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| Jan-21-15 | | SpiritedReposte: Very unique finishing combo. I cannot recall seeing any like it. |
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| Jan-21-15 | | WDenayer: Chesschampion: 1.Nc3 Be4 2.Nxe4 h2  . White can't get a stalemate. |
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| Dec-18-15 | | goodevans: <villageboy: We, a group of good chess players were watching this game live and no one saw Rc2, when Nb6 was on the board> Today everyone would see it instantly courtesy of stockfish. And as a consequence scores of geniuses who can merely tell the difference between red and blue would have lambasted Anand as a blunderer. |
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| Dec-18-15 | | kevin86: A brilliant finish; the rook sacrifice isn't a sac, it is a loan! With two pawns ahead, black should win easily! |
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| Dec-18-15 | | ajile: The thing I like about Black's game is he never allowed White to play g4. White never got any sign of a k-side attack which is the point of 10.0-0-0. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that White made some sub-optimal moves that ALLOWED Black to stop g4 and associated counterplay. |
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Dec-18-15
 | | HeMateMe: site of the '95 match, Kasparov v. Anand, on top of the sadly destroyed World Trade Center. I think they played inside the Windows on the world restaurant, not sure. <http://www.chessgames.com/history/k...> Moscow on the Hudson. |
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| Dec-19-15 | | kevin86: I believe that match was played on the observation roof of tower 2- Windows is on tower one... |
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| Apr-10-17 | | Ironmanth: Wow. Just played this for the first time from the Black perspective. Garry just blunts Vishy's attempts at counterplay and "allows" the knight fork, only to come out two pawns up. Brilliant concept and execution. |
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| Apr-10-17 | | protonchess: Nice tactic, but can Black make progress after for example 28. Ree2 (threatening Nxe7) ? |
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| Apr-10-17 | | ChessHigherCat: What's wrong with the dirty old trick of 17. Nd5? Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Kh7 19. Bxd2? Or if the Q retreats to d8 to defend e7, then 18. ...Nxf6 and exf6 leaves d6 incredibly weak or 18...Bxf6 loses the exchange (Bxf8) |
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Apr-11-17
 | | beatgiant: <ChessHigherCat>
At first glance, 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Kh7 19. Bxd2 <Re8> skewers through to the knight on e2 after 20. Nd5? Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxe2. But there are interesting complications after 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Kh7 19. Bxd2 Re8 <20. b3> Rc5 (White's same tactic is still on after ...Rc7) 21. <Bf4> Bf8 22. Bxd6 Bxe7 23. Bxc5 Bxc5. After the smoke clears, White would have a rook and two pawns for two bishops for maybe a slight advantage, so yes, much better than the actual game. But that's a long and fairly tricky line with many places to look for improvements. I wonder if this is a book position or possibly part of the players' home preparation. |
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| Apr-11-17 | | ChessHigherCat: <beatgiant> Wow, I asked the right guy, thanks a lot! |
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Apr-11-17
 | | tamar: <I wonder if this is a book position or possibly part of the players' home preparation.> 16...Qa5 had been tried before, but White reacted with a blunder 17 Bg5 b4
18 Nd5 Nxd5 19 Qxd5 Rc5 and Black won Suetin vs Szabo, 1967 |
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| Jun-07-18 | | iron john: why not 28.ke7 ? |
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Nov-13-18
| | beatgiant: <iron john>
28. Nxe7 Re8 29. Nd5 Bxd5. Black wins a piece, because the e-pawn is pinned. |
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| Aug-30-20 | | ssbt: I analyzed that game, studying a book abou tthe Dragon. Is a simple atonishing end. No matter if the Dragon is very ricky or an almost refuted opening, when you play good moves and force your opponent to be passive, things like 31...Rxc2! happens. |
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| Aug-31-20 | | Granny O Doul: <Awesome game. I remember reading somewhere that Anand's second Ubilava who was watching the game, screamed "No" almost the instant Anand played Nb6.> I had heard that Larry Christiansen did likewise. I wonder how many more? The playing area, btw, was not well-soundproofed. Immediately after one of the games, Kasparov said something like "Seirawan said you should go here, but then i just do this". |
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Aug-31-20
 | | OhioChessFan: <anand: Its unbelivable how Anand went for the fork thinking it could be so easy to defeat Kasparov . > Agreed. How in the world could Vishy think Kaspy missed a coffee house move? Mind boggling. |
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| Sep-01-20 | | Transfinite Cardinal: Never saw that coming but Vishy should have |
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Sep-01-20
 | | perfidious: <goodevans.... And as a consequence scores of geniuses who can merely tell the difference between red and blue would have lambasted Anand as a blunderer.> Plus ca change..... |
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Jan-03-24
 | | Plaskett: Not a ...Rxc3 sacrifice in the Dragon... but a ...Rxc2 sacrifice now! https://james-plasketts-coincidence... |
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| May-27-24 | | Allderdice83: What an amazing combo. Kasparov had to have seen the possibility of 31 ... Rxc2 back when he played 25 ... a5, which opens up b6 for the White knight. I guess the game would have continued 2. Rxc2 Rb3+ 33. Ka2 Re3+ 34. Kb2 Rxe1, and Black's up two pawns with White's knight sorely out of position, should be a trivially easy win for Kasparov. |
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| May-27-24 | | FM David H. Levin: <beatgiant: <iron john>
28. Nxe7 Re8 29. Nd5 Bxd5. Black wins a piece, because the e-pawn is pinned.> In the position reached after 29...Bxd5,
click for larger viewWhite has 30. b4. After 30...axb4 31. axb4 Rc4 32. Rxd5 Rxb4+ 33. Kc3 Rc4+ 34. Kb3 Rec8 35. Re2, 
click for larger viewit seems that Black must lose a pawn. |
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May-27-24
| | beatgiant: <FM David H. Levin> You're right, I missed 30. b4 there, and it does look like White will come out a pawn up. Thanks for pointing that out. But Black may have more resilient options, for example (after your 28. Nxe7 Re8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Rc4 32. Rxd5 Rxb4+ 33. Kc3 Rc4+ 34. Kb3), now 34...f5 35. Rxb5 Rec8. 
click for larger viewWinning this ending looks technically difficult for White. On 36. Re2 fxe4 37. fxe4 and it's hard to do much with only a few pawns left and White's crippled pawn structure. Or 36. exf5 Rc3+ and I don't see how White can hang onto the advantage. |
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| May-27-24 | | Allderdice83: < ajile: Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that White made some sub-optimal moves that ALLOWED Black to stop g4 and associated counterplay.> That's why I don't like 9. Bc4. Yes, I know Bobby Fischer rolled a whole lot of strong players that way, but he was Bobby Fischer. I never liked that move; Black just brings the knight to a5, making the bishop go to b3, and then Black plays Nc4, and White trades the bishop for it, bringing a rook to c4 and helping Black double rooks. Stockfish gives 9. g4 and 9. O-O-O as the top two moves. Depending on when you ask, either one could be the top. But 9. Bc4 is definitely 3rd best. |
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