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An analysis of the sixth game. (# 6.)(Click HERE to see this game on a re-play page.) Click HERE to see an explanation of the symbols that I use. Click here to see all six games annotated by GM Karsten Mueller on the ChessBase web site.
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Many watching the game were hoping for the move: 6.Bg5,
but this
This move could also lead to the ultra-sharp variations of the Najdorf,
I am quite sure that GM Boris Alterman - who was charged with
6...e5; ('!?') {Diagram?} The
first ever use of the Boleslavsky - type move here by Garry, at least
(I think Yaz was mistaken. A search of my database reveals that
Garry Was
this (the move ...e5)
prepared in advance? According
to ChessBase's
on-line database,
this variation, (with 6...e5); The
theoretical manuals also consider this thrust, (6...e5); to be *****
[
Previously, in most of his other matches, Garry had almost always
[ A search of my own personal database of all of Garry's games
Garry also played the Black side here like 4 or 5 times in his WCS
According to the Informant data-base, this position (after ...e6;)
(But the bulk of these games were played in the 70's and 80's when
Now MCO
gives the continuation:
(Or White could also play: 7.a4!? Nc6; 8.Be3!? Be7;
9.0-0 0-0;
GM C. Lutz - GM G. Kasparov; The FIDE World Chess Olympiad,
(Returning to the MCO line.)
15.Be3 Rad8; 16.b3 Rfe8;
17.Rad1 Bc6; 18.Nc3 Nf8; Landa - Milov; Oberwart, 1994. [ See MCO-14; page # 292, column # 10, and also note # (o.). ] ] *****
Both
sides continue to develop. Probably it is safest for both sides to castle here.
[ Black could also play: This position is unclear ... and very close to being dead even.
But Black went on to win fairly
quickly, but only after Anand
GM V. Anand - GM G. Kasparov;
Bibliophiles can check out the
excellent annotation of this game
by
9.Kh1, {Diagram?}
I guess the main idea is to get the
White King safe, and away from
any
[ White could also play the move:
9.Be3,
{Diagram?};
9...Bd7;
('!?') (TN?)
{See the diagram just
below.} A
diligent search of several databases
reveals that this position probably
ChessBase's own online database
reveals that their first record of this
[ MCO - instead - gives the
following continuation: The end of the column.
14.exd5 Nd7; 15.c3!? bxc3;
16.bxc3 Bg5; 17.Bg1 Qc7;
"="
GM V. Anand - GM B. Gelfand;
Dos Hermanos, 1997. [ See MCO-14; page # 256, column # 19, and note # (f.). ] ]
10.Be3 Bc6; {Diagram?}
[ Not as accurate was:
10...Nc6!?; 11.f3 Rc8;
12.Qd2, "+/=" {Diag?}
11.Bf3 Nbd7; {Diagram?}
White's play has not given him an
edge, he is dangerously close to 12.a4, {Diagram?} [ 12.Qd2 ]
Now Black continues to
consolidate
his position, while the box plays 13.Qd3 Bb7;
14.h3 Rc8; 15.Rad1 h6; 16.Rfe1 Qc7; {Diagram?} 17.g3!?, {Diagram?} [ 17.Kg1!? ]
17...Rfd8; {Diagram?} 18.Kh2!?, {Diagram?} [ 18.Bg2 ]
18...Re8!?;
{Diagram?} << (All the commentators liked the idea of ...Qb8 here.) >>
GM Ashley says Garry is just
waiting around for the computer
[ Maybe best was:
>/= 18...Qb8!; 19.a5!? b5;
20.Bg2, Black could also try: 18...Nc5!?; or 18...Bf8!? ]
19.Re2, {Diagram?} [ 19.Bg2!? ]
19...Qc4; {Diagram?}
<< Black exchanges the Queens, the advantage is definitely to the [ 19...Nc5; or 19...Red8!? ]
20.Qxc4, {Diagram?} [ 20.Bg2!?; or 20.Kg2; or 20.Qd2!? ]
20...Rxc4; {Diagram?} 21.Nd2, {Diagram?} [ 21.Bd2!? ]
21...Rc7;
{Diagram?} [ 21...Rcc8!? ]
22.Bg2, {Diagram?} [ 22.Rc1!? ]
22...Rec8; {Diagram?} [ 22...Rd8 ]
23.Nb3, {Diagram?} [ 23.Kg1!?; or 23.f4!? ]
23...Rxc3!!;
{See the diagram just below.} This is a stock sacrifice for a human,
but computers still don't conceptualize
According to the commentators,
Kasparov actually offered a draw (Garry thought for a while before playing this move.)
Garry just 'sacked' on c3.
[ 23...Rc4!? ]
24.bxc3, {Diagram?} [ 24.a5?? Rxc2; "-/+" ]
24...Bxe4;
{Diagram?} [ 24...Rxc3!? ]
25.Bc1, ('!')
{Diagram?}
This move, which was severely
criticized by some on-line
commentators, [ 25.f4!? ]
25...Bxg2; {Diagram?} [ 25...Rc4 ]
26.Kxg2, {Diagram?} [ 26.Bb2?? Bf3; "-/+" ]
26...Rxc3; {Diagram?}
<< I am not sure about this move,
26...d5; might have been [ Two viable alternatives were: 26...d5!?; {Diagram?}
and 26...Rc4!?; {Diagram?}
with a playable game
27.Ba3, {Diagram?} [ 27.f4 ]
27...Ne8;
{Diagram?} [ 27...Nc5!?; or 27...Rc6!? ]
28.f4!?,
(Maybe - '!')
{See
the diagram just below.} (
Final
position:
<<
This is very good, probably a lot better than many of the people <<
Here (apparently) the Deep Junior team offered a draw ...
Now
a draw is agreed upon. Apparently Black's edge has been -
[ White could (also) play: 28.a5!?; or 28.Bb2!?;
It would seem that the position after the continuation: *** Those
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