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| Oct-19-06 | | aw1988: What fear? It's of course never fun to lose a game, but... And that doesn't make it a contradiction if it were so, it merely makes it ironic. And his point is correct as well. |
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| Oct-24-06 | | Sularus: Nice! The 21. c5 motiff really did it. i wonder if it is homeprep though or OTB. whichever way, a brilliant game! man that is what i call a tight squeeze. Looking at the final position, i can't help but LOL at the black king. It seems to be defending his subjects while the white king is sulking alone in a corner. ha! |
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| Mar-18-07 | | ianD: What was Garry playing at?? |
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| Jun-26-07 | | GREEKPINCH: Kasparov must have got out the wrong side of the bed,had the wrong breakfast and be playing with the wrong colour pieces!! |
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| Nov-27-07 | | SlickMick: What amazes me most in this game is that Gary actually played 37...Kh7. |
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Dec-07-07
 | | kingscrusher: Everyone on Chessgames.com should see this game. Ivanchuk is the current World no.2 - check this annahilation of Kasparov when Ivanchuk was just 21 years old in the Linares 1991 tournament. He got his revenge from the previous years encounter with Kasparov in Linares. I have done a video annotation of this game, and I am truly stunned to also reflect on the uniquely "symetrical" strategy White employed no less than 3 times in this game : Namely: 1) Exchange of light squared bishop followed later by dark squared bishop 2) b5 later followed symmeterically with a plan of f5 3) c4 vacation for knight later followed by f5 vacation Truly this game is remarkable and artistic. My video annotation is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pca... |
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| Dec-07-07 | | slomarko: kasparov plays a suspect and provokative opening and ivanchuk picks the pieces. whats the big deal? |
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Dec-07-07
| | kingscrusher: slomarko: What is suspect about 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 - don't you think the 3. Bb5+ is unusual - or the way the bishops are squeezed in?! 2...d6 must be the most common Sicilian defence variation that exists. What is so provocative about it? Ivanchuk successfully sidestepped mainstream opening theory, of which Kasparov is still a leading expert in - i.e. Ivanchuk sidestepped the mainline Najdorf variation. |
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| Dec-07-07 | | slomarko: 3...Nd7 is the worst way to cover the check as said by Kasparov himself. for example h6 sucks too. it was like Kasparov was playing a blitz game saying that this game is "artistic" is too much. |
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Dec-07-07
| | kingscrusher: Ivanchuk has used Nd7 against Bb5+ in some games this year: [Event "8th It"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[ECO "B51"]
[MastersGameID "3631776"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Ngf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Qxd4 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.c4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Qd3 Be6 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.b3 b5 14.cxb5 Nc5 15.Qe2 axb5 16.Qxb5 Ra3 17.e5 Qa8 18.Rac1 Rb8 19.Qf1 Bf5 20.Re3 dxe5 21.Qc4 Nd3 22.Rxd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "8th It"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[ECO "B51"]
[MastersGameID "3632463"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Ngf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Qxd4 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.c4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Qd3 Be6 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.b3 b5 14.cxb5 Nc5 15.Qe2 axb5 16.Qxb5 Ra3 17.e5 Qa8 18.Rac1 Rb8 19.Qf1 Bf5 20.Re3 dxe5 21.Qc4 Nd3 22.Rxd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "14th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lehmann,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[ECO "B51"]
[MastersGameID "3652660"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7 9.Nc3 e6 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.f4 Rxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Rxe4 Bxe4 14.Bd3 Qa8 15.Qe2 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Be7 17.Ba3 Qd5 18.f5 e5 19.Nf3 O-O 20.Nd2 Nf6 21.Nc4 b5 22.Nxe5 Re8 23.Nf3 Bf8 24.Qd2 Qxf5 25.Nd4 Qd5 26.Rf1 Ng4 27.Qf4 Ne3 28.Rf3 Qxa2 29.Ne2 Nxg2 0-1 Given he is the current World No.2, can Nd7 really be so bad to Bb5+ ?! |
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Dec-07-07
 | | achieve: <kingscrusher> I agree with you that dismissing 3 Nd7 that easily is not the way to go - I played it myself recently in correspondence and did play e5 after Qxd4 and got a very exciting game from it with a lot of play for Black- I did watch the game on youtube (I'm subscribed) and found it very instructive, and had in fact not seen Kasparov crushed like that before, as far as I could remember. - Keep up the fantastic work! |
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| Dec-07-07 | | slomarko: i'm witdrawing my comment if GM achieve played it then the move must be good ;) |
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Dec-13-07
| | kingscrusher: slomarko: I respect your choice of favourite all time players, but I wonder if you have visited the Fide rating list recently: http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.pht...
You see Ivanchuk is the current World number 2, and he has played Nd7 three times this year. Did this not register with you as being significant?! |
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| Dec-15-07 | | tarananakon: as it is discussed much, i wanna say, 5- ..Nxe4 is quite bad for black. 5. cxe4-Nxe4 6. Qe2-Nf6 7. dxc5-dxc5 8. Bg5! and white has big positional advantage, for example 8. ..a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Ne5 Bc6 12. Nc3-e6 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nb6  , Bontchev-Nichevsky, Sofia 1976 |
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| Jan-22-08 | | Billy Vaughan: What an unbelievable game. 23. c5! Two knights kicking the asses of the two bishops. A spectacle....when Ivanchuk is on, he is the most amazing person to watch. |
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| Feb-01-08 | | arsen387: This is Ivanchuk's first game that I see and I'm speechless. I always thought that to have a bishop for the knight is always an advantage in such open positions. I will never think like that again. Bravo Vassily!! |
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| Feb-13-08 | | Avarus: I agree, 23.c5!! A wonderful piece by chucky |
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| Feb-13-08 | | Riverbeast: Anybody know why 5...Nxe4 is bad? |
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| Feb-13-08 | | slomarko: yes 6.Re1 |
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| Feb-13-08 | | Riverbeast: <slomarko> Yeah I looked up some sample games on chesslab.com. Thanks. 6. Re1 is most common, 6. Qe2 is also played...in either case white seems to get compensation though Re1 looks a little stronger to me |
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| Mar-04-08 | | positionalgenius: Beauty of a game |
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| Mar-14-08 | | whatthefat: Kasparov may not have been on his best form here, but a fascinating game nonetheless. I find the relative passivity of the white rooks at the 21st move particularly interesting, weighed up against the equally enclosed black bishops. All comes into focus with 23.c5 though; the rooks soon find their voices, while the black bishops remain nothing but dead weight. |
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| Jun-04-08 | | arsen387: a real Knightmare for Kasparov :) |
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Jun-20-08
 | | peyote: Wow <arsen387>, did you have to go there? :) |
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Sep-19-08
 | | kellmano: Would have loved to see Kasparov's face as he played 36 ......Qh8 |
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