Garry Kasparov's Spectacular Sicilian 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 Sicilian Defence is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4 and in this video, we examine 6 amazing Kasparov games in the Sicilian Defense.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:22 Anand
06:17 Short
10:27 Topalov
14:03 Shirov
18:46 Anand
22:38 Polgar

Game 1: Viswanathan Anand vs Garry Kasparov, PCA World Championship 1995
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. f3 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bh6 c5 14. Bc4 Qb6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. dxe6 d5 20. Be2 c4 21. c3 Rce8 22. bxc4 Rxe6 23. Kf1 Rfe8 24. Bd3 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Ne4 0-1

Game 2: Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov, Legends Blitz Match 2015
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. h4 a6 10. Kb1 h6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxd7 e4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Rad8 18. Qxb7 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Qe1 20. Be2 Qxh1 21. Qxc6 Rd8 22. b4 Qe1 23. Qxa6 Qxb4+ 24. Kc1 Qd2+ 25. Kb2 Rb8+ 26. Bb5 Qb4+ 27. Kc1 Rxb5 28. Nc3 Rxe5 29. Qc6 e3 0-1

Game 3: Veselin Topalov vs Garry Kasparov, Euwe Memorial 1995
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. g4 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. h4 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Rg1 b4 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Rg3 Nc4 18. Qc1 e5 19. Bf2 a5 20. Bg2 Ba6 21. Re1 a4 22. Bh3 Rc6 23. Qd1 d5 24. exd5 Rd6 25. f4 Rxd5 26. Rd3 Na3+ 27. bxa3 Bxd3 28. cxd3 Rxd3 0-1

Game 4: Alexei Shirov vs Garry Kasparov, Linares 2002
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ra4 13. b4 Qh4 14. O-O Rg8 15. f4 Kd8 16. c3 Ra6 17. a4 fxe4 18. f5 Bb7 19. Ra2 e3 20. Nxe3 Qe4 21. Re1 Nxb4 22. cxb4 Bh6 23. Kh1 Bxe3 24. Qe2 Rc6 25. a5 Qxb4 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Qxe3 Qd4 28. Qc1 Qd5 0-1

Game 5: Viswanathan Anand vs Garry Kasparov, Kopavogur 2000
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. O-O Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Qg2 g6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qg4 h6 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 e5 20. Ne6 fxe6 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. f6 Qc6 23. Rd2 Kc7 24. g6 Rg8 25. g7 Bxg7 26. Qf7+ Qd7 27. Qxd7+ Nxd7 28. fxg7 Rxg7+ 29. Kf2 d5 0-1

Game 6: Judit Polgar vs Garry Kasparov, Zurich 2006
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. Qf2 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bc6 15. Bd3 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. g5 Ba4 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. e5 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 d5 22. h4 Qa5 23. h5 Nc5 24. f5 Ra8 25. a4 Nxa4 26. f6 Nc3+ 27. Kc2 Rfc8 28. Ra1 Nd1+ 0-1

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