Agdestein – Kasparov Agdestein Kasparov Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1989.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Belgrade Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 Tags: Kasparov [Event "Belgrade"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Agdestein"] [Black "Kasparov"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "113"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nh3 {The knight is hoping to get to f4 to overprotect d5, and restrict Black's pawn to e6. Later, White may play his h-Pawn to h4 and h5, followed by an attack on g6. On the other hand, this move neglects the d4 square.} b5 7.cxb5 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 {8.Nc3? Nxd5 White is swimming in rough waters.} Qxb5 9.Bc3 Ba6 10.Na3 Qb6 {The whole idea of putting the knight at h3 has not panned out.} 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Rab1 Rab8 {White must deal with the pressure on b2.} 14.b3 Bb5 15.Rfe1 Ng4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nc2 a5 18.f3 Ngf6 19.Nf2 Ba6 20.f4 Rfc8 21.e3 a4 22.g4 axb3 23.g5 Ne8 24.axb3 h5 25.gxh6+ Kh7 26.Kh1 Nef6 {Only 26 moves have been played, but we were both running out of time, having just 3 minutes left for 14 moves. My Norwegian opponent has the advantage here since his king is safer.} 27.e4 {If he can get this pawn to e5, he may be able to do some real damage.} c4 28.e5 {Here we go!} cxb3 29.Nd4 {29.exf6 Rxc2 30.Qxc2 bxc2 31.Rxb6 Nxb6 32.fxe7 Nc4 33.Be4 Ne3!! The threat of 34...Rb1 is winning for Black.} Rc4 {When short of time, tactics are everything. If he has to worry about his pieces then he can't spend precious seconds thinking about strategy.} 30.Nc6 {This mistake gives me plenty of chances. He should have just taken the pawn at b3.} Rc2 31.Qe3 Qxe3 32.Rxe3 Rb6 {The position is getting messier. Agdestein gets my knight, but the initiative swings back to me.} 33.exf6 Nxf6 34.Ne4 {Probably 34.Kg1 was best.} b2 35.Nxf6+ exf6 36.Be4 {White may be a piece ahead, but I have a monster pawn at b2!} Rc1+ 37.Re1 f5 {This must have come a surprise to my opponent. I give up one powerful passed pawn, but get another in return.} 38.Rbxc1 bxc1=Q 39.Rxc1 fxe4 {My pawns are much stronger than my opponent's.} 40.Re1 Bc4 {The time control has been reached and the rest is just a matter of technique .} 41.Ne7 f5 42.Rg1 e3 43.Re1 {43.Rxg6 Bxd5+! 44.Nxd5 Kxg6 45.Nxb6 e2} Rb3 44.Kg2 Kxh6 45.Kf3 e2+ 46.Kf2 Rh3 47.Rg1 Rxh2+ 48.Kg3 Rh5 49.Nc8 Kg7 50.Nxd6 Ba6 51.Ne8+ Kf7 52.Nc7 Bc4 53.Rc1 g5 54.Kf2 gxf4 55.Ne6 {55.Rxc4 Rh2+ 56.Ke1 f3 Even though White has an extra knight, Black wins. If you don't believe me, try defending the position again.} Rh2+ 56.Kg1 Rh4 57.Nd4 0-1 [Event "Belgrade"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Agdestein"] [Black "Kasparov"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "113"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nh3 {The knight is hoping to get to f4 to overprotect d5, and restrict Black's pawn to e6. Later, White may play his h-Pawn to h4 and h5, followed by an attack on g6. On the other hand, this move neglects the d4 square.} b5 7.cxb5 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 {8.Nc3? Nxd5 White is swimming in rough waters.} Qxb5 9.Bc3 Ba6 10.Na3 Qb6 {The whole idea of putting the knight at h3 has not panned out.} 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Rab1 Rab8 {White must deal with the pressure on b2.} 14.b3 Bb5 15.Rfe1 Ng4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nc2 a5 18.f3 Ngf6 19.Nf2 Ba6 20.f4 Rfc8 21.e3 a4 22.g4 axb3 23.g5 Ne8 24.axb3 h5 25.gxh6+ Kh7 26.Kh1 Nef6 {Only 26 moves have been played, but we were both running out of time, having just 3 minutes left for 14 moves. My Norwegian opponent has the advantage here since his king is safer.} 27.e4 {If he can get this pawn to e5, he may be able to do some real damage.} c4 28.e5 {Here we go!} cxb3 29.Nd4 {29.exf6 Rxc2 30.Qxc2 bxc2 31.Rxb6 Nxb6 32.fxe7 Nc4 33.Be4 Ne3!! The threat of 34...Rb1 is winning for Black.} Rc4 {When short of time, tactics are everything. If he has to worry about his pieces then he can't spend precious seconds thinking about strategy.} 30.Nc6 {This mistake gives me plenty of chances. He should have just taken the pawn at b3.} Rc2 31.Qe3 Qxe3 32.Rxe3 Rb6 {The position is getting messier. Agdestein gets my knight, but the initiative swings back to me.} 33.exf6 Nxf6 34.Ne4 {Probably 34.Kg1 was best.} b2 35.Nxf6+ exf6 36.Be4 {White may be a piece ahead, but I have a monster pawn at b2!} Rc1+ 37.Re1 f5 {This must have come a surprise to my opponent. I give up one powerful passed pawn, but get another in return.} 38.Rbxc1 bxc1=Q 39.Rxc1 fxe4 {My pawns are much stronger than my opponent's.} 40.Re1 Bc4 {The time control has been reached and the rest is just a matter of technique .} 41.Ne7 f5 42.Rg1 e3 43.Re1 {43.Rxg6 Bxd5+! 44.Nxd5 Kxg6 45.Nxb6 e2} Rb3 44.Kg2 Kxh6 45.Kf3 e2+ 46.Kf2 Rh3 47.Rg1 Rxh2+ 48.Kg3 Rh5 49.Nc8 Kg7 50.Nxd6 Ba6 51.Ne8+ Kf7 52.Nc7 Bc4 53.Rc1 g5 54.Kf2 gxf4 55.Ne6 {55.Rxc4 Rh2+ 56.Ke1 f3 Even though White has an extra knight, Black wins. If you don't believe me, try defending the position again.} Rh2+ 56.Kg1 Rh4 57.Nd4 0-1 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
