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Better than Kasparov’s Immortal!? – Gata Kamsky vs Vladimir Kramnik – Semi-Slav, Botvinnik Variation

The Intel World Chess Championship Quarterfinal Matches were organized by the PCA and held at the Trump Tower in New York City. The matches were opened by Donald Trump, an American real estate and casino developer.

The games were played at a time control of 40 moves in two hours, followed by 20 moves in one hour. If a game continued beyond 60 moves, the players were each given an extra half hour for the rest of the game.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “PCA Candidates Quarter-final”]
[Site “New York, NY USA”]
[Date “1994.06.??”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Gata Kamsky (?)”]
[Black “Vladimir Kramnik (?)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D44”]
[Opening “Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 { D44 Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation } hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6?! { (0.09 → 0.66) Inaccuracy. Qc7 was best. } (13… Qc7 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Bg2 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 b4 17. Nd1 Qd7 18. Ne3 O-O-O 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Bxb7+) 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Ne5?! { (0.15 → 1.08) Inaccuracy. Nb8 was best. } (17… Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Rfc1 c3 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Nxc3) 18. axb4? { (1.08 → -0.08) Mistake. Qe2 was best. } (18. Qe2 Nd3) 18… cxb4 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. dxc6? { (0.09 → -1.20) Mistake. Qd2 was best. } (20. Qd2) 20… Rxd4 21. cxb7+ Kc7?? { (-1.05 → 1.60) Blunder. Kb8 was best. } (21… Kb8 22. Be3) 22. Be3 e5 23. Nc3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bc5 25. cxd4 Bxd4 26. Rfb1 Qc5 27. Ra6 Rb8? { (1.63 → 3.07) Mistake. c3 was best. } (27… c3 28. Rc6+ Qxc6 29. Bxc6 c2 30. Rc1 Kxc6 31. Rxc2+ Kxb7 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Rd2 Rd8 34. Kf1) 28. Bc1 c3 29. Ba3 Qc4 30. Bd6+ Kd7 31. Bc6+ Ke6?? { (2.91 → 9.33) Blunder. Qxc6 was best. } (31… Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxb7 33. Rc7+ Rxc7 34. Bxc7 Kxc7 35. g4 Kd6 36. g5 a5 37. Ra1 a4 38. Rxa4) 32. Bb5 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qd4+ 34. Kf1 Qe4 35. Re1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qxh2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb7 38. Bxe5+ Rb6?! { (15.29 → Mate in 22) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd5 was best. } (38… Kd5 39. Bc6+) 39. Bc4+ Kd7 40. Rxa7+ Kc8 41. Rc7+ { Black resigns. } 1-0

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(3/4) I missed one very likely obvious winning move.
Here I played Bg2? but I should just play Qh6!
For some reason I had missed ...Qxh6 Bxh6 ...Nxc3 a3! Which is game over.
In the end I lost 😔 after Johann played excellently.

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