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Garry Kasparov vs Viswanathan Anand
Linares (1991), Linares ESP, rd 11, Mar-11
Russian Game: Modern Attack. Trifunovic Variation (C43)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jun-07-04  hollowone: I take it the move 27 ... Bb3 is to stop 28 Bc4 ... followed by 29 e6 and so on.
Jul-01-05  aw1988: Correct.
Nov-10-05  Sumant2393: I dont know but I seemto think that white is better may be because of the double bishop and extra space.
Sep-30-08  Cactus: But not enough for a win, much less a win against Anand.
Sep-30-08  0817: what about 17.Na3 ?

A) 17...Rfd8:

A1) 18.Bg2 Rd1!

A2) 18.f3 Rxd5 19.fxg4 Rd4 looks unclear to me.

A3) 18.Bxb7 Rab8 19.f3 Rxb7 20.fxg4 Rd4 looks better for black compared to line (A2) above.

B) 17...Rad8:

B1) 18.f3 Rxd5 19.fxg4 Rd4 looks just like (A2)! :p

Apr-29-09  scarredwolf11648: White has quite an advantage, but not enough to win. The draw is considerable, but white could have won.
Sep-05-09  UnicornChessman: 0817: I was thinking the exact same thing with 17.Na3. It definitely seems superior and less prone failure.
Sep-05-09  UnicornChessman: I also would have suggested en passant on move 16.
Apr-21-12  JohnDahl: Kasparov in <OMGP IV> (pg.198):

<The variation 19...h6 20.h4 Rd3 (Rozentalis vs Gelfand, 1988) was one that I studied before my 1990 match with Karpov, and one of my helpers at that time, Sergey Dolmatov (also a pupil of Dvoretsky) found the promising set-up with 21.Bf1! followed by the sacrifice of the e5-pawn in order to occupy this square with the knight. In Linares 1991 I wanted to catch Anand with this novelty, but he replied 19...Rxd2?! 20.Bxd2 Rd8 21.Bc3 Rd1+ 22.Rxd1 Bxd1 and gained a draw, since White did not find the correct plan with 23.Bf1! (which was subsequently studied in detail in correspondence tournaments). A pity - this first game of mine with Vishy had great competitive significance: by failing to win it, I also failed to win the tournament.>

Yes, a real pity that Garry couldn't win another game vs Anand by preparation as he did in Tilburg later that year:

Kasparov vs Anand, 1991

As Kasparov notes, the 21.Bf1 novelty was sprung by Timman a year later in his Candidates match with Yusupov:

Timman vs Yusupov, 1992

Dec-05-21  VerySeriousExpert: First of all, I recommend the main article on 3.Nc3! Nc6 4.Bc4! Nxe4 5.Nxe4! d5 6.Bd3! dxe4 7.Bxe4! Bd6 8.Bxc6+! etc. by Yury V. Bukayev ( https://chessproblem.my-free-games.... )! Thus, White gets the advantage after 7...Bd6 8.Bxc6+!, and 7...Ne7 8.c3!, and 7...Nb4 8.a3!, and after other responses (you can find them in this article too). ChessCafe linked it in 2012 (see Abby Marshall's article "The Two Knights Defense, Center Fork Trick": "Pertinent responses"). Of course, it wasn't known in 1991.

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