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Kramnik has surprise for Kasparov in early game of world championshipBEGINNER'S CORNER8()I41.1bcl e f... g llWHITE MATES IN 2Hint: Mate with the pawn.The opening rounds of the World Chess Championship in London offered an unanticipated scenario. The favorite, Garry Kasparov - title-holder since 1985 - unexpectedlyfound himself on the short end against the challenger and underdog, Vladimir Kramnik.Nicknamed “The Pvthon.’ Kram-0mk plays in the classic strategic mode of Jose Capablanca and Tigran Petrosian and the still activeAnatoly Karpov. Striving to accumulate small advantages, Kramnik likes to squeeze his opponents untiltheir resignation. Defending against Kramnik has been likened to the experience of medieval torture.Playing with the white pieces in games two and four - he drew asblack with relative ease in the first, third and fifth games - Kramnik achieved strong initiatives after the trade of queens. Capitalizing on errors by the world champion, he won the second game but botched several winning opportunities in thefourth - allowing Kasparov to escape with a miraculous draw.After game four there were twoobvious questions that only the unfolding drama could answer. WouldKramnik continue to dominate theearly phases of play or would Kasparov s own profound openingknowledge finally assert itself? And, faced with Kasparov's warrior mentality, would Kramnik again falter atcritical junctures, as he did in game four ?In a 1998 two-day, 24-game Mos-W WfcFcow blit/ match, Kramnik held an apparently ample two-point lead after the 19th game. But Kasparov gained a tie in the match by winning two and drawing three of the last five games.Kramnik was visibly disturbed bv* *the Moscow outcome. He also looked more than unhappv when he was unable to win game four of the current match.The encounter below between Kasparov and Viswanathan Anandfrom a 1992 German tournamentdemonstrates that chess is indeed astruggle rather than a quiet display of logic and reason.Kasparov Anand1. Nf3 d52. c4 c63. d4 Nf64. Nc3 dxc45. a4 Bf5b.e3eb7.Bxc4Bb48.0-00-09.Qe2N(b)d710.Ne5Re 811.RdlOc712.Nxd7Qxd713.f3Nd514.Na2BfS15.e4Bg6lb.Oelf 5 ?17.exd5resigns (a)(a) Anandinexplicabl' overlooked that after his intended response 17. ... exd5, Kasparov simply plays IS. Be2! safeguarding his sishop and queen to remain a piece ahead.Solution to Beginner's Corner: 1Nf4eh! gxf4 2. h5 mate.Shelby Lyman i s a national chess master and three-time Sew EmilandihampumSOLVE-ITafter 16. ... f5?AnandK(t1vvpivnplit®//iy/y///. f///////////y/yZyyi ±JL1///m7,s /im tv//j''/AaI c d e tKasparovWHITE TO PLAY8 l»
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