by Aviv Friedman

Kasparov - Ivanchuk:

Kasparov - Ivanchuk:   Another Paulsen-turned-Maroczy. After Ivanchuk’s new (and not-so-bad) 12…Rb8!? white was quick to trade queens on b6, getting a slightly better ending, typical to the Maroczy. This set-up with Be8, Nd7, Rc6 against white’s pawn structure and Na4 is normal and can be analogized with other Maroczy’s, such as the one Karpov always used to play with an early Na4 instead of 0-0. Kasparov consumed a lot of time trying to come up with a plan. He repeated a few times, to gain time on the clock, not to make a draw of course, right? Wrong! As were most of us at the pressroom. Running short of time, and with Chuky making moves that literally say: “ok, what’s your next move then?” Gazza decided to not push his luck and a draw was registered without him even making move 30. Boring…

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