Viswanathan Anand vs Garry Kasparov

The Game

White	Viswanathan Anand
Black	Garry Kasparov
Result	0-1
Event	Linares 14th
Site	Linares
Round	1
Date	1997.00.00
Opening	Sicilian, Scheveningen (B85)
Moves	41

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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

7r/4bk2/2qp4/4pP1N/1B2n1p1/1P6/6QP/5R1K w - - 2 42

All The Moves

1. 1.e4 c5
2. 2.Nf3 d6
3. 3.d4 cxd4
4. 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5. 5.Nc3 a6
6. 6.Be2 e6
7. 7.O-O Be7
8. 8.a4 Nc6
9. 9.Be3 O-O
10. 10.f4 Qc7
11. 11.Kh1 Re8
12. 12.Bf3 Rb8
13. 13.Qd2 Na5
14. 14.Qf2 Nc4
15. 15.Bc1 e5
16. 16.Nde2 exf4
17. 17.Nxf4 Be6
18. 18.b3 Ne5
19. 19.Bb2 Rbc8
20. 20.Rac1 Qc5
21. 21.Qg3 g6
22. 22.Nce2 Nxf3
23. 23.gxf3 b5
24. 24.axb5 axb5
25. 25.Bd4 Qc6
26. 26.Qg2 b4
27. 27.Ng3 Qb5
28. 28.Nxe6 fxe6
29. 29.f4 e5
30. 30.Bb2 Rc5
31. 31.f5 g5
32. 32.Rce1 Qc6
33. 33.Re2 Kf7
34. 34.Bc1 Rg8
35. 35.Be3 Rc3
36. 36.Bd2 Rxc2
37. 37.Bxb4 Rxe2
38. 38.Qxe2 h5
39. 39.Nxh5 Nxe4
40. 40.Qf3 g4
41. 41.Qg2 Rh8

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