Karpov Wins 2.5-1.5

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

Links to games below. All games viewable with Java Viewer and you can download all four games in pgn format. You can also view the game scores with a diagram every five moves by following the individual game links.

X3D Technologies will host the first world chess match broadcast over
the Internet in 3D. The event will star legendary world chess
champions Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in a two-day match from
the ABC news building in New York's Times Square.

The matches will be broadcast over the Internet on Thursday December 19th
and Friday December 20th at 5:00 PM and 6:15 PM EST. Each game will be
played in approximately one hour, with 25 minutes for each player at the
start, plus an increment of additional 10 seconds per move.

X3D Technologies will broadcast the event live in eXtreme 3D, presenting Kasparov and Karpov floating in space inside and in front of the computer screen.

The Internet Chess Club will cover the match live. (membership required )Click on the Kasparov/Karpov match in the BlitzIn event list or "finger Kasparov-Karpov" for additional information about the match.

Chess.FM, live Internet Chess Radio will also have live coverage of the match. Join host Tony Rook, as GM Boris Alterman, GMLarry Christiansen, and NM Dan Heisman provide expert commentary, andICC members Sveshi and Hangin report live from the site.

The Games

Game 1: Karpov blunders in time scramble loses.

Game 2: Karpov comes roaring back to win. You'll love his 42 move see if you can figure out why Kasparov captured with the Queen rather than the Bishop. They were both short of time at the end, quite a scramble. So the match is even two more games tommorrow starting at 5:00 pm eastern time.

Game 3: Karpov gives Kasparov an endgame lesson. Fantastic technique and the fast time control gave Karpov the win in the third game he now leads 2-1 with one game left to play. Early expectations in this game were for a quick draw, but it was not to be. This is one hell of a match.

Game 4: Another Petrov's this time a draw Karpov wins match 2.5-1.5 Wow!
I really liked Karpov 26th move f6 Black can't play Re7 because Black simply takes the Bishop on d6.

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The following are game scores with diagrams every five moves.

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4