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Garry Kasparov vs Vlastimil Babula Sr
Eurotel Trophy Simul (2001) (exhibition), Prague CZE, rd 1, Oct-18
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. General (B30)  ·  1-0

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May-14-06  spirit: any special reason for 3.Nc3 instead of 3.d4?
May-14-06  MrMojoRisin: Because its a simul
May-17-06  spirit: i dont understand <MrMojoRisin>...does it simplify the game???
May-23-09  Makiavel: just another way to play against sicilian..
May-23-09  Udit Narayan: simul against grandmasters? garry was really crazy...
Aug-04-22  Brettwith2ts: Openings with c5 and e5 always seem slightly suspect to me; I know it's not automatically unsound, but the weakness on d5 is not fun, especially against someone like Kasparov.

The maneuver of the knight from f3 to e3 is interesting, bringing essentially all of White's pieces to control d5 together. After move 9, we arrive at an interesting position, where if either side initiates the trade of light-squared bishops, they will lose control of d5 and likely take the advantage - black would love to play fxe6 and d5! after trading bishops, when the light-squared weakness is gone and suddenly black has an imposing center. On the other hand, white would love to play dxc4, when the pawns on e4 and c4 control d5 while opening a line to attack down the d-file and the backwards d-pawn. Unsurprisingly, neither player bites.

Then, a few moves later, starting on move 16 with the pawn break f4!, White allows Black to get rid of the weaknesses on d5 and d6! But in the meantime, White has taken the bishop pair - essentially trading the light square weakness for two bishops in a position where the center pawns are suddenly coming off the board.

The computer tells me the rest of the game isn't as accurate as the start, which is only understandable, but I love the clash of ideas in the first ~20 moves.

Aug-05-22
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  Open Defence: Maybe 19...Qe6 instead of Nc7 but its hard to recommend walking into a self pin against Kasparov

after 20.Qf1 Bf6 21.a4 White should still have a nice advantage

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