Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov (1989)

Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov
Beograd 1989 · Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B82) · 0-1

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Given 3 times; par: 205 [what's this?]

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Jul-11-04		Bobsterman3000: Smart endgame by Kasparov.

Jul-11-04		PinkPanther: 103.Bb1! Forcing black into zugzwang and causing him to lose another pawn.

Jul-12-04		John Doe: most importantly, putting his queening pawn on a white square

Jun-30-05		babakova: exactly I love the way Kasparov forces Short to turn his worthless drawing flankpawn into a winning central one.

Jan-26-06		fisherpat.: Short-----Kasparov 1995 rather a long game???

Jan-29-06		ketchuplover: What's the winning line here? Thanks

Jan-29-06		Kangaroo: <What's the winning line here? Thanks> Very simple. It is White's turn. The only remaining move is <104. b5 a x b5> After that Black has the extra Bishop and more important, the White pawn <b3> will be taken, then the Black b-pawn will be crowned to the Queen's level. That is it.

Apr-07-07		gambitfan: A superb ending where + is victorious over +... This ending should be carefully studied... Have a look at: Game Collection: BISHOP + KNIGHT AGAINST ROOK + PAWN

Apr-07-07		gambitfan: The core of the ending is ++ vs + The long march of the two pawns!! And the ultimate end is a struggle between + against ... Wonderful!

May-12-07		SuperPatzer77: Correction for PinkPanther(Jul-11-04): 103...Bb1! Forcing White (not Black) into zugzwang and causing him to lose another pawn. Black is, of course, winning.

Oct-30-09		Kinghunt: Brilliant endgame play by Kasparov. Simply using the opposition to win white's b pawns would leave him with rook pawn and wrong colored bishop, so he forces Short into zugzwang where the only legal move changes that, making Kasparov's otherwise drawn position won. And Kasparov makes it look so simple too...

Aug-10-11		Schach and Awe: I wonder if Short confined his moves to a2 and a3, whether Kasparov would have been able to convert his 'unpromotable' Rook pawn to one in the Knight file ? It's only when the King moves to a1 and Black's Bishop restricts the King movement that zugzwang results .

Aug-10-11		Sastre: If 101.Ka3, 101...Kc2 102.Ka2 Kc1 103.Ka3 Kb1 104.Ka4 Ka2 105.b5 axb5+ 106.Kb4 Kb2 wins.

Aug-11-11		Schach and Awe: Thanks Sastre ... this position was a bit too difficult for me to comprehend ... nice to see that zugzwang could be forced this way as well.

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