Kasparov vs Karpov, Lyon 1990 (World Championship Match Round 20) Hello everyone. Today I want to look at perhaps the best game from the 1990 World Championship match, or for that matter, the best game of any world championship match. Let's get into it:
The story of Garry Kasparov and why he is so disliked!Special thanks to agadmator for the chess board display!“But I did whatever I could to defend myself and defend my right to play chess against [Anatoly] Karpov.” Mr. Kasparov took the world championship from Mr. Karpov in a bitterly fought series English. On a dramatic third day at the St. Louis Rapid tournament, Garry Kasparov lost a won game vs David Navara, was given a full rook by Le Quang Liem, and then was beaten by Fabiano Caruana in a difficult endgame. Levon Aronian leads the tournament going into the blitz segment. However, a weakness in Karpov's match style came out, and this proved to be decisive when he later faced Garry Kasparov in 1984. Each of the first two matches with Korchnoi followed exactly the same pattern -- Karpov took a seemingly decisive lead, after which Korchnoi fought back against all expectations, but then Karpov pulled out a victory 1987: Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov, 24th Match Game, Seville. Trailing by a point before the final game of their fourth World Championship match, Garry Kasparov surprises Karpov by beginning quietly in Anatoly Karpov's own style. With Karpov running low on time, Kasparov ratchets up the tension by sacrificing a pawn for an attack. Karpov