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World Chess Champ. Brilliancy Game: Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov (1990) - Spanish Game

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Instructive game tags: Ruy Lopez, Arch rivals, 1990 World championship match, Amazing Ruy Lopez, Dynamics of the Ruy Lopez, Game 20, Closed Ruy Lopez, Karpov Zaitsev variation, Central tension, pressu... (Show Full Description)
Instructive game tags: Ruy Lopez, Arch rivals, 1990 World championship match, Amazing Ruy Lopez, Dynamics of the Ruy Lopez, Game 20, Closed Ruy Lopez, Karpov Zaitsev variation, Central tension, pressure on e4, attacking on dark squares, e5 square battle, battle for squares, central square battle, rook lift via a3, amazing rook lift, attacking potential, rook shift from queenside to kingside, hack attack, dismantling center vs king safety, king safety vs central pressure, Nh2 manoeuvre, precautionary Kh8 move, bishop attacking across b2-h8 diagonal, bishop pointing at king, d5 pawn sacrifice, central pawn sacrifice, many pieces pointing at king, how to attack, instructive attack in ruy lopez, how many attacking vs defensive pieces, king safety, measuring king safety, how to measure king safety, pinned g7 pawn, dangerous threats, attacking bishops, raking bishops, amazing knight sacrifice, tearing opponents king apart, defensive resource, bishop sacrifice on b2, may pieces around king, favourite Knight on f5, one defensive pawn around king only, prophylaxis, making king safer as prelude to attack, multiple pins, queen sacrifice, queen sac, amazing queen sac, amazing combination, winning material, converting attack to material advantage, discovered check, two exchanges down, aggressive dynamic game, classic game, classic attacking game, dynamic aggressive chess, masterpiece, brilliant attacking game, attacking chess, attacking gem Game quality tags: amazing, awesome, astonishing, brilliant, classic, crushing, dynamic, elegant, exceptional, excellent, exciting, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fascinating, finest, flashy, greatest, iconic, immortal, important, impressive, incredible, instructive, incredible, interesting, magnificent, marvellous, memorable, mind-blowing, must see, outrageous, prize, remarkable, scintillating, sparkling, stunning, sweet, superb, thrilling, top, unbelievable, wonderful, worlds greatest Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov "Special K" (game of the day Nov-26-07) Kasparov-Karpov World Championship Match (1990) · Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Flohr System (C92) [Event "m/20"] [Site "New York/Lyon 50/392 Kasparov,G"] [Date "1990.12.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "20"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Anatoly Karpov"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.Rae3 Nf6 19.Nh2 Kh8 20.b3 bxa4 21.bxa4 c4 22.Bb2 fxe4 23.Nxe4 Nfxd5 24.Rg3 Re6 25.Ng4 Qe8 26.Nxh6 c3 27.Nf5 cxb2 28.Qg4 Bc8 29.Qh4+ Rh6 30.Nxh6 gxh6 31.Kh2 Qe5 32.Ng5 Qf6 33.Re8 Bf5 34.Qxh6+ Qxh6 35.Nf7+ Kh7 36.Bxf5+ Qg6 37.Bxg6+ Kg7 38.Rxa8 Be7 39.Rb8 a5 40.Be4+ Kxf7 41.Bxd5+ 1-0 Notes from Wiki: Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985 at the age of 22 by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov.[3] He held the official FIDE world title until 1993, when a dispute with FIDE led him to set up a rival organization, the Professional Chess Association. He continued to hold the "Classical" World Chess Championship until his defeat by Vladimir Kramnik in 2000. He was the first world champion to lose a match to a computer under standard time controls, when he lost to Deep Blue in 1997. Kasparov's ratings achievements include being rated world No. 1 according to Elo rating almost continuously from 1986 until his retirement in 2005. He achieved a peak rating of 2851,[4] which was the highest recorded until 2013. He was the world No. 1 ranked player for 255 months, nearly three times as long as his closest rival, Anatoly Karpov. Kasparov also holds records for consecutive tournament victories and Chess Oscars. ... ►Playlists: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp ►Kingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe ►Play FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher ►Subscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Karpov By Suyk, Koen / Anefo [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons Kasparov Smiling By Copyright 2007, S.M.S.I., Inc. - Owen Williams, The Kasparov Agency. (http://www.kasparovagent.com/photo_gallery.php) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

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