| Nov-19-05 | | KingG: What a game. Great play by both players, Kasparov was just fractionally quicker on the King-side than Korchnoi was on the Queen-side. I'm not sure about 16.h3 though, was it really necessary? In opposite side pawn storms, i'm not a big fan of moving pawns on your weaker side. |
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| Nov-19-05 | | Catfriend: <KingG> Although 16.h3 does weaken white's K-side, letting black play g4 immediately was even worse. All white would've been able to do is to defend pasively, just prolonging the end. 16.h3 forces Kasparov to prepare a bit for the assault, giving Korchnoi a chance to have activity on the Q-side. Didn't help him, though:) |
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| Nov-19-05 | | KingG: <Catfriend> I disagree, i don't think that h3 was vital at this stage. For example the game could have continued: 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.a5 g4 18.Nb5 g3 (18...gxf3 19.Bxf3) 19.hxg3 fxg3 20.Bxg3, and i think White is fine. For example see W Schmidt vs Joern Galonska, 1995 and W Schmidt vs M Skrzypnik, 2001 for similar games without h3. |
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| May-17-06 | | kewmschess: In The Complete King's Indian, Keene and Jacobs quote Kasparov as saying that 21. Nb4 was the critical mistake. Instead, Kasparov suggests 21. a6! Bxa6 22. Nb4 Bc8 unclear. Even in that line, Black gets a very dangerous attack. It's easy to see why no one else has tried 14. Nd3. |
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| Jan-19-07 | | Octavia: Mcdonald in "...the art of logical thinking" game22, suggested 16 c6 or cxd - h3 was wasting time. |
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| Mar-13-07 | | thegreatzidane: People, is 27. Bxh4 necessary? If white allow black to play Nxf3, does black follow up with Nxg4 and f3? |
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Mar-15-08
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| Feb-10-09 | | OneArmedScissor: <16. h3>
<White places another obstacle in the way of the g5-g4 advance, but in such a double-edged position every move is open to question. Is the pawn on h3 really a barrier, or is it a convenient hook on which black can fasten his kingside attack? It was possible to make do without the pawn move, at least temporarily, and continue to press forwards on the queenside with 16. c6 or open lines with 16. cxd6.>From <Chess: the art of logical thinking> by <Neil McDonald>
page 178. |
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| Mar-31-11 | | PSC: One of my favourite games, and probably my favourite KID. |
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| Aug-03-11 | | DrMAL: Wonder how badly Korchnoi would speak of KID after getting slaughtered in this game?
16.h3 was inaccurate, losing time, if white wanted a K-side move (instead of 16.Rc1 or 16.a5 on the Q-side, 16.Kh1 would have been best). 17.c6 was premature, relieving pressure on the Q-side for a feeble attack. After 19.b4 black simply ignores and goes on with his plan but both sides do not anything yet. 23.fxg4 was the critical (losing) mistake, allowing the h-file to be opened. Korchnoi defended well (25.Ra3 Qh6 26.Nb5 was better) but Kasparov played perfectly for a fabulous win either way. I disagree with Kasparov in his (probably revised) statement about 21.Nb4 being a (critical) mistake. After 21...g4 22.Nc6! Qf8 (as was played) 23.a6! was missed on this move. If 23.a6! g3! then 24.Rb1! gxf2+ 25.Rxf2 and black's attack is defended, whereas 25...Nd7! 26.a7 26...Ne7! defending back results in a near-certain draw (e.g., 27.Bc4 Nb6). If after 23.a6! 23...gxh3 24.gxf3 or 23...gxh3 24.gxh3 then after 24...Bxh3 (best) simply 25.a7! for some advantage to white (25...Qg7 26.Kh2! Bxf1 27.Bxf1 Bg5 28.Bh3  ). |
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| Aug-03-11 | | DrMAL: In Kasparov's line after 23.Nc6! it is not so unclear. If 23...Qf8 simply 24.Kh1 g4 25.Rg1 and white is defended with advantage (e.g., 25...Rg7 26.a5 gxf3 27.Bxf3 Bg5 28.Qe2 ). If 23...Qe8 then 24.Na7! g4 25.Nxc8 Qxc8 26.fxg4 hxg4 27.Bxg4 Nxg4 28.hxg4 and white is still defended with advantage (e.g., 28...Rh7 29.Nb5 Bg5 30.Ra3 Qd7 31.Be1 ). |
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| Aug-07-11 | | fischer2009: 17 ... a5! Stopping the white invasion on the queenside,Typically deep and brilliant KID position knowledge of GK at display. |
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Feb-14-12
 | | LoveThatJoker: "Kasparov and the KID"
LTJ |
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