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LONDON (AP)Garry Kasp- consm*challenger Nigel Short in Game 3 totake a substantial early lead Saturday in their breakaway world championship match.Kasparov, 30, the reigning Arme-world champion, won■' i in *playing white on the 59th move when Ins 28-ycar-old British chal-icngcrand iwo pawns remaining.rt * irtuawaway in a*:tc timeH I i 1* ’.ft ILt he match's two-hour, 40-inove limit approached. With just 60 sec-sI*I* U. !4hud to make lour moves. He made the deadline but suffered heavycsI“His attack did not look healthy. He had to sacrifice too much, and Iet »i#*post-match press conference at London's Savoy Theater.mIn a surprisingly upbeat interview on British television after his loss,Short snnled and said: “This iswhat chess is a, I had mychances, and I didn’t lake them.’’The .gaggle of onlookersinloomthe gt were* »notc# . *ofday —a bishop formove 15.ster’s “analysissparing in their’s tactics Satur-relinquia Kasparov knight in“Short got out maneuvered in the early stages,” said Tony Miles, thefirst British-born grandmaster, who called the knight-bishop swap “a serious mistaketer pair man a“After that his position wentdownhill naturally,” Miles told The Associated Press. In real time trouble, Short tried to lash out indesperation but Kasparov wfas always i n co m plete coin ro 1. ”Other observers derisively described Short’s aggressive attack as “the charge of the Short brigade.”Short’s loss gave Kasparov a 2-ead in the 24-game match,which continues Tuesday. Kasparov won playing white in the first gameto be wibut ran out of time on his— and drew with Short in themoveSome grandmasters already were predicting that the two-month serieswould prove a Kasparov rout. After. none felt confident ofpredicting a come-from-behind victory for Short.“He’s never been twodown in a match before,”British grandmaster Cathy Ihe’s very tough, lie's very determined and he’s got nothing tosaids.* *Kasparov, who talked at length with Short on stage after the match,it was exciting cne could have gone either way.“It’s what I promised — whatwe promisco, ivasparov sa . ferrtng to comments he and Short made in February when they founded the Professional Chess Association in defiance of the internationaI wo bishops are chess federation HDH
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