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| 1 | pmbaty | 1 | [Event "World Championship"] |
| 2 | [Site "Lyon FRA"] |
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| 3 | [Date "1990.11.24"] |
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| 4 | [Round "13"] |
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| 5 | [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] |
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| 6 | [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] |
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| 7 | [Result "1/2-1/2"] |
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| 9 | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 |
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| 10 | { |
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| 11 | Welcome to game 13 and the GI---that's Grunfeld-Indian. Fight from the start. |
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| 12 | } |
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| 13 | 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 O-O |
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| 14 | { |
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| 15 | So far on two minutes each. GK.. Garry Kasparov looks tensed, says Mike Valvo. Now Karpov took full 9 minutes to play... |
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| 16 | } |
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| 17 | 9. Rc1 Qa5 |
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| 18 | { |
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| 19 | Kasparov thought six minutes here. Time now: White 0:19 Black: 0:08. Now 9 minutes has gone and AK is still thinking. Kasparov has left the |
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| 20 | stage. Who is fooling who? 9..Qa5 might be a new move. It's not in the pressroom database. Karpov is still thinking, so time for a little |
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| 21 | presentation. At your service in Lyon IM Bjarke Kristensen (Now Valvo: AK is nodding his head up and down alone on stage.) As commentators: |
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| 22 | Boris Spassky and a number of strong french IM's. IM Mike Valvo from New Jersey is here for a week. |
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| 23 | } |
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| 24 | 10. Nf3 e6 |
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| 25 | { |
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| 26 | And the "soon-to-be" GM Will Watson from England is here too. "I don't understand the GI" he just said. Kasparov stays on stage. Time: |
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| 27 | White: 0:37 Black: 0:10. Says Will Watson (now WW): "I predicted the opening this morning. And so did many others." Valvo: "I think this |
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| 28 | shows that the Kings Indian hasn't worked out for Kasparov". IM Levy suggests b7-b6 for Black. IM Jonathan Tisdall says: "I've seen this |
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| 29 | before. But nobody can find a game with it." |
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| 30 | } |
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| 31 | 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Be2 |
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| 32 | { |
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| 33 | Time: White: 0:53 Black: 0:24. Valvo observed GK tapping his fingers impatiently on the table after move Re8. It just might all be |
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| 34 | preparations! Both are sitting deeply concentrated at the table. |
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| 35 | } |
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| 36 | 13... Bf5 14. O-O |
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| 37 | { |
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| 38 | The atmosphere in the pressroom is a bit "fuzzy." The game hasn't found its own personality yet, and the fact that the US plays the |
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| 39 | Soviets at the Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad at this very moment is also widely discussed. |
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| 40 | } |
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| 41 | 14... Nd7 |
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| 42 | { |
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| 43 | Interesting is now: 15.Nh4 Be4 16.f3 Bxd5! 17.Qxd5 Rxe3 18.Qxd7 18...Rxe2 with a big Black plus. say Watson. Rumours say that GK might |
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| 44 | be better here, but nobody really dares to risk his neck. The game is still in its childhood. But AK surely is in for a deep think. Now he's |
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| 45 | on 1:16 and still thinking. Garry has left the stage. Valvo say: The Mephisto computer thinks Black is better! It's no "Deep Thought", but |
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| 46 | the Mephisto Chess Computer IS already world champion in its class. No one else dared to test their program against it! |
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| 47 | } |
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| 48 | 15. h3 |
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| 49 | { |
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| 50 | Time: White: 1:18 Black: 0:31. Now Karpov has left stage. And GK hangs over the board as if to power up his chessmuscles. Kasparov seems |
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| 51 | relaxed and satisfied. White's problem is his weakened pawns on the Q-side. And as for his pride-pawn on d5? In an endgame it could be |
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| 52 | pure gold, but until then it gives a good square to a Black piece on d6. Kasparov now "hangs" his head between his hands. A very typical |
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| 53 | posture for the WC. |
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| 54 | } |
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| 55 | 15... Nb6 |
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| 56 | { |
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| 57 | GM Lein thinks White is in deep trouble. GK might play Nb6-a4. Another of GK's ideas might be Qa5-a4. |
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| 58 | } |
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| 59 | 16. g4 |
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| 60 | { |
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| 61 | Now ...that's a man! Karpov's idea obviously is 16... Be4 17.c4 Qxd2 18.Nxd2 with 19.Nxe4 and 20.Bd3 to come. After a very slow start |
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| 62 | suddenly the game is very exciting. Now the Russians GMs in the pressroom find: 16...Be4 17.c4.. Qa3! with a Black edge. But... |
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| 63 | } |
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| 64 | 16... Bd7 |
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| 65 | { |
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| 66 | Time: AK: 1:31 GK: 0:49. GM-elects Watson and Gallagher say Karpov is still under pressure, but improving. Mephisto "thinks" it's slightly |
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| 67 | better for Black. And the Russians say that Kasparov should have played h7-h5, not Nd7-b6. |
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| 68 | } |
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| 69 | 17. c4 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Na4 19. Bf3 Nc3 20. Rxc3 Bxc3 21. Ne4 |
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| 70 | { |
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| 71 | The heat is on, in the Palais des Congress. Watson thinks GK is still doing well. Might be a British understatement. Kasparov is in for at |
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| 72 | deep think. Time: White: 1:42 Black: 1:12 IM Tisdall: He'll take on e4 now, and it is a draw. |
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| 73 | } |
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| 74 | 21... Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Re8 23. Bd3 b6 24. Kg2 |
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| 75 | { |
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| 76 | Tisdall says: The first one who can bring himself to offer a draw will get it. He might be right. A drastic change of the game has taken |
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| 77 | place. And where did Kasparov drop his advantage? Maybe ...Nc3 should have been prepared. Time: White: 1:46 Black: 1:17. If Karpov plays |
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| 78 | Be3-c1 to press f2-f4 (hoping for an endgame advantage with f4-f5) GK might play Re8-e1 to enter a tame double-bishop ending. Draw. |
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| 79 | } |
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| 80 | 24... f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 |
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| 81 | { |
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| 82 | Karpov sits thinking alone at the board. Black's Bc3 is potentially weaker than Be3, but White's c4 pawn is GK's major target. I think |
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| 83 | that Black's still better. White's d-pawn looks strong (and it is) but right now it's quite impotent. If advanced it'll just be lost, since |
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| 84 | Kg8 is too close. |
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| 85 | } |
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| 86 | 27. Rd1 Kf7 |
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| 87 | { |
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| 88 | Time: White: 2:07 Black: 1:28. Now Kasparov's lead on the clock begins to count. Karpov must be considering lines like: 28.d6 Ke6 29.Bf4 Be5 |
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| 89 | 30.Bxe5 Kxe5 31.Rd5+ Ke6 32.d7 Rd8 and Black is much better. |
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| 90 | } |
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| 91 | 28. Rd3 Bf6 29. Ra3 a5 30. Rb3 |
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| 93 | Time: White: 2:12 Black: 1:31. It might look simple, but in fact the game is balanced on an edge. Which is most important: Black's weakness |
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| 94 | on b6 or White's on c4? |
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| 95 | } |
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| 96 | 30... Bd8 |
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| 97 | { |
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| 98 | People in the pressroom seems to be losing interest a bit. I think that a long endgame battle may be ahead. The fight for the initiative |
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| 99 | is still very much on. Now Watson arrived with news. He said: "The Russians think GK is slightly better, the Americans think AK is |
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| 100 | slightly better, and it might be a draw." |
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| 101 | } |
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| 102 | 31. Rc3 |
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| 104 | Both are leaning across the board. If Karpov can get his king to d3, he might play on forever. Kasparov seems "speculative" now. One point |
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| 105 | in Karpov's favour is: 31...Bc7 32.Kf3 Re4 33.Ke2 f4 34.Kd3 and Re4 has to move. |
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| 106 | } |
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| 107 | 31... Bc7 |
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| 108 | { |
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| 109 | Karpov is hiding his head behind his hands, looking through his fingers. Nine minutes left. |
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| 110 | } |
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| 111 | 32. a4 Kf6 33. Kf1 f4 |
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| 113 | 33...f4! GK played this with determination. I don't understand Karpov's Kg2-f1. |
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| 114 | } |
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| 115 | 34. Bc1 Kf5 35. Rc2 Rg8 36. Re2 Be5 37. Bb2 Bd4 38. Bxd4 cxd4 39. Re7 d3 |
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| 116 | 40. Ke1 Rc8 41. Kd2 Rxc4 |
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| 117 | { |
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| 118 | Kasparov has moved from c8 to c4. Move 41 made. The last seven moves took only 11 minutes Now all analysis goes: 42.Kxd3 Rxa4 43.d6 Ra3+ |
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| 119 | 44.Kc4 Ra1 45. Kd5 Rd1+ 46.Kc6 a4 and White might be the one who in trouble. Both still sits at the board. GK is looking everywhere else, |
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| 120 | waiting for Karpov to decide on if he wants to seal his move now. Some say that Kasparov might have proposed a draw earlier on. Not |
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| 121 | verified. Time: 2:42 - 2:08. Karpov sealed his 42nd move. The game will be continued (maybe) tomorrow at 11:00 AM ET. |
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| 122 | } |
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| 123 | {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2 |
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