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Garry Kasparov vs Miguel Illescas
"Perish the Tarrasch" (game of the day Mar-19-2005)
Linares (1994), Linares ESP, rd 2, Feb-24
Tarrasch Defense: Classical. Carlsbad Variation (D34)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)15...Bg4 was played in S Estremera Panos vs Illescas Cordoba, 1989 (0-1)better is 21...Qa5 22.e3 Ne4 23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Qd3 Qxa3 = +0.02 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (23 ply)better is 22...Qb6 23.e3 Nf6 24.Qc3 Qd8 25.Red1 Rc8 26.Rd4 Qe7 = +0.43 (26 ply) ⩲ +1.00 (29 ply)better is 27...Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Ra2 29.Rd6 Rxa3 30.Rxd5 Ra8 31.Rb1 ⩲ +0.71 (29 ply) ⩲ +1.40 (28 ply) after 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Rec1 Rxa3 30.Rc8 Kf8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 better is 29...Kf8 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Rc8+ Kd7 33.Ra8 ⩲ +1.48 (32 ply) ± +2.02 (29 ply) 31.Bxe4+ dxe4 32.Ra8 Kg6 33.a6 Ra2 34.a7 Ra1+ 35.Kg2 Ra3 ± +2.38 (27 ply) 31...Bg6 32.Ra8 Ra1+ 33.Kf2 d4 34.f4 d3 35.exd3 Ra2+ ⩲ +0.85 (28 ply) ± +1.86 (27 ply) 35...Kg6 36.Bxd5 Bxd5 37.Rxd5 Rxh3 38.Rd3 Rh2+ 39.Kf3 ⩲ +1.32 (30 ply)+- +2.89 (28 ply) 37...Bd7 38.Bd3 Kf6 39.a6 Ke7 40.Rc7 Kd6 41.Rb7 f6 42.a7 +- +3.09 (26 ply)+- +6.05 (28 ply) after 38.Rc6 h5 39.h4 Re3 40.f6+ Kh6 41.Bd3 Rh3 42.a6 Rxh4 43...Ke5 44.Rh8 Ra3 45.h4 Kf4 46.h5 Kg5 47.h6 Ra5 48.h7 +- +5.89 (27 ply)1-0

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Mar-19-05  samikd: Wonderfully insructive positional chess as well as endgame
Mar-19-05  BadTemper: It's games like this that make me think Kasparov is decent at chess.
Mar-19-05
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  offramp: Garry used to play the Tarrasch but he had some unpleasant experiences against the mighty Karpov and he gave it up.
Mar-19-05  Zivildiener: and we won't see any more of this :( :(
Mar-19-05  kevin86: It was said that when a griot died,that a library burned to the ground. A griot was an oral historian in Africa (a theme echoed in FAHRENHEIT 451-when people memorize books to keep them alive)---maybe we can say,in a somewhat lesser way, that about a great chess player retiring.

We will sorely miss Mr. Kasparov's chess.

Here is a good example to chew on.

Mar-19-05  Kingsandsquares: Just to be precise, and oral historian in Western Africa. Africa is a big place, after all.
Mar-19-05  patzer2: The theory and play behind this game illustrate that at the top levels, Black is at best apparently playing for a draw in the Tarrasch.

The first 18 moves had been played previously to a draw in Kramnik vs Illescas-Cordoba, 1993. Kasparov's 19. Qd4!? was a novelty, reinforcing the blockade on the weak c6 pawn. Even so, it seems to me Black might have improved over <21...Ne4> with 21...Qa5!? 22.Qc3 (22.a4 Nd7=) 22...Qxc3 23.Rxc3 a5 24.e3 Nd7 25.Nxd7 Bxd7 26.Rd1 Rb7 27.Rc5 Rxb3 28.Rxa5 Rb7 29.a4 Kf8=. Additionally, Black's results in securing a draw with 18...Bf6 in T Polak vs T Civin, 2001, might suggest there is some drawing potential still left in the old Tarrasch.

After 23. Nxe4!, Kasparov secures a decisive passed pawn.

Mar-19-05  ajile: Anytime you play an early D5 and C5 as Black against the QG Declined it's gotta be suspect.
Mar-21-05  kevin86: <K&S> there were oral historians throught the world-but,you're right,only in Western Africa,were they called "griots"-I believe the word is Mandinke
Oct-24-05  alexandrovm: Miguel could never won over Garry
Jul-15-06  KingG: This game reminds me a lot of the classic Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1908.
Oct-11-06  Minty: <patzer2: ...Even so, it seems to me Black might have improved over 21...Ne4 with 21...Qa5!?>

The simple 21...a5 looks like an improvement to me, stopping white from securing c5 with 22. b4

Oct-11-06  euripides: This game is one of a rather instructive trilogy:

Kramnik vs Illescas-Cordoba, 1994

Karpov vs Illescas-Cordoba, 1993

Mar-28-08
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  fm avari viraf: Instead of 21...Ne4, if Black tries to win a pawn with 21...Rxe2? then White will win a piece as 22.Rxe2 Qxe2 23.Qf4! attacking the Rook and the Bishop, hence, the text move.

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