Modern Classics

Kasparov-Anand, 1995

Kasparov-Anand, PCA-World Chess Championship, New York 1995, game 10

Position after 16...Nc6-d4

Following the disagreements with FIDE in 1993 the reigning World Champion Garry Kasparov and his challenger Nigel Short created a new organization: the Professional Chess Association (PCA). In the same year they played the first World Championship match organized under the auspices of the PCA, which Kasparov won convincingly. In .1995 a second PCA-World Championship match took place between Kasparov and Anand. In 1996 the PCA lost its main sponsor and ended its existence.

The match in 1995 started well for the challenger: after nine games Anand was leading with the score 5-4. In the presented 10th game of the match Kasparov implemented a powerful novelty with the white pieces in the Open Variation of the Spanish. First, he sacrificed a pawn, and then a whole rook. White's fantastic idea to invest so much material only for preventing the opponent's king from castling took Anand by complete surprise. Kasparov developed a strong initiative and launched a spectacular attack against the black monarch stuck in the centre. Anand avoided a quick loss in the middlegame and ended up in an endgame with a pawn down. The position still required precise play from White and Kasparov was up to the task, managing to level the score in the match.

This game played a crucial role for the outcome of the match. Anand couldn't recover, Kasparov took the initiative and scored 3,5 points out of the next four games. The match finished 10,5-7,5 in Kasparov's favour.

 

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Bc2 Nxf2 9...Nc5 9...Bc5 10.Qe2 10.c3 d4 10...Be7 11.Bc2 d4 11.Ng5 11.Bxe6 11...dxc3 11...Qxg5 12.Qf3 0-0-0 12...Bd7 13.Bxf7+ 12...Kd7 13.Bd5 13.Bxe6+ fxe6 14.Qxc6 Qxe5 15.b4 Qd5 16.Qxd5 exd5 17.bxc5 dxc3 18.Nb3 d4 12.Nxe6 12.bxc3 12...fxe6 13.bxc3 Qd3 14.Bc2 14.Nf3 Qxd1 14...0-0-0 15.Qe1 Nxb3 16.axb3 Kb7 15.Bxd1 14...Qxc3 15.Nb3 15.Rb1 0-0-0 15...Nxb3 16.Bxb3 Nd4 16...Qxa1 17.Bxe6 17.Qf3 Nd8 18.Qxa8 Qxe5 17.Qh5+ Kd7 18.Bxe6+ Kxe6 19.Qg4+ Kf7 20.Qf3+ Kg8 21.Qb3# 17...Nd4 18.Qg4 Rd8 17.Qg4 17.Be3 Nxb3 18.axb3 Qxe5 17.Bg5 Nxb3 18.axb3 Qxe5 17...Qxa1 17...0-0-0 18.Bg5 18.Bxe6 Rd8 18...Qc3 19.Bd7+ Kf7 20.Be3 c5 20...Bc5 21.e6+ Kg8 22.Qe4 21.Bxd4 19.Bh6 19.Bg5 Qc3 20.Bxd8 h5 21.Qg6+ Kxd8 19...Qc3 19...Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 gxh6 21.Qh5+ 20.Bxg7 Qd3 20...Bxg7 21.Qh5+ 21.Bxh8 Qg6 22.Bf6 22.Qxg6+ hxg6 23.Bg4 c5 22...Be7 23.Bxe7 Qxg4 23...Kxe7 24.Qh4+ Ke8 25.Bg4 24.Bxg4 Kxe7 25.Rc1 25.f4 c5 25...c6 26.f4 a5 27.Kf2 a4 28.Ke3 b4 29.Bd1 29.Rc4 a3 30.Rxb4 30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Kxd4 b3 32.Kc3 bxa2 30...Nc2+ 29...a3 29...b3 30.axb3 axb3 31.Rb1 30.g4 Rd5 31.Rc4 c5 32.Ke4 Rd8 33.Rxc5 Ne6 34.Rd5 Rc8 34...Rxd5 35.Kxd5 Nxf4+ 36.Kc4 35.f5 Rc4+ 35...Nc5+ 36.Kd4 36.Kf4 b3 37.Bxb3 Nxb3 38.axb3 Ra8 39.f6+ Kf7 40.Rd1 a2 41.Ra1 36...b3 37.Bxb3 Nxb3+ 38.axb3 Ra8 36.Ke3 Nc5 37.g5 Rc1 38.Rd6
WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Kasparov,G2795Anand,V2725 PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=1310