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Fabiano Caruana vs Garry Kasparov
Ultimate Blitz Challenge (2016) (blitz), St. Louis, MO USA, rd 18, Apr-29
King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense (A05)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.b3 Re8 10.Qc2 exd4 = +0.44 (29 ply)= -0.19 (20 ply)better is 7.Nc3 e4 8.Ng5 Re8 9.d4 exd3 10.exd3 Nc6 11.Bb2 h6 = +0.35 (22 ply)better is 7...Re8 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.d3 a5 10.Qd2 Nc5 11.Rad1 Bd7 = -0.17 (23 ply)= +0.37 (24 ply) after 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d3 a6 10.e3 Rb8 11.Nd5 Bg4 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nd2 better is 10.d3 Nb4 11.Ne1 Qd7 12.a3 Nc6 13.Nf3 h6 14.Nd5 Rac8 = +0.31 (25 ply)= -0.39 (22 ply) after 10...exd4 11.exd4 Re8 12.Re1 Rxe1+ 13.Qxe1 Nb4 14.Qd2 better is 13...Rc8 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.Rfd1 Ne5 16.Ne1 Qb6 17.Qd6 Nxc4 = -0.43 (21 ply) 14.h3 g5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.Nb5 Qe7 = +0.21 (23 ply) 14...Nh7 15.Nd5 Ng5 16.Bb2 Rc8 17.Ne1 h3 18.Bh1 Ne7 ∓ -1.60 (23 ply) 15.h3 g5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Qe2 Rad8 19.Rac1 Qb7 = +0.27 (24 ply)better is 15...Nh7 16.Bb2 Ng5 17.dxc5 h3 18.Bh1 dxc5 19.Qd6 Nd4 ∓ -1.59 (23 ply)better is 16.Rf1 Qd7 17.Nd5 Bf3 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Bb2 h3 20.Bxf3 ⩱ -0.92 (20 ply) ∓ -1.57 (23 ply) after 16...h3 17.Bf1 Nh7 18.Be2 Qd7 19.Bb2 Ng5 20.Nd5 Bf3 17.Bb2 h3 18.Bf1 Nh7 19.Nd5 Rad8 20.Rab1 Ng5 21.Ne1 Qf5 ⩱ -1.22 (20 ply) ∓ -2.00 (18 ply) after 17...Bf3 18.Nd5 Nh7 19.b5 Ne7 20.Nf4 g5 21.Ne2 a6 22.bxa6 20.a3 Re7 21.d5 hxg3 22.fxg3 Ne5 23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Ne1 Ng4 ∓ -1.79 (20 ply) 20...Nxb4 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nxb4 Bxa1 23.Nc6 Rd7 24.Bf1 -+ -3.24 (22 ply) ∓ -1.62 (19 ply)better is 22...Re7 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Rab1 Ng4 25.Rb3 a6 26.Na3 Rde8 -+ -2.61 (20 ply) ∓ -1.90 (23 ply) 24.Nc2 Ng4 25.h3 Nxe3 26.Nxe3 Bxg2 27.Nxf5 Bxd2 28.Kxg2 ∓ -1.85 (21 ply) 24...Qh5 25.Rb3 Rf5 26.Rc2 a6 27.Nc7 Ng4 28.h3 Bxg2 -+ -3.15 (22 ply) ∓ -1.66 (20 ply) after 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.Rb3 Rd7 27.h3 a6 28.Na3 Qh5 29.Nec2 Qg5 26.Nxa7 Rf5 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Nc6 Re8 29.Rc2 Ng4 30.h3 ∓ -1.68 (20 ply) 26...Rg5 27.Qf2 Rf5 28.Nxf3 exf3 29.g4 Nxg4 30.hxg4 Qxg4 -+ -2.99 (20 ply) 27.Kh2 Ng5 28.h4 Bxg2 29.Qxg2 Nf3+ 30.Nxf3 exf3 31.Qf2 ⩱ -1.14 (22 ply)-+ -3.23 (22 ply) 29.bxc5 dxc5 30.Qb2 f6 31.Nc7 Ng5 32.Ne6+ Nxe6 33.dxe6 -+ -2.69 (20 ply)-+ -5.93 (26 ply)-+ mate-in-13 after 32.Kg1 Nh3+ 33.Kf1 Rf5+ 34.Nf3 Rxf3+ 35.Qxf3 exf338.Qxf3 exf3 39.Rb2 Nf4 40.exf4 fxg2+ 41.Rxg2 Rh1+ -+ mate-in-90-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-29-16
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  PawnSac: Wow. The US Champion, who swept the 2014 Sinquefield cup 8.5/10 beating Magnus by 3 points gets schooled by Garry, who makes it look easy!
Apr-29-16  catlover: He may be a bit out of practice, but you can tell that when it comes to attacks, Kasparov has done this sort of thing before.
Apr-30-16  guenther42: Playing against supercomputers for a half-generation could not prepare present-day world #2 Caruana against Kasparov, who detonates a rapid avalanche of creative combinations. What a joy to behold!
Apr-30-16  RookFile: White had chances to play the rather odd move Nxa7. For example maybe you play 26. Nxa7, or bxc5 first and then Nxa7. The idea is to get the knight back in the game with Nc6. Not the sort of move you think about when Kasparov is attacking your kingside, but it might have helped.
Apr-30-16  ToTheDeath: Savage!
May-02-16  Absentee: <PawnSac: Wow. The US Champion, who swept the 2014 Sinquefield cup 8.5/10 beating Magnus by 3 points gets schooled by Garry, who makes it look easy!>

And therefore, by the transitive property applied to disjointed facts pieced together ass-backwards, we can reasonably conclude that Kasparov is in fact the legitimate holder of the title of Miss Universe.

May-02-16  posoo: Absuntee I don't believe dat's what PonSack was saying.
May-04-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: Look at that lovely final position:


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Reminds me of this:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014...

May-30-16  Albanius: I once had the kind of position against my brother that Gazza had around move 31: all the heavy pieces plus some minor pieces aimed at his King, and came up with my all-time favorite trash talk line, quoting a good ole boy southern cop to an unfortunate motorist in an old TV commercial:

YOU IN A MESS O' TROUBLE, BOY!

Oct-07-16  John Abraham: incredible
Dec-19-16  cyborg077: Taking Nxa7 and coming Nc6 to attack rook is simply waste of tempi, because Black is happy to move rook on h8 with or without Nc6
Apr-26-18  Albanius: Looking again after 32 Nxd6, Nf3! threatening mate with the queen as well as both rooks is immediately decisive.

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