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Garry Kasparov just like Bobby Fischer cannot be forgotten by the Chess world. Both are rightly regarded as certainly the strongest chess players ever. Garry Kasparov dominated the world of Chess during more than 20 years. But, in 2005 he created a sensation by announcing his retirement - a definitive withdrawal from the competition. After his particularly brilliant International Chess Career, he would like now to be devoted to his writing and political activities in Russia. Kasparov's style, as a Chess player, is rather brilliant. According to the dominant tradition of Chess, he plays for the initiative, and evidently to win. Also, he does not hesitate to engage himself in gambits and audacious piece sacrifices. But, at the same time his vision of chess is original and deep. Consequently, it is clear that Kasparov brought a lot to the Opening Theory.
We choose, as an illustration of the Kasparov's style, a famous game played by the young Kasparov, aged 17 years, against the great Mihail Tal in Baku.
Tal, Mihail (2705) - Kasparov, Garry (2595)
This unusual answer, introduced in the game Vesely, Jirl - Opocensky, Karel ½-½ (B12) CSR-ch Prague, 1953 is always practiced today with White good results. More frequent is: 3.Nc3, 3.exd5 or 3.e5.
All this beginning is without surprise; we follow the Classical variation of the Caro-Kann.
DIAG 1
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This last move was played for the first time in the game: Ree, Hans - Pomar Salamanca, Arturo ½-½ (B19) Clare Benedict Cup 16th, 1969; all this line, anyway, is now totally given up.
In the above mentioned game, Pomar Salamanca had chosen: 19...Rg8. In the present position, White may be credited with a small advantage. In particular the Black King is not in safety. But, on another side, Tal's Queenside castling seems vulnerable.
DIAG 2
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This multi-fonction move is particularly interesting, with four clear consequences:
DIAG 3
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But Tal has another vision of the game and finds here a typical sacrifice well in his style:
DIAG 4
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Tal's sacrifice seems a posteriori to be quite correct... But Kasparov finds in this game a defensive way both subtil and accurate. In particular was possible: 27...Rd7 28.Rxf4 Qg5 30.Qe6 Qxf4 31.Qxd7 Bh4! -+ and Black has a clear advantage. However, after: 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.Rxg8+ Kxg8 33.Qxb7 Qxf2 34.a3 -+ it is not easy for Black to win in this difficult Queens Endgame. Also, Garry Kasparov prefers to restore the material and to cause the Queens exchange, thus arriving to a Rooks Endgame easier to lead.
DIAG 5
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In this rather technical Rooks endgame, Garry Kasparov has a significant advantage and must win in the long term
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