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The last two moves were very much as predicted. The World swiped the last of Garry's pawns on the Queenside (more chess jargon - that is, the side of the board where the Queen stands at the BEGINNING of the game); and Garry has responded in kind by taking another pawn on Black's Kingside.

The first question to ask yourself when it is your move at the chessboard is, 'DOES MY OPPONENT'S LAST MOVE THREATEN ANYTHING?' The answer here is clear: White's Queen is threatening to take another pawn, the one on f5. Serious enough. Then the next task is how to prevent that threat.

First, what happens if the pawn is moved forward with 24...f4...? No good. White plays 25 Qf5+, Black gets out of check, then White captures the pawn with 26 Qxf4.

Okay, if the pawn can't move out of trouble, that means it must be defended somehow. Let's take a look at 24...e6. That won't work as it exposes the King. White's Queen gets in there right away with 25 Qf7+, the King moves and the pawn on e6 drops off. Disaster.

What about defending the pawn with 24...Nd4 instead? Looks better, but in fact White has the crafty riposte 25 Re1, threatening the pawn on e7 with the Rook and Bishop, and Black is in desperate trouble. For instance, 25...e5 loses swiftly to 26 Qf7+ Kc8 27 Qf8+ Kc7 28 Qd8+ Kc6 29 Qe8+ - and Black's Queen on a4 is lost.

The only piece we haven't used to defend the pawn is Black's Queen ; now that looks a bit easier. There are several squares the Queen could find to defend the pawn on f5, some better than others. It is best to try to think what White would like to do next before deciding on where exactly to play the Queen.

Apart from capturing the pawn on f5 (that's the obvious idea) Garry would also like to play his Rook to e1 to threaten Qe6+ and an attack on the pawn on e7.

So, the problem is this: can you find a Queen move which meets both White's threats, Qxf5 AND Re1? There are actually two possibilities, though one is much stronger than the other.

Before looking at the analysts' recommendations, try to solve the conundrum yourself. Good luck!

Qe4 to Kasparov's Qxg6

Now we have reached a very unclear position. We must save our pawn f5. So I will propose Qe4. The Queen stands in the center and controls the square b1, the finish line of our b-pawn. I think that in the coming moves we will see a very hot race between the Black b-pawn and the White h-pawn.

Qe4 to Kasparov's Qxg6

The move that I recommend is 24...Qe4 because we protect the f5 pawn, we centralize the queen and our Q + B + N are cooperating very well. Now we have to analyze the three most probable moves for white: 25.h4, 25.Qf7 and 25.Qg8. First, we have to clear something; regardless of how Black is playing, the White pawn will get to h7, but it depends on us whether he is going to Queen on h8 or not. Second, we have to make sure that our "b" pawn is strong enough to keep the balance. If White plays 25.h4, 25.Qf7 or 25.Qg8 Black can respond with 25...Bd4 because we move the Bishop to a protected square, we are still controlling the long diagonal a1-h8, and we exercise more pressure on White's King. Meanwhile we can search for new moves and ideas or we can perfect the exising ones. We have to keep in mind that a good setup for Black can be achieved via Bc3, b6-b5 and b5-b4 ; we have good squares for the Bishop (d4, c3 etc.) and the Queen ( from e4 it can jump anywhere on the board) but we have to find a place for our Knight (e5 maybe). With the game running toward its end, I'm trying to give to you directions move by move, with an accent on ideas.

Qe4 to Kasparov's Qxg6

This is a forced move.

Qe4 to Kasparov's Qxg6

I recommend the World plays the move 24...Qe4 (Queen on a4 to e4)

I believe this is Black's most logical move - centralizing the Queen, and defending the f5-pawn. White's strategy includes advancing the passed h-pawn combined with pressure against the Black King (e7- and b7- points). Black's counterplay includes the advance of the passed b-pawn (and d-pawn) combined with pressure against White's King (f2-point). The position after 24...Qe4 has been subjected to much analysis on the World Team Strategy Bulletin Board with unclear assessments prevailing.