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Christopher Lutz vs Garry Kasparov
Bled Olympiad (2002), Bled SLO, rd 11, Nov-06
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical Variation (B84)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)15.Bb6 was played in V Babula vs Navara, 2003 (1-0)better is 15...e5 16.Bb6 Qb8 17.Qd2 h6 18.Rae1 Bd8 19.Bxd8 Rexd8 = -0.41 (24 ply)better is 16.Qg3 d5 17.e5 Nh5 18.Qf2 Nxd3 19.cxd3 g6 20.Bb6 Qb8 = +0.14 (24 ply)= -0.37 (22 ply) after 16...Bd8 17.Bb6 Qe7 18.Bxd8 Qxd8 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.Nce2 Nxd3 better is 23.Nf3 Rc5 24.g4 Bb5 25.Rfd1 h6 26.g5 hxg5 27.fxg5 Nh7 = +0.32 (21 ply)= -0.28 (25 ply)better is 31...Bc6 32.Nc4 Nd4 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Rxc6 bxc6 35.Nh5 Kf7 ⩱ -0.96 (25 ply)= -0.26 (24 ply) 34.b4 g5 35.Nh5 Re2 36.Nf6+ Kg7 37.Ne4 Bxe4 38.dxe4 Rd2 = -0.29 (24 ply) ⩱ -1.17 (27 ply) 35...Rf8 36.Nxc6 bxc6 37.g3 Rf5 38.b4 Rb5 39.Kf2 Kf7 ⩱ -1.38 (28 ply)= -0.36 (26 ply) 37.Kh2 Nb3 38.Rf4 Nxa5 39.Rd4 Kf7 40.Rf4+ Kg6 41.Rd4 Nc6 = -0.32 (24 ply) ⩱ -1.16 (25 ply) 38.b4 g6 39.Kh1 Kg7 40.Rf4 Nc2 41.Rc4 Bxd3 42.Rc7+ Kf6 ⩱ -0.68 (23 ply) ⩱ -1.47 (22 ply) 39.b4 Kg7 40.Nc4 Rd8 41.Ne3 Be6 42.b5 Ra8 43.b6 Kg6 ⩱ -1.04 (24 ply) ∓ -1.91 (23 ply) 40.Rf1 Kg7 41.Nd5 Kg6 42.h4 Ne2 43.Re1 Re5 44.Rxe2 Rxd5 ∓ -2.00 (23 ply)-+ -3.22 (27 ply) 41.Kh1 g3 42.Nd5 Kf7 43.Nf4 Rh8+ 44.Kg1 Kf6 45.Rc7 Ke5 -+ -3.32 (25 ply)-+ -5.64 (26 ply)43.Nd5 Rh6+ 44.Kg1 Ne2+ 45.Kf1 Nxc1 46.Nce7+ Kf7 47.Ke1 -+ -10.17 (29 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-04-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: If 43.Rd1 (43.Nd5 Rh6+ 44.Kg1 Ne2+ 45.Kf1 Nxc1 46.Nce7+ Kf7 47.Nxf5 Rh1#), then 43...Ne2
Mar-01-06  OneArmedScissor: I really like this game =]
Jun-09-08  percyblakeney: 41. ... g3+ is a nice move. In this Kasparov's last Olympiad he scored +6 in 9 games, finishing with a GM draw against Gelfand, when it was a question of securing the gold and all games were very short draws. Apart from that he drew with black against Leko and Akopian, and won the remaining six for a 2933 performance.
Sep-08-20
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  plang: The line that Lutz chose with 12 Bd3 has lost popularity since the 1995 World Championship match when Anand used it three times against Kasparov (games 3,5 and 7 - all drawn). 17..Bf8 had been played in the short draw Svidler-Anand Linares 1999; 17..Bf6 was new - it hads been prepared by Kasparov during the 1995 match. 22 Rf3 would have been a more aggressive choice.

Stohl after 23 Rfc1:
"The only way to justify White's previous move is 23 g4!?, but Lutz doesn't want to play such a committal plan and is content to stay put. Kasparov senses this and from now on, the initiative will gradually pass into his hands."

29 Nb6? was an odd move as the knight accomplished little on this square; 29 Nc7 would have been better. Again, 30 Rxc5 playing for simplification would have been an improvement. 31..g5?! would have won a pawn but would have given White good counterplay after 32 Nfd5..Bxd3 33 Nd7!. 34 Rf1? underestimated Black's strong reply 34..Re8! when all White's pieces were threatened. 35 Nxd6..Rf8 would have cost White material. 36..Ra8? would have failed to 37 Nc8!.

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