Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Richard Bates » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:58 pm

Lol, Kasparov as gracious a non-winner as ever :lol:
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Brian Towers » Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:08 pm

Cool play by Nigel to get the draw. Is it FIDE rated? Could give his rapid and blitz ratings a boost.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:23 pm

Brian Towers wrote:Cool play by Nigel to get the draw. Is it FIDE rated? Could give his rapid and blitz ratings a boost.
It's not rated.
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Brian Towers » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:51 pm

Looks like Kasparov hasn't lost much. Pretty convincing 3.5 - 1.5 lead.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Martin Crichton » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:06 am

As I said... Kasparov will win.

Anyone who watched the games last night and knows how to play chess could see that there is a massive gulf in class.

Kasparov was a little ring rusty using the clock but his class shone through....a chess genius that would easily be in the top 5 if he unretired tomorrow.

He has the will to win and the killer instinct that I have never seen in any other player.
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Nigel Short » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:41 pm

Cheers, Martin. I beg to differ. My main problem is that I am massively jet-lagged.
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Carl Hibbard » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:41 pm

Tosh rusty is rusty and 5 minutes is a lottery.
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Reason: An answer to Martin that one!
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Martin Crichton
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Martin Crichton » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:49 pm

Sorry Nigel

Kasparov is in a different league... he is mashing you... 6.5..1.5 as I speak and you can see he wants to win every single game...he is a monster...enjoying the free master classes ;)

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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Martin Crichton » Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:26 pm

OMG

that was humiliating ...absolute crush...those last 2 blitz games were off the planet...Kasparov finding computer moves and much better than computer moves in seconds. There has never been a player as intense as Kasparov and never will be again...only one word to describe it...unbelievable.

The American comentators were colourful to say the least...hope Nigel never plays it back in replay...it would be too cruel.

One of their comments.... ...this is a blood bath....there might be children watching this.
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Jonathan Rogers » Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:36 pm

Never change, Martin :wink:

Was there some preparation in game 8 from kasparov (...dxe5, allowing Qxd7) or is it all known? Looked mightily impressive, it must be said.
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Roger de Coverly » Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:17 am

Jonathan Rogers wrote: Was there some preparation in game 8 from kasparov (...dxe5, allowing Qxd7) or is it all known? Looked mightily impressive, it must be said.
The exact sequence of moves appears to be new. But who knows the undisclosed secrets on the cumulative digital notebooks since 1986 and for that matter whether the "notes" are periodically updated "for the sake if it" or "just in case"?
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by MJMcCready » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:43 am

Martin Crichton wrote:Sorry Nigel

Kasparov is in a different league... he is mashing you... 6.5..1.5 as I speak and you can see he wants to win every single game...he is a monster...enjoying the free master classes ;)

Regards

Martin
He looked like a forlorned character at the end, Nigel that is.
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:37 am

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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Steven DuCharme » Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:38 am

That distant chuckling sound is from Tony Miles
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Re: Battle of the Legends: Garry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short

Post by Brian Towers » Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:48 am

Bit embarrassing that Short's only win came when Kasparov dozed off and lost on time.

After Short pushed/queened the wrong pawn in the last game on Saturday to lose instead of draw I'll believe the "massively jet-lagged" excuse but I suspect that perfect preparation and less cheeky openings would just have narrowed the score a bit.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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