Javier Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 It was back in 1997, and the following game shocked the chess world. Although computers were not as advanced as they are right now, a loss by Kasparov was not unthinkable at all. However, what took everyone by surprise was the way Kasparov went down in this game. Judge for yourself: Comp Deep Blue - Kasparov,G (2795) [b17] New York (m/6), 1997 <p> } 7. N1f3 {This is one of the critical moments of the game. 7...Bd6 is</p> <p> considered best here. Kasparovs choice is very risky. A lot of games had been</p> <p> won by white until then from this very position after whites sacrifice, not</p> <p> to mention the fact that computers are at their best in this type of positions.</p> <p> Kasparovs choice was simply unbilievable for most Grandmasters all over the</p> <p> world. Why was he playing this defence? And why such an incredibly suspect</p> <p> variation? and this is precisely the center of the controversy, was Kasparov</p> <p> throwing the game and, at the same time, telling the world that there had to</p> <p> be a reason for doing it, that theres no way he would play like this under</p> <p> normal circumstances?} h6 8. Nxe6 {Strong move} Qe7 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. Bf4 {</p> <p> The position is unclear. Blacks a piece up but his development is very poor</p> <p> and its very hard to see where his pieces are going to go. White doesnt need</p> <p> to get his material back inmediately, he can take it easy, piling up along the</p> <p> e-file, playing c4 perhaps, slowing building up his position. Theres no way</p> <p> Kasparov would walk into such a risky situation just like that...} b5 {</p> <p> At the time this was assessed as a bad move. Im not saying it isnt, I just</p> <p> think the position is bad for black no matter what he plays.} 12. a4 {strong move} Bb7 13.</p> <p> Re1 Nd5 14. Bg3 Kc8 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. Bf5 exf5 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19. c4</p> <p> {And here Kasparov resigned. 19. c4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nb4 {20... Kb7 21. Qa6 is mate} 21. Re1 Re8 22. Bd6 {22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxb4 +-} 22... Bxd6 23. Rxe8+ Kb7 24. Rxa8 Kxa8 25. Qe6} 1-0 ' margin=0 width=584 height=399 marginwidth=1 marginheight=1 name=pgnboard scrolling=no border=0 frameborder=0></p> But why would Kasparov want to throw a game like this? Certainly not money, he'd never do something like that. There are several theories. The only one I give some credit to is the one that claims that Kasparov's family was threatened by the Russian Mafia, who had bet very large amounts of money on this particular game... What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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