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November 12, 1990 Volume 3, Issue 22

4 GARRY ANDANATOLYIN THE BIG APPLE

The three-year World Championsip cycle has once again
reached its apogee, but the really good news is that New York
is the site. We've got the first six games and annotations by a
mixed, but stellar, cast. 1M Jeremy B. Silman, GM Yasser
Seirawan, and a GM cast of thousands - well several
anyway- comment on a match that is giving every indication
of being the best yet between the Super Ks.

18 TILBURG 1990-PART II
Here are rounds four through nine of this year's Tilburg
tournament with comments by Yasser. The games are really
a treat. These fine games, coupled with the match games from
New York, probably make this our best issue ever in terms of
high-quality, interesting games.

25 ORLOVWINS IN SEATTLE
Soviet visitor 1M Georgi Orlov won a Category 4
Round-Robin in Seattle. We only have a couple of the games,
but they can hold their own - even in this issue! This
tournament is a great example of what local organizers can
do if they have imagination and a willingness to work hard.

16 INSIDE NEWS

26 NIKOLAYMINEVon TACTICS

29 TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

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World Championship - New York 1990

Kasparov and Karpov Hit the Big TilDe

by Joel Salman

T he fifth match between

Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov for
the World Chess Championship began
Garry

October 8 in New York, at the Hotel

Macklowe's Hudson Theater. Anyone
walking into the theater just six days ear-
lier was greeted by the sight of construc-
tion workers and flying sparks from weld-
ing equipment, but by opening day every-
thing was perfect.
On exhibit in the lobby is an extensive
collection of 90 chess sets, ranging from
wood to gold. On loan from George
Dean, president of Chess Collectors In-
ternational, the sets dazzle the eye.
Dating from the Middle Ages to modern Grandmasters Portisch (I) and Henley of Team Karpov
times, the display contains a set by
Faberge, several Russian sets, and our time are up to is another. Those in ing ovation from the capacity crowd. The
numerous politically oriented ones, in- attendance can rent wireless headphones two Ks shook hands prior to taking their
eluding depictions of Communism versus for commentary in the theater, or migrate seats, but it was quite apparent to all that
Capitalism and the 1968 edition "Doves to the Macklowe's fifth foor where there this was merely formality. If their mutual
versus Hawks." are three analysis rooms to choose from. hatred can be transmuted into action over
In the arena, the stage is well-lit. No A rotating staff of Grandmasters, includ- the chessboard, then we are in for quite a
expense was spared in finding the players ing Benjamin, Christiansen, match.
chairs to their liking. Karpov went Dzindzichashvili, and Rohde, is on hand
through a dozen before settling on a high- to explain the play. GAME ONE-October 8
backed executive model, while Kasparov A well-equipped press room is avail- Karpov had won the drawing of colors
opted for a smaller straight-backed chair able for the over 300 accredited jour- at the opening dinner the previous night,
that looks like something out of a doctor's nalists, GMs and chess dignitaries who thus earning the right to throw out the
waiting room. The Champion wanted a will filter in and out of New York during first pawn. His opening with l.d4 was
hard chair in order to stay on edge and the match. Chaired by Eric Schiller, the expected by everyone, and while the
maintain his concentration. facilities include computers, fax King's Indian did not come as a surprise,
The spectators are treated to a view machines, chess databases, display Kasparov's choice of the Byrne system
that could not be improved upon, even by screens, and a commentator to explain raised a few eyebrows. Both players
sitting at Kasparov's side! Above the the games. The gathering of star players proceeded cautiously, using close to an
stage is a 150-square-foot electronic In- assembling during a Championship hour each by move thirteen.
telligent Chess Board, created by Kevin match usually rivals the Olympiad, and Though the earlier part of the game
O'Connell, which displays the moves in- you can expect the pieces to fly during was relatively quiet for a King's Indian, it
stantaneously and provides the clock analysis of key positions. was not without controversy. A sampling
times. Flanking the demo board are two Prior to the first game, Chief Arbiter of four Grandmaster commentators
large television monitors, with several Geurt Giessen greeted the audience and during the ealy middlegame brought four
smaller screens scattered around the 700- asked for quiet during the games: "You different assessments: Seirawan felt
seat theater. The camera work will fea- have here the two best players, and when White was better, Dzindzi preferred
ture close-ups of the players' faces, shots we leave I hope to be able to say that we Black's position, Dlugy believed it was
of the board, and even split-screen inserts had the best audience." Bob Burkett, equal, while deFirmian was heard to say
showing the clock during time pressure. vice-president of the match sponsor's "They don't know what they're talking
Seeing is one thing, but actually under- company, Interscope, then introduced about!"
standing what the two greatest players of the Champion and Challenger to a rous- deFirmian was also critical of the non-
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aggressive nature of Karpov's opening,
expressing the opinion that Karpov either
did not try for an advantage or that his
opening failed, and that "he (Karpov) al-
ways gets away with this garbage." Kar-
pov second Ron Henley had no comment
on the opening, though Henley was later
optimistic as it appeared that his man
might gain a significant pawn. Just when
it appeared that Kasparov had over-
pressed, 27 ...Bg7 showed that he had the
position in hand, and a draw was soon
agreed.-JS
King's Indian Samiscli E81
GM Anatoly Karpov
GM Garry Kasparov
New York (1) 1990
Annotated by Jeremy B. Silman
l.d4
The expected move, but I had a tiny
hope that Karpov might go for Kasparov's
throat with l.e4. Perhaps in a later game?
1... Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
Karpov shows his willingness to go
into the Exchange Variation of the
Grunfeld, a line that has brought him
success against Kasparov in the past.
The psychological battle has already
started.
3...Bg7
By playing the King's Indian Defense,
the World Champion shows that he is
looking for a complicated game in which
he might have chances to win as Black.
4.e4 d6 S.t3!
A surprise by Karpov. Though he has
tried the Samisch in the past, the former
Champion has been playing 5.Be2 and
6.Nf3 for the past several years.
S...O-O 6.Be3 c6
For Karpov, everything is going ac-
cording to plan since Kasparov usually
plays this or 6...Nc6.
7.Bd3 a6!
Sensing that Karpov is booked to the
gills and undoubtedly ready with count-
less innovations, Kasparov sidesteps
everything by playing the Byrne Varia-
tion, named after U.S. Grandmaster
Robert Byrne. In general, it is a good idea
to avoid surprises by the opponent, but in
this case many of the Grandmasters
present were a little leery because the
Byrne is a positional continuation that
may not suit the Champion's active style.
In the past Kasparov has tried 7...e5
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8.d5 b5!? with enormous complications.
S.Nge2
Also seen is 8.a4, which stops Black's
Queenside expansion. However, 8...a5!
followed by 9...N a6 gives Black control of
the b4-square.
S...bS 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.ReI
This plan is not supposed to cause
Black any great anxiety.
10...eSll.a3
Karpov was putting a good deal of
thought into his moves here, and it was
becoming increasingly clear that he was
not prepared for Kasparov's choice of
system.
In the pressroom, Yasser gave this
move a thumbs down and instead was
enthusiastic about the wonders of the
space-gaining 11.b4. "Advantage to
White" was the message he and other
GMs such as Najdorf gave to the crowd.
In the meantime, King's Indian fanatics
like Dzindzichashvili and Fedorowicz
felt that Black had already gained
equality.
1l ...exd4 12.Nxd4 Bb7 13.cxbS
This was not expected. Most observers
thought that Black threatened to provoke
cxb5 by ...Ne5, so White's playing it volun-
tarily raised an eyebrow or two. How-
ever, the moves that various IMs and
GMs were recommending (13.b3 and
13.Bc2) don't seem very appealing either.
13...cxbS!
Much of the gallery could not under-
stand why Kasparov was taking so much
time at this point since they expected
13...axb5. However, this recapture away
from the center is very logical. The main
problem with White's game is that he has
difficulty finding active play. Black on the
other hand has lots of active moves at his
disposal and, more importantly, he has
the important ...d6-d5 pawn break just
begging to be played.
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Once 13...cxb5 was digested by the
commentators, everyone came to the con-
clusion that Black stood very well.
14.Rel!
Played after half-an-hour's deep
thought. Strangely enough, none of the
commentators had given this move any
serious consideration. After some reflec-
tion though, Fishbein and others labeled
the move "brilliant." The idea is typically
Karpovian: reorganize the pieces to safe
posts where they defend all the potential
weaknesses in White's camp.
14...NeS
Here we had some differences of
opinion concerning the assessment of the
position. The younger Grandmasters felt
that Black had an edge. The older GMs
assessed things as more or less equal with
Black having a small initiative that should
not lead to anything concrete.
IS.Bfi ReS
More logical seems 16... Rc8!? fol-
lowed by ...Nc4.
16.B12 dS
Once again 16 ...Rc8 deserves con-
sideration.
17.exdS NxdS1S.NxdS
Karpov refuses to go into the unclear
complications that arise after 18.Ne4 Nf4
19.Nc5Qg5.
IS ...QxdS
If 18...Bxd5, then 19.a4! leaves Black
with nothing.
19.a4!
Without this move Black would indeed
stand better. Now White fights to retain
control of the c4-square, and also tries to
create some pawn weaknesses on the
Queenside.
19...Bh6?
Kasparov is still under the illusion that
he stands better, and as a result he asks
too much of his position. Nick deFirmian
says that Black could have retained
equality with 19 ... Nc4 20.axb5 axb5
21.Nxb5 Qxd1 22.Rexd1 Nxb2 23.Rd7
Bc8 24.Rd6 Be6.
20.Ral!
Played instantly. Now Kasparov's face
took on a worried expression, and he
thought for 17 minutes before bringing his
Knight to c4.
20 ...Nc4
Also possible is 20 ...b4, though 21.Nb3
still leaves Black with many problems to
solve.
21.axbS axbS
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22.RxaS?
It appears that Karpov missed his
best chance to win here. Correct was
22.b3! when 22 Rxal?? fails to
23.RxeS +, and 22 Rxel 23.RxaS +
BxaS 24.Qxel Nd6 25.Nxb5! Nxb5
26.QeS + leaves White a solid pawn to
the good. After 22.b3 the obvious
22 ... Nd6 is met by 23.RxeS + RxeS
24.Nxb5 Nxb5 25.Qxd5 Bxd5 26.Bxb5
RcS 27.b4! RbS 2S.Ra5! and now
2S...Bd2 or 2S... BfS are both answered
by 29.Bc5 when Black is suffering.
Since this seems so miserable for
Black, he might have tried 22 ... Nd2
hoping for 23.RxeS + ? RxeS 24.Bxb5 RdS
with the threat of 25 ...Qg5 and ...Nxf3.
However, White refutes this idea by cap-
turing with his other Rook, i.e., 22 ...Nd2
23.RxaS! RxaS 24.Bxb5 Qg5 25.h4! when
25...Nxf3 +? is met by 26.Qxf3 with a win
for White, and 25 ...Qf4 26.Bc6 leaves
Black struggling.
RxaS 23.Qb3
Excitement in the pressroom! Is Kar-
pov winning? The assembled GMs were
also feverishly analyzing 23.Nxb5 with the
idea of 23 ...Qxb5? 24.b3 Bd5 25.Re5!
which wins for White. It turns out that
Black could just hold on with 23...Qxdl
24.Rxdl Nxb2 25.Rbl Bg7 26.Bd4 Na4
27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Nc7 Ra7 29.Ral Bc6
30.Nb5Rb7.
23 ...Be6 24.Bd3
White is going to win a pawn, but it
soon becomes clear that it won't be
enough. With this revelation the excite-
ment started dimming, and the prediction
of a draw began circulating.
24...Nd6 2S.QxdS BxdS 26.NxbS NxbS
27.BxbS Bg7!
Now White's b-pawn is lost and the
draw becomes clear.
2S.b4 Bc3 29.Rdl Bb3 30.Rbl Ba2
Draw
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GAME TWO - October 10
Security at the match has tightened a
little. Those entering the theater are
swept with portable metal detectors,
though the security staff claims there was
not a specific threat and that this is just a
precaution.
Kasparov arrived on stage a few
minutes before 5:30, receiving
restrained applause. Seated on the left
in his hardback chair, he adjusted his
pieces while waiting for Karpov. At
5:31 Karpov came on the scene to light
applause from the audience, and
Kasparov played l.e4. Yasser
Seirawan, commenting to the audience
via the headphones, had predicted a dif-
ferent opening from the Champion.
This was Yasser's first mistake of the
evening, but it was not to be his last, nor
his most costly. Editor's note: See
Yasser's annotations below.
In contrast to game one, the players
raced through eighteen moves of known
Ruy Lopez theory, leaving those in the
pressroom to try and keep up. As the
journalists and Grandmaster commen-
tators sought to explain what was going
on, it became apparent that the players
were not the only ones who must prepare
for the match. Chief Press Officer Eric
Schiller produced the one available copy
of his monograph on this variation, while
others delved into recent Informants for
reference material. Hal Bogner and
BOOKUP quickly dredged up an assort-
ment of recent games, but Kasparov's
19.f3-"Definitely new, a very strong
move," according to deFirmian - broke
new theoretical ground.
In a fifth floor nalysis room, Joel Ben-
jamin explained 21...BcS with the
reminder that "You can count on Karpov
to keep his position very well protected."
However, the Black position soon began
to look critical. When asked for his
opinion after move 22, Karpov second
Lajos Portisch replied, "I am not sup-
posed to talk." At move 23 Henley ven-
tured that the position was "more com-
fortable for White." Henley had a look
of concern on his face while watching a
TV monitor of the stage with GM Andy
Soltis.
Kasparov then sent the commentators
into complete confusion with 25.Bxh6.
Dzindzi had analyzed this idea four times
for his analysis room audience, insisting
INSIDE CHESS
that Kasparov would not play it.
Kasparov's decision to ignore Dzindzi
had the spectators in an uproar, and
Dzindzi repeated that "I think White is
lost."
In the fifth hour of play, a heavy
downpour outside was paralleled by
Kasparov's pieces flooding into Karpov's
position. Though Anatoly appeared
calm and collected, it seems he may have
overestimated the activity of his minor
pieces - in fact, they really didn't have
much of a life at all. As his time dwindled,
Karpov's face looked more and more
worried, and though he managed to make
the time control, his position was com-
pletely lost.
With Chief Arbiter Giessen on stage
waiting for the inevitable, Karpov ex-
tended his hand in resignation, and the
audience in the Hudson theater exploded
into loud clapping, whistles. and shouts of
"Garry! Garry!" -JS
Ruy Lopez Flohr-Zaitsev C92
GM Garry Kasparov
GM Anatoly Karpov
New York (2) 1990
Annotations by GM Yasser Seirawan
Today the big question was: Would we
see a boring Queen's Gambit Declined or
a full-blooded struggle with l.e4 ?
l.e4!
Yay! We now all expected Karpov's
favorite Zaitsev, but the extremely adven-
turous Caro- Kann could still be on the
menu.
1...eS 2.Nf3 Ne6 3.BbS a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
S.O-O Be7 6.Rel bS 7.Bb3 d6 S.c3 0-0
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 ReS
Karpov is indeed playing the very
popular Flohr-Zaitsev system which
he played in games 15 and 17 of the
London-Leningrad match with
Kasparov, losing both games. But the
opening was not at fault; he lost in the
middlegame.
1l.Nbd2 B18 12.a4 h6 13.Be2 exd4
14.exd4 Nb4 IS.Bbl bxa4
Karpov played 15...c5 in one of the
games in the London-Leningrad match.
He played 15...bxa4 in his Candidates
Match with Hjartarson, drawing, and he
played it twice more in his Candidates
Match with Timman, winning and draw-
ing.
16.Rxa4 as 17.Ra3 Ra6
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 It's true that Black's play looks un-
trustworthy. Black gives up the center
(d4- and e4-pawns) while allowing White
all sorts of lingering Kingside attacks.
But believe it or not, this position has
been Karpov's pettabia (mutually agreed
upon starting position) for a long time.
Some of the world's finest Grandmasters,
Timman and Hjartarsson among them,
have blunted their fangs on Black's posi-
tion. Is it possible that the World
Champion's superb opening preparation
will reveal Black's position as unsound?
lS.Nh2
Instead of 18.Nh2, Timman tried both
18.Nh4 and 18.Rae3. GM Ivanchuk
played 18.Nh2 once. White is looking for
Kingside play based upon Ra3-g3, Nh2-
g4 etc. The move also has a deeper point
that is soon revealed.
lS ...g6
In this position, Hjartarson-Karpov
(game S) continued with 19.Ng4.
Ivanchuk played 19.f4 versus Karpov in
Linares. Both games were drawn.
19.13!
Fantastic! This is the novelty of the
year, folks. After many hours of looking
at this move, I'm still shocked at how
powerful it is. With one stroke, White
cements his e-pawn, and this reinforce-
ment "kills" three Black pieces: Bb7, Nf6,
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The Reshevskys (I) and the Najdorfs enjoy yet another
generation's struggles with the mysteries of the King's Indian.
and Re8. All of these pieces are focused
against White's e-pawn. Now, they are
rendered impotent. In addition, by
developing his pieces behind the center
wall (Nd2-c4, Nd2-fl, c1-e3, Qdl-d2),
White has an array of attacking pos-
sibilities on the Queenside, Kingside, and
center. White has all the choices.
For his part, Black must react with the
utmost urgency. He must make White
commit his center pawns either with ...d6-
dS, inviting e4-eS, or c7-cS,inviting d4-dS.
The bottom line is that Black can't afford
to let White keep his center pawns on e4
and d4.
19...Qd7
A surprisingly lackadaisical move by
the usually alert Karpov. This move com-
pletely fails to address White's center.
Furthermore, it misplaces Black's Queen.
I admit 19...dS 20.eS Nd7 2l.f4!? cS
22.Ndf3 looks bad. Although 19...Nd7
20.Nc4 cS (20...c6 21.Bf4) 21.dS hS looks
like an unpleasant Benoni, it is still play-
able.
My suggestion is 19...c6!. The idea is
to discourage 20.Nc4 because of 20...dS.
Now 20.Ndfl Bg7 21.Be3 Nd7 22.Qd2
(22.Ng4 hS 23.Nt2!?) ...hS is a playable
Benoni structure.
The text was played after a fairly short
think, and makes me think that White's
idea of Nf3-h2, f2-f3 wasn't new to Kar-
pov - only that he underestimated
INSIDE CHESS
White's possibilities.
Kasparov was apparently surprised by
19...Qd7 when he returned. He rubbed
his eyes, raised his eyebrows, grimaced,
and then hunkered down over the board,
deep in thought.
20.Nc4! Qb5 21.Rc3!
Very nice. White brings his Rook to
press against the c7-pawn while vacating
the a3-square. Now if 21...d5? 22.Na3
Qb6 23.eS Nd7 24.Be3, Black's pieces
look like a confusion of opening
strategies.
21...BcS
Typically Karpovian. Like no other
player in chess history, Anatoly Karpov
knows how to use his first rank! He
recognizes that his Bishop on b7 is biting
on granite. He therefore tries to activate
it on another diagonal. This redeploy-
ment costs tempi and many commen-
tators were quick to criticize this move,
but better ideas are not easy to find.
Black's position is bad.
22.Be3 Kh7
Perhaps 22...hS was a better choice as
it would prevent White from playing
Nh2-g4. Still, after 23.Qd2 intending
Re l-c l, White has an indisputable ad-
vantage.
23.Qc1?
A strange move. White threatens Nc4-
a3, retreating with tempo and picking up
the unit on c7. Far more natural is 23.Qd2
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reinforcing the d4-pawn while leaving
open the c1-square.
23 ...c6
At this point, the consensus in the press
room was that Kasparov had exactly the
kind of attacking position that he lives for.
At the board, he appeared to be working
very hard.
24.Ng4
Just so. White informs his opponent that
his Oueenside deployment was just a feint,
and that Black has another problem: his
King. Now 24...Nxg4 25.hxg4 opens up the
h-file when White could continue Kg1-f2,
ReI-hI with sizable threats.
24 ...Ng8
25.Bxh6!
Shocking! Brilliant! Daredevilish!
Foolish! One thing for sure, this move
stirred everyone up enough to a definite
opinion. While rushing to the lecture
rooms, I had dismissed this sacrifice as
unclear. As I sagely explained upon ar-
rival, "Why trade a clear advantage for an
unclear one?" With the simple 25.Nf2!
intending f3-f4-f5, Black is in big trouble.
Play is now forced.
25 ...Bxh6 26.Nxh6 Nxh6 27.Nxd6 Qb6
28.Nxe8
Editor's note - According to the Leisure
Line at this point in the press room, Sham-
kovich thought Kasparov had made a mis-
calculation and Karpov was better.
Dzindzi agreed. Wolff and Christiansen
saw strong attacking lines for White. Times:
White 1:39; Black 1:43 and still running.
At the board, Karpov sat buried in
thought and looked like he was talking to
himself Christiansen thought Black was
crushed and demonstrated: 28...Qxd4 +
29.Kh1 Qd830.Rd1 Qxe831.Qg5withf3-f4
to follow.
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28 ...Qxd4+!
Karpov thought 22 minutes over this
capture because although it snaps off a
pawn with check, it does open the d-file
for White's Rooks. The alternative
28 ...0d8 29.d5 Qxe8 30.Rdl Bd7 31.d6
(31.dxc6!?) ...f6 32.Rc5! intending Qc1-c3
looks very good for White.
29.Khl Qd8 30.Rdl Qxe831.Qg5
It was this position that I rejected when
weighing the merits of25 ...Bxh6. It seems
to me that Black has a multitude of pos-
sible defenses: (A) 30 ...Ng8, (B) 30 ...Bd7,
(C) 30 ...0e6, and Karpov's choice.
(A) At first I was enthusiastic about
30 ...Ng8 intending to meet 31.Rd8 with
...Oe7 when Black is for choice. But my
host for dinner, NM Mike Shahade,
cleared my cobwebs with 30 Ng8?
31.0h4 + ! Kg732.Rd8. Now 32 0e7 al-
lows 33.Rxg8 with check, while 32 ...0e6
33.f4! is lights out.
(B) The line-blocking 30...Bd7 is just
too passive. With 31.Rc4! intending Rc4-
d4, Black would be forced to try ...Ra6-a7
when after Qg5-c5, Black's position is
creaking.
(C) A critical defense is 30 ...0e6. Now
31.Rd8 f6 32.Rh8 + Kxh8 33.0xh6 + Kg8
brings us to the heart of the matter, since
30 ... Qe6 allows White the option of
31.Qd8!? Ra7 (31...f6? 32.Rd6 Nf7
INSIDE CHESS
33.Rxe6 Nxd8 34.Re8 wins for White)
32.Rc5 Rd7 33.Rxd7 Oxd7 34.0xd7 Bxd7
35.Rxa5 with an excellent game for
White. Since Karpov's move 31...Ra7!
brings us by force to variation (C), we
must consider his move best.
31...Ra7!
Around this time I was expressing
doubts about White's whole sacrifice: "Two
pieces, good defensive chances for Black,"
etc. My GM colleagues in the lecture rooms
considered Black dead lost.
At this point GM Patrick Wolff came
into my booth to offer an $80 bet put up
by four players that Karpov would lose. I
accepted with good humor, trying to
remember if it was W. C. Fields or P. T.
Barnum who said that "there's a sucker
born every minute!" Rats.
Times: White 1:56, Black 2:11.
32.Rd8 Qe6 33.f4
33 ...Ba6??
This is the real culprit in Black's defeat.
With the forced 33 ...f6!, the game is still
unclear.
(A) 34.0h4 (Og3!?) Rd7! 35.f5 Oe5!
36.fxg6 + Kg7 37.Rxd7 + Bxd7 and Black
may be for choice.
(B) 34.Rh8 + Kxh8 35.0xh6 + Kg8!
(35 ...Rh7? 36.0f8 + Qg8 37.0xf6 + Og7
38.0d8 + Og8 39.0xaS costs too many
pawns) 36.Rg3 Rg7 37.Rxg6 (37.f5 Oe5;
37.e5 f5) ...Rxg6 38.0xg6 + Kf8 when I
don't see why Black should lose.
After the text, White gets a horrifying
attack.
34.fS! Qe735.Qd2!
A quiet killer. White has a host of
threats: 36.e5, 36.0d4, 36.Rf3 intending
f5-f6, and Rd8-h8. Black tries to plug the
dam with-
Editor's note-Here Karpov was down
to five minutes to reach 40 moves.
35 ...Qe536.Qf2!
White underscores other problems in
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the position for Black: Qf2xa7 and Rc3-c5
among others. The torrent of White
threats blows the dam away.
36 ...Qe7 37.Qd4! Ng8 38.e5 Nd5
Kasparov 2:05, Karpov 2:29.
39.fxg6 + fxg6 40.Rxe6!
A killing blow. Black pieces on'd5, a6,
a7, and the g6-pawn are all hanging.
40...Qxd8 41.Qxa7 + Nde7 42.Rxa6
Qdl + 43.Qgl Qd2 44.Qfl 1-0
An impressive example of Kasparov's
optimism, preparation, and attacking
zeal. No wonder Karpov took a time out
to reset his jaw! - YS
JS - Postgame opinions centered on
the quality of play in the match. "Well, the
games are not boring," was New York
Open organizer Jose Cuchi's comment.
Several strong Masters from the New
York area were sure that Karpov could
have held the game. Among the
Grandmasters, most felt that Karpov had
not played well. "Garry's judgement was
right, and Karpov's pieces were badly
coordinated," according to John
Fedorowicz, while Michael Rohde felt
that 25.Bxh6 was winning and that
Karpov's play prior to the sacrifice could
be improved upon.
The two dissenting voices in favor of
Karpov were Dzindzi and Seirawan.
Dzindzi took the Black pieces against
Benjamin, Christiansen, Wolff, and
several other powerful players, but the
Black position was very difficult to hold.
"Roman, you're fighting an uphill battle,"
Christiansen said, and this seemed to be
right on the mark.
As for the editor of this magazine, he
lost his $20 bets with Wolff, Fishbein and
two other players that Karpov would win.
Yasser's ridicule of those wagering
against him drew laughter from those in
the theater listening on headphones - but
his opponents had the last laugh.
November 12, 1990
Finally, the odds in the press room King's Indian Samisch E92
were 3-1 that Karpov would request a GM Anatoly Karpov
timeout. Just before noon on Friday, Oc- GM Garry Kasparov
tober 12, that became the case, as Por- New York (3) 1990
tisch phoned Arbiter Giessen with the
request. In order to confirm Annotations are based on Leisure Line
Portisch's identity, Lajos was re- coverage.
quested to sing a song familiar to
l.d4 Nf6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
Giessen. Portisch performed accept-
5.NI3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Qe7
ably and therefore game three was
Nunn played 7...h6 against Kasparov at
postponed until October 15. No word
Reykjavik 1988. Kasparov in the past has
on the title of the song. played 7...Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bcl f5 with a
sharp game. Garry saw 7...Qe7 from the
GAME THREE-October 15-16
White side in Baku 1980 which went
Alburt, Geller, Najdorf, Reshevsky, 7...Qe7 8.d5 Ng4 9.Bg5.
Djuric, Lautier, Byrne, Mednis, Sham- 8.dxe5
kovich, Lein, Lombardy, Dlugy, Ben- Karpov played 9.dxe5 against
jamin, Suetin, Soltis, Portisch, Henley, Quinteros in the Malta Olympiad, draw-
ing. That game continued 8.dxe5 dxe5
deFirmian, D. Gurevich ... the ranks of
9.0-0, not 9.Nd5 as follows.
the GMs in attendance continue to
8...dxe5 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Be5 Nxe4
swell. For the third game they are
Kasparov, a great gambit player, does
joined by Viktor Kortchnoi, a man who
not hesitate to sacrifice the Exchange for
knows quite a bit about championship
a central pawn.
matches.
1l.Be7
At the board, the intensity of the play
White forces the Black Queen to the
is raised another notch. On the Black
awkward d7-square.
side of a Gligoric variation King's Indian
11...Qd7 12.Bxf8 Kxf8 13.Qe2
Kasparov sacrificed an Exchange on
Karpov :36, Kasparov :15.
move 10, soon to be followed by an offer
In the press room, Jon Tisdall asked,
of his Queen. Karpov eventually had to
"Isn't this a little extreme? Shouldn't they
return the Queen, and it looked as if settle in for a quiet game somewhere in
Garry would take a winning advantage here? Bjarke Kristensen replied,
into the adjournment until he let a key "Kasparov wants to kill him - that's the
pawn go just before time control. point."
Assessment of the adjourned position 13...Ne5
changed quite a bit between the sealing of At this point, Kasparov was hunched
the move and the resumption of play. In- over in angry concentration, shaking his
itially, many believed that Karpov, who head side to side as if to chase insects
was the Exchange ahead, might have win- from his face. Karpov sat quietly, with his
hands folded in front of his mouth.
ning chances. A deeper look revealed
14.Rdl Ne6
that the Champion's pawn for the Ex-
change and superior position put him on
the verge of winning.
On the fifth floor, Dzindzi summarized
the situation: "If Karpov draws this, it will
be a psychological victory." One move
into the adjournment Karpov played
42.Ra5, which nearly all of the GMs had
analyzed as bad for White. Karpov and
company must have seen further, and he
soon clinched his "miracle draw." A
boost for Karpov, but with Black in the
next game he must at least draw, and draw
well, in order to maintain chances in the
match. So far Karpov has not looked Karpov had been away from the board
sharp.-JS and was returning when Kasparov
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sacrificed his Queen. Robert Byrne
joked in the press room that the wires had
got crossed and that we were watching a
blitz game from the back room of the
Manhattan Chess Club!
Now Garry left Anatoly to sweat alone
at the board. A street brawl had broken
out. The Dutch GM Hans Ree said,
"Beautiful- I admire this ... I don't know
who is better, but it's beautiful!"
Anatoly continued working alone,
leaning over the table with his chin on his
hands.
Karpov 1:09, Kasparov :2l.
15.0-0
The consensus in the press room was
that 15.Ng5 was the real test of Black's
sacrifice and that this simple evasion
gives Black no problems. Deep
Thought said the position was a slight
plus for White.
Garry had said repeatedly over the
past few weeks, "I don't want to win - I
want to crush him!" He meant it.
Of the World Championship Matches,
only Fischer-Spassky (thanks to Fischer)
has been notable for a great variety of
openings. Often players strike the same
chord several times in a match to test its
timbre. This match may run up and down
the entire scale of the King's Indian
before it's over. Notice that Karpov did
not accept Garry's Queen. They must
have both reached the same conclusion.
At the board, it is easy to see why
Anatoly prefers to leave between moves.
There isn't enough room at the board for
both of them as Garry, tightly clasping his
head, hands tight over both ears, hovers
over the table, his chin nearly touching
the pieces.
IS •..Ne616.Nb6 axb617.Rxd7 Bxd7
At this point Deep Thought said that
White was better, though its operator
noted that one of its weaknesses was judg-
ing piece activity. The human GMs
seemed to think that Black was just fine
at the very least.
IS.Qd2
Here Kasparov seemed physically
more relaxed than Karpov, his
shoulders less tense. Anatoly looked
tired, with dark circles under his eyes.
Now both players were leaning in over
the board.
IS ...BeS
This move came as a surprise to the
analysts. Everyone had considered only
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...Ncd4 or ...Ned4. Garry played more
strongly, threatening ...Rd8, ...Rxa2, or
...e4. His 18...Be8 is extremely interest-
ing.
Now Karpov's eyes repeatedly darted
from the board to Garry and back again.
19.b3 e4
Time: White 1:41, Black 1:13.
20.Nel fS
White 1:49, Black 1:32.
21.Bdl NeS 22.Nc2
White is trying to free his pieces by
giving up a2. Lombardy: "If this is his
best, why did he take the Queen?"
22 ...Rxa2 23.QdS Kf7 24.Nb4
At this point the consensus liked
Kasparov, but felt there was a lot of play
for both sides.
White 2:02, Black 2:06.
24 ...c6 2S.Qxe6 + Kxe6 26.Nxa2 Nf7
Black played 26 ...Nfl to permit ...Bd4
and a return to e5 with his Knight.
White 2:08, Black 2:10.
27.Be2 Nd6 2S.Nb4 Bc3 29.Nc2 f4
Kasparov tightens his grip with every
move.
30.Rdl
Here Deep Thought gave a .5 pawn
advantage to Garry.
White 2:14, Black 2:18.
30 .••hS
A natural move, preventing Bg4 + .
Black dominates the whole board.
31.13
Here Karpov was considered to be
hanging on by his fingernails.
31...e3 32.g3 gS 33.Bd3 h4 34.Kf1 cS
This creates a weak c-pawn for White.
White: 2:23, Black: 2:26.
3S.Ke2 bS 36.cxbS NxbS 37.Bc4 + Ke7
3S.RdS Bf6 39.RxcS Nc3 + 40.Kf1 Bg6
41.Nel
Here the game was adjourned.
Sealed times 2:29, 2:32.
INSIDE CHESS
41...Kd6 42.RaS fxg3 43.hxg3 hxg3
44.Ng2 bS 4S.Ra6 + Ke7 46.Ra7 + KeS
47.RaS + BdS 4S.Nxe3 bxc4 49.Nxc4 g4
SO.Kg2 Ne2 S1.NeS gxf3 + S2.Kxf3 g2
S3.RxdS + Draw
GAME FOUR-October 17
Game four saw a little bit of controver-
sy reminiscent of the Karpov- Kortchnoi
matches. Astute observers noticed that
the small table flags had been removed.
According to a press release, Karpov's
Soviet flag and Kasparov's Russian
Republic flag were scrapped at the re-
quest of the Appeals Committee. Ap-
parently Kasparov's flag violated one of
the match regulations, and this was
brought to the attention of the Committee
by Dr. Krogius, the head of the Karpov
delegation.
On the board, we were treated to the
wildest game yet. Kasparov's l.e4 was
met once again with the Flohr-Zaitzev,
showing that Karpov still believes in his
mainstay defense. The Challenger varied
with 15...c5, and the game soon plunged
into a maelstrom of complications.
Karpov used 53 minutes in playing
19...Bxd5, providing the commentators
more than enough time to work on their
predictions. This move had previously
beenlooked down upon, and as Kasparov
followed a suggestion by Alexander
Ivanov, everybody tried to figure out what
was up Karpv's sleeve. The answer
turned ut to be 22 ...Bfl, and Kaspaov's
all-or-nothing response with 23.Re6
caused quite a commotion - can Karpov
take the Rook and win!?
Opinions varied on Kasparov's
decision. Dzindzi felt that Kasparov
rejected the expected try 23.axb5 as not
sharp enough to fit in with the
Champion's desire to win every game.
Fedorowicz stated, "It's good for some-
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body," while Seirawan maintained that
"I've got a right to be confused!"
Meanwhile, my ongoing conversation
with Portisch continued:
IS: "Can you comment on the game?"
LP:"No."
IS: "Interesting position?"
LP:"Hmmm."
Eventually, Karpov achieved a posi-
tion with four connected Oueenside
passers, and nearly everbody believed he
would win. 1M Jay Bonin joked that
"Karpov wins a lot of games four pawns
ahead."
Tn the elevator as I headed for the
theater, one spectator commented that
this game was very dramatic. Traumatic
might be a better description - trying to
determine what was really happening
stressed ever body out, and Karpov's
blunder on move 39 came as a letdown to
all concerned.
Though perpetual check was obvious,
Kasparov sealed his forty-first move,
either to take one last look or to avoid
congratulating his opponent on a truly
exciting game. As Kasparov left the
stage, and as Arbiter Giessen finished the
sealed move with Karpov, there was scat-
tered applause.
Up in the press room, Spassky,
Dzindzi, Lombardy and others
gathered at a table trying to find the win.
Several promising tries were tested
before Dzindzi and Spassky took turns
showing off several endgame studies. A
good way to relax after a tough night of
spectating.
Ruy Lopez Flohr-Zaitsev C91
GM Garry Kasparov
GM Anatoly Karpov
New York (4) 1990
Annotations are based on Leisure Line
coverage.
l.e4
Karpov was first on stage. He waited
for Kasparov, then left. Kasparovarrived
and played l.e4. Karpov returned and
immediately replied 1...e5. No Caro-
Kann-yet.
1... e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.BbS a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
Occasionally during the opening,
Karpov glanced up at Kasparov with a
sly, Mona Lisa smile, as if to say, "I've
November 12, 1990
got a secret."
6.Rel bS 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7
10.d4 Re8 1l.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4
Here Karpov paused for the first
time - three minutes.
12.•.h613.Bc2 exd414.exd4 Nb41S.Bbl
cS
Deviating from Game 2. This is the
old main line, and a regular guest in
Karpov's repertoire. He used it against
Kasparov in the 14th and 16th games of
Match Three (1986). Result-2-0
Kasparov!
16.dS Nd717.Ra3 rs
Karpov played 17...c4 in both games
with Kasparov in 1986. But against Jan
Timman in February, Karpov tried the
text and won. Bisguier: "Black's game is
a little loose but all his pieces are very
active."
18.exfS Nf6 19.Ne4
Here, to everybody's surprise, Kar-
pov thought for more than 53 minutes.
Karpov entered this line himself, so
why did he stop here? Nobody knows.
Karpov must have known that he was
going to play this line before
entered the playing hall. Shamkovich
speculated that Karpov may not have
trusted his own preparations - or
those of his seconds.
19•••BxdS
Kasparov :17, Karpov: 1:03.
Horvath-Zobisch 1988 featured
20.Rae3 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 d5 22.Bb1 Rxe3
23.Rxe3 d4 24.Re6 d3 25.Ne5 c4 26.0f3
Rc8 27.0g} d2 28.Bxd2 Oxd2 29.Rxf6,
with some advantage for White.
Kasparov was holding his head in his
hands.
20.Nxf6 + Qxf621.Bd2
Different player styles: after 20 ...0xf6,
Karpov remained at the board for about
five minutes before walking away. After
21.Bd2, Kasparov walked off immedi-
ately.
In his notes to the deFirmian-A.
Ivanov game in Informant 49/479, 1M
Alexander Ivanov gave this line in a
note, saying that after 21.Bd2 White has
the initiative.
The underside of the table on which
this match is being contested has a verti-
cal board between the two contestants
eliminating the possibility of accidental
kicks.
21...Qxb2
INSIDE CHESS
to
Here Seirawan felt that Karpov was in
trouble, but Deep Thought "felt" White
had no compensation for the pawn.
There was a lot of GM disagreement in
the pressroom.
22.Bxb4 Bf7
Shamkovich said 22 ...Bxf3 would be
too dangerous for Black; instead, Karpov
defends his weak light squares. Deep
Thought, analyzing eight half-moves
ahead, said Black is 1/10 pawn ahead.
Kasparov :57, Karpov 1:22.
23.Re6! Qxb4
he Shamkovich said 23.Re6! was very
strong - 23...Bxe6 would be hopeless as
Black's light squares are too weak. 1M
Frias said he was asleep, woke up, saw
23.Re6! played, and was wide awake.
Everyone now expected 24.Rae3.
Kasparov was very low over the board
again - known as his power station pos-
ture. Garry again was clasping both sides
of his head in his hands. Both players
were at the board, and the general feeling
was that Kasparov had burned his
bridges.
24.Rb3 Qxa4 25.Be2
Kortchnoi said that White is better;
Najdorf and Dzindzi didn't know.
Times: 1:34, 1:46.
2S•••Rad8 26.Rbe3 Qb4 27.g3
At this point Bjarke Kristiansen made
the interesting observation that most of the
Grandmasters present favored Kasparov in
this match as it seemed clear that they were
very slow to admit it when Karpov' s position
was better, as it was here.
27 •..a5
Both players now sat at the board.
There was a great deal of tension in the
hall. Kasparov was in deep, deep con-
centration, with his hands on his ears.
Karpov seemed more calm, though he
spoke softly to himself as he normally
does in tense situations.
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 Kasparov I:S0, Karpov 2:13.
2S.Nh4 dS 29.Qe2 Qc4 30.Bd3 Qc1 +
31.Kg2 c4 32.Bc2 Bxe6
"This is the most exciting match I've ever
seen!" said Maxim Dlugy. Nick deFirmian
felt that "White is still okay." Deep
Thought: 33.RxeG RxeG 34.fxeGBe7 3S.NfS
OgS 36.0e3 Kf8 37.0a7 a4- unclear.
Kasparov 2:18, Karpov 2:2S.

While not exactly the sentimental favorite, Karpov is

more popular now that when he was World Champion.

13...b614.a3 NcSlS.b4 Ne616.Nb3 Ba6

33.Rxe6 Rxe6 34.Qxe6 + KhS
3S.Ng6 + Kh7 36.Qe2 QgS 37.f6 Qxf6
3S.Nxf8 + KgS 39.Ng6 Qt7 40.Ne7 + Kf8
Kasparov sealed his move in this posi-
tion. The best guess was that he sealed
41.Ng6 + with the continuation 41...Kg8
42.Ne7 + Kf8 43.Ng6 + and draw.
The sealed move was indeed-
41.Ng6 + Draw
Friday, October 19
Kasparov called for a timeout, produc-
ing another free Friday. One GM com-
mentator proclaimed the timeout "out-
rageous," while Spassky wondered what
there was to do when the Ks don't play.
Several analysis sessions took place, still
attempting to decipher the fourth game.
Though everyone believes Karpov to have
missed a win, nothing definitive has been
found. The only thing that is clear is that
game four will go into the books as one of
the most thrilling ever.
GAME FIVE-October 22
King's Indian Defense E92
GM Anatoly Karpov
GM Garry Kasparov
New York (5) 1990
Annotations are based on Leisure Line
coverage.
1.d4 Nf6 ~.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
S.Nt3 0-0 6.Be2 eS 7.Be3 Na6
This is relatively new. Usually seen is
...Ng4 or ...h6 (Nunn). In Game 3, 7...0e7
was played with complications. In
Shirov-Bonsch, Stockholm 1989, 7...Na6
was followed by 8.dxeS dxeS 9.Nd2 c6
10.c5 Qe7 1l.Bxa6 11.bxa6, with some
Black initiative.
S.O-O c6 9.dxeS dxeS 10.Qxd8 Rxd8
1l.Rfdl ReS
Karpov slowed the pace after 7...Na6
to check Garry's preparation carefully.
Previously, ...Na6 was played on move 7
after 7.0-0 instead of 7.Be3. The move
...Na6 tries to control c5 without closing
the Bishop in at c8 with Nbd7.
Ljubojevic after 9.dxe5: "Typical Kar-
pov."
12.h3
There seems little chance to stir up the \
typical Kasparov tornado in this position.
Times Karpov :42, Kasparov :18.
13.NdZ
1M Zaltsman's somewhat cryptic com-
ment: "The position is equal, but the
players are not equal."
17.13 NhS IS.Bl2 Red8
Dzindzi said the position was still a
draw but Kasparov still takes the time to
play actively. Here 18.Bf2 prevents
...Ng3. Kasparov and Karpov were work-
ing intently, but with none of the visible
strain that was evident in the first four
games.
Garry now had his head resting sleepily
in his right hand.
Karpov 1:31, Kasparov 1:26 .
19.BI1 Nhf4 20.g3 NhS 21.Kg2 fS
The only chance for counterplay,
otherwise White plays bS. Now Kasparov
intends to open lines for the Bishop at a6.
From here to the end both players took
a lot of time to do little.
22.Rabl RacS 23.RxdS RxdS 24.Rdl
Rxdl 2S.Nxd1 fxe4 26.fxe4 cS 27.bxcS
NxcS 28.NxcS BxeS 29.BxcS bxcS 30.Nc3
Nf6 31.Kf3 Bb7 32.Bd3 Kf8 33.h4 h6
34.Be2 Ke7 3S.Ba4
Karpov 2:22, Kasparov 2:13.
3S...a6 36.Ke3 Draw

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Game Six - October 24
Ruy Lopez C92
GM Garry Kasparov
GM Anatoly Karpov
New York (6) 1990
Annotations based on Leisure Line
coverage.
l.e4 e5 2.Nt3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7 6.Rel b5 7.Bb3 d6 S.c3 0-0
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7
12.axb5 axb5 13.RxaS QxaS 14.d5 Na5
15.Bc2 Nc416.b3 Ncb617.Na3 Ba6
Black is alright - "about equal" (de-
Firmian).
1S.Nh2
Karpov seemed fairly relaxed com-
pared to earlier games.
White intends the transfer Ng4-e3 by
attacking the Bishop at f6.
lS ...c6
Shamkovich felt White had a very clear
plus. Deep Thought favored Black.
Times: Kasparov 1:07, Karpov :31.
19.dxc6 Qxc6 20.Bd2 Be7
More Karpovian prophylaxis .... Byrne
says this is a typical R uy - someone has to
DO something before we can figure out
who's better.
21.Ng4 RaS
At this point Garry was "vulturing"
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over the board. 1M Mike Valvo felt Black
had an edge - more room and more har-
monious pieces, with chances for ...fS or
...dS at some point.
22.Ne3 Nf6
Deep Thought was consistently giving
Black a slight edge. The press room GMs
agreed that ...Nf6 was a strong move.
Garry pursed his lips and bore down.
23.Nf5 BfS 24.Bg5 Nbd7 25.c4
Garry decides to sac a pawn. It is
hoped that this will generate some
fireworks. Deep Thought gives White
only .2S pawn compensation.
Kasparov 1:33; Karpov 1:0S.
25 ...bxc4
26.bxc4 Bxc4 27.Nxc4 Qxc4 2S.Bb3 Qc3
Now Kh2 was going to be very strong-
no first rank threats. White threatens
Re3. The Rook can use the tempo to
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Kasparov 1:4S, Karpov 1:38.
Christiansen looked at ...dS and said it
gave White a wild attack. Wolff and
Dzindzi thought White had some com-
pensation for the pawn, but they didn't
see a Kingside attack coming. Leonid
Shamkovich felt White has more than
enough for the pawn.
29.Kh2 h6
The times were nearly even now-
1:47-1:46.
Valvo said: "Karpov will play this posi-
tion forever - because he can understand
it."
Garry was looking back and forth be-
tween Karpov and the board.
30.Bxf6 Nxf6 31.Re3
White threatens Qf3 or Rg3. Deep
Thought now recognized an edge for
White.
31...Qc7 32.Rt3
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 There seemed to be no question that
Karpov had some problems to solve here.
He licked his lips and continued to calcu-
late under his breath. He was nodding his
head as he ticked off the moves.
Shamkovich felt that Garry was espe-
cially dangerous in this kind of position.
To survive, Anatoly had to play absolutely
cold-blooded defense.
32 ..•Kh7 33.Ne3 Qe7 34.Nd5 Nxd5
35.Bxd5 Ra7 36.Qb3 f6 37.QbS g6
DT saw a .2 pawn lead for White - no
clear win.
3S.Rc3 h5 39.g4 Kh6
The players were looking at each other
fiercely across the board. Garry was
clearly pressing for a win.
Kasparov 2:21, Karpov 2:28.
40.gxh5 Kxh5 41.ReS Bg7
Adjourned
KARPOV DRAWS
GAME6
by Don Maddox on Leisure Line
I na Texas rattlesnake roundup, you
have to be sure to grab your prey firm-
ly at the base of the skull and hang on for
dear life until all the fight is gone from it.
Unfortunately, just when you think you
have the monster under control, it can
snap free to deliver a nasty bite.
This is exactly what happened in Game
six of the World Chess Championship.
Challenger Anatoly Karpov seemed
finally on the verge of subduing the writh-
ing energy that is Garry Kasparov and,
according to many observers, restoring
the balance in the match by winning his
first game.
Suddenly, on move 25, Kasparov
launched a pawn sacrifice that scrambled
the position into the kind of creative
chaos in which he seems to thrive.
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Within a few moves, Karpov found
himself mired in complications and lost
his early lead on the clock. Spectators
watched in amazement as Kasparov sys-
tematically increased his pressure in the
position, seemingly generating an attack
out of thin air. By the time the champion
played 30. Bxf6, everyone knew he was
deadly serious.
. In the waning moments of the playing
session, Kasparov missed strong winning
chances with 38. g4, playing instead 38.
Rc3. While most Grandmasters in the
press room were still trying to figure ways
for Kasparov to win, overnight it became
clear that Karpov still had chances of his
own.
At 11:45 Thursday morning,
Kasparov offered a draw, which was ac-
cepted at 2:05 pm by Karpov, leaving the
World Champion with a 3.5 to 2.5 lead
after 6 games. The sealed move was 42.
R~ •
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 Inside News
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Georgian GM Elizbar Ubilava, best
known as GM Nona Gaprindashvili's
second, finished a half-point over the GM
norm in a Category 9 (246S) GM Round-
Robin held in August. Ubilava's un-
defeated score of seven from nine put him
a point-and-a-half ahead of second-place
finisher 1M Angel Martin of Spain.
Other scores: 3. GM Garcia Palermo
(ITA) 5; 4th-6th GM Bellon, 1MStrikovic
(YUG), and FM Gil (ESP)-IM norm 4.5;
7th-8th GM Todorcevic (YUG) and 1M
F. Braga (ITA) 4; 9th 1M P. Cramling
(SVE) 3.5; 10th F. Fernandez (ESP) 2.5.
Short Reports from Around the World
29.Rxc4 Re6 30.dS ReS 31.d61-0
Ruy Lopez CBB
1M Angel Martin
GM Carlos Palermo
Benasque 1990
l.e4 eS 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.BbS a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
S.O-O Be7 6.Rel bS 7.Bb3 d6 S.c3 0-0
9.h3 as 10.d4 a4 I1.Bc2 exd4 12.Nxd4
Nxd4 13.cxd4 dS 14.eS Ne4 lS.Nd2 Nxd2
16.Bxd2 Be6 17.Bh6 gxh6 IS.Qd3 fS
19.exf6Rxf6 20.Qxh7 + Kf8 21.Bg6 Rxg6
22.Qxg6 Bf7 23.Qxh6 + KgS 24.Re3 Bh4
2S.Rc1 b4 26.Rdl RbS 27.Rdd3 Rb6
2S.Rg3 + Bxg329.Rxg3 + Rg630.Rxg6 +
Bxg631.Qxg6 + KhS 32.h4 1-0
22
12.h4 hS 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rxc3
15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Kbl bS 17.g4 Qxc3
IS.gxhS NxhS 19.Qd2 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Nf4
21.Kb2 as 22.a3 Kg7 23.Rgl RhS 24.Rh2
Kf62S.Rg3NhS 26.Rgl Nf427.Kc3 ReS +
2S.Kd2 Nc4 + 29.Bxe4 Rxe430.Ne2 Nxe2
31.Rxe2 b4 32.axb4 Rxb4 33.Rg5 eS
34.Re3 a4 3S.Rd3 Rb636.RgI Ra637.Ra3
RaS 3S.Rbl Ra6 39.e4 Ke6 40.RbS Bc6
41.Kc3 fS 42.exfS+ gxfS 43.Kb4 Ra7
44.hS Rh7 4S.Rb6 Rb7 46.Rxb7 Bxb7
47.Kxa4 Kf6 4S.Kb5 f449.h61-0
Sicilian Dragon B77
1M Marc Santo-Roman
1M Jean-Rene Koch
French Championship 1990

l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 exd4

Queen's Gambit D55
GM Elizbar Ubilava
FM Javier Gil
Benasqlle, 1990
l.c4 e6 2.Nc3 dS 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7
S.Qc20-0 6.BgSNbd7 7.Rdl h6 S.Bh4 b6
9.cxdS exdS 1O.e3Bb7 I1.Bd3 cS 12.0-0
c4 13.BfS NeS 14.Qa4 Ndf6 IS.NeS Nd6
16.Bxf6NxfSl7.Bxe7 Qxe71S.Qd7 Qxd7
19.Nxd7 RfeS 20.NeS Nd6 21.Rc1 Re7
22.a4 a6 23.b4 RdS 24.bS as 2S.Nc6 Bxc6
26.bxc6 NcS 27.e4 dxe4 2S.NbS Kf8
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S.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.130-0 S.Qd2 Nc6
9.Be4 Bd710.h4 hS11.0-0-0 Ne512.Bb3
Thirty-year-old 1M Marc Santo-
ReS 13.BgS ReS 14.Kb1 bS lS.Rhel as
Roman was the surprise winner of the
16.f4 Neg4 17.a3
6Sth French Championship held this past
summer. In the absence of GM Joel
Lautier, Oliver Renet, and Bachar
Kouatly, former World Champion Boris
Spassky was the favorite of this year's
Championship as he outrated his nearest
competitor, 1M Gilles Miralles, by over
one hundred points (2570-2460). But too
many draws did him in.
Santo-Roman, who scored 11.5 from
15 in the Category 6 (2379) event was
followed by young IMs Jean-Rene Koch
and Gilles Miralles at 11. Spassky, who
was the only undefeated player in the
event, scored 10.5 for fourth while IMs
Eric Prie and Manuel Apicella took the 17...b4 IS.axb4 axb4 19.NdS NxdS
final two plus scores at nine and eight to 20.BxdS Rxd5 21.exd5 f6 22.Nc6 Bxc6
finish 5th and 6th respectively. 23.dxe6 fxg5 24.hxgS Qe7 2S.Qxb4 Qxe6
26.Rxe7 dS 27.Ra7 ReS 2S.c3 ReS 29.Re7
Sicilian Dragon B76
Ne3 30.Rel Rxe7 31.Qxe7 d4 32.Rc1 Qe4
1M Manual Apicella 33.QdS + Kh7 34.exd4 Qd3 + 3S.Ka2
1M Jean-Rene Koch
Nc236.Qd6 Nxd4 37.Rc3 Qe4 38.Rc8 Qb7
French Championship 1990
39.Rb8 Qf7 + 40.Kal Nc2 + 41.Kbl Nd4
l.e4 cS 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 42.Rb4 QfS + 43.Ka2 QaS + 44.Kbl NfS
S.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.13 0-0 S.Qd2 Nc6 4S.Qb6 QdS 46.Qf2 Qd1 + 47.Ka2 Qd6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 ReS 11.Bb3 NeS 48.Ra4 QdS + 49.b3 Qdl SO.Ka3Nd4 0-1
INSIDE CHESS Issue 22
 between Ron Gross, Wageeh Boctor, Georgios Makropoulos (GRE)
Richard Borgen, and John Skratulia, all Treasurer
:§~:~::~:~fJ,:~;:~~:~~:~!:::::9,:~:[:~~:QY:
::::::;: :::::::;:::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::;:::::::::;:.; :::::::::::::::::;:;:;:::::::::::;:;:;:; ;:;:;:;:; ::::::::::::::::: with 4.5-1.5. Gross won the title on tie Willy Iclicki (BEL)
Soviet 1M Viktor Moskalenko won the breaks. 2. President
4th Annual St. Ingbert Open held August Expert class prizes were won by Kenny Narciso RabeII Mendez (PUR)
4-11 with eight points from nine. Tying Thomas, Mel Tyner, Craig Faber, Robert Executive Deputy President
for second at 7.5 in the 21O-player field Hatfield, and Richard Reid. Dan Lee Lothar Schmid (DDR)
which included 27 FIDE title holders and Bill Richards shared the Master prize General Secretary
were Hungarian 1M Gyula Horvath and in this cash-heavy tournament which Yuri Averbakh (URS)
untitled Yugoslav Ekrem Cekro. guaranteed $1,000 in prizes. Treasurer
Complete game scores plus the M. Zein EI Sadat (EGY)
Semi-Slav D44 cross tables are available from tourna- 3. President
Ulrich Jahr ment organizer Jeff Birkel at 700 E. Alos- Roman Toran (SPA)
1M Viktor Moskalenko ta #52 Glendora, CA 91740 for $6.00. Executive Deputy President
St. Ingbert Open 1990 The tournament was directed by Marcus , Rafael Tudela (VEN)
Benton. General Secretary
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.N13 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 S.BgS
Andrzej Filipowicz (POL)
dxc4 6.e4 bS 7.eS h6 8.BM gS 9.exf6 gxh4 Sicilian Velimirovic Attack E89 Treasurer
10.NeS Qxf611.a4 Bb412.g3 Nd713.Nxc6
NM Thomas Wolski Waiter Baumgartner (SWZ)
Bb7 14.axbS eS lS.Bh3 exd4 16.0-0 Bxc6 Mehrdad Miralais Nominations for Deputy President of
17.bxc6 NeS 18.NdS Qd6 19.Nxb4 Qxb4 Little Lone Pine 1990 the various continents (in alphabetical
20.Re1 f6 21.RxeS + fxeS 22.QhS + Kf8
1.e4 cS 2.N13 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 order by continent and candidate) are:
23.QfS + Kg8 24.Qe6 + Kf8 2S.Qf6 + 1-0
For Deputy President
S.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7
Africa-Sylvanus Ebigwei (NIG),
9.Bb3 Be7 10.0-0-0 0-0 11.g4 Nxd4
Groningen, the Lakhdar Mazouz (ALG)
12.Bxd4 bS 13.gS Nd7 14.f4 NcS lS.Rhgl
Netherlands b416.Na4 Nxb3 + 17.axb3 eS 18.Bb6 Qc6
Americas-Alejandro Nogues
19.fS ReS 20.f6 BfS 21.h4 Be6 22.Kbl (ARG), Don Schultz (USA)
Gata Kamsky will be among the par- Asia - Khalifa Mohammed AI- Hithmi
RebS 23.B12 dS 24.hS g6 2S.RhI dxe4
ticipants in this year's edition of the An- (QUA)
26.Bg3 BfS 27.Qh2 e3 28.Rhfl Qxc2 +
nual Groningen GM tournament. 29.Qxc2 Bxc2 + 30.Kxc2 e2 31.hxg6 hxg6 Europe-Egon Ditt (DDR), Kurt
Rounding out the field in the Category 13 32.Rf3 exdl = Q + 33.Kxd1 RbS 34.Rt2 e4 Jungwirth (AUS)
(2561) Round Robin are: Alexander 3S.Bf4 RdS+ 36.Ke2 Rd3 37.Kel RfS
Khalifman and Alexei Shirov of the Soviet 38.Nb6 e3 39.Rf1 Rxb3 40.Nc4 Rd3
Union, Michael Adams of England, Joel 41.Nb6 BcS 42.NcS Rd7 43.Ke2 Rd2 +
Lautier of France, Jon Arnason of 44.Kel Rd7 4S.Ke2 RfdS 46.Rc1 Rd2 +
Iceland, Ian Rogers of Australia, Mattias 47.Kf3 Rt2 + 4S.Kg3 e2 49.Ne7 + Bxe7 Bulgarian GM Evgeny Ermenkov and
Wahls of the Federal Republic of Ger- =
SO.fxe7 Rf1 S1.eS Q + Kh7 S2.Qxd7 untitled Soviet Raset Ziatdinov (2515)
many, and Jeroen Piket with Joris Bren- Rxc1 S3.Qxt7 + 1-0 shared top honors in the Dutch Open
ninkmeijer of the Netherlands. All are Championship held in August as part of
GMs, except Brenninkmeijer, who will be the OHRA Chess Festival. Their scores
shooting for the norm of 5.5 points. of 6.5 from 9 were worth $1,600 apiece.
Alongside the GM event, several American 1M Ben Finegold was equal
Opens for players of different strengths 24th to 34th at 4.5 in the 56-player field
The FIDE CHESS NEWS of August 31
will be from December 21 to the 30th. which included 8 GMs and 17 IMs.
contained the following information
Those interested in more information can
about the upcoming FIDE elections Sicilian Dragon E77
write to: Stichting Schaak Groningen,
which will take place in November during
P.O.Box 8010,9702 KA Groningen The Raset Ziatdinov
the Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad.
Netherlands tel:(O) 50-26-28-26, fax (0) 1M Jano Rigo
Nominations must be received three
50-25-01-55. Dutch Open Championship 1990
months prior to the General Assembly.
The following combined tickets (in al- 1.e4 cS 2.N13 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
phabetical order by Presidential Can- S.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.13 Nc6 S.Qd2 0-0
didate) are for the elections at the 1990 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 RcS 1l.Bb3 NeS
The inaugural edition of the Little FIDE Congress in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. 12.0-0-0 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.hS NxhS
Lone Pine Expert/Master tournament at- 1. President IS.Nde2 Re816.Bh6 BeS17.g4 Nf618.Bf4
tracted 23 players with an average rating F1orencio Campomanes (PHI) QaS 19.BxeS QxeS 20.Qh6 e6 21.Rd3 bS
of 2171 and concluded August 27th at the Executive Deputy President 22.f4 QcS 23.g5 NhS 24.Ng3 QI2 2S.RxhS
Arcadia Chess Club. Alexander Matanovic (YUG) Qxf4 + 26.Kb1 b4 27.NfS Qfl + 2S.Ndl
The result was a four-way-tie for first General Secretary 1~ •
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tending 13.h6 is good for White) 12.Kf1
with two threats, Rh1-h4 and h5-h6. The
resulting position offers White good com-
pensation.
After 20 moves White is in real trouble,
and after 24 ...Rg3 I thought White was
out of luck. Black plays for the win with
24 aS. A perpetual was possible by
24 Nb4 + 25.Bxb4 Nb2 + etc. The final
position is completely unclear. After
29.Ke1 Rxd4 30.Nf2, Nigel preferred his
position but his clock was a factor.
Grunfeld Defense D76
GM Vassily Ivanchuk
GM Boris Gelfand
Tilbllrg (5) 1990
l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 dS
S.cxdS NxdS 6.Nf3 0-07.0-0 Nb6 S.Nc3
Nc6 9.dS NaS 10.e4 c6 l1.BgS cxdS
12.NxdS NxdS 13.exdS Bxb2 14.Re1 Bf6
lS.Bxf6 exf6 16.Rc1 Qd6 17.Nd2 rs
lS.Qa4 b6 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Bd7
21.Qc7 Qxc7 22.Rxc7 RfeS

French Winawer CIS

GM Nigel Short
GM Vassily Ivanchuk
Tilburg (4) 1990

l.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.eS Ne7 S.a3

Bxc3 + 6.bxc3 cS 7.h4 Nbc6 S.hS cxd4 GM Predrag Nikolic
9.cxd4 QaS + 10.Bd2 Qa4 1l.Bc3 b6
12.Nf3 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Qxa6 14.a4 RcS
IS.Rh3 0-0 16.h6 g6 17.Qe2 Qxe2+
IS.Kxe2 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Kd3 NfS
21.Re1 Nd6 22.NgS Rxf2 23.Rxe6 Nc4
24.Rg3 as 23.RxeS + BxeS 24.f4 RdS 2S.Rxa7 1"6
26.Ra3 Bn 27.Rb3 Kf8 2S.a3 Ke729.Rxb6
BxdS 30.BxdS RxdS 31.Rb7 + Ke6
32.Rxh7 RaS 33.Rg7 gS 34.fxgS I"xgS
3S.RxgS Rxa3 36.Kg2 Ra2 + 37.Kh3 KI"6
3S.RhS Kg6 39.Rh4 Rb2 40.Rc4 Ra2
41.Rc1 KgS 42.Rgl Rb2 43.Rg2 Rxg2
44.Kxg2 1"4Draw

Nikolic-Short 31.Kg2 Rxe632.dxe6 Bc633.Bc3 NgS +

A strange game. Black errs with
5 ...0-0? since 6.dS! gives White a nice
central edge. After 1O.cxd5, White has a
nearly won strategical game. Nigel,
oblivious to any discomfort,just plays the
2S.Nh3 Rf1 26.Rf3 Rdl + 27.Ke2 game. In Nikolic's view, he makes fifteen
Nxd4 + 2S.Bxd4 Rd2 + Draw moves' worth of mistakes. In fact, White
misplayed the game so badly he got mated
by the Dutch Defense! A first?
Round 5
Dutch Defense A 92
Ivanchuk-Gelfand GM Predrag Nikolic
A match-up of future greats from the GM Nigel Short
Soviet Union. At least one ofthese two is Tilburg (5) 1990
considered to be a future World Cham-
l.d4 e6 2.c4 1"53.g3 NI"64.Bg2 Be7 S.Nf3
pionship challenger. This game disap-
0-0 6.dS Ne4 7.0-0 Bf6 S.Nbd2 Nxd2
pointed no one. Ivanchuk came prepared
9.Nxd2 exdS10.cxdS d611.Qc2 as 12.Nc4
with an interesting pawn offer. Almost by Nd7 13.Bd2 b6 14.Rac1 NcS lS.b3 Qe7
force, Black found himself in a difficult 16.e3 Ne4 17.Rfdl Bd7 IS.Bel RaeS
ending where a single misstep would be 19.Na3 NcS 20.BI1 gS 21.NbS f4 22.exf4
fatal. Boris rose to the defensive task gxf4 23.a3 BgS 24.b4 axb4 2S.axb4 txg3
beginning with 22 ...Rfe8!. A well-played 26.hxg3 Bxc1 27.Qxc1 Ne4 2S.Nd4 Qf6
game! 29.Qe3 NgS 30.Ne6 Nt3 +
34.KgI Qh6 35.1"4Qhl + 36.Kf2 Qh2 +
0-1
Seirawan-Andersson
Black's daring stategy of 6...Bxc3!?
pays off handsomely. White mistimed his
Kingside play: instead of 1O.0-0? the
move 10.f4!, followed by a quick Nh3-f2
and e2-e4, gave White a long-term plus.
As it was, White had no active plan when
Black unnecessarily agreed to an ex-
change of Queens,and the danger
passed.
Symmetrical English A36
GM Vasser Seirawan
GM Ulf Andersson
Tilburg (5) 1990
l.c4 cS 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6
S.a3 d6 6.e3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Qc7 S.d3 fS 9.Nh3
eS 10.0-0 Nf6 11.f3 h6 12.e4 gS 13.exfS
BxfS 14.Nf2 0-0-0 lS.Ne4 RdfS 16.Be3
Be6 17.Qe2 Qd7 lS.Ra2 Rh7 19.Nf2 KbS

November 12, 1990 INSIDE CHESS -19-

20.Rbl Rg7 21.Rab2 QeS 22.Qdl BeS
23-.Qa4 Re7 24.Rf1 Ne7 2S.QxeS NxeS
26.Ne4 NfS 27.Bc1 Draw
Caro-Kann Advance B12
GM Jan Timman
Gata Kamsky
Tilburg (5) 1990
l.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.eS BfS 4.Nc3 Qb6!?
The old method of playing against the
Advance. The modern 4...e6 5.g41eads to
wild play.
S.g4!? Bd7 6.Na4!?
White has another double-edged op-
tion with 6.h4!? h5!? 7.gxh5 where he
cedes the f5-square, but gains open lines
on the Kingside.
6...Qe7 7.Be3 e6 S.Bg2?!
A difficult move to fathom. After the
game, J an thought this to be a good move.
Ideally the Bishop belongs on d3; it is
simply misplaced on g2. White's purpose
is to answer ...h7-h5 with h2-h3 when the
Rook on hI is defended. But this plan
seems to be off-target. Once again 8.h4!
(8.h3!?) 8...h5! 9.gxh5 Ne7!? 1O.h6 is good
for White. Another option is 9...Nh6!?
1O.Ne2!? Nf5 I1.Ng3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 f6
leading to wild complications. Timman's
choice of 8.Bg2 does have the advantage
of preserving White's space advantage.
S...Ne7 9.f4 Na6!
Although Black is suffering from a
cramp, his pieces need only one square
each. Black is timing his ...c6-c5 break.
10.Nf3 hS!
A well-known guiding principle when
you have less space is to exchange pieces.
The text prepares to do just that.
1l.h3 Ng6 12.Nc3 Be7!
Well played. The Black Knight on g6
does nothing. Soon it will hop to h4.
13.Qe2 Nh4 14.Nxh4 Bxh4 + IS.Bf2
Bxf2 + 16.Qxf2 hxg4 17.hxg4 O-O-O?!
More natural is 17 ... Rxhl 18.Bxhl
0-0-0 intending ...Rd8-h8.
IS.0-0-0 eS!
Black must get this move in for several
reasons: (A) To activate his Bishop, ( B)
to chip away at White's advanced center,
and (C) to activate his Knight by bringing
it to c5.
White must (A) reroute his Knight,
preferably to d4 via e2, and (B) watch for
undermining moves such as ...t7-f6 or
more wickedly ...g7-g5. If White can
preserve the status quo on the Kingside
and in the center, then he will have a
-20-
better ending.
19.Kbl?!
This moves White's King away from his
better ending. White seems frustrated by
the line 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Ne2 Rxhl
21.Rxhl Nd3 +. Another problem is
19.Rxh8 Rxh8 20.Bfl provoking clarifica-
tion on the Queenside, when 20 ...c5-c4 is
fine for Black.
I'd suggest clearing the board with
19.Rxh8 Rxh8 20.Rhl Rxhl + 21.Bxhl
cxd4 22.Qxd4 Qc5 23.Ne2 etc. Practice
has shown that White's endgame edge is
too small to win. J an tries to keep the
game tense hoping Kamsky's inex-
perience will cause his undoing.
19...KbS 20.a3?! Qb6! 21.dxeS NxeS
22.Qd4 Be6!
A strong move. Black clears the d7-
square for his Knight.
23.Bf3?! Nd724.Ne2?
White completely rmstrrnes his
repositioning. Black is about to snap
White's center with ...g7-g5. It's hard to
say what Timman was thinking.
24 ...Qxd4 2S.Nxd4 gS!
White's center is collapsing.
26.fxgS?!
White has a choice of evils. Nigel Short
wasn't sure that Timman chose the right
one. We began to look at lines such as
26.f5!? Nxe5 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Rhel etc. In
most of the lines White was holding on.
Nigel summed things up by saying, "But,
White has to do this. His whole center is
collapsing. If not, he's just lost." As Lev
Polugaevsky would say, "He is true."
26 ...NxeS 27.Rbel Ng6 2S.e4 RbgS
29.Re3 Ne7!
White is doing his best to fight back in
the center, but Black's last move just ce-
ments everything. White's g-pawns are
targets; we can begin to think in terms of
Timman being lost.
Kudos for Kamsky. He outplayed the
INSIDE CHESS
world's number-three player from a pas-
sive position and made 'it look easy.
30.Nxe6 + bxe6 31.exdS. exdS 32.Rc1
Rd7! 33.Be2 RxgS
Now the game is over. Black must
centralize his King, exchange one or two
pieces, then push his pawns - the ABCs
of chess.
34.Ba6 Rd6 3S.Be2 Re6 36.Rf1 Rg7
37.Ref3 rs 3S.gxfS NxfS 39.Bd3 Nd6
40.Re3 Re7 41.Rfel NeS!
A key move. Black covers all his
pawns.
42.ReS Ne7! 43.BfS KeS! 44.Bg4 Kd7
4S.RgS Kd6 46.RgS Re4
Black has centralized his King. Now to
exchange a piece or two. The way to do
this is to activate his pieces. Eventually
White will have to offer an exchange him-
self.
47.Re3 Rf7 4S.Bh3 Ref4 49.RdS+ Ke7
Offering White an opportunity to
sacrifice an Exchange. But in fact this
may have been a clever trap, since the
resulting Rook and Bishop vs. two Rooks
is easy for Black.
SO.ReS Kd7 S1.Rxe7 + Kxe7 S2.Bxe6
Re7 S3.Rc3 + Kd6 S4.Bh3 ReI + ?
For several moves, Kamsky misses the
simplest method, doubling Rooks on the
seventh rank.
SS.Ka2 RbI?! S6.BeS Rb7?! S7.Ba6 d4
SS.Rg3 Re7 S9.RgS KeS 60.Rg3 Rf2!
61.Kb3 Kf4 62.RgS Ke3 63.Ke4 Rf3
64.RdS Rf6 65.BbS Rb6 66.a4 a6 67.Ke5
Rf6 6S.Be4 Re7 + 69.Kb4 Rb6 + 70.KaS
Rxe4! 71.Kxb6 Rxa4 72.b3 Ral 73.KeS d3
74.ReS + Kd2 7S.Kd4 RbI! 0-1
This game and his draw with Ulf
Andersson were Gata's best games in Til-
burg. The glaringly obvious virtue of both
was his lack of mistakes. In a chess world
in which many more games are lost than
won, Gata has a very bright future.
Issue 22
 Round 6
Nikolic-Gelfand
Those who play the Nirnzo- and
Queen's Indians are beginning to spice
the normal proceedings up with the pre-
viously discredited ...Bc8-a6, ...d7-dSxc4
lines. This was seen in the Karpov-Tim-
man match in Malaysia this year when
Black had no opening problems using this
idea. Here Predrag plays quietly and ob-
tains a small edge. Though given a free
hand on the Kingside, White drifts plan-
lessly from moves IS to 24 and comes
perilously close to losing.
Queen's Indian E15
GM Predrag Nikolic
GM Boris Gelfand
Tilburg (6) 1990
l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b64.g3 Ba6 5.b3
d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4 + S.Kfl Bd6
9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.Qd2 Nc6 1l.Nxd6+ cxd6
12.Nc3 Nce7 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bf3 0-0
15.Kg2f516.a4 Bb717.Rd1 f41S.Ba3 Qd7
19.Kg1Rf6 20.Rf1 RafS 21.Qd3 a6 22.Be4
g5 23.Bg2g4 24.Bh1 1325.Rfe1 b5 26.axb5
axb5 27.e4 Ne7 2S.Bxd6 Rg6 29.Bxe7
Qxe7 30.Qxb5 RdS 31.Ra5 Rxd4 32.h3
Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Bxe434.hxg4 QdS
35.Ra1 Rxg4 36.Qe5 Bd5 37.Ra7 Rg6
3S.b4 Qf6 39.Qc7 Rg7 40.QbS + QfS
41.Rxg7+ Kxg7 42.Qa7 + Kg6 43.Qd4
Qf5 44.Kh2 Qh5 + 45.Kgl Qf5 46.Kh2 h5
47.b5 Qe4 4S.QhS Qf5 49.QgS+ Kf6
50.b6 Qc2 Draw
Timman-Ivanchuk
This was one of Tilburg's most exciting
games. Timman felt Black's provocative
play compelled him to sacrifice a piece.
After IS.Ndc4, White's compensation is
enormous. Still, it was up to White to
prove the soundness of his sacrifice.
Timman's 19.9xf4 looks like a miscue.
November 12, 1990
The folks in the press room liked 19.QfS
and they were right. White's idea of an
attack on the g-file ran into a brick wall:
...BfS-g7, ...NbS-d7-fS etc. Black's
counter-sacrifice on f4 proved decisive.
An excellent defensive show by Ivanchuk.
Queen's Indian E15
GM Jan Timman
GM Vassily Ivanchuk
Tilburg (6) 1990
l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6
5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 S.Qc2
d5 9.Ne5 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 1l.Nb3 as 22.QxcS RaxcS + 23.Kb1 Bxd1
12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bf4 Qb6 14.Rad1 ReS 24.Rxd1 Nc425.Bc1 Rc7 26.Ne4 h6 27.b4
15.Nd2 BfS16.e4 g517.exd5 gxf41S.Ndc4 RdS 2S.Rd3 Nb6 29.Be3 NxdS 30.RxdS
Rb7 31.Nc3 KgS 32.Rd3 Kt7 33.NdS Ke6
Qa619.gxf4 Nbd7 20.Rd3 Bg721.Rg3 NfS
22.f5 Nh5 23.Rg4 Qf6 24.f4 RadS 25.d6 34.Kb2 RaS 3S.Kb3 BdS36.a4 BaS37.Ka3
BdS 3S.Kb3 BaS 39.Ka3 BdS 40.Rd1 RcS
BcS 26.Be4 Nxf4 27.Rfxf4 Rxe5 2S.Nxe5
41.Kb3 BaS 42.bS RbbS 43.Ba7 Rb7
Qxe5 29.Rf2 KhS 30.Rfg2 Bxf5 31.Rxg7
Ng6 32.R7xg6 hxg6 33.Re2 Bg4 34.Rd2 44.Be3 RbbS 4S.Ba7 Rb7 46.Be3 Draw
Qf4 35.Qd3 Be6 36.a3 Qg5 + 37.Qg3
Andersson-Kamsky
Qxd2 3S.Qt2 Qxt2 + 39.Kxt2 g5 40.Ke3
Kg7 41.Bc6 f5 42.Kd3 Kf6 43.Kc3 Ke5 Another Kamsky head-scratcher.
44.b4 axb4 + 45.axb4 cxb4 + 46.Kxb4 White has a fantastic middlegame and
Kd40-1 Black is forced to cough up his e-pawn
with 26...e4!? - but Ulf doesn't take it!
Seirawan-Short After 27.Rxe4 Bd4 2S.Rxd4! cxd4
This was another of my "near hits." An 29.Qxd4 Qxa3 30.cS, White wins accord-
interesting opening leads to a wide-open ing to Timman. When White allowed
battle. Black has loads of compensation 31...Bxf2 + !!, his suicide was complete.
for a pawn when he mistakenly chooses to
King's Indian Defense E61
win an Exchange and lands in a lost en-
ding. Poor play by me (2S.Bcl?, better GM Ulf Andersson
was 2S.Bgl; 31.Nc3?, better was 31.bS!) Gata Kamsky
Tilburg (6) 1990
allowed Black to blockade.
l.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg74.e3 d6 S.h3
Dutch Defense A85 0-0 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 S.Be2 a6 9.0-0
GM Vasser Seirawan bS 10.Rc1 Bb7 1l.Nd2 bxc4 12.Nxc4 cS
GM Nigel Short 13.dS Nb6 14.e4 Nxc4 lS.Bxc4 as 16.Re1
Tilburg (6) 1990 Ba617.Bxa6 Rxa618.eS Nd719.exd6 exd6
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Be75.Bd3 20.b3 NeS 21.Rc2 Rb6 22.Na4 Rb4
0-0 6.Nge2 d6 7.Qc2 Nc6 S.a3 Bd7 9.Bd2 23.BxeS dxeS 24.Rc4 Qd6 2S.a3 Rxc4
QcS 10.13 eS 11.0-0-0 a6 12.h3 bS 26.bxc4 e4 27.Qd2 fS 2S.Nc3 Bd4 29.NbS
13.cxbSaxbS 14.BxbSKhS1S.Bc4 f416.dS QeS 30.QxaS f4 31.Qc7 Bxt2+ !
NaS 17.Ba2 fxe3 lS.Bxe3 c6 19.Ng3 cxdS
20.NxdS NxdS 21.BxdS Ba4
111
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 32.Kxf2 Qb2 + 33.Re2 e3 + 34.Kf3 Qel .
0-1
Round 7
Gelfand-Andersson
Ulf has been having difficulty against
the Classical Nimzo-Indian of late,
specifically 4.0c2. In Haninge, Ulf
parted with the two Bishops with 4 ...0-0
and got clobbered by Karpov. Here,
when he declined to play 8 ...dS and chose
8 NhS, he was soon in trouble. His
12 aS seems incomprehensible. Was he
planning ...as-a4, ...Nc6-aS.? White cer-
tainly was playing b2-b4! White's 13.Bh4
lacks crispness. After 13.exfS gxfS
14.NeS! it seems all over. UIPs best move
of the game was 1S...gS!! fighting back in
the center! White had missed his best
chances, and with 33 ...RxgS 34.Bb3 Kg7
3S.Rdh1 RfS 36.Rxh7 + Kf6 Black should
have been able to keep the draw. Time
trouble decided Black's fate.
Nimzo-Indian E39
GM Boris Gelfand
GM Vlf Andersson
Tilburg (7) 1990
l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5
5.dxc5 0-0 6.Bf4 Bxc5 7.N13 Nc6 S.a3
Nh5 9.Bg3 f5 10.e4 g6 11.0-0-0 b6
12.Qd2 a513.Bh4 Be714.Bxe7 Qxe715.e5
g516.Qe3 RbS 17.Nd4 Bb71S.Ndb5 Nf4
19.h4 Ng6 20.hxg5 Ncxe5 21.Qd2 Bc6
22.Nd6 Nt7 23.Nxt7 Rxt7 24.f4 Qc5
25.Kb1 ReS 26.Rh6 e5 27.fxe5 Rxe5
2S.Bd3 Qe3 29.Qxe3 Rxe3 30.Nd5 Bxd5
31.cxd5 Rg3 32.d6 Ne5 33.Bc2 f4
34.Be4 Kt'8 35.Bd5 Rg7 36.Rf6 + 1-0
Kamsky-Seirawan
My immediate reaction after the game
was that both players had played well. In
fact this was a horrible game. White's
opening play with 11.h4!? gave him an
-22-
advantage, but 1S.Rh3 was an obvious
mistake. Instead 1S.Bxe7 keeps White's
initiative. Black's 20 ...Rc7 is a mistake.
Better is 20 ...Rc6 intending ...RaS-c8-c7
and ...Kd7-c8-b7 with a better game. As
it is, Black sets himself up for a one-
mover. After 21...KeS?? Gata spent no
time and immediately played 22.Kf1-
both players completely missing 22.Rxg7
winning at once. Later Gata would deny
he had this chance at all. The final posi-
tion is excellent for Black: 32 ...0fS 33.Ng6
Nxg6 34.Rxg6 (34.hxg6?! RxbS 3S.axbS
KdS 36.0hS Rc7 intending ... KcS-b7-
b6xbS wins) 34 ...0f7 3S.Bf4 KdS! 36.0f3
Rc7 wins for Black.
French Winawer C16
Gata Kamsky
GM Yasser Seirawan
Tilburg (7) 1990
l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7
5.Qg4 f5 6.Qg3 b6 7.a3 Bxc3 + S.bxc3 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Ne2 NbS 11.h4 Nc6
12.Bg5 h6 13.Bel Qt7 14.Nf4 Nge7 15.h5
Na5 16.a4 Kd7 17.Ba3 RhcS 1S.Rh3 c5
19.Qd3 Nc4 20.Rg3 Rc7 21.Bel KeS
22.Kf1? RacS 23.Kg1 Rc6 24.Rb1 RSc7
25.Qe2 KdS 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.RbS + RcS
2S.Rb5 KeS 29.Be3 Kt'8 30.Bel Rb6
31.Ng6+ KeS 32.NhS Draw
Short- Timman
An equally bad game, but an important
victory for Nigel- as the rivalry for the
unofficial title of Best in the West inten-
sifies. White's opening play is not to be
imitated since after 12...gS Black is al-
ready better. J an virtually forces White to
win the game with ...Ng6-Nh4 and ...Rh8-
g8. White wins a pawn while Black
misplaces all his pieces. Once Black went
for broke with 27...gxh4, White scored the
full point very professionally.
INSIDE CHESS
French Exchange C01
GM Nigel Short' .
GMJan Timman
Tilburg (7) 1990
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5
5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3 + 7.bxc3 Nge7 S.Q13
Be6 9.Nh3 Qd710.Nf4 Bf511.0-0 0-0-0
12.a4 g5 13.Ne2 h6 14.Ba3 Bxd3 15.cxd3
Ng616.Ng3 Nh417.Qf6 RhgS1S.Qxh6 f5
19.Rfe1 f4 20.Nfl RdeS 21.Qh5 Rxe1
22.Rxe1 13 23.g3 Ng2 24.Rh1 ors25.Nd2
Nh4 26.Kh1 Qxd3 27.gxh4 gxh4
2S.Qt7 RdS 29.Qe6 + KbS 30.Qe3 Qc2
31.Rg1 Qxa4 32.Bel as 33.Nx13 Qb3
34.Nxh4 a4 35.N13 a3 36.c4 Qxe3 37.fxe3
a2 3S.Bd2 Rt'8 39.cxd5 Rx13 40.dxc6 Rf2
41.Bc3 Re2 42.d5 bxc6 43.dxc61-0
Ivanchuk-Nikolic
An important game for the theory of
the Pirc Defense. Previously, White had
inhibited ...b7-bS with a4. White's 8.eS!
puts Black's position under considerable
pressure. The positional pawn sacrifice
e4-eS-e6 has been seen many times
before. In a setting with ...b7-bS, White's
sacrifice has even greater strength. Black
had to play 17...Na4 to ease the pressure.
But after this, who cares for Black's posi-
tion? As powerful as 19.f4 is, White may
have had even better. On the edge of
defeat for most of the game, Predrag did
very well to save his position.
PircB08
GM Vassily Ivanchuk
GM Predrag Nikolic
Tilburg (7) 1990
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.N13 Bg7
5.Be2 0-06.0-0 c6 7.Re1 b5 S.e5 dxe5
9.dxe5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Ng4 11.Bf4 Nd7
12.e6 fxe6 13.Bg3 Nge5 14.Nd4 Nb6
15.Ne4 RdS 16.Nc5 Rd6 17.c3 Na4
1S.Nxa4 hxa419.f4 Nt7 20.B13 Bb721.Re1
Issue 22
e5 22.Nxe6 Bxf3 -23.gxf3 BhS 24.Re2 a3
25.bxa3 Bxc3 26.Rc1 Rd3 27.Nxe5 Bd4 +
2S.Kg2 Rxa3 29.Bh4 ReS 30.Bxe7 Re3
31.Rxe3 Bxe3.32.Rc3 Bxf4 33.Ne4 Rxc3
34.Nxc3 Bd6 Draw
Round 8
Gelfand-Kamsky
One of the best games of the tourna-
ment. Boris Gelfand is one of the world's
foremost practioners of the Nf3 Exchange
Grunfeld systems. Gata accepts the chal-
lenge and munches White's a-pawn. After
retreating his Queen to d8, Black was
forced to part with an Exchange with
17...Bxd4!' Once the position simplified,
Black had adequate compensation with his
a-pawn. White might have tried 24.f4 in-
tending f5 in order to limit Black's Bishop.
Grunfeld D85
GM Boris Gelfand
Gata Kamsky
Ti/burg (8) 1990
l.d4 Nf6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 e5 S.Rbl 0-0
9.Be2 exd4 10.exd4 Qa5 + 1l.Bd2 Qxa2
12.0-0 Qe6 13.Qe2 Qe6 14.Qd3 Qd6
15.Bb4 QdSI6.Qa3 Ne617.Be5 Bxd4!
lS.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Bxe7 Nxe2 + 20.Khl
QeS 21.BxfS QxfS 22.Qe3 as 23.Qxe2 a4
24.Rb5 Qe7 25.Ral Be6 26.e5 a3 27.Qf3
a2 2S.Qxb7 QdS 29.h3 ReS 30.Rb2 Qg5
31.Rbxa2 Rc1 + 32.Rxc1 Qxc1 + 33.Kh2
Bxa2 34.QaS + Kg7 35.Qxa2 Qf4 + 36.g3
Draw
Andersson-Short
An excellent game by Ulf. Opening
play wasn't his strong point at Tilburg, but
UIPs strength is his ability to demonstrate
an opponent's weakness. In this game, it
was Nigel's Queenside. After 32 moves,
White had a nice technical advantage,
which Andersson realized in fine style.
November 12, 1990
SlavD10
GM Vlf Andersson
GM Nigel Short
Tilburg (8) 1990
l.Nf3 d5 2.d4 BfS 3.e4 e6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bf4
Bd6 6.Bg3 Ne7 7.e3 0-0 S.Nh4 h6 9.Qb3
b6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 1l.Nxf5 Nxf5 12.Bd3
Nh413.0-0 Nd7 14.Rfdl f5 15.Rac1 KhS
16.Qa3 Qxa3 17.bxa3 g5 IS.Rd2 Ng6
19.a4 Rf6 20.Rb2 dxe4 21.Bxe4 e5 22.Rd2
exd4 23.Rxd4 Ne5 24.Redl ReS 25.RdS
RxdS 26.RxdS+ Kg7 27.Bb3 NfS 2S.Ne2
Nfe6 29.ReS Nxb3 30.axb3 e5 31.Nc3 Rf8
32.Re6 RdS 33.Kf1 Rd3 34.Nb5 Kf7
35.Nxa7 Rxb3
36.NeS f4 37.Rxb6 Ra3 3S.Nd6+ Kf8
39.Ne4 Ke7 40.Rb7 + KdS 41.Rb6 Ke7
42.Ke2 g4 43.Kd2 fxe3 + 44.fxe3 Ra2 +
45.Kd3 Rxg2 46.a5 Rxh2 47.Rb7 + KdS
4S.a6 Ra2 49.a7 Ne7 50.Nc3 Ra3 51.Ke4
g3 52.Im Ral 53.Kxg3 KeS 54.RbS +
Kd7 55.Nb5 Ke656.Kf3 Nd5 57.aS Q + =
RxaS 5S.RxaS Kxb5 59.e4 Ne7 60.RhS e4
61.Ke3 Ne6 62.Rxh6 Ne5 63.Kd4 1-0
Seirawan-Ivanchuk
It's games like this that convince me
that chess is a draw. Ivanchuk played the
strange 5...Bd6, and White got a space
advantage that he was able to convert into
an isolated d-pawn. But in the end,
Black's active Rooks were full compensa-
tion for White's hard-won pawn.
English A28
GM Yasser Seirawan
GM Vassily Ivanehuk
Tilburg (8) 1990
l.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Ne6 4.e3 Bb4
5.Nd5 Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd5 S.exd5
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 0-0 10.Bd2 Re811.Bc3 Be5
12.Qe4 d6 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Bxe5 Rxe5
15.Bf3 c5 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Bxe6 Rc5
IS.Qd4 Rxc6 19.0-0 Qb6 20.Rfdl Qxd4
INSIDE CHESS
21.Rxd4 RaeS 22.Kf1 Rc2 23.Rbl RSe5
24.Rxd6 h5 25.a4 Rf5 26.f4 g5 27.Rd4 gxf4
2S.exf4 Rf6 29.Kgl h4 30.Rf1 Rg6 31.Rf2
Rc1 + 32.Rf1 Draw
Timman-Nikolic
In an important theoretical battle,
Predrag shows how Black must play to
gain equality. Not content to draw, Tim-
man strives for too much and is soon com-
pletely lost. Then Predrag's usually
resolute technique fails him completely.
Ruy Lopez C93
GM Jan Timman
GM Predrag Nikolic
Tilburg (8) 1990
l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Ne6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7 6.Rel b5 7.Bb3 0-0 S.c3 d6
9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 1l.Qxb3 d5
12.exd5 Na513.Qc2 exd414.cxd4 Nxd5
15.Nc3 c6 16.Ne4 ReS 17.Ne5 Bxe5
IS.dxc5 Qf6 19.Bg5 Qg6 20.Qxg6 hxg6
21.b3 Nb7 22.Rac1 RfeS 23.Rxe8 + Rxe8
24.Nd4 Nb4 25.Bd2 Re4 26.Nf3 Nd5 27.a4
bxa4 28.bxa4 f6 29.a5 Ra4 30.Rbl Nxa5
31.RbS + Kf7 32.RcS Ne7 33.Re7 Nb3
34.Be3 as 35.g3 Ke6 36.Nd2 Nd4 37.Kg2
Nd5 38.Rc8 Kd7 39.Ra8 Ne6 40.Ra7 +
Nec7 41.Kf3 KcS 42.Nb3 Ra3 43.Nxa5
Nb5 44.Rxg7 Rxa5 45.Rxg6 Kd7 46.h4
Ke7 47.h5 Nxe3 4S.fxe3 Kf7 49.Rh6 Nc3
50.Rh7 + Kg8 51.Rc7 Rxc5 52.h6 Nd5
53.Rg7 + Kh8 54.e4 Nb4 55.Rf7 Rh5
56.Rxf6 Kh7 57.Ke3 c5 5S.Kd2 ReS 59.Rf5
Nc6 60.Kd3 Rxf5 61.exf5 Ne5 + 62.Ke4
Nd7 63.Kd5 Kxh6 64.g4 Draw
Round 9
Timman-Gelfand
A fighting game, chockful of errors, yet
full of promise. I'm amazed by Gelfand's
decision to play the ending from the Ber-
lin Defense. This variation has a deser-
vedly bad reputation. After 17 moves,
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Black managed Bishops of opposite
colors. White's play from moves 18-34
was typical Timman. He was straining to
break Black's position; eventually White
was lost. Timman opined that Black
should play 47 ...Raa5, with good chances.
Gelfand can be forgiven for choosing to
play into an ending that he should win.
But in this fascinating endgame, it was
Timman who played for the win.
Ruy Lopez Berlin C67
GM Jan Timman
GM Boris Gelfand
Tilburg (9) 1990
1.e4 eS 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.BbS Nf6 4.0-0
Nxe4 S.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxeS NfS
S.QxdS + KxdS 9.Nc3 Be6 10.b3 Bb4
11.Bb2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 BdS 13.Radl Ke7
14.Bb4 + KeS lS.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Rxd4 as
17.Bd2 Be6 IS.Ra4 b6 19.b4 RdS 20.BgS
Rd4 21.c3 Rc422.Ra3 Kd7 23.bxaS bxaS
24.RxaS Rxc3 2S.Rbl cS 26.h3 c427.RbbS
Rd3 2S.a4 Rb3 29.RcS RhbS 30.Ra7 RSb7
31.RaS RbS 32.Ra7 R3b7 33.Ra6 Rb6
34.RaaS c6 3S.Ra7 + R6b7 36.RcaS BdS
37.Be3 Ke6 3S.R7a6 KfS 39.RcS Rb4
40.Ra7 Ke4 41.e6 fxe6 42.Rxg7 Rxa4
43.Rxh7 Kd3 44.Rg7 RbS 4S.Rg3 Kc2
46.Rg4 Kb3 47.h4 RxcS
QGAD20
GM Predrag Nikolic
GM Yasser Seirawan
Tilbllrg (9) 1990
1.d4 dS 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 eS 4.Nf3 Bb4 +
S.Bd2 Bxd2 + 6.Qxd2 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6
S.QxdS + Kxd8 9.Nc3 Be6 10.NeS Ke7
11.f4 g6 12.Bxc4 Nbd7 13.Bxe6 fxe6
14.Nd3 cSlS.0-0-0 Ng416.Rd2 e417.h3
Ngf6 IS.eS NhS 19.94 cxd3 20.gxhS RafS
21.Rxd3 Rxf4 22.Rhdl NeS 23.Rg3 RgS
24.Rdgl gS!
2S.RxgS Rf1 + 26.Rxfl RxgS 27.Kd2
RxeS 2S.RgI Kf6 29.b4 Ne4 + 30.Nxe4 +
Rxe4 31.a3 Rh4 32.Rf1 + Ke733.RgI Kf6
34.Rf1 + Ke73S.RgI Kf6 Draw
Short-Kamsky
Finally Gata's Guardian Angel took
the day off, much to the delight of Nigel
Short. Nigel has been having a tremen-
dous run of success with the Advance
Caro-Kann. In this game it's easy to un-
derstand why. Unhappy to repeat the
failure of your author, Gata lashed out on
the Kingside with ...g7-g5?! and ...h7-h5.
Unfortunately for Black, after 12...h4?
Black's whole Kingside attack becomes
clumsy. Indeed, White won a pawn by
16.f4! after which White went on to a
smooth victory.
Caro-Kann Advance B12
GM Nigel Short
Gata Kamsky
Tilburg (9) 1990
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.eS BfS 4.c3 e6 S.Be2
Be7 6.Nf3 gS 7.0-0 hS S.Be3 Nd7 9.a4 g4
10.Ne1 BgSll.Nd3 Nh612.Nd2 h413.Qc1
RgS 14.Nb3 Bxd3 IS.Bxd3 as 16.f4!

4S.BxcS c3 49.Rxa4 Kxa4 SO.hS c2
S1.Be3 Kb3 52.13 eS S3.Kf2 Kb2 S4.g4 Bt7
=
SS.Kg3 c1 Q S6.Bxc1 + Kxc1 S7.Kh4 cS
S8.gS c4 S9.g6 Be8 60.KgS c3 61.Kf6
Draw
Nikolic-Seirawan
In a topical line of the Q.G.A., Predrag
innovated with 1O.Ne5!? My 10...Ke7?
landed me in trouble. White returned the
favor with 18.e5, and suddenly Black was
on the sunny side of the advantage. Poor
.play by Black after 24 ...g5! prevented the
victory.
Ivanchuk-Andersson
A wonderful Ulf-type of a game. He
got a cramped position, then agreed to
take a few pawn weaknesses if his op-
ponent did as well. As usual, he covered
his more adeptly. The-final position was
a surprise. After 37 ...Bb3\ 38.Ba2 Bxc2
39.Rxc2 Kd5, White is in big trouble. An 16... gxf3 17.Rxf3 b6 IS.BxgS QxgS
unusual moment of blindness for an 19.QxgS RxgS 20.Rh3 Ke7 21.Rxh4 Ng4
endgame specialist like Ulf. 22.Re1 RagS 23.g3 eS 24.Nd2 e4 2S.Be2 fS
26.exf6 + Ngxf6 27.Nf3 RhS 2S.RxhS
Maroczy Bind B36
NxhS 29.Kf2 Kd6 30.NeS Ndf6 31.Bdl
GM Vassily Ivanchuk
Ng7 32.g4 RbS 33.Bf3 bS 34.axbS RxbS
GM Ulf Andersson
3S.Re2 a4 36.h4 a3 37.bxa3 Rb3 3S.Re2
Tilbllrg (9) 1990
Rxa3 39.hS Nh7 40.Kg3 Ke7 41.Rb2 Rb3
l.e4 cS 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 42.Ra2 Rb7 43.Kf4 NeS 44.gS Nd6 4S.g6
S.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nc2 Bg7 S.Be2 0-0 Nf6 46.h6 Kf8 47.RaS+ NdeS 4S.Ng4
9.0-0 Nd7 10.Bd2 NcS 11.b4 Ne6 12.Khl
Nxg4 49.Bxg4 Re7 SO.KeSl-0 •
Ned413.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bd3 as lS.bS Ne6
16.Rc1 NcSI7.Bbl b61S.BgS Bb719.Qd2
ReS 20.NdS f6 21.Be3 e6 22.Nf4 Qe7 23.13
RfeS 24.Redl RedS 2S.Qf2 BfS 26.Rd2 dS
27.Nd3 Qc7 2S.exdS exdS 29.NxeS BxeS NEXT ISSUE WILL FEATURE THE
30.BxeS QxcS 31.QxeS bxeS 32.Rfdl Kt7 CONCLUSION OF THE TILBURG
33.exdS RxdS 34.RxdS BxdS 3S.Kgl Ke6 TOURNAMENT - ROUNDS 10-14.
36.Rd2 RbS 37.a4 Draw

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West Seattle International

1M Georgi Orlov Wins in Seattle

by 1M John Donaldson
• West Seattle International Category 4 (2350) •

1 MGeorgi Orlov dominated the West

Seattle International. The 26-year-
old native of Kishnev, Moldavia, scored
1. IM Georgi Orlov
2. WGM E. Donaldson
2495 (URS)
2430 (USA)
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7.5
6.0
an undefeated 7.5-1.5 to finish a full 3. 1M John Donaldson 2405 (USA) =
• 1 1 1 6.0
point -and-a-half ahead of the field in this 4. IM Leon Piasetski 2410 (CAN) • = 1 1 0 5.0
Category 4 (2337) event. Orlov, who has 5. NM Ralph Dubisch 2280 (USA) 0 1
• 0 1 1 5.0
one GM norm and played well in this 6. NM David Weinstock 2200 (USA) 0 0 0 0 =
• 1 1 1 1 4.5
year's New York Open, was in trouble 7. NM Clark Harmon 2240 (USA) 0 0 0 0 1 0
• 1 1 3.5
only once during the tournament, against
8. FM Tom O'Donnell 2415 (CAN) 0 0 0 0
• 1 1 3.5
Canadian Interzonalist and 1M Leon
9. NM Harry Moore 2290 (CAN) 0 1 0 0 0 0
• 1 3.0
1.0
Piasetski.
10;--NMViktors Pupols 2200 (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
•
Tying for second at 6-3 in the tourna- was a fine result when one considers that Nge4 20.Nxe4 fxe421.cS Bg422.Bc4 Bxdl
ment held September 15-23 were WGM he worked a full day and commuted an 23.Rxdl Qd7 24.Qc3 QfS 2S.Rf1 Rae8
Elena Donaldson and her husband 1M hour by car before sitting down to play 26.Be3 QeS 27.d6 + Kh8 28.QxeS RxeS
John Donaldson. Playing in her first each evening. Viktors, who had played
Round-Robin with men, this event was well in several recent events, tried the
designed as a final tune-up for the same marathon schedule with less suc-
Women's Candidates Tournament for cessful results.
Elena - and she got a bonus in her first The West Seattle International is but
men's 1M norm. At 2430 FIDE, she one of a handful ofIM-norm tournaments
should easily pick up the final norm and held in the U.S. in the past decade. Out-
join the three Polgar sisters and Pia side of the major urban centers like New
Cramling as the only women with the 1M York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington,
title (Maya Chiburdanidze and Nona San Francisco, and Chicago, these events
Gaprindashvili both have the male GM are seldom seen in the U.S. If Seattle's
title). experience is any indication this doesn't
Finishing in a tie for fourth at 5-4 were have to be the case.
1M Piasetski and one of the event's two Chief organizer Russell Miller, asisted
surprises, NM Ralph Dubisch. For by Fred Kleistand Joel Barnes, managed to 29.Rxf6 Rxf6 30.d7 Rf1 + 31.Kc2 1-0
Piasetski, handicapped by commuting and raise over $3,500chieflythrough contribu-
various outside commitments, this was a tions from local businesses and players. King's Gambit C34
sub-par result; but for Dubisch, at 2280one All the games from this event are in the NM David Weinstock
of the event's lowest-rated players, this October 1990issue of North west Chess. A WGM Elena Donaldson
result should earn the FM title. subscription to Northwest Chess (12 is- West Seattle International (3) 1990
Alone in sixth place with 4.5 was NM sues yearly) costs $12.50 in the U.S.-
l.e4 eS 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 gS S.h4
David Weinstock. A newcomer to these $15.50 foreign. Send check or money
g4 6.Ngl Nf6 7.Nc3 NhS 8.Qd3 Nc6
events, many picked him as a likely can- order to: Northwest Chess, P.O. Box
9.Nge2 Be7 10.QbS rs ll.dS a6 12.Qa4 bS
didate for the cellar - and indeed after 84746, Seattle, WA 98124-6046.
13.NxbS axbS 14.Qxa8 Nb4 lS.Nd4 0-0
four rounds he had only a half-point. But 16.Qa3 cSl7.dxc6 dS18.Qb3 fxe419.BdZ
then he won four in a row through a com- Nimzovitcb Defense BOO
Na6 20.0-0-0 NcS 21.QxbS Ng3 22.BaS
bination of good preparation, excellent 1M Georgi Orlov
Qd6 23.Nb3 Nxhl 24.RxdS QxdS 2S.Bc4
fighting spirit, and a little luck. Weinstock FM Tom O'Donnell
West Seattle International (9) 1990
Qxc4 26.Qxc4 + Be6 27.Qd4 f3 28.gxf3
should receive a 2335 grading on the eill 29.Bc3 Nxb3 + 30.axb3 Rf6 31.Qdl
January 1991 rating list. Brilliancy Prize Winner f2 32.Bxf6 Ng3 33.Bxe7 n = Q 34.Bd6
Ofthe remaining players, special men- l.d4 Nc6 2.c4 eS 3.dS Nce7 4.Nf3 Ng6 Ne2 + 3S.KdZ Qxdl + 36.Kxdl Nd437.c7
tion should be made of the tournament's S.Nc3 Bb4 6.BdZNf6 7.a3 Bxc38.Bxc3 d6 Kf7 38.b4 Ke8 39.c3 NfS 40.BcS Nxh4
two oldest participants, NMs Clark Har- 9.NdZ 0-0 10.e4 Ne8 l1.h4 rs 12.hS Nh8 41.bS Kd7 42.b6 Kc8 43.Kc2 BdS 44.b3 g3
mon and Viktors Pupols. Clark's score, 13.Qc2 Nf7 14.0-0-0 NgS IS.f4 exf4 4S.c4 Bb7 46.b4 NfS 47.bS hS 48.Bgl h4
which should improve his FIDE rating, 16.h6 g6 17.eS dxeS 18.BxeSNf6 19.Bxf4 49.cS h3 SO.c6h2 S1.cxb7+ Kxb70-1 •
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Tactics, Tactics, and More Tactics
THE KING AS SURVIVOR
by 1M Nikolay Minev
S teinitz says that the !Gng is a P?wer-
ful piece, and even If exposed III the
middlegame he can defend himself.
Most players (if not all!) don't believe
this opinion of Steinitz's. They are con-
vinced that an exposed King always leads
to disaster, mainly because chess litera-
ture is full of mercilessly pursued and
"killed" Kings, such as in our next spec-
tacular example from "The Chess Art
Museum."
King's Gambit C37
Kurz
K. TreybaI
Prague 1904
l.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.NI3 g5 4.Bc4 g4
S.Ne5?! d5 6.Bxd5 Qh4 + 7.Kfl Nf6
8.Bxf7+ Kd8
Both Kingsare in danger. In these cases,
almostas a rule, one of them willsurviveand
the other very soon willbe a Victim.
9.d4 Nc6 10.Nxc6+ ?bxc6 I1.Nc3 13
12.g3 Qh3 + 13.Kt2 Qg2 + 14.Ke3 Ba6!
15.Kf4 Bh6+ 16.Kf5 Qh317.Kxf6
Loses but it is hard to believe that
White's King can survive. For example:
17.Bxh6 Oxh6 IS.0cl BcS + 19.KeS
Nd7 + and mate follows.
17...Rf818.d5 Rxf7+! 19.Kxf7 Qh5 +
20.Kf6 Bg7+! 21.Kxg7 Qg6 + 22.Kf8
Kd7+ 0-1
Mate!
A horrifying end for the White King.
However, the truth is somewhere in the
middle. There are situations in which the
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King has to go ahead, sometimes in front
of all its army. And he not only survives,
but wins!
The most exciting game I know of with
a King survivor was played not long ago.
Two Knights Traxler C57
C. Van deLoo
M. Hesseling
England 1983
l.e4 e5 2.NI3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5
5.Nxf7
If you don't like a King "traveller," then
you should choose S.Bxf7+ Ke7 6.BdS 19.Qa4! Qe7 +
RfS 7.Nf3 or 7.0-0. If Black grabs the Oueen, Van de Loo
5...Bxt2+ 6.Kxt2 Nxe4+ 7.Ke3!? Qe7 gives the following variation: 19...bxa4
S.c3 Nd4?! 20.Nxc6 Bd3 21.b3 as 22.g3 Of6 23.Rel
Crucial for White's bold idea probably OfS + 24.Ne7 + Kd72S.Kd4! Ba626.Ne4
unclear!
is S...dS 9.BxdS OcS + 10.d4 OxdS
I1.NxeS Nf6!. 20.Kxb5 Qxe5 21.Qc4 Nd4+ 22.Ka4
Bd7 + 23.Ka5 Nc6 + 24.Ka6. NbS+
9.Kxe4! Qh4 + 10.Ke3 Qf4 + 1l.Kd3
25.Kxa7!
d5
White does not accept a draw!
Black has a draw by 11...0fS + 12.Ke3
25...c6 26.Nb5! BfS
Of4 +, but who will take that when
With the idea 27.dxc6? Bd3!.
White's King "cries out" for only one 27.d4 Rd7 + 2S.KaS Qe7 29.dxc6??
more check? According to Van de Loo, White
12.Bxd5 BfS+ 13.Kc4 b5 + 14.Kc5! should play 29.d6! followed by 30.Na7 +
Only ahead! If 14.Kb4 as + IS.Ka3 winning material.
b4 + 16.cxb4 Nc2 +, and it's mate next 29...Be4 30.d5 Bxd531.Qxd5
move. Best in the circumstances!
14...Qh4 15.Nxe5 31...RxdS 32.Na7 + KdS 33.KxbS
But not IS.cxd4? Oxd4 + 16.KxbS Qc7+??
RbS + and mate. ~ NowWhite's Kingsurvives.Instead Black
·15...0-0-0 wins by 33...0b4+! 34.KaS Kc7! 3S.Bf4+
Threatening 16...RxdS + . Oxf4 and there is no defense against the
16.c4 Rxd5+ 17.cxd5 RdS threats 36...0f8 + and 36..RdS + .
Again threatening IS ...RxdS + 34.KaS RaS
19.KxdSOdS + 20.KcS Od6 mate.
IS.Nc3 Nc6
This sacrifice wins by force, e.g., 19.d4
Oe7 + 20.Kxc6 Ob4! 21.NxbS Bd7 +
22.Nxd7 Oc4+ 23.NcS OxdS mate, or
19.Kxc6 0b4 20.NxbS Bd7 + 21.Nxd7
Oc4+ 22.NcS OxdS mate, or 19.NxbS
0b4 + 20.Kxc6 Bd7 + 21.Nxd7 Oc4 +
22.NcS OdS mate, or 19.Ne4 RxdS +
20.KxdS Oxe4 + 21.KcS 0b4 + 22.Kxc6
Be4 mate, or finally 19.a3 Od4 + 20.KxbS
a6 + 21.Kxa6 0b6 mate. But White has
another incredible defensive resource.
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 35.Bg5+ ! Rxg5
If 3S...KeS then 36.Rae1 + KfS
37.Rhfl + KgS 3S.ReS mate!
36.Radl + KeS 37.Rhel + Kf8 3S.Rd7
Qxh2 39.Rle7 Qxg2 40.Rb7 ReS 41.e7
Qg4 42.Rf7 + KeS 43.b4 Re2 44.a4 h5
45.a5 h4 46.b5 h3 47.Ne6 h2
4S.Rxg7! 1-0
Naturally, one must keep in mind that
an early King trip is fraught with risk and
requires good calculation in conjunction
with boldness.
Sicilian Defense B21
Vybornov
Igor Zaitsev
USSR 1967
1.f4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.b3?! Nf6 4.Be4?! Nxe4
5.Bxfi + Kxfi 6.Qh5 + Ke6!
Black desires to keep the extra piece.
7.Qh3 + Kf6 8.Bb2 + Kg6 9.g4 Nf6
10.f5+ Kfi 1l.g5 Qd7!
A typical method: after the courageous
trip, Black returns the piece, keeping a
smaller advantage, but in a less dangerous
situation.
12.gxf6 exf6 13.Qh5 + KgS 14.Ne2
Qxf5 15.QeS Ne6 16.Rf1??
A blunder in a position without com-
pensation for the two pawns less.
16...Qxfi +! 0-1
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After 17.Kxf1Bh3 + , Black has a Rook
extra.
Staunton Gambit A83
Liseak
Matas
Zilina Czechoslovakia 1977
l.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 e6
5.Bxf6? exf6 6.Nxe4 Qb6!? 7.Qe2?
Robert Byrne and Edmar Mednis
recommend instead 7.0hS + g6 S.Nxf6+
Kf7 9.0f3 unclear. It seems that S...KdS!?
leads to an advantage for Black.
7...Qxb2!
A well-calculated (probably at home!)
risk.
S.Nd6+ KdS 9.QeS+ Ke710.QxeS+
Kxd611.Rdl
11...Na6! 12.QxaS Ke7 13.Qxa7 Bb4 +
14.Ke2 Qxe2 + 15.m Qf5 + 16.Kg3
Bd6+ 0-1
The end is 17.Kh4 OgS + lS.Kh3 OhS
mate.
Naturally, the travelling King is always
exposed to tactical dangers. In these
situations both sides must play precisely,
and often a single move is decisive for the
final result. When defending lost or dif-
ficult positions, the hope that the King
willsurvive because the opponent can slip
up sometimes is the best practical chance.
A good example is the game below.
Caro-Kann Defense B 17
GM Anatoly Karpov
GM Alexander Zaitsev
Kuibishev (USSR) 1970
l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7
5.NI3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5 Bf5 S.c3
e6 9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 Bd6 1l.Qe2 e5 12.h5?
White's best is 12.Bg2 with a better
game.
12...Be4 13.13exd4 14.Qb5 + Nd7!
Now White is in trouble. After lS.Nxd7
INSIDE CHESS
Bc6 or lS.0xd7 + Oxd7 16.Nxd7Bxf3the
position is clearly lost, and Karpov makes
an instructive decision. He willtravel with
the King, creating more complicated
situations and more practical chances.
15.Nxfi!? Bg3+ 16.Ke2 d3+ 17.Ke3
Qf6 IS.Kxe4 Qxfi 19.Rh3 a6 20.Qg5
20..•h6?
Misses the win by 20...eS! 21.Rxg3
NcS + 22.Ke3 0-0 23.Rh3 RadS 24.Bd2
Ne4!! 2S.Kxe4 (if 2S.fxe4 Of2 mate)
OdS + 26.Ke3 OcS + 27.Ke4 Rd4 + -
Kotov.
21.Qe3!
Exactly played. If 21.0g6? then
21...NcS+ 22.Kd4 (22.Ke3 Bf4 + 23.Kf2
Oxg6 24.hxg6 dz loses a piece) 0-0-0 +
and Black has a mating attack.
21...e5
Missing again, this time a perpetual
check by 21...Nf6 + 22.Kxd3 Nxg423.fxg4
Oxf1 + 24.Kc2 Oxh3 2S.0xe6 + KdS
26.0dS+ Kc8 27.0fS+ KbS 28.Bf4+
etc.
22.Kxd3 Bf4 23.Qgl 0-0-0 24.Kc2
Bxc1 25.Rxc1 Qxa2 26.Rh2 RhfS 27.Rd2
Qa4 + 2S.Kbl Qe629.Bd3! Ke730.Be4
Because of Black's inaccuracies, the
King is already in the shelter, and White
stands better. The rest is mainly techni-
que.
30...Qb6 31.Qh2 Rde8 32.Redl Nf6
33.Bg6 Re7 34.Rel Qb5 35.Rde2 Nd7
36.Bf5 Rxf5 37.gx13Qd3 + 3S.KaI QxfS
39.Qh4 Nf6 40.Qe4 + Kd8 41.Qe5 Nd7
42.Qd5 KeS 43.Re4 b5 44.Qe6 + Kd8
45.Qxa6 Qxh5 46.f4 Qf5 47.QaS+ Ke7
4S.Qa5 + Ke6 49.e4 b4 50.Qxb4 Re6
5l.fxe5 Ke7 52.Qa5 + Kb7 53.Qb5 + Rb6
54.Qd5 + Ke7 55.Kbl QI2 56.R4e2 QfS+
57.Qe4 Qxe4+ 5S.Rxe4
and White won in 71 moves. •
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