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Garry Kasparov
Kasparov’s e-pawn runs through Anand’s position at Linares in 1993.
The idea
Kasparov’s e-pawn runs through Anand’s position, Linares 1993.
- The pawn on e5 steps to e6.
- There it attacks the rook on d7 and the pawn on f7.
- The rook on d7 must move, and then the pawn can go on to e7.
In a game: A pawn that attacks something each time it moves up gains time for its next step.
How the lesson begins
Garry Kasparov was born in Baku in 1963. In 1985 he beat Anatoly Karpov to become world champion at 22, the youngest until then; their five matches have a lesson of their own. He lost his classical world title to Vladimir Kramnik in London in 2000 and retired from professional chess in 2005.
He played with energy: open lines, active pieces and pawns that run. Here he has White against Viswanathan Anand at Linares in 1993.
A Slav Defence. White builds a centre with the e-pawn and the d-pawn, and later the e-pawn reaches e5.
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. e4 The e-pawn moves up to e4.
- 14... c5 15. d5 The d-pawn moves up to d5.
- 15... Ne5 16. Be2 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc6 19. Bc4 Nd4 20. Qd3 Rcd8 21. Be3 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Qc4 Rd7 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Rd1 Ne6 26. Qb3 a5 27. Rd3 Nf4 28. e5 The e-pawn moves up to e5.
- 28... Qf5
Find the move
Black’s knight on f4 attacks your rook on d3 and your bishop on d5. Take it.
A hint
Which piece can take on f4?
Show the answer
29. Bxf4
29.Bxf4 Anand took back with the queen, 29...Qxf4, and now the e-pawn can move on.