Kasparov 2 - 0 over Karpov
Posted by 365Chess.com on September 23, 2009 in Chess news
The match that commemorates the 25th anniversary of the first Karpov vs Kasparov World Championship match in 1984-85 has started.
Garry Kasparov started with two quick wins against eternal rival Anatoly Karpov. Karpov lost the first game in 24 moves, when he ran out of time; and the second ended in 28 moves after a fierce kingside attack by Kasparov.
Karpov, Ana. (2619) - Kasparov, G. (2812) [D72]
Match Valencia ESP (1), 2009.09.22
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 (view game)
Kasparov, G. (2812) - Karpov, Ana. (2619) [D31]
Match Valencia ESP (2), 2009.09.22
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 (view game)
