Here are some of Garry Kasparov's combinations against some of the worlds top Grandmasters










Position after:

Kasparov,G - Palatnik
USSR, 1978

1.Bxf5!! Rxf5 [1...exf5 2.Nd5 Qe8 3.e6+-] 2.Rxf5 exf5 3.Nd5 Qe8 4.Qh7+ Kf8 5.Qxf5+ Kg8 6.Qh7+ Kf8 7.Ra3! Rc8 8.Rf3+ Nf6 9.h3!+- 1-0



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Position after:

 Kasparov,G - Pribyl
Skara, 1980

1.d7!! [1.Bf4 Rae8!] 1...fxg5 [1...Nb4 2.Qb3+ Kh8 3.Ne5 fxe5 4.d8Q Raxd8 5.Rxd8 Rxd8 6.Bxd8±] 2.Qc4+ Kh8 3.Nxg5 Bf6! [3...Bd4? 4.Rxd4 cxd4 5.Qxd4+ Kg8 6.Ne6] 4.Ne6 Nc7 5.Nxf8 Rxf8 6.Rd6 Be7 [6...Qb8 7.Rbd1 Qd8 8.Rc6 Bg7 9.h4 Bd4 10.Rxd4 cxd4 11.Qxd4+ Kg8 12.Qc4++-; 6...Bd8 7.h4 b5 8.Qc3+ Kg8 9.Re1! Bxh4 10.Qd3! Bxf2+ 11.Kh1 Bxe1 12.d8Q Rxd8 13.Rxd8+ Kg7 14.Rd7+ Kh6 15.Qe3++-] 7.d8Q Bxd8 [7...Rxd8 8.Rxd8+ Bxd8 9.Qf7 Qd5 10.Qxd5 Nxd5 11.Rd1] 8.Qc3+ Kg8 9.Rd7 Bf6 10.Qc4+ Kh8 11.Qf4± *



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Position after:

 Hubner - Kasparov,G
Hamburg, 1985

1...Ne4!! 2.Bh3 [2.Qxe4 Qa5++-; 2.Ngh3 Qa5+ 3.Kd1 d5-+; 2.Nd3 f5 3.Bc1™ c5 4.Qb2 Be7-+] 2...Qa5+ 3.Kf1 Ngxf2 4.Bxe6 [4.Nxe6 fxe6 5.Bxe6 Be7 6.Qxg7 Rf8 7.Kg2 Nxh1 8.Kxh1 Qd2-+] 4...fxe6 5.Nxe6 Kd7 6.Nh3 Nxh3 7.Qxe4 Re8 8.Nc5+ [8.Qg4 Rxe6 9.Qxh3 Qd2-+] 8...Qxc5 9.Qg4+ Kc7 10.Qxh3 Be7 11.Bxg7 Rhf8+ 12.Bxf8 Rxf8+ 13.Ke1 Qf2+ 14.Kd1 Qd4+ 15.Kc2 Qe4+ 16.Kd2 [16.Kc3 Qe3+] 16...Bg5+ 17.Kc3 Qe5+-+ 0-1



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Position after:

 Kasparov,G - Miles,A
Basel, 1986

1.Rg4 Qe7?! [1...Bxg4 2.Qxg4 Qe7 (2...Qd7 3.Nf5; 2...Nd7 3.g6) 3.Ne6 Nfxe6 4.dxe6 d5 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd5±] 2.Rg3 Qf7 3.Nfg2! Na8 4.Qc2 Nb6 5.Be2± *



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Position after:

 Kasparov,G - Short,N
Bruxelles, 1986

1.Bc2!! Rf8 [1...Qe5 2.h4 Bf4 3.Ng5++-] 2.g3! Qd8 [2...Bf5 3.Nd6!!+-; 2...Rce8 3.h4 Bd2 4.Ng5+ Qxg5 5.hxg5 Bxe1 6.gxh6 Bxf2+ 7.Kg2+-] 3.Rad1 Qa5 4.h4 Be7 5.Nc3! Bxc2 6.Rxe7 Rg8 7.Rdd7 Bf5 8.Rxg7+ Kh8 9.Qd4+- 1-0



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Position after:

 Ljubojevic,L - Kasparov,G
Belfort, 1988

1...Rxd6!! 2.Rc1 [2.Rxd6 Bf5+ 3.Kc1 bxa2-+; 2.Qxd6 Bf5+ 3.Kc1 bxa2 4.Qa3 Qe4 5.Bd3 Qf4+-+] 2...Qc5 3.Ka1 Red8 4.Re3 Rd1 5.Re1 Rxe1 6.Rxe1 Qa5 7.a3 Qd5 8.Be2 g6 9.h4 Qd2 10.Qf1 Bh3 11.Qg1 Re8+- 0-1



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Position after:

 Kasparov,G - Nogueiras,J
Belfort, 1988

1.h4!! Rfd8 [1...g4 2.Bxc6 Qxd1 3.Rexd1 Rxc6 4.Rxc6 bxc6±] 2.hxg5 Qf5 3.Rc5 g6 [3...Nb4 4.Rxc8 Qxc8 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Qh5+ Kg8 7.g6 Qc4 8.Qh7+ Kf8 9.Qh8+ Qg8 10.Qh4 Nc6 11.Qf4++-] 4.Qb3 Re8! 5.Rxe8+ Rxe8 6.Qc3 Re2 7.Bf3 Qb1+ 8.Kh2 Re6 9.Bd5± *



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Position after:

 Beliavsky - Kasparov,G
Belfort, 1988

1...Bh6+ 2.Kb1 Rd8 3.Rd6 [3.Re1 g5-+] 3...Qc6 4.a3 [4.Qxh6 Qe4+-+] 4...Rxd6 5.exd6 Qxd6 6.axb4 cxb4 7.Qe4 b3 8.Qe6+ [8.Nd4 Rf4 9.Qa8+ Bf8-+] 8...Qxe6 9.Rxe6 Rc8 10.Re1 Rc2-+ 1-0



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Position after:

(2380) Kasparov,G - Ivanchuk,I
USSR, 1988

1.Rb1!! f5 [1...f6 2.Ne5 fxe5 3.Bxe4+-] 2.g4! fxg4 3.Ne5 Nxe5 [3...Nd6!? 4.Nxc6 bxc6 5.e4±] 4.Bxe4 Ng6 5.Bxg6 hxg6 6.Qxg6 Qd7 7.d5 b6 [7...Qe7 8.Ba3 Qe3+ 9.Rf2+-] 8.Ba3 Bb7 9.e4 c5 10.Rf5 Rxe4 11.Rbf1 Bxd5 12.Rh5 1-0



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Position after:

 Kasparov,G - Smirin
USSR, 1988

1.Rxh6!! Bxh6 2.Be6+ Kh8 3.Qf6+ Bg7 [3...Kh7 4.Qf7+ Bg7 5.Bf5+ Kh8 6.Qh5+ Kg8 7.Be6+] 4.Qh4++- 1-0



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Position after:

 Kasparov,G - Salov,V
Barcelona, 1989

1.c5! Bb7 2.Re1 Qc7 3.c6 Bxc6 4.Rac1 Rd7 5.Nxd7 Qxd7 6.Qc4 Bb7 [6...Bb5 7.Qc8++-] 7.Qc7 Rf8 [7...Bd5 8.Qb8+ Kf7 9.Qxh8 Qh3 10.Rxe7+ Kxe7 11.Rc7+ Ke6 12.Qc8+] 8.Qb8+ Kf7 9.Rc7 1-0



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Position after:

 Kasparov,G - Speelman
Barcelona, 1989

1.Bf3! d5 [1...Nxa1 2.Nxa7+ Kb8 3.Qa5 c6 4.Nb5+-; 1...c5 2.Rad1 Be5 3.Nxa7+ Kb8 4.Nb5‚; 1...Bxa1 2.Nxa7+ Kb8 3.Rb1! c5 4.Nc6+ Kc8 5.Qa5 Nb4 6.Rxb4 cxb4 7.Qa8+ Kc7 8.Bb6+ Kxb6 9.Qa5#; 1...Nxe3 2.Qxe3 Bxa1 3.Qxa7 Qg7 4.Qxb7+ Kd7 5.Re1 Rc8 6.Nxd6+-] 2.Bxd5 Nxa1 3.Nxa7+ Kb8 4.Qb4 Qxd5 [4...c5 5.Bf4+ Ka8 6.Qa5+-] 5.cxd5 Nc2 6.Qa5 Nxe3 7.fxe3 Rhe8 8.Nb5 Rxd5 9.Qxc7+ Ka8 10.Qa5++- 1-0



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Position after:

 Kasparov ,G - Karpov,A
Leon, 1990

1.Qc4!! Qc8?! [1...Bxb2 2.Ra2 Bf6 3.Nb5 Qd7 4.Ra7± Bxd5 5.exd5 Rxb5 6.Rxe8+ Qxe8 7.Qxb5+-] 2.Nd4 Ba6 3.Qc3 c5?! [3...Qb7 4.Nac2 Qb6 5.b3±] 4.dxc6 Bxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxc6 6.b4 h6 7.Re3 Re6 8.f3 Rc8 9.Rb3 Bb5 10.Rb2+- 1-0



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Position after:

Kasparov,G - Karpov
Tilburg, 1991

1.e6!! dxe6 [1...Qxe6+ 2.Kxf1 Bxa3 3.Nxa3 Rxa3 4.Re1+-] 2.Bxf8 Rd8 3.Qb2 [3.Qf2? Qxf8 4.Rxf1 Qb4+ 5.Nd2 Qc3 6.Rd1 Rd3 7.Ke2 0-0µ] 3...Ba6 [3...Bd3! 4.Ba3 g5 5.Nd2 gxf4 6.0-0-0 c5 7.Qc3±] 4.Bb4 c5 5.Bc3 0-0 6.Nd2+- 1-0



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Position after:

Kasparov,G - Short,N
Amsterdam, 1994

1.f5 Qh6+ [1...Qxf5 2.Rf3 Qg4 3.Rxf8+ Nxf8 4.Nb6+-] 2.Kb1 Rxf5 3.Rf3 Rxf3 4.gxf3 Qf6 5.Bh3 Kf7 [5...Nf8? 6.Nb6 Qxf3 7.Rf1 Qxh3 8.Qxf8#] 6.c4 [6.f4!? Qe7 7.fxe5 Qxd6 8.exd6 Nf6 9.Nc5 Rb8 10.Re1 Rb6 11.Bxe6+ Bxe6 12.Rxe6 Rc6 13.d7 Rxe6 14.d8N++-] 6...dxc4 [6...d4N 7.c5 (7.f4!? exf4 8.Rf1‚) 7...Qe7 8.Qc7 Nf8 9.Qxe5 Qxh4 10.Bg4] 7.Nc3 Qe7 8.Qc6 Rb8 9.Ne4 Nb6N 10.Ng5+ Kg8 11.Qe4 g6 12.Qxe5 Rb7 13.Rd6!+- 1-0



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Position after:

 Kasparov,G - Lautier,J
Moscow, 1995

1.Ng4!! Qe6 [1...Rxg5 2.Nxe5 Rxh5 3.Rd8+ Ng8 4.Nxf7#] 2.Rd8 Qg6 3.Qxe7 1-0



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Position after:

Jussupov - Kasparov,G
Novgorod, 1995

1...f4!! 2.Rf5+ [2.exf4 Rc3+ 3.Kd1 (3.Kb1 Rh8 4.Rf5+ Kg6 5.Rg5+ Kf6 6.Ra5 Nxa5 7.bxa5 Rb8+ 8.Ka2 Rc2#) 3...Rh8 4.Ra2 Rh1+ 5.Ke2 Rxg3 6.Rc2 Rgg1 7.Rxc4 Rd1 8.f3 Rhe1+ 9.Kf2 e3+-+] 2...Kg6 3.Rxf4 Rc8 4.Rg4+ Kh5 5.Rh4+ Kg6 6.Rg4+ [6.Ra2 Nxa3+ 7.Kb2 Rc2+ 8.Ka1 Rd1#; 6.Kb1 Nd2+ 7.Kb2 Rb3+ 8.Ka2 Rc2#] 6...Kh5 7.Rh4+ Kg5 8.f4+ Kg6 9.f5+ [9.Rg4+ Kf7 10.Rg5 e5; 9.Rh2 Nd2+ 10.Kd1 Nf3+ 11.Ke2 Rc2+ 12.Kf1 Nxh2+-+] 9...Kg5-+ 0-1



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Position after:

Kasparov,G - Piket,J
Tilburg, 1997

1.a5 Qxa5 [1...Nxa5 2.h5 Bxd6 3.exd6 Nb7 4.hxg6 Nxc5 5.gxf7+ Rxf7 6.Qg6+ Kf8 7.Qxh6+ Ke8 8.Bg6+-] 2.Nxf7 Rxf7 3.Qxg6+ Kf8 4.Nxe6+ Bxe6 5.Rxc6 Bd7 [5...Nc7 6.Qxh6+ Ke8 7.Rxc7 Qxc7 8.Qxe6+-] 6.Qxh6+ Ke8 7.e6 Bxc6 8.exf7+ Kd7 9.Bf5++- 1-0



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