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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, November 11, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 11, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 t1apob Katti apor in left photo Champion Anatoly Varpot left and challenger Garri Kasparov shake Hans before game 24 in their championship series. Right Kasparov ponders the Board. Chess King Kasparov generous in Victory Moscow a the new world chess King Garri Kasparov praised his rival and former Champion Anatoly Kar Pov on sunday and promised to do his Best to please chess lovers with inter Esting  Kasparov made the remarks in an inter View with the official news Agency Tass following his dramatic Victory saturday in the decisive 24th game of his championship series with Karpov. I should like to Point out that Anatoly Karpov fought grandly during the match Tass quoted Kasparov As saying. I Felt it both morally and physically. He made the most even of unfavourable positions and used All the chances when the position was in his favor. He showed out standing performance during the  Kasparov s Victory made him at 22, the youngest world Champion Ever. Karpov 34, had held the world Crown since 1975. Kasparov pulled off a stunning Victory with the Black pieces in saturday s game to capture us Crown 13 Points to 11 for Karpov. Karpov is entitled to a rematch within six months under world Chen federation rules. I should also like to Point out that in the course of the keen Competition during the match i fell big creative potential inside me and i will do my Best to please All the soviet chess lovers with interesting playing Kasparov said. He said he tint Felt he could win the title after game 15 on oct. 12, which ended in a draw with the score tied at 7.5 Points for each player. Perhaps it is for this reason that i Man aged to win the 16th game he told Tass. However i saw the real Prospect of winning the match Only after the 18th game which was followed by a Victory in the 19th  by the end of the match my Confidence was somewhat shaken because of increased nervous stress Kasparov said. As a result i lost hold of much of what i had achieved by that time. However before the final 24th game i managed to pull myself together. I realized that k prov would do his utmost to win the game. He achieved an excellent performance and it was far from easy to play against  the final game was the 72nd the play ers waged for the title. They played a record 48 games in Svi months in what came to be known As the first round championship match. The world chess federation president Florencio Campomanes on feb. 15 halted that match which Karpov led 5-3, saying everyone was exhausted. The rematch that began in september was limited to 24 games with wins count ing one Point each and draws giving each player a half Point. Karpov resigned saturday after Kasparov playing Black made his 42nd move leaving the Champion in what one grand master called a dead lost position. The crowd that packed Moscow s Tchaikovsky Hall broke into applause and chanted Garri Garri As the two play ers Shook hands and left the stage for waiting Black Volga cars. Brazilian grandmaster Lincoln Lucena said everybody was waiting for this moment. For Young people and Young lovers of chess All Over the world it is a very important  Mikhail Tal had been the youngest player to hold the world championship when at the age of 24, he Defeated fellow soviet grandmaster Mik Hail Botvinnik in i960. Hundreds of chess fans waited for the new Champion outside the Hall. When asked How he Felt Kasparov a huge smile across his face replied Otic no excellent Karpov made no comment. The official prize Money for the championship totals 1.6 million Swiss francs about $740,000, to be divided five eighths to Kasparov and three eighths to Karpov. In Many games of the series Kasparov established the practice of sacrificing pawns to gain advantage and saturday night he gave up two pawns to activate his pieces. The play had started quickly 16 moves in 20 minutes but As the positions emerged the players were plodding against the clock. Kasparov played the final move of the title contest retreating his Knight to Check the White King. If Kfir Pov s King was to move out of Check Kasparov would win a Rook. Faced with the situation of being a Rook and a Knight Down Karpov resigned. It was probably one of the greatest games Kasparov has Ever played said soviet grandmaster Mark Taimasov. B left photo Kasparov flashes a Victory smile after leaving Tchaikovsky half and right makes us final move while soon to be sex Champion Karpo starts glumly at the pieces  
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