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(2) Miles,T (2560) - Solis,J (1970)
2001 Canadian Open (1), 2001
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Kh1 Miles' specialty variation. It has the advantage not only of threatening absolutely nothing but also avoiding all of that well known 'theory'that is hard to keep up with 9...a5 [9...Kh8!] 10.Bd2 h6 11.Ne1 Ne8 12.Rc1 Kh7 13.Nd3 Miles develops his pieces in a flexible manner. He prepares to support the pawn levers c5 and f4 13...b6 this discourages the first but not the other 14.f4!? f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Qc2 e4 Is this good or bad? Probably both! In any case, a tense fight ensues 17.Nf2 Nf6 18.Ncd1 Ng6 I don't like the knight on this square [18...h5! 19.Nh3 Rh8 20.Ng5+ Kg6 with unclear play ] 19.g3 Qe8 20.Ne3 Bd7 21.Bc3 Qf7 22.Qd2 Rae8 23.Rce1 Bc8 One gets the impression that Black is satisfied with a waiting policy [23...Rh8!? …Kg8,Ph5] 24.Bd1 Bd7 is this the way we would expect kasparov to play the black pieces? 25.Nc2 Re7 26.Nd4 Rfe8 27.Re3 Kh8 28.Bc2 Kg8 [28...h5! is still not too late] 29.Qd1 Rc8 30.Ba4 Nf8 31.Bxd7 N6xd7 32.g4 This was the danger of black playing too passively. Now it is difficult to prevent the white pieces from entering the black kingdom 32...fxg4 33.Qxg4 Kh8 34.Nf5 Now it is too late to save the game. A good example of what happens if one shows too much respect for his opponent 34...Bxc3 35.Nxe7 Bd4 36.Rxe4 Bxf2 37.Nxc8 This knight has quite an appetite! 37...Nf6 38.Qf5 Bh4 39.Rg1 N8h7 40.Ne7 Nf8 41.Ng6+ Nxg6 42.Rxg6 h5 43.Re6 need one say anymore? 1-0
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