Garry Kasparov vs Viswanathan Anand (1991)

Garry Kasparov vs Viswanathan Anand
Linares 1991 · 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

Kasparov on Kasparov: Part I

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