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Garry Kasparov has given check and, once again, this presents The World with a difficult decision. Black's king is stepping through a minefield: one false move and the game could be over.

Why is Garry checking Black's king when he could have just pushed his pawn? Checks in themselves do not achieve anything. He is doing this so as to gain time to re-position his queen: he would like to play his queen to f4 or f2 to shield his king from checks and only then push the g-pawn. Instead, if he had pushed the g-pawn straightaway, the queen on h7 would have been poorly placed to prevent Black's queen checks. As I mentioned in my commentary two days ago, queens function best nearest to the middle of the board, as they are able to control more squares. It is rather like an army on a mediaeval battlefield taking the higher ground.

Where should Black's king move to? I do not like moving the king into the middle of the board giving White's queen more checking options, therefore I would rule out 53...Kc1 and Kc3.

53...Ka3 has received a lot of attention on the bulletin boards, but I am concerned about the line 54 Qg3+ Ka4 55 Qf4+ b4 56 g6, when, because of White's excellent queen position, Black has great difficulty in preventing the pawn from promoting, e.g. 56...Qa1+ 57 Kf7 Qa2+ 58 Kf8. No more checks.

53...Ka1 appeals to me the most (as usual!), with the following lines possible: 54 Qf4 (to shield the king from checks), then 54...Qd3 (re-positioning so as to check White's king) 55 g6 Qc3+ 56 Kf7 Qc7+ with lots of irritating checks.

Alternatively, 54...Qd5 is possible, (it is reassuring that in this line there are two plausible options to consider) 55 g6 b4, and if the pawn is taken, 56 Qxb4, the checks start again with 56...Qe5+.

These are my preliminary thoughts; I present them as a starting point for your own analysis. It is a difficult decision so, once again, I would recommend that you check out the bulletin boards and examine the analysts' suggestions carefully before voting - if that doesn't add to the confusion!

Good luck. Danny

Kb3 to Kasparov's Qh2+

I suggest 53....Kb3 to protect the pawns. Another possibility is 53....Kc3, but this move closes the diagonal a1-h8.

Ka1 to Kasparov's Qh2+

In my opinion, The World should consider playing 53...Ka1, leaving White with no immediately checks, and therefore, saving some tempos for the pawn(s); also the black king should not impede any further pawn advancing.

(No commentary for this move.)

Ka1 to Kasparov's Qh2+

I recommend the World plays the move 53…Ka1 (King on b2 to a1)

SUMMARY In playing the slightly risky 52...Kb2!? the World exposed its King to this Queen check (53.Qh2+). At our expense, the World Champion is taking the opportunity to reorganize his remaining forces to prepare the advance of his g-pawn. Here, I recommend the move 53...Ka1, getting our King off the b-FILE to make way for and to greet our advancing PASSED b-PAWN - I think this move may, in fact, be forced. By placing our King firmly in the a1-CORNER, we minimize the risk of awkward checks on our own King, we defend the b1-square (the square on which we will threaten to queen our b-pawn) and we avoid creating a "traffic jam" on the board, so that our Queen will have plenty of SPACE to maneuver and pound Kasparov's King with a barrage of Queen checks.

ANALYSIS I was out of contact for a while when travelling, but I was able to find out what the World had played last move by logging on to msn.com, and was able to prepare some ideas to meet 53.Qh2+ (which MSN notified me of some time later by e-mail). With the battery power in my laptop running on low, I was able to do a little work on the way home. Here are some ideas I found and how I think play might develop after my recommendation 53...Ka1.

A) 54.Qf2 (to take the d4-square away from the Black Queen) 54...Qd3 55.g6 Qc3+ 56.Kg5 (if 56.Kf7 Qc4+ 57.Ke8 Qc8+ 58.Ke7 Qc7+ 59.Kf8 Qc8+ 60.Kg7 b4, with equal chances, as Black's b-pawn is making some noise) 56...b4, and Black is OK, for example, 57.Qf6 Qxf6+ 58.Kxf6 b3 59.g7 b2 60.g8=Q b1=Q 61.Qa8+, liquidates the position to a dead draw. Note that a draw is the BEST that Black can hope for in the current situation. Black's extra pawn is meaningless, as White possesses the qualitatively superior passed pawn (more advanced).

B) 54.g6 (this hasty push allows the Black Queen to enter the game with full effect) 54...Qf3+ 55.Ke6 Qe4+ 56.Kf6 Qf3+ 57.Kg7 b4 58.Qxd6 b3, and the game offers equal chances.

C) 54.Qf4, when I like the dynamic SPACE and TIME gaining PAWN SACRIFICE 54...b4! (54...Qd5 also seems possible, but I want to ram that pawn in), when the World Champion will have a dilemma to address:

Should he: a) Take our pawn, and allow his Queen to be diverted from its nice post on f4, thereby allowing Black's Queen to jump into the action? or b) Should he ignore our b-pawn, at the risk of watching it advance further towards promotion?

Let's take a look.

Option a) Garry takes our b-pawn with 55.Qxb4, and after 55...Qf3+ 56.Kg7 d5, suddenly our d-pawn becomes a menace! Now if 57.Qb7 Qc3+ 58.Kf7 Qf3+ 59.Kg7 Qc3+ 60.Kh7 Qh3+, with equal chances, and if instead Garry gets on with the business of advancing his own pawn with 57.g6, then we will spring a little trap on the World Champion with a second pawn sacrifice 57...d4! when our pawn is on the run, and threatening to advance further. If Garry takes this pawn with 58.Qxd4+, we will have trapped him in a Theoretical Draw.

Option b) Garry ignores our "poisoned" b-pawn and advances his own pawn: 55.g6 b3 56.Qa4+ Kb2 57.g7 Qf3+ 58.Ke7 Qe3+ 59.Kf7 Qf2+, and the chances are equal. We must keep an eye on his passed g-pawn, but in turn he cannot ignore our counter-threats with our b-pawn.

Therefore, I recommend 53…Ka1. I believe this is the correct strategic interpretation of this position.