2000

Date

Description and implications

Result

2000-Jan

Wijk aan Zee, Holland

Date: Jan 15-30 2000

			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pts
1	Kasparov	2851	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	9½
2	Kramnik	2758	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	8
3	Leko	2725	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	8
4	Anand	2769	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	8
5	Morozevich	2748	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	7½
6	Adams	2715	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	0	1	½	½	½	1	7
7	Piket	2633	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	0	1	0	0	1	½	6½
8	Timman	2655	0	½	½	½	1	0	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	6½
9	Nikolic	2659	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	6
10	Short	2683	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	5½
11	Polgar	2658	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	0	*	½	0	½	5
12	Kortchnoi	2659	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	5
13	Lputian	2605	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	1	*	½	4½
14	Van Wely	2646	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	4

Kasparov vs. Morozevich
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Ng4 15.a5 fxg3 16.hxg3 a6
17.Ra4 Ndf6 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 h5 20.Kf1 Kb8 21.Kg2 Be7 22.Nxe7 Qxe7 23.Bf3 Ne5 24.Bxh5 Qe6
25.Qc3 f6 26.Rah4 Qf5 27.Bf3 Rxh4 28.Rxh4 Qb1 29.Rh1 Rd1 30.Rxd1 Qxd1 31.b4 Kc7 32.Qc5 Qd6
33.Qxd6+ Kxd6 34.Be4 Nc4 35.Bd3 Nb2 36.f4 Nd1 37.g4 Ne3+ 38.Kf3 Nd5 39.Ke4 Nxb4 40.Bc4 c5
41.g5 fxg5 42.fxg5 Ke7 43.Kf5 Nc2 44.Ke5 Ne3 45.Be6 c4 1-0

Kasparov vs. Timman
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Bb4 11.Bd2 Ba6 12.b3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 d5 14.Qh4 dxc4 15.Be2 Nd5 16.Bxc4 g5 17.Qd4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Nf4 19.Qxe6+ Nxe6 20.0-0-0 Ke7 21.Rhe1 Rhd8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Re4 Rd5 24.Kc2 c5 25.Ra4 Nd4+ 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Rxa7 Kd7 28.Kd3 Rxe5 29.Ra4 c5 30.b4 Ke6 31.Ra6+ Kf5 32.b5 Rd5 33.Rc6 c4+ 34.Kxc4 d3 35.Kxd5 d2 36.g4+ 1-0

Kasparov vs. Polgar
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 11.Bc4 Qb6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Nde2 Qxb2 14.Bb3 Qa3 15.f4 Nc6 16.Kh1 Be6 17.Qd3 Rac8 18.fxg5 hxg5 19.Nd5 Rfe8 20.Rad1 Nb4 21.Qf3 Nbxd5 22.exd5 Bd7 23.c3 a5 24.Qd3 a4 25.Bc2 Qc5 26.Rxf6 exf6 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Nd4 Re5 29.Bxe5 fxe5 30.Ne6+ Bxe6 31.dxe6 Rc7 32.Bxa4 d5 33.Qf5 Qc4 34.Bd7 Qf4 35.Qb1 fxe6 36.Bxe6 Ke7 37.Bxd5 Rd7 38.c4 Qe3 39.Qh7 Kd8 40.Rb1 Qf4 41.Be6 Re7 42.Bg4 Rf7 43.Qd3+ Qd4 44.Qg6 1-0

Kortschnoj vs. Kasparov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 0-0 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.d5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Na5 12.Bd4 Qd6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.f4 Qf6 15.Qd2 c6 16.dxc6 Rfd8 17.Qe3 Nac4 18.Qc5 Rac8 19.c7 Rd7 20.Bxc4 Rcxc7 21.Qg5 Rxc4 22.Qxf6+ Kxf6 23.Rc1 Rcd4 24.b3 Rd3 25.Ke2 Rd2+ 26.Kf3 R7d3+ 27.Kg2 e6 28.Rhe1 Ke7 29.f5 Nd7 30.fxe6 fxe6 31.Kf1 Ne5 32.Re2 g5 33.Na4 Rd1+ 34.Re1 Rxe1+ 35.Kxe1 Rd7 36.Ke2 Nd3 37.Rc3 Nf4+ 38.Kf3 Kf6 39.Nc5 Rc7 40.h4 e5 41.hxg5+ Kxg5 42.Rc4 b5 43.Rc1 b4 44.Rc4 a5 45.Na4 Rf7 46.Ke3 Ng2+ 47.Ke2 Nf4+ 48.Ke3 h5 49.Rc5 Ng2+ 50.Ke2 h4 51.Rxe5+ Kg4 52.Re8 Nf4+ 53.Ke3 h3 54.f3+ Kh4 0-1

Nikolic vs. Kasparov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Nb5 Qc4 11.a4 0-0 12.b3 Qg4 13.Be3 Be6 14.Nxc7 Rad8 15.Qb1 Bxa1 16.Qxa1 Bxb3 17.a5 Nc4 18.Bh6 Qd4 19.Nd5 Qxa1 20.Nxe7+ Kh8 21.Rxa1 Rfe8 22.Bg5 Rd6 23.Nd5 Rxe2 24.Bf6+ Rxf6 25.Nxf6 Kg7 26.a6 bxa6 27.Nd7 a5 28.Nc5 a4 29.Nxa4 Re5 30.Nc3 Nd2 31.f4 Rc5 32.Ne2 a5 33.Kf2 Bc4 34.Ke3 Nb3 35.Ra3 Rc8 36.Nc3 Re8+ 37.Kf2 Rd8 38.Bf1 Be6 39.Be2 Rc8 40.Ne4 Bd5 41.Nd6 Rc6 42.Nb5 Rc1 43.Ke3 Re1 44.Kf2 Rc1 45.Ke3 Re1 46.Kf2 Ra1 47.Rxa1 Nxa1 48.Ke3 Nb3 49.Bd1 Kf6 50.Kd3 Nc5+ 51.Kd4 Bb3 52.Bf3 Nd7 53.Nd6 Ke6 54.Nb7 a4 55.Kc3 Nf6 56.Nc5+ Kf5 57.Nxb3 axb3 58.Kxb3 Ng4 59.h3 Ne3 60.Be2 Ke4 61.Kc3 Nf5 62.Bc4 Nxg3 63.Bxf7 Ne2+ 64.Kd2 Nxf4 65.h4 Kf3 0-1

1st with 9.5 points

2000-Feb

Linares

Date: February 26-March 10 2000

		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Kramnik	2758	**	½½	½½	1½	½½	1½	6
2	Kasparov	2851	½½	**	½½	½½	1½	1½	6
3	Leko	2725	½½	½½	**	½0	½½	½½	4½
4	Khalifman	2656	0½	½½	½1	**	½0	½½	4½
5	Anand	2769	½½	0½	½½	½1	**	0½	4½
6	Shirov	2751	0½	0½	½½	½½	1½	**	4½

Implications and drama
Kramnik's excellent results make him a worthy PCA challenger for the October 2000 PCA match

Tied for first place with Kramnik

(+2=8)

2000-May

Sarejevo 2000

Implications and Drama

Defeated Bacrot after tying him in knots positionally, Kasparov doubled rooks against g6 and then played Bxh5

Kasparov played 39 Bxh5!
If Rxh5 then Rxh5 gxh5 e6+! Kf7 e7+! winning
39..gxh5 meets the same fate

Kasparov,G (2851) - Bacrot,E (2594) [C45]

Bosna SuperGM Sarajevo BIH (1), 17.05.2000

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 g6 10.f4 Qb4+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Qe4 f5 13.Qf3 Qd4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Bb4 16.Rc1 Bxc3+ 17.Rxc3 0–0–0 18.c5 Bb7 19.Qe3 Qxe3+ 20.Rxe3 d6 21.Bc4 Kd7 22.h4 d5 23.Bd3 h5 24.Rg3 Rh6 25.b4 Ke6 26.Kd2 Ra8 27.Rb1 a6 28.Rb3 Kf7 29.Ra3 Rhh8 30.Rg5 Rh6 31.Kc3 Rb8 32.Ra5 Ra8 33.Kd4 Rhh8 34.Bc2 Rab8 35.Bd3 Ra8 36.Be2 Rhb8 37.Ra3 Rh8 38.Rag3 Rag8 39.Bxh5 (diagram) 1–0

Kasparov played an interesting exchange sacrifice against Gurevich from the following position:-

Kasparov played Rxd5

Kasparov,G (2851) - Gurevich,M (2694) [C11]

Bosna SuperGM Sarajevo BIH (3), 19.05.2000

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 a6 8.g3 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rfd1 Bd5 13.c3 f5 14.Ned2 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Nf1 Qc7 17.Rxd5 (diagram) exd5 18.Ne3 Bf6 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Ne4 21.Nxd5 Qd6 22.Ne3 Qf6 23.Qh5 Rad8 24.Nxf5 Nd6 25.Ne3 Qxd4 26.Rd1 Qg7 27.Rd5 Kh8 28.Qd1 Nb7 29.b4 Rxd5 30.Qxd5 Nd8 31.Qd6 Ne6 32.Qxa6 Nd4 33.h4 f5 34.Nd5 Ne2+ 35.Kf1 f4 36.Kxe2 fxg3 37.Qd6 Qb2+ [37...Rxf2+ 38.Ke3 Rxg2 39.Qd8+ Qg8 40.Qf6+ Qg7 with a draw by perpetual] 38.Kd3 Rxf2 39.Qb8+ Kg7 40.Qxg3+ Kh8 41.Qb8+ Kg7 42.Qc7+ Kf8 43.Qe7+ Kg8 44.Qg5+ Kh8 45.Be4 Qc2+ 46.Kd4 Qd2+ 47.Kc5 Qxg5 48.hxg5 Rxa2 49.Kxb5 Re2 50.Nc3 Re3 51.Kc4 Rg3 52.b5 Rxg5 53.b6 1–0

An short series of tactics occured against Sokolov from the following position:-

Sokolov has just played Nxg3 and Kasparov played Nc6

Kasparov,G (2851) - Sokolov,I (2637) [C42]

Bosna SuperGM Sarajevo BIH (5), 21.05.2000

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0–0 Nc6 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0–0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Bf4 Ne7 15.Qb3 b6 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Be5 Bg4 18.Rad1 Be7 19.h3 Bh5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Bg3 Nf6 22.Ne5 Ne4 23.Bf3 Nxg3 24.Nc6 (diagram) Qd6 25.Nxe7+ Kh8 26.Bxa8 1–0

Kasparov defeated Bareev by heading towards an advantageous rook and pawn ending.

Kasparov has just played Qe5 accelerating to the endgame

Kasparov,G (2851) - Bareev,E (2709) [C11]

Bosna SuperGM Sarajevo BIH (9), 26.05.2000

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 Be7 10.Qc3 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Bd3 Qd6 13.Kb1 Rd8 14.h4 a5 15.Qe1 Bd7 16.Ng5 h6 17.Bh7+ Kf8 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Nxf6 Qxf6 20.Be4 Bc6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Qe5 Qxe5 23.dxe5 Rd5 24.Rde1 Rb8 25.Re2 Ke7 26.c3 f6 27.exf6+ gxf6 28.Kc2 Rg8 29.g3 e5 30.Rhe1 Ke6 31.Re4 Kf5 32.Rc4 Rd6 33.Re3 h5 34.Rf3+ Ke6 35.Rd3 Rxd3 36.Kxd3 Kd6 37.b3 f5 38.Ra4 c5 39.Rxa5 Rg4 40.Ra4 f4 41.Ke2 1–0

Against Georgiev, Kasparov played a deep pawn sacrifice from the following position:-

Nc4 was played by Kasparov allowing Qxc5
Kasparov then played Na5-c6 which won material

(60) Kasparov,G (2851) - Georgiev,K (2677) [B90]

Bosna SuperGM Sarajevo BIH (10), 27.05.2000

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.f3 g6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a4 bxa4 10.Nxa4 Bg7 11.Be2 Bb7 12.c4 0–0 13.0–0 Nc5 14.b4 e5 15.bxc5 exd4 16.Bg5 Re8 17.cxd6 Qxd6 18.c5 Qc6 19.Bc4 Bc8 20.Nb6 Ra7 21.Rfc1 Nd7 22.Bd5 Qc7 23.Nc4 (diagram) Qxc5 24.Na5 Qf8 25.Nc6 h6 26.Bh4 Rc7 27.Be7 Rxc6 28.Bxf8 Rxc1+ 29.Rxc1 Nxf8 30.Qf4 Be6 31.Rc7 Bxd5 32.exd5 f5 33.d6 Rd8 34.Qh4 1–0

Kasparov played a brilliant exchange sacrifice against Movesian from the following position:-

Rxc3 was played which seemed
to ensure Black's attack came much
quicker than Whites

(62) Movsesian,S (2668) - Kasparov,G (2851) [B80]

Bosna SuperGM Sarajevo BIH (11), 29.05.2000

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.0–0–0 Bb7 10.g4 Nb6 11.Qf2 Nfd7 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Rxc3 (diagram) 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.Ne2 Be7 16.g5 0–0 17.h4 Na4 18.Bc1 Ne5 19.h5 d5 20.Qh2 Bd6 21.Qh3 Nxd3 22.cxd3 b4 23.cxb4 Rc8 24.Ka1 dxe4 25.fxe4 Bxe4 26.g6 Bxh1 27.Qxh1 Bxb4 28.gxf7+ Kf8 29.Qg2 Rb8 30.Bb2 Nxb2 31.Nd4 Nxd1 32.Nxe6+ Kxf7 0–1

1st with 8.5 points

2000-Jun

Fujitsu-Siemens Giants
Date: Jun 16-25th 2000
Location: Frankfurt

Drama and Implications

A nice win against Shirov (2751). From the following position, Shirov played the natural looking Bc6:-

To which Kasparov played Nxe6 followed by Bxg6.

Kasparov,G (2851) - Shirov,A (2751) [C11]

Fujitsu-Siemens Giants Frankfurt GER (3), 23.06.2000

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.h4 0–0 9.Bd3 c5 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.Qe4 g6 12.0–0–0 Qa5 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Nh5 15.a3 Rd8 16.Qe3 Bd7 17.g4 Nf6 18.Qf4 Nd5 19.Qh6 Nf6 20.Ng5 Bc6 (diagram) 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Qxg6+ Kh8 24.Qxf6+ Kh7 25.Rhe1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qc5 27.g5 Rf8 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Qxe6+ Kg7 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qe6+ Kg7 34.Rd6 Be8 35.Qe7+ 1–0

Kasparov also showed some nice endgame technique against Leko. Kasparov reached the following knight vs Bishop ending where he played h5:-

Leko,P (2725) - Kasparov,G (2851) [B52]

Fujitsu-Siemens Giants Frankfurt GER (2), 22.06.2000

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0–0 Nf6 6.Re1 Nc6 7.b3 g6 8.c3 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nbd2 Nc3 13.Qc2 Nb5 14.Qc5 Nc7 15.Nf1 0–0 16.Qc3 f6 17.Bb2 Ne6 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.Qd2 f5 20.h3 h6 21.Nh4 Qe8 22.Ne3 Rd8 23.f4 Nxf4 24.Nexf5 g5 25.Rf1 Qh5 26.Kh2 gxh4 27.Qxf4 e6 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.Qg4+ Qxg4 30.hxg4 Rxf1 31.Rxf1 Rf8 32.Rf3 Rxf3 33.gxf3 Nb4 34.Kh3 Nxa2 35.f4 Kg6 36.Kxh4 Nb4 37.Kg3 Nc6 38.Kf3 h5 (diagram) 39.gxh5+ Kxh5 40.Bc3 Kg6 41.Kg4 a5 42.Bb2 b5 43.Bc3 a4 44.bxa4 bxa4 45.f5+ exf5+ 46.Kf4 Nd8 47.Bb2 Ne6+ 48.Kf3 Kg5 0–1

Against the up and coming star Morozevich, Kasparov came through with a crushing attack from the following position:-

Morozevich has just played the natural looking Bd3, and Kasparov played the brilliant Nb3+

Morozevich,A (2748) - Kasparov,G (2851) [A00]

Fujitsu-Siemens Giants Frankfurt GER (10), 25.06.2000

1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qh4 Nf6 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.0–0–0 Be6 8.Bd2 g6 9.e4 d4 10.e5 Ng4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.h3 Bg7 13.hxg4 Bxe5 14.a3 Rc8 15.Bd3 (diagram) Nb3+ 16.cxb3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Rxc3+ 18.Kb1 Rxb3 19.Qh2 Qc3 20.Qb8+ Bc8 21.Rd2 0–0 22.Qh2 h5 23.Rhd1 Bxg4 24.f3 Be6 25.g4 hxg4 26.fxg4 Bxg4 27.Rg1 Rxb2+ 28.Rxb2 Qxd3+ 29.Qc2 Qd7 30.Qd2 Qxd2 31.Rxd2 Bf3 32.Kb2 Bc6 33.Kc3 Kg7 34.Kb4 e5 35.a4 a6 36.a5 e4 37.Kc5 Re8 38.Re1 Re6 39.Kd4 f5 40.Rh2 Kf6 41.Rh8 Rd6+ 42.Kc5 Rd5+ 43.Kb6 Rb5+ 44.Kc7 Rxa5 0–1

Leko was the only player who managed to beat Kasparov in this event on time

Kasparov,G (2851) - Leko,P (2725) [D97]

Fujitsu-Siemens Giants Frankfurt GER (7), 24.06.2000

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0–0 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5 10.Qb6 Qxb6 11.cxb6 Nbd7 12.Be2 Nxb6 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.f3 e5 16.Nc6 bxc6 17.Bxc5 Rd8 18.Kf2 Be6 19.Rhd1 Nd7 20.Be3 Bf8 21.Rd2 f5 22.Rad1 Be7 23.g3 Kf7 24.b3 a5 25.Rc2 Nf6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Na4 Bd5 29.Bb6 Ra8 30.Bc5 Nd7 31.Bxe7 Kxe7 32.Ke3 Kd6 33.Bd3 f4+ 34.gxf4 exf4+ 35.Kxf4 Rf8+ 36.Kg5 Ne5 37.Bxh7 Nxf3+ 38.Kh6 Rf4 39.Re2 Rh4+ 40.Kg7 Nxh2 41.Nc3 Nf3 42.Ne4+ Kc7 43.Nf6 Nd4 44.Nxd5+ cxd5 45.Rd2 Kd6 46.Bd3 Ne6+ 47.Kf6 Rf4+ 0–1

2nd to Anand

(6/10)

2000-Oct

In October, Kasparov lost the Braingames.net organised World championship match against Kramnik

Kasparov at the time of writing is the highest rated FIDE player in the World and is not just a "flash in the pan" champion. His continuing excellent results this year shows that he is still very much a dominant force in the game!