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Who is the best player in the history of chess, Fischer or Kasparov? A question which cannot be fully resolved. Fischer and Kasparov have a lot in common – for example, both World Champions have always played for a win. Kasparov never made a secret of the fact that Fischer was his great idol, whom he emulated and not only with his choice of openings such as the Sicilian Najdorf or the King's Indian.
But there are differences. Unlike Fischer Kasparov is still with us, even after his retirement from tournament chess. And he feels an obligation to the chess world, to pass his knowledge on – for example with this new DVD...
Only rarely do chess fans have an opportunity to get a first-hand account of the success story of a World Champion – as it is presented on this new DVD by Garry Kasparov. In 16 videos, containing more than six hours of material, the 13th World Champion looks back at his chess career, from his first junior tournaments in which he still played under his father's name "Weinstein", to his aborted World Championship match in 1984/85 against Anatoly Karpov.
Kasparov shows key games, among which are a few setbacks and a lot of brilliancies. Even today, 30 or more years later, many of his winning combinations are still stunning. Kasparov also treats his public to a number of little known details, such as a funny story in which another player called young Garry nothing but "g4" for one year, because this square played a crucial role in a game in which Garry overlooked a chance to win a piece against him; or how Kasparov learnt a lot about rook endings from Bent Larsen – unfortunately in a game against the top Danish player. Of course, Kasparov also tells us how he was ousted in his first candidates cycle but in the end could still play against Korchnoi. In the last video on the DVD Kasparov finally talks about the aborted World Championship match against Karpov – with lots of self-criticism.
Preparing for a recording in the ChessBase studio (with multimedia expert
Pascal Simon)
One source: the book Kasparov
on Kasparov by Everyman
Almost in passing the viewer also learns a lot about chess, and that from a player who understands it like no other. To watch how Kasparov virtually reveals live which considerations made him play this or that move is simply fascinating.
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