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Subject: Re: Brilliant positional sac by Kasparov. Can any find it?

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 02:04:27 08/06/04

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On August 05, 2004 at 19:42:24, Albert Silver wrote:

>The following position arose in Kasparov-Andersson, Tilburg, 1981. Kasparov,
>only 18 at the time, played a brilliant pawn sac that left Andersson unable to
>develop and to his loss in spectacular fashion. It is a difficult move to find,
>and I am not even sure whether any engine will, yet it is unquestionably the
>best move.
>
>                                         Albert
>
>[D]r2qkb1r/n1pp1pp1/4p1bp/1p6/1P1P3P/P3P1P1/1B1N1P2/R2QKB1R w KQkq -
>
>14.d5 is the move here.

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Amd@3000+, 384 MB hash

Kasparov Garry (RUS) - Andersson Ulf (SWE), It Tilburg (Netherlands) 1981
r2qkb1r/n1pp1pp1/4p1bp/1p6/1P1P3P/P3P1P1/1B1N1P2/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 0 1

Analysis by Shredder 8:
...
14.Fg2 c6 15.e4 Fe7 16.0-0 0-0 17.Tc1 Dc7 18.Df3 Ff6
  ²  (0.49)   Profondeur: 10/20   00:00:00  190kN
14.Fg2 c6 15.e4 Fe7 16.0-0 0-0 17.Tc1 d5 18.h5 Fh7 19.Df3 dxe4 20.Cxe4
  ²  (0.47)   Profondeur: 11/22   00:00:01  306kN
14.Fg2 c6 15.e4 Fe7 16.0-0 0-0 17.Dg4 d6 18.h5 Fh7 19.d5 Ff6 20.dxc6
  ²  (0.48)   Profondeur: 12/27   00:00:02  556kN
14.h5 Fh7 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Dg5 17.Cb3 Dh4 18.gxh4
  ²  (0.49)   Profondeur: 12/27   00:00:02  629kN
14.h5 Fh7 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Fd3 17.Te1 Df6 18.Df3 Fe7 19.Dxf6 Fxf6 20.Cb1 Fxb1
21.Taxb1
  ²  (0.49)   Profondeur: 12/27   00:00:02  658kN
14.h5 Fh7 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Fe7 17.Tc1 0-0 18.e4 d5 19.Dg4 dxe4 20.Cxe4 Ff5
  ²  (0.45)   Profondeur: 13/22   00:00:03  1113kN
14.Fg2 c6 15.e4 Fe7 16.0-0 0-0 17.h5 Fh7 18.Tc1 d5 19.Te1 dxe4 20.Cxe4 Ff5
21.Cc5
  ²  (0.46)   Profondeur: 13/26   00:00:03  1199kN
14.Fg2 c6 15.0-0 Fe7 16.d5 cxd5 17.Fxg7 Th7 18.Fxh6 Txh6 19.Db1 Fxb1
  ²  (0.47)   Profondeur: 13/26   00:00:04  1462kN
14.d5 Tg8 15.Fg2 Ff5
  ²  (0.48)   Profondeur: 13/26   00:00:05  1761kN
14.d5 exd5 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Cc8 17.Te1 Fe7 18.Fxg7 Th7 19.Fd4 Cb6 20.Df3
  ²  (0.68)   Profondeur: 13/26   00:00:06  2146kN
14.d5 exd5 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Fd6 17.Fxg7 Tg8 18.Fxh6 Fd3 19.Te1 Df6 20.Ff4 Fe7
  ²  (0.61)   Profondeur: 14/24   00:00:08  2972kN
14.d5 exd5 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Fe7 17.Fxg7 Tg8 18.Fxh6 Ff6 19.Ta2 Fd3 20.Te1 De7
21.Cf3
  ²  (0.43)   Profondeur: 15/28   00:00:14  4774kN
14.Fg2 d5 15.0-0 Fd6 16.e4 0-0 17.Tc1 Df6 18.e5 Ff5 19.exf6 gxf6
  ²  (0.44)   Profondeur: 15/28   00:00:17  5829kN
14.Fg2 d5 15.0-0 Fe7 16.e4 dxe4 17.Cxe4 0-0 18.Te1 c6 19.Tc1 Dc7 20.Cc5 Ff5
21.Dh5 Tfd8
  ²  (0.45)   Profondeur: 15/30   00:00:21  7309kN
14.Fg2 d5 15.0-0 Fe7 16.e4 dxe4 17.Cxe4 c6 18.Tc1 Fxe4 19.Fxe4 Fg5 20.hxg5 Dxd4
21.Dxd4
  ²  (0.43)   Profondeur: 16/32   00:00:36  12458kN
14.d5 exd5 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Fe7 17.Fxg7 Tg8 18.Fxh6 Ff6 19.Ta2 Fd3 20.Te1 De7
21.e4 Df8 22.Fxf8
  ²  (0.44)   Profondeur: 16/32   00:00:38  13041kN
14.d5 exd5 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Fe7 17.Fxg7 Tg8 18.Fd4 Cc8 19.Dg4 Cd6 20.Fxd5 cxd5
21.Dxd7+ Rxd7
  ²  (0.45)   Profondeur: 16/32   00:00:43  14234kN
14.d5 exd5 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Fe7 17.Fxg7 Tg8 18.Fxh6 Ff6 19.Ta2 Fd3 20.Te1 Tg6
  ²  (0.63)   Profondeur: 17/27   00:01:03  21424kN
14.d5 exd5 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Fe7 17.Fxg7 Tg8 18.Fxh6 Ff6 19.Ta2 De7 20.Te1 Ff5
21.e4 Fg4 22.Dc1 d4
  ±  (0.71)   Profondeur: 18/30   00:01:27  29883kN
14.d5 exd5 15.Fg2 c6 16.0-0 Fd6 17.Fxg7 Tg8 18.Fd4 Dc7 19.e4 dxe4 20.h5 Fe7
21.hxg6 Fg5 22.Fxe4
  ±  (0.90)   Profondeur: 19/33   00:02:22  48975kN
14.d5 exd5 15.Fg2 Fe7 16.Fxg7 Tg8 17.Fxh6 c6 18.Tc1 Ff6 19.Db3 Cc8 20.Ff4 De7
21.0-0 Cd6 22.Fxd6 Dxd6 23.e4 De6
  ±  (1.00)   Profondeur: 20/42   00:04:50  98922kN
14.d5 exd5 15.Fg2 Fe7 16.Fxg7 Tg8 17.Fxh6 Ff6 18.Fg5 Fxg5 19.hxg5 Dxg5 20.Cf3
Df5 21.Ch4 Df6 22.Cxg6 Txg6 23.Dd4 Dxd4 24.exd4
  ±  (0.91)   Profondeur: 21/43   00:07:16  148845kN


> Later Gary began the saccing (pieces this time) in the
>following position:
>
>[D]2nq3r/r2pbkp1/2p2p1p/1p5P/1P2N1Q1/P5P1/1B3P2/3RR1K1 w - -
>
>He played 24.Nxf6, though there is probably more than one win at this point.
>
>[Event "It"]
>[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
>[Date "1981"]
>[Round ""]
>[White "Kasparov Garry (RUS)"]
>[Black "Andersson Ulf (SWE)"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[Eco "E12"]
>[Annotator ""]
>[Source ""]
>
>1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Nd2
>Bg6 8.g3 Nc6 9.e3 a6 10.b4 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Bb2 Na7 13.h4 h6
>14.d5 exd5 15.Bg2 c6 16.O-O f6 17.Re1 Be7 18.Qg4 Kf7 19.h5 Bh7
>20.e4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.Nxe4 Nc8 23.Rad1 Ra7 24.Nxf6 gxf6
>25.Qg6+ Kf8 26.Bc1 d5 27.Rd4 Nd6 28.Rg4 Nf7 29.Bxh6+ Ke8 30.Bg7 1-0



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