[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Kasparov, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Henderson,John"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 { A Grischuk pet-line.
The young Muscovite wants to play the English Attack without having to worry
about the crucial, crunch-line, 6 ..Ng4 - the Kasparov Variation. } 6... Qb6 $1 { If Black wants to avoid going into the English Attack, then this is the way
to do it -despite the fact that your opponent has a 100% score of 4/4 against
this; including a win over Shirov in the semifinal of FIDE World Championship
KO in New Delhi recently. } 7. Nb3 e6 ( 7... Nc6 8. Qe2 e6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. h4 Rc8 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Rg1 Nce5 15. Qf2 b4 16. Na4 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Qc6 18. Nac5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Bc4 Be7 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. g5 O-O 25. h5 Rcd8 26. g6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 fxg6 28. hxg6 Rf4 29. Qh2 { 1-0 Grischuk,A-Shirov,A/New Delhi IND 2000 (29). } ) 8. Qe2 Qc7 { With Be3 coming, the queen was going to have to move anyway. } 9. g4 b5 10. Be3 b4 $146 ( 10... Nc6 11. g5 Nd7 12. Qf2 Nce5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. N1d2 Qc7 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Rc1 a5 19. c4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. h4 a4 22. Qh2 Bd6 23. f4 O-O-O 24. Rhd1 Rd7 25. e5 Be7 26. Nf1 Rhd8 27. Qe2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qc6 30. Nd2 Kc7 31. Qf1 g6 32. Kc2 Qa6 33. Qd3 Qc6 34. h5 Qh1 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qf1 Be4+ 37. Kc1 Qxf1+ 38. Nxf1 Bd3 39. Nd2 Kc6 40. b3 a3 41. Kd1 { 1/2-1/2 Prasad,D-Ruck,R/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 313 (41). } ) 11. Na4 Nbd7 { The scene is set: White is looking to exploit the queenside,
Black is staking his claim in the centre. } 12. Qc4 Qxc4 13. Bxc4 d5 $1 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Be2 ( 15. Nb6 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxd5 17. Bc5 Bd7 $1 { with the strong idea of ..Bb5 or ..Ba4 coupled with ..Rc8. } ) 15... Nxd5 16. Bd4 Bd6 17. Bc5 Be7 ( { Supported by Ljubomir Ljubojevic, we'd come to the
conclusion in the press room that the other retreat looked good for Kasparov: } 17... Bc7 $1 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Bb7 { with the Black pieces looking the more ready for the first strike. } ) 18. a3 a5 ( 18... Bh4+ 19. Bf2 Bf6 20. Bd4 { achieves nothing for Black. } ) 19. Bd4 $1 { I think by now Kasparov was regretting he hadn't placed the bishop on c7 -
White's no worse here. } 19... f6 ( 19... Bf6 $2 20. g5 $1 ) 20. Nac5 $2 ( { Despite the fact that it cedes the bishop-pair, Grischuk have taken on e5: } 20. Bxe5 $1 fxe5 21. Nac5 bxa3 ( 21... O-O 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Kd2 Rd8+ 24. Kc1 $14 ) 22. Rxa3 Bd7 23. Ra1 { Black's got slightly the better of it, but White has the better pawn structure. } ) 20... O-O 21. O-O bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nf4 23. Bb5 Rb8 24. Bxe5 Nh3+ $1 ( 24... Rxb5 $2 25. Bxf4 Rxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Kg2 Bxa3 28. bxa3 e5 ( 28... Rd8 29. Bc7 Rd2+ 30. Rf2 $11 ) 29. Bd2 $11 ) 25. Kg2 Rxb5 26. Bg3 $2 ( 26. Kxh3 $1 fxe5 ( 26... Bxc5 27. Nxc5 fxe5 28. Nd3 e4 29. c4 $1 Rb6 30. Ne5 Rxb2 31. Rxa5 ) 27. c4 $1 Rb4 28. Rxa5 $11 ) 26... Ng5 ( { Kasparov could have gone for a simple win of a
pawn, but was probably worried about the prospects of an opposite coloured
bishop ending. } 26... Bxc5 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Kxh3 Rxc2 $15 ) 27. Bf2 $2 ( { White's last - and only - chance was: } 27. c4 $1 Rxc5 ( 27... Rb4 28. h4 Rxc4 29. Rxa5 Nf7 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 $11 ) 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxa5 { and the passed
c and b-pawn offer good survival chances against the Black pieces. } ) 27... Bb7 { There's no-way back for Grischuk now. } 28. Bg1 Rc8 $1 29. h4 Bxf3+ $1 30. Rxf3 Nxf3 31. Kxf3 Bxc5 32. Nxc5 Rbxc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. c3 h5 35. gxh5 Rxh5 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Rxh4 0-1