Originally posted by MarinkatombI'd just look at that and say "what a crap move 7 by black, and the previous moves to it!"
Kasparov, what a player!! This game is just stupendously brilliant!!! 🙄
[pgn][Event "Munich (Germany)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be ...[text shortened]... 5.Nxe5 Rxe3 36.Nxd7 Nh3+ 37.Kg2 Rxf1 38.Kxf1 g3 39.Kg2 Nf4+
0-1
[/pgn]
Check out my last 100 games of white openings...... you may be surprised!
-m.
I'm playing through the first Kasparov Karpov book right now. Right now I'm just on their forth game, but my first impression is that it's very odd to see the archetypical attacking player open with 1.d4 while the embodiment of positional chess chooses 1.e4.
But it's like Petrosian said, none of the great champions can really be reduced to generalizations.
Karpov can lay some very nasty tactical traps, and Gazza can occasionally throw down on the positional squeeze.
It's a testament to young Karpov's chess prowess that in several games, Gaz finds a weakness, exploits it, and Karpov still ends up with a win or draw.
The one question that really bugs me is why didn't Toyla take that damn hanging pawn with 28.Rxd6
Originally posted by Thabtos
The one question that really bugs me is why didn't Toyla take that damn hanging pawn with 28.Rxd6
Maybe this is too "principled" an answer... but maybe Karpov didn't like his winning chances in the opposite colored bishop endgame.
After 28.Rxd6 Rxe5 29.Rxf6 Bb5:
The only way to mantain an advantage here is to exchange queens.
For example, 30.Qd6 QxQ 31.RxQ Re7
Or, 30.Qd5 Re5 31.Qd6 QxQ etc. leading to the same position.
An alternative is 30.Qd5 Re5 31.Qf3!? which retains the advanced c-pawn, but then black has counterplay with 32. Re7!. Either white must repeat the position or the black rook is going to get behind the white pawns:
Not sure if this is correct or not... Obviously I'm no expert in opposite colored bishop endings. Personally I feel like a draw would be the most likely outcome though.
Hey D.
Do you realize you might have just offered better analysis of that position than Kasparov?
He writes "White was suddenly granted an opportunity to win a pawn and gain an overwhelming advantage 28. Rxd6, but he did not do this, apparently because of 28...Bc3, 29. Rd7 Qf4, overlooking an elegant refutation 30 Re7!"
Kasparov didn't even consider the equality present in the position.
And your line doesn't give white much advantage at all....
Originally posted by DivGradCurlIn your second diagram you missed Qd5.
[fen]4r1k1/2q2p1p/b1Pp1bp1/8/1p2B3/1P6/2PR2PP/3Q2BK w - - 0 28[/fen]
Maybe this is too "principled" an answer... but maybe Karpov didn't like his winning chances in the opposite colored bishop endgame.
After 28.Rxd6 Rxe5 29.Rxf6 Bb5:
[fen]6k1/2q2p1p/2P2Rp1/1b6/1p2r3/1P6/2P3PP/3Q2BK w - - 0 30[/fen]
The only way to mantain an advantage here is lored bishop endings. Personally I feel like a draw would be the most likely outcome though.
I think Black is forced into ..Qe7 but white maintains an initiative after Rd6 as black has to waste time retreating the white bishop allowing white to get a rook on d7...In fact i'd say this position would be totally winning for white. Or in notation...
Qd5 ..Qe7
Rd6 ..Ba6
Rd7 ....and white's c-pawn looks unstoppable without significant losses.
Originally posted by Marinkatomb12...Nxe4 sacing his Queen.
Kasparov, what a player!! This game is just stupendously brilliant!!! 🙄
[pgn][Event "Munich (Germany)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be ...[text shortened]... 5.Nxe5 Rxe3 36.Nxd7 Nh3+ 37.Kg2 Rxf1 38.Kxf1 g3 39.Kg2 Nf4+
0-1
[/pgn]
This is why I can't study a GM game without commentary from a Master. I know he's Gary Kasparov and he won so it was sound. But as much as I try to study what follows there's no way in hell I would see this as anything but a blunder.
Can someone explain it?
Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperThere is a video link at the top of the page...I would suggest looking at the position a couple of moves after the Queen sac though. Can you see anything interesting for white other than defence? ...Neither can i... 😉
12...Nxe4 sacing his Queen.
This is why I can't study a GM game without commentary from a Master. I know he's Gary Kasparov and he won so it was sound. But as much as I try to study what follows there's no way in hell I would see this as anything but a blunder.
Can someone explain it?
Originally posted by MarinkatombWhat video link? I don't see it.
There is a video link at the top of the page...I would suggest looking at the position a couple of moves after the Queen sac though. Can you see anything interesting for white other than defence? ...Neither can i... 😉