Nakamura vs Kasparov

very good endgame of Kasparov

[Event "Rated game, 60m + 15s"]
[Site "Grandmasters Room"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura"]
[Black "Kasparov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[EventDate "2010.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5
Nd7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Rf3 Nb4 18. Rh3 g6 19. a5 Rab8 20. Qd2 bxa5 21. Nxa5 Ba8
22. Nb3 Bf8 23. Qf2 Bg7 24. Rd1 Red8 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. Nb3 a5 27. Ra1 Ne7 28. Qh4
Nf8 29. Qf2 Bc6 30. Bc1 Rb4 31. Rd3 Nd7 32. Rd1 Nc5 33. Nxc5 dxc5 34. Rxd8+
Qxd8 35. h3 Qc7 36. Bf3 Bd4 37. Qe2 Rb8 38. Nd1 Bg7 39. c3 h5 40. Ne3 Bb5 41.
Qf2 Bd3 42. e5 Bf8 43. Kh2 c4 44. Kg2 Nc8 45. Nd1 Rb5 46. Be3 Ne7 47. Qd2 Nf5
48. Bf2 Kg7 49. Kh1 Rb8 50. Kg1 Rd8 51. Qe1 Bc5 52. Kh2 Bc2 53. Bxc5 Qxc5 54.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 55. Nxf2 Rb8 56. Ra2 Bb1 57. Rxa5 Rxb2 58. Kg1 Bd3 59. Bc6 Rb3 60.
Ra7 Ng3 61. Nxd3 cxd3 62. Kf2 Rxc3 63. Ba8 h4 64. Ke3 Rc4 65. Ra1 d2 66. Rd1
Rc3+ 67. Kxd2 Ra3 68. Bb7 Nh5 69. Rf1 Rxh3 70. Bf3 Nxf4 71. Ke3 Nd5+ 72. Kd4
Ne7 73. Ke4 Rh2 74. Kf4 Nf5 75. Rh1 Rc2 76. Kg4 Rc4+ 77. Kh3 Rc5 78. Re1 Rc3
79. Kg4 Ra3 80. Rh1 Ra5 81. Re1 Ra4+ 82. Kh3 Ra3 83. Kg4 Kf8 84. Rh1 Ra4+ 85.
Kh3 Ra5 86. Re1 Ra3 87. Kg4 Re3 88. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 89. Kf4 Nc4 90. Bg2 Ke7 91. Bf1
Nb6 92. Bg2 Nd5+ 93. Kf3 Kd7 94. Ke4 Kc7 95. Bh3 Kc6 96. Bf1 Kc5 97. Bg2 Kc4
98. Bf1+ Kc3 99. Bb5 h3 100. Bf1 h2 101. Bg2 Kd2 102. Kf3 Kd3 103. Kg3 Kd4 104.
Kxh2 Kxe5 105. Kg3 Kf5 106. Kh4 Kf4 107. Bf1 Ne3 108. Bb5 Nf5+ 109. Kh3 Kxg5
0-1

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Grandmasters

[kasparov9]

Where was this played?

[patrickkb100]

Kasparov is the best player of all time.in some tournaments he had a TPR over 2900.

[CheapShotFail]

Kasparov creamed him! An epic war between two amazing gm's thanks for posting! Love 'em both

[samtone21]

Eh... Nakamura played a bunch of "pass" moves in the middle game. Pretty lame. Almost looked like a blitz game.

[deepblueocean100]

KASPAROV IS BEST OF THE BEST