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Garry Kimovich Kasparov – Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler
Online training match; Lichess, September 4, 2020
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Position #696

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne3 Ne6 4. Qc3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Qc5 8. Qxc5 bxc5 9. Bc3 Bc7 10. Bc2 e6 11. g4 h6 12. f3 Ke7 13. Ke1. From the opening into the endgame — they both renounced the right to castle. 13. ... d6 14. Kf2 Bc6 15. h4 a5 16. a4 Rhg8 17. g5 Nd7 18. Rh3 h5 19. f4 g6 20. Rd1 Rgb8 21. b3 Rb7? (21. ... Kf8)

22. Nd5+! exd5 23. cxd5 Bxa4 24. bxa4 c4 25. Re3+. By 25. Rf3(!) Bb6+ 26. Kg3 Kf8 27. e4 White could probably achieve a much better coordination. 25. ... Kf8 26. Re4 Rc8 27. e3 Bb6 28. Ke2 Bc5 29. Rxc4? 29. Bxa5± was the right Pawn to take. 29. ... Nb6 30. Re4 Ba3 31. Rd3 Rbc7. If nothing else, 31. ... Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxc3 gave Black more reasons to play further, though with very little hope of any significant advantage (33. Bd1 Bc5 34. f5! should be enough to hold a draw). The text move, however, leads to a forced draw: 32. Bd2 Rxc2 33. Rxa3

33. ... R8c4 34. Rxc4 Rxd2+! 34. ... Nxc4 35. Rd3 Ra2 36. Rd4 Nxd2 37. Rxd2 Rxa4 also draws, but not so pretty as the way of the game. 35. Kxd2 Nxc4+ 36. Kc3 Nxa3 37. Kb3 Nb1 38. Kc2 Na3+ 39. Kb3 Nb1 40. Kc2 Na3+ 41. Kb3 ½ : ½.