1994-1995

Year Description and implications Result
1994-Feb Linares 2nd to Karpov
1994-Sep Credit Suisse Masters 1st (+6=5-0)
1994-Oct Simultaneous vs. Israeli youth team (+11=4)
1994-Dec Kasparov and Karpov appear on Russian channel 6 for a two hour debate. They blamed each other for the termination of the 1984-85 match  
1995-Jan Kasparov heads the FIDE rating list with FIDE 2805. Karpov 2nd position with FIDE 2765  
1995-Apr PCA Super classic

Rating performance of 2876!

1st (+5=4)
1995-Apr Riga
Rating performance of 2843
1st (+5=5)
1995-May Euwe memorial 2nd
1995-Jun PCA classic
Rating performance of 2815
1st (+4=5)
1995-Oct PCA World championship match against Anand

Location: Observation Deck at the 107th floor of the World trade centre, New York, 400 meters above New York City's financial center Wall Street.




Game 9

Anand gained a big advantage on the queen side, and accelerated this advantage by the following exchange sacrifice:-

Game 10

Kasparov levelled the score right in the next game, with a prepared variation. He had used six minutes for his first 21 moves!

Game 11

Kasparov took the lead with a surprise Sicilian variation he had never used before in a world championship match - the Sicilian dragon! Kasparov played a devious trap/combination?! from the following position:-

Kasparov has just played the deviously tactical move Be6
If now Nxe7?? then Re8 Nd5 Bxd5 winning a piece
Anand played what looked to be winning the exchange:- b4, and after axb4 axb4, Kasparov played Rc4 allowing Nb6 seemingly winning the exchange. However after Rxb4+ Ka3, Kasparov played the killer move Rxc2:-

If now Rxc2 then Rb3+ Ka2 Re3+ winning back the rook and having a winning pawn advantage. Anand resigned

Game 13

Kasparov against chooses the dragon variation of the Sicilian and again wins!

Kasparov exploits Anand's king still in the centre by playing the crushing Ne4!

Game 14

Another win for Kasparov. Kasparov played the amazing Ne5 in the following position:-

 

Won (+4=13-1)
1995 In 1995, Florencio Campomanes managed to secure his re-election as President of FIDE after a speech in his support from none other than his former enemy Garry Kasparov. Their joint emphasis was one of the reconcilliation between the PCA and FIDE, with an eventual unification match for the undisputed title.  
1995-Nov Credit Suisse Masters
Poorly 2655 tournament rating performance (by Kasparov standards)
5th place
1995-Dec Match against the chess computer Fritz on an Intel pentium computer Won (1.5-0.5)


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