An old Kasparov game

Στον χθεσινό γύρο του τουρνουά Grenke στη Γερμανία παίχθηκε η ενδιαφέρουσα παρτίδα ανάμεσα στον Aronian (λευκά) και τον Adams (μαύρα). Ήταν η Αγγλική παρτίδα με τον Aronian να έχει να αντιμετωπίσει αρκετά προβλήματα μετά τις πρώτες κινήσεις. Δεν θα παρουσιάσουμε αυτή την παρτίδα, αλλά μία παλαιότερη στην οποία αναφέρθηκαν και οι δύο παίκτες μετά τον αγώνα τους. Είναι η μινιατούρα του Kasparov έναντι του V. Ivanchuk πίσω στα 1988. 

[Event "USSR Championship, Moscow"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, G."] [Black "Ivanchuk, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] {Yesterday Aronian played the English opening against Adams and up to a point they where following and old game by G. Kasparov against V. Ivanchuk. This is the game we prefered to show today.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 $5 (7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Ne3 d6) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 $5 {white tries to get rid of the advanced e pawn and create his own central majority.} (9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 d6) 9... exf3 $6 ( 9... e3 $1 {this move was introduced by Karpov. He tries to cripple white's pawns.} 10. d3 $1 {was Kasparov's choice.}) 10. Nxf3 d5 $1 {Black must play energetically.} ({A classic example of passive Black play being severely punished was V.Smyslov-P.Peev, Cienfuegos 1973, which continued} 10... Qe7 11. e3 d6 12. d3 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. e4 h6 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. Nh4 Ne5 17. Be3 b6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Nfd7 20. Qf1 Nf8 21. d4 Ned7 {. White has achieved everything he could want, with his bishop pair and crushing central pawn mass. The game ended} 22. Qd3 Nh7 23. Rbf1 Rf8 24. g4 Rbe8 25. Bd2 Ng5 26. h4 Nh7 27. Qg3 Qe6 28. e5 Qxc4 29. exd6 c6 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Re2 32. R1f2 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Re8 34. Qf3 Nhf8 35. Qxc6 Qd3 36. Qf3 Qg6 37. Bh3 Qb1+ 38. Bf1 Qxa2 39. c4 { 1-0.}) 11. d4 $1 Ne4 (11... h6 {This was Adams choice} 12. cxd5 Qxd5 $14 {The computer "thinks" that White is a little better but soon black took over.} 13. e3 Bf5 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. c4 b6 17. Rf4 Rad8 18. Qf1 Bg6 19. Ba3 Na5 20. Bb4 Nxb3 21. axb3 c5 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Bc3 Bc2 25. b4 cxb4 26. Bxb4 a5 27. Bc3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Bb3 29. c5 Qe6 30. Qf4 a4 31. e4 bxc5 32. d5 Qd7 33. h4 f6 34. g4 Re8 35. Re1 Bc2 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Qxg5 Rxe4 39. Rxe4 Bxe4 40. d6 a3 41. Qxc5 Qg4+ 42. Kf2 Qf3+ 43. Ke1 Qg3+ 44. Kd2 Qd3+ 45. Ke1 a2 46. Qd4 Qg3+ 47. Kd2 Qg2+ 48. Ke3 Qf3+ 49. Kd2 Qg2+ 50. Ke3 Bf5 51. d7 Qg3+ 52. Ke2 Bg4+ 53. Kf1 Bh3+ 54. Ke2 Qg2+ 55. Ke1 Qg3+ 56. Ke2 Qg2+ {1/ 2-1/2 (56) Aronian,L (2777)-Adams,M (2738) Baden Baden GER 2015}) 12. Qc2 dxc4 $6 ({Later,} 12... Bf5 {was tried as an improvement.}) 13. Rb1 $1 {makes it difficult for black to bring out the bishop without weakening his light squares } f5 {Diagram [#]} (13... b6 $4 14. Ne5 $18) 14. g4 $1 {Black is not to be allowed to establish a secure blockade on e4.} Qe7 15. gxf5 Nd6 (15... Bxf5 16. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 17. Rxf5 Ne4 18. Rxb7 $18) 16. Ng5 $1 Qxe2 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Qxe2 { White has a crushing attack.} Rxe2 19. Bf4 Nd8 (19... Bxf5 20. Bxd6 Bxb1 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nd8+ Kh8 23. Rf8#) 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rbe1 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Rd8, Ye1,Ge2][%cal Ge1e2,Ge2e8] The only active piece for black is his rook on e2. Kasparov will exchange it while bringing his other rook to the important e file.} Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bd7 {covers mate in 1} 23. Re7 Bc6 24. f6 $1 {Diagram [#]} (24. f6 Bxd5 25. Re8+ Bg8 26. f7 Nxf7 27. Nxf7#) 1-0

That's cold!!

Μπορεί ο Caruana να "έφαγε" τον κουβά στο κεφάλι, αλλά ο Topalov ήταν αυτός που "πήρε την κρυάδα" στον πρώτο γύρο του Singuefield cup στο Saint Luis.
Τα σχόλια είναι του GM B.Finegold

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2014"] [Site "St Louis, Mo"] [Date "2014.08.27"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Annotator "Finegold"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 { Fabiano was pleased with the opening, saying he was playing white in a Maroczy with a tempo down.} 8. a3 Rb8 9. d3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 {White has given up on b4 ideas, and switches to f4 ideas instead!} Nd4 13. Nc4 f6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nde6 16. Bd2 b6 {The whole game has been slow positional maneuvering, where neither side can really claim any edge. The next move shocked Alejandro and me!} 17. g4 $5 {Diagram #} Be8 18. Be1 {Ah, the point of 17.g4!? Topalov wants to play Bg3 and control dark squares. Fabiano nicely thwarts his opponent's plans.} b5 $1 {In the commentary afterwards, Fabiano said he was worried a bit about the c5 pawn, but thought it would be okay.} 19. Ne3 Bd6 {Diagram # Black drives away the Nc4 so he can play Bd6-e5. An idea which works excellently!} 20. Ncd5 $2 {The next few moves shows that Veselin has lost the thread of the game. By trading pieces and giving black Be5, his g4 move is simply weakening. Now black seizes the initiative!} Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bf7 22. Nf5 Be5 23. Qd2 $2 {Fabiano thought this was the losing move. Now black gets to hop his knight to a great square, and with tempo!} Nd4 $1 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 {With Nb3 in the air, and 25.Nxd4 unplayable, due to 25...Qxd4+ forking, white is in big trouble.} 25. Rd1 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Qd4+ 27. Bf2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 c4 $1 29. Qc2 Re8 $1 {Diagram # Fabiano finishes with computer-like precision. White is defenseless on both sides of the board, and the center!} 30. dxc4 $2 Qh5 31. h4 ({The natural} 31. Bg1 {loses to} Bxh2 32. Bxh2 Rxe2 { and here Fabiano pointed out that if he had played his other rook to the "e" file with 29...Re7, then white would play 33.Qxe2 and 33.Bxb8 here!}) 31... Qg4 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. Qe3 Rfe7 34. b3 Bb2 0-1