Inside Chess, 1992/9 Anatomy of a Disaster By Yasser Seirawan Since winning the US Championship, Gata Kamsky's chess career seems to be heading straight up. I was anxious to cross swords with him at Belgrade. In this, Anatomy of a Disaster Part II, you'll see that when it rains, it pours. Seirawan,Yasser (2615) - Kamsky,Gata (2595) Belgrade Investbank, 1991 Symmetrical English [A34] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Bg4? A bad mistake. Since Black doesn't want to trade this Bishop, it's better left at home. On g4 it's a target. 8.Kc2 Nc6 9.Be3 e6 10.Bb5 Surprisingly, the position is already a technical win. Since a doubling of … [Read more...]