Zurab Sturua vs Garry Kasparov (1976)

Zurab Sturua vs Garry Kasparov
Tbilisi 1976 · Indian Game: London System (A48) · 1-0

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Dec-19-05		Bobak Zahmat: Great win by Zurab Sturua!

Jun-22-06		radu stancu: By the way, Sturua was 20 and Kasparov 13 when this was played.

Feb-07-08		Domdaniel: After 21.c4 the black knight on d5 has no good moves. Kasparov must have seen that the line he played would lose a piece and lead to mass liquidation - maybe he hoped the queenside pawns could amount to something, but he just got a lost ending. Perhaps 21...Nb4 - also shedding material but with more hope of drumming up complications - was a better bet. No... not really, not after 22.Nxe7+. The game was lost well before this point.

Feb-08-08		achieve: <Dom> Yes, maybe almost lost after 20 moves... 16...Nc7 & 17...d5 were positionally shaky -- Nc7 allowing e4 in a way (...cxd4 Nxd4 ) and ...d5 giving e5 to the White Knight and subsequently c6... Pawn on b5 is strong combined with the Rook battery on a-file... Garry should have quietly exchanged LSBs at e2 earlier, but that is easy to say from here... He was young!

Mar-01-09		WhiteRook48: 21...axb5 does not seem best

Kasparov on Kasparov: Part I

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