Gary Kasparov

postHeaderIconThe ‘Iron Tiger’ Crushes The ‘Beast Of Baku’

 

 

 

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (17 June 1929 – 13 August 1984) was a Soviet-Armenian grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. His playing style earned him the nicknamed “Iron Tigran”.  He was a Candidate for the World Championship on eight occasions (1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1977 and 1980). He won the world championship against Botvinik in 1963,  successfully defended it against Spassky in 1966, and lost it to Spassky in 1969.  He won the Soviet Championship four times (1959, 1961, 1969, and 1975) and is generally recognized as the hardest player to beat in all of chess history.

 

“In those years, it was easier to win the Soviet Championship than a game against ‘Iron Tigran’.”

– Lev Polugaevsky

 

“It is to Petrosian’s advantage that his opponents never know when he is suddenly going to play like Mikhail Tal.”

– Boris Spassky

 

“He [Petrosian] has an incredible tactical view, and a wonderful sense of the danger… No matter how much you think deep… He will ‘smell’ any kind of danger 20 moves before!”

– Robert Fischer

 

“Chess is a game by its form, an art by its content and a science by the difficulty of gaining mastery in it. Chess can convey as much happiness as a good book or work of music can. However, it is necessary to learn to play well and only afterwards will one experience real delight.”

– Tigran Petrosian

 

In the seventh round of Tilburg (1981) the ‘Iron Tiger’ crushed the ‘Beast Of Baku’.

 

 

Kasparov versus Petrosian (1981)

Black To Play (Move 30)

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For the annotated game (PGN file) – See Comments

 

postHeaderIconGame 32 1984 World Chess Championship

Challenger Garry Kasparov[white]down 5-0, winning his first game against then World Champion Anatoly Karpov, With a great positional fight playing the Queen’s Indian Defense.  
 

Image : Miroslav Zajic/Corbis

 

4k2r/pb1nq2p/1p3bp1/2Pp1pNP/5B2/P5P1/1P1QPPB1/4K2R b KQkq – 0 211. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 c5 11. g3 g6 12. h4 Qe7 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. h5 f5 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Rc3 Rc6 18. Re3 Re6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. hxg6 d4 23. g7 Bxg7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. f3 Qd5 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27. Nxh7 Qb3 28. Bd6 Ne6 29. Ng5 Bh6 30. Bf4 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Nxg5 32. Qxg5 Qxb2 33. Qxf5 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa3 37. Qh5+ Kd7 38. Qg4+ Kc6 39. Qxd4 b5 40. g4 b4 41. g5 1-0410nod4c5 

After 5 months and 48 games, the match was abandoned in controversial circumstances(Health/welfare for the players) the match was ended without result by Florencio Campomanes, the President of Federation Internationale des Echecs, (FIDE), and a new match was announced to start a few months later. The aborted match started September 10, 1984 to February 8, 1985 in Moscow. Karpov 5 Kasparov 3 (with 40 draws) 6 points needed to win the Title of World Champion

postHeaderIconKasparov in South Africa

 

Garry Kasparov will be  in  South Africa between 21 and 26 March 2012.  He  is there to   launch the African chapter of   the Kasparov Chess Foundation along with  partnership with Moves for Life.

Events have been organised to promote chess, the Foundation as well as the development work of Moves for Life. The events are:
Thursday 22 March 10h00, Iwyze Garry Kasparoc Simultanious,  OR Tambo Civic Centre.
Thursday 22 March 18h00, Iwyze Blitz on Table Mountain (alternatively Waterfront). Garry to play against Marcel Roberts, SA U/16 champion.
Friday 23 March 18h00, KASPAROV CHESS FOUNDATION AFRICA launch gala dineer, Sandton Sun, Johannesburg.
Sunday 25 March 10h00, 2 round simul at SciBone science centre, Newtown, Johannesburh

 

   [Image THOMAS HOLDER]

Eleven-year-old Daniel Barrish drew his match with Kasparov.

Daniel was one of 26 players to take on Kasparov during simultaneous chess matches at the OR Tambo Indoor Sports Centre

 

 

 

 

 

postHeaderIconNakamura and Kasparov

 

Kasparov and Nakamura started working together before the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee last January….

postHeaderIconKasparov vs Short Rapids Match

 

Kasparov won the match by a single point.  It was a match that was full of mistakes, but more importantly, excitement.  Every game was full of fight as both opponents went after each other, tooth nail and tongs, simultaneously throwing dust in their opponents eyes while they stomped through the mud.  A very exciting match.  The openings were a feast in and of themselves.  Nigel pulled out his Italian game twice with an Evans Gambit and a Two Knights Defense.  Although he did not fare well from a sporting perspective with these two openings, he also played and took Gary apart in a King’s Gambit.  All of the games were full of chances for both contestants and a close score was fully deserving which ever way the match fell.

 

Click on the Comments for all eight games.

 

 

postHeaderIconKasparov-Short blitz match on October 9th 2011 in Belgium

 

Garry Kasparov will play an 8-game blitz match against Nigel Short, on October 9th in Leuven, Belgium.

 

The time control will be 5 minutes plus 2 seconds increment.

postHeaderIconClawing his way back

no.1 …again

postHeaderIconThe Chess Master and the Computer

“Perhaps the current trend of many chess professionals taking up the more lucrative pastime of poker is not a wholly negative one .”

postHeaderIconKasparov at the St Louis Chess Club

Kasparov vs Bartotto

Gary you should have asked Derrick for a Quantum Gambitz Shirt… He may have even signed it for you!!!

 

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