Free Download Jan Timman, "The Longest Game: The Five KasparovKarpov Matches for the World Chess Championship"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 9056918117 | DJVU | pages: 304 | 30.1 mb
On September 10, 1984, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov appeared on the stage of the Hall of Columns in Moscow for the first game of their match for the World Chess Championship. The clash between the reigning champion and his brazen young challenger was highly anticipated, but no one could have foreseen what was in store. In the next six years they would play five matches for the highest title and create one of the fiercest rivalries in sports history. The matches lasted a staggering total of 14 months, and the ‘two K’s’ played 5540 moves in 144 games.
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