Article Number
LXKEETBGWCC2000
Author
The Brain Games World Chess Championship 2000
128 pages, paperback, Reprint, Hardinge, 2002, first edition 2000
From the series »Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics«
Discontinued
The official inside story ofVladimir Kramnik's sensational match win against Garry Kasparov!
Grandmaster Ray Keene, chess impresario, broadcaster and writer, has been responsible for organising more world championship matches outside the USSR than any other person in the his tory of official con tests. In 1986 he brought Kasparov and Karpov together and in 1993 Kasparov and Short. Finally, in 2000, after a five year gap with no world title match, Keene raised 2 million dollars to persuade Kasparov to defend his title in London against the rising Russian star Vladimir Kramnik. To almost universal surprise Kramnik toppled Kasparov after his 15 year reign and won with relative ease. He became World Champion without losing a single game, a feat not accomplished since Capablanca defeated Lasker in 1921. Kramnik's secret weapon was the psychological ploy of exchanging queens early in the game and thus regularly depriving Kasparov of his favourite attacking piece. To this end Kramnik unearthed the unlikely Berlin defence, which achieved world wide notoriety as the "Berlin Wall".
In this book Ray Keene, present throughout the match as organiser and commentator for the London Times, gives the inside story of the games, while Don Morris, co-founder of the Brain Games Network, entrepreneur and former chairman of the Champagne Academy, highlights the Brain Games Network strategy for presenting intellectual games to the global
community in the age of digital TV, broadband communications and the World Wide Web.
Grandmaster Ray Keene, chess impresario, broadcaster and writer, has been responsible for organising more world championship matches outside the USSR than any other person in the his tory of official con tests. In 1986 he brought Kasparov and Karpov together and in 1993 Kasparov and Short. Finally, in 2000, after a five year gap with no world title match, Keene raised 2 million dollars to persuade Kasparov to defend his title in London against the rising Russian star Vladimir Kramnik. To almost universal surprise Kramnik toppled Kasparov after his 15 year reign and won with relative ease. He became World Champion without losing a single game, a feat not accomplished since Capablanca defeated Lasker in 1921. Kramnik's secret weapon was the psychological ploy of exchanging queens early in the game and thus regularly depriving Kasparov of his favourite attacking piece. To this end Kramnik unearthed the unlikely Berlin defence, which achieved world wide notoriety as the "Berlin Wall".
In this book Ray Keene, present throughout the match as organiser and commentator for the London Times, gives the inside story of the games, while Don Morris, co-founder of the Brain Games Network, entrepreneur and former chairman of the Champagne Academy, highlights the Brain Games Network strategy for presenting intellectual games to the global
community in the age of digital TV, broadband communications and the World Wide Web.
| EAN | 9781843820031 |
|---|---|
| Weight | 180 g |
| Manufacturer | Hardinge |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Height | 21.5 cm |
| Medium | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Author | Raymond Keene |
| Series | Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics |
| Language | English |
| ISBN-10 | 184382003 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1843820031 |
| Year of First Edition | 2000 |
| Pages | 128 |
| Binding | paperback |
005 Introduction
006 Welcome
007 The Brain games Network
013 List of Officials
015 The Antiquity of Board Games
017 The Howard Staunton World Championship Trophy
019 History of the World Championship
022 Biographies of the World Champions
043 Kasparov vs Kramnik - Head to Head
047 The Match
126 Brain Games and the Future
006 Welcome
007 The Brain games Network
013 List of Officials
015 The Antiquity of Board Games
017 The Howard Staunton World Championship Trophy
019 History of the World Championship
022 Biographies of the World Champions
043 Kasparov vs Kramnik - Head to Head
047 The Match
126 Brain Games and the Future