D52 Carlsen Magnus (NOR) - Kasparov Garry (RUS) Reykjavik (Iceland) 18. 3.2004

[#]1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 e6 5.¥g5 ¤bd7 6.e3 £a5 7.¤d2 ¥b4 8.£c2 O-O 9.¥e2+= e5

[9...c5 10.¤b3 £c7 11.O-O dc 12.¥c4 cd 13.¤b5 £b8 14.٭d4 ¥d6 15.f4 h6 16.¥h4 a6 17.¥e2 ¤d5 18.£d2 ٯf6 19.¦ad1 ¥b4 20.£d3 ¥d7 21.¥f3 ¥a4 22.¢h1 ¥e7 23.¦c1 ¦c8 24.¤a5 ¦c1 25.¦c1 £d8 26.¤b7 £b6 27.b3 ¥b5 28.¤b5 ab 29.¥g3 ...1/2-1/2, Ivanchuk Vassily 2730 - Kasparov Garry 2815 , Frankfurt 1998 It (cat.22) (match 3-4 place);

9...dc 10.¥f6 ¤f6 11.¤c4 £c7 12.a3 ¥e7 13.b4 ¤d5 14.O-O ¦d8 15.¤e4 ¥d7 16.¦fc1 ¥e8 17.¤c5 ¥f8 18.g3 £e7 19.£e4 g6 20.h4 ¦ab8 21.¥f1 ¥g7 22.¦ab1 ¤f6 23.£f4 ¤d5 24.£e4 ¤f6 25.£f3 ¤d7 26.¥h3 e5 27.¥d7 ¥d7 28.¤e5 ¥e5 29.de ...1/2-1/2, Gurevich Mikhail 2630 - Panchenko Alexandar G 2377 , Naberezhnye Chelny 1988 Ch URS (club)]

10.O-O ed 11.¤b3 £b6

[11...£c7 12.¤d4 ¥c3 13.bc h6 14.¥h4 £a5 15.cd £d5 16.¥f3 £c5 17.¦ad1 ¤h7 18.¤b3 £e5 19.¥g3 £f6 20.¦d6 £e7 21.¦d4 ¤e5 22.¥e2 ¤f6 23.h3 ¦e8 24.¦fd1 b6 25.f4 ¤g6 26.¥f3 ¥b7 27.¥f2 c5 28.¦d6 ¥e4 29.£e2 ¥f3 30.£f3 ¤e4 31.¦d7 ...0-1, Cifuentes Parada Roberto 2505 - Perez Candelario Manuel 2504 , Elgoibar 2003 It (cat.9);

11...£d8 12.¤d4 ¥c3 13.bc dc 14.¥c4 ¤e5 15.¥e2 h6 16.¥h4 ¤g6 17.¥g3 £e7 18.¦fd1 ¤e4 19.¥d3 ¤g3 20.¥g6 fg 21.hg g5 22.¦d2 ¥g4 23.£a4 h5 24.¦b1 c5 25.¤b3 b6 26.¦e1 £e5 27.£c4 ¥e6 28.£d3 h4 29.gh gh 0-1, Gallo Jens 2252 - Lederman Leon 2320 , Berlin 1987 It (open)]

12.ed dc 13.¥c4 a5 14.a4

[14.a3 ¥d6 15.¦ad1 a4 16.¤c1 £a5 17.£d2 ¤b6 18.¥a2 ¤bd5 19.٩e2 ¥g4 20.¦de1 ¦fe8 21.¤g3 ¥e6 22.¥f6 ¤f6 23.¥e6 ¦e6 24.¦e6 fe 25.£e2 ¦e8 26.£c4 ¥g3 27.hg £h5 28.¦e1 ¢f7 29.¦e5 £h6 30.¤e4 ¤e4 31.¦e4 £d2 32.£a4 £b2 33.¦f4 ¢g8 ...1-0, Markos Jan 2450 - Castaldo Folco 2338 , Pardubice 2002 It (open);

14.¦ad1 a4 15.¤c1 £a5 16.¥d2 ¤b6 17.¥d3 ¥e6 18.¦fe1 a3 19.¦e5 ¤bd5 20.¤b3 £b6 21.¤d5 ¥d5 22.¥g5 ab 23.£b2 ¤g4 24.¦f5 £c7 25.¥f4 ¥d6 26.g3 ¥e6 27.¥d6 £d6 28.¦c5 ¥d5 29.h3 ¤f6 30.¥c4 ¥c4 31.¦c4 £e6 32.d5 cd 33.¦h4 ¦fe8 ...0-1, Postny Evgeny 2491 - Acs Peter 2530 , Athens 2001 Ch World (juniors) (under 20);

14.¤e4 ¤e4 (14...a4 15.¤f6 ¤f6 16.¤c5 ¤d5 17.¥d3 +0.60 CAP) 15.£e4 a4 16.¤c1 ¦a5 17.¥h4 ¥d6 18.¥d3 ¦h5 19.h3 ¢h8 20.g3 f5 21.£e3 £c7 22.f4 ¤b6 23.¤e2 ¤d5 24.£f3 ¦h6 25.¦ae1 £b6 26.¥c4 ¤f4 27.¤f4 £d4 28.¢h2 £c4 29.¥e7 ¥e7 30.¦e7 ¥e6 31.b3 ab 32.ab £b3 33.¦e6 £f3 ...1-0, Flumbort Andras 2434 - Lazar Ales ml 2274 , Balatonlelle 2001 Ch Europe (team) (juniors) (under 18)]

14...£c7 +0.41 CAP

[14...h6 15.¥f4 +0.00 CAP]

15.¦ae1!N

[The text move looks stronger than 15.¤d2 h6 16.¥h4 £f4 17.¤f3 ¤h5 18.¤e2 £d6 19.¤g3 ¤f4 20.¤e4 £g6 21.¥g3 ¦e8 22.¥f4 £e4 23.£e4 ¦e4 24.¥c7 ¦e7 25.¦fd1 ¤f8 26.¥b6 ¥d6 27.d5 c5 28.¦e1 ¦e1 29.¦e1 ¥g4 30.¥b5 ¤d7 31.¥d7 ¥d7 32.b3 ¦a6 33.¥d8 b5 34.¤e5 ¥e5 ...1/2-1/2, Kishnev Sergey 2495 - Smagin Sergey 2583 , Germany 1999 Bundesliga (2nd) West 1998/99]

15...h6

[15...¤g4 does not solve Black's problems: 16.f4! ¤b6 17.¥d3 h6 18.¥h4 , and the black knight is stuck on the kingside.]

16.¥h4 ¥d6 17.h3

17...¤b6

[17...g5?? 18.£g6]

18.¥f6! ¤c4 19.¤e4 ¥h2

[Plaaying for material acquisitions by 19...¥b4 may have sad consequences for Black: 20.£c4 ¥e1 21.¥e5 £b6 22.¦e1 ¥e6 23.£c1! ¥b3 (23...£b3 24.¥g7! ¢g7 25.¦e3 £e3 26.£e3+-) 24.¤f6! gf 25.¥f6 ¢h7 26.£b1 ¢g8 27.£d3 £c7 28.¦e5+-]

20.¢h1 ¤d6? +1.56

[If 20...¤b6 , then 21.g3! ¥h3 (21...gf 22.¤f6 ¢g7 23.£h7 ¢f6 24.£h6 ¢f5 25.g4#) 22.¢h2 ¥f1 23.¥e5 £d8 24.¦f1 with advantage to White;

¹20...b5 21.¤bc5 ¥f4 22.¥h4 ¦b8 +0.48]

21.¢h2 ¤e4 22.¥e5 ¤d6 23.£c5 ¦d8 24.d5!

It seemed at that moment that Magnus was winning! The Internet audience outnumbered 1500 and they raged like a soccer fans! Kasparov however found the right defensive method. 24...£d7! 25.¤d4

[The continuation 25.dc seemes more consequent, trying to exploit lack in development of the black queenside: 25...£c6 26.£c6 (26.¥d6 ¦d6!) 26...bc 27.¥d6 ¦d6 28.¦e8 ¢h7 29.¤c5 Activating white forces as much as possible. 29...¦d2 30.¦fe1 , and then White wins a piece for several pawns almost in all the variations, though it all is not completely clear. But at that moment Carlsen had much less time than his horrible opponent.]

25...¤f5 26.dc bc 27.¤c6 ¦e8 28.¦d1 £e6 29.¦fe1 ¥b7 30.¤d4 ¤d4 31.£d4 £g6 32.£g4 £g4 33.hg ¥c6 There Black has good drawing chances and Kasparov defended himself easdily: 34.b3 f6 35.¥c3?! +0.22

[35.¦d6!? ¥a4 36.ba fe 37.¦d7 +1.22]

35...¦e1? +1.27

[¹35...¦eb8 36.¦d6 ¥e8 37.f3 ¦b3 +0.22]

36.¦e1 ¥d5 37.¦b1 ¢f7 38.¢g3 ¦b8 39.b4 ab 40.¥b4 ¥c4 41.a5 ¥a6 42.f3 ¢g6 43.¢f4 h5 44.gh ¢h5 45.¦h1 ¢g6 46.¥c5 ¦b2 47.¢g3 ¦a2 48.¥b6 ¢f7 49.¦c1 g5 50.¦c7 ¢g6 51.¦c6?! +0.00

[51.¦c1!? f5 52.¥d8 ¥b5 53.¦d1 +0.98]

51...¥f1 52.¥f2 +0.00 [...] Draw. [1/2:1/2]