
1.d4f5
2.g3Nf6
3.Bg2g6
4.Nh3Bg7
5.c4d6
6.d5O-O
7.Nc3c6
8.Nf4Bd7
9.h4Bh8
10.e4Na6
11.h5g5
12.Ne6Bxe6
13.dxe6Nxe4
14.Bxe4Bxc3
15.bxc3fxe4
16.Bxg5Nc5
17.Be3Nd3
18.Kf1Rf3
19.Rh4Rxe3
20.Qg4Kh8
21.h6Qf8
22.Qg7Qxg7
23.hxg7Kxg7
24.fxe3Rf8
25.Kg1Rf3
26.Rf1Rxg3
27.Kh2Rf3
28.Rg1Kf6
29.Rh6Kf5
30.Rxh7Kxe6
31.Rgg7Ne5
32.Rxe7Kf6
33.Rxb7Rxe3
34.Rh6Kg5
35.Rxd6Rxc3
36.Rb3Rc2
37.Kg3Rxa2
38.Rd4Kf5
39.Re3Ng4
40.Rexe4Ra3
41.Kh4Nf2
42.Rf4Ke5
43.c5Rh3
44.Kg5Re3
45.Ra4Nh3
46.Kg4Nxf4
47.Rxa7Ne6

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      With great commentary:

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      Jonathan Speelman rocks. His commentary on other GMs games is entertaining. He always sounds like he doesn't quite know what he's talking about or is unsure, and is always praising those blasted computers.
      Meanwhile he does have a great chess mind.

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      u coulda recap the horse

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      ^ if you recapture the knight Rxf4 then black can force an exchange of rooks,
      Re4

      after the rook exchange the black king is closer to the white pawn and can capture it, winning the endgame as black has 2 pawns rushing down and the lone white king can't stop them.

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