Monday
Jul162012
A Trip in the Way-Back Machine: Kasparov-Speelman, London 1989
Monday, July 16, 2012 at 5:30PM
A post-mortem in two parts, between Garry Kasparov and Jonathan Speelman, after a rapid game played in London in 1989. (Part 1 is here, part 2 here.) It's an interesting, somewhat weird game (characteristic of a lot of Speelman's games!), and fun to have a look back to when Kasparov was on top and Speelman - a two-time Candidate and #4 in the world at the start of the year - was playing some of his best chess as well.
HT: Ross Hytnen
tagged Garry Kasparov, Jonathan Speelman
Reader Comments (1)
Great find Dennis!
Speelman was one of my favorites because of his original play. I always played through his games in Informant. He was a part of Britian's "Golden Era." Miles, Short, Speelman, and Nunn where all world class (and fun to watch) players. They all had their unque approach to chess that really infused a lot of life into the game during that period.