Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov (1997)

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Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov
Novgorod (1997), Novgorod RUS, rd 10, Jun-23
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90) · 1/2-1/2

White to move.

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May-22-05		yoozum: This game is a prearranged draw that Nigel exposes in his column today. Evidently, he suffered a nasty dog-bite and prearranged the draw with Kasparov. It was Kasparov's idea to copy one of Azmai's games.

May-22-05		MrSifter: I have a feeling Nigel started the scuffle with the dog, but I'm curious to know the details of the incident.

May-23-05		Jim Bartle: Sort of takes the excitement out of it, learning not only the result but all the moves were prearranged. According to Short (via Chessbase) K chose this to irritate Azmaiparashvili because he'd blabbed some of K's (still unused) opening analysis. My question: was it known this was a fixed (OK, arranged) draw at the time?

May-23-05		Hesam7: Can anyone post the link to Short's column??

May-23-05		WMD: See link at Nigel Short

May-23-05		Hesam7: <WMD> Thanks for this and the excerpt from <Russians vs Fischer> on the Fischer page.

Jun-01-06		spirit: isn't this chess???...beautiful...although prearranged

Jun-01-06		spirit: 15...b4 looks artificial somewhat

Jun-01-06		Nomen Nescio: I like 16.Bxh6. The idea of a prearragned draw puzzles me. I'd study the game and figure out a way to beat the opponent anyway.

Jun-03-06		spirit: it is "prearranged" should mean that it is virtually impossible to find a variation that leads to a win for either side when they were out of book...lets face it, these are giants,every move and variation in this game had been checked to the very last detail before 1.e4

Jul-17-18		Albion 1959: This is akin to the famous "windmill" attack from the Torre v Lasker game in Moscow 1925. Only in this game there is no checkmate, or large material gains:

Oct-07-24		FSR: <In the evening before the last round of Novgorod 1997, when I was due to play Garry Kasparov, I was set upon by a large dog while walking. I received a nasty bite in my arm and was admitted to hospital. Bandaged and bleeding, I was in no condition to play chess. Thus, for the only time in my life, I proposed a pre-arranged draw to the great man, which he duly accepted (in fact a draw with black guaranteed him at least a shared first place). We then decided to concoct the following game for public benefit. Garry thought that, as we were playing a fake game, it would be hilarious if we followed Azmai’s game [Azmaiparashvili vs N Rashkovsky, 1995 ] for as long as possible. I might add that he was still livid that Azmai had exposed chunks of his analysis to public scrutiny, which in his eyes was the act of a disaffected ex-employee. Of course, we had to arrange a different result and, for the sake of aesthetics, do it as prettily as we could.> https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-f...

Oct-08-24		Olavi: <FSR:> I like this above: <MrSifter: I have a feeling Nigel started the scuffle with the dog,> I would never have thought of that brilliant a way to deceive the great Gazza.

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