[Event "30th olm final"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1992.06.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry RUS"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag BIH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[Annotator "Chandler,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 {This game deservedly won Kasparov the Olympiad brilliancy prize of 
50. 000 pesos (around DM 2.800,-). It is a pity he was named as one of the
judges.} 1...d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 $5 $146 {It is
hardly to believe, that this is a theoretical novelty, but there is no 
mention in ECO or my laptop computer.} 
    ( 6.Nd2 )
6...Qxe5 7.Ng3 Qd6 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Qc2 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.e3 dxe3 {Here 
Kasparov sank into thought, which appeared to some onlookers to be a waste
of precious minutes. Why not immediately play the obvious 12.Bxe3 and see,
where Black's queen goes, before thinking?} 12.fxe3 {The question was 
answered. Remarkable. White deliberately gives himself an isolated e-pawn.
} 12...Qc7 13.Bc3 Bg4 {Alternative ways of to develop are not easy to 
find.} 
    ( 13...Na6 14.a3 Nc5 15.b4 $1 Ne6 16.Nf5 $16 )
14.Bd3 Nbd7 15.Bf5 Bxf5 16.Nxf5 Rfe8 17.Nxg7 $3 {A tremendous sacrifice, 
reminiscent of the play of Mikhail Tal.} 17...Kxg7 18.Qf5 $1 Nf8 {The most
logical way to meet 19.Rxd7. Black can meet 19.Qg5 with 19...Ng6.} 
    ( 18...Rad8 19.Qg5+ Kf8 20.Ne5 $1 {Very strong} 20...Nc5 21.Qh6+ Kg8 
    22.Ng4 $18 )
    ( 18...Kf8 19.Qg5 $1 {/\ Ne5, Qh6, Ne5-g4} 
        ( 19.Ne5 $6 Nc5 $5 )
    )
19.h4 $1 {/\ 20.Qg5 Ng6 21.h5} 19...h6 20.g4 Qc8 $1 {Seeking salvation in 
a queen exchange. White will be left with a positional advantage due to 
the akward Black knight on h7, but the game is far from over.} 21.Qxc8 
Raxc8 22.g5 Nh7 23.e4 Rcd8 24.Rdf1 Kf8 25.gxf6 Bxf6 26.e5 Bg7 27.Rhg1 c5 
28.Kc2 $5 {An all-purpose move, stopping ...Rd3 and removing the king from
the h6-c1 diagonal.} 
    ( 28.Rg4 h5 $5 29.Rf4 $2 Bh6 )
28...Re6 29.Rg4 Bh8 30.b4 b6 31.bxc5 bxc5 32.Rb1 Ra6 33.Rb2 $5 {/\ 34.Rf4 
/\ 35.Rb7} 
    ( 33.Rb7 {Tempting} 33...Rxa2+ 34.Kb3 Ra6 $1 35.e6 $2 Rxe6 $1 36.Bxh8 
    Rd3+ {/\ 37...Rd3xf3} 37.Ka4 )
33...Bg7 $2 {After this the combinations work.} 
    ( 33...Rb6 {Could be tried} 34.Rb5 $1 Rxb5 35.cxb5 {Sets White up with
    a potentially decisive outside passed pawn.} )
34.Rb7 $1 Rxa2+ 35.Kb3 Ra6 36.e6 $1 Rxe6 
    ( 36...Bxc3 37.e7+ Ke8 38.Rg8+ )
37.Rxg7 1-0

