Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov

Selected Games

Kaidanov, Gregory - Anand, Viswanathan
Moscow (Russia), 1987

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nc6 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nc3 Qd8 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.O-O Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Re1 b6 12.Bc2 Ba6 13.b4 Bc4 14.b5 Na5 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Re3 Rc7 17.Rg3 Re8 18.Bh6 Bf8 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Ne4 Bd5 24.Rh3 Kf8 25.Qxf7+

1-0

Kaidanov, G. (2535) - Shirov, A. (2450)
Moscow GMA-op, 1989
Round 7

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.Be3 b6 10.Na3 Ba6 11.Re1 Rc8 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Be3 Qd7 16.Qb3 exf4 17.Bxf4 Rc5 18.Rad1 Be5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Nc2 Bb5 21.Qa3 Nc8 22.Rd4 Rfe8 23.Qb3 Kg7 24.Nb4 Ne7 25.Qd1 Rd8 26.c4 Bc6 27.Qd2 Nc8 28.Nd3 Re7 29.b4 Rde8 30.c5 Qc7 31.cxd6 Nxd6 32.e5 Bxg2 33.exd6

1-0

Kaidanov, G. (2475) - Bareev, E. (2540)
URS-FL Lvov, 1987

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 f5 8.Qd5 Qe7 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 b6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.d3 Bb7 13.Qf3 Nd4 14.Qh3 h5 15.f3 f4 16.Bd2 Bg7 17.O-O-O N6f5 18.Re1 Kc7 19.Ne2 Nxb3+ 20.axb3 Qd6 21.Nc3 Nd4 22.Ne4 Ra8 23.Bc3 Bxe4 24.fxe4 f3 25.Bxd4 Qb4 26.Bxb6+ Kxb6 27.Kb1 Qa5 28.c3 Qa2+ 29.Kc2 Ra3 30.Ra1

1-0

Kaidanov - Onischuk
Chicago Open, 05/27/2002
Round 7

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3 Re8 9.Bd3 e4 10.Bb1 b6 11.f3 Ba6 12.fxe4 Bxc4 13.Qf3 Nbd7 14.Ra2 Bxa2 15.Bxa2 Nf8 16.O-O Ng6 17.Bd2 Qd7 18.Nf5 Qd8 19.e5 dxe5 20.e4 exd4 21.Nxg7 Ne5 22.Qh3 dxc3 23.Bxc3 Kxg7 24.Qg3+ Ng6 25.Bxf6+ Qxf6 26.Rxf6 Kxf6 27.h4 Re5 28.Qf3+ Kg7 29.h5 f6 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Qd3 Rae8 32.Qc4 R5e7 33.Qc6 Rxe4 34.Qxc7+ R8e7 35.Qb8 Kh6 36.Qf8+ Kg5 37.Bf7 Rc7 38.Qg7 Rc1+ 39.Kf2 Rc2+ 40.Kf3 Rf4+ 41.Ke3

1-0

Taimanov, M. (2480) - Kaidanov, G. (2535)
Belgrade GMA-op, 1988

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.c4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Be2 Re8 11.O-O Rb8 12.d3 Rb4 13.Nd2 Rh4 14.g3 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.f3 Rxh2 17.fxg4 Rxe3 18.Bf6 Rh3 19.Rf3 Rxg3+ 20.Kh1 gxf6 21.Rxg3 Bxg3 22.Nf3 Qd7

0-1

Kaidanov, G. (2640) - Kamsky, G. (2645)
USA Ch, 1993
Round 8

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.exd5 Re8 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.O-O Nbd7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 a6 14.a4 Qe7 15.a5 h5 16.Qc2 Nh7 17.Bd2 h4 18.Be2 Bd4 19.Kh2 Rab8 20.Ra3 Qd8 21.Bd1 Bg7 22.Kh1 Qe7 23.f4 f5 24.Bf3 Qf6 25.Raa1 Nhf8 26.Rae1 Qd4 27.b3 Kh8 28.Ne2 Qb2 29.Qxb2 Bxb2 30.Ng1 Kg7 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Re1 Rb8 33.Bd1 Nf6 34.Bc2 Nh5 35.Nf3 Bf6 36.Kg1 Rc8 37.Bd3 Kf7 38.Kf2 Re8 39.Rxe8 Kxe8 40.Ke3 Nd7 41.Be1 Ng3 42.Nxh4 Bxh4 43.Kf3 Nf1 44.Bxh4 Nd2+ 45.Ke3 Nxb3 46.Be1 b6 47.Bc2 Nd4 48.Bd1 bxa5 49.Bxa5 Nf6 50.Bc3 Ne4 51.Bb2 Ke7 52.g4 a5 53.Ba1 Kf7 54.Bb2 Ke7 55.g5 Kf7 56.Ba4 Ke7 57.Ba1 Kf7 58.Bd1 Ke7 59.Bb2 Kf7 60.h4 Kf8 61.Ba1 Kg8 62.Bxd4 cxd4+ 63.Kxd4 Kg7 64.Be2 Nc5 65.Kc3 Kf7 66.Bd3 Kf8 67.Be2 Kg7 68.h5 gxh5 69.Bxh5 Ne4+ 70.Kc2 a4 71.Be2 Kg6 72.Kb2 Nc5 73.Ka3 Kf7 74.Bd1 Nd3 75.Bc2 Nxf4 76.Bxf5 Ng2 77.Kxa4 Ne3 78.Bd3 Ng4 79.Kb5 Ne5 80.Be4 Nd7 81.Bf5 Ne5 82.c5 dxc5 83.Kxc5 Nf3 84.g6+ Kf6 85.d6

1-0

Kaidanov, G. (2535) - Reshevsky, S. (2445)
Belgrade GMA-op, 1988

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.e3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Nde2 Ne5 12.b3 Bc6 13.e4 Ned7 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Nd4 a6 16.Rc1 Rfc8 17.Qd2 Qa5 18.Rfd1 Nc5 19.e5 Ne8 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.Nxe7+ Qxe7 23.exd6 Qe5 24.f4 Qe6 25.Bxc5 Nf6 26.Re1 Qd7 27.Re7 Qf5 28.Bd4 Rab8 29.g4

1-0

Kaidanov, G. (2535) - Reshevsky, S. (2450)
Moskva (GMA), 1989

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 a6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Re1 Be7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bxg5 14.dxe6 Ne5 15.exf7+ Qxf7 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.f4 O-O 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Ne6 Be7 20.Qd5 Qxd5 21.cxd5 Rfc8 22.Rac1 b5 23.Kf2 Rc4 24.b3 Rcc8 25.Kf3 Ba3 26.Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.Rxe5 h6 28.Re2 Kf7 29.Ke4 Bd6 30.Rf2+ Kg6 31.g4 Rc1 32.Rf5 Re1+ 33.Kd4 Rd1+ 34.Ke4 Re1+ 35.Kd3 Rd1+ 36.Ke2 Rh1 37.Nf8+ Bxf8 38.Rxf8 Rxh2+ 39.Ke3 Rh1 40.Kd4 Kg5 41.d6 Kxg4 42.Kc5 Rd1 43.Kc6 h5 44.d7 h4 45.d8=Q Rxd8 46.Rxd8 h3 47.Rh8 Kg3 48.Rg8

1-0

Yermolinsky, A. (2615) - Kaidanov, G. (2620)
New York Hudson, 1993
Round 5

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e6 5.e4 h6 6.Bxf6 Nxf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.e5 Nd7 9.O-O-O a6 10.h4 c5 11.g4 b5 12.Bg2 b4 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nd4 Bb7 16.f4 Ne6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.g5 hxg5 19.hxg5 Rxh1 20.Rxh1 Qb6 21.Qh5+ Kd7 22.Qf7 Qe3+

0-1

Khalifman, Alexander - Kaidanov, Gregory
Moscow, 1987

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bxh6 gxh6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6 9.b4 Bf8 10.b5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 fxe5 12.Qh5+ Kd7 13.Qxe5 Rg8 14.g3 Bd6 15.Qe2 Qf6 16.O-O b6 17.a4 Bb7 18.a5 bxa5 19.Rxa5 Bc5 20.Ra4 Rg5 21.Rg4 Rxg4 22.Qxg4 Rf8 23.Qe2 e5 24.Nd2 e4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Qf3 28.Qxf3 Rxf3 29.c4 Rc3 30.Rd1+ Kc7 31.Rd5 Rxc4 32.Rh5 Kb6 33.Rxh6+ Kxb5

0-1

Kaidanov - Ivanov, A.
US Championship, 05/22/2007
Round 8

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 11.Bf4 Bb4+ 12.c3 Bd6 13.Ne5 O-O 14.O-O-O Nbd7 15.Ne4 Nxe4
	[15...Bxe5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5
		(17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bxh6 Nd3+ 20.Kc2 Nxf2)
	17...Qxd3 18.Nxf6+ gxf6]
16.Qxe4 Qc7 17.Kb1 Rad8 18.g4 Nf6
	[18...Nxe5 19.dxe5 Be7]
19.Qe2 Nd5 20.Bd2 c5 21.g5 cxd4 22.cxd4 hxg5 23.Bxg5 Be7 24.Rdg1 Qb6 25.Qd2 f6 26.h6 fxe5 27.Bxe7 Nxe7 28.Rxg7+ Kh8 29.Qg5 1-0