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[#]1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2 c5 5.dc O-O 6.a3 ¥c5 7.¤f3 b6 8.¥f4 ¤h5 9.¥g5 ¥e7 10.h4 ¥b7 11.O-O-O ¤c6 12.e4! The next novelty from Kasparov is a simple and strong move, which poses a grave problem to Black. 12...¤f6 13.e5 ¤g4 14.¥f4 ¦c8 15.¢b1 f5 16.ef ¤f6 17.¤g5 £e8 18.¤b5!? [Stronger is 18.¥d3 £h5 19.¤b5 , with a huge advantage to White, for example: 19...e5 20.¥c1 a6 21.g4! , with a crushing attack.] 18...e5 19.¥d3!? [It would have been very interesting to check out how Kasparov was going to win after the principled 19...ef!? 20.¥h7 ¢h8 21.¦he1 (after 21.¥g6 £d8 22.¤e6 (22.¦he1 is stronger) 22...de 23.¦d8 ¦fd8 White has won the queen but Black captured so many pieces that can already play for win) 21...£h5 22.¥g6 £g4 (the position is unclear also after 22...£h6 23.¤f7 ¦f7 24.¥f7) 23.¥f5 £h5 , and still there is no win for White; 19...g6 seems bad but it is also not so simple to find a win there: 20.h5! (20.¤h7 ¢h7 21.h5 e4 22.hg ¢g8 23.g7 ¢g7 24.¥h6 ¢g8) 20...ef 21.¤h7! (21.hg a6) 21...¤h7 22.¥g6 ¦f7 23.¦he1 ¤f6 24.¤d6 ¥d6 25.¦e8 ¤e8 26.¥f7 ¢f7 27.£f5 , and the white h-pawn is queening.] [In an endgame after 20.¥e4 ¤e4 21.£e4 ¥g5 22.£e8 ¦ce8 23.¥g5 ¤e5 Black has good drawing chances since all his pieces are in play.] 20...h6 21.¤d6! ¥d6 22.¥d6 hg? Black has no right for such greediness! [More stubborn is 22...¤e7 , protecting the e4-pawn with the bishop. After 23.£b3 ¢h8 24.¤h3 ¦f7 25.g4 , White obtains a strong attack with level material. Of course, the outcome of the game is obvious in this case too, but Black can prolong the resistance in this way.] [not so convincing is 23.¥f8 ¢f8 24.hg ¤g8 25.£d2 ¤b8 , and Black still holds the ground with what is left of him.] 23...¤h7 |
