1.e4
c5
2.Ne2
Aiming simply to gain some time on Kasparov's clock. Garry's response steers the game right back into the main Najrorf lines
2...Nf6
3.Nbc3
d6
4.d4
cxd4
5.Nxd4
a6
Transposing to the Najdorf Sicilian
6.f3
The English attack, with the idea is Be3, Qd2, 0-0-0, and g4-g5. with this move order, white avoids Be3 Ng4
6...e5
...e6 is also fine. ...e5 is aggressive, but creates a hole on d5 and the backward d6-pawn. Blac's dark squared bishop will have less mobility in the early middlegame.
7.Nb3
Be6
Quick development is in order, aiming at the d5-hole.
8.Be3
Nbd7
9.g4
launching an immediate kingside attack. Qd2 is also playable, and tranpositions are likely.
9...Nb6
Aiming for Rb8 and Nc4, but also creating an escape square for the Nf6 after g5.
10.g5
Nh5
Kasparov knows that it will be hard to dislodge the Nh5 from this perch. Ne2-g3 is slow, and Be2 and f4 are unthinkable because the Nh5 eyes f4. The main idea is to blunt white's kingside assault by sealing in the g- and h-pawns.
11.Qd2
The usual plan, with 0-0-0 and Qf2
11...Be7
12.0-0-0
Rc8
Nc4 is coming, and Kasparov will consider Rxc3 if white tries Qf2.
13.Kb1
Defense first!
13...0-0
14.Rg1
Qc7
15.Qf2
Two attacks upon b6
15...Nc4
16.Bxc4
Giving up white's "bad" bishop for the aggressive knight, but retaining the strong Be3
16...Qxc4
17.h4
This is the new move in the position. More interesting is Nd5. h4 does not impress, and black seems to gain a slow initiative over the next ten moves. [17.Nd5
Bxd5
18.Rxd5
f5
with lively play.]
17...g6
This may seem ugly, but it simply seals the kingside and anchors the Nh5. How can white now make progress?
18.Qd2
Placing the focus upon the d5-hole and the backward pawn on d6.
18...Qc7
Most of us would have continued forward with b7-b5, encouraging Na5. Instead, Garry carefully prepares the queenside assault.
19.Na4
perhaps Nd5 instead
19...b5
20.Nb6
Rb8
21.Nd5
Entering the hole a few tempi down, but with the black rook on b8.
21...Bxd5
22.Qxd5
a5
Black's attack is very dangerous. Unlike the kingside where the white pawns have been sealed, the queenside pawns remain fluid.
23.Rd3
a4
24.Rc3
Qd8
25.Nc1
Diagram
25...b4
26.Rc4
Qd7
The idea is Rb5
27.Rg4
Rb5
28.Rc7
Qxc7
29.Qxb5
a3
30.Nd3
[30.Qxb4
axb2
31.Qxb2
Rb8
32.Nb3
Qc4
with the initiative]
30...Rb8
31.Qd5
axb2
32.Bd2
[32.Kxb2
Qc3+
; 32.Nxb2
Rc8
33.Rg2
Ng7
And black's position is coming alive]
32...Nf4
Offering a pawn to pry open the a1-h8 diagonal for the dark-squared bishop
33.Bxf4
exf4
34.Rxf4
Bf8
idea Bg7
35.Kxb2
Bg7+
[35...Rc8!?
36.Qb3
Bg7+
37.Kc1
(37.e5!?
) 37...Qa7
transposes]
36.Kc1
Very clever defense. The king is migrating towards the kingside [36.e5!?
Offering a pawn to block the long diagonal 36...dxe5
37.Rc4
Qa7
]
36...Rc8
37.Qb3
Defending c2
37...Qa7
g1 is the key entry square
38.Kd2
Diagram
38...Bc3+
One possible improvement: h5 to trap the Rf4 [38...h5
39.e5
(39.gxh6??
Bxh6-+
) 39...Bxe5
40.Re4
(40.Nxe5
Qf2+
41.Kd1
Qg1+
42.Ke2
Qh2+
43.Ke3
Rc3+
44.Nd3
Rxb3
45.cxb3
Qxa2-+
) ]
39.Ke2
Be5
40.Rg4
[40.Nxe5
dxe5
41.Rf6
Rc3
42.Qxb4
Rxc2+
43.Kd1
Rxa2
44.Rb6
And it's not clear that black can win]
40...Rc3
Time control... Sure looks good for Garry, but Vallejo is up to the defense!
41.Qb1
Qa4
42.Rg2!
Rxc2+
43.Kf1
Material is even, but how can black win?
43...Rc3
44.Rd2
Bg3
45.Qxb4
Qxb4
46.Nxb4
Rxf3+
[46...Bxh4!?
47.Ke2
Bxg5
48.Rxd6
h5
49.a4
Ra3
50.Ra6
h4
51.Kf2=
]
47.Kg2
Ra3
48.Nc2!
Rc3
49.Nd4
Bf4
[49...Bxh4
50.Nf3
Rxf3
51.Kxf3
Bxg5
52.Rxd6+-
]
50.Rc2
Rd3
Perhaps Re3
51.Nb5
h6
52.gxh6
d5
53.h7+
Kxh7
54.Rf2
g5
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