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Garry Kasparov vs Viswanathan Anand
Dortmund Sparkassen (1992), Dortmund GER, rd 2, Apr-17
Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Classical System Main Line (D19)  ·  1-0

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Jan-05-03  refutor: i guess once Kasparov retreated his knight to a2 with a threat there was no way for Anand to avoid losing material. kasparov must've been feeling pretty good after this :)
Jan-06-03  skakmiv: Why not 16.. Nb6?
Jan-06-03
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  Honza Cervenka: I don't see anything decisive for white after 16...Nb6.
Jan-06-03  JustAFish: You guys beat me to it. I got out my pocket board and played around for about a half hour and came up with 16 ... Nb6 17. Bb3 a5 18. Nc3 Be7 and black seems to have reasonable play. Is this a known "theoretically lost" position?
Jan-06-03  JustAFish: Another thought... Maybe 16 ... f5 is just a run of the mill blunder, or, a strange misguided attempt to sac the Knight and secure some sort of advantage in the center.
Jan-07-03  PVS: This is about the time Kasparov referred to Anand as a "coffeehouse player."
Jan-07-03  skakmiv: what is a coffeehouse player?
Jan-07-03  ughaibu: A coffeehouse player is someone who plays blitz games for money, the implication is that such a player has a tricky but superficial style.
Jun-05-03  BeautyInChess: Is there something wrong with 17 ... exd5 doesn't this double attack the bishop and queen winning back the lost piece?
Jun-05-03
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  Honza Cervenka: <BeautyInChess> There is nothing wrong with 17...exd5 but it doesn't win the piece back for simple 18.Be2.
Jun-05-03  skakmiv: 17..exd5 18.Be2
Jun-05-03  freshscenario: I read the notes to this game in the BCM. Kasparov brought his queen to e1 so as to secure the b4 square for his knight. Anand simply made an elementary blunder. If there is a game you are looking to kibitz on, go see anand-kamsky. Your eyes will not believe the stuff anand does to his king.
Jun-05-03  freshscenario: I meant the anand-kamsky game from the same tournament....plus huebner-kasparov... kasparov lost whilst trying to come up with a combination...maybe we couls do better. Very rich position
Nov-22-03  PinkPanther: Honestly, I don't know if I've ever seen a player of Anand's level lose so many miniatures. I can recall at least about 5.
Nov-22-03  FeArMySkiLLz: Its a pitty
Nov-22-03  derbyc: This is my first time, I try to link games. So the relevant Anand-Kamsky match is Anand vs Kamsky, 1992 and the Huebner-Kasparov is Huebner vs Kasparov, 1992
Sep-27-05  lopium: Bing.
Dec-05-05  alexandrovm: nice finish here also, Anand's shortest lose against a top GM
Dec-15-06  ghaiethe: I think that Anand saw the pseudo sadic move of Kasparov:"I give u an other chance" Anand:"No f5 and I resign"
Jan-13-07  russep: why didn't Anand just move his knight when Kasparov played Qe1?
May-22-07  silencerius: It's called chess blindness, happens to everyone, even super GMs.
Oct-03-07  patzerboy: And now Anand is the new world champion.
Nov-01-07  hnishy: This is Anand's second shortest loss in a serious game.
Nov-01-07  Riverbeast: Whoops!

Well it's not as bad as Kramnik hanging mate in one to the computer.

Nov-01-07  anandrulez: Actually Anand Kasparov head to head says mroe about his psychology than his strength . I mean he never had the thing going when he played Kaspy . I remember Lin 97 , he could have simplified the position but he just went for a win as white and got tossed by Kaspy's sicilian . Kaspy is one player Anand couldny play well . Ivanchuk is another player in that list and maybe Topalov and Kramnik Aronian are his major opponents now . ANyways from chess blindness to world championship its a long way :-) and more way to go !! Go Anand !!
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