Kasparov - Karpov 1990

Kasparov Karpov 5
Chess World Championship

NewYork-Lion 1990
Paolo Ciancarini
February 1991
Contents
1 Game 1:
New York, Oct 8, 1990
2 Game 2:
3 Game 3:
4 Game 4:
10
5 Game 5:
11
6 Game 6:
12
7 Game 7:
13
8 Game 8:
14
9 Game 9:
17
10 Game 10:
New York, Nov 2, 1990
18
11 Game 11:
19
12 Game 12:
20
13 Game 13:
Lion, Nov 24, 1990
22
14 Game 14:
Lion, Nov 26, 1990
23
15 Game 15:
Lion, Nov 28, 1990.
25
16 Game 16:
Lion, Dec 4, 1990
28
17 Game 17:
Lion, Dec 2, 1990
32
18 Game 18:
Lion, Dec 4, 1990
33
2
19 Game 19:
Lion, Dec 12, 1990
35
20 Game 20:
Lion, Dec 15, 1990
37
21 Game 21:
Lion, Dec 19, 1990
39
22 Game 22:
Lion, Dec 26, 1990
43
23 Game 23:
Lion, Dec 29, 1990
45
24 Game 24:
Lion, Dec 31, 1990
46
The Kasparov-Kasparov fth World Championship match in NewYork-Lion was one of the most
interesting matches between these two players. Almost all the games were exciting, and the ght
was erce.
The time control was 40 moves in 2 hours and half, then 16 moves per hour. The referee
was G.Gijssen (NL), who also directed the match in Siviglia. Kasparovs training team included
Z.Dolmatov, M.Gurevich, Z.Azmaiparashvili, G.Georgadze, and A.Shakarov. Karpovs training
team included N.Krogius, L.Portish, and R.Henley. In France O.Renet was added to the Karpovs
team.
Press room commenters were notable grandmasters that found very dicult to assess in real
time the moves of the two champions.
Game 1:
liked Blacks position. Dlugy thought it was

even.
13.
c4b5
c6b5
Most people (except Shamkovich) expected
13. . . ., ab5. Robert Byrne preferred 13. . . .,
ab5 but thought about playing 13. . . ., cb5
in his earlier career. He did not think that
13. . . ., cb5 was earth-shattering, though.
14.
f1e1
Karpov spent 30 minutes on this move. Najdorf thought it was weak.
14.
...
d7e5
15.
d3f1
f8e8
An alternative is 15. . . ., c8.
16.
e3f2
d6d5
17.
e4d5
f6d5
18.
c3d5
18
e4
was analyzed by many GMs.
Seirawan looked at 18.
e4 f4; 19.
c5
g5; 20. g3 d5; 21. e3 h3+; 22. h1
e3; 23. e3 f2+.
18.
...
d8d5
19.
a3a4
g7h6
20.
c1a1
Or 20. c7 f4.
20.
...
e5c4
Or 20. . . ., b4; 21. b3 a5.
21.
a4b5
a6b5
Karpov-Kasparov
Kings Indian Defense (E81/14)
1.
d2d4
g8f6
2.
c2c4
g7g6
3.
b1c3
f8g7
4.
e2e4
d7d6
5.
f2f3
5 f3 - games 3,5,7. Some months ago Kasparov has lost a game as Black in this variant
against Gulko.
5.
...
00
6.
c1e3
c7c6
The Byrne variation. Kasparov previously
played 6. . . ., c6. The idea is to open a le
on Queen side, to avoid White long castle.
7.
f1d3
a7a6
8.
g1e2
b7b5
9.
00
b8d7
10.
a1c1
e7e5
Kasparov spent 6 minutes on this move. ECO
has 10. . . ., b7; 11.
d2, bc4; 12.
c4,
b6; 13. b3, a5; 14. a4, fd7; 15. c2 =
from Hort-Benko, Monte Carlo 1968.
N
B
B
N
B
N
N
R
B
Q
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11.
a2a3
Karpov spent 20 minutes on this new move.
Previously played was 11. b3 exd4; 12. d4
e5; 13. cb5 ab5; 14. e2 d5, Diez del Corral - Spassky, Palma de Mallorca 1969. Seirawan
suggested 11. b4. ECO also has 11. d5.
11.
...
e5d4
11. . . ., bc4 or 11. . . ., b7 were possible.
12.
e2d4
c8b7
Christiansen and Seirawan liked Whites position. Shamkovich, Najdorf, and Zuckerman
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22.
a1a8
22.
e8+
e8; 23. b3 was what
Seirawan expected. Deep Thought analyzed
22. b3! and now:
A) 22. . . ., d6; 23.
e8 + (or perhaps
23.
b5) 23. . . ., e8 (23. . . ., e8; 24.
a8 a8; 25.
b5) 24.
b5 b5;
25. d5 d5; 26. b5 b8; 27. a4.
B) 22. . . ., e1; 23.
a8+, a8; 24.
e1, d2; (24. . . ., d6; 25. b5, b5;
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26.
e8+, g7; 27.
b5. 24. . . ., a3; 25,
b5.
b5; 26.
e8+, g7; 27.
b5)
25. b5, b3; 26. e8+, g7; 27. b3,
b3; 28. d4 (28. c5, d1+; 29. f1. If
28. . . .,
e3+; 29.
e3,
c3) 29. . . ., f6;
29.
e7+, g8; ( 29. . . ., f7; 30.
f6+,
g8) 30. d8+, f8; 31. c5, f7; 32. c4,
winning.
C) 22. . . ., Ne3; 23. Ra8, Ba8 (23. . . .,
Nd1; 24. Rae8+, Kg7; 25. Rd) 24.
Qd3, Rd8; 25. Be3, Be3; 26. Re3,
Qd4; 27. Re8+ wins.
D) 22. . . ., Nd2; 23. Re8+ (23. Ra8,
Ra8; 24. Bb5, Bf4) 23. . . ., Re8; 24.
Bb5, Rd8; 25. Ra2 (25. Ra7, Rc8; 26.
Be2, Qd7; 27. Ba6, Rc7; 28. Bb7, Rb7;
29. Ra8+, Kg7; 30. Qa1, f6; 31. Qa3, Kf7;
32. b4, Rc7; 33. b5)
25. . . ., Nb5;
(25. . . ., Ne4; 26. fe4, Qb5+)
26. Qb3, Qb3; 27. Nb3, Rd1+; 28.
Bf1, Bd5; 29. Ra3, Bc4; 30. Ra8+, Kg7; 31.
Bd4+, f3; 32. Ra7+, Kg8; 33. Ra1, Bb3;
34. Rd1, Bd1; 35. Bf6 with equality.
22.
...
Re8a8
23.
Qd1b3
Another drawish possibility is 23. Nb5,
Qd1; 24. Rd1, Nb2; 25. Rb1, Bg7; 26.
Bd4, Na4.
23.
...
Bb7c6
24.
Bf1d3
Nc4d6
25.
Qb3d5
Bc6d5
26.
Nd4b5
Nd6b5
27.
Bd3b5
Bh6g7
28.
b2b4
Bg7c3
29.
Re1d1
Bd5b3
30.
Rd1b1
Not 30. Rd3?, Ra1+. If 30. Rc1, Bb4
(30. . . ., Bd2; 31. Rb1, Bc2; 32. Rb2, Ra1+;
33. Bf1, Be3 draw) 31. Rb1 (31. Ba4,
Rb4; 32. Bb5, Rb5; 33. Ra1+ draw)
31. . . ., Ba4; 32. Rb4, Bb5; 33. Rb5,
Ra1+; 34. Be1 draw.
30.
...
Bb3a2
Kasparov oered a draw and Karpov accepted. Karpov had 7 minutes to make 10
moves. Kasparov had 15 minutes left.
Game 2:
Kasparov-Karpov
Ruy Lopez (C92/29)
1.
e2e4
e7e5
2.
g1f3
b8c6
3.
f1b5
a7a6
4.
b5a4
g8f6
5.
00
f8e7
6.
f1e1
b7b5
7.
a4b3
d7d6
8.
c2c3
00
9.
h2h3
c8b7
Karpov used this defense to beat Timman in
the Candidates nal in Kuala Lumpur.
10.
d2d4
f8e8
11.
b1d2
e7f8
12.
a2a4
h7h6
Against Timman, in the seventh game, Karpov preferred the caute 12. . . ., d7.
13.
b3c2
e5d4
13. . . ., b8
14.
c3d4
c6b4
15.
c2b1
b5a4
15. . . ., c5 - game 4.
16.
a1a4
a6a5
17.
a4a3
a8a6
18.
f3h2
Ivanchuk has introduced 18. h2. Timman
played 18. h4, e4! in game 1 of his match
with Karpov, then tried 18. ae3 in game 5.
18.
...
g7g6
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B
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B
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R
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analysis of the other variations. Karpov spent

20 minutes on this move.
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19.
f2f3
Perhaps a new move. Kasparov spent 2 minutes on this move. Other moves have been 19.
g4, 19 e5, and 19. f4.
19.
...
d8d7
Karpov spent 10 minutes on this move. Kasparov looked surprised.
20.
d2c4
Threatening 21. a5. Also possible is 20.
df1.
20.
...
d7b5
Some GMs looked at 20. . . ., a4.
21.
a3c3
Christiansen expected 21. e3.
21.
...
b7c8
Najdorf analyzed 21. . . ., d5; 22 a3 b6;
23 e5 c5; 24 exf6 e1+ ;
25 e1 cd4.
22.
c1e3
g8h7
Karpov spent 10 minutes on this move. This
surprised many of the Grandmaster annotators
who expected 22. . . ., h5 or 22. . . ., b7, then
White would play 23 d5.
23.
d1c1
Threatening 24. a3, winning the c7 pawn.
Christiansen liked 23. f2.
23.
...
c7c6
23. . . ., b7; 24. a5 a5; 25. c7.
24.
h2g4
GM Miguel Quinteros liked 24. f2 and 25.
f4; Deep Thought preferred 24. f4.
24.
...
f6g8
Christiansen commented that Karpov was
saving his pieces for the next game. Both
24. . . ., g4 and 24. . . ., g4 were extensively analysed by Christiansen. Alex Dunne
expected 24. . . ., g8, commenting that Christiansen was trying to please the crowd with the
R
B
25.
Kasparov spent 16 minutes on this move. After lots of analysis at a board with Geller, Portisch, Najdorf, and others, someone shouted
mate! Someone was going to win. Dzindzi liked
25.
f4. Fedorowicz liked 25.
h6. Deep
Thought liked 25. f1.
25.
...
f8h6
26.
g4h6
g8h6
27.
c4d6
b5b6
B
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B
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Christiansen and Wol thought White was

winning. Shamkovich and Dzindzi thought
Black was ok.
28.
d6e8
b6d4+
Be3h6
After 22 minutes of thought. Karpov was either thinking of 28. . . ., d4+, 28. . . ., d8,
or 28. resigns!
29.
g1h1
Robert Byrne suggested 29.

29.
...
Or 29. . . .,
30.
31.
32.
33.
7
Qe5.
Re1d1
Qc1g5
Rd1d8
f3f4
Qe3 Qe5.
Qd4d8
Qd8e8
Ra6a7
Qe8e6
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41.
42.
43.
44.
Qd4a7+
Rc6a6
Qa7g1
Qg1f1
Nd5e7
Qd8d1+
Qd1d2
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33.
...
c8a6
The GMs analysed 33. . . ., f6 34. h8+ and
33. . . ., d7. Deep Thought evaluated 33. . . .,
d7 as best .
34.
f4f5
e6e7
35.
g5d2
GM Suetin looked at 35. h8+, h8; 36.
Karpov resigned.
h6+, g8; 37. fg6, fg6; 38.
c6 and
if 38. . . ., c6; 39. a2+
35.
...
e7e5
35. . . .,
d5?; 36.
h8+!,
h8; 37.
3 Game 3:
h6+, g8; 38. exd5
36.
d2f2
The crowd wanted to see 36.
g3, g3?;
37.
h8+, h8; 38.
h8+, g8; 39. f6
and 40. g7 mate. Christiansen preferred 36. Karpov-Kasparov
f3 with the idea of 37. f6 and 38.
h8+
with the mate threat. Deep Thought preferred
1.
d2d4
g8f6
36. f2.
2.
c2c4
g7g6
36.
...
e5e7
3.
b1c3
f8g7
Karpov had 2 minutes left to make 4 moves.
4.
e2e4
d7d6
Kasparov had 25 minutes left. Deep Thought
5.
g1f3
00
looked at 36. . . .,
e7; 37.
c5,
c7; 38.
6.
f1e2
e7e5
d4, f6; 39. fg6+, g7; 40.
d6, g8; 41.
7.
c1e3
d8e7
h5, c8; 42. d8, e6.
Kasparov played 7. . . ., a6 in games 5 and
37.
f2d4
7.
Threatening 38. h8 mate.
8.
d4e5
d6e5
37.
...
h6g8
9.
c3d5
e7d8
38.
e4e5
b4d5
Also possible is 9. . . .,
d5; 10. cd5,
39.
f5g6+
f7g6
b4+ or 9. . . ., d6
39. . . .,
g7; 40 c6,
d8; 41 a7,
10.
e3c5
f6e4
e7; 42 d6, c8; 43 gf7 - Deep Thought.
Not 10. . . .,
e8??; 11.
e7! 1-0 Peek40.
c3c6
e7d8
Kasparov had 10 minutes left while Karpovs Canfell, Netherlands 1988.
ag was hanging. Kasparov had the option of
11.
c5e7
d8d7
sealing with a likely chance of Karpov resigning
12.
e7f8
g8f8
before the adjourned game or playing on for 10
13.
d1c2
e4c5
more minutes.
14.
a1d1
b8c6
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Q
R B
R
K
R B
Q
Q
K
R
R Q
R
N
N
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R Q
R N
N
N
N
Q
B
R
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Q
R
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B
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A new game begins.

27.
d1e2
28.
a2b4
29.
b4c2
30.
f1d1
31.
f2f3
32.
g2g3
33.
e2d3
34.
g1f1
35.
f1e2
36.
c4b5
37.
d3c4+
38.
d1d5
39.
d5c5
40.
e2f1
41.
c2e1
The game is adjurned.
N K
N
Another critical variant is 15. g5, g8; 16.

b4, d8; 17. f7, f7; 18. bc5, d4; 19.
a4 -Deep Thought. Interesting is also 15.
b6, ab6 16. d7 - Geller.
15.
...
c5e6
Q
N
B
K
K
B
R
R
K
N
15. . . ., Nd4; 16. Nd4, exd4; 17. Qc1,

Qd6; 18. Rfe1, Bd7; 19. Qf4. Or 15. . . ., e4;
16. Ng5, Qf5; 17. Nh7+, Kg8; 18. Bg4 .
16.
Nd5b6
16. Nf6, Qe7; 17. Nd5, Qd7 draw.
16.
...
a7b6
17.
Rd1d7
Bc8d7
18.
Qc2d2
Bd7e8
Worth considering also 18. . . ., Ncd4 or
18. . . ., Ned4.
19.
b2b3
e5e4
Nf3e1
f7f5
20. . . ., Ncd4 was considered.
Be2d1
Nc6e5
The activity of the Black pieces is impressive.

All the White pieces have been constrained on
the backward rows.
22.
e1c2
Interesting is also 22. h4.

22.
...
23.
d2d5
24.
c2b4
25.
d5e6+
26.
b4a2
Q
N
Q
N
f5f4
h7h5
e4e3
g6g5
h5h4
c6c5
b6b5
d6b5
e6e7
c3f6
b5c3+
e8g6
N
K
B
N
B
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19. d8.
20.
Also
21.
Nf7d6
Bg7c3
Ra8a2
Kf8e7
c7c6
Ke7e6
Ne5f7
41.
...
e7d6
The sealed move. GMs had analyzed 41. . . .,
fg3; 42. hg3, h3; 43.
c7+,
d6; 44.
b7, e2+; (44. . . ., g4; 45.
b6+, e7; 46.
e6+, f7; 47. e3+. 44. . . ., c6; 45. a7,
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R
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R K
R K
K
R
R B
K
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R
R B
B
K
R
K B
K
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R
K
R
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B
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N
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K
B
e2+; (45. . . ., d4; 46. a6+, b6; 47. g1)

46.
e2 h2; (46. . . ., e2; 47.
a6+; 46. . . .,
d4; 47.
a6+, b6; 48.
d3) 47.
g2,
e2;48.
a6+) 45.
g1, d4+; 46.
h2,
f2; 47.
h3, e1; 48.
b6+. 47. . . ., c6;
48. e7. 47. . . ., f5+; 48. g4 .
42.
c5a5
A fantasy variation is 42.
c8,
f5; 43.
f8, h3+; 44. g1, d4; 45. gf4, e2+; 46.
h1, d1; 47. fg5, f2+; 48.
g1, d3+;
49.
h1, e1; 50 d8+, c5; 51.
d4,
d4; 52.
e2, e3; 53. . . ., f2, 54. . . .,
g2 mate
42.
...
f4g3
42. . . ., h3; 43. gf4, d4; 44. g5.
43.
h2g3
h4g3
43. . . ., h3; 44. g1.
44.
e1g2
b7b5
45.
a5a6+
d6e7
46.
a6a7+
e7e8
47.
a7a8+
f6d8
48.
g2e3
An alternative defense is 48. e2.
48.
...
b5c4
49.
e3c4
g5g4
50.
f1g2
c3e2
51.
c4e5
g4f3+
52.
g2f3
g3g2
53.
a8d8+
B
N
B
R
K
K
B
K
N
R
R
R
N
N
K
N
K
R
Draw
Game 4:
Kasparov-Karpov
Ruy Lopez (C92/29)
1.
e2e4
e7e5
Nb8c6
a7a6
Ng8f6
Bf8e7
b7b5
d7d6
00
c8b7
f8e8
e7f8
h7h6
e5d4
c6b4
B
R
B
c2c3
h2h3
d2d4
b1d2
a2a4
b3c2
c3d4
c2b1
N
B
B
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K
K
B
0Z0SkZ0Z
Z0Z0Z0Z0
0Z0Z0ZbZ
Z0Z0M0Z0
0Z0Z0Z0Z
ZPZ0ZKZ0
0Z0ZnZpZ
Z0Z0Z0Z0
Ng1f3
Bf1b5
Bb5a4
00
Rf1e1
Ba4b3
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
15.
...
c7c5
For 15. . . ., ba4 see game 2.
16.
d4d5
f6d7
17.
a1a3
f7f5
18.
e4f5
18. e5 is also possible. The move 18.
ae3
was played in Timman-Karpov, Kuala Lumpur
1990 (match).
18.
...
d7f6
19.
d2e4
b7d5
19. . . ., bd5; 20. g4.
20.
e4f6+
20.
ae3, e4; 21.
e4, d5; 22.
b1,
e3; 23.
e3, d4; 24.
e6, d3; 25.
e5,
c4; 26.
f3, c8; 27.
g3, d2; 28.
d2,
d2; 29. f6 Horvath- Zobisch, 1988.
20.
...
d8f6
21.
c1d2
Alternatives are 21. h2 and 21. ae3
21.
...
f6b2
21. . . ., c6; 22. c3. Or 21. . . ., f3; 22.
f3, b2; 23. c3 - Seirawan.
22.
d2b4
N
B
N
N
N
R B
R
R
Q R
Q
R
B
R
10
B
R
Q
B
B
B
N
B
R
B
rZ0ZrakZ
Z0Z0Z0o0
pZ0o0Z0o
ZpobZPZ0
PA0Z0Z0Z
S0Z0ZNZP
0l0Z0OPZ
ZBZQS0J0
B
37.
f5f6
g5f6
37. . . ., g6; 38. g6+, g6; 39. e6
- Grefe.
38.
g6f8+
h7g8
39.
f8g6
f6f7
More aggressive is 39. . . ., d4!?; 40.
f5,
c6+ and 41. . . ., e8 - Najdorf.
40.
g6e7+
g8f8
41.
e7g6+
The sealed move. Karpov oered a draw and
Kasparov accepted.
N
N
R
N
N
K
Q
K
0Z0s0j0Z
Z0Z0Zqo0
0Z0Z0ZNo
opZpZ0Z0
0ZpZ0Z0Z
Z0Z0Z0OP
0ZBZQOKZ
Z0Z0Z0Z0
22.
...
d5f7!
A move maybe not seen by Kasparov, that
certainly preferred 22. . . ., f3; 23.
f3,
b4; 24. e6 (24. e4, e4?; 25. d5+).
23.
e1e6
23. ab5,
b4; 24.
e8,
e8; 25.
a6, b5.
23.
...
b2b4
23. . . ., e6; 24. fe6, b4; 25.
d3,
e6; 26. ab5,
ae8; 27. ba6, c4; 28.
h7+, f7; 29. f5+, e7; 30. d4, e1+.
24.
a3b3
24.
ae3 d5; (24. . . ., a4; 25.
c2) 25.
5 Game 5:
a2 (25.
e8 e8; 26.
e8 e8; 27.
d5+ f7) 25. . . ., c4 26. d4.
24.
...
b4a4
Karpov-Kasparov
25.
b1c2
a8d8
Also 25. . . ., a5 or 25. . . ., a2.
1.
d2d4
g8f6
26.
b3e3
a4b4
2.
c2c4
g7g6
27.
g2g3
3.
b1c3
f8g7
To be considered also 27. e2.
4.
e2e4
d7d6
27.
...
a6a5
5.
g1f3
00
27. . . ., e6; 28. fe6, c4; 29.
d5 and
6.
f1e2
e7e5
30. e7+ or 30. f5
7.
c1e3
b8a6
28.
f3h4
d6d5
8.
00
29.
d1e2
b4c4
An alternative is 8. de5.
30.
c2d3
8.
...
c7c6
30.
e8, e2; 31.
f8+, f8; 32.
8. . . ., e8; (8. . . ., g4 - game 7) 9. de5,
e2.
g4.
30.
...
c4c1+
9.
d4e5
31.
g1g2
c5c4
9. d5, (9. c2) g4; 10. g5, f6; 11. d2,
32.
d3c2
f7e6
h6 - Dlugy.
33.
e3e6
e8e6
9.
...
d6e5
34.
e2e6+
10.
d1d8
f8d8
34. fe6
11.
f1d1
34.
...
g8h8
35.
h4g6+
h8h7
11.
e5!?, e4; 12.
e4, e5; 13.
36.
e6e2
c1g5
g5 - Dlugy.
R
Q
B
B R
R
Q
R
K
Q
R
R
B
R R
Q B
B
Q
R
B
Q
N
Q
B
Q
K
B
R
Q
N
Q
R
Q
R
Q
Q
K
N R
Q
B
R B
N
Q
R
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
Q
K
Q
B
R
K
K
Q
N
B
N
N
B
B
11
Q N
Q
R
N
R
N B
11.
12.
Rd8e8
...
h2h3
Ng4; 13. Ba6, Ne3; 14. fe3,

Rd6 - Dlugy.
...
Bg7f8
Nf3d2
b7b6
13. . . ., Bc5; 14. Bg5, Kg7; 15. Nb3 - Rohde.
14.
a2a3
Na6c5
15.
b2b4
Nc5e6
16.
Nd2b3
16 Nf3 - Dlugy.
16.
...
Bc8a6
16. . . ., a5; 17. ba5, ba5; 18. Na4, Ne4;
19. Bf3, f5; 20. Be4, fe4; 21. Nbc5; 16. . . .,
Nd4; 17. Ra2, Rad8; 18. Rad2, Rd2; 19.
Rd2 - Salov.
0Z0Z0Z0Z
ZbZ0j0Z0
pZ0Z0mpo
Z0o0o0Z0
BZPZPZ0O
O0M0J0O0
0Z0Z0Z0Z
Z0Z0Z0Z0
12. c5,
ba6; 15.
12.
13.
Draw
Game 6:
Kasparov-Karpov
Ruy Lopez (C92/15)
1.
e2e4
e7e5
2.
g1f3
b8c6
17 f1 - Dzindzi.
3.
f1b5
a7a6
17.
...
f6h5
4.
b5a4
g8f6
18.
e3f2
e8d8
5.
00
f8e7
19.
e2f1
h5f4
6.
f1e1
b7b5
7.
a4b3
d7d6
19. . . ., d1; 20. d1, d8; 21. d8,
8.
c2c3
00
d8; 22. c5!,
f1; 23. cb6!,
a6; 24.
9.
h2h3
f6d7
ba7, b7; 25. a5, a8; 26. a4 - Dlugy.
10.
d2d4
e7f6
20.
g2g3
11.
a2a4
c8b7
12.
a4b5
Kasparov played 12. e3 in game 8 and 12.
20. h4 - Dlugy.
20.
...
f4h5
a3 in game 12.
21.
g1g2
f7f5
12.
...
a6b5
22.
a1b1
a8c8
13.
a1a8
d8a8
23.
d1d8
c8d8
14.
d4d5
c6a5
24.
b1d1
d8d1+
15.
b3c2
a5c4
25.
c3d1
f5e4
16.
b2b3
c4b6
26.
f3e4
c6c5
17.
b1a3
b7a6
27.
b4c5
e6c5
18.
f3h2
28.
b3c5
f8c5
18. d3, c6 = - deFirmian.
18.
...
c7c6
29.
f2c5
b6c5
19.
d5c6
a8c6
30.
d1c3
h5f6
20.
c1d2
f6e7
31.
g2f3
a6b7
21.
h2g4
f8a8
32.
f1d3
g8f8
22.
g4e3
33.
h3h4
h7h6
22 c1 - Deep Thought; 22 b1 - Valvo.
34.
d3c2
f8e7
22.
...
d7f6
35.
c2a4
a7a6
23.
e3f5
e7f8
36.
f3e3
17.
f2f3
B
B
R
B
N B
K
R
R
R
N
N
B
N
K
B
B
B
K
N
B
B
R
B
N
R
N
N
R
R
R
R
B
12
N
B
B
N
B
N
B
K
K
N
N
B
R
B
N
N
B
N
N
Q
N
N
N
B
Q
B
R
N
B
24.
d2g5
b6d7
25.
c3c4
b5c4
26.
b3c4
26 c4, c4; 27 bc4, c4; 28. b3,
b4; 29.
e3, e4; 30.
f7+, f7; 31.
d5+, g6 -Deep Thouhgt.
26.
...
a6c4
27.
a3c4
c6c4
28.
c2b3
c4c3
29.
g1h2
h7h6
30.
g5f6
d7f6
31.
e1e3
c3c7
32.
e3f3
g8h7
33.
f5e3
c7e7
34.
e3d5
f6d5
35.
b3d5
a8a7
36.
d1b3
f7f6
37.
b3b8
g7g6
38.
f3c3
h6h5
39.
g2g4
h7h6
40.
g4h5
h6h5
41.
c3c8
f8g7
42.
c8e8
Q
Q
B
R N
N
B
K
B
R
R
N
N
B
Q
Q
R
R
R
Karpov-Kasparov
1.
d2d4
g8f6
2.
c2c4
g7g6
3.
b1c3
f8g7
4.
e2e4
d7d6
5.
g1f3
00
6.
f1e2
e7e5
N
B
Qe8.
B
Bg5c1
h2h3
d4e5
f7f6
Kg8h8
Ng4h6
rZbl0s0j
opo0Z0ap
nZ0o0opm
Z0Z0O0Z0
0ZPZPZ0Z
Z0M0ZNZP
PO0ZBOPZ
S0AQZRJ0
K
K
B
Game 7:
N
N
B
9. . . .,
10.
11.
12.
B
Q
Q
N
Q
K
Q
N
R
12.
...
f6e5?!
Tal disliked this move, saying that 12. . . .,

de5 was necessary.
13.
c1e3
B Qe8; 14 Nd5, Ng8.

...
Nh6f7
Qd1d2
Na6c5
14. . . ., Ne6 and 15. . . ., c5 - Rohde.
15.
Nf3g5
15. b4, Ne6. Or 15. Bc5, dc5; 16. Qe3
- Tal.
15.
...
Nf7g5
15. . . ., Ne6 - Shamkovich.
16.
Be3g5
Bg7f6
16. . . ., Qe8.
17.
Bg5e3
17. Bh6
17.
...
Nc5e6
18.
Be2g4
h7h5
18. . . ., Nd4; 19. Bc8, Rc8 (19. . . .,
Qc8; 20. Bd4, exd4; 21. Nb5) 20. Bd4,
exd4; 21. Nb5, Qe7.
19.
Bg4e6
Bc8e6
20.
Nc3d5
Bf6h4
13 g5,
13.
14.
The sealed move. A draw was agreed the next

day.
Nb8a6
7. . . ., exd4 in game 11.
00
Nf6g4
Kasparov played
8.
9.
e3g5
0L0ZRZ0Z
s0Z0l0a0
0Z0o0opZ
Z0ZBo0Zk
0Z0ZPZ0Z
Z0Z0Z0ZP
0Z0Z0O0J
Z0Z0Z0Z0
Bc1e3
7.
13
rZ0l0s0j
opo0Z0Z0
0Z0obZpZ
Z0ZNo0Zp
0ZPZPZ0a
Z0Z0A0ZP
PO0L0OPZ
S0Z0ZRJ0
29. Be3, Bg5; 30. Nf6+, Kh6; (30. . . .,

Kg7) 31. Bc5, Bd2; 32. Rcd1, Rdd8.
29.
...
Be6d5
30.
c4d5
Qc5d4
30. . . ., Qb5 31 a4 Qb3 32 dc6 bc6 33
e5 - Rohde.
31.
d5c6
32.
c1c6
33.
c6c4
34.
f4d2
35.
d2e3
36.
f1f3
37.
e3f2
37. . . ., de7; 38.
g3, hg3;
e4; 40. e4, e4; 41. g5
38.
f3f2
39.
f2f4
21.
a1c1
40.
f4f6
21.
a7 a7 (21. . . ., g5!? or 21. . . .,
d5) 22.
h6+
g8 23.
g6+ 41.
c4e4
42.
f6d6
Shamkovich; 21. f4 c6 (21. . . ., exf4 22. f4,
43.
d6a6
f7 23. d4+, h7; 24. d5) 22. fe5, de5
(22. . . ., cd5; 23 cd5) 23. c5 - Chow.
21.
...
h8h7
22.
c1c3
22. f4, ef4 and 23. . . ., b6 - Tal.
22.
...
f8f7
23.
b2b3
c7c6
24.
d5b4
f7d7
25.
c3c1
h4f6
26.
f2f4
e5f4
27.
e3f4
B
B
R
R
Q
B K
N
R
B
R
R
B
27.
...
d8a5?
Probably this was the worst error by Kasparov in this Championship. Karpov nds
an immediate refutation. More sensate were
27. . . ., e5 or 27. . . ., e7.
28.
b4d5
a5c5+
29.
g1h1
N
K
Ra8e8
Qd4d2
Bf6e5
Be5g3
h5h4
Bg3f2
39. Rg3,
R - Dzindzi.
Rd7e7
g6g5
Re7e4
Re8e4
Re4e7
b7c6
0Z0Z0Z0Z
o0Z0s0Zk
RZ0Z0Z0Z
Z0Z0Z0o0
0Z0Z0Z0o
ZPZ0Z0ZP
PZ0Z0ZPZ
Z0Z0Z0ZK
rZ0l0Z0Z
opZrZ0Zk
0ZpobapZ
Z0Z0Z0Zp
0MPZPA0Z
ZPZ0Z0ZP
PZ0L0ZPZ
Z0S0ZRJ0
B
R
R
B
B
R
B
R
B
R R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Kasparov resigns.
Game 8:
Kasparov-Karpov
Ruy Lopez (C92/15)
1.
e2e4
2.
g1f3
3.
f1b5
4.
b5a4
5.
00
6.
f1e1
7.
a4b3
8.
c2c3
9.
h2h3
N
B
B
R
B
14
Nb8c6
a7a6
Ng8f6
Bf8e7
e7e5
b7b5
d7d6
00
f6d7
10.
11.
12.
d2d4
a2a4
c1e3
Be7f6
Bc8b7
qZ0Z0skZ
Zbo0Zpop
0Z0Z0ZnZ
ZpapO0Z0
0Z0Z0O0Z
Z0O0Z0ZP
0OBM0ZPZ
Z0AQZRJ0
Kasparov played 12. ab5 in game 6 and

12. a3 in game 12.
12.
...
c6a5
13.
b3c2
a5c4
14.
e3c1
N
N
B
B
rZ0l0skZ
ZbonZpop
pZ0o0a0Z
ZpZ0o0Z0
PZnOPZ0Z
Z0O0ZNZP
0OBZ0OPZ
SNAQS0J0
14.
...
New move. Usual is 14. . . .,

15.
d4e5
16.
f3e5
17.
a4b5
17 f4
17.
Kg1h2
d5d4
23. . . ., Be3 24. Nf3 Bc1 (24. . . ., Bf4+
25. Bf4 Nf4 26. Bh7+ or 26 Nb5).
24.
Qd1e2
24 Nb3 Nb6 25 Qe2.
23.
24.
25.
d6d5
Ncb6.
Nc4e5
Nd7e5
Nc4 18 e5 Bh4 - Shamkovich.

...
a6b5
Rfd8 19. ba6.

Qd8a8
18. . . ., Ba8; 19. ed5, Qd5; 20. Qd5,
Bd5; 21. Bf4, Nc4; 22. b3, Nd6; 23. Bd6,
cd6; 24. Rd1, Be6.
19.
f2f4
Ne5g6
20.
e4e5
Bf6h4
21.
Re1f1
Bh4e7
21. . . ., d4; 22. Qe2 (22. Qg4, Be4).
22.
Nb1d2
Be7c5+
22. . . ., d4 (22. . . .,f5; 23. g4 or 23. Nf3, c5)
23. Qe2! (23. cd4, Bg2; 24. Rf2, Bh3; 25.
Qe2).
17. . . ., de4 18. d8
18.
a1a8
...
b2c3
d4c3
25 Ne4 Be4 (25. . . ., cb2 26 Bb2) 26

Be4 Qa2.
25.
...
Rf8d8
25. . . ., Re8 26 Ne4 Ne5!? - Rohde.
26.
Nd2e4
Bc5a3
27.
Bc1a3
Bb7e4
27. . . ., Qa3? 28 e6! fe6 29 Ng5 - Dlugy.
28.
Qe2e4
Qa8a3
29.
f4f5
Ng6e7
29. . . ., Nf8 30 e6 fe6 31 fe6 Qd6+ 32
Kh1 Qe6 33 Rf8+.
30.
Qe4h4
f7f6
31.
Qh4g3
Kg8f8
32.
Kh2h1
Qa3c5
33.
e5f6
g7f6
34.
Bc2b3
Ne7d5
35.
Qg3h4
Kf8g7
36.
Rf1d1
c7c6
37.
Rd1d4
Qc5c3
38.
Rd4g4+
Kg7h8
39.
Bb3d5
Qc3a1+
40.
Kh1h2
Qa1e5+
15
0Z0s0Z0j
Z0Z0Z0Zp
0ZpZ0o0Z
ZpZBlPZ0
0Z0Z0ZRL
Z0Z0Z0ZP
0Z0Z0ZPJ
Z0Z0Z0Z0
41.
0Z0ZrZ0j
Z0Z0Z0Zp
0l0Z0o0Z
ZpZpZPZ0
0Z0Z0Z0L
S0Z0Z0ZP
0Z0Z0ZPZ
Z0Z0Z0ZK
Rg4g3
The sealed move.

41.
...
42.
h4g4
43.
g4d4
44.
h2h1
Qh4b4
53.
Q
Q
Q
Q
K
44. h4 (44. Qg4 Qd7! 45. Qd4 Qf5)
44. . . ., d4; 45. Rd3 b4; 46. h5 Rg8; 47. Qd4,
Qd4; 48. Rd4, Rb8; 49. h6, b3; 50. Rd1,
b2; 51. Rb1, Kg8; 52. Kg3, Kf7; 53. Kf4,
Ke7; 54. Ke4, Kd6; 55. Kd4, Rb7; 56. Kc3,
Ke5; 57. Rb2, Rb2; 58. Kb2, Kf5; 59.
Kc3, Kg5; 60. Kd4, Kh6; 61. Ke4, Kg5;
62. Kf3 draws - Ljubojevic.
44.
...
Rd8e8
45.
Qd4g4
Qd6d7
46.
Rg3d3
Re8e1+
47.
Kh1h2
Re1e4
48.
Qg4g3
48. Qd1? (48. Qe4??, Qc7+) Qd6+; 49.
Kg1 Qe5 threatening 50. . . ., Re1+.
48.
...
Re4e5
48. . . ., Qf5; 49. Qb8+ and 50. Qb5
49.
Rd3a3
Re5e8
50.
Qg3f4
Qd7b7
51.
Kh2h1
Qb7b8
52.
Qf4h4
Qb8b6
c6d5
e5c7
c7d6
16
53. g3??,
53.
53. . . .,
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
59. . . .,
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
Re1+; 54. Kh2, Qg1 mate.
Qf2.
...
Ra3g3
Rg3d3
Kh1h2
Kh2g1
Kg1h2
Kh2g1
d5d4
Qb6c7
Qc7c1+
Qc1f4+
Qf4c1+
Qc1f4+
Re8c8
Kg7; 60, Rd4, Re1+ wins.

Rd3d1
Rc8d8
Qb4b5
Qf4e3+
Kg1h1
d4d3
Qb5a5
Qe3d4
Qa5a1
Qd4b6
Qa1a2
Kh8g7
Qa2d2
Qb6c5
Rd1f1
Rd8d4
Rf1f3
Qc5d6
Rf3e3
Rd4a4
Re3e1
h7h5
Re1b1
Qd6d7
Qd2d1
Kg7h6
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
8. . . ., OO.
9.
10.
10. f3.
10.
11.
0Z0Z0Z0Z
Z0ZqZ0Z0
0Z0Z0o0j
Z0Z0ZPZp
rZ0Z0Z0Z
Z0ZpZ0ZP
0Z0Z0ZPZ
ZRZQZ0ZK
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
Qd1d2+
Qd2e3
Qe3f3
Qf3e3+
Qe3f3
Qf3h5
Qh5f7+
Rb1d1
Kh1g1
Kg1f2
Kf2e2
Ke2f2
Draw on Karpovs oer
Game 9:
Karpov-Kasparov
Grunfeld (D85/5)
1.
d2d4
Ng8f6
c2c4
g7g6
d7d5
f6d5
d5c3
f8g7
c7c5
c5d4
N
N
B
c4d5
e2e4
b2c3
c1e3
d1d2
B
Q
Nb8c6
Ra1d1
c3d4
Qd8a5
Nc6a5
Qd2a5
...
rZbZkZ0s
opZ0opap
0Z0Z0ZpZ
m0Z0Z0Z0
0Z0OPZ0Z
Z0Z0A0Z0
PZ0Z0OPO
Z0ZRJBMR
Kh6g7!
h5h4
Kg7h6
Kh6g7
d3d2
Qd7f7
Kg7f7
Ra4d4
Rd4d5
Rd5f5+
Rf5g5
0Z0Z0Z0Z
Z0Z0ZkZ0
0Z0Z0o0Z
Z0Z0Z0s0
0Z0Z0Z0o
Z0Z0Z0ZP
0Z0o0JPZ
Z0ZRZ0Z0
9
Nb1c3
12.
g1f3
A new move. Yusupov played 12 d3 against
Gulko at Linares 1989.
12.
...
00
13.
f1e2
c8d7
14.
e3d2
b7b6
15.
00
f8d8
16.
d1c1
d7g4
17.
d4d5
a5b7
17. . . ., f5 (17. . . ., e6; 18.
a5, ba5; 19.
c4!) 18.
d3, fe4; 19.
e4,
f5!? Wol.
18.
h2h3
18. c7, c5!; 18. b4, e6!.
18.
...
g4f3
19.
e2f3
b7c5
20.
d2e3
a8c8
21.
f3g4
c8b8
22.
c1c4
h7h5
23.
g4f3
e7e6
24.
f1e1
e6d5
25.
e4d5
g7e5
26.
g2g4
h5g4
27.
h3g4
c5b7
28.
c4a4
b7a5
B
B
R
R N
B
B
B
R
B
R
R
17
B
B
B
R
B
N
B
N
R
R
B
N
N
29.
30.
31.
Bf3e2
Kg1g2
g4g5
Rb8c8
Be5d6
Bd6c5
rZblka0s
opo0Zpop
0Znm0Z0Z
Z0Z0Z0Z0
0Z0Z0L0Z
Z0M0ZNZ0
POPZ0OPO
S0A0JBZR
0Zrs0ZkZ
o0Z0ZpZ0
0o0Z0ZpZ
m0aPZ0O0
RZ0Z0Z0Z
Z0Z0A0Z0
PZ0ZBOKZ
Z0Z0S0Z0
B
32.
e3d2?
A rare blunder of Karpovs. He throws away
an entire strategy! 32.
c1 (32.
f4, d6;
33.
d2) e7 (32. . . ., f8; 33.
b2, g7;
34.
f6, d6; 35.
d7, d7; 36.
g4) 33.
e4 (33.
h4,
c1 and 34. . . .,
g5)
33. . . .,
c7; 34.
f4,
cd7 (34. . . .,
d6;
35.
d6, d6; 36.
e8+, g7; 37.
h1,
d5; 38. f4, f6; 39.
eh8 wins) 35.
b5,
d5; 36.
d5, d5; 37.
e7, b5;
38.
e8+, g7; 39.
e5+, f6; 40.
f6+,
f7; 41. e7+ and 42. a7 wins.
32.
...
d8d5
33.
e2f3
d5d8
34.
d2a5
Draw
B
B
B
R
R
R
K
10
B
B B
B
B
B B
R
B R
B
R R
B
R
B R
B
R
R K
R
R
B
R R
R R
K
B
B
R
R
R
B
R
B
Q
N
Q
Ng8f6
e5d4
Nf6e4
d7d5
Ne4d6
Nb8c6
B
B
N
N
Q K
B
Q
B
B
Q
B
Q
N N
B B
Q
N
rZ0ZkZ0s
opobl0op
0Zna0o0Z
ZBZ0ZnZ0
0Z0ZQZ0Z
Z0M0ZNZ0
POPA0OPO
S0Z0ZRJ0
Game 10:
Kasparov-Karpov
Petroff (C43/19)
1.
e2e4
2.
g1f3
3.
d2d4
4.
e4e5
5.
d1d4
6.
e5d6
7.
b1c3
8.
d4f4
8.
...
d6f5!?
New move. Other tries are 8. . . ., g6, 8. . . .,
e7, 8. . . ., e6, 8. . . ., f5.
9.
f1b5
f8d6
10.
f4e4+
d8e7
11.
c1g5
11 e3 (11 OO e4 or 11. . . ., d7 12
c6+) e3 (11. . . ., e4 12 e4 e3
13 d6+ cd6 14 fe3) 12 c6+ c6 13
c6+ f8 14 fe3 e3+ 15 e2 - Benjamin.
11.
...
f7f6
11. . . ., e6 12 OOO OO - Wilder.
12.
g5d2
c8d7
13.
00
e7e5
Bc6? 15 Qf5.
Qe4; 14. Ne4,
White threatens 14 c6
Tal preferred 13. OOO,
e7; 15.
f4, OOO; 16.
fd4; 17. d4!).
13.
...
14.
c3e4
14. . . ., OOO 15 g4 fe7
B
N
18
B
R
g4, g5; (16. . . .,
Qe7e4
Bd6e7
- Dzindzi.
15.
g2g4
15 f4 (15 c3 - Wilder) OOO 16 g4 g5
- Shamkovich.
15.
...
a7a6
15. . . ., d6 16 d6+ (16 d6+ d6
17 de1+ e7 18 d4 - Kamsky)
d6 17
he1+ e7 18 d7+ d7.
16.
b5c4
f5d6
17.
e4d6
e7d6
18.
a1e1+
N N
B B
R N N
B
R N B K
B
N
N
B
R
11.
12.
c6d5
A game Gligoric-Fischer, Stokolm 1962, continued 12. . . ., dc4 13 ad1, a6; 14.
c4
b5; 15. b3, b7; 16. f2 and White is slightly
better.
13.
c4c5
B B
A move quite new. Karpov has studied last

theory, but Kasparov did not sleep!
rZ0ZkZ0s
ZpobZ0op
pZna0o0Z
Z0Z0Z0Z0
0ZBZ0ZPZ
Z0Z0ZNZ0
POPA0O0O
Z0Z0SRJ0
rZblrZkZ
opZ0Zpap
0ZnZ0mpZ
Z0OpZ0Z0
0Z0M0Z0Z
Z0M0APZ0
PO0LBZPO
S0Z0ZRJ0
Draw oered by Kasparov.
11
Nb8c6
e4d5
00
Game 11:
13.
...
e8e3
Karpov-Kasparov
A new move. Previously were played 13. . . .,
King Indian (E92/13)
e7, 13. . . ., d7, and 13. . . ., h5.
1.
d2d4
g8f6
14.
d2e3
d8f8
2.
c2c4
g7g6
3.
b1c3
f8g7
Not immediately 14. . . ., g4; 15.
c6,
Back to the Kings Indian! The Grunfeld is
e3; 16. d8.
too dangerous!
15.
d4c6
b7c6
4.
e2e4
d7d6
16.
g1h1
5.
g1f3
00
6.
f1e2
e7e5
Ljubojevich suggested the more aggressive
7.
c1e3
e5d4
15. d1, b8; 16. h1.
Kasparov tries another road. 7. . . ., a6 16.
...
a8b8
game 7.
8.
f3d4
f8e8
Deep Thought recommended 16. . . ., f5.
9.
f2f3
17.
c3a4
A game Kamski-Tal, New York 1990, continued 9. c2, e7; 10.f3, c6; 11. g4.
17. d2 (17. b3?, d4; 18. d4, d5 wins
9.
...
c7c6
the knight) 17. . . ., c5.
10.
d1d2
17.
...
b8b4
More common is 10. 00, d5; 11. cd5,
d5; 12. d5, cd5; 13. b3, c6.
17. . . ., f5 - Shamkovich.
10.
...
d6d5
18.
b2b3
N
B
B
Q Q
N
B
19
Q N
N
K
N R
22 Rac1 Bd4 23 Qe1 Bf5 24 g4 Qe2 25

Qe2 Ng3+ 26 Kg2 Ne2 27 gf5 Nc1 Shamkovich.
22.
...
Bg7d4
23.
Qf2d4
23 Qg2 - Kamsky.
23.
...
Rh4h2+
24.
Kh1h2
Qe7h4+
0ZbZ0lkZ
o0Z0Zpap
0ZpZ0mpZ
Z0OpZ0Z0
Ns0Z0Z0Z
ZPZ0LPZ0
PZ0ZBZPO
S0Z0ZRZK
0Z0Z0ZkZ
o0Z0ZpZp
0ZpZbZpZ
Z0OpZ0Zn
0Z0L0ZPl
ZPZNZPZ0
PZ0ZBZ0J
S0Z0ZRZ0
B
B Q
Q R
K B
18.
...
c8e6?
An insolit lost time by the World Champion.
18. . . ., h5 19 ad1 h4 (19. . . ., h6 20 f2
enjamin; 20 c3 - Wol) 20 f2 h2+
(20. . . ., e7 - Christiansen) 21 h2 e5+
- Dzindzi.
19.
a4b2
A forced move, according to Kasparov. 19
ad1 b8 20 b2 h5 21 d3 h4 22 f4?
d4!; 22 f3?
g4 - Benjamin; 19 ac1?
h6 20 c3 h4; 19 ae1 h4 (or 19. . . .,
h6) 20 f4
19.
...
f6h5
19. . . ., d7 - Deep Thought.
20.
b2d3
b4h4
Threatening 21. . . ., d4 22 d4? g3+
23 g1 e2+ and 24. . . ., d4.
21.
e3f2
f8e7
N R R
Q
Q
N
R Q N N N R
B
Q B
R
B Q R
R R
B
N
N
N
R
B Q N
K N
N
Q
Q
B
0Z0Z0ZkZ
o0Z0lpap
0ZpZbZpZ
Z0OpZ0Zn
0Z0Z0Z0s
ZPZNZPZ0
PZ0ZBLPO
S0Z0ZRZK
Q
The idea is 21. . . ., g5 and 22. . . .,

23. . . ., h6.
22.
g2g4
Draw by perpetual check.
12
Game 12:
Kasparov-Karpov
Bd4 and
20
Ruy Lopez (C92/15)

1.
e2e4
2.
g1f3
3.
f1b5
4.
b5a4
5.
00
6.
f1e1
7.
a4b3
8.
c2c3
9.
h2h3
10.
d2d4
11.
a2a4
N
B
B
R
B
Nb8c6
a7a6
Ng8f6
Bf8e7
e7e5
b7b5
d7d6
00
f6d7
e7f6
c8b7
N
B
B
rZ0l0skZ
ZbonZpop
pZno0a0Z
ZpZ0o0Z0
PZ0OPZ0Z
ZBO0ZNZP
0O0Z0OPZ
SNAQS0J0
Qd5, a5!
A weak move. Better was 20. . . .,
Bd5; 21.
rZ0l0Z0j
ZbZns0op
pZpo0a0Z
Z0ZBZ0Z0
Po0O0Z0Z
ZQZ0ANZP
0O0Z0OPZ
S0Z0S0J0
12.
b1a3
The most common continuation. 12 ab5 game 6; 12 e3 - game 8.
12.
...
e5d4
21.
d5e6!
d7f8
12. . . ., b8 is too passive, but more normal
22.
e6g4
a6a5
is 12. . . ., b6.
23.
a1c1
f8g6
13.
c3d4
c6a5
24.
g4h5?
A game Adams-Short, 1987, continued
A meaningless move. Stronger are 24.
f5,
13. . . ., e8; 14.
d2, e7; 15.
c2, e8 24. c2, or 24. g3.
with an even game.
24.
...
a8c8
14.
b3a2
Maybe Karpov should have chosen 24. . . .,
Not 14. ab5?, ab5; 15. b5, b3; 16.
h4; 25. h4, h4.
a8, a8 17.
b3, e4 because this
25.
h5g4
c8b8
loses the bishops pair.
26.
b3c2
e7c7
14.
...
b5b4
27.
c2f5
g6e7
15.
a3c4
a5c4
28.
f5d3?!
16.
a2c4
f8e8
28 h5 seems stronger, with the idea 28. . . .,
16. . . ., d5 is not sucient, because after 17.
g6 29.
h6, c8 30 g5, f5?; 31.
f5,
d5, d5; 18. exd5, both 18. . . ., b6 19.
f5; 32. c6!, c6; 33. e8+ and mate.
a5, d5; 20.
c2 and 18. . . ., a5; 19.
c2,
f5, g8; 30.
b6; 20. f4,
. . .,d5; 21.
e5 are good for Even after 28. . . ., d5; 29.
g5, g6; 31. f6, f6; 32. h4, g7; 33.
White.
d3 White keeps an edge.
17.
d1b3
e8e4
28.
...
e7d5
Almost forced. On 17. . . ., e7 follows 18.
29.
e3d2
c6c5
g5!.
30.
g4e6
d5b6
18.
c4f7+
g8h8
31.
d4c5
d6c5!
Avoiding 18. . . ., f8 19.
g8!, e1; 20.
Now nally Black position is unblocked.
e1, e7; 21. e3
32.
d3d8+
b8d8
19.
c1e3
33.
d2f4
c7e7
White does not like 19 b4?, e1; 20
34.
f3g5
b6d5
e1, e7!; 21 e3, b8!, and now 22 c4,
35.
e6d5!
d5!; 23 d5, b6! or 22. c4, g2!
19.
...
e4e7
Forced. The ending is inferior after 35.
Black has to rearrange his pieces. After
c5, de8!.
19. . . ., a5 follows 20.
e6! and then
d2
35.
...
d8d5
and
f5 with initiative.
36.
e1e7
f6e7
20.
f7d5
c7c6?
37.
c1e1
B
Q
N
N
B
Q R
Q
N
B
B
B
R
B
N
B Q
N
B B
N
N
Q
Q
N
B N
B
Q
R
R
N
B
K
K
B R
N Q
B
B
Q
R
N Q
B R
Q
B N
B B
R
B
N
B
B
N
R
B
B
B
B
B
Q
Q
Q
21
R
R
N
Q B B N
B
R R
R
N
B Q
B N
Q Q
N
B
B
N
Q
B
N
B
N
N
R
R
R
R
N
R
B
0Z0Z0Z0j
ZbZ0a0op
0Z0Z0Z0Z
o0orZ0M0
Po0Z0A0Z
Z0Z0Z0ZP
0O0Z0OPZ
Z0Z0S0J0
rZ0ZrZkZ
opZnZpap
0Z0Z0ZpZ
l0oPZbZ0
0Z0Z0Z0Z
Z0O0ANZ0
PZ0LBOPO
Z0S0ZRJ0
Kasparov oers a draw, and Karpov accepted,

because he had only two minutes left. With
more time he could discover 37. . . ., f8! 38.
e8, g8! with a ne position.
The two players leave New York and transInteresting is now: 15.
h4 e4; 16. f3
fer to Lion on even terms: one victory each.
d5!; 17.
d5 e3; 18.
d7 e2
Kasparov left New York with a bad mood: he with a big Black plus. In Piket-Korchnoi, Wijk
did not participate to the nal press conference, aan Zee 1990, White played 15. b2. Mephisto
that was instead attended by Karpov.
thinks Black is better!
15.
h2h3
d7b6
R K
13
Game 13:
Lion, Nov 24, 1990
Karpov-Kasparov
Gruenfeld
1.
d2d4
g8f6
2.
c2c4
g7g6
3.
b1c3
d7d5
4.
c4d5
f6d5
5.
e2e4
d5c3
6.
b2c3
f8g7
7.
c1e3
c7c5
8.
d1d2
00
So far on two minutes each. In game 9 Kasparov played . . . ., cd4; 9.cd4,
c6; 10.
d1, a5+ and White had a small vantage.
9.
a1c1
d8a5
10.
g1f3
e7e6
Tisdall says: Ive seen this before. But nobody can nd a game with it.
11.
d4d5
e6d5
12.
e4d5
f8e8
13.
f1e2
c8f5
14.
00
The game hasnt found its own personality
yet.
14.
...
b8d7
B
Q
R Q
N
N
B
R
N
R
B
N B
Q R
Q
N
GM Lein thinks White is in deep trouble.

GK might play Nb6-a4. Another of GKs ideas
might be Qa5-a4.
16.
g2g4
The idea is 16. . . .,

e4; 17. c4,
d2;
18. d2 with 19. e4 and
d3 to come.
After 16. . . ., e4 also 17. g5 is interesting.
After a slow start suddenly the game is very
exciting. The Russians GMs in the pressroom
found: 16. . . ., e4; 17. c4, a3! with a Black
edge.
16.
...
f5d7
GM-elects Watson and Gallagher say Karpov

is still under pressure, but improving. Mephisto
think its slightly better for Black. And the
Russians say that Kasparov should have played
h5, not
b6.
17.
c2c4
a5d2
18.
f3d2
b6a4
19.
e2f3
a4c3
20.
c1c3
Q
N
N
B
N
R
Not 20.Bc5 Na2 21.Rb1 b6 22.Be3 Nc3
with good play for Black.
20.
...
Bg7c3
21.
Nd2e4
22
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opZbZpZp
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0Z0ZNZPZ
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PZ0Z0O0Z
Z0Z0ZRJ0
R
K R
21.
...
e8e4
This is virtually forced, because 21. . . ., e5;
22.
c5, c8; 23.
d3 and then c5 gives
White too much freedom.
22.
f3e4
a8e8
23.
e4d3
b7b6
24.
g1g2
Tisdall: The rst one who can bring himself
to oer a draw will get it. Where did Kasparov
drop his advantage? Maybe
c3 should have
been prepared.
If Karpov plays c1 to press f2-f4 (hoping for
an endgame. advantage with f4-f5) GK might
play
e1 to enter a drawn double-bishop ending.
24.
...
f7f5
25.
g4f5
d7f5
26.
d3f5
g6f5
Karpov sits thinking alone at the board.
Black
c3 is potentially weaker than Be3, but
White pawn on c4 is GKs major target. White
d-pawn looks strong (and it is) but right now its
quiet. impotent. If advanced itll just be lost,
since
g8 is to close.
27.
f1d1
g8f7
No good for Black is 27. . . ., e4; 28. g5.
Karpov must be considering lines like: 28.d6,
e6; 29. f4, d7 and Black is better. Time:
White: 2:07 Black: 1:28.
28.
d1d3
c3f6
29.
d3a3
a7a5
30.
a3b3
Time: White: 2:12 Black: 1:31. It might look
simple, but in fact the game is balanced on an
edge. Which is most important: Black weakness
on b6 or White c4?
30.
...
f6d8
B
B
K
B K
R
R
R
R B
K
K
B
R
R
B
B
R
K
K
R
K R
B
K R
K
K
R
B
B
R
K
R
R
0Z0Z0Z0Z
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interest a bit. The Russians think GK is slightly
better, the Americans think AK is slightly better and it might be a draw.
31.
b3c3
If Karpov could get his king to d3, he might
play on forever. But this is not the case. For
instance, 31.
f3, e4; 32.
c3, f6. On
31. f3 follows 31. . . ., f4! and the Black rook
goes behind White lines.
31.
...
d8c7
A line in Karpovs favour is: 32. f3, e4;
33. e2, f4; 34. d3 and
e4 has to move.
32.
a2a4
f7f6
33.
g2f1
f5f4
34.
e3c1
f6f5
35.
c3c2
e8g8
36.
c2e2
c7e5
37.
c1b2
e5d4
38.
b2d4
c5d4
39.
e2e7
d4d3
40.
f1e1
g8c8
41.
e1d2
c8c4
Karpov seals his move. Now the analysis goes:

42. d3,
a4; 43. d6,
a3+; 44.
c4,
a1; 45. d5, d1+; 45. c6, a4 and White
might be the one who in trouble.
Karpov sealed 42.
d3, but a draw was
agreed upon before adjournement has resumed.
Draw
14
Game 14:
Lion, Nov 26, 1990
Kasparov-Karpov
Scotch Game (C45)
1.
e2e4
23
e7e5
2.
g1f3
b8c6
12.
f1g2
3.
d2d4
Obviously 12. . . ., fe5 wins a pawn for Black
What?! everybody cried out in the press- but what about his
a6 and
f8 ?
room. The Scotch Opening is a rare bird in
12.
...
f6e5
World Championship matches. Generally it
13.
00
is regarded as to drawish. The two previous
times the Scotch Opening was played in a World
Championship match were in 1886 and 1892! It
was in Steinitz-Zukertort and Chigorin-Steinitz.
Anyway, this is the rst time Kasparov has
played this opening in an ocial game.
3.
...
e5d4
4.
f3d4
g8f6
5.
d4c6
b7c6
6.
e4e5
d8e7
7.
d1e2
f6d5
8.
c2c4
c8a6
Karpov has played twice this line against
Timman. Timman played 9. e4. At London
1984 Karpov played 9. . . ., b6, and then won.
At Amsterdam 1985 he played 9. . . ., f6, and
Karpov is a pawn up, but hell nd it dicult
the game was eventually drawn.
to get
a6, f8, and
h8 into play. He must
9.
b2b3
play for a King side attack to avoid disaster in
the Queenside.
13.
...
h7h5
Probably planning for g5 and
g7.
14.
e2d2
d5f6
Mephisto thinks Black is a third of a pawn
up.
15.
d2a5
a6b7
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Q
N
Q
N
B
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The books say:

9. . . ., 000 but GM-elect
Gallagher suggested 9. . . .,
h4!; 10.
c2,
b4 where 11. e2 might be Whites best. A
Mephisto computer gave Karpov a half pawn
up if he played 9. . . ., h4. A game Ljubojevic - Seirawan went 9. . . ., 000; 10. b2, b6
11. e2. Black won in 39.moves. But in Hort Unzicker 1983 white won in only 23 moves after
9. . . ., 000; 10. b2.
9.
...
000
10.
g2g3
Maybe a novelty.
b2 and
b2 have been
tried before.
10.
...
d8e8
11.
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16.
b2a3
Already a critical moment in the game.
16. a7, c5! could be very good for Black.
Now 16. . . ., f7 and 16. . . ., c5 are the moves
everybody is discussing. As for 16. . . ., f7;
17. a7 Black will be obliged to squeeze something from his kingside attack not to end up
24
N B
with an unpleasant endgame. And for: 16. . . .,

25.
c2b4
d7d5
c5; 17. a7, e4.
White threatened 26. a6,
a6; 27. a8
16.
...
e7e6
mate.
17.
a3f8
h8f8
26.
c4d5
c6d5
18.
a5a7
27.
h1d5
b7d5
Blacks has some problems. E.g.: 18. . . ., e4;
28.
b4d5
e2c2
29.
a7a6
c8d7
19.a4, e3; 20.a5, ef2+; 21. h1 and what can
Karpov do about 22.a6!? Nothing! Lines like
Not 29. . . ., b8?; 30. b4 entering in a mating net.
that make Karpov head for time-trouble.
30.
d5e3
c2e4
18.
...
e6g4!
31.
f1c1
e8b8
Karpovs idea is to play Qd4 to exchange Kas32.
a6f1
b8b3
parovs
a7. This takes care of the advance of
White a-pawn. Time: White: 0:33 Black: 1:42.
33.
f1h3
d7d8
Both a few minutes left- and 6 moves. People
Valvos idea 19. a3 seems strong. On
19. . . .,
d4; 20.c5 to go
a3-c4-a5 looks are shouting in Lyon.
34.
h3h5
d8c8
strong.
35.
h5d1
b3e3
19.
b1a3
36.
f2e3
e4e3
After 53 minutes Kasparov nally moved.
37.
g1h1
e3e4
Valvo doesnt think
a3 was an 53-minutes
38.
h1g1
e4e3
move.
39.
g1h1
e3e4
19.
...
h5h4
40.
h1g1
f8d8
20.
a3c2
h4h3
21.
g2h1
f6e4
Q
R
B
Q
B
N
Q
K
N
R
Q
Q
Q
Q
K
K
K
K
N
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B
Q
K
Q
R
R
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The sealed move was 41. c2, but a draw was

The idea is 22. f3?, g3; 23.fg4, e2 agreed.
Draw
mate!
Also 22.f3,
g3; 23. f2,
g6;
24.hg3, g3; 25. f1, c5! is good for Black,
as well as 22. e3, c3!; 23. b7+, b7;
15 Game 15:
24. c6+, c6; 25. g4.
22.
a2a4
Lion, Nov 28, 1990.
What on 22. . . .,
d2!?
Henley saw:
23. e3, f3+; 24. f3, f3; 25.c5 with a4- Karpov-Kasparov
a5-a6 to come. GM-elect Gallagher is punching
Grunfeld Defense (D85)
his way through to Kasparovs king with 23. . . .,
1.
d2d4
g8f6
f3 and a multiple sac on g3. But it doesnt re2.
c2c4
g7g6
ally work.
3.
b1c3
d7d5
22.
...
e4c3
4.
c4d5
f6d5
23.
a1e1
c3e2+
5.
e2e4
d5c3
24.
e1e2
g4e2
6.
b2c3
f8g7
N
N
K
N N
B
K
N
N
N N
B Q
R
R
N
R Q
Q
K
N
N
Q
25
N
N
B
B
Q
7.
c1e3
c7c5
8.
d1d2
00
Now Karpov stopped and took a deep think.
IM Valvo said: Karpov has a terric sense of
danger. Maybe he suspected an improvement
on the 13th game.
9.
g1f3
Game 13 saw 9. c1 with a small edge for
White.
9.
...
d8a5
10.
a1c1
IM Tisdall observed This is the old mainline.
Just swap queens and go to sleep!
10.
...
e7e6
And now the game is back on the tracks laid
out by the 13th game.
11.
e3h6
and White is slightly better, but Black should

be able to draw.
11.
...
b8c6
After a full 41 minutes did GK come up with a
move. 11. h6 was suggested by Boris Spassky
during the 13th game. The main question now
is whether Kasparov will accept the slightly inferior middle game after exchanges on d4 and
d2, or if hell risk not doing so. Time: AK: 0:28
GK: 0:45.
12.
h2h4
After 11 minutes, and practically forcing the
Queens exchange: White threatens a Kings
side attack.
12.
...
c5d4
13.
h6g7
g8g7
14.
c3d4
Maybe Kasparov is going to sweat a bit today remarked IM Martin. True, the position
after
d2 certainly is not much fun for Black,
though it might be quite drawish after correct
play.
14.
...
a5d2
15.
e1d2
f8d8
16.
d2e3
c8d7
Some experts now toy with 17.h5. Karpov is
working on how to stop Blacks standard equalizing maneuvre:
ac8 +
(somewhere) +
and
c8. And in the pressroom people
try to bring some kind of drama into the game
by pushing h4-h5-h6 in various ways. If done,
though, the pawn might just become a weaky.
17.
c1b1
a8b8
17. . . ., b6 is weaker, because of 18. a6.
New move and certainly better than 11.d5
18.
f1d3
which Karpov tried in game 13. Karpov played
h6 immediately which indicated that he actually wanted to repeat the line, but just blued
by spending 11 minutes on an unimportant
transposition.
Watson thinks that White is a lot better after, say 11. . . ., cd4; 12.
g7, g7; 13.
cd4,
d2+; 14.
d2,
c6; 15.
e3.
Very likely the kind of position AK is hoping for.
Like nobody else hes capable of squeezing something substantial from such simple. middle/endgames.
At the most qualied analizing table the line
discussed was 11. . . ., d8; 12. g7, g7.
Some romantics want then to try 13. h4,
but GM Gallagher said: It the most boring move in the position! The reason is the
A classical position in the Grunfeld-Indian.
line: 11. . . ., d8; 12. g7, g7; 13.h4,
cd4; (forced) 14.cd4,
d2+; 15. d2 And not one which makes the chessminds of the
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pressroom all too excited. It is actually interesting, but mostly to experts. Generally the
opinion is that this kind of dry position favours
Karpov.
18.
...
c6e7
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Decreasing Black control in the center in this

way leaves Karpov with many attractive possibilities. The straightforward
hc1 will force
further exchanges, but 19. e5, e8; 20. h5!?
opens for lines such as 20. . . ., f6; 21. h6+
g8 22.
g4 f7 23.
c4. As for 19. e5
f6! and 20. d7 d7 Kasparov will (if anything) be better by pumping up pressure on d4
with
bd8 and
c6.
N K
B
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R
N
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Mike Valvo is trying to nd something for

Karpov after a rush with his kingside pawns.
See g2-g4 and h4-h5 or g4-g5. In any case Black
should put his bishop on c6 press against d4 with
d6 and (lets say) toy with a f7-f5. Might become very interesting still. Or might be an early
draw because of their mutual lack of time.
19.
h4h5
f7f6
20.
h5g6
h7g6
21.
h1h2
26.
f2f3?
R R
B
K
R
K
R
B
R
K
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R
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Mephisto found a nice combination here. Karpov missed 26. h4!, bd7 (or 26. . . ., d7;
27.
h7 with the threat of e5+; if 26. . . .,
g5; 27.
g4+!, g4; 28.
g1+ will do
the trick; on 26. . . ., h5; 27. f4+ wins) 27.
e5+!, e5; 28.
b5+, d5+; 29.
d5+,
d5 (or 29. . . ., d5; 30.
c6+ nets a
piece). 30. g4.
This obviously is a critical moment in a not
26.
...
b7d7
very dramatical game. In the commentators
27.
b1b4
room Spassky joked that White best 20th move
The chess-computer Mephisto claims that
would have been 20.h5h4!.
White is 3/4 of a pawn ahead. Wonder if Deep
Thought would disagree? Time: White: 2:11
Maybe Karpovs
h2 deserves an !. Kas- Black: 2:17.
parovs
c6 doesnt work. E.g.: 21. . . ., c6;
27.
...
g4e6
22. c4, d7.
21.
...
b7b6
Fireworks:
28.f4, a5!?; 29.e5+,
f7;
30. h7+, g8; 31. g7+!?, h8 and God only
knows what is going on. Lines like that are blowNow this is necessary.
ing over the tables in the pressroom right now.
22.
g2g4
28.
h2c2
a7a5
29.
b4a4
g6g5
30.
d3b5
d7d6
The threat is g5, undermining e5.
22.
...
e6e5!
Now most people seem to think that Karpov
has overdone it with his slow positional play.
So Kasparov did accept Karpovs invitation. Time: AK: 2:20 GK: 2:20.
31.
b5e2
e6d7
23.
d4e5
d7g4
32.
a4c4
d8e8
24.
e5f6+
g7f6
25.
f3d4
b8b7?
Time: AK: 2:25 GK: 2:22. Little is left of
Karpovs advantage.
33.
c2b2
e7d5+
Better was 25. . . ., h8.
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Just half an hour and ten moves has passed

and already K and K are in a totally un-tested
landscape. IM Martin, the new bulletin. writer,
says that 10. . . ., e7 should be expected now.
Draw.
10.
...
a7a5
A novelty! Karpov only took six minutes only:
it was prepared beforehand.
An unusual and interesting position says
William Watson. Kasparov is in a kind of
dilemma. If he allows AKs a5-a4, then hell
16 Game 16:
be running the risk that a lot of pieces will be
exchanged. But to stop it will (with a2-a3) will
Lion, Dec 4, 1990
soften up his squares b3 and c4 a lot.
11.
c1b2
f8b4
Watson thinks that White might be able to
Kasparov-Karpov
hold on to something quite substantial in the
current. position. Even aften an exchange of
Scotch Game C45
Queens.
1.
e2e4
e7e5
12.
a2a3
2.
g1f3
b8c6
The pressroom was divided on whats going
3.
d2d4
e5d4
on in this position.
Kasparov is doing it again! Scotch Opening
12.
...
b4d2
as in the already memorable 14th game.
Spassky thinks that Black equalizes by:
4.
f3d4
g8f6
13. d2, a4; 14.c5, d5; 15.b4, f5!
5.
d4c6
b7c6
13.
e2d2
6.
e4e5
d8e7
Now on 13. . . ., a4; 14.b4 runs into 14. . . .,
7.
d1e2
f6d5
c4. An alternative line seems to be: 14.c5,
8.
c2c4
d5b6
d5; 15.b4,
a6 and Karpovs strong
d5
ought to make up for his lack of space.
The 14th game saw 8. . . ., a6. This is less
13.
...
d7d5
common.
Time: GK: 0:36 AK: 0:54.
9.
b1d2
Rochal said Karpov is playing for a win.
Only one correspondence game is known with But the opening clearly favors White: he has
9. d2: Seeliger - Palciauskas,1978, which con- the two Bishops and a forthcoming King side
tinued: 9. . . ., e6.
attack.
9.
...
e7e6
14.
c4d5
c6d5
15.
a1c1
10.
b2b3
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N
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Spassky said that White will be slightly better after 15. c1. White already has some good
assets. Such as the c-line and a beginning superiority on the black squares. The general feeling
is that AK should have played a5-a4 when he
had the chance.
15.
...
00
16.
c1c7
In the commentator-room Spassky and
French IM Shari are analizing things like
16. . . ., f6; 17. e2, fe5; 18. g5 with good
winning chances for Kasparov.
Something
seems to have gone totally wrong for Karpov.
16.
...
e6g6
Time now: GK: 0:57 AK: 1:34
17.
f2f3
c8f5
18.
g2g4
f5b1
Karpov took his time to nd
g6, but has
since then played quickly. On the other hand
Kasparov has slowed down dramatically. Time:
GK: 1:20 AK: 1:36 His lead on the clock is not
gone yet, but little of it is left. The common
opinion is that Karpov is getting desperate. But
Kasparovs position is becoming very exposed.
After an exchange of rooks in the c-le, Karpov
might take advantage of his control of the square
c2. GM Lein thinks that it looks very dangerous for Kasparov. Maybe the whole evalution of
AKs d7-d5 has to be change!? Maybe it was a
stong pawn-sacrice and attacking move.
19.
f1b5
A move that costs Kasparov half an hour. If
now 19. . . ., ac8
White has a strong reply in 20. c3! bloking the c-le and winning time to castle and to
exchange the white-squared bishop with
b5d3. A plan that should lead directly to won
endgames for White.
R
R
19.
...
a8c8
20.
c7c8
f8c8
21.
00
Now on 21. . . ., c2 White has 22. d4!.
21.
...
h7h5
A good move and Karpovs only chance. Most
logical seems now 22.h3 hg4 23.hg4 c2
24. d4
h6 25. f2. A good position for
White. But I all similar situations in the match
Karpov has seemed capable of pulling some brilliant defensive moves out of his position.
22.
h2h3
h5g4
23.
h3g4
b1c2
Tisdall says: Now I understand what Karpov
is doing. His
b6 is clinically dead but now he
threatens to make it into a piece.
24.
d2d4
With the idea 24. . . ., b3? 25.e6 and if
the
b6 moves 26.e7.
24.
...
g6e6
25.
f1f2
Time: GK: 1:56 AK: 2:08 Seems that Kasparov wants to win by direct attack. E.g.
25. . . ., b3 26. d3! intending
f5.
25.
...
c8c7
Frederick Friedel (one of the creators of ChessBase) says: I have never seen Garry a pawn up
before!
26.
f2h2
Time: GK: 2:05 AK: 2:09. Tisdall thinks that
the game might get a gruesome nish: Kasparovs attack should break through.
26.
...
b6d7
IM W.Watson says: Black is much worse,
but your can never write o the greatest defender in chess.
27.
b3b4
a5b4
28.
a3b4
d7f8
29.
b5f1
c2b3
Time: GK: 2:16 AK: 2:18.
30.
f1d3
b3c4
31.
d3f5
e6e7
32.
d4d2
c7c6
Time: GK: 2:19 AK: 2:24. If 32. . . ., e6??
33. h8+! mating.
33.
b2d4
c6a6
34.
f5b1
a6a3
35.
h2h3
It defends the f3 pawn and threatens
f2.
Time: GK: 2:25 AK:2:28
35.
...
a3b3
36.
b1c2
e7b4
37.
d2f2
f8g6
38.
e5e6
B
R
B
B
B
Q
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B
B
Q
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B
B
R
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Interesting is also 38. b3 b3 39. h1

49.
...
d3b2
Time: GK: 3:00 AK: 3:11
intending 40. h2.
50.
h8e8+
e6d6
38.
...
b3b1+?
A brick in Karpovs defense is the line:
A mistake that results in a very long ending.
c6; 52. e5,
d3 winning a
More consistent was 39. h2
f1 40.ef7+ 51. b4+,
piece.
f7 41. g6+ g6 42. c2.
39.
c2b1
b4b1+
51.
a5b4+
d6c6
52.
e8c8
c6d7
40.
g1h2
f7e6
53.
c8c5
d7e6
54.
c5c7
The last three moves were played quickly. GM
Dlugy thinks that its all within the homework
done by K+K and their seconds. Time: GK:
3:06 AK: 3:25 and running. Karpov still has to
make three moves in four minutes.
K
B
K
R
K R
Q
Q
0Z0Z0ZkZ
Z0Z0Z0o0
0Z0ZpZnZ
Z0ZpZ0Z0
0ZbA0ZPZ
Z0Z0ZPZR
0Z0Z0L0J
ZqZ0Z0Z0
The time-scramble wasnt really dramatic.

Experts agreed that Black is closer to a draw
than White is to winning. White sealed the following move.
41.
f2b2
A long night of analisys lead to the common
evaluation that GK still had some chances to
win.
41.
...
b1b2
42.
d4b2
g6f4
43.
h3h4
f4d3
44.
b2c3
e6e5
45.
h2g3
d5d4
46.
c3d2
Black goal for holding a draw is clear: exchange e5 for f3, nail down the d-pawn on d3
and block the White g-pawn.
46.
...
c4d5
47.
h4h5
g8f7
48.
d2a5
GK took only 3 minutes on this move compared to AKs 18 minutes on
f7.
48.
...
f7e6
49.
h5h8
Time: GK: 2:57 AK: 3:08; before 3:30 the
56th move must be made. Kasparovs rook is
on its way to the a-le. Karpovs position looks
dicult. Put White rook on a6, the Black King
on f7 and a rush with the g4-pawn might bring
Black in serious trouble.
B
R
B
K
B
R
B
B
K
B
R
R
R
K
K
K
0Z0Z0Z0Z
Z0S0Z0o0
0Z0ZkZ0Z
Z0Zbo0Z0
0A0o0ZPZ
Z0Z0ZPJ0
0m0Z0Z0Z
Z0Z0Z0Z0
Q
N
N
54.
...
g7g6
And not the expected 54. . . ., c4, maybe
because 55.f4!? nearly creates a mating trap
around the black King. Karpovs 54. . . ., g6
was a major decision since an endgame with
the pieces: R plus g4 pawn against B plus g7
pawn is a possibility. And with the pawn on
g7 its a draw, according to GM Dlugy, but it
not so clear with the pawn on g6. Some tricks:
55. e7+ f6 56. d7 f7? 57.g5+ winning.
And 56. . . ., e6 57. b7 looks good for White.
55.
c7e7
e6f6
56.
e7d7
d5a2
Spassky suggested
a2 just before it appeared on the board. IM Martin thinks its lost
for AK. Kasparov has some nasty threats but
Blacks d-pawn need just a little air to get going.
Spassky gives 60% for a Kasparov win and 40%
for a draw.
The pressroom indicates that Black is lost.
The line in question is: 57. a7 any 58. e7+
e6 59. g5 with the plan
a7g7g6 check.
57.
d7a7
30
R B
R
R
R
B
K
B
R B
R
57.
58.
59.
Bb4a5
...
f3f4
K
R
Ba2c4
Bc4d3
0Z0Z0j0Z
S0Z0Z0Z0
0Z0Z0ZpZ
Z0Z0JbOn
0Z0Z0A0Z
Z0Z0Z0Z0
0Z0Z0Z0Z
Z0Z0Z0Z0
e5f4
Not 59. . . ., e4? 60. b6! winning the pawn.

60.
g3f4
d3c2
61.
a7a6+
0Z0Z0Z0Z
Z0Z0Z0Z0
RZ0Z0jpZ
A0Z0Z0Z0
0Z0o0JPZ
Z0Z0Z0Z0
0mbZ0Z0Z
Z0Z0Z0Z0
The winning plan includes the following

stages:
1. Penetrate with the King to d8;
2. push the Black King toward the corner with

d6;
3. close the net with
Ke8, Rf7 and Rf8.
The main problem with this long-range strategy is the 50-moves rule.
75.
f4h2
h5g7
76.
h2g1
g7h5
77.
g1c5+
f8g8
Finished! somebody is saying in the press78.
e5d6
g8f8
room. Really?! doubts Tisdall.
79.
c5d4
f5g4
61.
...
f6f7
Time: GK: 5:04 AK: 4:35
62.
f4e5
b2d3+
80.
d4e5
g4f5
63.
e5d4
d3f2
81.
a7h7
f8g8
64.
g4g5
c2f5
82.
h7c7
g8f8
65.
a5d2
f7e7
Rumours are now that Karpovs camp have
66.
d4d5
f2e4
had this structure on their analizing board this
67.
a6a7+
e7e8
morning. If true, then its not just a brilliant
68.
d2e3
e4c3+
defensive preformance by Karpov, its also an
69.
d5e5
e8d8
one by his seconds.
70.
e3b6+
d8e8
83.
d6c6
f8g8
71.
a7c7
84.
c7e7
g8f8
85.
e5d6
f8g8
Time: GK: 4:21 AK: 4:22
86.
e7e8+
g8f7
71.
...
c3e4
87.
e8e7+
f7g8
72.
b6e3
e4g3
88.
d6e5
GM Ron Henley conrmed that We saw
The second time-control has been passed.
something like this this afternoon. Now the
73.
e3f4
g3h5
game is 88 moves old, and at the 40th move
Watson says: If this is a draw, then it will Karpovs team looked at this kind of structure!
be ont of the greatest comebacks in the history
88.
...
g8f8
of the game.
With move 88 they passed the 4th timecontrol in this long- distance game. GM Dlugy
74.
c7a7
e8f8
K
K
B
K
R
B
K
B
R
B
B
B
K
B
B
R
R
K
R
B
R
R
B
K
N
N
B
K
N
K
N
K
K
N
N
N
N
K
K
B
B
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
31
In Game 15 Kasparov failed to equalize with

thinks that Kasparov has improved since the
beginning of the adjourment! He suggested an 9. . . ., a5.
10.
f3g5
c5d4
interesting possibility for White. Put the white
11.
c3d4
b8c6
King on h6 and sac the rook on g6. The Black
12.
h2h3
g4d7
knight on h5 will end up being trapped.
13.
a1b1
a8c8
89.
e7a7
f5g4
90.
c6d6
g4h3
91.
a7a3
h3g4
92.
a3e3
g4f5
93.
d6c7
f8f7
94.
c7d8
f5g4
95.
e5b2
g4e6
96.
b2c3
e6f5
97.
e3e7+
f7f8
98.
c3e5
f5d3
99.
e7a7
d3e4
100.
a7c7
e4b1
101.
e5d6+
f8g8
102.
d8e7
R
K
R
R
K
K
B
B
R
B
R
R
B
K
N
B
R
B
B
B
B
K
B
B
B
K
B
B
B
K
0Z0Z0ZkZ
Z0S0J0Z0
0Z0A0ZpZ
Z0Z0Z0On
0Z0Z0Z0Z
Z0Z0Z0Z0
0Z0Z0Z0Z
ZbZ0Z0Z0
0Zrl0skZ
opZbopap
0ZnZ0ZpZ
Z0Z0Z0M0
0Z0OPZ0Z
Z0Z0A0ZP
PZ0L0OPZ
ZRZ0JBZR
R
R
The pawn is poisoned: 14. b7, d4!;

15. d4, d4; 16.
d4, c1+; 17. d2,
d1+; 18. d1, a4+.
14.
g5f3
c6a5
15.
f1d3
d7e6
16.
00
e6c4
17.
f1d1
b7b5
18.
e3g5
a7a6
Black has no counterplay.
19.
b1c1
Pressure on Black is increasing. Its knight is
misplaced, and the two center White pawn are
dangerous.
19.
...
c4d3
Karpov resigns. There is no defense against
20.
c1c8
d8c8
103. c8+ followed by 104. e5 and mate.
21.
d2d3
17
B
Q
N
B
N
B
R
B
R
N
B
B
B
Q
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pZ0Z0ZpZ
mpZ0Z0A0
0Z0OPZ0Z
Z0ZQZNZP
PZ0Z0OPZ
Z0ZRZ0J0
Game 17:
Lion, Dec 2, 1990
B
K
R
Q
Karpov-Kasparov
Grunfeld Defense (D85)
1.
d2d4
2.
c2c4
3.
b1c3
4.
c4d5
5.
e2e4
6.
b2c3
7.
c1e3
8.
d1d2
9.
g1f3
Ng8f6
g7g6
d7d5
f6d5
d5c3
f8g7
c7c5
00
c8g4
N
N
B
B
32
Q
R
N
B
R
Q B
B
Q
B
Q
Q
B
B
R
B
R
Q
R
Q
N
N
R
B
Ng1f3
Bf1b5
Bb5a4
00
Rf1e1
Ba4b3
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
21.
...
f8e8?
Now White occupies the c-le. Maybe it was
better to look for exchanging the Queens aiming
at activating the knight: 21. . . ., b7; 22. a3,
c4; 23. e7, e7; 24. e7, e8.
22.
d1c1
c8b7
23.
d4d5
a5c4
24.
f3d2
c4d2
25.
g5d2
e8c8
26.
c1c6
g7e5
Black is mated after 26. . . ., c6?; 27.dc6,
c6; 28. d8+, f8; 29. h6.
27.
d2c3
e5b8
28.
d3d4
f7f6
29.
c3a5
b8d6
30.
d4c3
c8e8
31.
a2a3
g8g7
White victory is a matter of technique.
32.
g2g3
d6e5
33.
c3c5
h7h5
34.
a5c7
e5a1
35.
c7f4
b7d7
36.
c6c7
d7d8
37.
d5d6
g6g5
38.
d6d7
e8f8
39.
f4d2
a1e5
40.
c7b7
B
B
R
K
B
B
Q
Q
R
B
Nb8c6
a7a6
Ng8f6
Bf8e7
b7b5
d7d6
00
f6d7
e7f6
c8b7
e5d4
d7b6
N
B
B
N
c2c3
h2h3
d2d4
a2a4
b1a3
c3d4
rZ0l0skZ
Zbo0Zpop
pmno0a0Z
ZpZ0Z0Z0
PZ0OPZ0Z
MBZ0ZNZP
0O0Z0OPZ
S0AQS0J0
0Z0l0s0Z
ZRZPo0j0
pZ0Z0o0Z
ZpL0a0op
0Z0ZPZ0Z
O0Z0Z0OP
0Z0A0O0Z
Z0Z0Z0J0
In game 12 White came close to a win after

13. . . ., a5.
14.
c1f4
b5a4
15.
b3a4
b6a4
16.
d1a4
a6a5
Karpov played this instantly. The plan, to
anchor his knight at b4, was a part of his preparation.
17.
f4d2
Undoubtly the result of Kasparovs eort
when he took 46 minutes on his 14. f4.
But Karpovs fast reply indicates that this still
wasnt new to him.
17.
...
f8e8
18.
d4d5
c6b4
Kasparov resigns.
Almost forced. After 18. . . ., e5; 19. e5,
White wins easily with
c6 followed by
e5; 20. c4 White has a very good position.
e3b6.
19.
d2b4
a5b4
20.
a4b4
a8b8
Karpov plays just like Kasparov would! And
18 Game 18:
still he takes no time doing so. Karpovs powerhouses on f6 and b8 should make up for it with
Lion, Dec 4, 1990
ease. And the chessclock tells its own story.
Kasparov-Karpov
Now Kasparov has used a full hour more than
RuyLopez (C92)
Karpov. No need to say who has psycological
1.
e2e4
e7e5
superiority today. As for the position: most
B
B
Q
33
B
Q
R
N
natural seems now 21. d2 to be able to anSpassky seems to think that Kasparov is simswer 21. . . ., a6 with 22. b1 and b2-b4-b5 ply a full pawn up.
26.
...
h7h6
etc.
27.
e1e3
e8e6
28.
f2f3
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Zbo0Zpop
0Z0o0a0Z
Z0ZPZ0Z0
0L0ZPZ0Z
M0Z0ZNZP
0O0Z0OPZ
S0Z0S0J0
Q
GM Larsen says: GK has a positional advantage and an extra pawn: he ought to be able
to win.
28.
...
b8c8
29.
e3b3
Q
Q
N B
R R
N
Q
Q
R B
R
Q
Q
B
B
Q
IM Davies: GK is winning.
29.
b3
prepares for 29. . . ., b5 30. d5. GM Watson
says This is a crucial game. If Kasparov wins
(and Watson indeed thinks he will) then Karpov
has to score 4 points from the last 6 games in
the match.
29.
...
a6b5
30.
b3b2
21.
b4c4!
But this is much better! On 21. . . ., b2;
22. a2 looks strong, since 22. . . ., f6 23. b5
simultaneously puts pressure on c7 and prepares
b5d4. GM Dorfman, GKs trainer
for a decade, thinks that now 21. . . ., c8 is
o.k. for Black. Most of Karpovs condence
has disappeared after
c4. Is 21. . . ., c8
good enough for Black? On 22. b1 Dorfman
suggested 22. . . ., c6! which will life back to
Blacks
b7. And one might argue the other
way round: If not 21. . . ., c8, how then is
b7 supposed to get to a6?
Another move is 21. . . ., d7 with the simple
plan of pushing c7-c6; Blacks seems to keep the
balance, despite being a pawn down.
Time: GK: 1:18 AK: 1:01.
After AKs astonishing blitz-start a tough
ght has evolved. Karpov do have nice assets in
his strong pair of bishops, but Kasparov has a
pawn and a solid grab on some important white
squares. Some reworks shown by John Jordan
(bulletin-editor and amateur-player): 21. . . .,
d7; 22. b5,
b2; 23. b1,
d5 looks
possible for Karpov, but 24.ed5,
e1+;
25. e1, b5 opens up for 26. c7! winning on the spot!
21.
...
d8c8
After one hour and three minutes AK decided
on this predictable move after all.
22.
f3d4
b7a6
23.
c4c3
c7c5
24.
d5c6
f6d4
25.
c3d4
c8c6
26.
b2b4
Rochal turns his thumb down on Karpovs position. White threatens

c2.
30.
...
c6b7
31.
a3c2
Finally the knight can leave its lair.

31.
...
b7e7
32.
d4f2
Vacating the d4 square for his Knight, which

then will have made a blitz-promotion.
32.
...
e6g6
N Q
Putting out bait in troubled waters. Now

33. d4
e5 opens for the trick:
34. a5?
c1+ and for the positional 34. . . ., c4.
33.
c2e3
e7e5
34.
b2b1
N
R
That should kill all of Karpovs hopes for mating on the back rank.
34.
...
b5d7
35.
a1a5
IM Davies says: Its completely lost for Karpov.

35.
...
e5e7
Spassky: Karpov should spank his seconds

for this result of bad preparations on his hands.
36.
a5a7
e7d8
37.
e3d5
R
N
Ng6.
34
To meet
37.
38.
39.
40.
Q
37. . . ., Bh3 with Ne7+ and
...
Kg8h7
Kg1h2
Rc8b8
f3f4
Rg6e6
Qf2d4
Qd8e8
0s0ZqZ0Z
S0ZbZpok
0Z0orZ0o
Z0ZNZ0Z0
0O0LPO0Z
Z0Z0Z0ZP
0Z0Z0ZPJ
ZRZ0Z0Z0
N
N R
Q
R
N B
R
Q
R
0Z0Z0Z0Z
Z0ZkZpo0
0O0o0s0Z
Z0ZPZ0Z0
0ZRZ0OPZ
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0Z0Z0Z0J
Z0Z0Z0Z0
41. c7 does not win immediately. The reason

is: 41. c7, e4; 42. d6, e7; 43. e7,
e7; 44. d5, f5. It should win, but it may
be a bit unclear.
41.
b1e1
d7c6
Karpov resigned.
42.
d4d3
e8f8
43.
e1c1
Kasparov moved instantly. Obviously he had
everything worked out beforehand.
43.
...
c6d5
A sad decision, but it was this or allowing two
White rooks to penetrate and take full control
19 Game 19:
of the 7th rank.
44.
e4d5+
e6g6
Lion, Dec 12, 1990
45.
d3f5
Kasparov still moved instantly.
45.
...
h7g8
Karpov-Kasparov
46.
a7c7
g6f6
47.
f5d7
Kings Indian (E94)
And now Karpov must resign, thought ev1.
d2d4
g8f6
erybody. Isnt he just losing his Queen? No.
2.
c2c4
g7g6
Black is lost in this position, indeed, but Karpov
3.
b1c3
f8g7
wanted so see if Kasparov had done his home4.
e2e4
d7d6
work well enough to pass the test.
5.
g1f3
00
47.
...
b8d8
6.
f1e2
e7e5
48.
d7d8
f8d8
7.
c1e3
c7c6
49.
c7c8
d8f8
8.
d4d5
f6g4
50.
c1c4
f6f5
9.
e3g5
f7f6
51.
c8f8+
g8f8
52.
c4d4
h6h5
After 9. . . ., b6; 10. 00, b2; 11.
a4
53.
b4b5
f8e7
the Black Queen is conned to a3.
54.
b5b6
e7d7
10.
g5h4
b8a6
55.
g2g4
11.
f3d2
g4h6
So Karpovs problem was that he couldnt
stop the b-pawn.
This variant of the Kings-Indian is very slow.
55.
...
h5g4
12.
a2a3
h6f7
56.
h3g4
f5f6
13.
f2f3
g7h6
57.
d4c4
14.
h4f2
B
Q
R
Q
Q
R
R
R
R
K
R
N
N
B
B
B
Q
B
N
R
Q
Q
R
K
K
K
R
35
N
B
N
N
N
N
B
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0OPZPZ0O
O0M0ZPO0
0ZQZBA0Z
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0O0MBAPO
S0ZQJ0ZR
Seirawan: This kind of position is much easier to play for White.
14.
...
f6f5
15.
d1c2
c8d7
Kasparov took 15 minutes on this move. The

game seems quiet, but in this kind of position
open war might suddenly break out all over the
place.
16.
b2b4
c6c5
17.
a1b1
This type of position is thought to be just

playable for Black, no more. And often he has
to counter-attack on the kingside.
17.
...
b7b6
18.
d2f1
The game must open up someday and somehow, but where and when? Rumours in the
press-room was that Karpov is a little better,
but many seem to sense that Kasparov is trying
to win today.
18.
...
h6f4
Played after full 25 minutes of thinking.

19.
g2g3
Surprise in the press-room. Karpov did take
the challenge.
19.
...
f4h6
20.
h2h4
Karpov played this instantly. Finally the

game gets going. This must be the rst time in
his life that Karpov has moved all of his pawns
ahead.
20.
...
a6c7
GM Watson says: I dont know what is going

on. This seems to be the kind evaluation that
most of the experts make right now. Maybe the
problem is that most of the people at the analyzing tables are pro-Kasparov, which make
them reluctant to accept that he is in danger of
being overrun by Karpovs army of pawns. Time
after 20th: AK: 1:19 GK: 1:20. GM Sosonko
thinks that there are too many pieces on the
board. After 20 moves, there should have been
some exchanges. says Sosonko. And GM Watson has made up his mind now: Black is O.K.
because where is White to put his King?
21.
g3g4
f5g4
22.
f3g4
h6f4
23.
f1e3
c7e8
Kasparov is building up pressure on the kingside, and if not careful, then Karpov might face
great diculties with his exposed king-position.
24.
c3d1
All the British players here like Black position - right? asked Rochal, and continued:
But Im not British so I prefer White. Experts indeed are divided on their evaluation at
this moment. And nearly no concrete lines are
being discussed. The position simply isnt a tactical one, yet.
GM Speelman seems to think that Karpov
is doomed to just hold the position. And that
Kasparov will be ne if he can make something
happen anywhere. Moves like 24. . . .,
c8
or 24. . . ., f6 are discussed here, but nobody
can nd a way for Black to break through after
25. g1. And Speelman toyed with 24. . . ., a5.
But that would possibly give Karpov a heaven
for his King after b4-b5. And in fact, White
might consider calmly to walk with his King to
a2 in many positions.
36
B
N
24.
...
h7h6
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At the Russian table in the press-room GM

Geller thinks 25.h5 is the best move for Karpov
now. Time before 25th: AK: 1:50 GK: 1:48.
25.
h4h5
g6g5
One more major issue is settled. Karpov can
get his knight to f5 anytime, but after an exchange Black ought to be able to push e4 or g4,
and thereby nding an exit for his pieces. Nobody leaves the board anymore.
26.
h1g1
e8f6
Now Speelman thinks this is just very good

for White.
27.
g1g2
d8c8
28.
e1f1
f7d8
R
K
Q
N
Draw
Kasparov has played his last ve moves in
Everybody is shouting at the press-room. A
about 4 minutes.
strange end to a strange game. GM Speelman
29.
f1g1
d8b7
thinks that Karpov must have been scared of
losing after, say, an exhange of Queens plus e5Some in the press-room believe that it will be
e4 and
f6-d7-e5. Black keeps getting beautia draw. But draws counts less than nothing to
ful positions. Maybe Karpov was very right to
Karpov, and he has a free shot at a win in this
take Kasparov draw-oer without even giving it
position though it may well prove impossible.
a second thought.
But now the time ticks in GKs favour.
K
N
Time before 30th: AK: 2:14 GK: 1:53.

30.
g1h1
c5b4
31.
a3b4
a7a5
32.
e3f5
d7f5
33.
e4f5
20
N
B
And suddenly the game is getting wide open!

Kasparov might play 33. . . ., d5 now, but
it will bring life to Karpovs
e2.
33.
...
a5b4
34.
b1b4
b7c5
35.
b4b6
c5e4
36.
b6c6
c8b7
37.
f2e1
R
R
R
B
N
N
Q
Karpovs mild time-trouble adds to the sudden excitement in the game.
R
N
Time before 37:AK: 2:24 GK: 2:10.

37.
...
a8a1
38.
e2f3
e4c5
39.
e1c3
B
B
Who is winning? is the standard question

at the press-room. Looks like Karpov is about
to eat d6. And Kasparov can hardly aord to
exchange pieces here, but then the position of
Karpovs pieces seem a little backward.
39.
...
a1c1
Game 20:
Lion, Dec 15, 1990
Kasparov Karpov
Ruy Lopez
1.
e2e4
e7e5
2.
g1f3
b8c6
3.
f1b5
a7a6
4.
b5a4
g8f6
5.
00
f8e7
6.
f1e1
b7b5
7.
a4b3
d7d6
8.
c2c3
00
9.
h2h3
c8b7
10.
d2d4
f8e8
11.
b1d2
e7f8
12.
a2a4
h7h6
13.
b3c2
e5d4
14.
c3d4
c6b4
15.
c2b1
c7c5
16.
d4d5
f6d7
17.
a1a3
f7f5
The two players are tracking the 4th game
from New York. Without thinking Kasparov
now decided to follow in Timmans path.
18.
a3e3
d7f6
37
N
B
B
R
B
N
B
B
R
N
N
B
B
R
B
N
N
N
Karpov took 4 minutes on this move. Maybe

Karpov decided on this after 34 min. IM
he had hoped for 18.ef5 as Kasparov played Davies thinks that Karpov was a bit paranoid
about
b1 when he played c5-c4. And he also
in New York?
thinks that were seing the end of the match
today. If Kasparov does win this game, then
Karpovs situation would be nearly impossible
indeed. GM Lein just said that he doesnt believe in this for Black.
23.
d2e4
Polugajevski just agreed to that Karpov destroyed his position by not playing 22. . . .,
c8; 23. c3, a5.
23.
...
f6d5
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19.
f3h2
The name of this line is The Zaitsev- variation of the Ruy Lopez, but it ought to bear
Karpovs name since he has made it popular. In
his game against Timman in February Karpov
choosed 18. . . ., f4, but 18. . . ., f6 is known
(was already known) from a footnote to the deFirmian - Ivanov, Chicago 1988, where Black
too choosed 18. . . ., f4. So Karpov took 4 minutes on the untested 18. . . ., f6, only to be
meet by Kasparovs immediate replay 19. h2,
the real novelty in this game.
19.
...
g8h8
One idea is: 20.ef5 e3 21.fe3!? d5
22.e4
f7 23. df3 with a direct attack on
Black weakened King-side. Time at 20th: GK:
0:34. AK: 0:37
20.
b2b3
Karpov is under pressure. Look at Kasparovs
powerful bishops (put Bc1 on b2), his Rook on
the 3rd rank, Nh2 which might jump to g4 and
naturally Qd1.
20.
...
b5a4
21.
b3a4
c5c4
Karpov has to neutralize Kasparovs bishop
on b1 with Nd3. GM Lein thinks that this must
be better for White. Everybody seems to agree,
but Karpov s last move 21. . . ., c4 do look like a
good try to kill Whites attack on the king-side
before it even get started.
22.
c1b2
Watson thinks that Kasparov has a strong
attack. Rochal thinks that Blacks position
smells.
22.
...
f5e4
Q
N
Q
R
Deep Thoughts suggested here 24. h5! as

winning. One line:
24. h5, c3; 25. c3!,
c3; 26. c3 and both
b4 and h6 are hit.
24.
e3g3
e8e6
A good defensive move, planning for Qe7 and
Re8 with strong counterplay, but will it be
enough? The move is fantastic! Maybe he
can hold the position now. says Spassky. But
he also kept touching his nose to indicate that
Blacks position still smells bad.
25.
h2g4
d8e8
Time after B 25th: GK: 1:38 AK: 2:11.
26.
g4h6
c4c3
27.
h6f5
Time: GK: 1:41 AK: 2:22. Karpov only has
8 minutes to make his last 13 moves before the
time-control.
27.
...
c3b2
28.
d1g4
b7c8
At the european analysing board everybody
moves the pieces around frantically in search of
mating lines. And at the All-Soviet analysingtable nobody moves the pieces but everybody
talks and wave with their hands. It seems that
they trust White possibilities.
38
N
N
N
29.
30.
Qg4h4+
Nf5h6
Re6h6
Karpov resigned.
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It looked like a very very hard decision, Karpov thought for several minutes before he nally
gave in. Some call this the end of the match. In
any case, it surely was the most colorful reworks of the match.
21
Karpov Kasparov
31.
g1h2
Found and made to bring Karpov in even
worse time-trouble.
31.
...
e8e5
32.
e4g5
e5f6
33.
e1e8
c8f5
Karpov replyed instantly. Not wasting expensive seconds, but probably overlooking.what follows.
34.
h4h6+
f6h6
35.
g5f7+
h8h7
36.
b1f5+
h6g6
37.
f5g6+
h7g7
38.
e8a8
What reworks! The last moves were blitzed
out in only fraction of a minute. Here Kasparov
stopped to think for a moment.
38.
...
f8e7
39.
a8b8
a6a5
40.
g6e4+
g7f7
41.
e4d5+
N
R
Q
Q
B
Q
N
B
B
R
Q
K
Q
K
R
B
B
B
K
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Game 21:
Lion, Dec 19, 1990
Ng8f6
g7g6
Bf8g7
Kings Indian
1.
d2d4
2.
c2c4
3.
b1c3
4.
e2e4
5.
f2f3
d7d6
The Samisch-variation chosen by Karpov with

f2-f3 is one of the best Kings Indian nutcrackers. And it completes a nice full circle.
Last time Karpov played the Samish-line was
in game one in New York.
5.
...
00
6.
c1e3
e7e5
7.
d4d5
f6h5
8.
d1d2
f7f5
9.
000
a7a6
B
Q
Karpov is thinking. The position is standard,

so Karpov is probably checking his preparations.
In the 1st game Kasparov tried a minor anomality with 6. . . ., c6. Today Kasparov probably
prefers to leave it all up to Karpov and make
him create the game, for the simple reason that
a draw now counts 0.9 points for GK and 0.1
points for Karpov.
10.
f1d3
After 12 minutes Karpov played what appears

to be a new move. 10. b1 has always been
played here (according to the NIC and ChessBase les).
10.
...
c7c5
Time after Blacks 10th: AK: 0:27. GK: 0:09
GM Speelman found just a few games with this
type of position in the databases. Kasparovs
10. . . .,c5 seems be a provocation.
11.
d5c6
b8c6
39
pov makes moves which are not understood until

the day after.
18.
...
f6d7
19.
b6g1
d7c5
IM Tisdall feels that Black is better now.
20.
d5b6
In the press-room very few people analyze the
game. The match is nished so why bother?
Hampered as he is by blockade of b6 and the
lack of counter-play in general, Kasparov has to
nd something not to drift into a far too passive
position.
20.
...
c8d8
Time after Black 20th: AK: 1:28 GK: 1:25
21.
e2c3
Lev Alburt says: It still equal. Now Kasparov has to play
b4 to prepare an exchange
The position is already very unstable. Karpov
on d5. I dont believe that Kasparov should almay win the pawn on d6 in many dierent ways,
low Whites knights to go to b6 and d5. Time
but his king might easily get into serious trouble
after W 21th: AK: 1:33 GK: 1:32.
in the meantime.
12.
c3d5
IM Ligterink says: Looks like a very good
position for White. Black should not allow
b6 but 12. . . ., d4 runs into a new problem after 13. e2.
12.
...
c8e6
Kasparov took 14 minutes on this. Time after
Blacks 12th: AK: 0:35 GK: 0:24
13.
e3b6
d8d7
14.
g1e2
Karpovs advantage is beyond discussion.
14.
...
a8c8
15.
c1b1
d7f7
16.
h1e1
Alburt thinks that this dynamic position
could be slightly better for White, due to his
21.
...
c6d4
plusses on d5 and b6. One interesting idea
The less conventional approach according
pointed out by Alburt was that Black might to Lev Alburt.
counterattack by using
f4 as a platform.
22.
c3d5
16.
...
g8h8
Karpov replied nearly instantly. Having his
The general opinion at the pressroom seems knights on their optimal squares just cant be
to be that Kasparovs position is playable if bad. But then again - they look nice but also a
not equal.
bit harmless.
17.
d3c2
22.
...
e6d5
Karpov thought for 22 minutes to nd this.
Time after Black 22nd: AK: 1:37 GK: 1:38
The quality of the move is that it keeps con23.
b6d5
f5e4
trol. Always a key-word to the understanding
Also played instantly. Whatever advantage
of Karpovs play.
Karpov might have had - its dicult to put
17.
...
h5f6
an eye on now. Kasparov is equally well repreLev Alburt says Its pretty equal.
sented in the center after getting his
h5 to
18.
c2d3
c5.
What kind of move is this? Well, it is a Kar24.
f3e4
b7b5
povian move! Like no other grandmaster Kar25.
e1f1
f7d7
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B
N
N
N
R
Q
K
R
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B
N
N
N
40
A very unbalanced situation has arisen. If

Kasparov can hold on to his attacking chances,
then he might even win the game. If not - then
he might end up with an endgame with a very
weak pawn on b5 and lose.
26.
c4b5
a6b5
27.
f1f8+
d8f8
Now GM Alburt thinks that White is slightly
better. Black should have delayed the exchange
of the f-pawns. Anyway, Kasparov should be
able to hold on.
28.
h2h3
d7d8
Time after Black 28th: AK: 2:11. GK: 1:52
Everybody at the pressroom agrees that Karpovs position is favorable, but now hes seriously getting short on time.
29.
g1d4
e5d4
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Time after Black 32nd: AK: 2:17 GK: 2:16

Rumours in the press-room are that Black might
be better here.
33.
a2a3
Time after Whites 33rd: AK: 2:21 GK: 2:21
33.
...
h7h5
It is dicult to see the idea behind Kasparovs
h7-h5. It surely weakens his white squares.
34.
b1a2
A far more sensible way to kill future back
rank problems. But Karpov took full 5 minutes
on this. Time: AK: 2:26 GK: 2:23.
34.
...
b5b4
35.
a3b4
a1a8+
I think Black is slightly better says Lev Alburt.
36.
a2b1
c5b3
37.
b1c2
b3a1+
38.
c2b1
a1b3
39.
e2f2
g5d8
40.
f4f7
d8e8
K
K
K
Q
R
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30.
d2e2
Karpov might win the pawn on b5, but it
would also open up for Kasparovs counter-play
on the black squares. The game seems to become increasingly unbalanced as the pieces are
being exchanged.
Time: AK: 2:12 GK: 2:07. GM Alburt says
that we can very well have a decision today.
Karpov last move really most have caused Kasparov problems.
30.
...
d8h4
31.
d1f1
Karpov answered instantly. Isnt the pawn
hanging on e4 after 31. . . .,
f1 32. f1
e4 ? Hardly, since 33. e2 opens up for
a strong White attack.
31.
...
f8e8
Kasparov simply is threatening to reduce the
game to a draw with a line like:
d3 followed
by
e4.
32.
f1f4
h4g5
N
N
N
Q
Q
Karpov is going to seal his next move. Unclear says Alburt about the position. The experts at the pressroom are in doubt about the
position, where a whole World Championship is
at stake.
One good line for White goes: 41.
e7,
a1+; 42.
c2,
a4; 43.
g6+,
h7;
44.
g7+ g7 45.
f8+ g6 46.e5+..
More complex is 41.
e7, a1+; 42.
c2,
c5; 43. g6+, g8; 44. e7+, h8 possibly with a draw! Notice that 44. . . ., e7 in
this line doesnt work because White wins after
45. e7, c1+; 46. c1, 46. d3+ and
White b-pawn is decisive.
Another line is 41. e7,
a1+; 42. c2,
c5; 43. g6+,
h7; 44. g7+,
g7;
45. d4+,
g6; 46.bc5, dc5 where
N
K Q
N
K
R K
Q K
N R
K
N N
K
N K
Q
R R
K
N
N R
K
N
N
K
R
K
Q
K
R
41
White seems unable to grab the c5- pawn without allowing Black strong counter-play.
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Ne7, Ra1+; 42. Kc2, Nc1! where White very

well might have to settle for a immediate draw
with 43. Kd2, Nb3+; 44.Kc2, Nc1 etc.
GM Dlugy found the far more pragmatic 41.
41.
b4b5
Surprise! The whole world has been analysing

41. e7 (and 41. b6). Its probably a draw
now says Alburt.
41.
...
a8a1+
42.
b1c2
b3c5
43.
f7g7
h8g7
44.
f2d4+
e8e5
45.
d4e5+
d6e5
46.
b5b6
a1g1
47.
d5e3
g1e1
K
N
K
Q
K
K
K
R
Q
Q
N
Those eight moves were blitzed out on no time

at all. Both Karpov and Kasparov obviously
had done their homework well in this endgame.
White might very well win Kasparovs knight
for his strong b6-pawn in many lines, but the
cost will be his kingside pawn. And in a later
race between b2 pawn and h5-pawn Black might
come rst.
48.
e3c4
e1g1
49.
c4e3
g1e1
N
N
K
K
The second repetition of this position. GM

Lev Alburt believes that Black will be able to
hang on to a draw.
50.
e3c4
Karpov played this after a good ten minutes

thought. Kasparov came back and seems to hesitate to repeat
e1-g1.
50.
...
e1g1
After 28 minutes of deep thoughts Kasparov did repeat his move. Now its Karpov
who hesitates. He can take a draw immediately
with 51. e3 but thats hardly the big idea.
Time: 2:23. GK: 2:59. Rumours are that at

the All-Soviet analysing-table in the pressroom
Karpov wins. A possible line goes: 51. b4,
b7; 52. e5, g2+; 53. c3.
51.
b2b4
g1g2+
52.
c2c3
c5a4+
53.
c3b3
a4b6
54.
c4b6
g2g3
55.
b3c3
g3h3
56.
b4b5
h5h4
R
K
K
N
K
K
N
N
K
K
And again, all the critical moves were blitzed

out. Alburt says Now it is a draw. Not 100
percent, but 95! The line which he thinks of
most be: 57.
d7, f3; 58.
e5, f4; 59.
b6, h3; 60. b7, h2; 61. b8= , h1= .
57.
b6c4
h3d3+
58.
c3d3
h4h3
59.
b5b6
h3h2
60.
b6b7
h2h1 RR=QXY
61.
b7b8 RR=QXYh1f1+
62.
d3c3
f1c1+
63.
c3b3
c1d1+
64.
b3a2
d1a4+
65.
c4a3
a4e4
66.
b8c7+
g7h6
67.
a3c4
e4d5
68.
a2b2
e5e4
69.
c7f4+
h6g7
70.
b2c3
d5d3+
71.
c3b4
d3d4
72.
f4h4
g7f7
73.
b4b5
d4d5+
74.
b5b4
d5d4
75.
h4h7+
d4g7
76.
h7h1
g7d4
77.
h1h4
f7g8
78.
h4f4
g8g7
79.
f4c1
g7f6
80.
b4b5
d4d5+
81.
b5b6
d5d4+
82.
b6c6
f6e6
83.
c4e3
d4a4+
84.
c6b6
a4b4+
42
N R
N R
Q Q
N
K
K
K
K
K
N
Q
N
K
Q
K
K
Q
K
K
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
K
K
K
N
K
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
K
Q
K
Q
Q
K
Q
Q
Q
Q
K
K
K
Q
Q
K
Q
Q
GM Alburt thinks that this is a good choice

by Karpov, from a psycological point of view.
19.
d2e4
d5f7
One point in Karpovs favour here is that
20. d6 doesnt work to 20. . . .,
e1+;
21. e1, e5.
20.
a4b5
d6d5
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N
N
Game 22:
Lion, Dec 26, 1990
Kasparov-Karpov
Ruy Lopez
1.
e2e4
e7e5
2.
g1f3
b8c6
3.
f1b5
a7a6
4.
b5a4
g8f6
5.
00
f8e7
6.
f1e1
b7b5
7.
a4b3
d7d6
8.
c2c3
00
9.
h2h3
c8b7
10.
d2d4
f8e8
Karpov is oering him the World Championship said Tisdall. And Kasparov did seem
to give a thought to 11. g5 to ask Karpov if
he would be interested in 11. . . ., f8; 12. f3
( e8) and draw.
11.
b1d2
e7f8
12.
a2a4
h7h6
13.
b3c2
e5d4
14.
c3d4
c6b4
15.
c2b1
c7c5
16.
d4d5
f6d7
17.
a1a3
f7f5
Karpov follows his own footsteps from the
20th game.
18.
e4f5
The move which brought Kasparov into a lot
of trouble in the 4th game at the New York leg
of the match.
18.
...
b7d5
N
B
B
R
B
N
N
B
B
R
N
B
B
R
R
B
N
N
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Draw
22
21.
e4c3
Karpov surely has build an impressive center,
but it might rest on feet of clay.
21.
...
e8e1+
Kasparov looks as if hes building up concentration, while Karpov often stares out into the
playing-hall. Alburt thinks that: This is basically what Karpov needs. A complex game
where GK has committed himself to a kingsideattack.
22.
f3e1
Alburt suggested: 22. . . ., d4; 23. e4!?. On
22. e1 Kasparov had to nd a good answer
to 22. . . ., d4; 23. e4, ab5. Chopping o
too many pieces would leave Karpov with an
endgame which he could win on his automatedpilot due to his strong central pawns.
Time after W 22nd: GK: 0:42 AK: 0:29.
Alburt liked the move choosen by GK and
said that he was planning to play: 22. . . ., d4;
23. a2!,
a2; 24. a2,
a2; 25. a2,
ab5; 26. a8,
a8; 27. b3+,
h8;
28. b5 with an edge for White.
Dlugy said that Kasparov was heading for
22. . . ., d4; 23. e4!?,
b8; 24.ba6, dc3;
25.a7 and White looks right. And on 23. . . .,
dc3; 24. a8 and
d7 is hanging after
24. a8.
Another suggestion was 22. . . ., a5.
The common opinion (Alburt, Dlugy and others) is that White has an edge. And the idea
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Q
Q
N
R
B
B
Q
R
N
R
K
N
B
N
behind Kasparovs last move 22. e1 is obvious now. After 22. . . ., d4; 23. e4!, dc3;
24. a8 his
d1 will be hitting
d7. And as
for 22. . . ., ab5; 23. b5, that will just leave
White a pawn up as Dlugy remarked pragmatically. Alburt now is convinced that Kasparov
has got out of the opening with a signiciant advantage. But Its not without counter-chances
for Black. Its not a position where only GK can
play for a win says Alburt.
22.
...
d5d4
Karpov has spent 40 minutes on this move.
23.
c3a2
On 23. e7 Black might have been o.k. after either 23. . . ., c8 or 23. . . ., a7. Now
23. . . .,
a2; 24. a2,
a2; 25. a2,
ab5; 26. a8, a8; 27. b3+ and
b5
looks ne for Kasparov.
23.
...
b4a2
24.
b1a2
c5c4
The product of Karpovs 44 minute think
on his 22nd move.
25.
a3a6
d7c5
A line like 26. a8,
a8; 27. b1, d3
hardly can be Kasparovs idea of big fun.
26.
a6a8
d8a8
27.
a2b1
d4d3
Alburt says: It is unclear if Kasparov will be
able to save the game. And at the analysing
table Kasparovs top-second, Mikhail Gurevich
(9th in the World) looks for lines where White
might draw after sacricing a piece on Karpovs
strong pawns.
28.
c1e3
Alburt says: Kasparov is in trouble, but he
has many ways to try to save position.
28.
...
a8a5
Kasparovs problems are plenty. First of all
hell have problems hanging on to his b-pawns.
Spassky is saying that White may draw with
29. d3!
29.
b2b3
Time after W 29th: GK: 1:23 AK: 1:26.
29.
...
c5b3
30.
e1d3
c4d3
31.
b1d3
Alburt says: Karpov is better, but Kasparov
has very good chances to draw.
31.
...
b3c5
32.
d3f1
Kasparovs last move indicates that hes going
to sit from now on - and watch how Karpov
is going to break through.
32.
...
a5c7
B
N
R
R
B
Q
B
Q
R
B
N
B
Time after B 32nd: GK 1:29 AK: 1:51.

The general opinion in Lyon is that White
should be able to draw this, but not without
diculties. Alburt thinks that Kasparov has
improved his chances of drawing the game.
33.
d1g4
g8h7
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Q
Karpov clearly is trying to keep up as much

tension as possible. Which is why he tries to
avoid an exchange of bishops on c4. Alburt says:
Karpov could have tried to get more from the
position than he has got. It looks even more
drawish than it did a few moves ago.
34.
f1c4
The point is that Karpov cannot win an
endgame where he only has
f8 against White
army of pawns for the simple reason that the
black-squared bishop and the h6-pawn cannot
win. An exchange on c4 evidently will lead to
further exchanges and draw. All experts in Lyon
agree now: Draw.
34.
...
f7c4
35.
g4c4
And Karpov chances for a win are diminishing
dramatically. Kasparov looks relaxed now.
35.
...
c7e5
Not the most exciting position in a game
which might decide a whole World Championship.
36.
c4f7
f8d6
37.
g2g3
37.
...
e5e7
So - can Black win after
and
?
Karpov seems to think so, at least. A World
Championship might be balancing on the correct evaluation of the endgame after 38. e7,
e7; 39. c5, c5. Immediately draw
QQ
44
BN
Q
says Roshal, that usually is one of Karpovs sup10.

000
f7f5
porters.
11.
e4f5
g6f5
Another line is: 38.
g6+, h8; 39. f6,
12.
g1h3
f6; 40.
f6, gf6; 41.
h6 and Black
12. h3 is, if not unknown, then a least less
only has one single pawn to put his hopes on.
common than moves like
d3 and
b1.
38.
f7g6+
h7h8
12.
...
b8a6
Alburt says: Ill not be surprised if Kasparov
tries to play a few moves. He might try 39. b6.
39.
e3d4
d6e5
40.
d4c5
e7c5
41.
g6e8+
h8h7
42.
e8g6+
h7h8
43.
g6e8+
B
B
Q
Q
Q
K
N
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This version of the Kings Indian Samisch

variation is quite dierent from the mutual kingside attack position which arose shortly after the
opening in game 21. Here the battle-ground rst
of all is e4 + e5 + f4 + f5 squares. Karpov
might get a vicious attack on Kasparovs king if
he can open up the g-le in the right way, but
Draw.
Black might (nearly) get equally well counterKasparov is conrmed World Champion, hav- play from the very same squares.
ing reached 12 point out 24 possbile.
13.
h1g1
Karpov took 17 minutes on this.
13. g1
makes it possible for White to play g3-g4 with23 Game 23:
out any further preparations.
13.
...
h5f6
Lion, Dec 29, 1990
14.
h3f2
g8h8
Karpov-Kasparov
15.
f1e2
c8d7
Kings Indian Defense
16.
e3g5
1.
d2d4
g8f6
Tension is building up. The point is that after
2.
c2c4
g7g6
16. . . ., c5; 17. d3, d3; 18. d3 Black
3.
b1c3
f8g7
will not be able to keep control of the key-square
4.
e2e4
d7d6
e4 after a White g3-g4. And once on the hands
5.
f2f3
00
of White, the e4-square will be a platform for
6.
c1e3
e7e5
an attack on the Black king.
7.
d4d5
f6h5
16.
...
a6c5
8.
d1d2
d8h4+
17.
g2g4
Deviating from the 21st game.
Alburt says: White maybe is slightly better,
but Black has dierent kinds of counter-play.
9.
g2g3
h4e7
17.
...
e5e4
In the past Kasparov has played the daring
Queen-sac 9. . . .,
g3; 10. f2,
f1; 11.
18.
f3e4
f5e4
Alburt says: Its not clear. It very likely that
h4, e3 with some success. Among others
he drew Seirawan with the line in a World Cup White will win the e4 pawn but maybe Black
will get some compensation.
game a little more than a year ago.
N
B
B
Q
N
Q
Q
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N
B
B
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N
K
B
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Bg5e3
19.
20.
Nc5a4
Na4c3
g4g5
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21.
b2c3
Kasparov resigned.
24
Game 24:
This looks very ambitious. Kasparov doesnt

Lion, Dec 31,
look worried, but very very sceptical. Could this
be right? Can Karpov really play such an structure? There are some details which support this Kasparov-Karpov
idea. Control of d4,
f6 has to go to either e8
Reti
or g8, and e4 is weakened.
1.
g1f3
21.
...
f6g8
2.
c2c4
22.
f2g4
c7c5
3.
b1c3
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N
1990
Ng8f6
e7e6
Kasparovs choice of opening came as a surThis puts Karpov in a dilemma: he can hardly
aord to lose access to d4, but 23. dc5 e.p., prise to everybody, and probably to Karpov as
well.
bc6 opens up for a Black attack.
3.
...
f8b4
23.
d5c6
d7c6
4.
d1c2
00
24.
h2h4
5.
a2a3
b4c3
Time after W 24th: AK: 1:40 GK: 1:40.
6.
c2c3
GM Henley just suggested 24. . . ., d5; 25.
It looks like that Kasparov wants to repeat
c5, b6; 26. h5, bc5; 27. h6, e5; 28.
e5, his tactics from the 24th and last game in the
e5; 29. c5 threatening
d4.
Sevilla match in 1987. Kasparov then needed to
24.
...
d6d5
win the nal game to keep his title, and therefore settled for a slow and very long game. And
Thats a man(!) who just needs a draw.
Kasparov needs to win this game to keep his
25.
c4d5
c6d5?
newly defended title nicely polished.
26.
d2d5
a8c8
6.
...
b7b6
On 27. d4 Kasparov might consider 27. . . .,
7.
b2b4
c3+ 28. c3, a3+; 29. b1, c3.
Alburt says: A very normal move.
B
B
B
B
B
R
Q
Q
K Q
7.
...
d7d6
Do you understand? Nobody understands!
said French GM Olivier Renet.
In Sweden last year, at the Haningen tournament, Karpov played a similar opening with
27.
d5d6
c8c3+
Black against Van der Wiel.
28.
c1b1
e7f7
8.
c1b2
29.
e3d4
Q
K
B
R
Q
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13.
e2e4
A major decision which might explain why

Kasparov took full 27 minute to do it.
13.
...
a7a6
A useful waiting move. It prevents a White

b4-b5 followed by a3-a4-a5, since now Black can
close the Q-side with a6-a5. Kasparov is working hard now. He has to look out for a Black
b6-b5, and also, at the moment Karpov seems
better developed with his rooks on c8 and e8,
so a Black break with d6-d5 might turn out well
for Karpov. The few experts who are interested
in the game - and not already celebrating New
Years eve - seems to think that Kasparovs adAlburt says: According to theory this is vantage has diminished, if it ever has existed.
14.
c3b3
slightly better for White. Kasparov has chosen
an ambitious set-up, considering that he only
needs a draw. He gambles with a lot of money.
200.000 dollars is the dierence between a lost
and a drawn game for Kasparov today. This is
maybe the most expensive game in the whole
chess-history right now.
8.
...
c8b7
9.
g2g3
c7c5
10.
f1g2
Black has to be careful not to end up in a
position where hell regret that he parted with
his bishop.
10.
...
b8d7
11.
00
a8c8
A game Drasko - Arnason continued: 12.d3.
Black won in 38, but thats just what IGM Arnason was surposed to do. Alburt thinks that
its still a very elastic position. And Kasparov
now has to choose which structure to base his
game on. One with d2-d4? Or one with the
slower d2-d3 and e2-e3.
If Kasparov wants to repeat his strategy from
Designed to pull the teeths out of both b6-b5
the 24th game in Seville 87, then now 12.d3 is and d6-d5.
the move to secure a long battle. By the way,
14.
...
b6b5
many think that an adjournement isnt impossible at all.
Looks like Karpov is giving up the ball now.
12.
d2d3
Kasparov replied immediately.
One plan for White here is to play e2-e4,
15.
f3d2
c8b8
preferably to provoke a Black e6-e5, so to make
Alburt thinks that: This is a very complex
use of the f5-square with Nh4, as suggested by
Alburt.
position to play, expecially at such high stakes.
12.
...
f8e8
I dont think that this was the best line for KasIn the before mentioned game Drasko - Arna- parov to play if he just wants to make a draw.
son Black played 12. . . ., d5, so maybe this is
16.
f1c1
b7a8
unknown territory.
17.
b3d1
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R
R
Q
47
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23.
g3g4
This stops Blacks immediate access to the
black squares on the king-side but as Spassky
stated: 23.g4?! Thats not serious business.
What Spassky considered right was : 23. a3
hg3 24.hg3
h5 25. h2
g5 with great
complications mountaining up. Alburt says: I
dont like Whites position - its obvious that
Karpov is better.
23.
...
c5c4?
24.
d3c4
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Not a pawn-sacrice since after:

17. . . .,
cb4; 18. ab4, bc4; 19.
c4, b4; 20.
a3 White will win the pawn back on d6, with
a fat interest.
17.
...
d8e7
Still regrouping.
18.
c4b5
a6b5
19.
d2b3
e6e5
Now Kasparov might consider moving his
knight like
b3-d2-f1-e3-f5. A nice plan, but
its unlikely that Karpov will sit on his hands for
so long. Both Kasparov and Karpov appears to
be deeply concentrated. A mutual adjustment
of the position might now be 20. d2,
f8;
21. f1, e6; 22. e3. But in general Black has
to be careful not to open up the center in a way
which will bring life to
b2.
20.
f2f3
Looks a bit strange says Alburt. 20. f3
do strenghten White center, but it looks very
slow.
20.
...
h7h5
An aggressive move? Only a little. White
nearly is obliged to answer with 21.h4, after
which Black will have to choose between a blitzattack based on g7-g5 (not Karpovs style) and
a positional structure based on g7-g6 and
d7f8-e6.
21.
b4c5
d6c5
22.
a3a4
So that was Kasparovs plan with f2-f3.
22.
...
h5h4
A complex struggle according to Alburt.
Black has real chances to exploy the black
squares around White king, but if Karpov
doesnt break through, then he might end up
with a positionally bad, maybe even lost, position.
N N
N N
K Q
Kasparov virtually jumped back on stage

when he saw Karpov play 23. . . ., c4.
24.
...
b5a4
25.
b2a3!
Much better than 25. a4?, c5; 26. a3,
b3! and Black comes out on top.
25.
...
e7d8
26.
b3c5
Alburt says: Probably Black is still slightly
better, and probably White now can hold the
position. 23. . . ., c4 might have been premature, since it simplies the position to early.
26.
...
a8c6
No points for 26. . . ., b6?; 27. ab1, a7;
28. a4 and White has solved two problems
simultaneously, the a4-pawn and the pin on the
knight.
27.
c5a4
f6h7
Karpov obviously toys with the theme:
g5
+ h3 + b6 + e4. Kasparov might have
to play h2-h3 sooner or later, which will leave
Black with clear compensation for the pawn after a
h7-g5-e6-f4. Alburt thinks that Karpovs pawn-sacrice was a blu.
28.
a4c5
h7g5
And not:
28. . . .,
b6 29. cb1,
a7;
30. b4, b6; 31. a3, a7 and draw!
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B Q
N
Q
B
R
N
N
N
Q
B Q
N
R
N
R
R
Q
Q
B
Q
B
R
B
N
N
29.
c5d7
c6d7
30.
c1c3
Alburt still thinks that the game should be a
draw. He predicts that GK will oer a draw in
the 38th or 39th move, if he has a slightly better
position.
30.
...
d8a5
31.
c3d3
d7a4
32.
d1e1
a5a6
All agree that Kasparov is better. Alburt
doesnt think that White is winning, but he still
believes that a draw will be agreed in a few
moves.
33.
a3c1
g5e6
34.
d3a3
e6c5
35.
c1e3
White is winning - says Alburt.
35.
...
a6d6
Kasparov has a very pleasant choice between
moves like 36. a4 or 36. h4 - if his wants
to keep it simple.
36.
a3a4
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R
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Draw.
No doubt that Kasparov is winning in the nal position. The match for the 1990 World
Championship title has ended with a win for
Garry Kasparov at 21:53 New Years eve local
time in Lyon. The nal score of the match is:
Kasparov 12.5 points - Karpov 11.5 points.
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Kasparov Karpov 5

Chess World Championship

liked Blacks position. Dlugy thought it was

analysis of the other variations. Karpov spent

Christiansen and Wol thought White was

Robert Byrne suggested 29.

A new game begins.

Another critical variant is 15. g5, g8; 16.

15. . . ., Nd4; 16. Nd4, exd4; 17. Qc1,

The activity of the Black pieces is impressive.

Interesting is also 22. h4.

e2+; (45. . . ., d4; 46. a6+, b6; 47. g1)

Ng4; 13. Ba6, Ne3; 14. fe3,

Tal disliked this move, saying that 12. . . .,

B Qe8; 14 Nd5, Ng8.

The sealed move. A draw was agreed the next

29. Be3, Bg5; 30. Nf6+, Kh6; (30. . . .,

Kasparov played 12. ab5 in game 6 and

New move. Usual is 14. . . .,

Nc4 18 e5 Bh4 - Shamkovich.

Rfd8 19. ba6.

25 Ne4 Be4 (25. . . ., cb2 26 Bb2) 26

The sealed move.

Re1+; 54. Kh2, Qg1 mate.

Kg7; 60, Rd4, Re1+ wins.

Draw on Karpovs oer

g4, g5; (16. . . .,

A move quite new. Karpov has studied last

Draw oered by Kasparov.

22 Rac1 Bd4 23 Qe1 Bf5 24 g4 Qe2 25

The idea is 21. . . ., g5 and 22. . . .,

Draw by perpetual check.

Ruy Lopez (C92/15)

A weak move. Better was 20. . . .,

Kasparov oers a draw, and Karpov accepted,

GM Lein thinks White is in deep trouble.

The idea is 16. . . .,

GM-elects Watson and Gallagher say Karpov

People in the pressroom seemed to be losing

Karpov seals his move. Now the analysis goes:

The books say:

with an unpleasant endgame. And for: 16. . . .,

The sealed move was 41. c2, but a draw was

and White is slightly better, but Black should

Decreasing Black control in the center in this

Mike Valvo is trying to nd something for

Just half an hour and ten moves has passed

Interesting is also 38. b3 b3 39. h1

The time-scramble wasnt really dramatic.

Not 59. . . ., e4? 60. b6! winning the pawn.

The winning plan includes the following

2. push the Black King toward the corner with

Ke8, Rf7 and Rf8.

In Game 15 Kasparov failed to equalize with

The pawn is poisoned: 14. b7, d4!;

In game 12 White came close to a win after

Rochal turns his thumb down on Karpovs position. White threatens

Finally the knight can leave its lair.

Vacating the d4 square for his Knight, which

Putting out bait in troubled waters. Now

IM Davies says: Its completely lost for Karpov.

Spassky: Karpov should spank his seconds

41. c7 does not win immediately. The reason