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Colofon © 2015 New In Chess Published by New In Chess, Alkmaar, The Netherlands www.newinchess.com All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. Cover design: Joop de Groot Editor: Frank Erwich Production: Anton Schermer Have you found an error in this book? Please send your remarks to [email protected] We will collect all relevant corrections on the errata page of our website and implement them in a next edition. ISBN/EAN: 978-90-5691-668-8 Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov is a fighter, both in chess and in life. The 13th World Champion regards his playing style as 'a symbiosis of the styles of Alekhine, Tal and Fischer'. Kasparov was known for his deep opening analysis, but also for his positional understanding and combinatory play. Do you want to adopt Kasparov-like thought processes in your own games? Try this tactics training book and play the same winning moves as the former World Champion did in his games! One hundred training exercises are offered, in positions where Kasparov turned the game in his favour. The puzzles start at a moderate level and gradually get more difficult. Don't give up! Garry Kasparov (1963) became World Chess Champion in 1985. Only 22, he dethroned Anatoly Karpov in a thrilling match. In 1986, 1987 and 1990 these chess giants faced each other again in World Championship Matches, but every time Kasparov managed to defend his title. In 1993 a new challenger appeared on the scene: Nigel Short. Unhappy with the conditions offered by World Chess Federation FIDE, Kasparov and Short decided to play a match outside FIDE's jurisdiction and formed a new organization: the Professional Chess Association (PCA). Kasparov defeated Short, but FIDE did not acknowledge Kasparov as World Champion. This caused a split in the chess world. From 1993 until 2006 there were two World Champions every time: one 'classic' champion and one FIDE champion. In 1995 Kasparov remained the champion of the PCA by beating challenger Viswanathan Anand, but in 2000 he lost his world title to Vladimir Kramnik. In 2005 Kasparov retired from competitive chess. Kasparov still holds the record of being the youngest ever World Champion, and with 40 super-tournament victories he showed he was vastly superior to his rivals. The man from Baku did not lose many games in his career, but if someone managed to beat him, Kasparov usually left the building very quickly. In 2013 the 13th World Champion said: 'It was not unfair to call me a "poor loser" when I played, but I think to be #1 you always need to expect to win and really hate to lose.' Excercise 1 White to move Solution 1 Garry Kasparov (2851) - Andreas Ringel Frankfurt sim 2000 37.♕xd7! Excercise 2 White to move Solution 2 Garry Kasparov (2827) - Alexei Shirov (2722) Astana 2001 35.♖d4! Excercise 3 White to move Solution 3 Garry Kasparov (2795) - Boris Gelfand (2700) Novgorod 1997 36.c5! ♖xc5 36...dxc5 37.♖xd4 White wins 37.♕xd4 Excercise 4 White to move Solution 4 Garry Kasparov (2780) - Predrag Nikolic (2635) Manila Olympiad 1992 36.e6! ♖xe6 36...♗xc3 37.♖xf7+ (37.e7+ ♔e8 38.♖g8+ ♘f8 39.♖xf8# ) 37...♔e8 38.♖g8+ ♘f8 39.♖gxf8# 37.♖xg7 Excercise 5 White to move Solution 5 Garry Kasparov (2690) - Viktor Kortschnoj (2610) London Candidates 1983 46.♖b6+! 46.♖b6+ ♔c5 47.♖a6 White wins Excercise 6 White to move Solution 6 Garry Kasparov (2770) - Evgeny Bareev (2680) Tilburg 1991 33.♖xe7! 33.♖xe7 ♕xe7 34.♕xc6+ ♔b8 35.♗g3+ ♖d6 36.♗xd6+ ♕xd6 37.♕b7# Excercise 7 White to move Solution 7 Garry Kasparov (2775) - Viswanathan Anand (2725) Moscow PCA-GP rapid 1996 32.♗d8! 32.♗d8! ♘e6 33.♘e7+ ♖xe7 34.fxe7 ♕d7 35.♖h3 and Black resigned. Excercise 8 White to move Solution 8 Garry Kasparov (2838) - Francisco Vallejo Pons (2629) Linares 2002 48.♕xe6! ♕h4 49.♕xf7 ♕xf4+ 50.♔g1 Excercise 9 White to move Solution 9 Garry Kasparov (2785) - Alex Yermolinsky (2610) Yerevan Olympiad 1996 51.f3! 51.f3 ♕f5 52.g4 White wins Excercise 10 White to move Solution 10 Garry Kasparov (2830) - Vladimir Chuchelov (2608) Rethymnon EU-Cup 2003 27.♕d5+! 27.♕d5+ ♕f7 (27...♔h7 28.♖h1+ ♔g6 29.♗d3+ ♕f5 30.♕xf5# ) 28.♕xf7+ ♔xf7 29.♖xd7+ White wins Excercise 11 White to move Solution 11 Garry Kasparov (2849) - Evgeny Bareev (2709) Cannes World Cup rapid 2001 40.♘d7+! ♗xd7 41.♕f6+ Excercise 12 White to move Solution 12 Garry Kasparov (2838) - Gilberto Milos (2574) Prague Eurotel Trophy rapid 2002 50.♕e8+! ♔g7 51.♕xf7+ ♔h6 52.♕f8+ ♘g7 52...♔h7 53.♕g8+ ♔h6 54.♕h8# 53.♕h8# Excercise 13 White to move Solution 13 Garry Kasparov (2851) - Alexei Shirov (2751) Linares 2000 32.♖ab7! ♖xb7 32...♖a8 33.♖b4 White wins 33.♖xc8+ ♔g7 34.♗xb7 and White won. Excercise 14 White to move Solution 14 Garry Kasparov (2805) - Michael Adams (2655) New York PCA/Intel-GP rapid 1995 29.♖b1! ♕c5 30.♖a5 Excercise 15 White to move Solution 15 Garry Kasparov (2780) - Matthias Wahls (2570) Baden-Baden 1992 31.♘f7+! ♔g8 32.♖xd5 ♕xd5 33.♕xc7 and White won. Excercise 16 White to move Solution 16 Garry Kasparov (2630) - Miguel Najdorf (2510) Bugojno 1982 24.♘xg7! ♗xg7 24...♗c8 25.♘e6+ ♔h8 26.♕f5 White wins ♗xe6 27.♕xh7# 25.♗h6 Excercise 17 White to move Solution 17 Garry Kasparov (2595) - Gert Ligterink (2455) La Valetta Olympiad 1980 22.♘c8! 22.♘c8! ♘c6 (22...♖xc8 23.♕f5 White wins ) (22...♖c7 23.♖xb8 White wins ) 23.♘xa7 ♘xa7 24.♗d5 and Black resigned. Excercise 18 White to move Solution 18 Garry Kasparov (2812) - Maxime Vachier Lagrave (2715) Clichy blitz 2011 57.g6! fxg6 58.exd8=♕+ ♖xd8 59.f7+ Excercise 19 White to move Solution 19 Garry Kasparov (2851) - Jan H Timman (2655) Wijk aan Zee Corus 2000 36.g4+! 36.g4+! ♔xg4 37.♖c4+ ♔f3 38.♖d4 White wins Excercise 20 White to move Solution 20 Garry Kasparov (2815) - Jan H Timman (2655) Prague EuroTel Trophy 1998 20.c4! ♗c6 21.♖xd7 ♗xd7 22.♘xf6+ ♔g7 23.♘xd7 and White won. Excercise 21 White to move Solution 21 Garry Kasparov (2810) - Vladimir Kramnik (2750) Frankfurt rapid 1999 35.♖xd5! exd5 35...♕xf4 36.♘xf4 ♖xd5 37.♘xd5 White wins 36.♘d4+ 36.♘d4+ ♔d8 37.♘e6+ White wins Excercise 22 White to move Solution 22 Garry Kasparov (2812) - Michael Adams (2716) Sarajevo Bosnia 1999 30.♖xe8+! ♖xe8 31.♖d1 31.♖d1 ♕e2 32.♖e1 White wins Excercise 23 White to move Solution 23 Garry Kasparov (2740) - Anatoly Karpov (2705) London/Leningrad World Championship1986 36.♖g8+! ♔e7 37.d6+! ♔e6 37...♕xd6 38.♘f5+ White wins 37...♔xd6 38.♘xf7+ White wins 38.♖e8+ and White won. Excercise 24 White to move Solution 24 Garry Kasparov (2827) - Viktor Kortschnoj (2643) Zuerich Kortschnoj rapid 2001 21.♖f3+! ♔xg6 21...♔g8 22.♘e7+ White wins 22.♗d3+ ♔h5 23.♖h3+ ♔g4 24.f3+! 24.f3+ ♔f4 25.♔f2 g4 26.g3+ and Black resigned. 26...♔g5 27.f4# Excercise 25 White to move Solution 25 Garry Kasparov (2795) - Viktor Kortschnoj (2635) Horgen 1995 25.♗xf5! ♕f7 25...exf5 26.♖g6+ ♔f8 27.♕xh6+ White wins 26.♕xf7+ ♔xf7 27.♗xe6+! 27.♗xe6+! ♗xe6 28.♖xb7+ ♔f8 29.♖xe6 White wins Excercise 26 White to move Solution 26 Garry Kasparov (2805) - Evgeny Bareev (2675) Novgorod 1994 35.♗xg5! 35.♗xg5 hxg5 36.♕xg5+ ♔f8 37.h6 bxc5 38.h7 White wins Excercise 27 White to move Solution 27 Garry Kasparov (2735) - Mihail Tal (2605) Brussels 1987 21.♘xg7! ♔xg7 21...♘e4 was played in the game. 22.♗xe4 ♖xe4 23.f6 White wins and White won. 22.f6+! ♔h8 23.♕h4 White wins Excercise 28 White to move Solution 28 Garry Kasparov (2838) - Thien Hai Dao (2572) Batumi rapid 2001 41.♖e6! ♕xc3 41...♕d8 42.♖g6+! 42.♕e7! 42.♖e7 White wins was played in the game. 42...♗d5 43.♖g6+ hxg6 44.h7+ ♔h8 45.♕xf8+ ♔xh7 46.♘xg5# Excercise 29 White to move Solution 29 Garry Kasparov (2775) - Jeroen Piket (2540) Tilburg Interpolis 1989 36.♕h6! ♔h8 37.g6 fxg6 38.fxg6 ♖e7 39.♖f3! ♕c4 40.♕f8+ Excercise 30 White to move Solution 30 Garry Kasparov (2740) - John DM Nunn (2590) Brussels OHRA-A 1986 18.♘g5! 18.♘g5 ♕e7 (18...♕f6 19.♕c4+ ♗e6 20.♘xe6 ♘xe6 (20...♕xe6 21.♗d5 ) 21.♖d6 White wins ) 19.♗d5+ ♔h8 20.♘f7+ ♔g8 21.♗xd4 exd4 22.♖e1 ♕f8 23.♘d6+ ♔h8 24.♖e8 White wins Excercise 31 White to move Solution 31 Garry Kasparov (2740) - Anatoly Karpov (2705) London/Leningrad World Championship1986 30.♘d4! ♖xd4 30...♘d7 31.♖xf7 ♖xf7 32.♕d8+! (32.♖xf7? ♕c1+ 33.♔h2 ♕c7+ ) 32...♔g7 33.♘e6+ ♔h6 34.♕g5# 31.♕xe5 31.♕xe5 ♖d2 32.♕e7 ♖dd8 33.♖xf7 ♖xf7 34.♖xf7 ♔g8 35.e4 White wins Excercise 32 White to move Solution 32 Garry Kasparov (2595) - Eugenio Torre (2520) Baku 1980 51.♘xe5! dxe5 52.♗xe5 ♘d6 52...♖a3+ 53.♔g4 ♘d7 54.♗b2+ White wins 53.f6+ ♔d7 54.♗xd6 ♔xd6 55.♖e6+ ♔c7 56.f7 and White won. Excercise 33 White to move Solution 33 Garry Kasparov (2630) - Leonid Yurtaev (2380) Moscow 1981 28.g6! hxg6 29.♖xe6 fxe6 29...♕xe6 30.♕h6 White wins 30.♕h6 ♖b7 30...♖b7 31.♖g1 ♖h7 32.♕xg6+ ♔h8 33.f7 ♕f8 34.♕f6+ ♖g7 35.♖xg7 ♕xg7 36.♕xd8+ White wins Excercise 34 White to move Solution 34 Garry Kasparov (2813) - Alexei Shirov (2726) Izmir EU-Cup 2004 39.♘f7+! ♔g8 40.♘f4 Excercise 35 White to move Solution 35 Garry Kasparov (2847) - Ruslan Ponomariov (2734) Linares 2003 43.♖f6! ♘xf6 43...♘xf6 44.gxf6 ♖f8 (44...♔f8 45.♘h6 ) 45.f7+ ♖xf7 46.♘h6+ White wins Excercise 36 White to move Solution 36 Garry Kasparov (2838) - Evgeny Vladimirov (2612) Batumi rapid 2001 23.♘h7! ♗xd5 23...♔xh7 24.♕h6+ ♔g8 25.♕xg6+ ♔h8 26.♕h6+ ♔g8 27.♖e3 White wins 24.♕h6+ White wins 24.♕h6+ ♔g8 25.♗g5 ♗xe4 and Black resigned.
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