Kasparov - Karpov Rapid Chess Match
New York, USA, December 19th-20th 2002

The exciting 2-day match resulted in a surprise victory for Anatoly Karpov against the world's top-ranked player, Garry Kasparov.
In this historic event hosted by X3D Technologies, the life long rivals faced off in four 50-minute time-controlled games over two nights.
Kasparov took the first game Thursday night and was leading most of the second. Near the end of the second game, Karpov turned it around, stunning the crowd with an upset victory. The two champions were even going into day two.
Friday night Karpov exhibited masterful technique and time control in the first game, winning for a 2-1 lead. The second game resulted in a draw, leaving the final match score 2.5 Karpov, 1.5 Kasparov. In a press conference following the match, Kasparov indicated that he'd never quite recovered from Karpov's win in the second game.
The event took place at the ABC News Building on Times Square from 5 pm - 7 pm.
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Karpov,A (2688) - Kasparov,G (2838) [D92]
x3dworld rapid New York USA (1), 19.12.2002
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bg4 9.f3 Bc8 10.Bxc4 c6 11.Qb3 e6 12.Nge4 Nd5 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.Nd6 Nc6 15.Nxb7 Qh4+ 16.Bg3 Qh6 17.Ne2 Bxb7 18.Qxb7 Na5 19.Qb4 Nc4 20.Rxc4 dxc4 21.Kf2 Rfc8 22.Rc1 Bf8 23.Qa4 Qg5 24.Rxc4 Qd5 25.b3 Qb7 26.Be5 Be7 27.Nc3 f6 28.Bg3 a6 29.h3 Kf7 30.Kg1 g5 31.Kh2 h5 32.h4 gxh4 33.Bf4 Rxc4 34.Qxc4 Rc8 35.Qd3 f5 36.d5 Qd7 37.e4 Bf6 38.Na4 fxe4 39.fxe4 e5 40.Bd2 Qg4 41.Nb6 Rg8 42.Qf3 Qxf3 43.gxf3 Rg3 44.f4 exf4 45.Bxf4 Rg4 46.Be3 Rxe4 47.Nc4 Rg4 48.a4 Rg3 49.a5 Ke8 50.b4 Rg4 51.b5 Rxc4 52.bxa6 Rc8 0-1

Kasparov,G (2838) - Karpov,A (2688) [C42]
x3dworld rapid New York USA (2), 19.12.2002
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.c4 Qe4 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Rc1 b6 19.h3 Bg6 20.c5 Ne7 21.Ba6 Rcd8 22.Bg5 Qc6 23.cxb6 Qxb6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qa4 c6 26.Bf1 Kf8 27.Re3 Rb8 28.g3 Red8 29.Bg2 Nf5 30.Rxc6 Qb2 31.Rec3 Kg7 32.Qxa7 Qa1+ 33.Rc1 Rb1 34.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35.Kh2 Qa2 36.Qc7 Re8 37.Rc2 Qxa3 38.Rd2 Nd6 39.Qc5 Qa6 40.Nh4 Rc8 41.Qd5 Rc1 42.Rb2 Be4 43.Qxe4? Nxe4 44.Nf5+ Kf8 45.Bxe4 Rc8 46.d5 Qa4 47.Bf3 Qa3 0-1

Karpov,A (2688) - Kasparov,G (2836) [D92]
x3dworld rapid New York USA (3), 20.12.2002
Notes by GM Mikhail Golubev
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Rc1 0-0 7.e3 Nbd7 Almost a novelty, but I found one email game in the ChessBase Online database. 7...Be6 was played by Kasparov in Game 1; recently I have participated in 2 minutes blitz game that developed like this: 7...c5 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 h6 10.Nf3 Nfd7 11.Qd2 b6 12.Bd5 Nc5 13.Bxa8 Nd3+ 14.Ke2 Ba6 15.Kd1 Nxf2+ 16.Kc2 Bd3+ 17.Kb3 Na6 18.Qxf2 b5 19.Nxb5 Qxa8 20.Qd2 Qd5+ 21.Ka3 Qxb5 22.b4 Nxb4 23.Qxb4 Qa6+ 24.Kb3 Bf5 25.Be5 Be6+ 26.Kb2 Qxa2+ 27.Kc3 Rc8+ 28.Kd3 Bf5+ 29.e4 Qd5+ , and White (my friend, German IM Hans-Hubert Sonntag) won on time somewhere around here. I am grateful for KK who gave me the inspiration to recall all these quite silly moves. 8.Bxc4 c5N 8...c6 9.0-0 Nb6 10.Bd3 +/= Green-Dunn, IECC email 1998. 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.0-0 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Be5 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Rfd8 14.Kf1 Nd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nd5 Nb6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.a3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rc8 20.Ke2 Kf6 21.Ne1 White is still slightly better, but what Kasparov did on the two following moves requires special explanation that I am hardly able to give. Possibly he simply forgot how a rook moves! 21...Rc4 22.Rd7 Nc5? 23.Rc7! Black loses a pawn now. 23...b5 23...Ke6 24.b4 Kd6 25.Rc8 Kd7 26.Rf8 (or 26.Rb8 ) 26...Ne4 27.Rxf7. 24.f3! Incredible. Karpov aims to win a pawn in the best possible edition! I believe that he was very happy at this moment. (24.b4 Ne4 25.Rxb7 Nd6) 24...e5 25.b4 Na4 26.Rxb7 Rc6 27.e4 Ke6 28.h4 h5 29.Nd3 Rc2+ 30.Ke3 f5 31.g3 fxe4 32.fxe4 Rg2 33.Rxb5 Rxg3+ 34.Kd2 Rg2+ 35.Ke1 Nc3 36.Rb6+ Ke7 37.Nxe5 Re2+ 38.Kf1 Rxe4 39.Nxg6+ Kf7 40.Kf2 Nd5 41.Rc6 Nxb4 42.axb4 Rxb4 43.Ne5+ Kg7 44.Rc4 Rb5 45.Nd3 Kf6 46.Rc5 1-0

Kasparov,G (2836) - Karpov,A (2688) [C42]
x3dworld rapid New York USA (4), 20.12.2002
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.c4 Qe4 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Ra2 Bg6 19.Qc1 Na5 20.c5 Be7 21.Bb5 Qd5 22.Rae2 c6 23.Bg5 cxb5 24.Bxe7 Rc8 25.Re5 Qd7 26.Bd6 f6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Draw

Final score: Karpov 2.5 - Kasparov 1.5

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Road to New York, article by Abdul Karim