| Feb-28-04 | | Phoenix: Now you see it, now you don't... |
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| Feb-28-04 | | Benjamin Lau: After 46...Bxg4, I thought Kasparov was winning, but I guess not. Does anyone have any improvements for the endgame (or middlegame too)? |
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| Feb-28-04 | | Bobsterman3000: The discussion on chessbase.com is that 55...rb1 is a clear winner for Kasparov. A player of his stature would not have any trouble converting the extra H-pawn into a win after the knight is suicide sacrificed on g1 for the promoted queen, especially with the white king many files away and unable to provide support. I am very shocked that Kasparov did not see that... maybe he's still rusty after a light recent schedule. |
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| Feb-28-04 | | crafty: 55...♖b1 56. ♘f3 g1=♕+ 57. ♘xg1 ♖xg1 58. ♔d5 ♖g5+  (eval -1.94; depth 18 ply; 1000M nodes) |
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| Feb-28-04 | | Kenkaku: 55...Rb1 was such a natural move too, it was my instantaneous choice upon seeing the position while I was watching the game live. When Kasparov played 55...Rf2 I figured I must have not looked at it deeply enough and he had seen something better, but I guess this was not the case. |
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| Feb-28-04 | | Drstrangelove: My question is why didn't Kasparov play the sicilian here? |
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| Feb-28-04 | | Kenkaku: <Drstrangelove> To avoid being predictable, and to get Radjabov out of his preparation. |
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| Mar-03-04 | | 731: just like crafty said, if 55.-Rb1 was played then mate in 37 according to fritz using is endgame tablebases (no, I'm not kidding, I'm quoting this site > http://www.chessbase.com/games/2004... ) |
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| Mar-06-04 | | InspiredByMorphy: Out of 21 games with the Scotch, this was the only one that Garry has played as black. Interesting that with 13 wins and 8 draws as white (very impressive no losses), he draws. Radjabov is almost 200 points lower rated than Garry, and he stood his ground. I like the King march. |
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| Apr-06-04 | | Bobsterman3000: I believe that the night exchange on C6 is usually considered Garry Kasparov's chief innovation when playing white in the Scotch. How ironic... |
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| Apr-15-04 | | xqdashi: The early Nxc6 is not a Kasparov invention, it is generally credited to Jacques Mieses, who played it regularly in the early 1900s. |
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| Apr-15-04 | | acirce: Yes it was played way before Kasparov but it was he who made it "alive" again with some new ideas. |
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| Oct-11-04 | | The Analyst: There's a section in Edward Winter's book "Kings, Commoners and Knaves", containing analysis on 5 Nxc6 ... from the mid-1800s! |
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| Feb-05-06 | | DeepBlade: They sure rushed towards the endgame |
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| Feb-05-06 | | ahmadov: I bet I would not have played 55. ...Rf2 |
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| Feb-21-06 | | Whitehat1963: Radjabov is by far more commonly a 1. d4 player, yet here he trots out 1. e4 against the greatest player of the last 30 years if not in history. He's got cojones if nothing else! (Player of the Day) |
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| Sep-10-08 | | Underworld: This is really awesome. You think Kasparov would've won considering he has never lost a scotch game, but this is the first time he has been on the receiving end of a scotch game. Way to go Radjabov. Him playing the Scotch game started back in the Karpov years. That is an amazing score with the opening. |
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