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Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov played the famous World Championship Match in 1984. Now, 25 years later in 2009 they played again – unofficial match in Valencia, Spain. The match was consisted of 4 rapid games and 8 blitz games. Kasparov won. There is no big surprise here since Garry is almost 200 points higher rated than his opponent. Congratulations to both players, they played great chess.  Check out the final standings and the video from the event below.

Kasparov – Karpov Valencia, 2009 Match Results

Rapid Chess

Rtng.

1

2

3

4

Tot.

Perf


Anatoly Karpov

2619

0

0

1

0

1.0

2621


Garry Kasparov

2812

1

1

0

1

3.0

2810


Blitz

Rtng.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Tot.

Perf

Anatoly Karpov

2619

1

½

0

0

0

0

0

½

2.0

2621

Garry Kasparov

2812

0

½

1

1

1

1

1

½

6.0

2810

 


Kasparov - Karpov match, Valencia 2009

Kasparov - Karpov match, Valencia 2009

Garry Kasparov in a game against Karpov

Garry Kasparov in a game against Karpov

Picture credits and info:

ChessBase.com

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0 #2 chess books 2011-10-29 13:10
These two players have known and encountered each other at the chess board for such a long time now. They are almost
like brothers.
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0 #1 AnnaHopn 2010-01-05 16:59
Hi, Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post.
AnnaHopn
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