The history of sport has seen many great gladiatorial clashes: Ali v Frazier in boxing, McEnroe v Borg in tennis, Prost v Senna in motor racing. None however can quite compare to the intensity of the rivalry between those two great world chess champions: Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. Between 1984 and 1990 they contested an astonishing five World Championship matches consisting of 144 individual encounters. This volume concentrates on the first two of those matches.
Content
05 Foreword
1 On the Eve of Battle
009 First acquaintance
019 Reconnaissance in force
034 Untouchable
038 Ascent
2 The First Match: 1984/85
054 Opening preparation
058 Face to face (games 1-5)
084 Catastrophe (games 6-9)
116 The champion relaxes the pressure (games 10-15)
133 l am not yet ready to win (games 16-27)
163 The collapse of Karpov's dream (games 28-32)
182 Above the precipice (games 33-41)
210 The 'corpse' comes alive (games 42-48)
242 Stages of the battle
3 The 49th Game 246 Shadow of Baguio
253 'We agreed on something quite different!'
264 To whose benefit?
269 'The match must take place!'
4 The Second Match: 1985
277 Surprise for the champion (games 1-3)
296 Double knock-down (games 4-5)
308 High tension (games 6-11)
340 Miracle gambit (games 12-16)
364 In classical style (games 17-19)
377 Hypnosis of the champion's title (games 20-23)
405 Start of a new era (game 24)
420 Index of Openings
422 Index of Complete Games
- The epic 1984/85 contest which was lasted six months before being controversially halted “without result” by the then President of FIDE Florencio Campomanes.
- The 1985 match when Kasparov brilliantly won the final game to take the title and become - at the age of 22 - the youngest ever world champion.
Content
05 Foreword
1 On the Eve of Battle
009 First acquaintance
019 Reconnaissance in force
034 Untouchable
038 Ascent
2 The First Match: 1984/85
054 Opening preparation
058 Face to face (games 1-5)
084 Catastrophe (games 6-9)
116 The champion relaxes the pressure (games 10-15)
133 l am not yet ready to win (games 16-27)
163 The collapse of Karpov's dream (games 28-32)
182 Above the precipice (games 33-41)
210 The 'corpse' comes alive (games 42-48)
242 Stages of the battle
3 The 49th Game 246 Shadow of Baguio
253 'We agreed on something quite different!'
264 To whose benefit?
269 'The match must take place!'
4 The Second Match: 1985
277 Surprise for the champion (games 1-3)
296 Double knock-down (games 4-5)
308 High tension (games 6-11)
340 Miracle gambit (games 12-16)
364 In classical style (games 17-19)
377 Hypnosis of the champion's title (games 20-23)
405 Start of a new era (game 24)
420 Index of Openings
422 Index of Complete Games