Karpov v Kasparov
White: Anatoly Karpov
Black: Garry Kasparov
World Championship Match
Moscow, 1985
Game 16
October 15, 1985
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6
8. Na3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb4
11. Be2 Bc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf3 Bf5
14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 Nd3
17. Nab1 h6 18. Bh4 b4 19. Na4 Bd6
20. Bg3 Rc8 21. b3 g5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6
23. g3 Nd7 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. a3 a5
26. axb4 axb4 27. Qa2 Bg6 28. d6 g4
29. Qd2 Kg7 30. f3 Qxd6 31. fxg4 Qd4
32. Kh1 Nf6 33. Rf4 Ne4 34. Qxd3 Nf2
35. Rxf2 Bxd3 36. Rfd2 Qe3 37. Rxd3
Rc1 38. Nb2 Qf2 39. Nd2 Rxd1
40. Nxd1 Re1
It is White to move, but Karpov cannot avoid checkmate.
1-0 .
This game is aptly called the Kasparov gambit, in which the former world champion sacrifices a pawn to gain momentum. Kasparov wrote about this game as follows: “Such games are remembered for a long time, and in particular by the winner himself, after literally putting part of his soul into the sustained realization of his plan… none of my earlier creations can compare with this 16th game as regards the grandiosity of the overall plan. What is noteworthy is the fact that this victory was achieved over such a super class player as Karpov.”
Eljanov v Gelfand
Eljanov, P (2742) – Gelfand, B (2741)
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (5),
10.11. 2010
This lovely game was taken from the 2010 Tal Memorial. Here is Eljanov’s superb win against Gelfand.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 Bb7 11.0-0 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Ng3 Bc5 16.b3 c3 17.a3 b4 18.Ng5 Qc6 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Ba3 Bxa3 21.Rxa3 h6 22.Nf3 0-0 23.b4 Qc7 24.Qb1 Rac8 25.Ne2 Kh8 26.Rxc3 Qb6 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Bd3 Nh5 29.Nd2 Qf6 30.Qb2 Nf4 31.Nxf4 exf4 32.Qxf6 gxf6 33.Nf3 Ne5 34.Nxe5 fxe5 35.f3 Rc3 36.Be2 Rb3 37.b5! Rb2 38.bxa6 Rxe2 39.axb7 Rb2 40.Rd1 Rxb7 41.g3! fxg3 42.hxg3 Kg7 43.Rd5 Re7 44.Kf2 Kf6 45.Rd6+ Kg7 46.Ke3 Ra7 47.f4 Ra3+ 48.Rd3 Ra5 49.Kf3 Kf6 50.Rd6+ Kg7 51.Re6 Ra3+ 52.Kg4 h5+ 53.Kxh5 Black Resigns. 1-0
