CHESS
After his fine start Gary Kasparov appears to have cracked up and is omi- nously losing the kind of game which cost him so many points during the disastrous first nine of the previous match. As Black he was saddled with a weak, isolated Queen's Pawn in game 4, highly reminis- cent of games 7 and 9 from 1984; while in game 5, Kasparov gave up a pawn for nebulous attacking chances and eventually succumbed to an extra Black pawn on the 0-side. This was sadly redolent of game 6 from last year and I wonder whether Kasparov has not fallen prey to his old disease of over-confidence.
After game 5 with the score at:
Karpov 0 1/2 1/2 1 1 Kasparov 0 0
Kasparov took his first time-out. This week
Position after 39 Qe5
Super K
Raymond Keene
I give Karpov's two wins with diarist comments supplied to me by David Good- man, direct from the Grandmaster analysis centre in Moscow:
Karpov-Kasparov: Game 4, 12-13 September; Queen's Gambit Declined.
After the diagram position the game continued: 39. . . Rd8 40 Q13 Kg8 41 Qe6+ Kh8 42 Qg6 Kg8 43 Qe6+ Kh8 44 Bf5 Qc3 45 Qg6 Kg8 46 Be6+ Kh8 47 Bf5 Kg8 48 g3 Kf8 49 Kg2 Qf6 50 Qh7 Qf7 51 h4 Bd2 52 Rdl Bc3 53 Rd3 Rd6 54 Rf3 Ke7 55 Qh8 d4 56 Qc8 Rf6 57 Qc5+ Ke8 58 Rf4 Qb7+ 59 Re4+ Kf7 60 Qc4+ Kf8 61 Bh7 R17 62 Qe6 Qd7 63 Qe5 Black resigns.
'Overnight analysis had convinced experts that the position was very bad for Kasparov and almost certainly lost. 39. . . Rd8 was a big mistake. 39. . . Bf6 followed by . . .Bd4 seems tenable. If 55 Re3+ Kd8 56 Qh8+ Ke7 and Black might escape. 55 Qh8 finishes the game. If 59. . . Re6 60 Qc4 and Qg8+ . Karpov's first win against Kasparov for 25 games. Grandmaster Gufeld said: "Karpov's genius lies with this kind of strategic technique".'
Kasparov — Karpov: Game 5, 14 September; Ruy Lopez.
'Equal applause for both players, Kasparov appearing first as usual. Klara, Gary's mother, sits in her usual seat in the fourth row on the 4r left. When Gary was doing badly in the last match she moved to the press balcony at the back and watched through opera glasses. Will she do the same now? The first 10 or 20 moves came quickly from both players but Gary looked up at Karpov after 2 Nf3. After 11 moves times were: Kasparov 5 minutes; Karpov 15. Karpov
spent only 6 minutes on 12. Qd7, and 15. • • Na5 was obviously prepared and an improve- ment over his 15. . . Nd8 from game 46last time. The Grandmasters criticised 19 dxc6 and 20 c5 as giving up the central tension too early. Better perhaps 19 Nh2 to g4. Maybe 20 Qe2!? Anyway, 20 c5 was played immediately; 22 bxc5 was also not good and better to capture on e5. Suddenly it looked worse for Gary and GMs spent a long time looking at ways to stop Karpov's pieces from reactivating. The key position came when Kasparov thought 32 mi- nutes on 25 Nb3. Maybe 25 Qbl, or 25 Qal. The press room was amazed by 26 Bal played after less than 10 minutes' thought. It seems to have been a blunder and Karpov gave him no counterplay once the pawn was lost. Kasparov screwed his elbows to the table, sat rigid, almost like a statue but with his right leg shaking from time to time, searching for counterplay. Karpov walked around a little but used all his remaining time to avoid complications. On adjournment Kasparov resigned without resuming.' 1 e4e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Bel 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 h3 Bb7 10 d4 Re8 11 Nbd2 Bf8 12 a4 Qd7 13 axb5 axb5 14 Rxa8 BxaS 15 d5 Na5 16 Ba2 c6 17 b4 Nb7 18 c4 Rc8 19 dxc6 Qxc6 20 c5 Nd8 21 Bbl dxc5 22 bxc5 QxcS 23 BxeS Nd7 24 Bbl Qb4 25 Nb3 Nc5 26 Bal Bxe4 27 Nfd4 Ndb7 28 Qe2 Nd6 29 NxcS QxcS 30 0g4 Re8 31 Rdl Bg6 32 Qf4 Qb4 33 Qcl Be4 34 Rel Qa5 35 Bb3 Qa8 36 Qb2 b4 37 Re3 Bg6 38 RxeS QxeS 39 Qcl Ne4 40 Bd5 Nc5 41 Nb3 White resigns.
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