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Garry Kimovich Kasparov – Wesley So
Ultimate Blitz Challenge; match game 1; Saint Louis, April 28, 2016
Scotch Game C45

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 c5 11. g3. That’s an improvement on 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Ne4 d5?? (a hallucination; here simply 13. ... 0-0 is good) 14. exd6 1 : 0 M. O. Muzychuk – Ortega Ruiz, 10th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, Catalan Bay 2012. 11. ... Bg7 12. f4 Nb4 13. Bg2 Rd8 14. Nc3 0-0 15. Bb2 d5 16. a3 d4 17. axb4 dxc3 18. Bxc3 cxb4 19. Bb2. The winter’s biting wind. 19. ... Bc8 20. 0-0

20. ... f6? A bad slip in a not easy situation. 20. ... Bf5 was called for. 21. Bd5+ Rxd5. So gives up the Exchange, for after 21. ... Kh8 22. exf6! Her Majesty is taboo: 22. ... Qxe2?? 23. fxg7 mate. 22. cxd5 Qc5+ 23. Rf2 fxe5. If 23. ... Qxd5 then 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxa7 and White must win. 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Rd8 26. Rd1 Bg4 27. Qd4! Qa5 28. Rdd2! Re8 29. Kg2 Qb5 30. h3 Bf5 31. g4 Be4+ 32. Kh2 c5 33. Qf6 c4 34. d6 Bc6 35. f5! Kasparov didn’t lose his powerful magnetism! 35. ... Rf8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. d7 Qc5 38. Qd6 1 : 0. “Even now that he’s retired for such a long time he’s still got that monstrosity in him!”, Wesley So said.

Kasparov still knows how to play chess very well. Photo: chess24.com (@chess24.com)