| Mar-18-05 | | freshstart: Kasparov's kingside attack didn't look very convincing in this game. Gulko didn't have to do anything too special to win - he just blocked the attack and took the odd pawn when it was offered. |
|
| Jan-04-06 | | trolls: Well, this was certainly good opening
preparation by one of these players.
Right offhand, I'm going to say Gulko, since Gazz looked to be positionally busted by about move 15.
Course, that stuff happens in the Benoni all the time. All the variations are bad for Black, who's
actually positionally busted in every
one. You just have to play thru that. |
|
| Sep-05-06 | | shr0pshire: After 7. f3 this position is similiar to the Samisch variation of the King's Indian. 8. Bg5, this is the main line and hopes to create weaknesses on black's kingside by provoking the h and then the g pawns. Black delays castling until move 18, which I think is important. Black avoids the main theory and doesn't castle immediately. This may not be too importnat, but it is just one of several things that black does to break from conventional theory. Next, black doesn't bring his rook out to e8 in the opening. This is a traditional outpost for the rook to keep in check white's pawn pushes down the center of the board. Instead black uses his queen, which decreases her mobility and effectiveness. In the only other game similar to this in the databse M Lanzani vs K Mokry, 1982 black doesn't so aggressively take out his pieces in the beginning and sticks closer to the theory. Hmmm... just some thoughts, but I haven't studied the Samisch Benoni or the Samisch King's Indian very much. |
|
| Sep-06-06 | | RookFile: If Gulko had not been oppressed, it is quite possible he would have become world champion. |
|
Sep-06-06
 | | plang: Gulko has had an excellent career and he won a few games from Kasparov when Kasparov was young but your speculation seems a bit far-fetched. |
|
| Sep-06-06 | | RookFile: This guy won the USSR championship and the the US championship. Sandwiched in between this were YEARS of oppression because the Russians would not let him travel to foreign tournaments. He went on hunger strikes and basically could not play chess. |
|
| Nov-14-06 | | HEDGEHOG STYLIST: I think that a lot of theory and analysis is good up to a point until the game is steered into unknown waters to continuations that have not been explored. I.e., White takes advantage of an open file, which is offset by Black's strategy which appears to be minacing, but turns out to be purely psychological-as long as White plays carefully, and not overplay the position. I find backward pawns to be a good way to get steer your opponen'ts mind away from the real plan, since he is fixed on pawn-snatching. As Korchnoi once said, "A pawn is a pawn." |
|
| Nov-23-07 | | ToTheDeath: Kasparov allowed White too much positionally on the queenside and had to fish in muddy waters on the kingside. But Gulko simply would not allow him any active play. Nice game. |
|
| Jan-08-10 | | funkymihir: why did kaspa resign???? pls tell me. plssssss |
|
| Dec-28-10 | | laskereshevsky: <<Mar-18-05 freshstart>>:
<.......Gulko didn't have to do anything too special to win - he just blocked the attack and took the odd pawn when it was offered.> More or less is the same strategy used by Keres against Tal..... |
|
Feb-23-11
 | | ray keene: black resigned because he is three pawns down with a passive position-db lund tried a very similar variation against me in 1982 the year following this game-he castled earlier but still got a bad game on the queen side
<keene v lund london 1982> |
|
| Feb-23-11 | | fab4: <ray keene: black resigned because he is three pawns down with a passive position-db lund tried a very similar variation against me in 1982 the year following this game-he castled earlier but still got a bad game on the queen side <keene v lund london 1982>> At a glance, Gazza's queen moves, then 38.Bd3 forcing 38... Nd3, when 39.Qg6 seems to win ? |
|
| May-26-13 | | wordfunph: "In this game you can see the right method of playing against Kasparov, don't give him the initiative." - GM Boris Gulko |
|
| May-26-13 | | andrewjsacks: Yes, but as with a lot of good advice, much easier to say than to do... |
|
| Jul-16-15 | | tivrfoa: I`m looking some kaspy games, and most of his loses he played Benoni. I don`t know why he insisted with this opening. |
|
| Jul-17-15 | | tivrfoa: <tivrfoa: I`m looking some kaspy games, and most of his loses he played Benoni. I don`t know why he insisted with this opening.> Maybe because of this:
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1982
It looks like an King's Indian in a different move order (?) |
|
Jun-15-21
 | | Jonathan Sarfati: Looks like Gulko borrowed from strong opening plan worked out by GMs Keene and Chandler the previous year: Bg5 to provoke ...h6, gain tempo with Qd2 on that h-P, Nh3-f2, and it's hard for Black to find counterplay. Even the great Gazza could not. Keene vs C Cuartas Bedoya, 1980 Chandler vs Lobron, 1980 |
|
| Feb-12-24 | | GrandMasterScorpionC: Now that strong engine exist, as I am writing this from 2024 and not from the past like most comments here are, the truth can be revealed. Kasparov and Gulko were wrong to think that 19..Bxe2 followed by cxb4 would give White a calm game with a strong advantage. 19..c4 is the losing move! It leaves White with a nice defender the light Bishop! If instead 19..Bxe2 Black`s king-assault continues to the very end, it`s White who is on defences, White did not even have time to put pressure on the White "weak" b-pawn. Allowing Nh3 has nothing to do with the game outcome in contrary to what Gulko thought. |
|
May-12-25
 | | MarcusBierce: Interesting how the comp recommends both ..Nh5 and ..h5 in the early middle-game. I think this is the way to go for Benoni and KID players vs White�s f3-systems, putting pressure on the White k-side with piece play there. By all means Benoni players chime in. |
|
Kibitzing
