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- [Event "World Championship"]
- [Site "Lyon FRA"]
- [Date "1990.11.24"]
- [Round "13"]
- [White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
- [Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
- [Result "1/2-1/2"]
-
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
- {
- Welcome to game 13 and the GI---that's Grunfeld-Indian. Fight from
- the start.
- }
- 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 O-O
- {
- So far on two minutes each. GK.. Garry Kasparov looks tensed, says
- Mike Valvo. Now Karpov took full 9 minutes to play ...
- }
- 9. Rc1 Qa5
- {
- Kasparov thought six minutes here. Time now: White 0:19 Black: 0:08.
- Now 9 minutes has gone and AK is still thinking. Kasparov has left the
- stage. Who is fooling who? 9..Qa5 might be a new move. It's not in the
- pressroom database. Karpov is still thinking, so time for a little
- presentation. At your service in Lyon IM Bjarke Kristensen (Now Valvo:
- AK is nodding his head up and down alone on stage.) As commentators:
- Boris Spassky and a number of strong french IM's. IM Mike Valvo from
- New Jersey is here for a week.
- }
- 10. Nf3 e6
- {
- And the "soon-to-be" GM Will Watson from England is here too. "I
- don't understand the GI" he just said. Kasparov stays on stage. Time:
- White: 0:37 Black: 0:10. Says Will Watson (now WW): "I predicted the
- opening this morning. And so did many others." Valvo: "I think this
- shows that the Kings Indian hasn't worked out for Kasparov". IM Levy
- suggests b7-b6 for Black. IM Jonathan Tisdall says: "I've seen this
- before. But nobody can find a game with it."
- }
- 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Be2
- {
- Time: White: 0:53 Black: 0:24. Valvo observed GK tapping his fingers
- impatiently on the table after move Re8. It just might all be
- preparations! Both are sitting deeply concentrated at the table.
- }
- 13... Bf5 14. O-O
- {
- The atmosphere in the pressroom is a bit "fuzzy." The game hasn't
- found its own personality yet, and the fact that the US plays the
- Soviets at the Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad at this very moment is also
- widely discussed.
- }
- 14... Nd7
- {
- Interesting is now: 15.Nh4 Be4 16.f3 Bxd5! 17.Qxd5 Rxe3 18.Qxd7
- 18...Rxe2 with a big Black plus. say Watson. Rumours say that GK might
- be better here, but nobody really dares to risk his neck. The game is
- still in its childhood. But AK surely is in for a deep think. Now he's
- on 1:16 and still thinking. Garry has left the stage. Valvo say: The
- Mephisto computer thinks Black is better! It's no "Deep Thought", but
- the Mephisto Chess Computer IS already world champion in its class. No
- one else dared to test their program against it!
- }
- 15. h3
- {
- Time: White: 1:18 Black: 0:31. Now Karpov has left stage. And GK hangs
- over the board as if to power up his chessmuscles. Kasparov seems
- relaxed and satisfied. White's problem is his weakened pawns on the
- Q-side. And as for his pride-pawn on d5? In an endgame it could be
- pure gold, but until then it gives a good square to a Black piece on
- d6. Kasparov now "hangs" his head between his hands. A very typical
- posture for the WC.
- }
- 15... Nb6
- {
- GM Lein thinks White is in deep trouble. GK might play Nb6-a4.
- Another of GK's ideas might be Qa5-a4.
- }
- 16. g4
- {
- Now ...that's a man! Karpov's idea obviously is 16... Be4 17.c4 Qxd2
- 18.Nxd2 with 19.Nxe4 and 20.Bd3 to come. After a very slow start
- suddenly the game is very exciting. Now the Russians GMs in the
- pressroom find: 16...Be4 17.c4.. Qa3! with a Black edge. But...
- }
- 16... Bd7
- {
- Time: AK: 1:31 GK: 0:49. GM-elects Watson and Gallagher say Karpov is
- still under pressure, but improving. Mephisto "thinks" it's slightly
- better for Black. And the Russians say that Kasparov should have
- played h7-h5, not Nd7-b6.
- }
- 17. c4 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Na4 19. Bf3 Nc3 20. Rxc3 Bxc3 21. Ne4
- {
- The heat is on, in the Palais des Congress. Watson thinks GK is still
- doing well. Might be a British understatement. Kasparov is in for at
- deep think. Time: White: 1:42 Black: 1:12 IM Tisdall: He'll take on e4
- now, and it is a draw.
- }
- 21... Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Re8 23. Bd3 b6 24. Kg2
- {
- Tisdall says: The first one who can bring himself to offer a draw will
- get it. He might be right. A drastic change of the game has taken
- place. And where did Kasparov drop his advantage? Maybe ...Nc3 should
- have been prepared. Time: White: 1:46 Black: 1:17. If Karpov plays
- Be3-c1 to press f2-f4 (hoping for an endgame advantage with f4-f5) GK
- might play Re8-e1 to enter a tame double-bishop ending. Draw.
- }
- 24... f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5
- {
- Karpov sits thinking alone at the board. Black's Bc3 is potentially
- weaker than Be3, but White's c4 pawn is GK's major target. I think
- that Black's still better. White's d-pawn looks strong (and it is) but
- right now it's quite impotent. If advanced it'll just be lost, since
- Kg8 is too close.
- }
- 27. Rd1 Kf7
- {
- Time: White: 2:07 Black: 1:28. Now Kasparov's lead on the clock begins
- to count. Karpov must be considering lines like: 28.d6 Ke6 29.Bf4 Be5
- 30.Bxe5 Kxe5 31.Rd5+ Ke6 32.d7 Rd8 and Black is much better.
- }
- 28. Rd3 Bf6 29. Ra3 a5 30. Rb3
- {
- Time: White: 2:12 Black: 1:31. It might look simple, but in fact the
- game is balanced on an edge. Which is most important: Black's weakness
- on b6 or White's on c4?
- }
- 30... Bd8
- {
- People in the pressroom seems to be losing interest a bit. I think
- that a long endgame battle may be ahead. The fight for the initiative
- is still very much on. Now Watson arrived with news. He said: "The
- Russians think GK is slightly better, the Americans think AK is
- slightly better, and it might be a draw."
- }
- 31. Rc3
- {
- Both are leaning across the board. If Karpov can get his king to d3,
- he might play on forever. Kasparov seems "speculative" now. One point
- in Karpov's favour is: 31...Bc7 32.Kf3 Re4 33.Ke2 f4 34.Kd3 and Re4
- has to move.
- }
- 31... Bc7
- {
- Karpov is hiding his head behind his hands, looking through his
- fingers. Nine minutes left.
- }
- 32. a4 Kf6 33. Kf1 f4
- {
- 33...f4! GK played this with determination. I don't understand
- Karpov's Kg2-f1.
- }
- 34. Bc1 Kf5 35. Rc2 Rg8 36. Re2 Be5 37. Bb2 Bd4 38. Bxd4 cxd4 39. Re7 d3
- 40. Ke1 Rc8 41. Kd2 Rxc4
- {
- Kasparov has moved from c8 to c4. Move 41 made. The last seven moves
- took only 11 minutes Now all analysis goes: 42.Kxd3 Rxa4 43.d6 Ra3+
- 44.Kc4 Ra1 45. Kd5 Rd1+ 46.Kc6 a4 and White might be the one who in
- trouble. Both still sits at the board. GK is looking everywhere else,
- waiting for Karpov to decide on if he wants to seal his move now. Some
- say that Kasparov might have proposed a draw earlier on. Not
- verified. Time: 2:42 - 2:08. Karpov sealed his 42nd move. The game
- will be continued (maybe) tomorrow at 11:00 AM ET.
- }
- {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2
-
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