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Garry Kasparov vs Oleg Romanishin
Moscow 1981  ·  Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Modern Exchange Variation (D85)  ·  1-0
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Jun-13-08  ToTheDeath: A fascinating game. Kasparov attacks without queens and with his king in the center.

It all works for Garry. 20...h6 21.Nf3! is excellent for White, 29...Rc7 30.Rxc7 Bxc7 31.f7+! leads to a technically won endgame.

Kasparov got carried away with his attacking schemes at the end, instead of trying to win the endgame with his extra knight he played for a mating attack (35 Rb1?) which would have drawn with correct play- unfortunately for Romanishin he blundered on the last move of the time control with 40...Rxh2?? instead of 40...a2 and the draw evaporated. Then threat of mate (41...a2 42. Rh6+ Kg8 43.Rg7#) compels Black to give up a rook and lose this highly complex hard fought game.

Jan-31-11  Whitehat1963: Okay, this game is just way out there! I'm surprised someone hasn't run it through Rybka. So complicated!

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