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 12 game Kasparov-Karpov match coming Sept 2009
The newspaper Marca (journalist Jesus J. Boyero) broke the news that Kasparov and Karpov will play a 12 game (4 Rapid and 8 blitz) match in Valencia 21st-24th September 2009. The match is on the 25th Anniversary of the start of their infamous first aborted match in Moscow in 1984-5, this was followed by an epic series of close World title matches which ended in Lyon 1990. Their World Championship record summarises as: Kasparov 21 wins - Karpov 19 wins and 104 games were drawn.
Mig also talks about it: www.chessninja.com
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Paris 11-13 December 2009
they will play the same format, see www.europe-echecs.com
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Mig says it is not a done deal yet:
"Garry says nothing signed for the Paris match with Karpov yet and was surprised they released the info. Sounds pretty solid, but even the dates haven't been confirmed 100% yet."
By the way, Mig gives readers an opportunity to ask Kasparov some questions about his cooperation with Magnus,. See Mig's note "If you have some questions for him on the topic, feel free to post them below." www.chessninja.com
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Tuesday, first two rapid games
Today, press conference, see here www.chessvibes.com and www.chessninja.com
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Kasparov leads 1-0
after Karpov lost on time, but already in a difficult position.
From TWIC www.chesscenter.com :
[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Valencia ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd, main line"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8.
d5 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nbc3 Na6 11. h3 exd5 12. exd5 Nc4 13. b3 Nd6 14. Bf4
b6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. g4 Qd7 18. a4 f5 19. g5 Rad8 20. Bg3 f4 21.
Nxf4 Nf5 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. axb5 Nd4 24. Ne6 0-1
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Kasparov leads 2-0
Karpov lost again on time it looks like, but this time the position is lost too. Nice attack by Kasparov:
[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Valencia ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6
8. e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Nge2 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 a5 13. Rad1 b6 14. e4
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qb8 16. N2c3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20.
Rxd5 Ra7 21. Qd2 Nc5 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qxh6 f5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8
26. Rxf5 Ne4 27. Qh4 Re8 28. Rh5 f5 1-0
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First game...
... Is White so bad at the final position? Maybe Karpov thought he had made a mistake with his final move? A likely continuation seems to be
b
24...Nxe6
26.dxe6 Qxd2
27.Rxd2 Rxd2
28.Bxb7 ...
BLACK has won the exchange, but White's active bishops and advanced passer ought to give him some compensation. Admittedly, White's pawns are scattered and very weak...
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Game 2...
... Remarkable piece sac for a direct attack on the King with such slender material remaining on the board. Is Karpov already being outclassed?
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The position in the first game after 24. Ne6 was may be tenable for white, but Karpov was in the 5 second increment phase of the game when his flag fell and Kasparov had lots of time still (may be 8 minutes, but I do not remember exactly).
If we do not consider the clock, then may be even 24. Ne6 should not be considered: Strictly speaking 24. Ne6 is not a legal move, since Karpov's flag already fell. And then white's position is OK still.
In game 2 it was remarkable that Kasparov spent only a few minutes on this position
before playing 22. Nf6+. Must have been a shock for Karpov who appears out of shape against a motivated Kasparov - a pity.
End position of game 2 after 28. ... f7-f5:
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Karpov strikes back
[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Valencia ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd, main line"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8.
d5 e6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nec3 Na6 11. a4 exd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Be3 Bd4 14. a5
Bxe3 15. axb6 Bd4 16. bxa7 Bf5 17. Na3 Rxa7 18. Ncb5 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Bxb2 20.
Re3 Qb6 21. Qe2 Bg7 22. Rd1 Bd7 23. Na3 Bd4 24. Re7 Ba4 25. Rc1 Qf6 26.
Rxb7 Bb2 27. Rxc5 Bxa3 28. h4 Nd3 29. Ra5 Nc5 30. Rba7 Qd4 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32.
fxe3 Bc1 33. Kf2 Nd3+ 34. Ke2 Bc2 35. d6 Re8 36. Ra8 1-0
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and flags again
[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Valencia ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6
8. e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 g6 10. f3 Nd7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rad1
cxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. g4 Kg7 17. Qf4 Rd8 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Qxd6 Rxd6 20. Nf4
Kf8 21. h4 Bd7 22. Kf2 Ne8 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. a3 Nc7 25. Nce2 Rb6 26. Rc5 Ne6
27. Nxe6+ Bxe6 28. Rec1 Ke8 29. Nf4 Kd8 30. b4 Ra8 31. h5 Rd6 32. Be2 g5
33. Nd3 1-0
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Blitz Kasparov 6 - Karpov 2
Karpov won first blitz game, drew second and last one
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Interesting interview
GM Robert Fontaine interviews Kasparov after the match: www.chessbase.com
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