Author: alan palmer
Date: 16:16:54 04/13/03
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On April 13, 2003 at 18:12:56, Mike Byrne wrote: >Old news, but just hitting mainstream. > >http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/13/crosswords/chess/13CHES.html > >The full text is below: > >============================================================================= > > >Kasparov's Losing Remarks Win No Award for Class >By ROBERT BYRNE > >RADJABOV/BLACK > >FRENCH DEFENSE >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > White Black >Kasp'ov Radjabov > >1 e4 e6 >2 d4 d5 >3 Nc3 Nf6 >4 e5 Nfd7 >5 f4 c5 >6 Nf3 Nc6 >7 Be3 a6 >8 Qd2 b5 >9 a3 Qb6 >10 Ne2 c4 >11 g4 h5 >12 gh Rh5 >13 Ng3 Rh8 >14 f5 ef >15 Nf5 Nf6 >16 Ng3 Ng4 >17 Bf4 Be6 >18 c3 Be7 >19 Ng5 0-0-0 >20 Ne6 fe >21 Be2 Nge5 >22 Qe3 Nd7 >23 Qe6 Bh4 >24 Qg4 g5 >25 Bd2 Rde8 >26 0-0-0 Na5 >27 Rdf1 Nb3 >28 Kd1 Bg3 >29 Rf7 Rd8 >30 Bg5 Qg6 >31 Qf5 Qf5 >32 Rf5 Rdf8 >33 Rf8 Nf8 >34 Bf3 Bh4 >35 Be3 Nd7 >36 Bd5 Re8 >37 Bh6 Ndc5 >38 Bf7 Re7 >39 Bh5 Nd3 >40 Resigns > >Cranky Garry Kasparov is losing friends and supporters even when they believe he >might be in the right. > >At the final ceremony of the 20th Linares Super GM Tournament in Spain, when the >prize for the best-played game was given to the 15-year-old Azerbaijan >grandmaster Teimour Radjabov for his victory over Kasparov, the Russian star >went to the microphone and angrily said: "I believe that this one is not the >best game of the tournament. It has been chosen solely because it was the only >game that I lost, and I consider that this is a public insult and a >humiliation." > >Radjabov had been outplayed from the beginning but put on a brave effort to >stave off defeat. Kasparov was pressed by his opponent's spirited play and went >badly astray. His tie for third was the end of a four-year winning streak in 10 >elite tournaments. > >So Radjabov may not have had the best-played game, but there was no award for >keeping a cool head under fire. > > > >In this game, Radjabov answered 7 Be3 with the extravagant advance 7 . . . a6 >and 8 . . . b5. Not satisfied with the result, he tried a restrained >alternative, 7 . . . cd 8 Nd4 Bc5 against Kramnik in Round 6, but was outplayed >and lost. > >Radjabov's 10 . . . c4?! relieved whatever pressure he had on the white center >and thus freed Kasparov's minor pieces to find attacking positions on the >kingside. > >After 17 Bf4, Radjabov could have tried 17 . . . Ne7 aiming to get the >bishop-pair with 18 . . . Ng6. He should not have let Kasparov get the >bishop-pair with 17 . . . Be6 18 c3 Be7 Ng5 19 O-O-O 20 Ne6 fe. > >Rather than get a clearly inferior position with 21 . . . Nh6 22 O-O or risk the >loss of his knight after 21 . . . Rh2 22 Rh2 Nh2 23 Nh5 g6 24 Nf6, Radjabov >boldly ventured 21 . . . Nge5!? and it intimidated Kasparov. It was only at the >final ceremony that Kasparov presented 22 Be5 Ne5 23 de Bc5 24 Bf3 Be3 25 Qe2 d4 >26 cd Qd4 27 Rd1 followed by 28 Ne4 as the correct way to nullify Radjabov's >attack. For now, he played it safe with 22 Qe3. > >And Radjabov faltered. He should have played 22 . . . Bd6!?, when 23 de Qe3 (23 >. . . Bc5 24 Qf3 Rhf8 25 Qg4 d4!? is probably an unsound gamble) 24 Be3 Ne5 25 >Kd2 Rdf8 26 Raf1 Rf1 27 Nf1 yields Radjabov only two pawns for a piece, though >the black position is quite compact. > >After 22 . . . Nd7?! 23 Qe6, Kasparov said afterward, "Now White has a won >game." But after 23 . . . Bh4 24 Qg4?!, Kasparov had overlooked that 24 . . . g5 >keeps Radjabov in the fight because 25 Bg5? loses material to 25 . . . Rdg8. He >should have played 24 Qd5 Rhe8 25 Qg2. > >After 26 . . . Na5, Kasparov thought that he still had great advantage, but that >would not be clear after 27 Kb1 Kc7 28 Qf3 Nf6 29 Rhf1 Nb3 30 Be1 Rhf8 31 Qg2 >Qe6. In any case, he started to play very badly at this juncture. His atrocious >27 Rdf1? Nb3 28 Kd1 Bg3 29 Rf7 (trying desperately to fend off 29 . . . Qg6) Rd8 >30 Bg5 Qg6 31 Qf5 Qf5 32 Rf5 Rdf8 33 Rf8 Nf8 left him a piece down and totally >lost. > >After 39 . . . Nd3, Kasparov, hopelessly behind in material, gave up. Bad sportsmanship, also, very old news.
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