| Jun-19-11 | | Bobsterman3000: First
19. A4 gets ??. |
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| Jun-20-11 | | msoewulff: is kasparovs rating still 2800+? |
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| Jun-20-11 | | positionalgenius: Kasparov's FIDE rating is 2812. |
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| Aug-07-11 | | kasparvez: Here is a video of the entire match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-aO... |
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| Sep-21-11 | | jackpawn: I found it a little surprising how much time Kasparov took in the opening. Also a little surprising his opponent stayed in the game as long as he did. I would have thought that Gary would just blow away a borderline master. |
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| Sep-21-11 | | zoren: <jackpawn>
Your statement seems like it is coming from someone who doesn't play too much competitive chess. Ghannoum was completely facerolled here. Sometimes as black you get a huge and perceptible edge but the only way to win is to convert with proper technique. In simul conditions and opponent playing on in a dead lost position, it still takes some time to win with opposite color bishops. It's pretty clear he was clearly disadvantaged at move 17 and lost at move 24. Even Garry has to win within the bounds of the rules of chess! |
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| Sep-21-11 | | jackpawn: I agree that black is better by move 17 and winning by move 24. I just found it surprising, watching the tape, how much time Garry took in the opening. It's a 5 minutes game. Perhaps I overstated about being surprised how long it took Garry to win. As for being someone that doesn't play competitive chess, my current rating is 1950. Yes, I'm a weaker player than you, but we're in the same relative ballpark. |
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| Sep-21-11 | | Gilmoy: Kasparov often goes for a few long thinks early in the opening, <especially> in blitz. See his other videos. We mortals are checking to see we're not hanging our next piece. Kasparov is probably already choosing from a menu of middlegame pawn structures, TNs, and old analysis. Declining the "free" c-pawn 3 times was a cute touch. No counterplay for you! |
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Sep-22-11
 | | perfidious: Another opponent who makes my Kasparov number 'two', if only in an exhibition in this case. |
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| Jan-28-13 | | dumbgai: <perfidious> Do you mean that you've played against Ghannoum, and Ghannoum played Kasparov, thus your K=2? My number would be three, via Richard Koepcke who played Gulko, Yermolinsky, and probably some other GMs. |
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Feb-10-13
| | perfidious: <dumbgai> Yes; we met in some Friday night events at the former Specialiste d' Echecs in Montreal during the 1990s. There are other Kasparov-2s for me, but Ghannoum is clearly the weakest, to my knowledge. |
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Feb-10-13
 | | Phony Benoni: <perfidious> If you want a quick route to the World Champions, Larry Christiansen is a good place to start. My embarrassing effort against him gives me "2" access to Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Karpov, Kasparov, and Anand, not to mention Khalifman, Kasimdzhanov, and Topalov. |
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Feb-11-13
| | perfidious: <Phony Benoni> Have met Christiansen, even played numerous blitz games with his wife Natasha when she was an undergrad at MIT, but never played Larry. On thinking it over a little, the second-weakest (not at all weak, however) of the Kasparov-2s is <Rob Morrison>. Then there are Dlugy, Browne, Igor Ivanov, Benjamin and Tal (in blitz only). Maybe there are others, but not many. The road to Karpov-2 is much broader for various reasons, which will be seen here, as you'll surely remember:
Karpov vs C William, 1998. |
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| Nov-29-13 | | peltonen: 19. a4 was a bad move, you can see Garry explaining it to his opponent after the match |
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| Oct-27-15 | | PJs Studio: 19.a4 is an incredibly bad move. Kasparov has a way of wrestling the imperceptible advantage as black and converting active endgames into full points. I look to his play for truth. As for Zoren makes a solid point, even God couldn't mate Kasparove in ten moves. |
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| Nov-27-16 | | Cooleyhigh: This open with black is a strong opening. I'm Winning many games online. Thanks Kasparov. |
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