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Kasparov overcame the dominance of Karpov in the 84-85 World Championships Chess match only in the later stages. But, he continued the improvement and registered wins more often. Here, he immediately punishes a blunderous rook move by Karpov and finishes him off. You can analyze the game and enjoy the nuances using your Chess engine. To quickly view the game, you can use the following Youtube link: Editor

The prestigious Cap d'Agde chess tournament starts on October 26. This year, the organizers have assembled an assortment of riches in terms of players gathered. Apart from the usual stars, the organizers have invited Nakamura, who is a blitz expert and also Karpov, who is no pushover in the rapid format. Add a dash of the female brigade and you have an interesting tourney. Participants Group A GM Vasily Ivanchuk Ukraine 2786 GM Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2716 GM Bu Xiangzhi China 2714 GM Ivan Cheparinov Bulgaria 2696 GM Fabiano Caruana Italy 2640 GM Marie Sebag France 2533 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk Russia 2525 GM Katerina Lahno Ukraine 2488 Group B GM Magnus Carlsen Norway 2786 GM Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2751 GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 2704 GM Anatoly Karpov Russia 2651 GM Humpy Koneru India 2618 WGM Hou Yifan China 2578 GM Sebastien Feller France 2526 WGM Almira Skripchenko France 2455 The initial rounds will be rapid games of 25 minutes +10 seconds each. The top four in each grou...

Vladimir Kramnik(2772) vs Vishwanathan Anand(2783) Game 5 today World Chess Championship Match, October 2008 Bonn, Germany Match Score V Anand 2.5 - V Kramnik 1.5 Kramnik 0.5, 0.5, 0, 0.5 V.Anand 0.5, 0.5, 1, 0.5 Kramnik opens with white in the 5th game of the World Chess Championship match. Both the players have displayed high quality of play so far. Anand has shown something more than just preparation, and that is a lot of heart and of course, good old preparation. Expect Kramnik to go all out from here on. How about 1. e4 from Kramnik? ;-) A 12 game match is unfortunately very short for these two players and there is no choice but to play aggressively throughout. Anand cannot relax and try to draw the rest of the games. This approach usually boomerangs. In addition to this, Anand has lost matches where he lead, for example, against Kamsky and Karpov. And Kramnik has won after falling behind initially against Leko and Topalov. We will post analysis on game 5 live with annotations on ...

Update: -------------------------------------------- Radjabov won the ACP world rapid chess championship. He beat Grischuk 2.5-1.5 in the final. -------------------------------------------- The semi-finalists in the world cup rapid championships were spotted. Jakovenko beat giant-killer Inarkiev, Radjabov upset Ivanchuk, Grishchuk defeated Svidler and Karjakin eliminated Gelfand. In a tournament graced by ex-world champion Karpov and Judit Polgar, who lost earlier, the youngsters are surely grabbing the limelight. Results of the Quarterfinals: Jakovenko, Dmitry vs Inarkiev, Ernesto 1.5-0.5 Radjabov, Teimour vs Ivanchuk, Vassily 3-2 Svidler, Peter vs Grischuk, Alexander 0.5-1.5 Karjakin, Sergey vs Gelfand, Boris 3-1

Vishwanathan Anand holds the record for most wins at Corus, formerly Hoogovens. He's won 5 titles so far. Max Euwe, Viktor Korchnoi, and Lajos Portisch are next with 4 tournament wins each. Kasparov won it three times and Karpov twice. Here's the leading list. Tournament wins, Name 5 Anand, Viswanathan 4 Euwe, Max 4 Korchnoi, Viktor 4 Portisch, Lajos 3 Garry Kasparov 3 Donner, Johannes 3 Geller, Efim 3 Nunn, John D.M. 2 Karpov, Anatoly 2 Larsen, Bent 2 Nigel Sort 2 Nikolic, Predrag 2 Olafsson, Fridrik 2 Polugaevsky, Lev 2 Salov, Valery 2 Jan Timman 2 Veselin Topalov 2 Sosonko, Gennadi, others

Roustam (Rustam?) Kamsky, the father of the World Cup Champion 2007, Gata Kamsky has reappeared on the chess scene. In a letter appealing for "moral and financial support" from the US federation and the mayor of New York, Bloomberg, Kamsky has written a long letter justifying the actions that the Kamskys took right from the days of the Soviet Union to his defection, quitting chess and playing again. This appeal is apparently to garner support for Gata to prepare to win the World Chess Championship of chess. In the letter, the senior Kamsky accuses Kasparov and Karpov of trying to sabotage his son's career. The letter is available on the chess blog of Fernando Arrabal here : http://chessarrabal.blogspot.com/

Anatoly Karpov was today denied a chance to visit Garry Kasparov in jail. Kasparov will be released on Thursday but it was a noble gesture by one ex-world champion towards another. Karpov openly agreed that he does not believe in Kasparov's political ideology, but that doesn't mean he can't be human enough. It is nice to see Karpov in the limelight these days. He is playing again and also doing something for social causes. Using one's clout never harmed anyone. Especially if it can benefit another by at least getting attention. Wonder what would have transpired between them if they had really met ! Gruenfeld or the Slav ? :-)