Battle Of The Legends 2015 Gary Kasparov - Nigel Short

Garry Kasparov y Nigel Short se enfrentaron en un duelo de leyendas, 22 años después de su encuentro por el título mundial en Londres (1993). Eso sí, en partidas de ajedrez rápido y relámpago.

Las fechas para el desafío fueron el 25 y 26 de abril. Se disputaron dos partidas de ajedrez rápido y ocho de ajedrez relámpago. El ritmo de juego para el ajedrez rápido fue de 25 minutos por jugador para toda la partida, más 10 segundos de incremento por movimiento. En el ajedrez relámpago los jugadores dispusieron de 5 minutos para toda la partida y recibieron 3 segundos de incremento por movimiento.

El lugar del encuentro fue el Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) que recientemente albergó el Campeonato de EE.UU. en San Luis (Misuri, Estados Unidos de América)

[Event "Battle of the Legends 25'+10""] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nb5 Qc6 11. f3 a6 12. Nc3 e5 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Qf2 Nc5 15. Be3 Nb3 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. O-O Ne8 19. Qg3 f6 20. f4 Nd4 21. Bh5 Bc4 22. fxe5 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Kh8 24. Nd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Qf2 fxe5 27. Qf8+ Qg8 28. Qe7 Nf6 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Bh6 Nf5 31. Qxf6+ Ng7 32. Qxe5 Rc8 33. Bf3 Qf7 34. h3 b5 35. Be4 Re8 36. Qd4 Qe7 37. b4 Qe5 38. Qd7 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Rxe4 40. Bxg7+ Qxg7 41. Qd8+ Qg8 42. Qf6+ Qg7 43. Qd8+ Qg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Battle of the Legends 5'+3""] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 Nge7 7. Nf4 a6 8. h4 h6 9. Qd2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 d5 12. e4 Ba6 13. exd5 Bxb5 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qc2 e5 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Rad1 f5 21. f4 Kh7 22. Bc3 Nd4 23. Qd2 exf4 24. Rxf4 Rfe8 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rdf1 Re3 27. R4f3 Rce8 28. Nf4 Qb7 29. Qg2 Qa6 30. b3 Be5 31. h5 Bxf4 32. hxg6+ Qxg6 33. gxf4 Qh5 34. Rxe3 dxe3 35. Qh2 Rg8+ 36. Kh1 e2 0-1 [Event "Battle of the Legends 5'+3""] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. a5 a6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Bd4 Re8 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Na4 e5 16. Bb6 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 Rad8 18. Re3 Nd7 19. Rb3 f5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qd3 c5 22. Rb6 Rc8 23. c4 Rf8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rb1 Rc5 26. R1xb4 Rxa5 27. Qb1 Qd8 28. Rxb7 Qf6 29. Rb2 Ra3 30. c5 dxc5 31. Ra2 Rxa2 32. Qxa2 Kh8 33. Qc2 0-1 [Event "Battle of the Legends 5'+3""] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. c4 d4 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d3 Qd7 13. Qe2 dxe3 14. fxe3 Rad8 15. Rd1 h5 16. Nc3 Ng4 17. Na4 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Qe6 19. Re1 h4 20. gxh4 Kg7 21. Qg2 Rh8 22. Qg3 Rh5 23. h3 Ne5 24. Rad1 Rdh8 25. d4 Nd7 26. Nd3 Rxh4 27. Nf2 Nf6 28. Qe5 Rxh3 29. Qxe6 Rg3+ 30. Kf1 fxe6 31. Ke2 Rh2 32. Rh1 Rhg2 33. Rdf1 Ng4 34. Rh4 Rxe3+ 35. Kd2 Re4 36. Rxg4 Rexg4 37. dxc5 Rf4 38. Ke3 e5 0-1 [Event "Battle of the Legends 5'+3""] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Qb1 O-O-O 11. f4 exf4 12. Qf5+ Kb8 13. Qxf4 Qxf4 14. exf4 Nf6 15. f3 Nd5 16. Kf2 Nb6 17. f5 Ne7 18. Bd3 c5 19. Be4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rxd4 21. Bc3 Ra4 22. Bxg7 Re8 23. Rhd1 Nc6 24. Rd6 Nc4 25. Rxc6 Rxe4 26. fxe4 bxc6 27. Rd1 Rxa2+ 28. Kf3 Kc7 29. e5 Rd2 30. Rc1 Nb6 31. Ra1 Kb7 32. h4 c5 33. e6 fxe6 34. fxe6 Rd8 35. Ke4 Re8 36. Ke5 a5 37. Rd1 Kc6 38. Kf6 Nd5+ 39. Ke5 Ne3 40. Rd6+ Kb5 41. Rd7 a4 42. e7 Kc6 43. Ke6 Nf5 44. Bf6 Nxe7 45. Bxe7 Ra8 46. Rd6+ Kb5 47. Rd5 Rc8 48. Rd3 Ra8 49. Rc3 c4 50. Kf7 Ra7 51. h5 Rd7 52. h6 Rd3 53. Rc1 a3 54. Kg8 a2 55. Bf6 c3 56. Kxh7 Kc4 57. Kg8 Rg3+ 58. Bg7 Kb3 59. h7 Kb2 60. Rh1 Rxg7+ 61. Kxg7 c2 62. h8=Q c1=Q 63. Kf7+ Qc3 64. Rh2+ Kb3 65. Qxc3+ 1-0 [Event "Battle of the Legends 25'+10""] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nf1 h4 14. Ne3 g6 15. Re2 hxg3 16. hxg3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. Bb2 Ndf6 19. c4 Qc8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Ng5 22. c4 a5 23. Rc1 Ba6 24. Qb3 Qg4 25. Rcc2 Bc8 26. f4 Nh3+ 27. Kf1 f6 28. Qf3 Qf5 29. Re4 Kf7 30. Rce2 Qg4 31. fxe5 Qxf3+ 32. Bxf3 dxe5 33. Rh4 Rxh4 34. gxh4 Nf4 35. Rd2 Bc5 36. d6 Bh3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4 38. Kd1 Bd7 39. Rh2 Bxa4+ 40. Kc1 Bxd6 41. Kb1 f5 42. Bc1 e4 43. Bh1 Nd3 44. Re2 Bd1 45. Rd2 Bb3 46. Rxd3 exd3 47. Bd5+ Kf6 48. Kb2 a4 49. Kc3 b5 50. Kxd3 Bxc4+ 51. Bxc4 bxc4+ 52. Kxc4 f4 53. Kd4 0-1 [Event "Battle of the Legends"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Ne7 6. e3 c6 7. Nh3 Bb7 8. e4 Ng6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. d6 O-O 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. b3 Qa3 14. Na4 Rfb8 15. Qc1 Qb4+ 16. Qc3 Nf8 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. c5 Ne6 19. Nf2 a5 20. Rc1 Nf4 21. g3 Ng6 22. Bc4 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nd3 h5 25. h4 Nh7 26. Kd2 Nhf8 27. f4 Re8 28. Rce1 f6 29. f5 Nh8 30. Rhf1 Nf7 31. Rf3 Nh6 32. Nf2 Ra7 33. Nb6 Kf7 34. Ra1 g6 35. Kd3 Kg7 36. a3 Rb7 37. axb4 gxf5 38. exf5 Ng4 39. Ne4 axb4 40. Kc4 Reb8 41. Kxb4 Rxb6+ 42. cxb6 Rxb6+ 43. Kc4 Rb5 44. b4 Rd5 45. Rd3 Rxd3 46. Kxd3 Nh6 47. Rf1 Kf7 48. Kc4 Nh7 49. Kc5 1-0 [Event "Battle of the Legends"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. h4 a6 10. Kb1 h6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxd7 e4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Rad8 18. Qxb7 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Qe1 20. Be2 Qxh1 21. Qxc6 Rd8 22. b4 Qe1 23. Qxa6 Qxb4+ 24. Kc1 Qd2+ 25. Kb2 Rb8+ 26. Bb5 Qb4+ 27. Kc1 Rxb5 28. Nc3 Rxe5 29. Qc6 e3 0-1 [Event "Battle of the Legends"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. c3 c5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a5 8. Re1 O-O 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. d4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qc2 b5 15. Ne3 b4 16. Ng4 a4 17. a3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rb6 19. Qxa4 Qa8 20. Qc2 h5 21. Ne3 Rfb8 22. g4 hxg4 23. Nxg4 R8b7 24. Kh1 Na5 25. Rg1 Qe8 26. Bg5 Rb2 27. Qc1 Kf8 28. Qf4 Qd8 29. Bh6 Re2 30. Bxg7+ Ke8 31. Nh6 Nb6 32. Qxf7+ Kd7 33. Ng5 Kc8 34. Qxe6+ Kb8 35. Ngf7 Qc7 36. Nf5 Rxf2 37. N7d6 Bxd6 38. Nxd6 Qxg7 39. Rxg7 Rxg7 40. Rg1 1-0 [Event "Battle of the Legends"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.26"] [Round "10"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. c3 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O Qe7 11. a4 f5 12. Ne1 Ndf6 13. f4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 O-O 15. e4 c5 16. dxc5 d5 17. exf5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 exf5 19. Nb3 Qe3 20. Qf3 Qe8 21. Nc2 Ng4 22. Kg1 Qh5 23. Rfe1 Bd7 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxd7 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Rad8 27. Qxb7 Qxg3 28. Re2 Rxd3 29. Nc5 Qxf4+ 30. Ke1 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 Qh4 32. g3 Rxg3 33. Ne6 Rg8 34. Nxg7 Nh2+ 35. Ke1 Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Rh3+ 37. Ke3 Qf4+ 38. Kd3 Ne5# 0-1