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Garry has finally launched the h-pawn on its long journey towards the other side of the board. CHARGE! Remember, if it gets to the eighth rank it will become a queen, quite enough to decide the game in his favour. Are we scared? Well, perhaps just a little bit.

Of course, it is not a straightforward task to march the pawn all the way down the board. At the moment the World's bishop is superbly placed in the centre of the board, controlling the 'queening square' (h8); and while White is pushing the h-pawn, Black can get some counterplay on the other side of the board by pushing his own passed b-pawn.

This is a highly unusual and extraordinarily complex position. Let's take just one aspect of it. Many people have been asking me in the Zone theatre chats why Garry hasn't developed his rook on f1. Good question. By this stage in most games the rook would have been activated, but those 'normal' rules have to be taken with a pinch of salt here. White's rook simply doesn't have a safe and useful square to move to, so, for the moment, it does best to stay protected by the king, guarding, at the very least, the potentially vulnerable f2 square. The rook must bide its time, but its moment will eventually come.

No, normal rules cannot be applied here, each position must be judged on its merits. I suspect we will see a unanimous recommendation from the analysts on this next turn. Try to work out what that move will be before looking down the page: the World desperately needs counterplay against the march of White's h-pawn. How exactly? At the moment Black's queen and bishop are optimally placed in the centre of the board, the knight cannot move because the pawn on e7 needs protecting, so what is left...?

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b5 to Kasparov's h4

With the move 28....b5 we first advance our b-pawn and then we can move our queen to c4.

b5 to Kasparov's h4

Since the other possible pawn move 28...d5 weakens the king's position without accomplishing anything, because it is harder to protect and push, we have to try our best with the "b" pawn. The most probable move for white is 29.h5 to keep ahead in the race- and black is happy to respond with 29...Qc4 when a queen trade is almost inevitable. Sooner or later, white has to trade queens because our queen and bishop are a lot stronger than white's queen and bishop; the "h" pawn will benefit from this because black's control is weakened on h8, but without queens on the board we can push the "d" pawn ahead. It will be very interesting to see how both sides play since we are heading into a complicated endgame.

b5 to Kasparov's h4

The position is difficult. White will now push its passed pawn "h". I recommend playing 28...b5 29.h5, after which Black will have two possible lines: -29...Qe2 30.Qf5+ Kc7 31.Bxf4 Bxf4 32.Qxf4 Qxh5 with an advantage for White. -29...Qc4 30.Qf8! (30.Qf5+ Qe6) Qe2 31.Bxf4 Bxf4 32.Qxf4 Qxh5, after which White is better off. Even if Black is worse off after either of these two lines, I think they represent our best chance to fight for a draw.

b5 to Kasparov's h4

I recommend the World plays the move 28...b5 (Pawn on b6 to b5)

A "pawn race" has begun. Black's COUNTERPLAY in response to the advance of White's passed h-pawn is the advance of its b-pawn.