Apr-05-06 Speelman vs Kasparov, 1981 
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AlBrown: Textbook endgame play by Gazz here.
Notice how Kasparov simply would
not move that f7-base pawn for the longest time. He was very stubborn about that. The reason? He knew he was leaving with the King, and didn't need to be hassled by defending the Kingside from bishop pokes, ... |
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Apr-05-06 Kasparov vs Marjanovic, 1980 
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AlBrown: That's an interesting question, Poisonpawns. How about choosing the 5 Karpov games from the Linares tournament where he posted the strongest rating result in recorded Chess history - and where Garry was also entered, finishing, I think 3rd or 4th. Sorry not to have the year. |
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Apr-05-06 P Roth vs Kasparov, 1980 
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AlBrown: 'The bane of the Velimirovic'
See Black's moves 8,9,and 10.
And Young Garry knew this in 1980!
Frightening...
Years later, we would all see the books on the Velimirovic asking why
Black played ...Be7 and ...0-0, giving White tempos to build up a kingside attack.
This ... |
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Apr-05-06 Kasparov vs Y Anikaev, 1979 
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AlBrown: Wow, this is a magnificent struggle!
Obviously Garry is a magnificent player, and one can almost cut the tension here on every move with a knife. Forget about the ?? on Black's
66th, where he misses Garry's queen.
That's actually not too uncommon in
games such as this.
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