Kasparov Against the World - Hardcover

Kasparov, Garry; King, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0970481306 ISBN 13: 9780970481306

Publisher: KasparovChess Online, 2000

Synopsis

In 1999, world chess champion Garry Kasparov challenged the world to a game in the Microsoft Zone, and the world put up an amazing fight! Millions of participants and tens of thousands of players logged in to follow what turned into one of the most amazing chess games of all time. Read world number one Garry Kasparov’s own day-to-day account of the most high-profile chess game in history in this diary-format, hard cover edition of Kasparov Against the World. With a forward written by Bill Gates and a diagram for every move, Kasparov highlights the critical points in the game as Kasparov and the World struggled through four months of fascinating game play. The true behind-the-scenes account of an event now hailed as among the most memorable and powerful moments in chess and Internet history.

About this title

About the Author:

Garry Kasparov became world chess champion at 22 years of age, held the title for 15 years, and is still the number one ranked player in the world. He is recognized as the best player in the history of the game and is also famous for popularizing chess in events like his matches against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue.

Daniel King is an English Grandmaster and well-known chess author.

Review:

"Flicking through it we started reading and once reading we did not stop before we had reached the last page." -- New in Chess Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: KasparovChess Online
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0970481306
• ISBN 13: 9780970481306
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 202