Featured is an excellent chess game between Garry Kasparov and Artur Yusupov from the 1981 USSR Championship, Frunze. In response to Yusupov’s Bogo-Indian Defense, Kasparov chooses to first block the check with Bd2 and then fianchetto the light-squared bishop. Shortly thereafter we observe a minor piece imbalance, were Kasparov gives Yusupov an unopposed dark-squared bishop. The ensuing battle revolves around this imbalance with Kasparov sacrificing a pawn in exchange for a monster pawn trio which grants him significant space. Kasparov’s star 31st move soon places Yusupov in a difficult only-move situation on the kingside that he was unable to solve.
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. a3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e3 Rae8 14. Nfd2 g5 15. Nc3 Bg7 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. f4 Ne7 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Qf2 c6 20. Nc3 gxf4 21. gxf4 Bxc4 22. e4 Nd6 23. Ne5 f5 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. b3 Nd6 26. e5 Nc8 27. Bf3 Kh7 28. Bh5 Re7 29. Kh1 Rg8 30. Rg1 Bh8 31. Ne4 fxe4 32. f5 Rg5 33. Rxg5 hxg5 34. f6 Kh6 35. fxe7 Qxe7 36. Bf7 d6 37. Rf1 g4 38. Bxe6 Qxe6 39. Qh4+ Kg7