As for Qxb4 I would guess the guy was nervous of giving Kasparov a few tempos after Bd2 and Rb1. Other than that, the pawn seems takable but I'm not a master. A better question would be why didn't Kasparov take the knight on move 13.
And for 24. Nd5 I would guess he might have been a little hesitant to trade off the pieces, then realized he had to do it a few moves later to avoid a much worse position. It sure looks much more logical than a8 but that might be his reasoning.
A basic opening rule in chess is don't bring the Queen out too early. Another basic rule is don't go pawn grabbing in the opening at the expense of development(time). As you probably well know there are 3 advantages in chess (time, space and material)
If you will look up the Scandinavian opening (ECO B01) you will see that there are well known variations where after Black grabs the pawn on b4, White gains a great advantage in development(time) by repeatedly attacking Black's exposed Queen. In some variations even trapping the Queen.
As for Qxb4 I would guess the guy was nervous of giving Kasparov a few tempos after Bd2 and Rb1. Other than that, the pawn seems takable but I'm not a master. A better question would be why didn't Kasparov take the knight on move 13.
Well, it's not like he wasn't already giving Kasparov tempo repeatedly during that opening. I'm not so sure I like the Qxd5 response to the Scandinavian at all. This whole game looks like Kasparov was totally in charge.
A better question would be why didn't Kasparov take the knight on move 13.
Thanks for your comment :) My best guess would be perhaps a combination of not wanting his bishop pinned to his queen, or possibly already seeing a future for pushing the pawn and making it more dangerous than even taking that knight. It also raises the question - why didn't Fernandez move the knight on move 12 rather than make that rook move? I don't see a threat that can't be diffused.
Since we are all asking questions; why did Kasparov play 27.Rxd5 sacrificing the exchange?
As for Qxb4 I would guess the guy was nervous of giving Kasparov a few tempos after Bd2 and Rb1. Other than that, the pawn seems takable but I'm not a master. A better question would be why didn't Kasparov take the knight on move 13.
Well, it's not like he wasn't already giving Kasparov tempo repeatedly during that opening. I'm not so sure I like the Qxd5 response to the Scandinavian at all. This whole game looks like Kasparov was totally in charge.
Well of course Kasparov would be in charge with white because he is Kasparov ;)
He is relentlessly punishing and just one mistake against him can lead to a powerful and permanent initiative.
In fact, the position is rather unclear during the opening (though likely a little advantageous to white). White is being as aggressive as possible, but his pieces and pawns lack harmony, as if they are advancing themselves for the sake of being advanced. For this reason white's advanced pieces do not guarantee anything, meanwhile white has a lot of holes. White won because he played better.
Since we are all asking questions; why did Kasparov play 27.Rxd5 sacrificing the exchange?
I liked this move, I saw it as the point where everything came together. My best guess would be that this sacrifice breaks up black's pawn structure, and preserves white's bishop on the long diagonal (which comes in later, at move 37)...?
I'm not sure if it had to be sacrificed on that very move (but then Kasparov is crazy about accuracy), but in general the idea makes sense because black's knight was contributing so much to the defense potentially with its control of key squares, while the rook on d1 had to stare at it.
Since we are all asking questions; why did Kasparov play 27.Rxd5 sacrificing the exchange?
It was on a magnificent outpost, and all black's other pieces were crap.
30... Be4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qxe4 0-0
31. Qb5+ Kc8 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. c6
34... Be4 35. Rxf7 a5 36. bxa5 Bxg2
35. Bxd5 Rxd6 36. cxd6 Be4 37. Rxb7+
36... Ka8 37. Bxd5 Be4 38. Bxe4 Rxc5
Since we are all asking questions; why did Kasparov play 27.Rxd5 sacrificing the exchange?
I liked this move, I saw it as the point where everything came together. My best guess would be that this sacrifice breaks up black's pawn structure, and preserves white's bishop on the long diagonal (which comes in later, at move 37)...?
What about 27...Rxd5 returning the exchange sacrifice?
What about 27...Rxd5 returning the exchange sacrifice?
That wouldn't help black. White can perform the knight check anyway, and I think you'd get either 28. Kd6+ Bxd6 29. exd6+ and white can do all the same plans with black's different rook and pawn positions not offering any advantages, or 28. Kd6+ Rxd6 29. exd6+ where white's bishop is still save but black has even less material (having lost the rook instead of the undeveloped bishop).
And black's only other legal move of Kd7 obviously loses the queen.
It's a simultan. I'll do the same thing against 1300 player, even 1500 (my friend is). Kasparov won't play like that against a GM. He played 3.Nc3 exactly for that b4 gambit. Otherwise he would play 3.Nf3 (Against GM)
3 Nc3 is by far the most common move.
I do NOT wish to comment on Gagary's game,because it reminds me of the days when i did not have a clue about chess!Anuway,it is evident that a)his play is unclear at best b)his opponent is a moron with no chess ability.
Haha
His opponent is not bad at all in my opinion. He was simply playing against the best player ever. So it's easy to say that he doesn't know how to play chess. But the game is inresting in the way Kasparov takes advantage of the mistakes of his opponent in the opening.
Maybe you are right!But again,ask Kramnik about Kasparov's style...:-)
Hello, I'm brand new to chess.com, so this is my first post.
I was playing as white against my computer today and went down the Lasker Variation of the Scandinavian Defence, so decided to check this line out, and found this game:
So my first question to all bright and willing game analysts is, why does black go 8...Qb6 rather than ...Qxb4, maintaining the knight pin and winning a pawn? Am I missing something...?
Also, couldn't black have saved some time with 24...Nd5 rather than the Na8 which was played?
Thanks!