Play like Kasparov – Part four

in Chess Training on June 20, 2018 January 29, 2019

The variations are taken from Kasparov’s book – Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part One, 1973-1985.

Position 1

  [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2018.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Kasparov - Karpov"]  [Black "White to move, find the best continuation !"]  [Result "1-0"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "2r4r/pp2kppp/4pn2/1Nb5/8/5BP1/PP2PP1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1"]  [PlyCount "12"]   1. b4   (1. Bxb7 $2 Rb8 2. Ba6 Rb6 3. Rfc1 Nd7 4. b4 Bxb4 5. Nxa7 Rxa6 6. Nc6+  Rxc6 7. Rxc6 Ra8 $15) 1... Bxb4   (1... Bb6 2. a4 a6 3. a5 Bc7 4. Bxb7 $1 axb5 5.  Rac1 Nd5 6. a6 f5 7. Rc5 $14 {Black has to play very precisely and even if he  does, white is still better}) 2. Nxa7 Ra8   (2... Rc7 {Karpov made a mistake.} 3.  Rfc1 Rd7 {Game losing move}   (3... Rxc1+ 4. Rxc1 Rb8 5. Rb1 Ra8 6. Rxb4 Rxa7 7.  Rxb7+ Rxb7 8. Bxb7 $14 {Black has some drawing chances in practical game}) 4.  Rab1 Bd2 5. Rc2 Rhd8 6. Bxb7 $18) 3. Nb5 Ra5 4. a4 Rc8 $1 {Only move that  offers black an equality} 5. Bxb7 Rc4 6. Rfc1 Rxa4 $11 1-0

Position 2

  [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2018.06.20"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Smyslov - Kasparov"]  [Black "Punish white for his mistakes"]  [Result "0-1"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "2rq1rnk/6p1/p3P2p/1p1N4/8/P5PQ/1P2P1BP/5R1K w - - 0 1"]  [PlyCount "30"]   1. Nf4 {According to Kasparov, only reason why Smyslov would play Nf4 is that  he was still dreaming of victory. Correct way was to exchange rooks retaining  compensation for the exchange, sufficient for equality.}   (1. Rxf8 Qxf8 2. Bf3)  1... Ne7 2. Qg4 $2 {The idea was h2-h4-h5} g5 $1 {If you were starting to play  chess, your trainer would probably tell you this is a bad move. But this is a  game betwen two 2800 players. Kasparov wanted to set most difficult problem  for Smyslov even at the risk of a counterattack} 3. Qh3 Rf6   (3... gxf4 $4 4.  Qxh6+ Kg8 5. Be4 Nf5 6. Qg6+ Kh8 7. Bxf5) 4. Nd3 Rxf1+ 5. Bxf1 Kg7 {White lost  all the compensation he had for the exchange. Let's see how Kasparov finishes  the job} 6. Qg4 Qd5+ 7. e4   (7. Bg2 $4 Rc1+ 8. Nxc1 Qd1+ 9. Bf1 Qxf1#) 7... Qd4  8. h4 Rf8 9. Be2 Qe3 10. Kg2 Ng6 11. h5 $2 Ne7 12. b4 Kh7 13. Kh2 Rd8 14. e5  Rxd3 15. Bxd3+ Qxd3 0-1

Position 3

  [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2018.06.20"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Kasparov - Conquest"]  [Black "White to move, find the best continuation !"]  [Result "1-0"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "3r3r/p4pp1/2p3b1/N1n2kPp/PnN4P/4RP2/1P2K3/5B1R w - - 0 1"]  [PlyCount "9"]   {When I saw this position, I thought "every move" wins easily, but  surprisingly there is only one move that wins.} 1. Nb7 $3   (1. Re5+ $2 Kf4 2.  Rxc5 Nd3 3. Rxc6 Rhe8+ 4. Kd2 Nf2+ 5. Nd6 Nxh1 6. Nab7 $15 {Black is slightly  better.}) 1... Rd4   (1... Nxb7 2. Re4 $1 Bh7 3. Bh3+ Kg6 4. Ne5#) 2. Kf2 $1 Rxc4  3. Kg3 $1 Rxh4   (3... Re4 4. fxe4+ Nxe4+ 5. Kf3 Nd2+   (5... Ke5 6. Nc5 Nc2 7.  Rxe4+ Bxe4+ 8. Nxe4) 6. Ke2 Nxf1 7. Rxf1+) 4. Rxh4 Nxb7   (4... Nd5 5. Bh3+ Kxg5  6. Re5+ Kf6 7. Rxd5 cxd5 8. Nxc5 $18) 5. Rxb4 1-0

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