“But when you’re out of practice, it is extremely difficult to play a slow maneuvering game. “It’s easy for me to play the sharp game, where I see the straight lines,” Kasparov said. In the third game, Kasparov lost track of the clock and lost on time in a slightly better position. In five moves the game was over after 33…Qh5! winning. This opened up the g-file for a white attack but ironically it was black who would use the file with deadly effect. While the first game was a tense battle, it appeared to be headed for a draw until the zeitnot 32.hxg6+. The blitz battles really picked up steam.
As black started to unravel, white bailed out for a three-fold repetition with seconds left. With only minutes remaining, black had solidified. Not to be outdone, white sacrificed his other exchange 29.Rxf6! gxf6 30.Bh6 and his bishops were raking the kingside. Bh5!? Bd4 22.fxe5! Bxf1 sacking the exchange.Īll of a sudden, white had some initiative, but black returned the exchange to stave of the attack. As time was ticking down, the game reached a fever pitch after 20.f4 Nd4 21. The first rapid game was a fast and furious and climaxed with a deft exchange sacrifice to pry open the black king. On the first day, Kasparov seemed upbeat and in a good mood as he made his usual grand entrance. Tony Rich was apparently explaining the time delay feature. Trouble for Nigel Short started before the match. Kasparov had his own concerns, but showed signs of a distance past playing with vigor and intensive energy. Perhaps the energy expended from the past week plus the incredible jet lag led to his undoing. Short has just come off of winning the Thailand Open before the firestorm emerged in the media about his comments on the gender divide in chess.
Short quipped that match billed “the most famous chess player in the world this week” and Garry Kasparov.
The question would be whether Kasparov would be able to keep up with the fast pace given his irregular play. This match would be a 10-game affair with one rapid and four blitz encounters on consecutive days. Louis to play former nemesis Garry Kasparov in an epic match dubbed “The Battle of Legends”. In the aftermath of the controversy stemming from his New in Chess article, Nigel Short trekked to St.
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