GCT Croatia 2021 : Live Games with Garry Kasparov playing

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Netflix Queen's Gambit final game ( episode 7) Harmon-Borgov Moskow 1968

Kudos to Netflix (www.netflix.com) for the Queen's Gambit series.

Lots of presss coverage

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https://www.nytimes.com article

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Garry Kasparov and Bruce Pandolfini were chess advisors. Garry Kasparov chose the final game which is inspired from the real game Ivanchuk-Wolff 1993 but was improved upon to make it more dramatic.In the episode 7, Elizabeth Harmon plays USSR world champion V. Borgov.

Here's a photo of the game ( credit: Netflix)

and here's the game replay

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Kasparov explained move by move

Kasparov-Ponomariov 2002

White to play (Diagram I)

Garry plays 1 a4! This opens a second front, making the defensive task harder for Black.

If Pono tries to defend his pawn by 1..c4 then 2 Qb6! Re7 3 g5! and White's victory is near.

Therefore, Pono plays 1..e4 2 ab5 ab5 3 Bb5 Qe5 reaching Diagram II

White to play ( Diagram II)

Here Kasparov plays 4 Qg5!

If 4..Be6 then 5Bc4! is decisive. The bishop cannot be taken in view of 6 Rd7+. and 5..Re8 6 R1d5 Qf6 7 Qf4! leaves White winning.

If 4..Ra7 5 R1d5 Qf6 6 Qh6! similar to the game,

The game went 4..Qe7 5 Qh6 Be6 ( because 5..Qf8? loses against 6 Bc4+ and 7 Rd8+).

We reach the next position :

White to play and win (after 5..Be6) Diagram III

Here Garry clinched the victory by playing (after repeating the moves) 6gf5!

After 6..Bf5 7 Bc4+! Ke8 8 Qf4! is strong, so Pono played 6..gf5

The game ended : 7Be2!

A great move bringing the bishop into the attack via the h5-e8 diagonal.

7..Qf6 8 Bh5+ Ke7 9 Rxe6! 1-0

Final Position

Position after 9 Rxe6! 1-0

9..Qe6 10 Qg7+ wins

9..Ke6 10 Rd6+! wins

65th post !

Kasparov's attack !

In the following sicilian position, Kasparov with Black, found a concrete way to attack the White's position. This game, played in 2005, is one of the last played by Garry Kasparov, who retired after the tournament. One of the reasons for Garry to retire was that he never got a chance to face Kramnik for the world championship after losing against him in 2000. Kasparov has scored many victories with the Black side of the sicilian, which he started to study extensively in 1983-1985.

Black to play and win !

Solution: See Below

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1..Nc2! 2 Nc5 Na3+ 3 Ka2 Qc5 4 Na4 Nc2!

( Threatening Rb2 #) 5 Kb1 Qa3! 0-1

( Idea 6 Qc2 Rfc8! wins)