| Aug-12-03 | | kj45345: Nice last move by Kasprov. |
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| Dec-20-05 | | TopaLove: Who knows what would follow if 14 ... fxg4 ? |
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Dec-20-05
 | | KingG: <TopaLove> 14...fxg4 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe4 looks quite dangerous. |
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| Dec-21-05 | | scared money: If you are sitting accros the board from this fella....its time to worry..He finds a way to win even if its ugly |
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| Dec-21-05 | | TopaLove: <KingG> Thx, now I understood. After this combination there is kind of a double threat. As I thought, g4! was a great move... |
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| Mar-20-07 | | gambitfan: this game is inspiring to me...
http://www.playchess.de/games/HCL-A...
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Jun-03-07
 | | Hesam7: 14. ... fxg4 15. Ne5 Nd6 [15. ... Nxe5!? 16. Bxe4 Ng6 (forced) 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 Qd7 (forced) 19. e4 (White has an attack)] 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e4 
click for larger view and Kasparov thinks that in the above diagram White has enough compensation for two pawns. |
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| Apr-21-08 | | Caissas Clown: 11.d4 was an innovation at the time.I used to play this opening and found 11.d4 independently.I was very pleased with myself ,as a humble club player , until I realised that Gazza comes up with them all the time.Depressing !
Somehow , "my" innovation may not have sifficed to claim a point off Ivanchuk!:-) |
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May-11-08
 | | twinlark: The obvious question is why did Ivanchuk not take the pawn instead of retreating the Knight? It was obvious that he thought he could generate threats on the e-file or he was curious to see what sort of defence Kasparov could find in this position, but <15...Bxf5> had to be simple and good. He could always have played <...Nd6> after the capture. What was going on in Ivanchuk's mind to omit such an obvious capture? <15...Nd6> was arguably his losing move as <16.Ng5> pretty much puts paid to whatever e-file strategy Ivanchuk was concocting. <16...Qxe2> was a definite loser but who can blame him for hating the possibility of <17.e4>? My guess is that Ivanchuk either didn't see <16.Ng5> and the attack it generated against his King or he grossly underestimated its impact. |
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| May-11-08 | | euripides: <twin> <15...Bxf5> 16.Ne5 with discovered attacks on f5 and e4 looks dangerous. |
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May-11-08
| | twinlark: <euripides>
Yes, but <16...Nxe5> gives Black time to scramble to safety. |
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| May-11-08 | | euripides: <twin> true. For some reason I thought Black was dropping a piece after 17.Rxf5 but Black has Nf7 saving both knights and I think White can't take on b7 because of the fork on d6. |
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May-11-08
| | twinlark: <euripides>
Maybe Ivanchuk was wary of the other discovered attack with the Knight which doesn't give him time to scramble: <16.Ng5 Bg6> and after the exchanges on e4, White can take the pawn on b7 as there is now no Knight fork on d6. White can clean up the c-file while Black clears a couple of White pawns off the second rank, but the upshot is a couple of connected passed white pawns on c3 and d4. But even that doesn't look too terrifying because Black gets a passed a-pawn and material is equal: 
click for larger view |
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| Apr-07-10 | | SpiritedReposte: Beautiful vintage Kasparov! The final little pawn push, so nice and neat. Puzzle-worthy I'd say. |
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| Apr-07-10 | | wierba: mate in 6 moves |
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Nov-26-10
 | | parisattack: This win actually appeals to me more than the famous Immortal game against Topalov. g4 was a brilliant conception and I don't doubt he had already spied the mating net when he played it... |
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| Apr-23-12 | | MarkFinan: It must have took me 10 mins to see whites last move, f6??
Brilliant little mini though.. |
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| Dec-10-12 | | goodevans: <SpiritedReposte: ... Puzzle-worthy I'd say.> I agree. Where to start it would be the only question. It would be nice to start it on move 21, except I don't think it matters which rook you use at this point. It would work well as a puzzle starting move 23 or 24. |
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| Apr-07-13 | | King Crusher: Kasparov brushes aside a young pretender to his crown. Ivanchuk had a poor record against Kasparov and thus never looked likely to become World Champion. This game may have had a significant influence on their subsequent games. |
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