[no sound] Anand - Kasparov, Geneve 1996 blitz

This video is for the sole purpose of demonstrating the game shown in the video it is a reply to. At the position at which the original video's situation occured, the play is slowed.

Viswanathan Anand - Garry Kasparov
Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse 1996
Blitz game

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O g4 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. b3 Na3 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nb4 Qa5 21. Qe1 h4 22. Be3 h3 23. g3 Nb5 24. Rd1 Nc3 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Rc1 Nxe4 27. f5 e5 28. f6 Nxf6 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qc6 31. Qe2 Qe4 32. Rf2 Nd5 33. Re1 Qxe3 34. Qxg4 O-O 35. Rxe3 Nxe3 36. Qxh3 Nxc2 37. Qd7 Nd4 38. Qxb7 a5 39. Kg2 Rc3 40. Nb2 Nc2 41. Nc4 d5 42. Nd6 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 f5 44. Qd7 f4 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. Nf7 Rxf7 47. Qxf7 Rc6 48. gxf4 Rf6 49. Qc7 e4 50. f5 d4 51. Qe7 Rh6+ 52. Kg3 Nd1 53. Rf4 e3 54. Rg4 1-0

Kasparov makes the mistake at move 33, after which the situation in video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZqcT66Fkzw occurs. Also see http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm, item 364.


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[godfather0618]

I think that kasparov did the lesser evil by castling. Saving the queen will only makes matters worse. He is at the verge of two attacks (Qxc8+ at the queenside or Qxg7 on the kingside).

How about Qxf2+, Kxf2, then castles?

[Lovuschka]

I don't think it changes anything: 34...Qxf2+ 35.Sxf2 O-O 36.c4! Sf6 37.Qf5! and white dominates the game. 37.Qxh3 also should win.

[PCspray]

actually, no, 1:13 is move 33.

But the mistake si at 1:25 he castles instead of saving his queen from the rook.

[Lovuschka]

Since Rc8 is attacked, it would lose as much material. That's what Kasparov saw.

[RK831]

The smarter move would have been 33. ...Nxe3, but because they were playing blitz chess Kasparov simply overlooked the crucial error of removing the protection from his critical g pawn. Kasparov, a tactical player, made a gross positional error. Karpov would have never made the error himself, and he, too, would have taken the same pawn Vishy took with his queen. Keep in mind that this was a blitz chess game; in a normal game Garry would have seen the error.

[vipman955]

kasparov gave the most epic facepalm when he made that blunder with the queen. it was kinda sad though.

[UnderDog988]

i get this all Kasporav has to do is take the queen and win the horse

[ricky8511]

i supose he was trying to exchange the queens to reach the end game with his 3 intactas central pawns, after that the game was won.

[ricky8511]

thanks for the video man, really preciat'it... that QxE2 was a really bad move, he was having a pretty cool advantage with those central pawns.

[TheKINGFEDOR]

Thanks for posting this!

[godfather0618]

yep, that's right. No move is good enough to save the position

[devtodev]

was kasp thinking King is in g2? (sleepy? lol)

Rxe3..Nxe3+

Kf1 ..Nxg4