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It's happened again! Just when I thought the game was settling into some quiet manoeuvering in tune with my holiday mood, the World has chosen a sharp continuation, initiating complications. Oh well; looks like the beach will have to wait.

On the World's last turn three out of the four analysts were recommending the solid move 26...Bc5. I believe this would have left White with slightly the better chances, though it would still have been a hard task for the World Champion to make progress.

Instead, the World chose to go with Irina's ambitious recommendation 26...f4. The principle aim of nudging the pawn forward is to lock the bishop on g5 out of the game. This prevents the bishop returning to e3 initiating an exchange which, on the whole, would have been favourable to White.

But now just compare the bishops. Which one is the stronger piece? The centrally placed bishop on d4 controls many more squares than its counterpart on g5. If White should attempt to march the h-pawn down the board, then Black's bishop controls the final queening square; and at the same time it is able to shepherd its own b-pawn down the board; moreover the bishop casts a threatening eye down to the f2 pawn next to White's king.

Look at White's bishop stuck out on g5. It attacks the pawns on f4 and e7, but they can both be taken care of. Apart from that, its scope is limited: with Black's pawn on f4 the bishop can only operate on one side of the board.

Let's take a look at Garry's move. He has moved the queen back from where it has just come from! Why?

For a start, he doesn't lose any time in making this move as Black has to take a moment to defend the pawn on f4. From f7, the queen keeps up the pressure on the f4 pawn, but also the e7 pawn, preventing the knight moving.

In moving the f-pawn forward, Black opened the b1-h7 diagonal, giving White additional resources in a pawn race. In some cases, if Black's queen were to move away from e4, then White's queen could occupy that diagonal and control the queening square on b1. But that is all just supposition for the moment.

Let's take it one step at a time. First Black must do something about the threatened pawn on f4.

Good luck!

Be5 to Kasparov's Qf7

Black has to protect the pawn, so 27....Be5 is the only move.

Be5 to Kasparov's Qf7

In the given position I think the best move for black is 27...Be5 to defend the "f" pawn and to make room for a timely Nd4 while advancing the "b" pawn. Black's position is not great but white should play very precise after 27...Be5 in order to avoid trouble. The next move for black is an obvious pawn advance combined with a queen maneuver. In the case of queen trading I think black has enough to hold the position comfortably because of our more active king(well placed for the ending) and the two passed pawns, which are a very powerful force to deal with. Good Luck!

Be5 to Kasparov's Qf7

We have no choice, we must protect the pawn f4 with 27...Be5

Be5 to Kasparov's Qf7

I recommend the World plays the move 27...Be5 (Bishop on d4 to e5)

Black's last move (26...f4) vacated the f5-square as a potential abode for the Black Queen - creating ideas of Qe4-f5 chasing down the White Bishop on g5, and/or Nc6-e5 (eyeing the d3-square) increasing Black's central build-up. The World Champion played in the most direct fashion and returned with his Queen to f7 to a) guard the f5-square; b) pressure the e7-point and thus prevent Nc6-e5 ideas, and; c) attack our f-pawn. Now the immediate pawn sacrifice with 27...f3!? is not enough in my view, as after 28.gxf3 Qe5 (with the idea of 29...Qg3+), White can begin to consolidate with 29.Bf4 Qe2 30.Bg3.

I am recommending the defense of our f4-pawn with 27...Be5, reserving the possibility of a disruptive pawn sacrifice with f4-f3. Furthermore, Black maintains his Bishop on the a1-h8 DIAGONAL, and in some variations a maneuver with Nc6-d4 can help reinforce an advance with f4-f3. On e5 the Black Bishop eyes the White King's "LUFT" square on h2. White's main continuations appear to be 28.h4 and 28.f3.

/SmartChessOnline/