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Garry Kasparov vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Tilburg Interpolis (1989), Tilburg NED, rd 9, Sep-25
Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation (E11)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)9...Nc6 was played in Bareev vs Kholmov, 1988 (0-1)better is 14...Qb6 15.Rfc1 Bb5 16.Qf4 Bxe2 17.Ne5 Rab8 18.Re1 Bd3 = +0.21 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.74 (26 ply)better is 16...Rab8 17.e3 Nc7 18.Nce5 Ncd5 19.Nd4 Ba4 20.Rc5 a6 ⩲ +0.62 (25 ply)better is 17.Na5 Rb8 18.e3 Nd5 19.Nd4 Ba4 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Nxb7 e5 ⩲ +1.34 (29 ply) ⩲ +0.76 (27 ply) after 17...Rb8 18.Na5 Nd5 19.e4 Nb6 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Nd7 22...Rb7 23.Nxa7 g5 24.Rc4 Ra8 25.Rc8+ Rxc8 26.Nxc8 Nbd5 ⩲ +0.70 (26 ply) ± +1.75 (27 ply) 24.f3 Ne7 25.Nc4 Nc8 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Nxb6 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 ± +1.87 (29 ply) ⩲ +1.07 (32 ply)better is 25.Ra6 Ne4 26.Nc4 Nc5 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Nxb6 Nxb6 29.Rxc5 ⩲ +1.20 (30 ply) 25...Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Nc7 27.Nxb6 Nxb5 28.f3 e5 29.e4 Nd4 ⩲ +0.64 (32 ply) 26.Ra6 Nc5 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Nxb6 Nxb6 29.Rxc5 Ra2 30.Nd8 ⩲ +1.42 (30 ply)= +0.31 (32 ply) 28...h5 29.Nxb6 Nc3 30.Ra5 Rb8 31.Nd7 Rd8 32.Ne5 Rd1+ = +0.08 (31 ply) ± +1.80 (32 ply) 32...N7d5 33.b6 g6 34.Nc8 Nxe2 35.Ra8 Kg7 36.Ra7 Rg1+ ⩲ +1.50 (30 ply)+- +3.82 (30 ply)38...Rb1 39.b8=Q Rxb8 40.Nxb8 Nd3 41.Nc6 N5b4 42.Nxb4 +- +7.07 (30 ply)1-0

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Jul-05-07  nelech: another great game by GK on the themes of passed pawn and first rank weakeness . Karpovien style ? No GK was able to play all styles of chess
Jul-31-09
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  Richard Taylor: Yes great game - KingCrusher annotates this on YouTube - if 35. ... Rxb7 36. Nd6! wins
Feb-27-10  Eyal: A critical point in the game which is ignored in the above-mentioned video comes on Black's 28th move - instead of Rd8? Ljubojevic had a chance to make luft for his king with a move like …h5, after which the back rank tactics Kasparov employed in the game doesn't work - 29.Nxb6 Rb8 30.Nc4 Nxb5 (31.Rb1 Nec3!); and if White tries 29.Ra3 in order to pin the black knight on b5 in this line, then it's time for 29...Rd8! - 30.Nxb6 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Rb1 32.Ra5 Nd6, regaining White's dangerous passed pawn. In the actual game, Black cannot regain the pawn with 29...Rb8, because after 30.Nc4 Nxb5 31.Nxb5, the black rook is tied to the back rank to defend against mate. Also, a couple of moves later 32...N3xb5 would lose to 33.Nxb5 Rxb5 (33...Nxb5?? 34.Ra8#) 34.Ra7! Ne8 35.Ra8 winning the knight.

This possibility of improvement for Black suggests that 26.Kf1 by Kasparov wasn't the best – a more forceful move would have been 26.Ra6! (e.g. 26...Nc5 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Nxb6! Nxb6 29.Rxc5).

Jun-02-24  Zugzwangovich: I guess Black's restoring material equality by picking off the b5 pawn with one of the horses on his 32nd was a no-no and f6 was imperative instead. Wish I could figure out why.
Jun-02-24  Zugzwangovich: Why not 32...N3xb5 to restore material equality? As far as I can see, after 33. Nxb5 Rxb5, the Nc7 defends both b5 and a8.
Jun-02-24  Zugzwangovich: Now I see it. In the above line, the knight is lost after 34. Rb7.
Jun-02-24  Zugzwangovich: Make that 34.Ra7.

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