Garry Kasparov's Amazing Grünfeld Defense

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Garry Kasparov was known as a chess player with virtually no weaknesses. His games are characterised by a dynamic style of play with a focus on tactics, depth of strategy, subtle calculation and original opening ideas. The Grünfeld Defense is a cousin of the King's Indian Defense, and it usually allows White to build an imposing central pawn duo. It is a hypermodern opening that shows in stark terms how a large pawn centre can either be a powerful battering ram or a target for attack.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:12 Game 1
03:53 Game 2
09:22 Game 3
16:22 Game 4
21:17 Game 5
26:06 Game 6

Game 1: Tal Shaked (2500) vs Garry Kasparov (2820), Tilburg 1997
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rb1 b6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Be2 Bc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. f3 O-O 15. h4 h5 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. d5 Ne5 19. Bb1 Nc4 20. Qf4 Be5 0-1

Game 2: Hannu Wegner (2370) vs Garry Kasparov (2740), Hamburg 1987
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. Qb4 Qc7 11. Na4 a5 12. Qc4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. f3 Be6 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. a3 Bd7 18. Bc4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Nc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Ke2 Qxa1 22. Qb3 e6 23. Rf1 Qe5 0-1

Game 3: Robert Hübner (2620) vs Garry Kasparov (2740), Brussels 1986
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. e4 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bxb5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxb5 13. Ndxb5 a6 14. Na3 Qd4 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Qe2 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Ngxe5 18. O-O Nd3 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Kf1 f5 22. Ke2 Nce5 23. Na4 Rd6 24. Be3 f4 25. Bc5 f3+ 26. gxf3 Nf4+ 27. Ke3 Rf6 28. Bxe7 Ng2+ 29. Ke2 Rxf3 30. Bd6 Nf4+ 31. Kf1 Ng4 32. Rd2 Re8 33. Nc4 Nxh2+ 34. Kg1 Ng4 35. Rf1 Bd4 36. Bc5 Rg3+ 37. Kh1 Rh3+ 38. Kg1 Nh2 0-1

Game 4: Gerald Hertneck (2605) vs Garry Kasparov (2805), Munich 1994
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 b6 13. d5 Na6 14. Be3 f5 15. e5 f4 16. Bd4 Bf5 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Bc4 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Rfc8 21. d6+ Kf8 22. Ng5 exd6 23. Nxh7+ Ke8 24. Bb5+ Kd8 25. Rd1 dxe5 26. Bc3 Rxc3 27. Kxc3+ Ke7 28. Ng5 Rc8+ 29. Kb3 Bc2+ 0-1

Game 5: Ariel Sorin (2460) vs Garry Kasparov (2820), Buenos Aires 1997
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Be2 a6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. O-O Bf5 14. Re1 Bd3 15. Nb3 Bf5 16. Nd2 Bd3 17. g4 Rc7 18. Nb3 cxb3 19. Qxd3 c5 20. Bg3 e5 21. axb5 c4 22. Qe4 axb5 23. Ra8 Qe7 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. e6 Nc5 26. exf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qa8 Ra7 29. Qc6 Ra6 30. Qd5 b2 0-1

Game 6: Maxim Dlugy (2545) vs Garry Kasparov (2760), World Blitz Championship 1988
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bb5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. d5 Bxb5 16. Rxb5 a6 17. Bb6 Qd6 18. Rb1 Nc4 19. Bd4 b5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. a4 Qc5+ 22. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Nd2 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nc6 e6 26. Rxb5 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 exd5 28. exd5 Rc7 29. Ke2 Ra8 30. Rb2 Rd7 31. Rd2 Re8+ 32. Kf2 h5 33. h4 Kf6 34. Kg3 Rd6 35. Kf4 Rc8 36. Ke3 g5 37. hxg5+ Kxg5 38. Ke4 Rcxc6 0-1

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