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In 2003, at the age of 15 he defeated former World Champion Garry Kasparov, FIDE World Champion 2000 Viswanathan Anand and FIDE World Champion 2002 Ruslan Ponomariov, with the black pieces. In 2006 he defeated FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov (rated 2801) with the black pieces and subsequently won the second prize at the Super GM Tournament held in Morelia, Mexico and Linares, Spain. He is the chess player who has been ranked 1st most times in the World Junior FIDE rating(14 times in the quarterly FIDE ratings between April 2001 and October 2007). In January 2007, Radjabov finished in joint first place at the Category 19 Corus Chess Tournament along with Veselin Topalov and Levon Aronian. Since April 2007, Teimour Radjabov is permanently in the FIDE-Ratings TOP 10 (7-8th in 2007 and 2008). With a Rating of 2760, in the FIDE-ratings list of January 2009, Radjabov is currently number 7 in the world.
We choose, as an illustration of the Radjabov's style, a famous game, named with good reason "David and Goliath", played by this young prodigy, three years ago, against the strongest chess player in history (conjointly with Bobby Fischer!), Garry Kasparov.
Kasparov, Garry (2847) - Radjabov, Teimour (2624)
The Boleslavsky Variation of the Steinitz, illustrated by Boleslavsky himself in three games played between 1951 and 1960; but this line was explored for the first time in the game: 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Rb1 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Na4 Qa5+ 11.c3 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 b5 14.Nc5 = (Alekhine, Alexander - Petrovic, V. 1-0 (C11) Belgrade sim 1931). After 7.Be3 the game is very open... We want to say: 1o) White and Black's chances to win are near similar, with nevertheless a little White advantage. 2o) Many continuations may be envisaged:
DIAG 1
:
We notice, in this diagram, the traditional Black pressure on squares d4 and e5.
All this line is still experimental and practised only since the game Szefer, Michael (2090) - Delega, Tomasz (2115) ½-½ (C11) Warsaw Entropia-ch, 1996.
DIAG 2
:
Was played, equally in 2003: 11.Ng3?! b4! 12.axb4 Bxb4 13.c3 (forced) Bf8 14.Be2 Na5 15.Rb1 Nb3 =/+ and White has many difficulties of organizing an attack on the Kingside, to counterbalance Black initiative on the Queenside (Luther, Thomas (2575) - Mullon, Jean Baptiste (2313) 0-1 (C11) FRA-chT France, 2003).
DIAG 3
:
This audacious Break move (for an accurate definition, see the "New Chess Theory" Lecture:
NCT VI - "Chess move classification" ) reveals well the
intention of Kasparov, braving with White a young chess player,
not still of his level, to play for winning.
DIAG 4
:
In fact, it is not easy for White to preserve their initiative. Thus, for example: 16.exf6 Bxf5 17.fxg7 Bxg7 18.Rg1 Bf6 = or 16.Nxg7+ Bxg7 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bg2 Bg4 = (Ftacnik).
Was envisageable: 18.Be2 b4 (Be7 19.c3 Na5 20.Bd1 =) 19.axd4 Bxd4 20.c3 (forced) Be7 =/unclear.
DIAG 5
:
We take the opportunity of this crucial position to illustrate our theory related to the "Control and Domination" (NCT: New Chess Theory). You may refer yourself to:
NCT VII - "Control and Domination I"
and
NCT VIII - "Control and Domination II" .
The cartography of this position (DIAG 5) is the following:
In this conditions we have the numerical values:
Of this values we immediately deduce the "Radiation rates":
WRR = 100 x 28
/ (64 - 4) % =
47 % Thus the Black domination is not negligible!
May be envisaged: 19.h3 Nh6 20.Qg2 Na5 21.Nh5 0-0-0 /unclear ; and concerning 21.Be2, White doesn't get a clear advantage by playing: 21.Qe2!? (Nh6 22.0-0-0 g5 +/=) Rh4 22.Bh3 Rf8 23.Bxg4 Rxf4 24.Bxe6+ Kb8 25.Bxd5 Nxd4 26.cxd4 Rxd4 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Rd4 29.Qf3 Rd3 =.
DIAG 6
:
We appreciate here the appropriate Ftacnik's commentary: "So far was successful against Kasparov without a sound portion of selfconfidence and risk. Black is choosing probably not the best, but surely the most provocative move". After 21...Nxh2 22.0-0-0 Na5 23.Kb1 Nb3 24.Qc2 the game is equal.
The provacative Teimour's move integrates an undeniable psychological aspect; a player like Kasparov, as well by his style of play as by his personality, cannot accept easily a material profit leading certainly to a long and hard-working final victory! Anyway, after 22.Bxe5!? Nxe5 (only move) 23.dxe5 Qc7 24.0-0-0 (or 24.Qe3) White has an important advantage.
DIAG 7
:
Let us notice that after: 24.Qxd5 Rde8 (Rhe8 25.Bg5 Bxg3 +/-) 25.0-0-0! Nf6 (Bxg3?! 26.hxg3 Rxh1 27.Rxh1 +-) 26.Qf5+ +- White obtains a significant advantage.
DIAG 8
:
Evidently 27.Rdf1? is a very serious tactical mistake difficult to understand; a judicious way, for the safety of the White King, is undoubtely: 27.Kb1 Qg6+ 28.Ka2 (forced) Qe6 29.Qxe6 Rxe6 =. Now Garry Kasparov is in great trouble. It is interesting to notice that Teimour Radjabov avoids the weaker tactical line: 29...Qe6?! 30.Qxe6! Rxe6 31.Bg4 Rd6 32.Bxg5 Rg8 33.hxg3 Rxg5 34.Rh8+ Kc7 35.Bf5 Rxg3 36.Rhh7 Rg1+ 37.Ke2 Rg2+ 38.Ke3 Rxb2 39.Rxd7+ Rxd7 40.Rxd7+ Kc6 -/+ leading however to a winning endgame for Black.
DIAG 9
:
We could not resist to the pleasure of showing the curious cartography of this sharp position: (see at this subject:
NCT VII - "Control and Domination I"
and
NCT VIII - "Control and Domination II" . )
In this conditions we have the numerical values:
Of this values we immediately deduce the "Radiation rates":
WRR = 100 x 24
/ (64 - 11) % =
45 % A clear Black spatial domination in a rather confuse position!
On one hand is not really better for White: 34.h4!? Nh7 35.Rg1 Nxg5 36.Bf2 Bh4 -+ and on the other hand, after 34.Bf3, strong seems to be: 34...Rxh2! 35.Rxh2 Bxh2 36.Bxd5 Ng6 -+.
DIAG 10
:
Thus finish the pathetic combat of "David against Goliath", halfway between high chess technic and psychology!
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