Viswanathan Anand vs Garry Kasparov (1996)

Viswanathan Anand vs Garry Kasparov
It (cat.19) 1996 · Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. Delayed Keres Attack (B90) · 1/2-1/2

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Apr-21-04		AdrianP: 21. Nb4!! was a pretty stunning way to draw. According to Gazza, this was a crowd-pleaser and he could have equalized prosaically with Qxg3...

Apr-21-04		weepingwarrior: All I can say is "WOW"

Apr-21-04		nikolaas: <weepingwarrior> Well...That's not much, but for that move it's enough.

May-02-06		Hesam7: What are Black's options beside 12... e4 ?

May-02-06		tamar: 12...Qc7 looks playable. Chessbase gives 3 or 4 correspondence games. 1 win 1 loss others draws. The main point is that White cannot push the knight off f6 with 13 g5 because of 13...exf4

May-03-06		Hesam7: <tamar> that move looks a natural choice. My engine thinks 12... Bd7 is good too. I have a feeling that Anand's piece sac is not sound. It is interesting that Kasparov has always avoided the Prenyi attack.

Jun-01-06		spirit: me thinks GAZZA was more concerned with creating beauty...Anand saw this and accepted the draw rather than taking the dark horse...

Jun-16-09		Makiavel: he cannot take the knight coz there's mate in two!!!!

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