offramp: Karpov's 13...Na5 was a TN.
<Jun-25-06 spirit: me love those 2 horses on a3 and a5.> Here is a picture. It will last longer.
 click for larger viewIn Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990, (Game 18) Karpov tried 13...Nb6 instead (1-0, 57). This was the last game played in the Big Apple (a name I have decided to use for the city of New York). New York spectators had seen only 2 decisive games out of 12, but the games had been very exciting and of top quality. The lucky Lyonnais saw 5 wins in their 12 games. Anyway, the players seemed to be tired in this game. <Jul-28-19 Dream Warrior: Kasparov points next awesome variant: 23. Bg5! Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxg5 26. Qf7 Ba6 27. Re8!! Rxe8 28. Be6! - it's really brilliant.>
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Kasparov's line is not forced, but it's more interesting than the game.
23. Bg5! Bxg5
24. Nxg5 Rxe1+
25. Rxe1 Qxg5
26. Qf7.
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26...Ba6
27. Re8!! Rxe8
28. Be6!+-
 click for larger viewBlack could have played 23...Rc7 ±. Still, Kasparov would have been no worse than in the game. Many thanks to <Dream Warrior> for another example of what GMs are thinking about when all we see are fairly mundane moves. |