[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Henderson,John"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 { The Kasparov Variation. } 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 ( { Both these
players had this position in the last round of the Corus 2000 tournament. Then,
Judit played the unusual } 10... Nf6 $5 { and got a good game - though Kasparov won. } ) 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 ( { After } 13. Nxe6 fxe6 { , Black has superb central control. } ) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15. a3 Rg8 $1 { Castling on either wing is taboo, but the King is perfectly
safe in the centre.  The only problem Judit had was where to best develop the
rooks: c8 was the most obvious for the queen's rook, and from g8, the king's
rook stays out of harms way after the h-file is opened. } 16. h4 Rc8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. O-O-O ( 18. Qxg5 $4 Nxf3+ $1 ) 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd4 ( { Awkward for Black is } 19... Rxc4 $6 20. Bxg7 Rxg7 21. Rh8+ Kd7 22. g4 { , leaving problems of how to get the "fianchettoed" rook back into the game. } ) 20. Qxd4 $146 ( { White only got a small advantage after } 20. Bb5+ axb5 21. Qxd4 Rc4 22. Qd2 Kd7 23. Na2 Qxd2+ 24. Rxd2 g4 25. Nb4 gxf3 26. gxf3 f6 27. Nd3 { 1-0 Bologan,V-Xu Jun/Beijing CHN 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (81).  (80) } ) 20... Rxc4 21. Qa7 Qc7 ( { The thematic exchange sacrifice on c3 doesn't work here: } 21... Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxa3+ 23. Kd2 { with a big White advantage. } ) 22. Kb1 Rc5 $1 { Entombing Kasparov's queen.  Kasparov's novelty of 20 Qxd4 had the idea of
Qa7 in  mind - trying to stretch the Black defenses - so he must have known
that his queen was safe here.  However, it does seem well out of place on a7. } 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Kf8 ( 24... Rxc2 $2 25. Rc1 Rc5 26. b4 $1 { and Black is losing very quickly. } 26... Rc3 27. Kb2 $1 { and carnage down the c-file. } ) 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. b4 ( { Kasparov felt he let the
game slip here. During the post mortem, both players skipped through the
begining of the game and concentrated all their efforts here. Kasparov felt
that, in reflection, he should have gone for: } 26. Rh5 Kf6 $1 ( { Again both
ers felt this looked the more natural move. The alternative left Black with
too many problems with her King and trouble in the ending, also. } 26... f6 27. g4 Rc8 ( 27... Rh8 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Qa8+ Qc8 30. Qxc8+ Rxc8 31. Re2 Rc7 32. c3 Kg7 33. Kc2 Kf7 34. Kd3 { with the better ending. } ) 28. c3 ) 27. b4 ( 27. g4 Rc8 ( 27... b5 28. Qxa6 Rb8 29. f4 gxf4 30. Rf5+ Kg7 31. Rxf4 Rb6 32. Qa5 b4 33. Qa4 Rc3 ) 28. c3 ) 27... b5 28. Qxa6 Rc3 29. Rh6+ Kg7 30. Rh1 Rc8 31. Re1 Rxc2 32. Qxc8 Qxc8 33. Rxc2 { This was just some of the many lines that Garry and Judit
flicked out (to be honest, I couldn't keep up with the speed they went through
the variations at) - no definite conlcusion was reached at the end, though it
was felt that Kasparov had "something" but maybe not enough for a win. } ) 26... b5 27. Qxa6 Rc3 ( { In the end, White has to play carefully and Black has a perpetual in hand: } 27... Rc3 28. Re1 ( 28. Qxb5 $2 Rxa3 29. Rd3 Ra2 $1 30. Qc6 ( 30. Kxa2 Qxc2+ 31. Ka1 Ra8+ ) 30... Qa7 31. Qc3+ f6 32. Rhd1 ( 32. Re1 $2 Ra8 33. Kc1 Qf2 $1 34. Rxe7+ Kg6 ) 32... Ra8 ) 28... Rc8 29. Ree2 Qc4 30. Kb2 ( 30. Qa7 Rc7 31. Qd4+ Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxa3 ) 30... Rxc2+ 31. Rxc2 Qd4+ 32. Kc1 ( 32. Ka2 Qxd5+ 33. Kb2 Qd4+ ) ( 32. Kb1 Qd1+ 33. Kb2 Qd4+ ) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+ 34. Kc1 ( 34. Ke1 Qg1+ ) 34... Qa1+ $11 ) 1/2-1/2