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Demystifying Seirawan-Kasparov 1983 king and pawn endgame
In this game Kasparov is showing a perfect demonstration of the triangulation technique in order to Zugzwang the white king.
To be in a Zugzwang means, any move loses or more generally, worsens your ...
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Why did Garry Kasparov not play under the flag of Azerbaijan in his comeback tournament in the summer of 2017?
But why did Garry Kasparov not play under the flag of Azerbaijan?
Because his FIDE registration is with Russia.
If he wants to change his registration to Azerbaijan then the following also have to ...
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How is Kasparov vs Shirov 1992 a victory?
Shirov resigned: the thinking was that despite both sides left with pawns and a knight, the advantage went to Black.
Black has an extra pawn and Black's pawn chain is mutually supporting. White is ...
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Example of a Karpov vs. Kasparov game with a controversial move
If you don't mind going a bit earlier, then it has to be 1972 Spassky–Fischer (mother of all World Championships) Game 1.
Fischer played 29...Bxh2? a move that few players would consider in light of ...
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What does Kasparov mean by "I was behind in three and even in one after six games"?
He is talking about the score after the sixth game of each of his matches with Karpov. To be precise, these were the scores after game six (shown as Kasparov-Karpov, not counting draws, to follow the ...
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Example of a Karpov vs. Kasparov game with a controversial move
Kasparov's 7...h6? in the game below cost him the game and the match, and later Kasparov accused Deep Blue team of cheating.
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Unfinished Chess game between Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov
High level players usually resign when they have a lost position. There's no point in continuing the game for thirty more moves when defeat is inevitable. Checkmate is actually a rare occurence in ...
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Is Deep Blue outdated?
IBM claimed the machine could search for 200 million moves per second, while Stockfish in the recent AlphaZero match could "only" search for 80 million per seconds on a modern multi-core machines. But....
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How is Kasparov vs Shirov 1992 a victory?
Black has (almost) three connected passed pawns which will be unstoppable.
White is not going to promote his pawn without the king, which is far away and likewise is not going to get a passer on the ...
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Who did Kasparov call a talented amateur?
I will answer in the first line of the next paragraph, but there is a lot of history that happened right around the time Kasparov made this comment, so I will add in some of that too.
At the Tilburg ...
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Example of a Karpov vs. Kasparov game with a controversial move
Not exactly what you're looking for, but in his 1987 match vs Karpov, Kasparov forgot to press his clock during time pressure. Kasparov finally lost that game, the result being heavily influenced by ...
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Example of a Karpov vs. Kasparov game with a controversial move
We'll never know the whole truth of the 1951 world championship match. Years after the Soviet Union collapsed, and nearing death, Bronstein still wouldn't talk about it.
The challenger Bronstein was ...
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Who is Yuri Dojoian, Kasparov's analyst in the 90s?
I think the player you are referring to is Yury Dokhoian. According to his FIDE profile and Olimpbase profile he has not played competitive chess since 1994. According to his Wikipedia page he was ...
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Why did Garry Kasparov retire?
From his Wikipedia article:
After winning the prestigious Linares tournament for the ninth time, Kasparov announced on 10 March 2005 that he would retire from regular competitive chess. He cited as ...
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Kasparov's Immortal: Why didn't he play 10.Qg7?
What would have been the ramifications of him making the move Qg7?
That would be a really bad move. In a heartbeat his opponent would play Rg8 threatening to take the queen. The rook is protected by ...
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Demystifying Seirawan-Kasparov 1983 king and pawn endgame
This is a stunning endgame. It is impressive how Kasparov perfectly used reserve tempi to reach the winning position in the diagram where triangulation is all that remains after Seirawan's 40. e4?? ...
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What does Kasparov mean by "I was behind in three and even in one after six games"?
I believe he means that in one of his matches, he was ahead after the first six games had been played. In one of them, after six games were played the score was tied. In the remaining three, he was ...
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Karpov-Kasparov matches prearranged?
No evidence to support this
It's hard to prove a negative, but I've seen a lot of coverage of Karpov-Kasparov and none of them even hinted that the matches were pre-arranged. Fischer is the only ...
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Deep Blue versus Magnus Carlsen?
I'd say no. Playing against a human being is a lot different than playing computers. Here is an article (unfortunately, it is in Dutch) about a German player with a rating under 2100 who regularly ...
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From which top class game is the endgame motive?
You are probably thinking of the game Karpov - Kasparov form round 9 in their first World Championship Match in 1984-85. This match was later called off after 48 games before a winner was declared.
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Why did Kasparov avoid the Marshall Attack?(With White)
It comes down to one main thing, but there are other factors that probably played a part too. The main thing is that despite the nature of the Marshall attack, it is considered drawish at the highest ...
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Kasparov's Immortal: Why didn't he play 10.Qg7?
As mentioned in the other answers, the move 10. Qg7 will lose a tempo. The only advantage that such a move could give is the following: this forces the rook to move and prevents the castle for the ...
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During the 1984-1985 Karpov-Kasparov match, what was Karpov's initial weight?
That's a lot, if validated. Karpov was rather slight at the time, something around 60kg or less, so that represents something under 20% of his body weight.
And actually, that's consistent with other ...
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Karpov's Queen's Gambit beats Kasparov. What is Karpov thinking?
The position after move 9 is the main tabya of the Tarrasch defense. Your feeling that Black is better, or even that he has egalized, is imprecise : White has no weakness, active pieces, and Black's ...
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Karpov's Queen's Gambit beats Kasparov. What is Karpov thinking?
Welcome to the world of the Isolated Queen Pawn (IQP for shorts)! This is a special type of position which can be reached from quite a few openings (also with reversed colours); the Tarrasch variation ...
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Unfinished Chess game between Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov
Checkmate is just one way a game can end. It can also end on time, game loss penalty, or resignation. If you can make your opponent convinced enough of the futility of their position that they resign, ...
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Deep Blue versus Magnus Carlsen?
Deep blue was dismantled soon after playing Kasparov.
So, I guess, we will never know what would have happened. However, if it does happen, then I would favour Carlsen winning against the computer. ...
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What level of player is Kasparov's MasterClass suited for?
I have seen the materials in the program, and they are for players well below your level of play. I am not sure that they are even for a 1000 player since they are very basic. While he uses positions, ...
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Reason why Kasparov resigned in the "Enrage the Beast" game
White's position is just bad overall. The main reasons:
The passed c-pawn is a huge asset. It's likely it will eventually cost White a piece, but in the meantime it cramps White's forces.
All Black's ...
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Kasparov quote on boldness
I found a few in an article on chessworld.com called "31 Great Chess Quotes from Garry Kasparov."
“When your house is on fire, you can’t be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in ...
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