Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 5

Garry Kasparov

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781857447477
• Year: 2006

This book, the fifth in Garry Kasparov's magnificent history of the World Chess Championship, catalogues the "post-Fischer" period in the 1970s and early 1980s. This period was dominated by the Anatoly Karpov (world champion from 1975 to 1985) and his three-time challenger, Viktor Korchnoi. Anatoly Karpov gained the right to challenge Bobby Fischer for the world title by winning through the Candidates series in 1974. As is well known, Fischer refused to defend the title and in 1975 Karpov became champion "by default." Although he did not have to contest a Championship match to gain the title, Karpov proved that he was a worthy champion by winning virtually every major tournament over the next decade. In this book, a must for all serious chess players Kasparov analyzes deeply Karpov's greatest games and assesses the legacy of this great Russian genius. Also under the microscope are the games of Viktor Korchnoi who was at his peak during this period and twice challenged Karpov for his world title.

Table of contents

• Introduction: Life after Fischer
• 1 Viktor the Terrible
• Drama on Curaçao
• Opening for all Times
• Rout in Evian
• Belgrade Revenge
• Baguio through the Eyes of Korchnoi
• Last Battle for the Throne
• Strict Examiner
• 2 Anatoly the Twelfth
• ‘This is not my Cycle’
• Duel of the Debutants
• Coronation
• Baguio through the Eyes of Karpov
• ‘There are no easy Matches’
• Who’s next?
• Chasing two Birds
• Against the Queen’s Indian
• King of FIDE
• Bibliography
• Index of Games
• Anand.V-Karpov.A, FIDE World Championship Match, Lausanne 1998, 4th game
• Bagirov.V-Korchnoi.V, 27th USSR Championship, Leningrad 1960, 16th round
• Beliavsky.A-Korchnoi.V, Pula 1997
• Filip.M-Korchnoi.V, Bucharest 1954, 12th round
• Fischer.R-Korchnoi.V, Candidates Tournament, Curaçao 1962, 5th round
• Furman.S-Korchnoi.V, 21st USSR Championship, Kiev 1954, 7th round
• Gelfand.B-Korchnoi.V, Horgen 1994
• Geller.E-Korchnoi.V, 27th USSR Championship, Leningrad 1960, 18th round
• Geller.E-Korchnoi.V, Candidates Quarter-final Match, Moscow 1971, 8th game
• Ivanchuk.V-Korchnoi.V, Tilburg 1989
• Kamsky.G-Karpov.A, FIDE World Championship Match, Elista 1996, 6th game
• Karpov.A-Anand.V, Candidates Match, Brussels 1991, 8th game