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 Garry Kasparov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fellow players predicted a 6-0 whitewash of Kasparov within 18 games.
After the loss, Kasparov said that he sometimes saw deep intelligence and creativity in the machine's moves, suggesting that during the second game, human chess players, in contravention of the rules, intervened.
In this position after move 23 in the 1999 Corus tournament game between Kasparov and Topalov, Kasparov (white) appears to be in a weaker position, but a rook sacrifice followed by precise endgame play secures Kasparov a victory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov   (3111 words)

  
 Presidential Symposia: Limits of Performance: Intro
Garry was not allowed to see any games played by the computer.
Garry is indeed more than a chess player.
Kasparov showed the world again why he is number one in the world, going undefeated.
http://prelectur.stanford.edu/symposia/kasparov.html   (1375 words)

  
 Talk:Garry Kasparov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kasparov seems to be a supporter of a special group of revisionists, centered on this russian researcher called Fomenko.
Please note, that Kasparov is citizen of Russia, so article Garry Kasparov is in Category:Chess players by nationality->Category:Russian chess players --ajvol 09:15, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Karpov protested on the grounds that FIDE rules dictated that "miniature flags of the nations to which the players belong are to be placed on the table".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Garry_Kasparov   (4044 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Chessmaster Garry Kasparov retires at 41
MOSCOW — Garry Kasparov, the chess world's youngest-ever champion and its public face and undisputed king the last two decades, made a stunning move shortly after winning a prestigious tournament in Spain: He announced his retirement from professional play.
Born in Baku, in the then-Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, Kasparov is thought by many to be the best chess player in history.
The disclosure from the Russian grandmaster &; the world's No. 1 ranked chess player since 1984 who is considered by some the best in the history of the game — came shortly after he won the 14-match Linares tournament in Spain on Thursday, despite losing the final game.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/mathscience/2005-03-11-kasparov_x.htm?csp=34   (892 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov News
Kasparov said: "Before this tournament I made a conscious decision that Linares 2005 will be my last professional [tournament], and today I played my last professional game."
You are in Biogs.com » Biography Directory » Chess Players » Garry Kasparov
After being increasingly frustrated by the chess authorities, Kasparov has proven beyond doubt that he is still the world's number 1 player, officially or not.
http://www.biogs.com/famous/kasparovnews.html   (721 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Special reports The Monday interview: Garry Kasparov
Kasparov remains the highest-ranked player in the world, but attempts to establish an undisputed world champion have foundered, and Kasparov is no longer willing to wait for the pieces to fall into place.
Kasparov, of course, believes he has vision in abundance, honed at the chessboard and now being applied to a tougher game - and, worse, a game where the Russian authorities change the rules every week.
Kasparov is aware of his position in chess history: the highest-rated player ever, the youngest world champion at 22, the No1 player for two decades - match that Ronaldinho!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1436951,00.html   (1882 words)

  
 Kasparov: The World's Chess Champion, Ten Years and Counting? by Anne Kressler
Garry's mom was considered precocious at chess even when she was only six years old.
In 1990, Kasparov became the highest rated player in chess history (at 2800), surpassing Bobby Fischer's old record of 2785.
It gives him great satisfaction that chess enthusiasts and professionals might know and be challenged by his games "for, maybe, two hundred years" and give him a sort of immortality.
http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/33_folder/33_articles/33_kasparov.html   (1905 words)

  
 Chess champion Garry Kasparov speaks at Stanford: 4/99
Every match has a definitive moment, Kasparov said, and the outcome often depends on the players' moods.
After agreeing with Gumbrecht that a chess team could be housed within the athletics department, Willingham wanted to know if Kasparov's skills as a chess player could be taught.
While many sports require bursts of energy for one event, Kasparov argued that the pressures experienced by chess players rarely dissipate.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/1999/april28/kasparov-428-a.html   (1122 words)

  
 CNN - Crushed by Deep Blue, Kasparov lashes back at IBM - May 11, 1997
After losing the first game in the match, the computer gained a win in game two, and managed draws in games three, four and five.
Kasparov said he would play the system again only if the match had a neutral sponsor.
Many said Kasparov should have played his usual, swashbuckling attacking style instead of the careful, slow maneuvering he undertook to try and outwit the machine.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9705/11/chess.update   (678 words)

  
 World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov Defeats World Team In Kasparov vs. the World on MSN.com: World Team Resigns on Move ...
The quality of the chess played throughout the Kasparov vs. the World game has been acknowledged by chess experts and third parties around the world as one of the best public chess games ever documented.
Once Kasparov's move was posted to MSN.com, the world team, playing as black, had 24 hours to cast its vote for a countermove.
Kasparov, playing as white, made the first move on June 21 and subsequent moves every 48 hours thereafter.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Oct99/KasparovWinsPR.mspx   (1134 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov: The Man Behind the King
Kasparov also brought rapid-chess tournaments to the spotlight in 1987, when he played a rapid chess match with Englishman Nigel Short.
Kasparov wasn’t going to make this championship an easy victory for Karpov.
This attracted new attention from players and spectators and placed speed chess matches on television for all to see.
http://classic.zone.msn.com/kasparov/bioGarry.asp   (628 words)

  
 How to Play the Queen's Gambit - Garry Kasparov: Chess Store
Garry Kasparov is the strongest chess player of our time - and a great personality who can represent the sport like no other chess professional.
Even people who don’t actually play this opening will benefit enormously from Kasparov’s explanations, learning from this genius’s vast knowledge of the game and his views on chess history.
No playing program is supplied with this training course.
http://www.classicalgames.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=001163&Category_Code=be   (382 words)

  
 Kasparov
But Garry is not a chess "God" and he does make mistakes, too (three in any game, we do three mistakes in one move).
Now, Garry is asking for more time for thinking during the game, but it is not main reason.
This part of game Kasparov playing perfectly (and he has only 10 seconds per move.
http://chess.spacecoast.org/ziatdinov/Kasparov.html   (1149 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov has been the top rated chess player in the world since around 1982, and is regarded by many as one of the strongest players ever.
Kasparov defeated Anand convincingly at the PCA world championship in New York 1995 (+4 -1 =12), but his tournament results continued to fluctuate.
Kasparov called this the decisive mistake, but I wouldn't go that far.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/kasparov.htm   (2900 words)

  
 The Daily Dirt Chess Blog: Garry Kasparov Retires
Garry Kasparov had such domain over the game as we may never see again.
I cannot belive that Kasparov's last game will be a loss.
Garry could still produce many great games for the next 3-5 years.
http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/archives/garry_kasparov_retires.htm   (6249 words)

  
 IBM Research Deep Blue Overview
Like the legendary Cuban player Jose Raul Capablanca, Kasparov is known for his uncanny intuitive play and lightning-fast vision of the board.
At the age of 21, Garry played for his first world title against the legendary Soviet player Anatoly Karpov.
From 1984 to 1990, Kasparov played Karpov four times for the world title.
http://www.research.ibm.com/deepblue/meet/html/d.1.html   (822 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games: Books: Igor Stohl
Kasparov is arguably the greatest chess player who ever lived; it is surprising that until very recently no one has produced a collection of his games (the exception being Kasparov's own book "The Test of Time", which appeared in the mid-1980s).
Igor Stohl has selected 74 of Kasparov's best and most instructive games from 1973 to 1993, and annotated them in detail.
Amazon.com: Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games: Books: Igor Stohl
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1904600328?v=glance   (1353 words)

  
 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Kasparov assaulted in Moscow
Kasparov: Yes, in the future it will have to be different.
Kasparov: It's very unpleasant, it hurts, but I'm not going to stop.
Okay, I will have security, but [hums thoughfully] it is not going to be so easy.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2329   (1212 words)

  
 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Garry Kasparov retires from professional chess
At the press conference after the Linares tournament Garry Kasparov, the world strongest player and leader of the world rankings for twenty consecutive years, stunned the public and journalists by announcing his retirement from professional chess.
The winner of Linares and the world's strongest chess player, Garry Kasparov, has just announced his retirement from professional chess.
I may play some chess for fun, but it will no longer be professional competitive chess."
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2258   (1078 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov Biography
Garry Kasparov is the highest rated player in the history of chess.
Kasparov was to fall out with the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and he set up a rival organisation called the Professional Chess Association (PCA) and a World Championship match was arranged in 1993, in which Kasparov played Britain’s Nigel Short.
In 1996 Kasparov played a six game match against Deep Blue, beating the machine 4-2.
http://www.biogs.com/famous/kasparov.html   (370 words)

  
 From Checking Kings to Influencing Presidents - New York Times
Garry Kasparov is certain that his place in history as a chess player is secure.
He is writing a book, ''How Life Imitates Chess,'' about applying lessons from the game to everyday decisions.
No one has retired while ranked as the world's top player since the American Paul Morphy did in 1859.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E3DE143FF935A15750C0A9639C8B63   (773 words)

  
 Judit Polgar vs Garry Kasparov (2002)
In an interview in NIC Kasparov said he had even considered playing the Berlin against Kaimdzhanov in their second game at Linares if Kazim played e4.
: sometimes i ask me about what does these chessmasters have inside their head!well kasparov was the best chess player in the world when he played this game, and polgar just know how to use the ruy lopez so why did kasparov didn't make the karo-kann?
If he had played in 75 and destroyed Karpov, Korchnoi, Spassky, and any other pretender, then somebody would be explaining that Fischer played an 'easy' opponent in Karpov, but ran away when Kasparov appeared on the scene, and Kasparov was too tough for Fischer to deal with.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1254283   (1321 words)

  
 The One - On ESPN2's chess championships, Garry Kasparov tries to stop the rise of the machines. By Dennis Cass
Seirawan says playing against Kasparov is like being in the room with a "caged tiger." "I can almost feel Garry's calculations when I'm sitting opposite him at the chess board," says Seirawan.
Even with two human opponents, chess is an awkward game to cover, but ESPN2 handles the representation problem well enough by splitting the screen between Kasparov and a 3-D rendition of the board.
Faced with losing a crucial pawn, X3D Fritz balked, moving a bishop that was otherwise out of play.
http://www.slate.com/id/2091323   (812 words)

  
 The chess games of Garry Kasparov
It is quite likely that after the Linares a lot of people will miss a player of Kasparov's or Karpov's caliber.
Kasparov anymore, WC Topalov is doing very good the not so easy thing to be: World Champion, number one in the world, and the most exciting player!!>
Don't know if this coinsides with a tourney, but even if I don't have the time to play in the tourney, being in Cleveland, I might have time to go just for a book signing and see the legend!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15940   (872 words)

  
 Wired News: Rage Against the (Chess) Machine
Although Kasparov has a couple of handicaps -- the 3-D glasses may mess with his concentration ("He won't be buying a new pair of shoes that day," is how Greengard put it) -- Kasparov likely won't be exhausted by the relatively short, four-match tournament.
As an opponent, (Kasparov) is the best in the world.
"When other players play him (Kasparov), they worry about the kinds of things he worries about when he's playing a computer." Things like preparation, thinking ahead, covering all the moves, avoiding blunders and especially style.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,61097,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1   (885 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov, New World Chess Champion (1986) - games 1-24 of Moscow 1985, with penetrating commentary and annotations by Garry Kasparov
To obtain insights directly concerning Kasparov and his games, the following books are relevant:
This book has detailed annotations of the games from this match
http://www.letsplaychess.com/chessclubs/kasparov/kasparov.htm   (314 words)

  
 Kasparov, Garry RUS FIDE World Top Chess Player
Kasparov, Garry RUS FIDE World Top Chess Player
http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=4100018   (8 words)

  
 CNN.com - Kasparov, 3D rival end chess series in tie - Nov. 19, 2003
Kasparov and his computer opponent entered game four tied at 1.5 points each.
"It looked like a short game, but for me it was not a game of chess, it was more of a gamble," said Kasparov, 40.
Kasparov tied the computer last week in the first game, lost the second and won the third.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/11/19/kasparov.chess.ap   (405 words)

  
 BBC NEWS World Europe Garry Kasparov: A king deposed
Unfortunately for Kasparov, it is his defeat which has put chess back in the headlines, and he may no longer be the prime player in its technology-driven future.
He sees that most Western of inventions, the internet, as the saviour of the game dominated by the Soviet Union and its successors.
In a young man's game, Garry Kasparov is over the hill.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1000000/1000392.stm   (660 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors: Part 1: Books
The selection of games is excellent; Kasparov's idea for the book of paralleling the history of the championship with the ongoing development of the game itself is a good one.
Kasparov explains how each champion brought his own distinctive style to the chessboard and enriched the theory of the game with new ideas.
The main topic of his lecture was on one of the games in his book.
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1857443306   (817 words)

  
 World Mysteries - Articles by Garry Kasparov
Kasparov, Garry Kimovich (1963-), chess player and longtime world champion, who competes for Russia.
Although Kasparov won the first game, he was defeated in the six-game series 3.5 games to 2.5 games.
Kasparov subsequently defeated Deep Blue by a score of 4 games to 2 to win the match.
http://www.world-mysteries.com/garrykasparov.htm   (2699 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov
The following year, he competed against an improved version called Deeper Blue and was defeated 3.5 games to 2.5 games.
Kasparov won with a score of 4 games to 2 games.
In 1996 Kasparov competed in a six game match against an IBM computer called Deep Blue.
http://www.chesscorner.com/worldchamps/kasparov/kasparov.htm   (338 words)

  
 Chess Player Kasparov Calls Putin ’Exemplary Stalinist’ - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM
Ex-Chess Champion Kasparov Requests FSB Inquiry, Explanation for Border Hassle
Chess Player Kasparov Calls Putin ’Exemplary Stalinist’ - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM
Russian Liberal Kasparov Hit Over Head With Chessboard
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/09/14/kasparov.shtml   (734 words)

  
 Chess player Garry Kasparov blames Putin for destroying democracy in Russia
Chess player Garry Kasparov blames Putin for destroying democracy in Russia
Below you can find excerpts from the chess player's speech.
The rich culture, creativity, the knowledge and humanity of our nation is still alive and means a lot more to the world than the whole Russian oil," Kasparov said.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1218174/posts   (5768 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Europe Chess master Kasparov to retire
He made the surprise announcement after winning a prestigious tournament in Spain for the ninth time.
Former world champion Garry Kasparov has announced that he is to retire from competitive chess.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4338719.stm   (168 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Provides a short biography and game history and details of analysts, world team, and play procedures.
Russian chess master Garry Kasparov became the world chess champion in 1985.
The match was held in London from October 8 to November 2, 2000, with Kramnik winning 2 games, drawing 13, and losing none.
http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9328003   (729 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov vs. Zurab Azmaiparashvili Chess Match
Garry Kasparov, the world's all-time top chess player lived up to his fame, as he defeated the European champion, Zurab Azmaiparashvili 5
The clash, held at the picturesque village of Panormos, some 20 kilometres east of Rethymnon, in Crete, included two rapid and four blitz games.
Check out the official competition website for more information.
http://www.venizelia.gr/clash   (184 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov - Armeniapedia.org
Kasparov is widely regarded as history's greatest chess player."
Excerpt from Jan 11, 2005 BBC article, "Kasparov aims for Putin checkmate": After 20 years of dominating the chess world, establishing recognition as perhaps the greatest in the centuries-long history of the game...
This page was last modified 09:21, 12 Jan 2005.
http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Garry_Kasparov   (63 words)

  
 IGN: Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess Volume 1
Most recent posts on the PC Games Lobby board:
Not yet ranked -- see 8279 rated PC games
Find out what other IGN readers have to say about Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess Volume 1.
http://pc.ign.com/objects/756/756089.html   (199 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Garry Kasparov's Chess Challenge: Books: Garry Kasparov,Ken Neat
This is an excellent book written by the best player in Galaxy.
Garry Kasparov's Chess Puzzle Book by Garry Kasparov
Amazon.com: Garry Kasparov's Chess Challenge: Books: Garry Kasparov,Ken Neat
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1857441974?v=glance   (495 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov
MICROSOFT: World chess champion Garry Kasparov makes first move against world team on MSN.COM.
MICROSOFT: World chess champion Garry Kasparov dedefeats world team in Kasparov vs World on MSN.COM.
World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov Defeats World Team In Kasparov vs. the World on MSN.COM.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0109341.html   (236 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Chess king Garry Kasparov tries to avenge loss to computer
In six games beginning Sunday, Kasparov will match wits with an Israeli-programmed computer called Deep Junior.
The games will be played at the New York Athletic Club through Feb. 7 and will be broadcast over the Internet by a company called X3D Technologies.
Kasparov is regarded as the greatest player in history, and Deep Junior &; which hasn't lost to a human in two years and has been tuned up along the way — is billed as the world champion computer.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-01-24-chess-king_x.htm   (537 words)

  
 Chess computers and playing chess online
Garry Kasparov, the world's top chess player, had lost to a computer, Deep Blue.
Deep Junior was a revolutionary program because it was the first time the programmers had tried to deal with material [the value of the pieces in play or captured] versus quality [strategic moves].
Today, any professional could tell Deep Fritz from Deep Junior in 10 to 15 moves.
http://www.academicchess.com/help/kasparovcomputerarticle.shtml   (1467 words)

  
 Biography of Garry Kasparov
Widely believed to be the strongest player in the history of the game, Kasparov has successfully defended his crown four times: three times against Karpov (London/Leningrad 1986, Seville 1987, New York/Lyon 1990) and once against Nigel Short (London 1993) and once against Vishwanatan Anannd (New-York 1995).
He was a child chess prodigy, qualifying as an International Chess Master at the age of 16.
In 1985 at the age of 22, he became the youngest-ever World Chess Champion when he defeated Anatoly Karpov for the title.
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/3076/kas_bio.html   (157 words)

  
 Is Garry Kasparov a Swindler? - Pravda.Ru
Especially with Chess World Champion since 1985, Garry Kasparov.
PRAVDA.Ru &to=http://english.pravda.ru/sport/2001/07/29/11236.html' target=_blank> Kramnik To Play Return Match With Computer PRAVDA.Ru &to=http://english.pravda.ru/sport/2002/02/14/26409.html' target=_blank> Interview with Garry Kasparov ABCNews.com :
As it turned out, Garry Kasparov is an expert at making unpleasant surprises.
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/12/30/41541.html   (658 words)

  
 IBM Research Deep Blue Overview
In May 1997, IBM's Deep Blue Supercomputer played a fascinating match with the reigning World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov.
The event was captured live only on this Web site, where millions of chess and computing fans tuned in to witness the event in real-time.
http://www.chess.ibm.com   (119 words)

  
 U.S. Newswire : Releases : "World Chess Champ Garry Kasparov Speaks on..."
Kasparov, 41, the reigning world champion in chess, will meet the press from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
WHO: World chess champion Garry Kasparov, founder of Free Choice 2008 Committee
U.S. Newswire : Releases : "World Chess Champ Garry Kasparov Speaks on..."
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=101-05182004   (227 words)

  
 OpinionJournal - Featured Article
Kasparov, the world's leading chess player, is chairman of the Free Choice 2008 Committee in Russia.
Those who would appease terrorists must realize that by pretending that this battle does not exist, they will soon have blood on their hands--both real and metaphorical.
RESPOND TO THIS ARTICLE READ RESPONSES E-MAIL THIS TO A FRIEND PRINT FRIENDLY FORMAT
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005100   (1133 words)

  
 Garry Kasparov News - The New York Times
News about Garry Kasparov, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Check out what to see, eat and do in London!
Check out the $120,000 Aston Martin V-8 Vantage
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/garry_kasparov   (94 words)

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