Garry Kasparov vs Judit Polgar (2006)

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Garry Kasparov vs Judit Polgar
Lichthof Chess Champions (2006) (blitz), Zurich SUI, rd 5, Aug-22
King's Indian Defense: Normal. King's Knight Variation (E60) · 1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]

Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 6...c6 = +0.22 (30 ply)better is 7.b3 c5 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Bb2 Bd7 11.e4 Rc8 ⩲ +0.89 (24 ply)better is 7...e5 8.b3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Na6 10.e4 Nc5 11.f3 b6 12.Be3 = +0.39 (24 ply)better is 8.b3 c5 9.e3 Bf5 10.h3 Ne4 11.Ne2 Bd7 12.Bb2 b5 13.cxb5 ⩲ +0.92 (23 ply)= +0.25 (23 ply) 9...exd4 10.Nxd4 Be6 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Qc8 = +0.21 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.07 (24 ply) after 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nb6 12.b3 Nc5 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.Qd2 Re8 better is 13...Bd7 14.f4 Ned3 15.Re2 a5 16.Rd2 Nb4 17.a3 Nba6 ⩲ +0.67 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.37 (25 ply) after 14.Qc2 Ne6 15.Nce2 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 c5 17.Bc3 Nc6 18.Rad1 better is 22.Qc2 Qf6 23.Be3 h4 24.g4 Ne6 25.Qc1 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Qe7 ⩲ +1.32 (22 ply)better is 22...Qf6 23.Ree1 Ne6 24.Nce2 Re8 25.c5 dxc5 26.e5 Qe7 ⩲ +0.66 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.31 (23 ply) 23...Nb6 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.Bxb6 Ne6 26.Be3 g5 27.fxg5 Be5 ⩲ +1.14 (24 ply)+- +2.74 (26 ply) 25...Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Qf6 27.Qxf6 Nxf6 28.fxe6 Bxe6 29.Rxd6 ± +2.34 (23 ply)+- +3.80 (25 ply)+- mate-in-9 after 35...Be5 36.Qxe4+ Kg7 37.Bd4 Re3 38.Qxe3 Kg6 39.Bxe547...Qg7 48.Qxg7+ Kxg7 49.Rb8 Kf6 50.Rxb7 Rc3 51.Rd6+ +- +22.82 (24 ply)1-0

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Given 17 times; par: 81 [what's this?]

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Nov-15-06		MrPatzer: <Willtord: 36. Ce4+ and White wins.> 36. Be4+ does indeed win faster, but give him a break--it WAS blitz.

Dec-10-06		Ch3ckmate: is a blitz game always 5 mins? can it be shorter or longer time?

Dec-10-06		Karpova: can be shorter. On uscl it ranges from 2 min 1 sec to 10 min, i think. but 5 min without increment is quite common.

Feb-09-07		fblin: Kasparov missed a checkmate in 5 !!! 36.Be4+ NxB 37.QxB+ Rf5 38.QxR++

Feb-28-07		TheHurricane3: This is the most beautiful game I've ever seen!

Mar-18-07		Vash854: Kasparov is only 44, you can't really say he is old.

Mar-20-07		alexandrovm: well, the guy is just a genious, read my link on Kasparov's page. His IQ is 190!

Apr-01-07		BadTemper: What's wrong with 26..Nc7 ?

Apr-02-07		tpstar: 26 ... Nc7? loses material to 27. Nxd6 Qd8/Qf6 28. Nxc8 & 29. Qxd7. By convention, 36. Be4+ is Mate in Three. =)

Apr-04-07		BadTemper: <tpstar> ah thank you sir. i missed/forgot to realize that the Knight hangs after the capture

Jun-02-08		KingG: This is a very enjoyable blitz game. It's a shame Kasparov doesn't at least play in a few rapid and blitz events like he said he might after he retired.

Jun-02-08		benjinathan: I find 6...Qe8 to be a curious move.

Jul-14-08		capin: Jajaja. After 6. --- Qe8 a child wins. Maybe Polgar wanted Kasparov wins easy!

Dec-31-08		duplex: Not a big surprise Kasparow has humiliated Judith every single time that's why she gave up hope to be the world champion of all classes..

Mar-19-09		aazqua: Black just got manhandled in this game.

Nov-06-09		ycbaywtb: the ending w/Rd7 and Rd8 threatented is cool

Jan-11-10		Mostolesdude: Teen Wolf Polgar is no match for the king.

Jan-11-10		I play the Fred: <Not a big surprise Kasparow has humiliated Judith every single time> Not every single time. This site has Kasparov with +12-1=4, or 14-3 (+11). Kasparov had enormous plus scores against nearly everyone he faced in his career. Here's a pretty generous sampling against some top-flight opponents (Kasparov's plus score in parentheses): Michael Adams was 6.5-16.5 (+10); Viswanathan Anand was 29.5-47.5 (+18); Evgeny Bareev was 3-12 (+9); Alexander Beliavsky was 20.5-12.5 (+8); Boris Gelfand, 4.5-17.5 (+13); Vassily Ivanchuk 19.5-28.5 (+9), Predrag Nikolic, 2.5-13.5 (+11); Alexei Shirov, 7.5-24.5 (+17); Nigel Short, 23-51 (+28); Jan Timman, 19-41 (+22); Even Viktor Korchnoi was routed, 14-31 (+17). Mr. K scored +173 against those twelve top notch players - four of whom never won a single game against him. Damn! It's astounding how Kasparov just blew away world-class grandmasters.

Sep-12-10		Damianx: y did he do it twice bishop etc.

Feb-18-11		FISCHERboy: Just look at Kasparov's position after 23 moves! Beautiful pawns, like an infantry going to clear the field of mines.

Feb-18-11		iking: <I play the Fred: <Not a big surprise Kasparow has humiliated Judith every single time> Not every single time. This site has Kasparov with +12-1=4, or 14-3 (+11). Kasparov had enormous plus scores against nearly everyone he faced in his career. Here's a pretty generous sampling against some top-flight opponents (Kasparov's plus score in parentheses): Michael Adams was 6.5-16.5 (+10); Viswanathan Anand was 29.5-47.5 (+18); Evgeny Bareev was 3-12 (+9); Alexander Beliavsky was 20.5-12.5 (+8); Boris Gelfand, 4.5-17.5 (+13); Vassily Ivanchuk 19.5-28.5 (+9), Predrag Nikolic, 2.5-13.5 (+11); Alexei Shirov, 7.5-24.5 (+17); Nigel Short, 23-51 (+28); Jan Timman, 19-41 (+22); Even Viktor Korchnoi was routed, 14-31 (+17). Mr. K scored +173 against those twelve top notch players - four of whom never won a single game against him. Damn! It's astounding how Kasparov just blew away world-class grandmasters. > how about Kramnik? does he have plus score against him?

Feb-18-11		iking: Classical games: Vladimir Kramnik beat Garry Kasparov 9 to 7, with 50 draws.

Feb-18-11		iking: Tigran Petrosian has an even score against Kasparov (+2-2=1) Teimour RadjabovTeimour Radjabov was 15 years old at the time of this game, thus becoming the youngest player in history to defeat the world's #1 player (and did so as Black). He has an equal record (+1-1=1) against Kasparov at a classical time control. Boris Spassky has an even record against Kasparov (+2-2=4) Anatoly Karpov won a game against Kasparov before he turned 16, has won over 20 games against him since then, and has a narrow minus score, +23-29=137 Boris Gulko has a plus score against Kasparov (+3-1=4), including a win while Kasparov was world champion, making it three in a row) these are the people that can hold against Kasparov ~ very few 1

Feb-18-11		Wilhelm Steinitz: <iking:> <Classical games: Vladimir Kramnik beat Garry Kasparov 9 to 7, with 50 draws.> That statistic is incorrect. The correct score between Kasparov and Kramnik in classical chess is 5 wins, 4 losses and 40 draws in Kramnik's favour.

Mar-25-12		Robyn Hode: Yet who believes Kramnik is a better player than Kasparov?

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