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Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part Three: Kasparov v Karpov 1986-1987
Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are unquestionably the protagonists who featured in the greatest ever chess rivalry. Between 1984 and 1990 they contested five long matches for the World Championship. This 3rd volume of the, series concentrates on the third and fourth matches in this sequence: London/Leningrad 1986 and Seville 1987. Both matches were tremendously exciting...more
Hardcover, 431 pages
Published
August 18th 2009
by Everyman Chess
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I was trying to think how I could present this marvellous study in paranoia and obsession to the non-chess-playing reader - and, the very same day, we saw Black Swan.
Well, after that it was obvious. Just close your eyes and try to imagine Garry Kasparov in a tutu...
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
GARRY KASPAROV...............Natalie Portman
ANATOLY KARPOV...............Mila Kunis
KLARA KASPAROVA.............Barbara Hershey
MIKHAIL BOTVINNIK....more
Well, after that it was obvious. Just close your eyes and try to imagine Garry Kasparov in a tutu...
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
GARRY KASPAROV...............Natalie Portman
ANATOLY KARPOV...............Mila Kunis
KLARA KASPAROVA.............Barbara Hershey
MIKHAIL BOTVINNIK....more
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I do like the way Kasparov writes - and there is something fascinating about his 'claustrophobic' relationship with Karpov ... the grudging respect, veiled accusations of 'cheating' etc!
Apparently they still managed to sit down and have a friendly game of cards together occasionally ...
Apparently they still managed to sit down and have a friendly game of cards together occasionally ...
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Russian (formerly Soviet) chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist, whom many consider the greatest chess player of all time.
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