KASPAROV’S 3 GREATEST MATCHES +1

1. His Masterpiece

Kasparov vs. Karpov. 1985, Moscow, World Championship.
DECISIVE MOVE: Game 16, move 16 ‘Deep Knight’

• Kasparov wins the best of 24 : 13-11, beating current World Champion Karpov
• At 22 years of age, Kasparov becomes the 13th and youngest World Champion
• (Often depicted as Gorbachev vs. Brezhnev or New Russia vs. Communist Russia)
• This contest followed the abandoned, undecided and controversial, 48 game 1984 World Championship between the same two opponents

Nd3Deep Knight

Board begins on move 16. Click ‘+’ on the board for ‘auto-play’.
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[Event “World Championship”]
[Site “Moscow”]
[Date “1985”]
[White “Karpov vs.”]
[Black “Kasparov”]
[Result “0-1”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Na3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Be2 Bc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf3 Bf5 14.
Bg5 Re8 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 Nd3 17. Nab1 h6 18. Bh4 b4 19. Na4 Bd6 20. Bg3
Rc8 21. b3 g5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. g3 Nd7 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. a3 a5 26. axb4 axb4
27. Qa2 Bg6 28. d6 g4 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. f3 Qxd6 31. fxg4 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Nf6 33.
Rf4 Ne4 34. Qxd3 Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 Bxd3 36. Rfd2 Qe3 37. Rxd3 Rc1 38. Nb2 Qf2
39. Nd2 Rxd1+ 40. Nxd1 Re1+ 0-1
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2. Deep Blue

Kasparov vs. Deep Blue. 1996, Philadelphia, Exhibition.
DECISIVE MOVE: Game 1, move 37 ‘Deep Blue Wins’

• First computer victory over a reigning World Champion
• Kasparov wins three and draws two of the next five games winning decisively 4-2*

*WIN = 1 Point, DRAW = ½ Point

Rh7Deep Blue 1-0

Board begins at Checkmate. Click << to replay.
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[Event “Game 1, Exhibition”]
[Site “Philadelphia”]
[Date “1996”]
[White “Deep Blue vs.”]
[Black “Kasparov”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nc3 Qd6 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Ne5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 O-O
16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Bg5 Bb6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nc4 Rfd8 20.Nxb6 axb6 21.Rfd1 f5
22.Qe3 Qf6 23.d5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 exd5 25.b3 Kh8 26.Qxb6 Rg8 27.Qc5 d4 28.Nd6 f4
29.Nxb7 Ne5 30.Qd5 f3 31.g3 Nd3 32.Rc7 Re8 33.Nd6 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Nxf2 35.Nxf7+ Kg7
36.Ng5+ Kh6 37.Rxh7+ 1-0

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3. Versus The World

Kasparov vs. The World. 1999, The Internet, Exhibition.
DECISIVE MOVE: Game 1, move 37 ‘Deep Blue Wins’

• 62 moves played on the Internet over four months
• The World Team: Over 50,000 players from more than 75 countries
• Inspired his Kasparov Against the World: The Story of the Greatest Online Challenge*

*World’s longest analysis devoted to a single chess game, 202 pages

Rh7???

Board begins at Checkmate. Click << to replay.
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[Event “1 Game, Online”]
[Site “The Internet”]
[Date “1999”]
[White “Kasparov vs.”]
[Black “The World”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nc3 Qd6 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Ne5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 O-O
16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Bg5 Bb6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nc4 Rfd8 20.Nxb6 axb6 21.Rfd1 f5
22.Qe3 Qf6 23.d5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 exd5 25.b3 Kh8 26.Qxb6 Rg8 27.Qc5 d4 28.Nd6 f4
29.Nxb7 Ne5 30.Qd5 f3 31.g3 Nd3 32.Rc7 Re8 33.Nd6 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Nxf2 35.Nxf7+ Kg7
36.Ng5+ Kh6 37.Rxh7+ 1-0

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