The chess genius Garry Kasparov condensate well in this game against one of the strongest Russian players of that period: Valery Salov. After an opening
seemingly quiet, Kasparov prepare the gimmick that will lead to some moves for a Horse "in taking" the crucial home d5.
Salov prefer to lose a pawn to avoid a difficult game center and calm the fury Combo world champion. But here he was mistaken: Kasparov is not enough and must be treated as divinely demonstrates similar positions.
The pure energy released by Kasparov in this game in my opinion is much more impressive and shows us that, if any were needed, as to become a world champion or top Grand Masters as they say today, it is necessary "not only play well at chess, but also impose their superior physical energy, which can translate into strong will to win, from cover to move.
Kasparov, Garry (2775) - Salov, Valery (2630) , [A34] World Cup
Barcelona, \u200b\u200b1989
3.Nc3 c5 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Cxd4 Ab7 7.De2 Cbd7 10.0-0 Qc7 8.g3 a6 TC8 9.Ag2 11.b3 e6 12 . Nd5!?
A Horse sacrifice that brings us back to ideas typical of the Sicilian Defence. It is a sacrifice "theme", even positional nothing concrete immediately, but a nasty piece of blacks poor coordination in case of acceptance: 12. .. Exd5 13.exd5 + Kd8, and the black king in the center of the chessboard with all pieces in the game makes it very vulnerable position.
12 ... DB8
Grandmaster Valery Salov of avoiding the complications against the great Garry, and indeed for the when the knight on d5 seems bearable because it does not attack anything that is not defended.
13.Td1
Kasparov persists in his knight sacrifice, trusting in this case favorably to the open position. In fact, one of White's ideas in case of acceptance of the piece demonstrates the merits of the sacrifice: 13 ... exd5 14.exd5 + Kd8 (14 ... Be7 15.Cf5) 15.Cc6 + Axc6 16.dxc6 Se5? 17.Dxe5
13. 14.Ag5 .. g6 17.e5 Bg7 15.Axf6 Cxf6 16.Cxb6 TD8!
A fantastic view of the game! Kasparov had won a pawn, but Black was preparing to settle down and his pair of Alfieri made it difficult to materialize of White's advantage. Here we have a violent and well-calculated typical central thrust, which aims to destroy Black's position before they perched.
17 ... Axg2 18.exf6 Axf6 19.Cxe6!
The naturalness and crystalline logic of Kasparov's moves, lead us to the crazy thought that we could play in the same way ...
Not so, because the apparent simplicity of the art behind it has a subtle, often difficult, work of preparation. We come here dazzled by the unbridled force of a single decisive move, but the work was created as a beautiful symphony, is often painful and not without difficult moments.
19 ... fxe6 20.Dxe6 + 21.c5 Be7!
The magic seal of the sample, as a final touch of Van Gogh, briefly explains the situation on the board.
much stronger 21.Te1 that would allow a greater resistance to Black after 21. .. DB7.
Kasparov opens more decisive lines of attack against the black king is not defended, and defends the knight on b6 en passant. Note that in the case of 21. .. Dxc5 is defended by the knight on e6 and Donna White could play the piece simply 22.Rxg2 recovering and maintaining all the conditions of attacks without risking anything.
21 ... Qc7 23.c6 Ab7 22.Te1!
a move of rare sophistication, which effectively puts into play the last piece still heavy sleeper: The Tower a1!
23 ... Axc6 24.Tac1 (Threat Txc6) 24 ... TD7 25.Cxd7 Dxd7 26.Dc4 Ab7 27.Dc7 TF8 28.Db8 29.Tc7 Rf7 +!
and Black surrendered.
One of my favorite games of Kasparov and one of the 10 games that I would take on a desert island ... 1-0
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