Garry Kimovich Kasparov – Samuel L. Shankland
4th Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX; time control: 20 minutes plus 5 seconds per move; Saint Louis, September 9, 2021
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Position #268
1. d4 d5 2. f3 Nd6 3. c3 f5?! (⌓ 4. ... c6 5. e4 f6) 4. Nd3 Nb6 5. Nb3 Nbc4 6. Nbc5 Qe8 7. b3 Na3 8. Be3 0-0-0 9. Qf2. Unlike his opponent, Kasparov has solved his development issues quite satisfactorily, but Black’s next Queen sortie will provide him with more than he could have expected: 9. ... Qb5? 10. Ne5! Nxb1. Otherwise White follows up with Bb1-d3. 11. Rxb1 Nc4?! 12. a4 Qb6
13. 0-0! A very choreographic h-side castling, which suddenly leaves Black stuck in his clumsy drama. 13. ... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc6 15. b4 Bf7. 15. ... a6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Qg6 18. b6 is just another descent into hell. 16. b5 Qg6 17. Nd3
17. ... a5. It is as bad a move as another, as actually there was no way Shankland could prevent a4-a5. 18. bxa6 Qxa6 19. Nc5 Qa8 20. Nxb7 Rd7 21. Nc5 Rdd8 22. Rb4 Ba7. And finally Black’s dark-square Bishop enters the stage before the curtain is drawn. 23. Nd3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 1 : 0.
Neither by chance nor chaos: Kasparov strikes back. Photo © Austin Fuller/Saint Louis Chess Club. |
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