Kasparov Wins, Widens Lead

Garry Kasparov increased his lead over Viswanathan Anand to three points by winning the 14th game of their Professional Chess Assn. world championship Tuesday in New York.

Kasparov has four wins, one loss and nine draws for a score of 8 1/2-5 1/2 in the best-of-20-game match.

Kasparov needs to total 10 1/2 points to collect the $1-million prize offered by Intel, the PCA sponsor. That means he could lose two of the remaining six games, draw the other four, and still win the match.

Anand faces a daunting task. He must score another five points, which requires at least four wins and two draws.

In Tuesday’s game, Anand, playing Black, used the rarely-seen Center Counter Defense. Kasparov obtained only a small advantage from the opening, justifying Anand’s choice. But Kasparov took control of the position later, with aggressive 22nd, 25th, 27th and 28th moves.

When White’s pieces converged on Black’s king, Anand had to accept an inferior endgame. He resigned as soon as Kasparov picked off one of his vulnerable pawns.

“The match is still on but I think the fight for the title is over,” Kasparov told the post-game news conference on the observation deck of the World Trade Center.

Today is a rest day and Game 15 will be played on Thursday.

Here are the moves of Tuesday’s game:

Kasparov-Anand #14: 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nf3 c6 6 Ne5 Be6 7 Bd3 Nbd7 8 f4 g6 9 0-0 Bg7 10 Kh1 Bf5 11 Bc4 e6 12 Be2 h5 13 Be3 Rd8 14 Bg1 0-0 15 Bf3 Nd5 16 Nxd5 exd5 17 Bf2 Qc7 18 Rc1 f6 19 Nd3 Rfe8 20 b3 Nb6 21 a4 Nc8 22 c4 Qf7 23 a5 Bf8 24 cxd5 cxd5 25 Bh4 Nd6 26 a6 b6 27 Ne5 Qe6 28 g4 hxg4 29 Nxg4 Bg7 30 Rc7 Ne4 31 Ne3 Bh3 32 Rg1 g5 33 Bg4 Bxg4 34 Qxg4 Qxg4 35 Rxg4 Nd6 36 Bf2 Nb5 37 Rb7 Re4 38 f5 Rxg4 39 Nxg4 Rc8 40 Rd7 Rc2 41 Rxd5, Black resigns.

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World Chess Championship

Tuesday winner: Kasparov

Standings: Kasparov leads 8 1/2-5 1/2 in best-of-20 series

Next game: Thursday