Hello Chess Lovers
I wanted to look at another example of Kasparov's warcraft. In this game Kasparov uses an old Gambit against Anand, his almost perpetual #2. What is fascinating is the way in which Kasparov causes so many problems in the opening that by move 18 Anand was in survival mode.Kasparov, more than any other GM was able to provoke a crisis and find momentum in certain positions. This was clearly a fruit of his labours off the board and then on it.
Lets go to the game:
Kasparov v Anand Tal Memorial Riga 1995.
1.e4e5 2.Nf3Nc6 3.Bc4Bc5 4.b4!?-The Evans Gambit.No doubt Kasparov was thinking of the occasion-playing the Tal memorial but also that he would play Anand for the World Championships pretty soon.
4...Bb4 (A few months later Piket tried declining it against Kasparov with awful consequences: 4...Bb6 5.a4a5 6.b5Nd4 7.Nd4Bd4 8.c3Bb6 9.d4ed4 10.0-0Ne7 11.Bg5h6 and Kasparov won after fighting for the initiative) 5.c3Be7 6.d4Na5 7.Be2!?-Kasparov got this from correspondence games where the idea is to leave the knight on a5 but also to be able to recapture on d4 with the queen.
7...ed4 8.Qd4Nf6 -Anand goes for a natural move. However this proves to be insufficient.The alternatives were Bf6,f6,Kf8,d6 -None of these would appeal to a player like Anand who is very direct when it comes to development.
9.e5Nc6 10.Qh4Nd5 11.Qg3g6 Kasparov has achieved a lot.He has induced Anand into weakening the king side. 12.0-0 Before taking on any more operartions Kasparov castles.As a rule Kasparov would secure his king and then ensure he could hunt the opponent's king in safety.Kasparov does not discurage Anand from castling as he knows he has enough pieces to storm Anand's king.
12....Nb6?! This removes a piece from the king side and it also enables Kasparov to stop it from returning.
13.c4!? There are different ideas with this.It stops a knight return to d5 and anticipates ...d5 by black.
13...d6 Anand delays castling.He clearly has developed a fear of Kasparov's attacking prowess.Calculating castling against Kasparov must have been a daunting task.
14.Rd1Nd7 the knight has moved so much. 15.Bh6! Nce5 16.Ne5Ne5 17.Nc3!? Kasparov never attacked without moving out all of his pieces. 17...f6?!18.c5!Nf7?! Its sad to see Anand reduced to defending different pressure points.
19.cd6cd6 20.Qe3Nh6 21.Qh6 Anand is now without a good defender and Kasparov has an attacker near to his king. 21....Bf8 Anand cannot allow Qg7.22.Qe3+Kf7 (22...Qe7 23.Ne4) 23.Nd5Be6?! 24.Nf4Qe7 25.Re1 and Anand simply had enough.The threat is Bf3. if 25...Qd7 then 26.Bb5. If 25...Bh6 then 26.Bc4!
So what can be learned from this game:
1) The impact of an early crisis caused by the Kings Gambit.
2) The way in which Kasparov forced his opponent to make unpleasant choices. Anand never got to develop properly.
3) The creation of threats on different points for example the threat to get to g7 and then the decisive threats on the e-file.
4) The psychological pressure of playing an opponent with aggressively placed pieces.
5) The way in which Anand was forced to move his pieces to and fro without being able to make a coherent plan.
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