![]() ![]() A new match was staged and having learned valuable lessons, 22yearold Garry Kasparov became the youngest World Chess Champion in history. The first match became front page news worldwide when after five months FIDE President Florencio Campomanes stepped in to stop the match citing exhaustion of both participants. The matches lasted a staggering total of 14 months, and the 'two K's' played 5540 moves in 144 games. In the next six years they would play five matches for the highest title and create one of the fiercest rivalries in sports history. The clash between the reigning champion and his brazen young challenger was highly anticipated, but no one could have foreseen what was in store. On September 10, 1984, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov appeared on the stage of the Hall of Columns in Moscow for the first game of their match for the World Chess Championship. Read Online and Download The Longest Game: The Five Kasparov-Karpov Matches for the World Chess Championship. The Longest Game: The Five Kasparov-Karpov Matches for the World Chess Championship BY Jan Timman ![]()
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