This is Mikhail Gorbachev making the first move in my match against Anatoly Karpov in Lindsborg, Kansas. This event was organized by Dr. Mikhail Korenman, the city of Lindsborg, the state of Kansas and Paul Truong.
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
On it’s first move, a pawn can move forward one or two squares.
What was the result of this match?
When was it played?
Anatoly !
How many times have I told you to keep your eye on this Square. Now Susan is going to cruch you if you don’t look out.
Why do you have a laptop running Fritz over here?wyhewo
I played two 6-game match against Anatoly Karpov in the past 3 years. Both matches ended with a 3-3 score (2 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws).
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
“Both matches ended with a 3-3 score (2 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws).”
Were these matches pre-arranged then? (very serious question)
Karpov probably ‘arranges’ the result if it isn’t rearranged. He respects Susan 🙂
Karpov is a great man!!
Gorbachev: “Mr. Karpov! I have plan. If you place a Bishop at c4 and the queen at f3…”
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Gorbachev: “Karpov, the pawn is the true unit in any society. Let’s do away with these other pieces.” (Gorbachev puts them in his pocket.)
Karpov: “Hey, stop that, I need those-”
Gorbachev: “Power to the people!” (runs away)
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Gorbachev: “Play grob, or else…”
Anonymous 12:20
It is rude to imply:
1. that Susan would play in a pre-arranged match and conceal it from the public, and
2. That Karpov threw the games to allow Susan to win a couple.
Susan is more than capable of holding her own against strong players. Just because she isn’t as strong as Karpov doesn’t mean she doesn’t have his number when it comes to their games against each other. If I’m wrong, Susan, please correct me.
– J
Yea….you’re probably right. Prearranged it won’t be…. Sorry for silly comment… :S
But i thought about promotional u know….
For example the ice sculpture match London-Moscow, or the blind game Judit Polgar-Nava (played on Bessel’s birthday) /…… those things (for media coverage) CAN be prearranged, no?
And to be fair: Susan is a VERY strong player!!! No doubt about that…. But you DO know who Karpov is, no? LOL
Just be realistic…
This was a rapid match perhaps?
I didn’t spend months to train then to prearrange it. It was in faster time control and I was very disappointed that I did not win. I came very close.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
Susan, is this the game that Mikhail Gorbachev played 1.g4 for Karpov without asking him?
Вы должны прекратить теперь. За исключением себя 6 часов. * Кладет вниз короля *
“And, with this move, I caused the collapse of the Soviet Union.”
🙂
Check:
http://amigosdelcavp.blogspot.com/2006/12/yo-empiezo-con-1g4-y-usted.html
Victor.
Hey… *We* dont play politics, so you stop playing chess! (could not be said if G.K. was playing Susan)
“It’s easy – just hide your knight behind the water bottle”
Anatoli let me clean up this bird dropping off the board. There is a pidgeon flying around this playing hall. The dam bird already got me on my head!
From ChessBase:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2713
“President Gorbachev arrived at 4 p.m. and they were ready to start. Anatoly had white in the first game. Therefore, President Gorbachev would make the first move for Anatoly. As he arrived at the board, he told the audience that this is a wonderful match between two great champions. “I am going to cause some difficulties for the older player”, he said, then proceeded to play 1.g4 without asking Anatoly. Both Anatoly and Susan looked up at President Gorbachev in shock. Anatoly thought that the President was joking as Anatoly mentioned that he would like to make another first move. But the President was firm in saying there is no take back in chess. Then the players started their first game.”
Susan (thinking): Here I am, together with two very famous 50+ old guys, indeed I did well, but who is going to take care of my kids?
Here’s a relatively objective assessment of the match: I have high confidence that the match was not pre-arranged. The opening g-4 move my Gorbachov to Karpov had a non-serious handicap edge to it which Susan obviously did not request. Taking Karpov’s age, Susan could have well won the match under such circumstances in view of the closeness of the practical strengths of both players at the time. Karpov at his youthful peak would have won easily. There is no player is history that would have won easily against him. But this is the big picture. Karpov and and Susan got together to build something bigger than even their storied past histories have expressed and this was much more relevant than any possible result. It was a true expression of statementship attended by 3 statesmen. What is extra-ordinary in life is often beyond what seems apparent at “first blush.”
Dear GM Polgar,
Discouraged chess teacher in need of guidance….
I assume virtually every GM has either Rybka, Shredder, Fritz or all of them.
Does it really, I mean really, improve your play at the GM level?
Only a GM can answer this question. I’m interested in artificial intelligence and computer science. Thus, (and you don’t have to give away any special training methods) just:
Can computer chess software really improve a GM’s play with the end goal of defeating other human GM’s? Or, in you opinion, does there still exist too much of a difference between computer play vs human GM play to make a qualitative comparison?
The reason I ask is that super-GM’s (and I include you in this group due to your outstaning achievements) have chess software…be it Rybka, Fritz, or “all of the above.”
I have had some students say that they are going to “give up chess” due to the inability of even the best humans to beat computers.
I sense a lot of cynicissm in their words…or,rather, disappointment even though they might own the very programs that defeat super GM’s.
I argue that the top GM’s are always learning and improving by playing chess computers. But, to the young, they know of no other period of history in which a computer chess progrsm did NOT exist!
This meas we have to explain to them that how, despite the WCC being defeated bby Fritz,one shouldn’t “give up” just because a computer can defeat the WCC.
Technology progesses. We all knew that someday computers would defeat the WCC. It’s only going to get more difficult for human GM”s.
But, I ask you, how do you explain this to a young person interested in chess (but unlike us who grew up in a non-Internet age) that they should keep trying, keep competing, keep “going for the gold” even if they lose to Fritz?
I’ve had severasl students a talk as if they were giving up chess due to computers.
I know there is a lot to learn from computers…hence, my question of the role of computer chess in your training, but college ( and I must emphasize 1st and 2nd year college students) often give up because there is a computer out there that beat the world champion!
I’ve tried.. But I know you’ve encountered this question before…how do you explain this to students? How can you, at the very least, try to keep them from giving up on chess due to the strength of computers?
I’m very sad because I’ve seen TWO very talented chess players state that they’d never play in tournaments because of the idea tha computers have already “made them inferior.”
What shall I say to them? These are people that are young enough and gifted enough to one day be, at least, an IM!
But, when one lives in a very small town (village) few are concerned with chess ability.
Is there hope? What would you say to them?
You read every post and this is an important one for me because I see it as future chess masters giving up just because there exists a Rybka, a Shredder, or a Fritz that can beat so many GM’s.
I’m not a GM. So, I can’t speak from a GM’s perspective. But, how would you answer a teenager with obvious chess skill but so willing to throw it away because of computers and their inability to defeat a super-chess program?
For the future…please answer.
Resspectfully,
Tim Harris
Excuse me but Bobby Fischer would have easily defeated Karpov.
Interesting concept… three-way chess!
Sam in Lubbock