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Battle of the Chess Legends : Garry Kasparov vs Nigel Short Rapid and Blitz Match 2015

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â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "Kasparov vs Short (Rapid)"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2015.04.25"] [EventDate "2015.04.25"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Nigel Short"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "86"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nb5 Qc6 11. f3 a6 12. Nc3 e5 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Qf2 Nc5 15. Be3 Nb3 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. O-O Ne8 19. Qg3 f6 20. f4 Nd4 21. Bh5 Bc4 22. fxe5 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Kh8 24. Nd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Qf2 fxe5 27. Qf8+ Qg8 28. Qe7 Nf6 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Bh6 Nf5 31. Qxf6+ Ng7 32. Qxe5 Rc8 33. Bf3 Qf7 34. h3 b5 35. Be4 Re8 36. Qd4 Qe7 37. b4 Qe5 38. Qd7 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Rxe4 40. Bxg7+ Qxg7 41. Qd8+ Qg8 42. Qf6+ Qg7 43. Qd8+ Qg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kasparov vs Short (Blitz)"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2015.04.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Nigel Short"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2015.04.25"] 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 Nge7 7. Nf4 a6 8. h4 h6 9. Qd2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 d5 12. e4 Ba6 13. exd5 Bxb5 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qc2 e5 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Rad1 f5 21. f4 Kh7 22. Bc3 Nd4 23. Qd2 exf4 24. Rxf4 Rfe8 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rdf1 Re3 27. R4f3 Rce8 28. Nf4 Qb7 29. Qg2 Qa6 30. b3 Be5 31. h5 Bxf4 32. hxg6+ Qxg6 33. gxf4 Qh5 34. Rxe3 dxe3 35. Qh2 Rg8+ 36. Kh1 e2 0-1 Thumbnail Kasparov vs Short Kasparov Smiling By Copyright 2007, S.M.S.I., Inc. - Owen Williams, The Kasparov Agency. (http://www.kasparovagent.com/photo_gallery.php) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons Nigel Short By Frederic Friedel, www.chessbase.com (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

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