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Garry Kasparov vs J Arts
Simul, 41b (1987) (exhibition), Rotterdam NED, Apr-29
King's Gambit: Accepted. Abbazia Defense (C36)  ·  1-0

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Nov-28-06  WarmasterKron: Now here's an interesting game. Kasparov plays the King's Gambit! Even if it is only a simul.

Something to note is the move order. 2...d5 introduces the Falkbeer counter-gambit, but 3...exf4 pushes the game into a King's Knight Gambit (4.Bc4 obviously looks a little awkward), whereas the few top-level GMs who sometimes play 2.f4 seem more comfortable in the Bishop's Gambit. I wonder how pleased Kasparov was about being forced into an 'inferior' variation.

Nov-28-06  TrueFiendish: I dare say he wasn't too bothered. But why did black resign? Can't he fight on for a while? Sure, he'll lose, but that was a virtual certainty before he began.
Feb-22-08  sallom89: wow ..Kasparov playing King's gambit,awesome.
Mar-15-08  Whitehat1963: Yes, what's the finish?
Mar-15-08  Aspirador: Maybe Kasparov wanted to play the King's gambit because he was playing against "the arts". That is probably the reason for black's early resignation: he didn't want to ruin the "artistic" impression of the game.
Oct-16-09  hedgeh0g: I don't think there's any immediate knockout blow, but it seems White has a large advantage because Black is almost in zugzwang: his queen is tied down to the c6 pawn, his light-squared bishop is pinned to his dark-squared one, his knight is frozen on f8 defending the light-squared bishop and I think the dark-squared bishop is tied down to attacking c5 to prevent White from playing d5. While Black untangles, White can simply improve his position and prepare the final assault. Lifting the rook and swinging it over to the kingside looks promising, for instance.
Mar-28-10  Kinghunt: Why did black resign? This position is definitely still playable, especially in a simul.
Dec-06-11
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  FSR: I agree that this is a strange place for Black to resign.
Mar-29-14
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  FSR: Houdini 3 says that the final position is dead equal (0.00). Strangely enough, in the same simul Arts resigned another game in a dead-equal position. Kasparov vs J Arts, 1987. One game began with 1.d4, the other with 1.e4. I'm thinking that maybe Arts, wanting to test his skills against the great one as much as possible, said, "hey, if I resign this game now, will you play me a second game where you play [the other opening move]?" Kasparov, a super-competitive person in every form of chess, would have figured, "hey, super, I get this guy to resign a drawn position against me!" and agreed. Of course, that doesn't explain why Arts resigned the second game.

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