Kasparov - Karpov 2009
Only few weeks ago, a sudden news that Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are playing a “rematch” stirred the spirits around the globe. Nowadays the match is ongoing, alas with rapid and blitz games, but we’re ready to accept what gives. Even a huge number of mainstream media are reporting about their legendary rivalry.
I had the pleasure to comment the rapid games on Chessdom.com, splitting the work with Jason Juett. My colleague covered day one with first two games, and I have to admit that he did the job much better than myself.
Commenting on the top players’ games is a difficult and stressing assignment, as it is very easy to make a slight, but unforgettable mistake. Not to mention the speed of the rapid games which makes it impossible to look back and doublecheck the written.
Kasparov won the rapid mini-match by 3-1 and on Thursday they play additional eight blitz games. In my opinion, the second game was the best as we’ve seen Kasparov annihilating the opponent with his trademarked brute force. I present the real-time commentary by Jason Juett, as originally posted on Chessdom.
