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Battle of the Titans: Kasparov-karpov, New York-lyons
New York and the two arenas of the last contest for the World Chess Championship between the two greatest names in chess today.
- GenresChess
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 5, 1991
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April 17, 2010
Irresistible force meets immovable object, part 5. Kasparov astonished everyone by using the Scotch, an opening which had been regarded as more or less harmless for decades. He scored an important win in a game that went down to an ending with an extra exchange and one g-pawn each. Many experts thought Karpov was going to be able to hold, but Kasparov played with machine-like accuracy and found a zugzwang.
The other famous game from this match is the one where Kasparov, black, plays a positional sacrifice of the queen for a bishop, knight and pawn - possibly the only time this has ever happened in a World Championship match. It looked risky at first, but after a few moves it became apparent that he had all the chances. This time, though, Karpov held on and drew.
The annotations are on the sketchy side, but the story is so good that the book is well worth reading. I presume, though, that it has now been superseded by the relevant volume of Kasparov's Modern Chess series.
The other famous game from this match is the one where Kasparov, black, plays a positional sacrifice of the queen for a bishop, knight and pawn - possibly the only time this has ever happened in a World Championship match. It looked risky at first, but after a few moves it became apparent that he had all the chances. This time, though, Karpov held on and drew.
The annotations are on the sketchy side, but the story is so good that the book is well worth reading. I presume, though, that it has now been superseded by the relevant volume of Kasparov's Modern Chess series.
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