Morning all, I'd like to show you another amazing Garry Kasparov game.
It was played in Graz, 1981.
The Graz Tournament 1981 was a team championship, the third world under 26 team championship
and Kasparov was approaching the age of 18 years old.
He actually turned 18 during the event I believe.
This was his game against Arni Duer.
So d4 from Gary Kasparov, Nf6 from Arni.
C4, e6 and now Kasparov plays Nc3.
So, he's not minding Bb4, which is actually the most common move here.
But black can just play d5 as well.
That it's another popular move just to get a Queens gambit declined.
Nf3, Be7, Bg5, standard stuff.
Queens gambit declined territory.
Now black played h6 and an interesting departure from the main move.
The most common move is actually just to put the bishop on h4 here.
But Kasparov commits to Bxf6.
So, we're talking like over 5000 games with Bxf6 and only about 679 with Bixf6.
So slightly unusual to give up the bishop pair voluntarily in this position.
Black took back and now again a slightly unusual move indeed.
Usually we'd be looking to, pardon me, put the bishop on D for the Queen on c2 to form
a battery.
But here is there any point to the battery?
The pawn is on h6.
Maybe the Queen can be better placed somewhere else.
Kasparov thought so and he actually played Qd2.
In fact, more popular is even just to wait with Rc1.
But Qd2 was played.
It looks slightly unusual.
Black now played c6 and now a really aggressive move, showing aggressive intent.
Kasparov played h4.
So, his intention with h4, it looks as though he's going to Castle queenside now.
He hasn't moved this bishop.
So, he's ready to Castle queenside.
That put on a competitor here.
So, one thing about this position that early capture on f6 means actually that bishop could
be a target now to g4, g5 with tempo to try and rip open the H file and in fact after
Nd7 we do see the rather crude looking g4.
Crude, but very effective.
What does actually black do in this particular position?
It's difficult to address this attack.
Black tried here Re8.
Now Kasparov Castle queenside.
So, the immediate threat is really just g5 to get things open there and get that G line.
Black played b5 trying to get his own kind of counter-attack.
But it is a pawn sacrifice and is it actually justified to try and get a quick attack?
Well White took on b5 and took against, because Kasparov took time to take this pawn.
Black, what is he doing?
He's actually created a pin anyway on d7.
Which could be useful here and for example if the bishop moved, then g5 is going to be
more effective than it was.
Because we are in d7 in this position.
Which could be useful.
So, after Bishop takes b5, it's difficult for black.
But rook b8 seems for matter you know to open and use the B file in general grounds.
But White is trying to tear open G file and does so now with g5.
Sacking a pawn, hg, hg and black does play Bxg5.
Now usually taking a pawn Like this with your King behind, it is not
a recommendable idea.
But how has white proved his attack?
Well Kasparov took on g5 bringing the Qg5 and now an important tempo game.
F4, not only hitting Queen, but now the Queen can switch to h2 here to threaten Qh8++.
Things are going bad for black.
If we just rewind for a moment, in this position it was already pretty critical though.
So, you'd have to actually rewind further maybe to even just Rb8.
Blacks position after Rb8 maybe on the critical side.
The engine suggested here Be7 to be able to answer g5 of h5 trying to keep everything
closed.
But it's still a great position for white.
So, things have gone wrong a bit earlier.
But let's get back to the attacking position now.
It's pretty Stark.
Qf6, Qh2 first thing mate in one.
So black parries that with g6.
Now there's a really really fantastic move played in this position.
I wonder if you can guess it.
It's a crunching line opening move.
So, if I gave you 10 seconds here what would you play with white?
You might want to pause the video.
Okay f5 tearing open lines.
Now if e takes, then Nxd5 looks strong, but also maybe flinging in the check first and
the Nxd5.
As soon as that e7 exit.
Qg7 here now.
White can actually play just Qh8, just willing the rook on e8. Black's pieces are not even
connected on the back row here.
So, they're kind of loose.
So that's kind of disaster for e take.
Now for g tanks, then that's just a fourth mate actually like this and now the Queen
can actually make use of d6 here blocking e7 and there's a really really crushing move
here, Nxd5.
After e takes, just Queen takes, Knight takes, check and we are mating black.
So, this is all pretty crushing stuff if this pawn is taken with either the e pawn, g pawn.
If the Queen takes then, Qh8 is mate.
So Qg7, lets try it and now we get fxe6.
So how does black take this pawn now?
Well he took with the f pawn, it doesn't look very nice.
He is weakening his King.
This pawn chain around his king is disintegrating.
Bd3 looks good, but Rg1 as well just eyeing g6.
So g6 is the new target now.
Rf8, Bd3.
Black having to defend g6 and in this position actually white can win with multiple methods.
The position is so crushing here.
That in fact engine suggests just taking on g6 is quite crushing like if Bishop takes
g6 here.
Takes, takes, takes, force check, Kf7.
Rf7 is winning the Queen and that's a winning game.
So, Kasparov has already achieved a huge position.
But he chooses actually e4 here.
Which is very good as well?
Just threatening that e5 to displace the rook.
So, what can black actually do here?
He tries e5, but now Nxd5, Rf7 and in this position just rook takes g6 splat.
If Queen takes, then we've got the Qh8 black resigned here not surprisingly.
The rook can't even deflect this way, because we got bishop takes.
So, it's end of game.
It shows a really crushing attacking style the whole game and maybe something which is
made to look simple, but how many of us would have considered the early taking on f6 in
conjunction with Qd2 here.
The most usual beaten path in this position was actually Rc1.
So, this is a very very interesting method of play.
I mean the most common move with 893 games, Rc1.
But it doesn't facilitate castling queenside.
So, this is a seemingly fantastic plan for Qd2 and did it offer actually any advantages
over the c2 placement?
You know it kind of made the default a little bit safer.
But maybe also on c2 the Queen was more of a potential target.
It just seems to have a fantastic flow this game for the attack for just ripping open
lines against the black King here.
Just with h and g pawns accosting Queen side.
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