Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 21:05:34 02/06/03
...until you realized it was played 27 years ago in 1976 when Garry was at the ripe old age of 12 years. It was his first game ever published in the reknowned Chess Informant Series - Vol. 22. Lputian,S - Kasparov,G [E80] USSR 22/730, 1976 [Gufeld,E] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 Nc6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Rb8 8.Rb1 0-0 9.b4 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.Nge2 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bxd4 Re8 15.Be2 c5 16.bxc5 [d] 1rbqr1k1/5pbp/p2p1np1/2P5/2PBP3/2N2P2/P2QB1PP/1R2K2R b K - 0 16 Even at 12, he went right for the jugler with the aggressive 16....Nxe4. His play after that was virtually flawless, while his opponent faltered slightly with the weak 18..g3 16... Nxe4 17.fxe4 Qh4+ 18.g3 Rxb1+ 19.Kf2 Rb2 20.gxh4 Rxd2 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Ke3 Rc2 23.Kd3 Rxc3+ 24.Kxc3 dxc5 25.Bd3 Bb7 26.Re1 Re5 27.a4 f5 28.Rb1 Bxe4 29.Rb6 f4 30.Rxa6 f3 31.Bf1 Bf5 32.Ra7+ Kh6 33.Kd2 f2 34.Be2 Bg4 35.Bd3 Re1 36.Rf7 Bf5 37.a5 Bxd3 38.Rxf2 Rf1 0-1
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