[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

{Verhaltener Auftakt bei der Schachprofiweltmeisterschaft in New York. Die
diesjährige Schachweltmeisterschaft ist vom Rahmen her sicherlich die
spektakulärste überhaupt.Gespielt wird in einer schalldichten Glaskabine auf
der Aussichtsplattform( im 107.Stock) des nach dem Bombenanschlag erst
kürzlich wiedereröffneten Worl Trade Centers.Die ca. 1000 Zuschauern können
die Partie mit Hilfe von computergesteurten Demonstrationsbrettern und
großmeisterlichen Livekommentaren, gut afbereitet verfolgen.Im Gegensatz zum
Rahmen gestaltete sich die erste Begegnung der beiden Kontrahenten eher
nüchtern.Wie zwei Boxer,die sich inder ersten Runde noch beschuppern müssen,
blieben beide Spieler auf Distanz,und einigten verhältnismäßig früh auf Remis.
Wie bei solchen Anläßen durchaus nicht unüblich, eröffnete der Schirmherr Mr.
Giuliani, Bürgermeister von New York,die Veranstaltung,indem er den ersten Zug
eigenhändig ausführte. Unüblich war es allerding,diesen Zug vorher nicht mit
dem betreffenden Spieler abzusprechen. Wohl ein wenig ungläubig mußte das
indische Wunderkind dabei zusehen,wie plötzlich statt seines geliebten
Königsbauerns der Damenläuferbauer zwei Schritte nach vorne tat.Da es hier um
die höchsten schachlichen Ehren ging,konnte auch ein so liebenswürdiger und
toleranter Mensch wie Anand dies nicht auf sich beruhen lassen. Kurzerhand
nahm er den Zug des Bürgermeisters zurück,und zog seinerseits..} 1. e4 {Wahls}
c5 {Die Sizilianische Eröffnung.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
Soweit keine Überraschung.Die Najdorf-Variante ist seit Jahrzehnten die
Lieblingswaffe Kasparovs gegen 1.e4.Der Ausgang des Kampfes hängt m.M. nach
sehr stark davon ab,ob es Anand im Laufe des Matches gelingen wird,den
Weltmeister in diesem soliden System unter Druck zu setzen.} 6. Be2 {Wie schon 
Karpov beim WM-Kampf 1985 in Moskau,so wählt auch Anand diese verhältnismäßig
positionelle Fortsetzung.Es stellt sich ernsthaft die Frage,ob man den
Weltmeister damit gefährden kann.Karpov jedenfalls schien zu resignieren,und
konvertierte in späteren Kämpfen mit Kasparov zu 1.d4.} e6 {Kasparov unterläßt
den Najdorf-typischen Zug 6..e5.Durch Zugumstellung ist die Scheveninger
Variante entstanden.} 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8
12. Qd2 {Less common than 12.Qe1 or 12. Bf3. The text has been used by one of
Anand's seconds, former U.S. Champion Patrick Wolff.} Bd7 {Neben der Partiefort
setzung werden hier auch die Züge 12..Sa5,12..Sd4 und12..Tb8 gespielt.} 13.
Rad1 {Die Hauptfortsetzung ist 13.Sb3.} (13. Bf3 Rab8 14. Qf2 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5
16. exf5 Qa5 17. g4 {King-Mainka,G Dortmund II (9) 1987}) 13... Rad8 {
Played after 30 minutes thought.  30 Minuten brauchte Kasparov für diesen Zug.}
(13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Qc4 {
Sznapik,A-Wojtkiewicz,A Poland match 1991} (16. Bf3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd5
Nxd5 19. exd5 exf4 {- A Sznapik-Ftacnik L/EU-chT Haifa 1989  1/2-1/2 Sznapik,
A-Ftacnik,L ,Haifa 1989}) (16. Qc4 {Wahls} Qxc4 17. Bxc4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19.
Bb3 h6 20. Be3 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Bf8 22. Bb6 Rd7 23. Rd4 Re6 24. a5 g6 25. Rc4 Bg7
26. g3 Kh7 27. Kg2 g5 28. b4 Kg6 29. h3 Rde7 30. Bd8 Re8 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Nd5
Bg7 33. Re1 Re5 34. g4 Rxd5 {0-1 Sznapik,A-Wojtkiewicz,A ,Warschau 1991})) 14.
Nb3 {(1:52)   Dieser Zug ist neu.Bekannt war bisher} (14. Bf3 Na5 15. Qe1 Nc4
16. Bc1 e5 17. Nde2 b5 {Wolff,P-De Boer,G.J Wijk aan Zee op(12) 1993} (17... b5
{Wahls} 18. b3 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Qd1 b4 23. Na2
exf4 24. Bxf4 Nxe4 25. Rd4 Nc3 26. Naxc3 bxc3 27. Rxd6 Qa7 28. Rd3 Rbc8 29.
Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Be6 31. Nb5 Qa5 32. Nc7 Re7 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34. Qd2 Qa3 35. h3
Qb2 36. Qd3 Re7 37. Be3 Nd7 38. Bd4 Qa3 {1-0 (59)})) 14... Bc8 {(1:22)} (14...
d5 {Wahls} 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. a5 Bb4 18. Bb6 Bxd2 (18... Qxb6 19.
axb6 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 $16) 19. Bxc7 $16) 15. Bf3 b6 {(1:03)} 16. Qf2 {(1:18)} Nd7
{(1:05)} 17. Nd4 {(1:09 Here the aggresive looking 17.g4 would be strongly met
by 17...Bf6, threatening to destroy White's Q-side with ...Bf3. Another sharp
try was 17.e5. After 17... dxe5 White has two tries but neither need worry
Black!} (17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxd7 (18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. fxe5 f5 (19... Nxe5 $2 20. Bd4
f6 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Qf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxf8#) 20. Nd4
Qc4 (20... Qc4 21. Qg3 Nxe5 $1)) (18. f5 Nc5 $1) 18... Bxd7 (18... Qxd7 {Wahls}
19. Bxb6 Bb7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. fxe5 Rf8 $44 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nxb7
Qxb7 25. b3 Qc7) 19. Bxb6 Qb8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. fxe5 Rf8 {
Black's two bishop offer excellent compensation.}) (17. Qg3 $5 {Wahls} Bb7 18.
Rd2 {is auch nicht von der Hand zu weisen.}) 17... Bb7 {(1:05)} 18. Bh5 {
(0:58)   Ein Nadelstich.Weiß attackiert den schwächsten Punkt im schwarzen
Lager,und droht den schwarzen König mittels des doppelten Figurenopfers auf f7
und e6 ins Zentrum zu ziehen,wo er den weißen Figuren schutzlos ausgeliefert
wäre.18..Sf6?! könnte durch das ruhige 19.Sc6 Dc6 20.Lf3 Sd7 21.f5! mit weißem
Vorteil,oder sogar durch die Figureneinschläge auf f7,bzw.e6 beantwortetwerden.
} Rf8 {
(0:55)   Kasparov reagiert umsichtig.Der neuralgische Punkt f7 wird überdeckt.}
19. Qg3 {(0:49)} Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bf6 {(0:51 Black's last three moves have
effectively neutralized any prospects of White launching a kingside attack.}
21. Be2 {A good move according to GM John Fedorowicz, one of the guest
commentators. The Bishop retreat ties Black down to the defense of the a6 pawn
(no...Bc6-Qd7) and prepares to redeploy on the f1-a6 diagonal. It may look a
little funny to see the Bishop go to h5 on move nineteen and then retreat
three moves later, but there is sense to it. Remember, Kasparov had to
undevelop his Rook to f8.} e5 {
(0:38)   Die bedrohliche weiße Bauernphalanx wird zestört.} 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23.
Qf2 {(0:40)} Nc5 $5 {(0:34) A sharp way to play the position. #} 24. Bf3 {
Criticized by Kasparov in the post-mortem. The World Champion preferred} (24.
Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 (25... Qxd8 26. a5) 26. Bc4 Nxe4 27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28.
Rxf7 Rd4 (28... Kh8 {Instead} 29. Rxb7 Nxc3 30. h3 (30. Kg1 Nxa4 31. Bxa6 Nxb2
32. Rxb6) 30... Nxa4 31. b3 b5 {holds the draw.}) 29. Bb3 (29. Ba2 Nxc3 30.
bxc3 Bd5 $1 (30... Rxa4 $2 31. Bb3)) 29... Nxc3 30. Rxb7+ (30. bxc3 {Wahls} Bd5
$1) 30... Kf8 31. h3 Nxa4 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rxg7 {with a big edge for White.})
24... Rfe8 (24... a5 {
intending Qe7-g5. The text though natural, weakens f7 in some variations.}) 25.
h3 a5 26. Rfe1 {(0:22)} Bc6 27. b3 {(0:22)} h6 {The position is balanced. One
possible line is  Das Remisangebot Kasparovs konnte Anand natürlich nicht
ablehnen.Er steht aufgrund des eingeschränkten Läufers f3 eher ein wenig
schlechter. Das Remisangebot Kasparovs konnte Anand natürlich nicht ablehnen.
Er steht aufgrund des eingeschränkten Läufers f3 eher ein wenig schlechter.} (
27... Qe7 28. Re2 Qg5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Red2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "De Firmian"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 {
The World Champion varies from his latest outing. Kasparov-Nikolic, Moscow (ol)
1994 saw the more common 7.a3, with Black quickly equalizing after 7...cxd4 8.
axb4 dxc3 9.bxc3 b5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Qxe4 13.Bd3 Qxb4+ 14.Ke2 Qb6.
} Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {Much less common than 8.bxc3, which was popular in the 1930s.
GM Yasser Seirawan, who is serving as one of the guest commentators, came up
with an interesting novelty while analysing today. He proposes to answer 8.
bxc3 with 8...Qe4!? (8...O-O is normal).} cxd4 (8... Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Qd6
11. dxc5 Qxc5 $10 {Bagirov in ECO E.}) 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 {This appears to
be a new move, previous experience being confined to 10.Bc3. Finegold-Smyslov,
London 1988, was quickly drawn after 10...e5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13.Qb3
Qxb3 14.axb3 Rfe8 15.Bb5 Nd7 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Ra5 f6. It's safe to assume that
the text, which was played instantly, is part of Kasparov's pre-match
preparation.} gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. a3 {
A necessary preventive move, as 12.Nc3 Nb4 is good for Black.} Qe5 13. Nc3 f5 {
Another approach was possible. Several GMs commenting on the game were
attracted to 13...Nd4 intending to redeploy the Knight to f5. Anand, in the
post-game press conference said he rejected the move because he wanted to
place his pawn on f5, and not a piece. Still the move looks worthy of future
tests. One possible line might go 13...Nd4 14.Qd1 Nf5 15.Qh5 Bc6 16.O-O-O Rc8
14.Kb1 Ke7 with very sharp and unclear play.} 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. g3 Kb8 16.
Be2 {This move was played after what must be one of Kasparov's longest thinks
in his career - 44 minutes! The natural looking follow up to White's last move
would be 16.Bg2, but then Black has 16...Ne7 followed by ...Bc6.Those looking
to improve on White's opening play might want to consider GM Walter Browne's
suggestion of 16.Qa4, planning to meet 16...Qa5 with 17.Qh4.. Objectively
White might not have much of an advantage, but it would probably create
livelier play than what follows - play that Anand called "not rock and roll"
in the press conference.} Ne7 17. Qd3 Qc7 {Always beware of World Champions
offering gifts. Here Anand avoids the obvious 17...Bc6? which win material but
leads to a difficult position after 18.Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rxd8+ Kc7 20.Rhd1 Nd5 21.
R8xd5 exd5 (21...B xd5 22.Nxd5+ exd5 23.Bf3 is probably even worse) 22.Rd4
when White has no weaknesses and Black no counterplay.} 18. Qd6 Bc6 19. Qxc7+
Kxc7 20. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Kd2 {Kasparov has an
infinitesimal advantage that is impossible to convert against Anand's accurate
play.} Nc8 24. Kd3 Nd6 25. Kd4 b6 26. b4 Ke7 27. f4 h6 28. a4 f6 29. a5 Bd7 {
White's only way to continue play was h2-h3 followed by g4, but since every
pawn exchange favors the defender its easy to see why the two players agreed
to split the point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {The classical
Scheveningen is actually more interesting and unexplored than generally
acknowledged.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {
This position arose several times in the 1985 match between Kasparov and
Karpov. Needless to say, I had made a thorough study of these games for this
match.} 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 $1 {This move is much stronger than 14.
Qf3. The Q can still go to g3 in two moves if necessary, but Black must now
deal with Bb6.} Bc6 $6 {Later, Kasparov played the correct 14...Rac8.} 15. Bb6
Qc8 $5 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Bd4 Nc5 $5 {Very ambitious. Black is forcing White to
take a shot at him on the kingside since normal moves leave White a bit worse.}
18. Qg3 f6 (18... Bf8 $2 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Nbxd3 21. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 (21...
Qxf5 22. Nh4 Re3 23. Nxf5 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg7 $16) 22. f6 Ne6 23. cxd3 $16) (
18... g6 19. Rad1 $14) 19. e5 $1 {This gives White an almost decisive
advantage. This move cost me 23 minutes and I spent almost all of it on 19...
dxe5.} (19. Bxc5 Nxd3 $1 (19... dxc5 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. Nc4 Nxd3 22. Nb6 Qb8 23.
cxd3 Ra7 24. Qh3 {/\ 25.f5+/-}) 20. Bxd6 Nxb2 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 $132) 19... Rf8 $1
{During my 25-minute think before e5, he must have realised that 18...dxe5
loses.} (19... dxe5 20. Bxh7+ $1 {This I had calculated before playing e4-e5.
Anything else leaves White much worse, of course.} (20. fxe5 $2 f5 $1 $15)
20... Kxh7 21. fxe5 Nxc2 (21... f5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 (22... Bxf3 23. Bxe7 Bxg2+ 24.
Kxg2 $18) 23. Ng5+ Kg8 (23... Kh6 24. Qh4+ Kg6 25. Qh7+ Kxg5 26. Qxg7+ Kh5 27.
Qh7+ Kg5 28. h4+ Kg4 29. Qg6+ Kxh4 30. Rf4#) 24. Qh4 $18 {->}) 22. Qh4+ (22.
exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 (23. Ng5+ $2 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 (24. Rf7 Nxd4) 24... Qc7) 23...
gxf6 24. Qh4+ (24. Ng5+ $2 fxg5 25. Rf7+ Kg6 26. Raf1 Qd8) 24... Kg7 25. Ne5 $1
Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Ne3+ 27. Kh1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 {mate in 5}) 22... Kg6 (22... Kg8 23.
exf6 Nxd4 24. f7+ $1 Kxf7 (24... Kf8 25. Qh8+ Kxf7 26. Ne5#) 25. Ng5+ Kg6 (
25... Kg8 26. Qh7#) 26. Qh7+ Kxg5 27. h4+ Kg4 28. Qg6+ Kxh4 29. Rf4#) 23. Qg4+
(23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ (24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Ne5+ Bxe5 26. Qg4+ Kh6) 24... Kh6 (
24... Kh7 25. Ng5+ $1 $18) 25. Bxc5 (25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nh4 Bxg2+ $1 27. Nxg2
Bg5 $1 28. Rad1) 25... Bxc5 26. Ne5 $1 $18) 23... Kh6 (23... Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8
25. exf6 $18) (23... Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. exf6 $18 Bxf6 (25... Nxd4 26. f7+ Kf8
27. Qh8+ Kxf7 28. Ne5#) (25... Bxf3 26. f7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kxf7 28. Qxg7#) (25...
gxf6 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Ng5 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 $18) 26. Ng5 $18 Bxg2+ $5 27. Kxg2 Qc6+
28. Kh3 e5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rxf6+ $3 $18) 24. exf6 $1 (24. Nh4 g5 $8) 24...
Bxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Bxc5 $1) 25. Bxf6 (25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qd7) 25... gxf6
26. Ne5 $1 $18) 20. Bxc5 $2 {What a pity! Having spent so much time on 19...
dxe5, I  hadn't considered thiis move.} (20. exf6 $1 Rxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Bxh7+
$1 Kxh7 22. Ng5+ {Amazingly, I had seen this in my calculations. Unfortunately,
I didn't linger long enough to  realize how strong White's attack is. The
variations are quite pretty.} Bxg5 (22... Kg6 23. f5+ $1 exf5 24. Nge4+ Kh7 25.
Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rf4 $18) (22... Kg8 23. Qh4 Bxg5 24. fxg5 Qe8 (24... Rf5 25. g6
e5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh5 $18) 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (25... Qxf8 26. g6 $18) 26. Rf1+
Kg8 (26... Ke7 27. g6+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Qxf7 (28... Kc8 29. Bxg7 $18) 29. gxf7 $18)
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rf6 $1 $40 (29. g6 Qe7 30. Rf7 Qxf7 31. gxf7+
Kxf7 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh4+ Kf7 (33... Ke5 $5 34. Qg5+ Kd4 35. Qf4+ Ne4 36. Nxe4
Bxe4 37. c3+ Kd3 38. cxb4 Rg8 $1 39. Qxd6+ Bd5) (33... Kf5 34. Qxb4 Rg8 35. Ne2
$1 $16) 34. Qxb4 Rg8 $132)) 23. fxg5 $1 Qe8 (23... Kg8 24. g6 $40) (23... Kg6
24. Rf6+ $1 gxf6 25. gxf6+ Kh5 $1 $8 26. Qh3+ (26. Be3 $4 Bxg2+ $3 (26... Rg8
27. Qh3+ Kg6 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Kxf6 30. Rf1+) 27. Kg1 (27. Kxg2 Rg8) (27.
Qxg2 Qc6) 27... Rg8) 26... Kg5 $8 27. Rf1 $1 $18 (27. Be3+ Kxf6 $8 28. Rf1+ Kg7
$1 $8 (28... Ke7 29. Bg5+ Ke8 (29... Kd7 30. Qh7+) 30. Qh5+ $1) 29. Bh6+ (29.
Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qh4+ Kg8 $10) 29... Kg6 $8
30. Bxf8 Qxf8 $8 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Rxf8 (32. Qh5+ $2 Kg8 $17) 32... Rxf8 33.
Qh4+ Kg6 34. Qg4+ $1 Kh6 $10 (34... Kf7 35. Qxb4 Rg8 $13))) (23... Rxf1+ 24.
Rxf1 Qe8 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rf6 $1 $16 (28. g6 Qe7 29.
Rf7 Qxf7 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ Kf7 33. Qxb4 Rg8 $1 34. Qf4+ Ke7
35. Qh4+ Kf7 36. Qf2+ Ke7 $10)) 24. Rxf8 Qxf8 25. g6+ Kg8 (25... Kh6 26. Be3+)
26. Qh3 $18) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 $16) 20... dxc5 {Kasparov later explained that he
was so relieved after 22.Bxc5 that he didn't want to speculate any more.} (
20... Nxd3 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. cxd3 $44) 21. Bc4 Bd5 $1 {Simple} (21... Bxf3 22.
Rxf3 Nxc2 $2 23. f5 Nd4 24. fxe6 $1 Nxf3 25. Nd5 (25. gxf3) 25... Qd8 26. exf6
Bxf6 27. e7 $1 Bxe7 28. Nc7+ $1 (28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. Qh3+ Qh4)
28... Kh8 29. Ne6 Qd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Qc7 $16) (21... f5 $14) 22. Nxd5 exd5
$8 (22... Nxd5 23. f5 $1 $16) 23. Bb3 c4 24. Ba4 Nc6 25. c3 (25. Rae1 $1 Nxa5 (
25... fxe5 26. Nxe5 $1 Bb4 (26... Nxe5 27. Rxe5 $16) (26... Bf6 27. Qf3 $1) 27.
c3 Bxa5 {Black shouldn't be worse here.}) 26. c3 $44) (25. Rad1 fxe5 $1 26.
fxe5 Qe6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Nd4 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Ne6 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bb4 32.
Nc7 Rd8 33. e6 d4 $132) 25... fxe5 26. Nxe5 (26. fxe5 $1 Nxa5 27. Bc2 Nc6 $13 {
This position didn't seem so clear to me at the time, but perhaps it was worth
a try anyway, since White doesn't really run a lot of risk.}) 26... Nxe5 27.
fxe5 Qe6 28. Bc2 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qf4 g6 32. Bd1 Qf7 33.
Qd4 $1 {/\ 34.Bf3} (33. Qxf7+ $4 {Not very bright.} Kxf7 34. Bg4 Bc5 $1 (34...
Bh6 35. Bc8 Bc1 36. Bxb7 Ke6 37. Bxa6 Kxe5 (37... Bxb2 $2 38. Bc8+ Kxe5 39. a6
d4 $8 40. a7 (40. cxd4+ Bxd4 41. Bd7 Ke4 $17) 40... dxc3 41. a8=Q c2 42. Qb8+
$18) 38. Bb7) 35. Bc8 b6 (35... d4 $2 36. cxd4 Bxd4 37. Bxb7) 36. axb6 Bxb6 37.
Bxa6 Be3 $1 $19) (33. g3 $5 Bh6 34. Qf3 (34. e6 Qxe6 35. Qb8+ Bf8 36. Bf3)
34... Bc1 $140 35. Qe2 Bxb2 $4 36. e6 $18) 33... Qf1+ 34. Qg1 Qxg1+ (34... Qf4
35. Bf3 Qd2 (35... Qxe5 36. Qd1) 36. Qd4 Qe1+ 37. Qg1 Qxe5 38. Qd1) 35. Kxg1 {
The difference with the immediate Q exchange is that White's K is closer to
the << and so the queen side won't disintegrate.} Kf7 36. Bg4 b6 (36... Bc5+
37. Kf1 Be3 38. Bc8 b6 $10) (36... b6 37. axb6 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 Bxb6 39. Ke2 Bc7
40. e6+ Kf6 41. h3 h5 42. Bf3 Kxe6 43. Kd2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 {Garry has also tried 4.Qc2 and 4.d4 here.
} O-O {Kasparov-Sharif, Evry 1989, transposed into a Catalan after 4...d5 5.
a3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.d4.} 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 h6 9. e3 {
It's not easy to find any prior examples of this position. Usually White plays
a2-a3 very early in this line.} Re8 10. a3 {#} dxc4 {Anand finds the correct
sequence of moves. The alternative, 10...Bxc3, would allow 11.Qxc3 dxc4 12.
Qxc4 with strong pressure. Also giving White the upper hand was 10...Ba5 when
11.Na4 Qe7 12.Qc2 b6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.b4 is one example of the dangers that
could befall Black.} 11. dxc4 {
The only possible capture, as 11.Qxc4 is strongly answered by 11...Na5.} Bxc3
12. Qxc3 e5 13. b4 e4 14. Nd2 Qe7 {Overprotecting c5 as well as e4, and
keeping options open for the Bishop. Anand didn't like 14...Bf5 because of 15.
Bb2 Ne5 16.Nb3.} 15. b5 Ne5 16. Nxe4 {
# More or less forced as 16.Bb2 Nd3 gives Black an easy game.} Nf3+ {The other 
possiblity here was 16...Bh3!?, exploiting the unprotected Queen on c3. Black
has excellent compensation for the pawn after 17.Nd2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rad8, but
White has better in 17.Bxh3 Nxe4 18.Qc2 Nf3+ 19.Kh1 Qe5 20.Bg2 Qh5 21. h3 Nfg5
22.h4 Rad8 23.Ra2 with unclear play. Also possible is 17...Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qxe4
19.Bg2 Re5 20.Bb2 Rh5 21.Bxf3 Qxf3+ again with unclear play. When asked after
the game why he rejected 16...Bh3!?, Vishy said he saw it was possible, but
that 16... Nf3+ was the first move he analyzed. Having found one satisfactory
answer, he said he didn't want to waste ten to fifteen minutes calculating
another. Note that the routine 16...Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Nxc4 favors White and his
beautiful Bishops after 18. Bd5.If 17...Bh3, White has a powerful Exchange
sacrifice in GM Alexander Ivanov's 18.Bb2. The position after 18... Bxf1 19.
Rxf1 is very good for White, who has the two Bishops, a extra pawn, a support
square on d5, and no weaknesses.} 17. Bxf3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 {The answer to 18.Qc2
is not 18...Qf6 19.Bxe4 Qxa1, as White has 20.Bb2.Instead 18...Bf5 19. Bb2 Qe6,
intending ...Ng5, is the way to go.} Qxe4 19. f3 Qe7 20. e4 Be6 {#} 21. Be3 {
A move which indicates White's willingness to split the point. Black's plan is
to exchange off both pairs of Rooks and then gang up on the c-pawn with ...
f7-f6 and ...Qe7-f7. White's best hope is to try to trade one pair of Rooks,
but even here Black should be fine as there is little constructive that White
can do. More tempting is 21.Bb2, and indeed after 21... f6 22.e5 fxe5 23.Rfe1
the first player has some advantage ( note that 23...Qf7 24.Rxe5 Bxc4? is met
by 25.Rf5!). Instead the correct path is 22...f5.This looks good for White at
first glance, as it yields the d6 square, but Kasparov pointed out that 23.
Rfd1 Qf7! (23...Rd8 24.Rd6!) 24.Rac1 f4 offers Black a strong attack.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 {
Kasparov is the first to deviate from game three, where 14...Bc6 was played.
The text has the virtue that after 15.Bb6 Qb8, the Rook doesn't get trapped on
a8. #} 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Bb6 {Vishy is still in his pregame preparation. Sixteen
moves into the game he has spent only four minutes. Kasparov explained Anand's
opening strategy as follows:" White's play is based on the isolation of
Black's Queen."} Qb8 {#} 17. Nd4 {Natural and probably best, though White had
three alternatives worthy of consideration: (1) 17.Ng5 (threatening e5 but
loses time) 17...h6 18.Nxf7 ?! Kxf7 19.e5 Nfd5 20.Bh7! looks very strong for
White but 18...Nxd3! looks like} Nxd3 $5 {Sharpening the struggle. The text
prepares a well-timed counterblow in the center.} 18. cxd3 {Former World
Junior Champion Ilya Gurevich, who is serving as one of the guest commentators
for the event, tossed in the offhand suggestion of 18.Nxc6, meeting 18...bxc6
with 19.Qxd3, but 18...Rxc6 is fine for Black.} d5 $5 {A double-edged advance.
Under different circumstances Anand would no doubt have gone for the throat
with 19.e5 Nd7 20.Qg4 Nxb6 21.axb6 Bc5 22.Nce2 Bxb6 23.Rf3 and a strong
initiative but a pawn minus. During the post-game analysis} 19. Qf3 {Kasparov, 
a nd several of the GM commentators, criticized this move after the game, but
alternatives to the very committal 19.e5 are not so easy to find. #} Nd7 20.
Nxc6 {Winning material would cost White dearly: 20.exd5 exd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.
Qxd5 Nxb6 23.axb6 Rcd8 with tremendous pressure down the central files.} bxc6
21. Na4 Qd6 {Kasparov feels that 21..Bd8 would have been strongly met by 22.f5
with a kingside attack brewing. The text finally allows Black to activate his
Queen.} 22. Qe3 {Here the spectators were getting excited about the radical 22.
b4!?. White has real compensation after 22.b4!? Qxb4 23.Rfb1 Qd6 24.e5 Qb8,
but nothing concrete.} Qb4 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Nc3 Bd8 26. exd5 {#}
exd5 {Kasparov criticized this move after the game, claiming that 26...Bxb6 27.
axb6 Qxb6 28.Na4 Qb5! (G.K.) 29.dxe6 Rxe6 would have given him a slight
advanatage. It seems that after 30.d4 c4 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Qc3 the game would
still be heading} 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 {The draw was well justified. After 28.Qxd5
Bxb6 29.axb6 Qxb6 30.Qc4 the position is quite equal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 {Benjamin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 {All right, which variation will it be?} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4
11. Ng5 $5 {The sharpest try in this variation. I imagined that Kasparov would
be very well prepared for all the main lines, and so I decided to go ahead and
use an obscure idea.} dxc3 (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 $16) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3
Qd3 {Former Candidate Artur Yusupov, who is serving as one of Anand's seconds,
is one of the world's experts on the Open Ruy. Sideif-Sade - Yusupov, Frunze
1979, saw 13...Nxb3 14.axb3 Qd3.} 14. Nf3 {As we all know now, Kasparov blew a
hole into this variation in the 10th game with 14.Bc2, but let's not jump
ahead.  #} O-O-O $1 {This was Elizbar's idea. I was first sceptical, but later
became very enthusiastic about this move. To compensate for the obvious
shortcomings in his position (weak king, White's two bishops) Black has a lead
in development and White's pieces do not coordinate very easily.   A
theoretical novelty. Karpov-Kortchnoi, Bagiuo City 1978 saw 14...Qxd1 15.Bxd1
Be7 16.Be3 Nd3 17.Bb3 Kf7 18.Rad1 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 with the better
ending for White. 17 years later this line is once again in the spotlight
during a World Championship Match.} 15. Qe1 (15. Bd2 Nxb3 16. axb3 (16. Qxb3
Rd5 $1) 16... Kb7 {/\ Be7,Rhf8}) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb7 17. Be3 {Played by Kas
parov after 20 minutes thought. Another possiblity was 17.Bg5 . After 17...Rd5
White could choose between the speculative 18.c4!? and the strange-looking 18.
b4.The latter seeks to deny Black's Bishop c5.One possible variation is 18.b4
h6 19.Be3 g5 20.Ra2 with Rd2 and Qa1 in the works.} (17. Bg5 Rd7) 17... Be7 18.
Bg5 {An interesting idea. White wants to gain access to the c5 square which
means he must eliminate Black's dark coloured bishop.  Once again the
weird-looking 18.b4 is deserving consideration.} (18. Ra2 {/\ Qa1} Rhf8 $1 19.
Qa1 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Qh5 {And Black can count on at least a draw.}
) 18... h6 {During the post-game press conference Anand mentioned that 18...
Rhe8 would have left White with a slight advantage.} (18... Rhe8 $5 {This may w
ell be the best move since the game continuation is quite risky for Black. I
don't see anything clear for White here.} 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ng5 {I was worried
about this during the game, but afterwards my seconds showed me Qd2.} Qd2 $1
21. Ne4 (21. Qe4 Qxg5 22. Rxa6 Rd5 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. c4 Qxe5 25. cxd5+ Qxd5 $15
) 21... Qxe1 22. Rfxe1 Kb6) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd4 $5 {#} Rxd4 $1 {The only move
. Anything else allows b4 and Nb3-c5.   Anand had forseen this possiblity many
moves before.} (20... Qg6 21. b4 Nd5 22. Nb3 $1 Nf4 23. Nc5+ Kc8 24. g3 Nd3 25.
Qe3 $18) 21. cxd4 Qxb3 (21... Qxd4 {This is a serious alternative. I wanted to
have connected passed pawns in the <<, but Black has good compensation here as
well.}) 22. Qe3 $6 {Benjamin:  A critical decision and one that Garry spent
twenty five minutes on. The GM commenting corp spent a lot of time on 22.Qc1,
staying in the middlegame. One possible line is 22...Ra8 (Black has to worry
about Rxa6 followed by Qxc7) 23. Ra3 Qb4 24.Rc3 Nd5 25.Rc6 Qxd4 26.Rxe6 Nc3 27.
Kh1 a5 and Black is doing fine.} (22. Qc1 {
Much more dangerous than the game continuation.} Qb4 $5 {This is probably the
best defence. The point is that after 23.Qf4 Nd5 24.Qf7 Black can play 24...
Qe7.} (22... Nd5 $2 23. Rxa6 Nc3 24. Qa1 Na4 25. Rb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Kxa6 27.
Qg6 $18) (22... Qd5 $4 23. Qa3 {
I actually wasted a few seconds before I saw this.}) (22... Ra8 23. Qf4 $1 (23.
Qc5 Nc6 24. Rfc1 Qd5 $1) 23... Qd5 (23... Nd5 24. Qf7 Nc3 $2 25. Qf3+ $1) 24.
Qf7 Nc6 25. Rac1 Rd8 $1 (25... Rc8 26. Rc5 Qxd4 27. Rfc1 {/\ Qf3}) 26. Rc5 Qxd4
27. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 28. Rc1+ Kb7 29. Qxc7+ Ka8 30. h3) 23. Qc2 (23. Rxa6 $2 Kxa6
24. Qxc7 Qa3 $1 25. Qd7 Rc8 26. Qxe6+ Rc6 27. Qf7 Rc1 $1) 23... Qxd4 24. Qa2
Qb6) 22... Qxe3 $8 (22... Qd5 $4 23. Qa3 $18) 23. fxe3 {I didn't know what to
make of this ending during the game, but now it seems to me that Black is not
in danger here.} Nd5 24. Kf2 Kb6 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rf7 (26. e4 $6 Nb4 $1 {
And now Black threatens Rd8 and Nc6.} (26... Nc3+ 27. Kd3 b4 28. Rf7)) 26... a4
27. Kd2 {Benjamin:Anand express ed some surprise at this move. He preferred
the immediate 27.e4 and rattled off the variation 27...Nb4 28.Re7 Nc2 29.Rxe6+
Kb7 (29...Ka5 30.Rd1 with Rc6 to follow) 30.Rd1 a3 31.d5 a2 32.Kd3 a1(Q) 33.
Rxa1 Nxa1 34.Kc3.Vishy felt that the final position, where Black's Knight is
cornered and White's e-pawn is ready to run, didn't offer the second player
prospects for more than a draw.} (27. e4 Nb4 {/\ Rd8} (27... Nc3+ $2 28. Kd3 b4
29. Kc4)) 27... c5 $2 {Another viable alternative is IM Vitaly Zaltsman's 28...
Rd8, intending to hold up e4 before advancing on the queenside. After 29.Rxg7
c5 30.Rg6 then 30... Nc7 leads to interesting play.} (27... Rd8 $1 {I had seen
this move, but thought that c5 was a better way of opening the position on the
<<. A pity, since White would have had serious problems to solve.} 28. Rxg7 (
28. e4 $2 Nb4 29. Kc3 Nc6 30. Rd1 b4+ $1 31. Kb2 (31. Kc4 Nxe5+) 31... Nxd4 {
/\ c5-+}) 28... c5 29. dxc5+ (29. Rg6 Nc7 30. Kc3 c4 $5 (30... cxd4+ 31. exd4
Ka5 {Followed by b4+ and Nb5.}) (30... Nd5+ 31. Kd2 c4 32. Rxe6+ Ka5 33. Rd6)
31. e4 Ka5 32. Rxh6 Rc8 $1) 29... Kxc5 30. Rc1+ (30. Rg4 Nb6+ 31. Rd4 Rxd4+ 32.
exd4+ Kxd4 $15 {_|_}) 30... Kb4 31. Rg4+ Ka5 32. Rd4 Rf8 $36) 28. e4 $5 {
Benjamin: A disappointment for the spectators but understandable under the
circumstances. Each player has only a little over thirty minutes left and the
position is very complicated. Anand very honestly confessed after the game:
"neither of us had a clue what was happening." One line bandied about by the
GM commentators was 28.e4 Nb4 29.dxc5{as we go to press, 29.Re7 appears to
favor white, it seems that 28...Nc7 is probably best.) Kc6 (29...Kxc5? 30.Rd7)
30.Re7 Rd8+ 31.Kc3 Kxc5 32.Rc7+ Kb6 33.Kxb4 Kxc7 34. Kxb5 Rb8+ or 34...Nc6 and
Black looks to have the better chances.} (28. e4 {The exclamation is for the
move, the question mark is for the draw offer that accompanied it. I was a bit
puzzled but taking into consideration that the position was very difficult to
evaluate, I accepted after ten minutes thought. Later, analysis showed that my
intuition was right, the position now holds dangers only for Black. The next
morning there was further confirmation of this. Kasparov wrote in USA Today
(where the players were expected to submit daily reports of the games) that he
was wrong to offer a draw! There are two moves here:} Nc7 (28... Nb4 29. Re7 $1
cxd4 30. Rxe6+ Ka5 31. Rd6 Rf8 32. e6 $1 {This seems to me to be +/= at least.
Black plans to meet Rc1 with a3 but he doesn't have a useful move here.} Rf2+
$2 33. Kd1 $1 Rf1+ 34. Ke2 Rxa1 35. e7 d3+ 36. Rxd3 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 $1 $18) 29.
dxc5+ $1 (29. Rd7 cxd4 (29... c4 $5) 30. Rc1 Na6) 29... Kc6 30. Kc3 Rd8 (30...
Na6 31. Re7 Nxc5 (31... Kxc5 32. Rxe6) 32. Rd1 $1 $16) 31. Re7 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Seirawan"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Anand sticks to 6.
Be2, the most controlled response to the Najdorf. Prior to this match he had
played that move on a couple of occasions, but had also experimented with 6.a4,
6.Bc4 and 6.Be3. Interestingly, it appears he has never employed the sharpest
rejoinder to the Najdorf - 6.Bg5..} e6 {Anand also plays the Najdorf, but
prefers the more double-edged 6...e5. It now transposes into the Scheveningen.}
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7
14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bb6 {
A refinement on game five, where 15.Qe2 Bc6 16.Bb6 was played.} Qb8 {#} 16. e5
{This double-edged move was played instantly and is very likely the product of
work Anand's team (GMs Yusupov, Speelman, Ubilava and Wolff) did over the free
day. Kasparov was critical of it in his analysis in the VIP room after the
game. He said "it doesn't really make sense to open the position without any
concrete gain."} dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 {A good mov e which gains
necessary breathing space for Black's pieces. It's also forced since 18...Nxd5
would be strongly answered by 19.Ng5 Bxg5 20.Qh5 Bh6 21.Qxf7+ and 22.Qxd7.#}
19. Re1 {Vishy intends to force Garry into a passive position with ...Be6 but
the world champion finds a pawn sacrifice to liberate his position. One of the
ideas behind 19.Re1 is to be able to answer ...Nxd3 with Qxd3 and not worry
about ...Bb5.Two alternatives, (1) 19.Qd2 Nxd3 20.cxd3 h6 21. Rae1 (2) 19.Rf2,
intending Raf1.} h6 {A good idea. As Kasparov explained in his analysis of the
game; "Normally White wants to exchange dark-squared Bishops, but this
position is an exception. Here Black wants to trade down to light-squared
Bishop versus Knight because of the specifics of the situation - namely the
weakness of the e and a pawns and the possiblity of B vs. N in the ending."
Note that the immediate 19...Bd8? would be met by 20.Bxd8 and 21.Ng5.} 20. c3
Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bc5 {
This temporary pawn sacrifice solves all of Black's problems.} 22. Qxd5 Be6 {
The natural 22...Bc6 would only leave Black struggling for a draw after 23.
Qxc5 Bxf3 24.Qf2.} 23. Qd2 {The queen sacrifice 23.Qxc5 falls short after 23...
Rxc5 24.Bxc5 Bd5! 25. Bd6 Qc8 26.Nd4 Qg4 27.Re2 f6.#} Bxb6 24. axb6 Rc6 25. Ra4
{Kasparov praised this move. White activity or his weak e-pawn will leave him
worse.} Rxb6 {Drawn at Kasparov's suggestion. Anand's next move would be 26.
Rd4 grabbing the d-file. This draw, the seventh in a row, equals the record
for consecutive draws at the start of a World Championship match. The other
match to start with seven draws, Karpov-Kortchnoi, Baguio City 1978, was
contested with different conditions. The winner was to be the first player to
win six games, draws not counting. So in a real sense the players did set a
record today, beating the six consecutives draws that marked the start of
Petrosian-Spassky, Moscow 1966.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 {Benjamin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {At this time, Kasparov hadn't yet found
the solution against my Open Ruy Lopez, that he employed in game 10, so he
deviates a bit earlier.  Garry, for at least the time being, has decided not
to test Anand's Open variation to the Ruy Lopez.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 {
This variation was played twice in the 1990 World Championship match between
Kasparov and Karpov, with the champion scoring a win and a draw.} bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 $1 {The point of thie move is very simple.
Black wants to stop f4 which is quite good against 9...g6.  A theoretical
novelty. The usual choices are 9...Qh4 and 9...g6. Karpov tried 9...O-O-O
against Garry.} (9... g6 10. f4) 10. Ba3 {After a reasonable think, Kasparov
decided to follow an idea he had against g6 the previous move, reaching a
position which he had prepared with the only difference being the pawn on g5. 
The champion thought for 15 minutes here, and then played his next few moves
at a rapid tempo. As will be seen on move 15, the two players are following a
game where 9...g6 was played. It seems likely that Garry spent his time here
trying to decide whether ...g5 makes a big difference compared with ...g5.The
latter move, which seems Speelmanesque, allows not only ...Bg7 but ...Nf4 as
well.} d6 (10... c5 11. g3 Nb4 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bb2 $1 {/\ a3})
11. exd6 {A forcing line.} Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 $1 13. cxd5 Bxe2 (13... Bb7 $4
14. dxc7 $1 Bxa1 (14... cxd5 15. Bb5+ Bc6 16. Bxc6#) 15. d6 $18) 14. Kxe2 Bxa1
15. Rc1 {This position was reached (with the pawn on g6) in Kuksov-Aleksandrov
Smolensk Cup 1991.  #} O-O-O $3 $8 {Found after a 20-minute think. The point
is that Black needs the open centre for his rooks and any pawn capture (cxd6,
cxd5) closes the file and gives White time to bring his N to c4.  A
substantial improvement over Kuksov-Aleksandrov,A., Smolensk Cup 1991,
(remember the Black pawn was on g6 instead of g5) which saw 15...cxd6 16. Rxc6
O-O 17.Bxd6 Rfd8 18.Nd2 Rd7 19.Kd3 Re8 20.f4 f6 21.b4 with a considerable
advantage for White.} (15... cxd5 16. Rxc7 $16) (15... cxd6 16. Rxc6 Be5 (16...
O-O 17. Bxd6 $16) 17. Nd2 $1 {/\ Nc4+/-}) (15... Be5 16. Rxc6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6
cxd6 18. Na3 $1 Kd7 19. Nc4 $16) 16. Rxc6 Rhe8+ (16... Rd7 $1 17. Nc3 (17. Kd3
Be5 18. dxc7 Rxc7 (18... Rxd5+ 19. Ke4 Rb5 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Re8+ {
White still has an uphill struggle to draw.})) 17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Re8+ $15 {
This leads to a position that I wanted to reach in the game. Black has some
chances.}) 17. Kd3 {The best move and one which cost Garry 37 minutes on the
clock. The alternative 17.Kf3 is strongly met by 17... Re5.} Rd7 18. Nc3 $1 {
It was Kasparov's turn to sink into long thought (40 minutes!) here and he
finally found a way to keep the balance.  If White has any chances to improve
it has to be here. Two alternatives to the game continuation are: (1) 18.Bc5
Kb7 19.Rxc7+ Rxc7 20. dxc7 Kxc7 21.Bxa7 Kd6; (2) 18.Nd2 Be5! (less clear is 18.
..Re5 19.Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4 Rd4+ 21.Ke3 Rd1 22.Bc5) 19.Nc4 Bxh2 20.g3 h5 21.
dxc7 Rxd5+ 22.Kc3 h4 23.Nd6 + Rxd6 and Black has all the chances. These lines
are not meant to be exhaustive, but rather to show that Anand seems to have
found a very good antidote to the Scotch.} (18. Nd2 Re5 19. Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4
$15 {Probably White has enough ~/= here, but the method chosen in the game
ismore efficient.}) 18... Bxc3 $6 (18... Re5 19. Nb5 Rxd5+ 20. Kc4 Rd2 21. Bc5
$1 Be5 $1) 19. Kxc3 $1 {
I had underestimated this move. I only expected 19.Rxc3.} (19. Rxc3 Re5 $15)
19... Re5 20. Kc4 Re4+ {If Black tries to play 20...Re2 it will still be a
draw. Play might continue 20. ..Re2 21.Bc5 Rxa2 22.b4 and now there are two
possibilities: (1) 22...Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24.Rf6 (or 24.Rh6); (2) 22...a5 23.
b5 Kb7 24.Ra6 cxd6 25.Ra7+ Kc8 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27.Ra7+. White can even win if
Black overpresses - 20...Kb7 21.dxc7 Rxc7 22.Bd6!} (20... Re2 21. Bc5 Rxa2 22.
b4 {Now White is completely safe.} Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24. Rf6 $44) 21. Kd3 Re5
22. Kc4 Re4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 {The World Championship had begun with 8 draws. The absolute record - 17
consecutive - still belongs to Karpov vs Kasparov from Moscow 1984. Anyway the
next six games had five decisive results!} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Neither player wanted to blink first.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 {Our discussion of the
Scheveningen Variation continues into my fifth White. I had tried 12.Qd2 in
the first game and then 12.Bd3 3 times. But Garry had managed to find a
solution to 12.Bd3 so  it was time to switch.} Bd7 {He had played 13...Rb8
consistently in the matches against Karpov, but then switched to this move
against Van der Wiel in Amsterdam (Optiebeurs) 1987.} 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 $1 {A recommendation of Van der Wiel. Almost all the
interesting games in this line were played by Van der Wiel - against
Polugaevsky and against Kasparov himself and his notes were a good starting
point for my preparations.} (16. Qd2 Rc8 {Van der Wiel-Kasparov Optiebeurs 1988
}) (16. g4 {Van der Wiel-Polugaevsky Haninge 1989}) 16... Bc6 (16... e5 17. f5)
17. b4 Qc7 18. b5 Bd7 (18... axb5 $2 19. axb5 Bd7 20. Na4 $16) 19. Rab1 $1 $146
{I was surprised to discover later that this move was an improvement over 19.
Ne2 (Kuijpers-de Boer). This is clearly stronger of course.} (19. Ne2 Rc8 20.
bxa6 bxa6 21. Qxa6 Ra8 22. Qd3 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26.
Qxb5 Rb8 27. Qa4 Rc8 28. Rd2 Nd7 29. Qd4 Rb8 30. g3 Nb6 31. Be2 Qc6 {
1/2-1/2, Cuijpers-DeBoer, 1988}) 19... axb5 (19... Rc8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5
Qxe5 (21... Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Qxe5 24. Bf4 $16) 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Bxf6 (
23. b6 Qb8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxd7 Re7) 23... Bxf6 24. Qxd7 $16 {Because Black
hasn't exchanged the a-Ps yet, White will create dangerous passed pawns.}) 20.
Nxb5 $1 (20. axb5 {Now this is less strong since the a-Ps are no longer there.}
Rc8 (20... Ra8) 21. Na4 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 (22. Nb6 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc7 24. e5 dxe5
25. fxe5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nxd5 Bf5 $1 28. Nxc7 Bxd3 29. Nxe8 (29. Rd1 Rd8)
29... Bxb1 30. Nd6 Bxd6 31. exd6 Bf5 $10) 22... Rxc2 23. Nb6 $44) 20... Bxb5 {
This surprised me since I was expecting 20...Qa5.} (20... Qa5 $1 21. Nxd6 {
Anything  else allows Black to play Bc6 with a fine position.} Bxa4 22. Bb6 (
22. e5 Bxd6 23. exd6 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd6 25. Qa3 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5) 22... Rxd6
23. Bxa5 $1 (23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxa5 Bxf4 (24... Bxc2 $2 25. e5 $18) 25. Rxb7
Bxc2 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Bxd8 Bxe4 $1 (27... Nxe4 28. Bc7 g5 $1) 28. Rb4 Bxf3 29.
Rxf4 Bd5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 $10) 23... Rxd3 24. cxd3 Bxd1 $14 {
White keeps a slight advantage due to his ^^s and Black's weak b-P.}) 21. Qxb5
(21. Rxb5 $5 {Possibly even stronger than the game continuation.} Nd7 (21...
Rc8 22. Rdb1 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rxb7 $16 d5 $140 $2 25. e5 $18) 22. Rdb1
Nc5 23. Qc4) 21... Ra8 22. c4 e5 23. Bb6 $1 {
A fine move forcing Black's Q to go to c8.} (23. fxe5 $2 dxe5 24. Bb6 Qc6 $1)
23... Qc8 (23... Qc6 {Now this fails because...} 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. c5 $1 $16)
24. fxe5 dxe5 25. a5 Bf8 26. h3 Qe6 27. Rd5 $1 Nxd5 $4 {An inexplicable move.
Black should just wait and make some useful moves on the >>. White remains
with the better position but has to find a way to break through.} (27... h5 $5)
28. exd5 $18 {Now White just has to push his pawns.} Qg6 29. c5 e4 30. Be2 Re5
(30... Be7 31. d6 (31. Qb3 e3) 31... Bf6 32. d7 Rf8 {
Black threatens Be5 with some chances, but...} 33. Bc7 $1) 31. Qd7 $1 Rg5 (
31... Qg3 32. Qxb7 Rg5 33. Rg1 $18) 32. Rg1 $1 e3 33. d6 (33. Qxb7 Re8 34. d6)
33... Rg3 34. Qxb7 Qe6 35. Kh2 $1 {This gave me my first win in a WC match and
my frist win against him (in a tournament game) after Reggio Emilia 1991. I
was ecstatic. Needless to say, the rest of the week was a cold shower.} (35.
Rf1 Rb8 $1 36. Qxb8 $140 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qe5) (35. Rd1 $1 Rb8 36. Qd5 $18) (35.
Kh2 Re8 36. d7 $18 (36. Rf1 $18)) 1-0

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 {Benjamin:Garry opened with 1.d4 in game two and 1.Nf3 in game four, but
got nothing out of the opening. His 1.e4 in the sixth and eighth games was
strongly answered by Anand opening novelties, so one can safely assume that
Gary and his team have prepared a surprise for Vishy in the Open Spanish.} e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9.
Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 {All these moves
were played more or less instantly. Now Garry varies from game six (14.Nf3)
and instantly plays.. .#} 14. Bc2 $3 $146 {Tal's idea.This move, in
conjunction with White's next, is the prelude to a spectacular Rook sacrifice.
Kasparov mentioned at the press conference that he had discovered it last
weekend.} Qxc3 {Vishy spent only four minutes on this move, which suggests
that the game is still following his pre-match preparation.} 15. Nb3 {
Once again Garry played this move instantly.} Nxb3 {
Played after a 45 minute thought.} 16. Bxb3 Nd4 (16... Qxa1 17. Qh5+ (17. Qf3
Nd8 18. Qxa8 (18. Bf4 Qd4 19. Rd1 Qa7 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Qc6+ Kf7 22. Rd7+ Be7
23. Be3 Qb8 24. Qf3+ Kg8 (24... Ke8 25. Qc6 Kf7 26. Qf3+ $10) 25. Rxe7 (25. Qd5
Qe8 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 $19) 25... Qf8 26. Rxe6 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Kf7 $17) 18... Qxe5 19.
Qxa6 Bd6 20. f4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 O-O $13) 17... g6 (17... Kd7 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19.
Qg4+ Kf7 (19... Kd5 20. Qd7+ Bd6 21. Qf7+ Kxe5 22. Qxg7+ Ke6 23. Qxa1 $18) 20.
Qf3+ Ke6 (20... Kg8 21. Qd5#) 21. Qxc6+ Bd6 22. exd6 Qe5 23. Bd2 $18) 18. Qf3
Nd8 (18... O-O-O 19. Qxc6 Qxe5 20. Qxa6+ Kb8 (20... Kd7 21. Bb2 $1 $18) 21. Be3
$18) 19. Rd1 (19. Bf4 Qd4 20. Rd1 Qa7 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bg5+ Be7 23. Bxe7+
Kxe7 24. Qf6+ Kd7 25. Qxe6+ Kd8 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Qf6+ Kd7 $10) (
19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Bxe6 (20. Bg5 Qc3 (20... Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Ba3 22. Qf3 $16) 21.
Rd1 (21. Bxe6 Rg7 22. Rd1 Re7 $1 $19) 21... Bd6 $1) 20... Rg7 (20... Be7 21.
Bd7+ $1 Kxd7 22. e6+ Nxe6 23. Qxa1 $16) (20... Nxe6 21. Qxe6+ Be7 22. Qxg8+ $18
) 21. Ba3 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxa3 23. Qxg7 Nxe6 24. Qxh7 (24. Qg8+ Nf8 25. e6 Be7
$17) 24... Rd8 25. Qxg6+ Ke7 $13) (19. Qxa8 Qxe5) 19... Rb8 $5 (19... Qxe5 20.
Bf4 Qf6 21. Qxa8 Bc5 (21... Be7 22. Bxc7 $16) 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 (22... Qxd8 23.
Qc6+ Qd7 24. Qxc5 $18) 23. Qc6 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 (24. Kxf2 Qxf4+ $19) 24... Rxd8
25. Bg5 Rd1+ (25... Qxg5 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 27. Qf7#) 26. Bxd1 Qxg5 27. Qxc7+ Ke8
28. Kxf2 $18) 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Qf6 Rg8 21. Bg5 (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxe6+ Be7 23.
Qxg8+ Kd7 24. Qe6+ Ke8 25. Qf7+ $10) 21... Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 h6 23. Be3 Be7 $13)
20... Be7 (20... Bd6 21. exd6 Qg7 22. Bb2 e5 (22... Qxb2 23. dxc7 $18) 23. d7+
$18) 21. Qd7+ Kf7 22. Bg5 Qxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Re8 24. Qxc7 (24. Bg4 h5 25. Bh3 $40)
24... Rb7 25. Qc1 $16) 17. Qg4 Qxa1 (17... Nxb3 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. Bg5 $18) 18.
Bxe6 {Garry was still moving more or less instantly and was over an hour ahead
on the clock.} Rd8 {This move was played quite quickly by Anand. Black can try
other moves, but they also seem to lose.} (18... Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Bg5 $18
) (18... Qc3 19. Bd7+ Kf7 (19... Kd8 20. Bg5+ Be7 21. Bxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qxg7+ $18)
20. Be3 Bc5 (20... c5 $2 21. Bxd4 Qc4 22. e6+ Kg8 23. e7 $18) 21. Rd1 Ne2+ 22.
Kh1 $1 (22. Qxe2 Bxe3 (22... Qxe5 23. Qf3+ Ke7 24. Bxc5+ Qxc5 25. Bh3 $40) 23.
e6+ Ke7 24. fxe3 $40) 22... Bxe3 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Be6 $18) 19. Bh6
{Once again Kasparov blitzed out his move.} Qc3 {According to Garry, Vishy
found the only way to survive for awhile. Here 19...Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 gxh6 21.Qh5+
mates.} (19... Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 gxh6 21. Qh5+ $18) 20. Bxg7 Qd3 (20... Bxg7 21.
Qh5+ $1 $18) 21. Bxh8 Qg6 (21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Ng3+ 23. hxg3 Qxf1+ 24. Kh2 Qd3
25. Bf5 $1 Qc4 (25... Qd1 26. f3 $18) 26. f4 Qxa2 27. Bxh7 $18) 22. Bf6 Be7 23.
Bxe7 Qxg4 {Necessary as 23...Kxe7 would allow 24.Qh4+.} (23... Kxe7 24. Qh4+
Ke8 25. Bg4 $18) 24. Bxg4 Kxe7 {#} 25. Rc1 {A star move that abruptly stops
Black's counterplay. If Anand were allowed to play ...c7-c5-c4 things would be
far from clear. Garry spent a lot of time on the final phase of the game. As
he put it, "Its been a long time since I went two weeks without a victory, and
I didn't want to spoil things after my brilliant novelty". The only previous
time Garry had experienced such a drought was his first match with Karpov,
back in 1984- 85.} c6 26. f4 a5 (26... Rg8 27. Bd1 $18) 27. Kf2 a4 28. Ke3 b4
29. Bd1 {Accurately played. The tempting 34.Rc4 would allow 34... a3 and Black
is much better than in the game.} a3 (29... b3 30. axb3 a3 31. g4 $18) 30. g4 {
Now everything is clear. Black's advance on the queenside has been stymied and
Garry is ready to roll with his e and f pawns.} Rd5 31. Rc4 c5 (31... Nf5+ 32.
gxf5 Rxd1 33. f6+ Kd7 34. Rxb4 $18) 32. Ke4 Rd8 33. Rxc5 Ne6 (33... b3 34. Bxb3
Nxb3 35. axb3 Ra8 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Rc1 $18) 34. Rd5 Rc8 35. f5 Rc4+ 36. Ke3 Nc5
37. g5 Rc1 38. Rd6 1-0

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 {King} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {This appears to be
the first time that Garry has played the Dragon in a serious tournament game.
The Champion tried the Accelerated Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
g6) against Fritz in an exhibition game , and dabbled with the Dragon in
simuls, but the text must have come as a bit of a shock to Anand.} 6. Be3 {
Vishy chooses the most testing continuation after some reflection.} Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 {Garry preferred 9.O-O-O, when Bulgarian GM Veselin
Topalov essayed the Dragon against him at the Euwe Memorial this past Spring.}
Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 b5
16. Bh6 Qa5 {This is not a theoretical novelty - it was previously played in
Suetin-Szabo, Leningrad 1967, but it is very rare. Most attention has been
focused on 16...b4, with the most important game involving one of Anand's
seconds: Wolff-Kir. Georgiev, Biel (Izt) 1993} (16... b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5
Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa5 20. b3 Rc5 21. g4 $1 $40 {Wolff-Georgiev, Biel 1993.}) 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4 Rfc8 19. Ncd5 {White opts to simplify as he has no real
attacking chances. Garry mentioned more than once after the game that, "White
has no real chances for an advantage in the Dragon if he doesn't play g2-g4 ."}
Qxd2 {Kasparov offered a draw after making his move.} 20. Rxd2 {Anand thought
for four minutes before declining the draw, the first time in the match that
an offer has been refused. During the press conference Garry compared this
game with number 47 of his epic first match with Anatoly Karpov. That game saw
Karpov decline a draw in a dead equal endgame and go on to lose. Something
similiar happens here.} Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Kf8 22. Re1 Rb8 {
A mysterious Rook move. More direct was 22...Be6.} 23. b3 Rc5 24. Nf4 Rbc8 25.
Kb2 a5 26. a3 Kg7 27. Nd5 Be6 28. b4 $2 {Losing the thread. And what about 28.
Nxe7? Garry rattled-> off the following variation in the post-game press
conference.} (28. Nxe7 Re8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Rc4 32. Rxd5 Rec8
(32... Rxb4+ $142 33. Kc1 f5 34. Rxd6 fxe4 35. Kd2 $10) 33. Re2 (33. c3 $142
Rxc3 34. Re2 $16) 33... Rxb4+ 34. Kc1 Rc6 35. Red2 Ra6 $1 36. Kd1 Rb1+ 37. Ke2
Rb2 $10) 28... axb4 29. axb4 Rc4 30. Nb6 $4 {A horrible hallucination. Here
White had to try 30.Nxe7, though 30...Rxb4+ 31.Kc1 Ba2 32. Rxd6 Rb1+ 33.Kd2
Rxc2+ 34.Kxc2 Rxe1 leaves Black with winning chances.} Rxb4+ 31. Ka3 Rxc2 {
A terrible heartbreak for the Challenger who will have little time to recover.}
0-1

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 {Anand varies
from his favorite Open Variation (5...Nxe4) which suffered a serious setback
in game 10. Vishy has played the Archangel (5...b5), but more often as White
than Black.} 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 d6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 (10... h6 {
Ftacnik} 11. a5 O-O 12. c3 Rb8 13. Bd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba7 15. Be3 Bc8 16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. Bd5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Na7 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 c6 21. Ba2 Nb5 22. Qb2 {
Timman,J-Bareev,E/Wijk (3.2)/1995/0.5 (38)}) (10... O-O {Ftacnik} 11. Bg5 $16)
11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Ba2 h6 {
The text is possibly a new move, and definitely a prudent one.} (12... Bc8 {
Ftacnik} 13. Bg5 (13. d4 $1 exd4 14. e5 $36) 13... Qg6 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Bxc5
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc5 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. f4 O-O 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Rab1 Rae8 21. Rf3
c4 22. dxc4 c5 {Adams,M-Lin Weiguo/Adelaide-WchJ (6)/1988/0-1 (66)}) 13. c3
bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Rb1 (16. Bxc5 $6 {Ftacnik} dxc5 {xd3}) 16...
Bc8 17. Qe2 {White has emerged from the opening with a clear advantage.} Be6 $6
{Natural enough, but soon Vishy finds himself in serious trouble. The text was
universally criticized by the GM commenting corp, but they were unable to come
up with a good improvement.} 18. h3 {Here 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 Bb6
20.Nd2 d5 21.e5 Nc4 22.f4 is a promising alternative to the text.} (18. Bxe6 $5
{Ftacnik} Qxe6 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Bb6 21. Nd2 d5 22. e5 Nc4 23. f4 f5 24.
Rfc1 $14) 18... Bxa2 19. Qxa2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qe6 21. Qxe6 (21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. exd5
e4 $1 23. dxe4 Nc4 24. Rb7 Rd7 $13 {and Black captures on e3, rescueing his
Knight with ...f7-f5, if 24.Re1 Re8. The star move 22...e4! was spotted by GM
Roman Dzindzichashvili. Interestingly enough, this move proves to be Vishy's
salvation later in the game.}) 21... fxe6 22. Rb4 Rb8 {Compare this position
with the one that emerges after Black's 26th move and it will become clear
that the immediate doubling of Rooks by 22...Rf7 and 23...Rdf8 deserved
serious consideration.} (22... Rf7 $5 23. Rfb1 Rdf8) 23. Rfb1 Nc6 $2 {
This could have been the fatal mistake that caused Anand to castle queenside.
Black should have played 23...Rxb4.} (23... Rxb4 24. cxb4 (24. Rxb4 Kf7 $13 {
This position differs from some that could have occurred later in the game in
one important detail: Black has time to bring his King to the center before
White's Rook reaches b7. Sometimes a Knight on the rim isn'tdim!}) 24... Nc6
25. b5 axb5 26. Rxb5 (26. axb5 Na7 27. b6 cxb6 28. Rxb6 Nc8 29. Rb7 Rf7 30. Rb8
Rc7 31. d4 exd4 32. exd4 Kf7 $10) 26... Ra8 27. Rb7 Rxa4 28. Rxc7 Nb4 29. d4
Nd3) 24. Rb7 Rbc8 {Necessary as 24...Rfc8 would be met by the dynamic 25.d4
exd4 26.Nxd4 when White's ugly pawn structure is more than compensated for by
his activity.} (24... Rfc8 $6 {Ftacnik} 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd4 $1 Rxb7 27. Rxb7
Nxd4 28. exd4 $16) 25. Kf2 {Here the aggressive 25.d4 would be effectively
countered by 25...d5 26.exd5 exd5 27.Nxe5 (or 27.dxe5 Rfe8) 27...Nxe5 28.dxe5
Rfe8.} (25. d4 $2 {Ftacnik} d5 $1 26. exd5 exd5 27. Nxe5 (27. dxe5 Rfe8) 27...
Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rfe8) 25... Rf7 26. Ke2 Rcf8 27. d4 g5 28. Kd3 Rg7 29. d5 exd5
30. exd5 g4 31. dxc6 {Vishy was hypnotized yesterday and missed 31...Rxc2.Now
it's Garry's turn to overlook something big - namely the intermezzo 31...e4+.
He actually wrote 31... gxf3 on his scoresheet after capturing on c6, Anand's
reply caused him to dirty his score. Had he played 31.hxg4 he would have had
excellent chances to win and go two up.} (31. hxg4 $142 e4+ 32. Kxe4 Ne7 (32...
Rxg4+ 33. Kd3 Ne7 34. c4 Rxg2 35. Nd4 Ng6 36. Rxc7 Ne5+ 37. Kc3 Rg3 38. Ne6
Rxe3+ 39. Kd2 (39. Kd4 $2 Ra3 40. Nxf8 Nf3+ 41. Ke4 Nd2+)) 33. g5 $1 (33. Rxc7
Rxg4+ 34. Kd3 Nxd5)) 31... e4+ (31... gxf3 {Ftacnik} 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Ra7 d5 (
33... Rxh3 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rbb7 Kg6 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 $16) 34. Rb8+ Kh7
35. Rbb7 e4+ (35... Kg6 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Rf6 38. c4) 36. Kd4) 32. Kxe4
gxf3 33. gxf3 Re7+ {Now Black's counterplay is enough to draw.} 34. Kd4 Rxf3
35. e4 Rxh3 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rb7 Re7 39. c7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7+ Ke6
41. Ra7 h5 42. Rxa6 Rh1 43. Ra8 {The position is clearly drawn: (1) Black will
advance his passed pawn to h2 tying the White King down; (2) Next he will
trade his h-pawn for the enemy a-pawn; (3) he will transfer his King to c6.The
resulting position with two pawns versus one on the same side of the board is
totally without chances so the two players quickly make peace.} h4 {The longest
game of the match but the two players have yet to play four hours (today
lasted 3:15)! Surely this must be a record of sorts for a WorldChampionsh ip.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 {Dzindzichashvili} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {
A repeat of the Dragon came as a bit of a surprise for the Grandmasters in the
pressroom. They expected a return to the Najdorf/Scheveningen seen in games 1,
3,5,7, and 9. The text makes one wonder who was in Garry's camp when he made
his pre-match preparations. None of his seconds - Grandmasters Evgeny Pigusov,
Yury Dokhoian and Vladimir Kramnik - play the Dragon with either color. Nor
are any of them regular practioners of 1.e4, Garry's favorite choice as White
in this match. Maybe Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov spent some time with Garry.
He's one of the world's leading experts on the Dragon, plays 1.e4 exclusively,
and was a teammate of Kasparov's on the Russian A team in Moscow last December.
} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 {Vishy played the normal Yugoslav Attack move order in
game 11 (7.f3 and 8.Qd2), but here he offers Garry the opportunity to mix
things up with 7... Ng4 8.Bb5+ Kf8)} Nc6 8. f3 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 {
Game 11 saw 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h4 h5 13.Kb1.The text looks like it
will transpose, but Anand has a surprise in store.} h5 11. Bb3 Rc8 {#} 12. Nxc6
{A little known and unorthodox way of handling the Yugoslav Attack.} bxc6 13.
Bh6 c5 14. Bc4 (14. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. O-O-O Rb4 18. b3
Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. a3 Rd4 21. Nb5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qa5 23. e5 $16 {
Madl,I-Farago,S/Budapest/1989/}) 14... Qb6 (14... Rb8 15. O-O-O Rb4 16. Bb3 Qc7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 Rd4 $13 {Tolnai-Watson,W/Kecskemet/1988/}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. b3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 {#} e5 {The right way to advance. Here the
natural looking 18...e6 would not have been met by 19.dxe6, but 19.O-O-O, when
Black would have nothing better than 19...e5.} (18... e6 19. O-O-O e5) 19. dxe6
$2 {Garry criticized this move in the post-game press conference, preferring
19. O-O-O, when he said the position would be about equal. He explained
Anand's puzzling decision to open the position with his King in the center, by
pointing out that White's opening play was based on pressure against e7. When
Black plays ...e7-e5 the weak pawn becomes a strong one and Vishy couldn't
accept this. But now the cure becomes worse than the disease.} (19. O-O-O $10)
19... d5 20. Be2 c4 {After the game, Kasparov remarked this was, "the first
time in my life that I prevented castling on two wings with one move." With 20.
..c4 kingside castling is rendered illegal and queenside castling undesireable.
} 21. c3 $2 {The losing e. Forced was 21.Rd1, planning Qd4 and making Rd2
available. The text loses almost instantly.} (21. Rd1 $142 {Kasparov} c3 22.
Qd4 fxe6 $15) 21... Rce8 {Not an easy move to find. The Rook is already
well-developed but all the action is occurring on the e-file.} 22. bxc4 {
Alternatives fare no better. Garry gave the following pretty variations in the
VIP room:} (22. exf7 {Kasparov} Rxf7 23. Rf1 (23. Kd1 Rfe7 24. Re1 d4 25. cxd4
Nd5 $19) 23... Rfe7 24. Rf2 Rxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Qg1#) 22... Rxe6 23. Kf1 (23. cxd5
Re5 (23... Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qb2 (24... Rfe8 25. O-O-O Rxe2 26. Rd2) (24... Rd8 25.
Qc4) 25. O-O Rxe2 26. Qg5 f6 27. Qg3 Qxc3 $15) 24. f4 Rxd5 25. Qc2 Qe3 $17)
23... Rfe8 24. Bd3 dxc4 25. Bxc4 {
The poor White Bishop has moved no less than six times in this short game! #}
Ne4 $1 {Since the next to last draw in game 8, the match has become a slugfest
with decisive results in four of the last five games. Unfortunately for Vishy
the Champion has been throwing most of the punches. Game 11, where Anand
blundered horribly, may still be with him. Kasparov has pointed out more than
once, that the contestants in this match are playing under much more difficult
conditions than previous World Championships. They play four games a week
instead of the usual three, and no time outs are allowed. When Karpov
blundered horribly in game 11 (22...Rcd8??) of the 1985 World Championship
match, he could take a timeout to recover. Anand has had no such luxury.} (
25... Ne4 $1 26. fxe4 (26. Qe1 Rd6 27. fxe4 Rf6+ 28. Ke2 Rxe4+ $19) 26... Rf6+
27. Ke1 Rxe4+ 28. Be2 Qf2+ 29. Kd1 Rxe2 $19) 0-1

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wahls"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

{Die 14.Partie machte deutlich wie angeschlagen Anand wirklich war.Aus einer
sehr guten Stellung heraus ließ er seinen Vorteil peu a peu aus den Fingern
gleiten,um die Partie ganz am Ende mit einem riesigen Patzer in den Sand zu
setzen."Anand",so Kasparov,"ist von seinem Team falsch beraten worden.Sie
haben ihn zwar gut auf mich präparirt,aber ihm dabei auch seine Stärken
genommen.Durch die Fixierung auf meine Person ist ihm seine außerordentliche
Kreativität abhanden gekommen.Ihm fehlten dadurch die Mittel,um auf meine
Überraschungen zu reagieren.Anand hat in diesem Wettkampf allerdings auch jede
Zähigkeit vermissen lassen."} 1. e4 d5 {Die Zeiten wo Skandinavisch als
minderwertige Eröffnung verschrien war,in der sich höchstens eine Hand voll
Abenteurer wie beispielsweise Bent Larsen oder Ian Rogers tummelten, sind
schon lange vorüber.Trotzdem überrascht es ein wenig,sie ausgerechnet in der
kritischen Phase eines WM-Finales angewendet zu sehen,und das um so mehr,als
es sich in Bezug auf Anand dabei um ein Novum handeln dürfte.Zu diesem Schritt
bewogen haben wird Anand die Tatsache,daß Kasparovs skandinavische Erfahrung
sich ausschließlich auf zwei Begegnungen beschränkt:einer Simultanpartie gegen
den französischen IM Eric Prie und einer freien Partie mit Fernseh-Entertainer
David Letterman!} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 {Schwarz gibt
seiner Dame eine Rückzugsmöglichkeit(Man kann nie wissen!) und schickt sich an
die Kontrolle über das Feld mit Lf5 und e6 zu verstärken.5..Lg4 führt meist zu
schärferen Stellungen,während 5..Lf5 auf eine Zugumstellung hinausläuft.Wie
sich allerdings in dieser Partie zeigen wird,ist der Partiezug eine Spur
flexibler.} 6. Ne5 Be6 $5 {
Gebräuchlicher ist 6..Lf5 7.Ld3 Ld3 8.Dd3 Sbd7 oder 7.Lc4 e6 8.g4 Lg6 9.h4 Sbd7
} 7. Bd3 {Grundsätzlich gibt es vier Alternativen:7.Lc4,7.Sc4,7.Le2 und 7.Ld2.}
Nbd7 (7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 (8... Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qc7 12.
Qf3 O-O 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Na5 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. c4
Nb6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. b4 e6 21. b5 cxb5 22. Nxb7 Rde8 23. Nc5 Qc8 24. d5 bxc4
25. d6 c3 26. d7 {1-0 Minasian,A-Soppe,G/Manila 1992}) 9. Ne2 {
/\ Nf4-Nxe6;/\ c3,Ng3 ->>>} Nbd7 10. Bd2 $5 Qc7 11. Bf4 $1 Nxe5 (11... Nh5 $2
12. Nxg6 Nxf4 13. Ngxf4 {/\ Nxe6,c3 +-}) 12. Bxe5 Qd7 13. c3 O-O 14. Ng3 c5 $2
(14... Rfd8 $142 {/\ c5}) 15. dxc5 Rad8 16. Bd4 $1 (16. Bc2 Qc6 $13) 16... Qc7
17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b4 $16 {Fedorowicz-Ricardi,Buenos Aires 1991}) 8.
f4 {Die Stützung des Königsspringers erweist sich als sehr zweischneidig.
Kasparov bereute diesen Zug später, und war mit seiner gesamten
Eröffnungsbehandlung recht unzufrieden.Er führte sie zurrück auf eine Mischung
aus mangelnder Erfahrung mit diesem Stellungstyp und der Ungewißheit auf
welches Ergebnis hin er eigentlich spielen wolle.Mit den weißen Steinen spielt
der Weltmeister gewöhnlich auf Vorteil,in diesem Fall jedoch wäre auch ein
Unentschieden nicht zu verachten gewesen.Nach} (8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. O-O {hatte der 
Schwarze in keiner der beiden Begegnungen auch nur irgendwelche Probleme:} Bg4
(9... e6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Ne2 c5 {San Segundo-Ricardi,Buenos Aires 1995}) 10.
Ne2 e6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Bg6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 gxf6 18. Qf3 f5 19. c4 O-O-O 20. d5 Be5 {
M.Kaminski-Van der Werf, Groningen 1992}) 8... g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Kh1 Bf5 11.
Bc4 e6 {
Das sieht häßlich aus,aber der Läufer steht in der Tat ziemlich sicher auf f5.}
12. Be2 h5 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Bg1 O-O 15. Bf3 Nd5 {Der stellungsöffnende Zug} (
15... c5 $1 {hätte den Champion vor größere Probleme gestellt.Die schwachen
Felderkomplexe am weißen Königsflügel wären dadurch bedeutsamer geworden.} 16.
Qc1 (16. Bxb7 $2 Nxe5 (16... Qb6 17. Qf3 cxd4) 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. h3 cxd4) 16...
cxd4 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Ne4) (16... Ng4 17. h3) 17. Bxd4 Nxe5 18.
Bxe5 Rd7 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 $17) 16. Nxd5 {Das mit diesem
Zug einhergehende Remisangebot wurde von Kasparov auf der Pressekonferenz als
psychologische Kriegslist beschrieben.Er ging davon aus, daß Anand aufgrund
seiner deutlich überlegenen Stellung ablehnen würde,und wollte anhand der Zeit
die der Herausforderer über das Angebot nachdächte Erkenntnisse über dessen
Selbstvertrauen gewinnen.Und in der Tat war es damit nicht zum Besten bestellt,
denn Anand wies das Angebot erst nach mehreren Minuten des Nachdenkens zurück.}
exd5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Rc1 f6 19. Nd3 Rfe8 20. b3 Nb6 21. a4 Nc8 22. c4 Qf7 23.
a5 Bf8 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bh4 Nd6 26. a6 b6 $6 {
Damit wird a7 zur Endspielschwäche.Sicherer und natürlicher ist 26..ba6.} 27.
Ne5 $5 {Erneut ein psychologischer Trick.Angefangen beim frühen Mittelspiel
war Kaparov fortwährend positionell im Nachteil,ohne wirkliche Chanchen auf
Gegenspiel.Plötzlich jedoch wird die Lage unklar.Als er seinen 27.Zug
ausführte war sich der Weltmeister völlig darüber im Klaren,daß dieser einer
genauen schachlichen Prüfung wohl kaum standhielte,aber trotzdem die
wahrscheinlich beste praktische Möglichkeit sein würde.} Qe6 $2 {Genau davon
ging Kasparov aus!In dem Bestreben seinen positionellen Vorteil nicht zu
gefährden,würde Anand davor zurückschrecken sich in Verwicklungen zu stürzen,
und sich auf diese Weise nicht für die kritischen Fortsetzungen entscheiden.
Kritisch wäre hier laut Kasparov die Annahme des Opfers gewesen:} (27... fxe5
28. fxe5 Ne4 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. g4 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Nf2+ 33. Rxf2
Qxf2 34. Qxg6+ Bg7 35. Rc7 Qf1+ {Damit endet die hypothetische Variante des
Weltmeisters.Schwarz besitzt eine Figur für zwei Bauern,doch die Schwäche a7
läßt Weiß nicht ohne Gegenchanchen.}) 28. g4 $1 {Dieser starke Zug Kasparovs
ließ die Zuschauer,zumindest teilweise von ihren Sitzen aufspringen.Zum ersten
Mal in diesem Match erkannten die Spieler,daß ihre Glaskabine keineswegs
schallisoliert war.Mehr als ausreichend dafür geeignet die Stimmen der
Kommentatoren auf ein kaum hörbares Summen hinunterzuschrauben,war sie jedoch
nicht in der Lage den enthusiastischen Rufen von 500 Zuschauern Einhalt zu
gebieten.} hxg4 29. Nxg4 {Zum ersten Mal in der Partie sind sämtliche weißen
Figuren in das Geschehen einbezogen.} Bg7 {Der natürlichste Zug ist nicht
immer auch der stärkste.Besser wäre Ilya Gurevich zufolge 29..Le7 gewesen.Auch}
(29... Ne4 $5 {mit der Absicht} 30. Rc7 b5 31. Rxa7 Qb6 {
kommt hier in Betracht.}) 30. Rc7 {Die Spannung steigt,denn das erste Mal in
diesem Wettkampf befinden sich die Kontrahenten in Zeitnot.} Ne4 31. Ne3 (31.
Rxa7 $6 b5 $1 (31... Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Qe2 b5 34. Ne3) (31... Nc3 32. Qa1
Bxg4 33. Qxc3 Bxf3+ 34. Qxf3) 32. Qe2 (32. Ne3 Nc3) 32... Qb6 33. Rb7 Qxa6 34.
Qxb5 Qe6 35. Qa5 (35. Nf2 Nd2 $1) (35. Rg1 Nd6 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxd5 Bxg4 38.
Rxg4 Nf5 39. Qxe6 Rxe6) 35... Bxg4 36. Qc7 Rd7) 31... Bh3 {
Ausgesprochen riskant erscheint} (31... Qd6 $6 {zum Beispiel} 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7
33. Nxf5+ gxf5 34. Bxe4 fxe4 $2 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Qh5+) 32. Rg1 g5 33. Bg4 (33.
fxg5 $5 fxg5 34. Rxa7 Nc3 35. Rxg5 Nxd1 36. Rgxg7+ Kf8 37. Nxd1 Rc8 (37... Qf5
$2 38. Rgf7+ Qxf7 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Bh5+) 38. Bg3 {Idee Ld6 unklar} (38. Rh7
$4 Qe1+)) 33... Bxg4 34. Qxg4 Qxg4 35. Rxg4 (35. Nxg4 $5 Kh8 (35... Rc8 36.
Rxa7 Ra8 37. Rd7 Rxa6 38. Ne3) (35... Kf8 $2 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Rf1+ Kg8 38.
Rff7) 36. Be1 gxf4 37. Nf2 Bf8 38. Rxa7 Ra8 39. Rd7 Rxa6 40. Rxd5) 35... Nd6 {
Gemäß Kasparov wäre 35..Tc8 die letzte Möglichkeit gewesen,die Partievielleicht
zu retten.Meiner Ansicht nach kam der schlimme Fehler erst ganz zum Schluß.}
36. Bf2 Nb5 37. Rb7 Re4 38. f5 Rxg4 (38... Rxd4 $2 39. Rxd4 Nxd4 40. Rxa7 Nxb3
41. Rb7 d4 (41... Nc5 42. Rxb6 d4 43. a7) 42. a7) 39. Nxg4 Rc8 40. Rd7 Rc2 $4 {
Anand wird zum Opfer seiner Zeitnot.In jungen Jahren wußte der Mann mit den
schnellsten Fingern der Welt nicht einmal wie man das schreibt:Zeitnot.
Natürlich muß erhier} (40... Rc3 {spielen,um nach} 41. Rxd5 {
sowohl einen Bauern zu verspeisen,als auch seinen Springer decken zu können.} (
41. Ne3 Rxb3 42. Nxd5 Ra3 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. d5 Rxa6 45. d6 Ra2) (41. b4 Rb3 42.
Rxd5 Rxb4) 41... Rxb3 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. d5 (44. Ne3 Ra3 45. d5 Rxa6
) 44... Rf3) 41. Rxd5 {Anand hatte nun wieder genügend Zeit,um sich von der
Hoffnungslosigkeit seiner Lage überzeugen zu können:41..Sc7 42.Td8 Kf7 43.Td7
Kf8 44.Lg3 Sa6 45.Ta7 Ta2 46.Ld6 Kg8 47.Le7} 1-0

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Wahls"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

{Der partielle Stromausfall im 107.Stock des World Trade Centers vor der
Partie war noch das Spannenste an der 15.Auseinandersetzung der  Kontrahenten
um den Schach-Thron.Der erste Zug konnte nur mit zwei Stunden Verspätung
ausgeführt werden,dafür war die Partie dann aber auch schnell beendet.Nach nur
16 Zügen willigte Anand in Kasparovs Remisofferte ein; verständlich nach vier
Niederlagen in den vergangenen fünf Partien.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 {Bisher hatte Anand
hier zweimal 9.Lc4 gegen Kasparovs Drachen versucht.Seine Bilanz:zwei
Niederlagen.Die hatten allerdings mit diesem Zug wenig zu tun.} Be6 {Schwarz ha
t an dieser Stelle gewissermaßen die freie Auswahl.Gespielt wird auch 9..Lg4,9.
.d5,9..h5,9..e5,9..Sd7.9..e6 und 9..Sd4.Der Partiezug gilt als die stärkste
Fortsetzung.} 10. O-O-O Nxd4 (10... Ne5 $5) 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3
Rab8 {Nach Geller führt} (13... Bc4 14. h4 Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 Rc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 19. Rxd2 Kxf6 {zum Ausgleich.}) 14. Nd5 (14. g5 Nh5 15.
Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 $14 {Karpov-Dueball, Skopje 1972}) (14. h4 b5
15. Nd5) 14... Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 {Diese Stellung hatten vor Anand
schon andere Weißspieler angestrebt,um nach 16..Kg7 17.ed5 in einem Endspiel
mit Raumvorteil ihr Glück zu versuchen.Der Vorteil ist jedoch minimal.} Ne3 $5
(16... Kxg7 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Rd4 (18. h4 Rc5 (18... h6 19. Bd3 Rc5 20. Re1 Rxd5
21. Rxe7 Be6 22. b4 Kf6 23. Rc7 Ke5 24. Kb2 a5 25. c4 Rd4 26. Re2+ Kf6 27. Kc3
Rf4 28. Be4 axb4+ 29. axb4 b5 30. Rd2 Ke5 31. Re7 bxc4 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Rb5
34. Bc6 Rb6 35. Rd5# {1-0 Micic,J-Sadkiewicz,J/BLW 1993}) 19. Rd4 Rbc8 20. Bd3
a6 21. Re1 Kf8 22. h5 Bb5 23. Be4 Bd7 24. b3 Rc3 25. Kb2 f5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27.
Re2 Bxe4 28. Rdxe4 gxh5 29. Rf4+ Ke8 30. Rf5 h4 31. Rh5 Rxf3 32. Rxh7 Rf7 {
1/2-1/2 Maus,Si-Von Westphalen,A/NWL 1993}) 18... b5 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. Re1 Kf8
21. g5 Bc8 22. b4 Kg7 23. Kb2 Bf5 24. Re2 Rbc8 25. h4 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc4 27.
Rde3 Kf8 28. Rxe7 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Kxe7 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,
H-Sehner,N/Wuppertal 1986.  Diese Neuerung Kasparovs scheint die einfachste
Lösung der schwarzen Stellungsprobleme zu sein.Nach 17.Ld4 Sf1 18.Tf1 a5 (18..
b6)19.h4 (19.Lb6 Ta8 Idee Ta6) 19..b5 20.h5 g5 oder 19..Kf8 20.h5 Ke8
garantieren die ungleichfarbigen Läufer dem Schwarzen ein leichtes Remis.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.06"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wahls"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

{Die 16. Partie der Schachweltmeisterschaft endete erneut mit einem farblosen
Kurzremis.  In der Eröffnung bediente sich Anand eines psychologischen Tricks.
Er wählte die von Kasparov bevorzugte Najdorf-Variante und ließ den
Weltmeister quasi gegen sich selber spielen. Tuniertaktisch klug entschied
sich dieser dann einfach für ein Spiel auf Sicherheit und nahm seinem
Kontrahenten damit allen Wind aus den Segeln.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Auch wenn Anand diesen Zug nicht zum ersten Mal spielt, so
ist er im Gegensatz zu seinem Gegner nicht gerade als Experte der
Najdorf-Variante bekannt.} 6. Be2 {Die ersten fünf Züge spielte Kasparov sehr
schnell. Als Anand jedoch mit 5...a6 ankam, zuckte er sichtlich zusammen und
begann zu überlegen. Während der nächsten sieben Minuten bot der Weltmeister
dann den Anblick eines Schauspielers im Training, als er so ziemlich alle
überhaupt erdenkbaren Fratzen und Grimassen über sein Gesicht wandern ließ.
Nur wenige hatten es bisher gewagt, ihn auf seinem ureigensten Terrain zu
bekämpfen. Anstatt nun zu testen was Anand auf die gefährlichste Fortsetzung 6.
Lg5 (so spielte der junge Kasparov) oder 6.Lc4 (Bobby Fischers Lieblingszug)
vorbereitet hatte, entscheidet sich der Champion für die sicherste Möglichkeit.
Warum auch Risiken eingehen, so kurz vor dem nahen Gesamtsieg.} e6 7. O-O Be7
8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {Vorausgesetzt ein
"Deja-vu-Erlebnis"sei, wie viele Wissenschaftler behaupten, eine Fehlfunktion
des Gehirns, so ist dies hier mit Sicherheit keines. Mit vertauschten Farben
wurde diese Stellung bereits fünfmal in diesem Match erreicht!} 12. Bd3 {
Merkwürdigerweise verzichtet Kasparov hier auf 12.Lf3, womit ihm Anand seine
bisher einzige Niederlage beibringen konnte. Der Weltmeister konvertierte
anschließend zur Drachenvariante.} Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bb6 Qb8 16.
Bd4 {An dieser Stelle verläßt Kasparov die Spuren Anands. In der siebten
Partie versuchte der Inder vergeblich die Initiative an sich zu reißen. Nach
16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Sfd5 18.Sxd5 exd5 19.Te1 h6 20.c3 Sxd3 21.Dxd3 Lc5! war die
Partie zum Remis verflacht.} Bc6 17. Qd2 Nxd3 {Mit diesem Tausch beseitigt
Schwarz den gefährlichen weißen Angriffsläufer (Erinnern wir uns an die 3.
Partie. Dort hätte Anand mit einem Einschlag auf h7 gewinnen können.),
verbessert aber auch gleichzeitig die weiße Bauernstruktur. Vielleicht hätte
er mit dem Tausch warten können, bis der Läufer wirklich etwas droht.} (17...
Nd7) (17... d5 $6 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3) 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. Bg1 Qc7 20. Nd4 {
Das mit diesem Zug einhergehende Remisangebot wurde von Anand akzeptiert. Er
sah sich wohl nicht in der Lage den Weltmeister aus einer derartig soliden
Stellung heraus noch ernsthaft zu gefährden. Und wer wollte es ihm auch
verargen? Die magere Ausbeute von einem Punkt aus den letzten sechs Partien
war sicherlich keine Kraftnahrung für sein Selbstbewußtsein. Immerhinversprach 
er für die siebzehnte Partie noch einmal alles zu geben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.09"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {The Dragon again. My
performance against it in this match hadn't been stellar, to put it mildly,
but I was hoping to get some measure of revenge in this game.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Bg5 {
The main line or the line with the most amount of theory at any rate. It had
taken me and my team a few days to find our way through the maze here, but I
was finally ready.} Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 {Black wants to transpose into
Beliavsky-Georgiev which did a lot to curtail further investigation of 14.Rhe1.
} 15. Rhe1 Qa5 16. a3 $1 {This is mentioned in the notes to the aforementioned
game, but apparently nobody took it very seriously. The move is not silly at
all. White challenges Black to find a useful move.} b5 $2 {
Not this one, though.} 17. Bxf6 $1 exf6 (17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 {
Now that Rc5 doesn't protect Qa5.} Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Rxd2 $16 {_|_}) 18.
Nde2 $1 (18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 (20. Rdd1 f5) 20... bxc4 {/\ f5<=>}
) 18... Rc6 (18... b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qxd6 {I don't see Black's ~/=.}) 19.
Nd5 (19. Qf4 $5 {Speelman told me this after the game.} Rb8 (19... f5 $5 20.
exf5 Bxf5 21. Nd4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Nxf5 Nc4 $1 24. Rxe8+ Kh7) 20. Nd5 Qd8
21. Nd4 Rcc8 22. g4 $40) 19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Red1 $1 f5
23. exf5 (23. Nb4 Rc7 24. Rxd6 fxe4 $1 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 exf3 27. gxf3
Rxe2 28. Rxa7 Rh2 $1) 23... Bxf5 24. Nd4 {
Very simple. White is now ready to exploit Black's  weaknesses.} Bxd4 25. Rxd4
Re2 26. R4d2 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Kf8 28. Kc1 $2 {Here I missed a very good chance. I
saw 27.Nb4 c3 28.Rd5 Rc4 but failed to see g2-g3. It seemed that Black's
pieces would get too active. Therefore, i decided to keep all the advantages
of my position and bring my king closer to c3. Unfortunately, Black can
probably hold after that.} (28. Nb4 $1 c3 (28... Rb6 29. Rd5 $1 {
/\ Ra5,Kc1-d2-c3}) (28... Rc5 29. Rxd6 Re5 30. Kc1 $1 Re2 31. Rd2 Re1+ 32. Rd1
Re2 33. Rg1 a5 34. Kd1 Re6 (34... Rf2 35. Ke1 $18) 35. Na2 $16) 29. Rd5 Rc4 30.
g3 $1 cxb2 31. Kxb2 $14 {/\ c3,Ra5/Rd6}) 28... Be6 29. Rd4 (29. Nc3 Ke7 30. Rd4
Rb6) 29... Bxd5 $1 (29... Rc5 30. Nc3 {/\ Kd2,Ne2,Kc3}) 30. Rxd5 Ke7 31. Rb5 $1
{White's only chance.} (31. Ra5 a6) 31... Ke6 32. Rb7 Rc5 $2 (32... a6 $1 {
White is better, but nothing serious. Now I get a second chance.}) 33. Rxa7 g5
34. Ra8 gxh4 35. Re8+ $1 {
I played all this instantly - Kasparov later admitted that he had missed Re8+.}
(35. Kd2 c3+ $1 36. bxc3 Rg5 $132) 35... Kd7 36. Re4 c3 37. Rxh4 $4 {
Throwing it all away and there will be no more chances in this game.} (37. bxc3
h3 $1 38. gxh3 Rxc3) (37. b4 $1 Rg5 38. Rxh4 Rxg2 39. Kb1 $16 {White gets his
king to b3 and starts pushing his queenside pawns. Black is not lost yet, but
faces a horribly unpleasant endgame.}) 37... cxb2+ 38. Kxb2 Rg5 39. a4 f5 (
39... Rxg2 $2 40. Rxh5 Rg8 $16 (40... Rg3 41. Rf5 Ke6 42. Rf4)) 40. a5 (40. Rh2
{According to Kasparov, White still retained some chances with Rh2. OK, it's
not the most aggressive move, but his point was to find time to bring the K to
d3.}) (40. f4 Rxg2 (40... Rg4 41. g3 $1 (41. Rxg4 fxg4 42. a5 h4 43. a6 Kc7 44.
f5 h3 45. gxh3 gxh3 46. a7 Kb7 47. f6 h2 48. f7 h1=Q 49. a8=Q+ Kxa8 50. f8=Q+
Ka7 51. Qxd6 $10)) 41. Rxh5 Rg4 $1 42. Rxf5 Ke6 43. Rb5 Rxf4 44. Kb3 Kd7 $10)
40... f4 41. a6 Kc7 42. Rxf4 Rxg2 43. Rf7+ Kb8 44. Kc3 h4 (44... Rg8 45. Kd3
Rh8 46. Ke4 h4 47. Rb7+ Ka8 48. Rb1 h3 $2 49. f4 h2 50. Rh1 Ka7 51. f5 Kxa6 52.
f6 $16) 45. Kd3 Rf2 46. c4 $2 (46. a7+ $1 {
The best try, of course. White pushes the BK away and then continues as before.
} Ka8 47. c4 $1 Ra2 48. Ke4 {And here Ra7 fails} Rxa7 49. Rxa7+ Kxa7 50. f4 Kb6
51. Kf3 Kc6 52. f5 $18) 46... Ra2 $1 47. Ke4 (47. Rh7 Rxa6 48. Rxh4 Kc7 $10) (
47. a7+ Rxa7 48. Rxa7 Kxa7 49. Ke3 Kb6 50. f4 d5 $1 {
And the extra tempo makes all the difference.}) 47... Rxa6 48. Rh7 Ra5 49. f4
Kc8 50. f5 Kd8 51. Kf4 Rc5 52. Kg5 Rxc4 {We could agree a draw here, but I
felt like playing till there were only kings left on the board.} 53. Kg6 Rg4+
54. Kf7 d5 55. f6 Kd7 56. Kf8+ Ke6 57. f7 Rf4 58. Kg8 d4 59. f8=Q Rxf8+ 60.
Kxf8 Ke5 61. Rxh4 d3 62. Rh3 Ke4 63. Rxd3 {
And Kasparov clinched the right to play the reunification match!} 1/2-1/2

