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Garry Kasparov vs Viktor Korchnoi
Tilburg Interpolis (1991), Tilburg NED, rd 2, Oct-18
French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)6...Nc6 was played in G Baches Garcia vs M Marin, 2012 (0-1) 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Nc6 11.Bd3 h6 12.h3 Be6 13.c3 Rc8 ⩲ +0.51 (22 ply)= -0.29 (22 ply) after 9...Nc6 10.Ne5 h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.h3 Nxe5 10...Be6 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.c3 h6 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.g4 b5 15.Ne5 = -0.16 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.78 (23 ply)better is 12...b5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Na3 b4 15.Nc2 bxc3 16.bxc3 Qa5 = +0.25 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.75 (24 ply) after 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.g3 Ne7 15.Bg2 a5 16.Na3 Ra6 17.Re2 g6 better is 16.g3 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qe3 f6 19.Bxc4+ Kh8 20.Qxe4 ⩲ +0.78 (27 ply)= +0.08 (26 ply) after 16...h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.g3 Bg5 20.Qd1 Bd8 better is 19.Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.Bxd8 Nxd8 21.g3 Nc6 22.Bg2 Ne7 23.Nf1 ⩲ +0.63 (26 ply)better is 19...Re6 20.g3 h6 21.Bf4 Qe8 22.Qd1 Re7 23.Bd6 Re6 24.Bf4 = 0.00 (28 ply) ⩲ +0.52 (23 ply)better is 24.Be2 Bg7 25.Bg4 f5 26.Bh5 Rf8 27.Qe2 Bf6 28.Nf3 Kg7 ⩲ +1.12 (25 ply)= +0.47 (27 ply)better is 27.a4 Rh8 28.Qe1 Nc6 29.Rb5 Qe6 30.Ne3 Ne7 31.Rb7 Re8 ⩲ +0.66 (24 ply)= +0.08 (27 ply) 38...Qxd5 39.Bxd5 Bc1 40.Bxc4 Bb2 41.Kf2 Bxc3 42.Ke3 = +0.27 (33 ply) ± +2.12 (28 ply) 39...Kf8 40.Bf3 Qe8 41.Qb4+ Kg7 42.Qxc4 Qe1 43.Kg2 Nf7 ± +1.75 (28 ply)+- +12.55 (31 ply)+- mate-in-4 after 44.Bh5 Qd5 45.Qxd5 Be3+ 46.Kh1 Bg545...Kg4 46.Qe2+ Kh3 47.Qh5+ Bh4 48.Qxh4# +- mate-in-31-0

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Mar-08-05  Backward Development: Who says the exchange French is boring!
Mar-13-05
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  offramp: The black king moves forward, 40...Kg6, and comes under a sudden mating attack. Kasparov was on top form at Tilburg 1991.
May-19-05  notyetagm: The mate is 45 ♕g2+ ♔g4 46 ♕e2+ ♔h3 47 ♕h5+ ♗h4 48 ♕xh4#. The ending of this game features a remarkable <attack on the light sqaures>. Starting with 39 ♕b7+ and including my mating line, White plays 10 consecutive moves solely on the light squares which attack either the Black king or queen.
May-19-05  notyetagm: This game provides a textbook example of <attacking the enemy king with opposite-colored bishops>. White owns the light squares due to his light-squared bishop and finishes the Black king off on these very same light squares.
Jul-16-05  pencuse: Kasparov's plan to take root pawn of black's center pawn structure, d5, is interesting and includes lots of multi-purpose moves. Korchnoi's game based on g4 and d5 protection, but this led no coordination between pieces. After having taken d5, it's nice to see how dangerous Kasparov is: he threatens checkmate within 10 moves after material gain.
Aug-01-05  csmath: Old guy gets smashed in exchange variation of his favorite opening. This gotta be an insult added to an injury.
Jul-05-09  TommyC: Ruthless preparation.
Jul-05-09  whiteshark: I can only imagine that Korchnoi was in heavy time trouble from move 32/33 onwards and especially for <39...Kg6??>.

Kasparov didn't get anything out of the opening and middlegame until <33...Kf7?>.

Jul-05-09  TommyC: Kasparov's Informator notes from the time give him a slight advantage out of the opening. It is true that Korchnoi clawed back toward equality and then blundered, but imo this was due to the persistent pressure which came from Kasparov's pinpointing of the problem with Korchnoi's favourite ...c5 v the French Exchange.

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