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Much anticipated showdown for title opens Monday with Kasparov, KramnikBEGINNER'S CORNER8703i1a b c d e f g ItWHITE MATES IN 2Hint: Divert the knight.□ □ □After a five-year hiatus, Garry Kasparov will begin defense of his world title against fellow Muscovite Vladimir Kramnik on Monday in London. The match is a long-awaited occasion for the chess world, and has the potential of becoming one of the most dramatic and memorable chess events of thecentury.Kasparov at 37 is arguably theayer ever to gracethe world championship stage. Twelve years younger, Kramnik has shown in recent years that he is the only grandmaster who can play Kasparov on equal terms.Scheduled for a maximum of 16 games, the contest will be the most abbreviated of the last 90 years. Incomparison, the 1972 Fiseher-Spassky match lasted 21 games -three short of a maximum of 24.Kasparov’s last title defense againstAnand had a limit ofIt ft I I20 games.The shrinking length favorsKasparov, who, as champion, will retain his title if the result after 16 games is an 8-8 tie. Because Kramnik must win one more game than Kasparov to become champion, he can ill-afford to fall behind.With four games scheduled per week - each game may last as longas 6A hours - the four-week event— «•*will be a protracted physical as well as mental struggle. It will be broadcast move bv move on the Web sitelt;*www.braingames.net.The game below from a 1998Moscow blitz shows that even a world champion can make an elementary blunder if under constantWtime pressure.Nxf3chQe5Qe8Rd8Qe6Bc7Ba5BahBb6d4cxd4Bxd4R(d)e8718. Bf519. gxf320. f421. Bh322. Bg223. Ne224. Ng325. Re 226. Rc227. R(c)d228. exd429. Bxd430. Rxd4Resigns (a)(a) Kasparov instantly recognizes that he loses a bishop after 31. Rd6 Qc8 32. Rcl Qmoves 33. Rxah.□ □□Solution to Beginner’s Corner: 1.Qeheh! Nxeh 2. Bd3 mate!□ D □Shelby Lyman is a national chess«r *master and three-time New England champion.KASPAROV RESIGNSafter 30.... R(d)e8?KramnikKasparov1. Nf3d52. d4Nf683. c4c674. Nc3e65. e3N(b)d766. Oc2Bd657. b30-08. Be2b649. 0-0Bb710. Bb2c5311. cxd5exd5i12. R(a)dlRc8m*13. dxc5bxc5114. Qf5Qe715. R(f)e 1Ue616. Obih617. Bd3Ne5ab c d e fKramnikWHITE TO PLAY8 hi•Vv
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