13-year-old Garry Kasparov smashes the Sämisch – Tbilisi 1976

How did the mind of 13-year-old Garry Kasparov work over the chessboard? The future world chess champion was certainly dynamic in this featured game against Smbat Lputian from the Caucasus Youth Games of 1976, held in Tbilisi, Georgia. Kasparov, playing the King’s Indian Defense, faced the Sämisch variation where Lputian prioritized queenside play over kingside deployment. Once lines were pried open, a must know thematic sacrifice followed which could only have been played confidently after having calculated both deeply and accurately.

PGN:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 Nc6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Rb8
8.Rb1 O-O 9.b4 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.Nge2 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nxd4
exd4 14.Bxd4 Re8 15.Be2 c5 16.bxc5 Nxe4 17.fxe4 Qh4+ 18.g3
Rxb1+ 19.Kf2 Rb2 20.gxh4 Rxd2 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Ke3 Rc2 23.Kd3
Rxc3+ 24.Kxc3 dxc5 25.Bd3 Bb7 26.Re1 Re5 27.a4 f5 28.Rb1 Bxe4
29.Rb6 f4 30.Rxa6 f3 31.Bf1 Bf5 32.Ra7+ Kh6 33.Kd2 f2 34.Be2
Bg4 35.Bd3 Re1 36.Rf7 Bf5 37.a5 Bxd3 38.Rxf2 Rf1

Software used in video:
Blitzin via https://www.chessclub.com

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