Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Garry Kasparov

Belgrad 1990  ·  Sicilian, Najdorf (B96)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7
8.Qe2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Rxd4 Be7 11.g3 Bd7 12.Bg2 h6 13.Bh4 Bc6
14.f5 O-O 15.Rhd1 b5 16.g4 e5 17.R4d3 b4 18.Bxf6 bxc3 19.Bxe7 cxb2
20.Kb1 Qxe7 21.Rxd6 Rfc8 22.R1d2 Bb5 23.Qe3 Rab8 24.Rb6 Bc4 25.Rd1
Rxb6 26.Qxb6 Qa3 27.Qxb2 Bxa2+ 28.Ka1 Qa4 29.Qxa2 Qxa2+ 30.Kxa2
Rxc2+ 31.Kb3 Rxg2 32.Kc4 Rxh2 33.Kd5 f6 34.g5 hxg5 35.Ke6 g4
36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Kf7 Rh5 0-1

Vassily Ivanchuk vs Garry Kasparov

Linares 1990  ·  Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Poisoned Pawn Accepted (B97)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6
8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Be2
Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rb3 Qc5+ 16.Be3 Qe5 17.Bf4 Qc5+ 18.Kh1 Ng4 19.h3
e5 20.Na4 Qa7 21.Bc4+ Kh8 22.hxg4 exf4 23.Nb6 d5 24.exd5 cxd5
25.Bxd5 Rb8 26.Nxc8 Rbxc8 27.Rh3 Qb6 28.Re1 Bg5 29.Re6 Qd8 30.c4
Rb8 31.Qd3 Bh4 32.Be4 Qg5 33.Bxh7 Rfd8 34.Qc2 f3 35.Rxf3 Rd2
36.Qe4 Rd1+ 37.Kh2 Re1 38.Qf5 Rxe6 39.Qxe6 Kxh7 40.Qe4+ g6 41.Rh3
Kg7 42.Qd4+ Kg8 43.Qe4 Qf6 44.Rf3 Qd6+ 45.Kh3 Kg7 46.c5 Rh8 0-1

Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov

Immopar 1990  ·  Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (B21)  ·  1-0

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.c4 e6 7.Qe2
Bd6 8.d3 O-O 9.dxe6 fxe6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.O-O Rae8 12.Nc3 e5 13.f5
Qxf5 14.Bg5 e4 15.dxe4 Nxe4 16.Rae1 Nf6 17.Qd1 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Nd4
19.Bxf6 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Rxf6 22.Re8+ Rf8 23.Re6 Rd8
24.Kg2 Kf7 25.Re4 g6 26.b3 Bf8 27.Nd5 b5 28.Rf4+ Kg7 29.Kh3 bxc4
30.bxc4 Rb8 31.Rf6 Rb7 32.Ra6 Kf7 33.f4 Bg7 34.Kg4 Bd4 35.h4 Kg7
36.h5 Rb2 37.Rxa7+ Kh6 38.hxg6 hxg6 39.Ne7 Kg7 40.Nf5+ Kf6 41.Ra6+
Kf7 42.Nd6+ Ke7 43.a4 Ra2 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Ne4 Ke7 46.a5 Ra4 47.Rxg6
Rxa5 48.Nd6 Bf6 49.Ke4 Ra6 50.Nb5 Kf7 51.Kf5 Rc6 52.Nc3 1-0

Vassily Ivanchuk vs Garry Kasparov

Linares 51/184 1991  ·  Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (B51)  ·  1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Qxd4 a6 7.Bxd7+
Bxd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.c4 e6 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Kh1 h5 13.a4 h4
14.h3 Be7 15.b4 a5 16.b5 Qc7 17.Nd2 Qc5 18.Qd3 Rg8 19.Rae1 Qg5
20.Rg1 Qf4 21.Ref1 b6 22.Ne2 Qh6 23.c5 Rxc5 24.Nc4 Kf8 25.Nxb6 Be8
26.f4 f5 27.exf5 Rxf5 28.Rc1 Kg7 29.g4 Rc5 30.Rxc5 dxc5 31.Nc8 Bf8
32.Qd8 Qg6 33.f5 Qh6 34.g5 Qh5 35.Rg4 exf5 36.Nf4 Qh8 37.Qf6+ Kh7
38.Rxh4+ 1-0

Viswanathan Anand vs Garry Kasparov

Tilburg 1991  ·  Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B82)  ·  1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7
8.O-O Qb6 9.Be3 Qxb2 10.Ndb5 axb5 11.Nxb5 Ra5 12.Rb1 Rxb5 13.Rxb2
Rxb2 14.Qa1 Rb6 15.Bxb6 Nxb6 16.Qc3 Be7 17.Rb1 Nfd7 18.Qxg7 Bf6
19.Qh6 Ke7 20.Bb5 Rg8 21.Rd1 e5 22.f5 Nc5 23.Rxd6 Bg5 24.Qxh7 Nxe4
25.Rxb6 Rd8 26.Bd3 Be3+ 27.Kf1 Bxb6 28.Bxe4 Rd4 29.c3 1-0

Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Garry Kasparov

It (cat.16) 1991  ·  Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (B51)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.Nc3
e6 8.Bg5 Qc7 9.Re1 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Ne5 11.Rad1 Bd7 12.Nxe5 dxe5
13.Qd2 b5 14.a3 Rc8 15.Re3 f6 16.Rd3 Bc6 17.Be3 Kf7 18.f3 a5
19.Qf2 b4 20.axb4 axb4 21.Na2 Bb5 22.R3d2 Ra8 23.Nc1 Be7 24.Bb6
Qc6 25.Nb3 Rhc8 26.Be3 g5 27.g4 h5 28.h3 Kg6 29.Kg2 h4 30.Qg1 Ra2
31.Rb1 Bc4 32.Nc1 Raa8 33.Nb3 Rd8 34.Rbd1 Rxd2+ 35.Rxd2 Ra2 36.Qb1
Qa4 37.Bc5 Bxc5 38.Nxc5 Qa7 39.b3 Ra1 40.bxc4 Rxb1 0-1

Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Garry Kasparov

Linares 1991  ·  Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation (B23)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 a6
8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qe1 Qd7 10.a4 b6 11.b3 Nf6 12.h3 Nh5 13.Bd2 f5
14.exf5 gxf5 15.Qh4 Nf6 16.Rae1 O-O-O 17.a5 b5 18.b4 cxb4 19.Na2
Nd5 20.Nxb4 Bf6 21.Qf2 Nxb4 22.Bxb4 Rhg8 23.Re2 Rg6 24.Qe1 Rdg8
25.Kh2 e5 26.fxe5 Bxe5+ 27.Kh1 Qb7 28.d4 Rxg2 29.Rxg2 Rxg2 30.Kxg2
Qg7+ 31.Kh1 Bf4 32.Qe6+ Bd7 33.Qd5 Qg3 34.Qa8+ Kc7 35.Re1 Qxh3+
36.Kg1 Qg3+ 37.Kf1 Qh3+ 38.Ke2 Bc6 39.Qa7+ Kc8 40.Rf1 Qg2+ 41.Ke1
Bg3+ 42.Kd1 Qxf1+ 43.Ne1 Bxe1 0-1

Jaan Ehlvest vs Garry Kasparov

Linares 1991  ·  Sicilian, Kan (B41)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7

7.Bd3 Be7 8.f4 d6 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.a3 Bf6 12.Be3
Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 e5 14.f5 Ncb8 15.O-O Nc5 16.Bc2 Nbd7 17.Rfd1
Nf6 18.Nd2 Bd7 19.Bg5 Bc6 20.Qf3 O-O-O 21.Re1 h6 22.Bh4 Rdg8
23.Kh1 Nfd7 24.Nf1 g5 25.Bf2 h5 26.Qd1 h4 27.Qb1 Nf6 28.Bxc5
dxc5 29.Ne3 Qa5 30.Qb2 h3 31.g3 Nxe4 32.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 33.Kg1
Rd8 34.Ng4 Bxf5 35.Nxe5 Qc7 36.Qf2 Be6 37.Rab1 Rd6 38.Rb2
Rhd8 39.Rbe2 f6 40.Ng6 Bxc4 0-1
Fritz (Computer) vs Garry Kasparov
Koln (5') 1992  ·  Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (B43)  ·  1-0

1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.O-

O Bb7 8.a3 Nf6 9.Bd3 Bc5 10.Nb3 Ba7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Bxf6 gxf6
13.Qf3 Qe5 14.a4 b4 15.Nd1 Qg5 16.Ne3 Ne5 17.Qe2 Rg8 18.Nd2
h5 19.Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 f5 21.Nc4 Ke7 22.Rfe1 Rac8 23.b3 h4
24.Rad1 Rg7 25.Nd2 Rc3 26.Re2 Bc6 27.Rde1 Kf8 28.Kh1 Rg6
29.Rd1 Rf6 30.Rf1 Qh6 31.Qh3 fxe4 32.Nxe4 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Rxf2
34.Rfe1 Qg5 35.Rxh4 Ke7 36.Rxb4 Bc5 37.Rg4 Qf6 38.b4 Bd6
39.Qh4 Qxh4 40.Rxh4 Ra3 41.Kg1 Rd2 42.a5 Ra4 43.Rb1 f5
44.Bxa6 Rxc2 45.Kf1 Raa2 46.Bc4 Rf2+ 47.Ke1 Rad2 48.a6 Bb8
49.Rh7+ Kd8 50.Rd1 Rxd1+ 51.Kxf2 Ba7+ 52.Kf3 Rd4 53.Bb5 e5
54.h4 e4 55.Kf4 e3 56.Kf3 Rxb4 57.Rxd7+ 1-0
Viswanathan Anand vs Garry Kasparov
Paris 1992  ·  Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B82)  ·  1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3

Qb6 8.a3 Nbd7 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.g4 h6 11.h4 h5 12.g5 Ng4 13.Bd2
b5 14.Bh3 Nb6 15.O-O-O Nc4 16.Bxg4 hxg4 17.Qxg4 Rb8 18.g6 a5
19.Nd4 b4 20.Ncb5 Qc5 21.a4 e5 22.Nf5 f6 23.Qe2 Bxf5 24.exf5
Rxb5 25.axb5 a4 26.Kb1 Qxb5 27.Qd3 b3 28.Ka1 Be7 29.Bc1 Kd7
30.Rh2 Rc8 31.h5 e4 32.Qd5 Rc5 33.Qe6+ Kd8 34.c3 a3 35.bxa3
Qa4 36.Rd4 Qa6 37.Rxe4 Rc7 38.Qg8+ Kd7 39.Rhe2 1-0
Fritz (Computer) vs Garry Kasparov
Koln (5') 1992  ·  Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (B34)  ·  0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Ng8 9.f4 Nh6 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O d6 12.exd6
exd6 13.Qxd6 Qxd6 14.Rxd6 Nf5 15.Rd3 Ba6 16.Bc5 Bxd3 17.Bxf8
Bxf1 18.Bxg7 Bxg2+ 19.Rg1 Kxg7 20.Rxg2 Rb8 21.Re2 Rh8 22.b3
h5 23.Kb2 h4 24.h3 Rd8 25.Ne4 Ng3 26.Nxg3 hxg3 27.Rg2 Rd4
28.Rxg3 Rxf4 29.Rc3 Rh4 30.Rxc6 Rxh3 31.Ra6 g5 32.Rxa7 g4
33.a4 g3 34.Ra5 Rh6 35.Rg5+ Rg6 36.Rxg3 Rxg3 37.c4 f5 38.b4
f4 39.Kc2 0-1
Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov
Debrecen 1992  ·  Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B82)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3

Qb6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Bd3 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.Bd2 O-O
13.Nd1 e5 14.Ne3 exf4 15.Qxf4 Be6 16.Qh4 Qd8 17.Rae1 Nd7
18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.Na5 Nxa5 20.Bxa5 Rc8 21.c3 Bh6 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.exd5 Ne5 24.Be2 Bd2 25.Rd1 Be3+ 26.Kh1 f5 27.g3 g5 28.Bb4
Rf6 29.b3 f4 30.gxf4 gxf4 31.c4 f3 32.Bxf3 Nxf3 33.Bxd6 Rxd6
34.Rxf3 Bh6 35.Re1 Rg6 36.Re4 b5 37.c5 Rxc5 0-1
 Viswanathan Anand vs Garry Kasparov
Paris 1992  ·  Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (B93)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.a4
g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O Bg4 11.Qe1 O-O 12.Qh4 Bxf3
13.Rxf3 e6 14.Be3 Qd8 15.Raf1 d5 16.f5 dxe4 17.Rh3 exf5
18.Bxe4 Re8 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.Rxf5 Rxe3 21.Rxe3 Qb6 22.Qf2 Ng4
23.Re8+ Rxe8 24.Qxb6 Bd4+ 25.Qxd4 Re1+ 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1
Nxd4 28.Ne4 Nxc2 29.Nc5 b5 30.a5 Nb4 31.h3 Ne3+ 32.Ke2 Nc4
33.b3 Nxa5 0-1
Pablo Zarnicki vs Garry Kasparov
Buenos Aires 1992  ·  Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical Variation General (B83)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7

7.O-O O-O 8.f4 a6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qe1 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.a3 Nbd7
13.Qg3 Rac8 14.Rae1 Ba8 15.Kh1 Kh8 16.Qf2 Qb8 17.Bc1 Nb6
18.g4 d5 19.e5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Bc5 22.c3 Bxd4
23.Qxd4 Rc4 24.Qd3 Rd8 25.Qf3 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Na4 27.b4 Rc8 0-1
Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov
active 1993  ·  Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 (B87)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6

7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4
Nbd7 13.f3 O-O 14.Rad1 Kh8 15.Rfe1 Rb8 16.Kh1 Ne5 17.Ne2 Qc7
18.c3 Bd7 19.Nf4 Bxa4 20.Bxa4 bxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3 22.Bd4 Qa5
23.Bb3 Qb5 24.Ne2 Rfc8 25.Nc3 Qa5 26.f4 Nh5 27.Qe3 Nc6
28.Ne2 Nxd4 29.Nxd4 Qc3 30.Rd3 Qc5 31.Qf3 Nf6 32.f5 e5
33.Ne2 Qb4 34.Nc3 d5 35.Bxd5 Nxd5 36.exd5 e4 37.Qxe4 Rxc3
38.Rd4 Qd6 39.f6 Bxf6 0-1
Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov
Kasparov-Short World Championship Match 1993  ·  Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Variation (B97)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4

Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Bd7
13.Kh1 h5 14.Nd1 Rc8 15.Ne3 Qb4 16.c3 Qxe4 17.Bd3 Qa4 18.Nc4
Rc7 19.Nb6 Qa3 20.Rae1 Ne7 21.Nc4 Rxc4 22.Bxc4 h4 23.Bd3 f5
24.Be2 Bg7 25.c4 h3 26.g3 d5 27.Bf3 dxc4 28.Re3 c3 29.Rxc3
Bxc3 30.Qxc3 O-O 31.Rg1 Rc8 32.Qf6 Bc6 33.Bxc6 Rxc6 34.g4
Ng6 35.gxf5 exf5 36.Qxf5 Qxa2 37.Qxh3 Qc2 38.f5 Rc3 39.Qg4
Rxb3 40.fxg6 Qc6+ 0-1
Luke McShane vs Garry Kasparov
Casual game 1993  ·  Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations (B56)  ·  0-1

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3

Be6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Nb6 11. Na5 Qc7
12. g4 Nfd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15. Nc6 Nxd5 16. Qxd5
Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxc6 18. Bd3 Be7 19. g5 d5 20. h4 d4 21. Be4
Rc7 22. Bf2 Nc5 23. Bg3 f6 24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxd4 exd4 26.
Bxc7 Kd7 27. Bf4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Re8 29. Re1 Bxh4 30. Rh1 g5
31. Bd2 Rxe4 32. c3 dxc3 33. Bxc3 Ke6 34. Kd2 Kf5 35. Kd3
Re6 36. Bd2 h5 37.Be3 Kg6 38. Ke2 Bg3 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. Kxg3
Rxe3+ 41. Kf4 Rf3+ 42. Ke4 Kg5 43. Rd1 Rf4+ 44. Ke3 g3 45.
Rd5+ Kg4 46. Rd8 Rf5 47. Rd4+ Kh3 48. Ke4 Rf8 49. Rd1 g2 50.
Ke3 Rf1 0-1
Olivier Renet vs Garry Kasparov
Ch France (team) 1993  ·  Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (B93)  ·  0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7

7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 b5 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Kh1 Be7 12.e5
dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd5 14.Ne4 O-O 15.Neg5 h6 16.Nh7 Rfe8 17.c3
Rad8 18.Bb1 Qc4 19.Bd3 Qg4 20.Bd2 Nc5 21.Bc2 Qc4 22.Qf2 Ne4
23.Qe1 Nb4 24.Nf6+ Nxf6 25.Bb3 Nd3 26.exf6 Nxe1 27.Bxc4 Nxf3
28.fxe7 Rxd2 0-1