Garry Kasparov vs Stuart Rachels (1988)

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Garry Kasparov vs Stuart Rachels
Kasparov Clock simul, 6b New York (1988) (exhibition), New York, NY USA, Feb-24
Benoni Defense: Hromadka System (A57) · 1-0

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Nov-30-03		Helloween: This is really an excellent game played by the American against the world champion at the time. Very exciting action, but you have to think that Kasparov had it all under control. His shot on move 33 is amazing!

Dec-01-03		Catfriend: Very strong one by Garry! The 33 move is very nice

Mar-04-04		MarkKalafatas: I am a friend of Stuart's and remember this game very well. Kasparov was playing a simul against 5 or 6 strong junior players. Stuart was one of them. According to Stuart, Kasparov thought that Black was doing very well after 23...Bxh3, and that Stuart had played absolutely correctly until that point. I think both players thought 24...Qxb2 was the key mistake but I can't remember why.

Mar-22-05		minimaxing: Maybe the theme of the week is deflection to exploit weak back ranks.

Mar-22-05		Ultra: I spotted this one. :D

Mar-22-05		pantlko: very easy....as i was able to solve it.....:-)

Mar-22-05		Spudds: I think Nf6 wins fairly quickly too and is more asthetically pleasing to me, for whatever reason: if 41..hxf6 42.Qh4+ etc if 41..kg8 42.Ne7+..kh8 43.rg8+..rxg8 44.Qxf6+ etc

Mar-22-05		boyhimud: my pet parrot yelled the first move

Mar-22-05		Gypsy: < Spudds: I think Nf6 wins fairly quickly too ... > 40.Rg3+ Kh8 41.Ng6+ Kg7 42.Ne7+ Kf7 ... and now what?

Mar-22-05		Backward Development: Easy, elegant finish. Is this Kasparov week?

Mar-22-05		cjhasbrouck: I think this line would also be winning... 40. Qg4+ Kh8 41. Rg3 Qc7 42. d6 Qb7 43. d7 Can anyone verify this?

Mar-22-05		be3292: <Backward Development> A little retirement sendoff for the Big K.

Mar-22-05		patzer2: Black lost it with 31. Bxf6? Instead Fritz 8 @ 17/50 depth indicates Black could have held with 31...Qd2 or 31...c2 or 31...Nd4. Kasparov Garry - S Rachels 5rk1/5pbp/3Q1Rp1/1b1PN3/1p6/1np3N1/1q4P1/1B2R2K b - - 0 1 1. (-0.34): 31...Qd2 32.Nf3 Qh6+ 33.Kg1 Nd2 34.Qxb4 Bxf6 35.Qxb5 Nxf3+ 36.gxf3 Qg5 37.Kg2 Be5 38.Rxe5 2. = (0.00): 31...c2 32.Bxc2 Qc3 33.Re4 Nd2 34.Kh2 Bxf6 35.Qxf6 b3 36.Rf4 bxc2 37.Nh5 gxh5 3. = (0.00): 31...Nd4 32.Rxf7 Qd2 33.Bxg6 Qxe1+ 34.Kh2 hxg6 35.Rxf8+ Bxf8 36.Qxg6+ Bg7 37.Qf7+ Kh7 38.Qh5+ Kg8 39.Qf7+

Mar-22-05		Zaius: I came up with 40. Qg3+ but did not see 42...Kg7

Mar-22-05		cu8sfan: So it IS Kasparov week. Nice tribute to a great player who will be missed!

Mar-22-05		DWINS: <cjhasbrouck>, Instead of 41...Qc7 which does indeed lose to 42.d6 followed by 43.d7, Black should play 41...Qg5 with a slight advantage.

Mar-22-05		patzer2: Kasparov returned the favor with 33. Nf5!?, when he should have played the immediately decisive 33.Bxc2! Qxc2 34.Ng4! Qd2 35.Nf5 gxf5 36.Nh6+ Qxh6+ 37.Qxh6 Nc5 38.Qg5+ (Fritz 8 assesses + 3.19 @ 15 depth). Now it appears Black might just hold with 37...Qf2! 38.Qg5+ Kh8 39.Nxf7+ Rxf7 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qg5+ Kf8 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qg5+ and a draw by perpetual. After 37...f4? 38. Qxf4, Kasparov sets up the winning solution to today's puzzle with the decisive deflection 40. Rg3+!, followed immediately with the clearance sacrifice 41. Nf7+! to set up a back rank mate after 42. Qb8+ .

Mar-22-05		tal1982: Quite an easy puzzle, but what a game! I admire Kasparov's ability to keep his cool in such tension. Does anyone know what was Stuart's later lot as a chess player?

Mar-22-05		patzer2: <DWINS> <cjhasbrouck> After 40.Qg4+ Kh8 41.Rg3 Qg5?, (better is 41...Qh6+! 42.Rh3 Qg5! 43.Ng6+ Kg7 44.Qxg5 fxg5 45.Nxf8 Nd2 46.Ne6+ Kg6 47.Nf8+ Kg7 48.Ne6+ Kg6 49.Nf8+ Kg7 = with a draw by perpetual) 42.Nf7+ Rxf7 43.Qc8+ Kg7 44.Rxg5+ fxg5 45.Qg4 Ba4 46.Qxg5+ Kh8 47.Qg4 White wins (unless Black avoids 41...Qg5? and plays 41...Qh6+! with an apparent draw).

Mar-22-05		cjhasbrouck: Thanks <DWINS>. <cu8sfan>, you speak as though Kasparov retired from Chess???

Mar-22-05		cjhasbrouck: Thanks <patzer2>. I completely omitted the c1 - h6 diagonal. =(

Mar-22-05		gidguy2000: I always have difficulty following positions with counter-attacks and hanging pieces. Specifically in this game, why is 20... b4 a good move when it drops the exchange? And why is 23...bxh3 ok? Any specific explanation or general advice on understanding such positions would be appreciated. Thanks

Mar-22-05		Shams: <tal1982>no, but here`s another nice game of his: Kudrin vs Rachels, 1989

Mar-22-05		hintza: <cjhasbrouck> Were you joking? If not, then I have to tell you that Kasparov has indeed retired from professional chess very recently.

Mar-22-05		RookFile: Yeah well, Kasparov will get bored in 6 months. He'll be back.

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