[Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "Karpov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] 1. e4 {I decided that 1.e4 was going to be my first move during this match.} 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Later on I switched to the Scotch Game, but at the start of the match I was happy to provide the Spanish Inquisition. Karpov was hardly surprised. After all, in chess, EVERYBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!} 3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 {The familiar variation worked out by Igor Zaitsev, Karpov's trainer, in the late 1970's. It is the most popular line these days.} 11. Nbd2 Bf8 {The point of this move order is that White cannot immediately adopt the plan of swinging the knight to the kingside via f1.} 12. a4 { 12.Nf1 exd4 13.cxd4 Nxe4} 12... h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 { Having exchanged at d4, Black can now attack my bishop at c2.} 14... Nb4 15. Bb1 bxa4 {This is an important position. Black has pressure at e4, so White must build up the center.} 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ra3 { The rook will be able to get to the kingside along the third rank.} 17... Ra6 { Pretty much the same idea. The d-pawn can advance and then the rook helps protect the kingside.} 18. Nh2 g6 19. f3 {This was my prepared innovation. All of a sudden this position looks very bad for Black, whose pieces are uncoordinated.} 19... Qd7 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Rc3 Bc8 {Probably an error. Advancing the d-pawn was best, but does not solve all of the problems. 21...d5 22.Na3 Qb6 23.e5 Nd7 24.f4 c5 25.Be3} 22. Be3 Kh7 23. Qc1 c6 {This is a b ad move, because it defeats the purpose of placing the rook at a6. Now it can play no role on the kingside. Better was 23...Qd8.} 24. Ng4 Ng8 {This was no time to play passively! It was still possible to escape immediate disaster by taking the knight. 24...Bxg4 25.hxg4 Qb8 26.Kf2d5} 25. Bxh6 {A killer move! A lot of the commentators at the site thought I had made and error in my calculations, but they werewrong!} 25... Bxh6 26. Nxh6 Nxh6 27. Nxd6 Qb6 28. Nxe8 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Qd8 {The knight is trapped. This is what the "experts" thought I missed. But I knew what I was doing. Black's pieces are scattered and cannot work together. That there are more of them is not the point.} 30. Rd1 Qxe8 31. Qg5 Ra7 {31...Ng8 32.Qh4+ Kg7 33.Rd8 Qe6 34.f4 Black has a two knights for a rook and a pawn, but can't possibly survive.} 32. Rd8 Qe6 33. f4 Ba6 34. f5 Qe7 35. Qd2 Qe5 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Qd4 Ng8 38. e5 Nd5 39. fxg6+ fxg6 40. Rxc6 Qxd8 41. Qxa7+ Nde7 42. Rxa6 Qd1+ 43. Qg1 Qd2 44. Qf1 1-0