The twelve-game match commemorates the 25th
anniversary of the first Karpov vs Kasparov World Championship
match in 1984-85, played in the Hall of Columns of the Trade
Union House in Moscow. There will be twelve games, four in rapid
chess, to be played on Tuesday and Wednesday, plus eight blitz
games on Thursday. Each round starts at 19:00h CEST (= 21:00h
Moscow, 18:00h London, 1 p.m. NY). Live coverage is planned on
the
official site.
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A
handshake just before the start of game 1
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In
the background arbiter Geurt Gijssen |
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12th
World Champion Anatoly Karpov
now
aged 58 during game one |
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A
sight for sore chess eyes;
Kasparov in serious play again
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Rapid Match Valencia
(ESP), 22-23 ix 2009 |
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Name |
Ti |
NAT |
Rating |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
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Kasparov, Garry |
g |
RUS |
2812 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
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Karpov, Anatoly |
g |
RUS |
2619 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Blitz Match Valencia
(ESP), 22-23 ix 2009 |
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Name |
Ti |
NAT |
Rtng |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Total |
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Kasparov, Garry |
g |
RUS |
2812 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
6 |
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Karpov, Anatoly |
g |
RUS |
2619 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
2 |
Rapid games in PGN
Blitz games in PGN
All
games in PGN
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Rapid
Games (25 mins + 5 sec incr.) |
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Blitz
Games (5 mins + 2 sec incr.) |
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Report from TWIC (The Week In
Chess)
Kasparov and Karpov played a 12 game (4
Rapid and 8 blitz) match in Valencia 21st-24th September
2009. The match was 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.
Kasparov outclassed Karpov throughout the
match. The match confirmed the recent impression that Karpov
has ceased to work on the game and is no longer competitive.
Kasparov seemed pretty sharp although it is hard to say with
complete assurance how good he still is as the opposition
was so poor. In particular Karpov was mishandling the clock
very badly and collapsing at the end of games when he had
little or no time, even in level positions. It is to be
hoped that Karpov can at least show some pride and do some
work for the second match in France in December. Kasparov
won the rapid 3-1 and the blitz 6-2 for a resounding 9-3
win.
Malcolm Pein, Daily Telegraph Chess Correspondent
Malcolm speaks to John Humphrey's on Radio 4's Today
program - 24 Sept 2009
Video footage and additional links about the match
