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x3dworld Kasparov - Karpov Rapid

x3dworld Kasparov - Karpov Rapid. Photos and report © John

Henderson and Mig Greengard

Mig and John Henderson with friend

The 2Ks Go 3D

3D viewing goes back to 1838, which was also when Anatoly Karpov

and Garry Kasparov played their first match. Or maybe it just feels

that way. On Thursday they sat down to face each other for the

174.5th time on day one of a two-day exhibition rapid match

sponsored by X3D, a New York company that produces a 3D viewing

system for TV and computers. The first two games were split 1-1 and

two more will be played on Friday. (Watch live at Playchess.com)

Kasparov and Karpov in Times Square:

An Old Rivalry Goes 3D

The glitz and glare of Times Square was a perfect location for

a new/old technology showcasing new/old chess greats.

The

company

X3D

had Kasparov and Karpov floating in the air, at least if

you had on a pair of their special 3D glasses. Magician

David Blaine

opened the show by making one of the pawns turns to dust, much to

the chagin of match arbiter Carol Jarecki, who was worried about the

special electronic pieces used with the sensory board! (He made it

reappear, or she would have made HIM disappear.)

Agent K and Agent K.

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The stars got to try out the 3D effect, as did a few intrepid

journalists. Truth be told, the "floating chessboard" effect didn't look

like more than a headache in the making, especially if you ever tried

to play a game on it! People have been playing around with 3D

imagery for some

160 years now

and it still makes you want to clean

your glasses. (Begin plug. Call us prejudiced, but with all respect to

the event sponsors we'd rather play on the new Fritz 3D board. End

of plug.)

The K's wonder if magician David Blaine can

make their world championship titles reappear.

The event is taking place in the ABC Studios smack in the

middle of Times Square in New York.

This venue is no stranger

to chess, having hosted two KasparovChess.com events back when

they had money to spend. In March, 2000, Kasparov gave an online

+offline simul against kids from around the world to celebrate the

launch of his new website. Four months later he was back to play

musician Sting and his band to celebrate the end of the World School

Chess Championship. Karpov would present more of a problem.

Electrified and electrifying Times Square from the playing hall

There were two games on Thursday and two more will be held

on Friday.

The time control is g/25+10 (25 minutes to start, plus a

10 second increment per move). You can watch live with

commentary in the ChessBase Playchess.com server at 1700 local

time NY.

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You again?

Kasparov won the first game on the black side of a Grunfeld,

an opening with a long history between these two

(just like

just about every other opening for that matter)

.

Kasparov played an

unusual line (8...Bg4, a move introduced by fellow Baku-ite, Emil

Sutovsky) and Karpov used almost all his time in the first dozen

moves. Karpov grabbed a pawn but then had to give up the

exchange to avoid worse. With two pawns for the exchange and a

solid position, Karpov could have had the better of things if he had

been able to find a plan. GM Alburt suggested 29.Ne4 with threats of

Bd6 instead of the aimless 29.h3. White's pawns were soon shattered

and Kasparov's rook mopped up.

Karpov has been playing excellent rapid chess in 2002 but

Kasparov looked to be going up 2-0 when he took control

against the Petroff and also grabbed an extra pawn.

But when

both players got down to just the increment time, Karpov's uncanny

defensive skills allowed him to crawl back. Kasparov missed a few

winning shots (36.g4 in particular) and Karpov started hunting

Kasparov's king on the back rank. With a nice shot he put the

pressure on Kasparov, who sacrificed his queen to reach an unusual

position that he might have been able to hold if he hadn't then

blundered a full piece! Kasparov resigned immediately and the score

is equal at 1-1 going into the second day.

There were quite a few local

chess VIPs wandering around

the place.

GMs Lev Alburt (left),

Joel Benjamin, Max Dlugy, and

Susan Polgar, who, appropriately

enough lives in Queens. Current US

women's champion Jennifer

Shahade was there along with a

former champ, Irina Krush.

The ChessBase MegaBase will show 173 games between

Karpov, An and Kasparov, G, beginning with their two draws

in a Moscow team match in 1981 and ending with two games

from Linares, 2001.

Savvy K-K experts will know that they actually

played another game, way back in 1975 when Kasparov was just 12!

It was part of the traditional Young Pioneers events that matched

talented youngsters against top Soviet GMs in clock simultaneous

exhibitions. Karpov had just been appointed World Champion and

had his hands full with Kasparov, who had the initiative with black

until missing a nice tactic and going down to defeat.

Here is that rare game, the ".5" of their career encounters.

Karpov,A - Kasparov,G [B92]

Young Pioneers Simul, 11.1975

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7

8.Bg5 Be6 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Kh1 b5 13.Bf3 Ne5

14.Nd4 Bc4 15.Rf2 b4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bf6 18.Rd2 Qb6 19.Be3

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Qc7 20.Be4 Rfe8 21.Bg1 g6 22.a3 a5 23.axb4 axb4 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.

b3 Ba6 26.Nc6 Nxc6 27.dxc6 Re8? [ 27...Bb5] 28.Bd5 Bc3 29.Rf2

Re1 30.Qf3 Bd4 31.Bxf7+ Kg7 32.Bc4! Rxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Bxf2+ 34.

Kxf2 Bxc4 35.bxc4 Qa7+ 36.Ke2 Qd4 37.Qd5 Qf6 38.Qe4 b3 39.cxb3

Qb2+ 40.Kf1 Qc1+ 41.Qe1 Qf4+ 42.Kg1 Qd4+ 43.Kh1 Qb6 44.Qe7+

Kh6 45.Qf8+ 1-0

Karpov,A (2688) - Kasparov,G (2838) [D92]

x3dworld rapid New York USA (1), 19.12.2002

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0–0 6 Rc1 dxc4 7

e3 Be6 8 Ng5 Bg4!? [ We're basically in unchartered waters here -

the standard move is 8 ..Bd5. However, Kasparov's gamble paid off

in the time-stakes - Karpov soon got into serious time trouble trying

to fathom out the mess that develops. 8 ..Bd5 9 e4 h6 10 exd5 hxg5

11 Bxg5 b5 12 Qf3 c6 13 dxc6 Qxd4 14 Be2 a6 15 0–0 Qc5 16 Be3

Qxc6 17 a4 e6 18 axb5 axb5 19 Nxb5 Ra2 20 Qxc6 Nxc6 21 Bc5 Rb8

22 Bxc4 Rxb2 23 Bd6 Rb6 24 Nc3 Na5 25 Na4 Bh6 26 f4 Rxg2+ 27

Kxg2 Rxd6 28 Bb5 Nb3 29 Rc6 Rd8 30 f5 gxf5 31 Rxf5 Ng4 32 Rh5

Nd4 33 Rc3 Ne3+ 34 Kh3 Bf4 35 Ba6 Kg7 36 Rc8 Rd6 37 Nc5 Nf3 38

Bd3 Rd4 39 Rh7+ Kf6 40 Ne4+ Rxe4 41 Bxe4 Ng5+ 42 Kh4 Nxe4 43

Rf8 Ng5 44 Kh5 Nxh7 0–1 Babula,V-Kasparov,G/Prague 2001/CBM

86 no vc (44). ] 9 f3 Bc8 10 Bxc4 c6N [ 10 ..e6 11 h4 h6 12 Nge4

Nd5 13 g3 b6 14 Bb3 Na6 15 Kf2 Bb7 16 Qe2 ½–½ Dreev,A-

Sutovsky,E/Essen 2000/CBM 77 (16). ] 11 Qb3 e6 12 Nge4 Nd5

13 Bxd5 cxd5 14 Nd6 Nc6!

Now all the fun starts as Karpov starts to eat heavily into his time

working out all the complications. In contrast, Kasparov looked quite

smug with himself - always a bad sign for an opponent. 15 Nxb7

Qh4+ 16 Bg3 [ 16 g3 Qe7! 17 Nc5 g5 18 Qb5 gxf4 19 Qxc6 Rb8

leaves white in a mess.] 16 ..Qh6! 17 Ne2 [ 17 Bf4? Nxd4! 18 Qa3

Qh4+ 19 Bg3 Qg5! 20 f4 Qf5 21 exd4 Bxb7 with a big initiative.]

17 ..Bxb7 18 Qxb7 Na5 19 Qb4 Nc4 20 Rxc4 [ Karpov didn't

even think for a New York minute here - there was no other option

other than taking on c4: 20 Bf4 g5 21 b3 gxf4 22 bxc4 fxe3 23 c5

( 23 cxd5 exd5 24 0–0 Qa6!) 23 ..Rfe8 and e5 is soon coming.] 20 ..

dxc4 21 Kf2 Rfc8 22 Rc1 Bf8 23 Qa4 Qg5 24 Rxc4 Qd5 25 b3

Karpov has finally got a position from this game he could be happy

about - the only problem was that he had used so much time

achieving it. Kasparov now finds the best way to exchange off rooks

on the c-file, after which white has problems keeping the position

together. 25 ..Qb7 26 Be5 Be7 27 Nc3 f6 [ 27 ..Rxc4! 28 bxc4 Qb2

+ 29 Ne2 Bb4 30 Qb3 Qd2] 28 Bg3 a6

29 h3 [ Lev Alburt pointed out a missed opportunity that would have

put Kasparov under pressure: 29 Ne4! Qb6 a) 29 ..Kf7 30 Bd6!; b)

29 ..Qb5 30 Bd6 Qxa4 31 Rxa4 Rc2+ 32 Kg3 Bxd6+ 33 Nxd6 is good

for white.; c) 29 ..Rxc4 30 Qxc4 Qd7 31 Nc5 Bxc5 32 dxc5 Qd2+ 33

Kf1 Kf7 (c) 33 ..Qxe3? 34 Bf4 wins the queen!) 34 Bd6 Qd1+ 35 Kf2

Qd2+ 36 Qe2 Qxe2+ 37 Kxe2; 30 Nc5! Bxc5 31 Qd7! Qa5 32 Rc2

Bf8 33 Qxe6+ Kg7 34 Qd7+ Kh6 35 Bf4+ g5 36 Rxc8 Qxa2+ ( 36 ..

Rxc8 37 Qxc8 gxf4 38 Qxf8+ Kg6 39 Qe8+ Kh6 40 exf4 Qxa2+ 41

Kg3 and white wins) 37 Kf1 Qb1+ 38 Ke2 Qb2+ 39 Kd3 Qb1+

drawing.] 29 ..Kf7 30 Kg1 g5 31 Kh2? [ 31 Qa5! Rxc4 32 bxc4 Bb4

33 Nb5 Bxa5 34 Nd6+ Ke7 35 Nxb7 Bb4 36 c5 and white is still in

the game with good chances of winning.] 31 ..h5 32 h4 gxh4 33

Bf4 Rxc4 34 Qxc4 Rc8 35 Qd3 f5 36 d5 Qd7 37 e4! Bf6? [ 37 ..

Kg8=] 38 Na4? [ Time. After 38 dxe6+ Qxe6 39 exf5 Qc6 40 Ne4!

white is much better.] 38 ..fxe4 39 fxe4 e5 40 Bd2? [ 40 Nb6!

Qg4 41 Nxc8 Qxf4+ 42 g3! ( Karpov must have missed g3 - not an

easy move to find in the time scramble. 42 Kg1? Qc1+ 43 Kh2 Qxc8;

42 Kh3 Qg4+ 43 Kh2 Qxc8) 42 ..hxg3+ 43 Qxg3 and white's

winning.] 40 ..Qg4 41 Nb6 Rg8 42 Qf3? [ 42 Qf1 probably holds]

42 ..Qxf3 43 gxf3 Rg3 44 f4 exf4 45 Bxf4 Rg4 46 Be3 Rxe4 47

Nc4 Rg4 48 a4 Rg3 49 a5 Ke8 50 b4 Rg4 51 b5 Rxc4 52 bxa6

Rc8 0–1

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Game 2

Kasparov,G (2838) - Karpov,A (2688) [C42]

x3dworld rapid New York USA (2), 19.12.2002

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 Now there's a surprise - the Petroff. 3 Nxe5 d6

4 Nf3 Nxe4 5 d4 d5 6 Bd3 Nc6 7 0–0 Be7 8 c4 Nb4 9 Be2 0–0

10 Nc3 Bf5 11 a3 Nxc3 12 bxc3 Nc6 13 cxd5 Qxd5 14 Re1

Rfe8 15 Bf4 This line came to the fore during this year's Linares

tournament. 15 ..Rac8 16 c4 Qe4 17 Be3 Bf6 18 Rc1N [ 18 Ra2

b6 19 h3 Na5 20 g4 Bg6 21 g5 Be7 22 Ne5 Bd6 23 Nxg6 hxg6 24 c5

Bf8 25 Bg4 Rcd8 26 Rae2 Qd5 ( 26 ..Qc6 27 cxb6 ½–½ Anand,V-

Adams,M/Linares ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 383 (27). ) 27 Bf4

Rxe2 28 Qxe2 c6 29 Bc7 Ra8 30 Qe5 Qxe5 31 Rxe5 Nc4 32 d5 Nxe5

33 Bxe5 cxd5 34 c6 f5 35 gxf6 gxf6 36 Be6+ Kg7 37 Bg3 Bxa3 38

Bxd5 Rc8 39 c7 Bc5 40 Bb7 Rxc7 41 Bxc7 a5 42 Bc6 g5 43 Kf1 Kg6

44 f3 Kh5 45 Be8+ Kh6 46 Ke2 f5 47 Bd8 1–0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/

Linares ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 382 (47). ] 18 ..b6 19 h3 Bg6

20 c5 Ne7 21 Ba6 Rcd8 22 Bg5! Qc6 23 cxb6 Qxb6 24 Bxf6

gxf6 25 Qa4!

Black's position is a mess already. 25 ..c6 26 Bf1 Kf8 27 Re3 Rb8

28 g3 Red8 29 Bg2! The weakness on c6 cannot be defended 29 ..

Nf5 30 Rxc6 Qb2 31 Rec3 Kg7 32 Qxa7 Qa1+ 33 Rc1 Rb1 34

Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35 Kh2 Qa2 36 Qc7 Re8 37 Rc2 Qxa3 38 Rd2 Nd6

39 Qc5 Qa6 40 Nh4 Rc8 41 Qd5 Rc1 42 Rb2 Be4

43 Qxe4?! [ It was hard to imagine what Kasparov was thinking

here - perhaps he thought he just had a mate after Kf8 and had

overlooked that Karpov could play Rc8? 43 Bxe4! Qf1 44 Nf5+ Nxf5

45 h4 Nh6 46 Bf3 and white is much better.] 43 ..Nxe4 44 Nf5+

Kf8 [ 44 ..Kg6 45 Ne7+ Kh5 46 Bf3+ Kh6 47 Nf5+ Kg6 48 Ne7+ Kg7

49 Nf5+] 45 Bxe4 [ 45 Rb8+ Rc8!] 45 ..Rc8 46 d5? [ 46 g4! Qf1

47 f3 and it's not so easy for Black to do anything. ] 46 ..Qa4 47

Bf3 Qa3 0–1

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x3dworld Kasparov - Karpov Rapid

x3dworld Kasparov - Karpov Rapid. Photos and

annotations© John Henderson

The second day of this exhibition event took place on Friday

20th December 2002. Karpov after 18 years of trying finally

wins a match against Kasparov.

Start of Game 3

Karpov,A (2688) - Kasparov,G (2838) [D92]

x3dworld rapid New York USA (3), 20.12.2002

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Rc1

0-0 7.e3 Same system as game 1, though this time

Kasparov avoids the sharp 7 ..Be6, opting instead for the

very obscure Nbd7. 7...Nbd7 8.Bxc4 c5 [ 8...c6 According

to the ChessBase Online Database (the most up-to-date

database out there), up till now there has only been one

game with this system - and at that an email game: 9.0-0

Nb6 10.Bd3 Nfd5 11.Be5 f6 12.Bg3 Bg4 13.Be2 Bh6 14.Ne4

Nxe3 15.fxe3 Bxe3+ 16.Nf2 Bxf3 17.Qb3+ Nd5 18.Bxf3 Bxc1

19.Rxc1 Qb6 20.Bxd5+ cxd5 21.Qxd5+ e6 22.Qe4 Rad8 23.

Bc7 Rc8 24.Bxb6 Rxc1+ 25.Nd1 Rxd1+ 26.Kf2 axb6 27.Qxe6

+ Rf7 28.Qxb6 Rd2+ 29.Kf3 Re7 30.Qd8+ Kf7 31.d5 g5 32.

d6 1/2-1/2 Green,P-Dunn,M/IECC email 1998. ] 9.dxc5

Nxc5 10.0-0 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Be5 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1

Rfd8 14.Kf1

14...Nd7? [ By Kasparov's own admission, this was a

complete blunder as it leads to a difficult ending. Better was

14...Rac8! ] 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nd5! Nb6 17.Nxb6 axb6

18.a3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rc8 20.Ke2! Kf6 [ Black's only

chance is to keep the rooks on as the knght ending is good

for white: 20...Rc2+ 21.Rd2 Rxd2+ 22.Kxd2 Nc5 23.Ne5 f6

( 23...Ne4+ 24.Ke2 f6 25.Nd7! b5 26.f3 Nd6 27.b3 Kf7 28.

Nc5 e5 29.Kd3 f5 30.Kc3 and the king gets to b4) 24.Nd3

Ne4+ 25.Ke2 Nd6 26.b3 Nb5 27.a4 Nc3+ 28.Kd2 Ne4+ 29.

Kc2! e5 30.f3 Nd6 31.e4 and white wins by playing Nb4-d5

followed by Kc3-b4-b5.] 21.Ne1! Stopping the rook getting

activated by entering via c2. 21...Rc4 22.Rd7 Nc5 23.Rc7

b5 24.f3 e5 25.b4 Na4 26.Rxb7 Rc6 27.e4 Ke6 28.h4

h5

29.Nd3! White wins the queenside and with it the game.

29...Rc2+ 30.Ke3 f5 31.g3 fxe4 32.fxe4 Rg2 33.Rxb5

Rxg3+ 34.Kd2 Rg2+ 35.Ke1 Nc3 36.Rb6+ Ke7 37.Nxe5

Re2+ 38.Kf1 Rxe4 39.Nxg6+ Kf7 40.Kf2 Nd5 41.Rc6

Nxb4 42.axb4 Rxb4 43.Ne5+ Kg7 44.Rc4 Rb5 45.Nd3

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Kf6 46.Rc5 1-0

Start of the final game

Kasparov,G (2838) - Karpov,A (2688) [C42]

x3dworld rapid New York USA (4), 20.12.2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3

Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3

Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bf4

Bd6N [ 15...Rac8 was seen in game two.] 16.c4 Qe4 17.

Be3 [ 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Qd2 Rac8 would just make for an

easy life for Karpov a he only needed a draw to win the

match. Kasparov therefore tries to keep the pieces on.] 17...

Rad8 18.Ra2 Bg6 19.Qc1 Na5 20.c5 Be7 21.Bb5

21...Qd5! Easily equalising. 22.Rae2 c6 23.Bg5 cxb5 24.

Bxe7 Rc8 25.Re5 Qd7 26.Bd6 f6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.

Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

The winner interviewed. This might have been an exhibition

but Kasparov's face says it all.

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Anatoly with the winners trophy

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