Garry Kasparov's Incredible Queen's Gambit

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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 Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest known openings in chess and it is still commonly played today, with Kasparov as one of the opening's greatest exponents.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:12 Game 1
06:38 Game 2
13:26 Game 3
17:53 Game 4
22:45 Game 5
26:22 Game 6

Game 1: Garry Kasparov (2812) vs Anatoly Karpov (2619), Valencia September 22 2009
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Nge2 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 a5 13. Rad1 b6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qb8 16. N2c3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Ra7 21. Qd2 Nc5 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qxh6 f5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Rxf5 Ne4 27. Qh4 Re8 28. Rh5 f5 1-0

Game 2: Garry Kasparov (2595) vs Igor A Zaitsev (2490), Baku 1980
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Nxd5 Nxc5 14. Bc4 b5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bd5 Rac8 17. Kb1 Na4 18. Qe2 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc4 20. Rd4 Rfc8 21. Rhd1 Qg6+ 22. Qd3 Qxg2 23. Qf5 Rf8 24. Rd8 Rc7 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nd4 Re7 27. Nxb5 Rxe3 28. Nd6 Rf3 29. Qc8+ Ke7 30. Qe8+ Kf6 1-0

Game 3: Garry Kasparov (2815) vs Jean Netzer (2362), Colmar 1998
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O g5 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Qc2 g4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Kb8 17. Bf4+ Ka8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rxd4 20. Be3 Rdd8 21. Rac1 Bd6 22. Qa4 Bb8 23. Rfe1 Qd6 24. g3 h5 25. Rc6 Qe5 26. Ra6 Rd4 27. Qxd4 1-0

Game 4: Garry Kasparov (2838) vs Hahabis Nikolaos (2009), Patras 2001
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Qb6 10. Nc3 Bxf2+ 11. Rxf2 Ng4 12. e3 Nxf2 13. Qxf2 Be6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Na4 Qb4 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. a3 Qb6 20. Bf4 Re7 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Be5 Rf7 23. Qc2 O-O 24. Rf1 Qa6 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. h4 Rf8 27. Bh3 b5 28. Qc7 1-0

Game 5: Garry Kasparov (2815) vs Gregory Serper (2535), Internet May 31 1998
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. b4 a6 11. a3 c6 12. f3 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Qd2 f5 15. Rae1 Nf6 16. Nc1 Bd7 17. Bb1 Qc7 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. f4 Ne4 20. Qc1 Rf8 21. Nxd5 1-0

Game 6: Garry Kasparov (2595) vs Greg Hjorth (2378), u20 World Championship 1980
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxe7 15. e4 Qd7 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Qh5 Rac8 18. Rf4 Rc7 19. Raf1 Qxa4 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. e6 Bxe6 23. d5 Qb5 24. Rh4 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Bxd5 26. Rd4 Rd7 27. Rf5 1-0

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