[Event "Daugavpils"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Alburt"] [Black "Kasparov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A16"] [Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 g6"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 {This creates a pawn structure which forms the basis for most of the middlegame operations.} 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Qa5 13. Nd2 Red8 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb4 16. Nbxc5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nxb7 Nxe4 19. Rc1 Qb5 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Qc2 Nd4 22. Qxe4 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxd6 25. Qc2 Qg5 26. Rd1 Qf5 27. Qc1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxf2 29. Qg1 Qc2 30. b3 Qxa2 31. Nc5 Qd2 32. Qb1 Bd4 33. Nd3 Qe3 34. Nb4 h5 35. Qd1 h4 36. Nc2 Qxb3 37. Qxd4 Qb1+ 38. Qg1 Qxc2 39. Qxa7 Qd1+ 40. Qg1 Qxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Kg7 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Kf3 f5 {I had an extra pawn, but had to be careful, because if I exchange two pawns and wind up with king and rook pawn versus king the game will be drawn.} 45. Ke3 {The advantage of studying the endgame is that when such positions arise they can be brought to the proper conclusion without original thought. Here I knew that the winning method was to get a passed f-pawn.} 45... g5 46. h3 Kd5 {I am going to try to circle around the back and eat the White pawns. Alburt must stop me.} 47. Kd3 {Good, we are moving further away from the pawns. Let's go one more file to the queenside.} 47... Kc5 48. Kc3 { Again, my opponent can't afford to let me circle around his king.} 48... g4 49. Kd3 {49.hxg4 fxg4 50.Kd3 h3 51.gxh3 gxh3 52.Ke3 h2 53.Kf2 h1Q} 49... gxh3 50. gxh3 Kd5 {First objective accomplished! I have a passed pawn and can defend it against operations by the enemy king.} 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 f4 53. Kf2 Ke4 54. Ke2 f3+ 55. Kf1 {What now? The endgame is not simple. I need to gain the opposition. Look at the variation that will take place if I go to f4: 55. Kf1 Kf4 56.Kf2 Ke4 57.Kf1 Ke3 58.Ke1 f2+ 59.Kf1 Kf3 Oops! It is stalemate!} 55... Kf5 {This is the key. I am going to lose some time so that I can switch the player who has to move. Now I can set up a situation similar to that of the previous note, but with an important difference.} 56. Kg1 Ke5 57. Kf1 Ke4 { We have already seen this position, but now it is White to move. My opponent, a future champion of the United States, was a good enough endgame player to realize that resistance was useless, and he resigned, not waitingfor} 58. Kf2 { 58.Ke1 Ke3 59.Kf1 f2 60.Kg2 Ke2 61.Kh2 Ke1 62.Kg2 f1Q+} 58... Kf4 59. Kf1 Kg3 60. Kg1 Kxh3 61. Kf2 Kg4 0-1