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Garry Kasparov's most outrageous chess game against Viktor Korchnoi : Luzern ol (1982)

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â™šPlay turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Instructive game tags: Benoni defence transposition, dark square play, dark square counterpla... (Show Full Description)

â™šPlay turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Instructive game tags: Benoni defence transposition, dark square play, dark square counterplay, country vs country match, Korchnoi playing for Switzerland board 1, Kasparov chooses a delayed Benoni formation when g3 was played by Korchnoi, changing pawn structure, son of sorrow, dynamic aggressive opening but risky, potentially vulnerable d6 pawn, standard template plan for white is Nd2-c4 to pressure d6 pawn, a6 for b5 threat, a4 stops b5, black makes use of e5 square, Nh5 with a dynamic aggressive knight sacrifice idea, knight sac, amazing knight sac, specacular knight sac, weakened dark squares around white's king, knight left enprise for several moves, perpetual knight sac, king safety issues if knight taken, b5 threatening b4 to fork knights, queenside counterplay, generating queenside counterplay, scutinising opponent's kingside squares h3 and g3, d6 poisoned pawn not taken because of Qf6 variation, knight sac for several moves, kasparov takes poisoned b2 pawn, cheeky move qxb2, cheeky materialism, cheeky pawn grab, piece coordination on g3 after knight finally taken, white avoids losing queen with check, white misses technical opportunity to draw, black wins queen but for several pieces given up, kasparov slipped up technically but korchnoi did not take opportunity to draw Brilliant Game quality tags: amazing, awesome, astonishing, brilliant, classic, crushing, dynamic, elegant, exceptional, excellent, exciting, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fascinating, finest, flashy, greatest, iconic, immortal, important, impressive, incredible, instructive, incredible, interesting, magnificent, marvellous, memorable, mind-blowing, must see, outrageous, prize, remarkable, scintillating, sparkling, stunning, sweet, superb, thrilling, top, unbelievable, wonderful, worlds greatest Adventurous Game Quality games: "Romantic era", "Romantic era style", Risky, Daring, Adventurous, Outrageous, audacious, bold, courageous, fearless, foolhardy, gutsy, reckless, brave, cheeky, brassy, unsound, perilous, dicey, speculative, fraught with danger, intrepid, venturous, venturesome â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "Luzern ol"] [Site "Luzern ol"] [Date "1982.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A64"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1982.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Rf8 (15... f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 (16... gxf5 17. Qxh5) 17. g4) 16. Kh2 (16. f4 Nxg3 17. fxe5 Nxf1 {Some comp for black}) 16... f5 17. f4 (17. exf5 Bxf5 18. g4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Nxg4) 17... b5 {A pawn sacrifice maximising piece activity} (17... Nf7 18. Nc4) 18. axb5 (18. fxe5 Nxg3 19. Kxg3 Bxe5+ 20. Kf2 b4 ) 18... axb5 19. Naxb5 (19. fxe5 Nxg3) (19. Ncxb5 fxe4 20. Bxe4 (20. fxe5 Bxe5) 20... Ba6 21. Qa4 Qb6 22. g4 Nf6 23. Bg2 Nexg4+ 24. hxg4 Nxg4+ 25. Kg3 Nh6) 19... fxe4 20. Bxe4 (20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxe4 Qd8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. d6 Rxf1) 20... Bd7 21. Qe2 (21. Nxd6 Qf6 22. Bg2 (22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 22... Nxg3 23. Kxg3 Qxd6 {Black ok}) 21... Qb6 22. Na3 (22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. fxe5 Bxe5) 22... Rbe8 23. Bd2 (23. fxe5 Nxg3 (23... Bxe5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nc4 Bxg3+ 26. Kg1 Qd8) 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Kxg3 Bxe5+ 26. Kg2 {White better here}) 23... Qxb2 24. fxe5 (24. Nc2 Qb7 (24... Qb6 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Be1 Re8 28. Rb1) 25. Rab1 Qc8 26. fxe5 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Bxe5) 24... Bxe5 25. Nc4 (25. Rab1 Qxa3) 25... Nxg3 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qe1 (27. Nxb2 Nxe2+) 27... Nxe4+ 28. Kg2 Qc2 29. Nxe5 Rf2+ 30. Qxf2 Nxf2 31. Ra2 Qf5 32. Nxd7 Nd3 {technically threw away the advantage} (32... Nxh3 33. Ra8+ (33. Bh6 Qxd7) 33... Kg7 34. Ra7 g5) 33. Bh6 (33. Ra8+ {Forces a draw} Kg7 34. Ra7 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxd2 36. Ne5+ Kg8 ( 36... Kf8 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kd8 39. Ra8+ Kc7 40. Nb5+ Kb7 41. Ra7+ Kb6 ( 41... Kb8 42. Nc6+ Kc8 43. Nxd6#) 42. Nc4+ Kxb5 43. Nxd2) 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Ra7+ Kh6 (38... Kf8) 39. Ng4+ Kh5 40. Rxh7+ Kg5 41. Ne4+) 33... Qxd7 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Rh8 (35. Ne4 g5 36. Bxg5 Nb4) 35... Kf6 36. Kf3 Qxh3+ 0-1 Thumbnail: Kasparov Smiling By Copyright 2007, S.M.S.I., Inc. - Owen Williams, The Kasparov Agency. (http://www.kasparovagent.com/photo_gallery.php) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

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