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0-0-0 I assume this is all part of Morozevich's preparations, after all, Black's moves are easy to guess. Personally, I'd be somewhat dubious of the placement of White's King. After castling short, the Rook is nicely placed on the halfopen f-file for ye old hack attack. The "plus" of being castled long is lost on me. Especially when considering the diagonal c1-h6. Bf8-h6 trading pieces. h5!? Of course in such situations, everyone is anxious to develop and trade pieces as rapidly as possible. The text is resisted as "making too many pawn moves in the opening" is frowned upon.

Black is obliged to accept the opening of the position with his King still planted in the center. If he allows g4xf5 he can file for bankruptcy. Rhf1 when Black’s army is totally uncoordinated. Hracek now unhappily aware it was better to have stayed in bed decides he doesn’t want to go down in a typical Kasparov victory and so fastens the hatches. Nf6+! A shocking conclusion. The text had never appeared to be a threat but now it neatly uncovers Black’s King. The e7-Bishop was Black’s best defender and now it’s gone.

But think of the consequences to the c8-Bishop. How will it become active? 12…d5 I know what its like sitting on the opposite side of a Kasparov novelty and it is not a pleasant experience. You immediately have the impression that your Garry has worked out all the possibilities down to the most minute detail. Even a ghost of an attack is enough to convince you that such a line of play leads to forced mate. Stung by the sudden fears of the positions it is very hard to recover your equilibrium. ) Bd7 when the position is pregnant with possibilities.