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Garry Kasparov vs Viswanathan Anand
Linares (1999), Linares ESP, rd 3, Feb-23
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation. McDonnell Defense (D20)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Mar-30-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Could someone analyse this line?
24.Qb4 (threatening Bb6 and Qa5 winning the exchange)...Rde8 25.Bb6 d2 26.a5 Qe7 27.Qb3 Qxe5 28.a6 Re7 29.axb7 Rxb7 - and now the surprising finale: 30.Rf8+ Rxf8 31.Ra8+ Kxa8 32.Qa3+ followed by mate. Bizarre double-rook sacrifice!
Mar-30-04  Cyphelium: <offramp> 24. Qb4 Rde8 25. Bb6 d2 and now instead of 26. a5, why not 26. Qa5? Looks like white just wins, Qa7 followed by Rc1 etc. So if this dangerous, maybe black should play (after 24. Qb4) 24.- Rc8 instead. Then 25. Bb6 Rc2!. If white goes for a5-a6, then 26. a5 Qg4 looks bad for him.

Instead, one could try the Qa5 idea. (24. Qb4 Rc8 25. Bb6 Rc2) 26. Qa5 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Ng3+ 29. hxg3 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qxg3+ etc is a draw.

But white has (24. Qb4 Rc8 25. Bb6 Rc2 26. Qa5 Rxg2+)the winning attempt 27. Kh1!, instead. Now 27.- Rxh2+ won't do after 28. Kxh2. 27.- Qh3 seems to lose as well: 28. Qa7+ Kc8 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qxb7+ etc.

So he cannot sac the rook on g2. However he can play (24. Qb4 Rc8 25. Bb6 Rc2 26. Qa5) 26.- Qc6 instead, which looks good for black, since white can hardly play 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28. Qa8+ Kd7 29. Qxh8 Qxb6+ 30. Kh1 Qg6! 31. g3 Nxg3+ etc.

Sep-15-04  Knight13: If you can't see this game, use Sjkbase mode.
Mar-12-05
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  offramp: Just to make that line a bit clearer:

24.Qb4 Rde8 25.Bb6 d2 26.a5 Qe7 27.Qb3 Qxe5 28.a6 Re7 29.axb7 Rxb7 30.Rf8+ Rxf8 31.Ra8+ Kxa8 32.Qa3+ Kb8 33.Qxf8+ Qe8 34.Qxe8#

Kasparov saw all that but there were holes in it so he chose another way of playing.

Nov-23-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Here is the position in the analysis before the mating sequence.


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and now:
30.♖f8+ ♖xf8 31.♖a8+ ♔xa8 32.♕a3+ ♔b8 33.♕xf8+ ♕e8 34.♕xe8#

Nov-23-05  Hesam7: @ offramp

In your line, 27... Qxe5 is not forced. Black can play 27... Rhf8 for example.

Mar-07-06  notyetagm: <05 offramp: Just to make that line a bit clearer:

24.Qb4 Rde8 25.Bb6 d2 26.a5 Qe7 27.Qb3 Qxe5 28.a6 Re7 29.axb7 Rxb7 30.Rf8+ Rxf8 31.Ra8+ Kxa8 32.Qa3+ Kb8 33.Qxf8+ Qe8 34.Qxe8#

Kasparov saw all that but there were holes in it so he chose another way of playing.>

Does anyone know what these holes are? I saw the position given in the diagram in a puzzle book once. Clearly the mate in 5 beginning with 30 ♖f8+ is forced, so what were the deviations that Kasparov was worried about in the earlier analysis? Thanks.

Dec-23-06  notyetagm: <offramp> What a brilliancy that would have been, defeating Anand in style!


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30 ♖f8+!! ♖xf8 31 ♖a8+!! ♔xa8


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32 ♕a3+ ♔b8 33 ♕xf8+ ♕e8 34 ♕xe8#


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This would have been Kasparov's Immortal Double Rook Sacrifice Game.

Imagine that, defeating the World #2 player using the old "Take My Rooks, Please" motif!

Jul-10-12  Akshay999: <notyetagm: <05 offramp: Just to make that line a bit clearer: 24.Qb4 Rde8 25.Bb6 d2 26.a5 Qe7 27.Qb3 Qxe5 28.a6 Re7 29.axb7 Rxb7 30.Rf8+ Rxf8 31.Ra8+ Kxa8 32.Qa3+ Kb8 33.Qxf8+ Qe8 34.Qxe8#

Kasparov saw all that but there were holes in it so he chose another way of playing.>>

There are so many holes in this line as first of all as Anand would have played 24... Rc8

Jul-10-12  Akshay999: The interesting part is Anand played 8.... Ne7 against Piket at a blitz in the same year. Kasparov must have prepared some novelty against Ne7 which I think we have never seen. Is anyone aware of more super GM games till 8. Nbd2. I know only these two of Anand
Oct-10-12
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  plang: Originally, in the mid eighties, 7 Bxe6 had been considered the main line but in the late nineties 7 Bb5 (as played by Kasparov) started to become a popular alternative. 8..Qd6!? was an innovation but it has not proved popular; 8..Ne7 is the main line. Kasparov spent almost an hour thinking before his 9th move. After the game Anand's Second Ubilava recommended 13..Bb6 declining the pawn and after 14 Qb3..Qe7 15 Bxe6+..Kb8 both e6 and b4 are under attack.

<Kasparov saw all that but there were holes in it so he chose another way of playing. > Kasparov provided extensive analysis showing that 24 Qb4 led to a winning advantage but did not work it all out during the game and went for the drawing line instead.

After Kasparov's 29 Bb4 Anand cannot play 29..d4? 30 Rxd3..Nd5 31 Rxd4 and White is winning. Kasparov gave Black's best line as 29..Kc7 30 Rxd3..b6 with equality.

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