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unusual facts about Kasparov's Gambit


Larry Kaufman

He helped write the opening book for the pioneering program Mac Hack, co-developed Socrates II and its commercial adaptation, Kasparov's Gambit, edited the journal Computer Chess Reports, and worked on many other research and commercial chess engines.


Armand Blackmar

In 1881 and 1882, A.E. Blackmar created Blackmar's Gambit, a chess opening, and published his work in the July 1882 issue of Brentano’s Chess.

Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov

In this game Kasparov accused IBM of cheating, a claim repeated in the documentary Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine.

Gevorg Kasparov

Kasparov's debut match for the club was held in Ashtarak on April 17, where the opponent was the Armenian Premier League champion last year, Pyunik Yerevan.

Kasparov is a Russified version of the Armenian surname Gasparyan.

Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del axedrez

In the second part, López introduces the word gambit and gives some openings that had not been previously published: the King's Gambit, some variations of the Bishop's Opening, and what is now known as the Steinitz Defense in the Ruy Lopez.

Mikhail Chigorin

A highly skilled exponent of gambit lines, he won the King's Gambit-themed Vienna Tournament of 1903 and defeated Lasker (+2-1=3) in a sponsored Rice Gambit tournament in Brighton.

Chigorin has several chess openings or variations of openings named after him, the two most important being the Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7) and the Chigorin Defence to the Queen's Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6).

Vašek Klouda

He also talks about his time learning Chess and says, "I also had a chance to play against the then world champion Kasparov".


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