Kasparov's record vs. top 10s and 2700 players
Don't Spam Me
vs. the top players (in regular time control: no blitz or rapid chess).
I haven't finished the project yet, but this is what I've looked at:
1. Current players over 2700
2. Any player that's been a top 10 in the FIDE rating list since 1975
(source: http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa04b21.htm the list
isn't perfect, but it'll do for now)
So far, I've looked at Kasparov's tournament record going backwards
from Linares 2005 until Eurotel 1998.
This is Kasparov's record vs. these players in the 1998-2005 period:
Anand: 08.5/14, 60.7%, +3
Topalov: 06.0/10, 60.0%, +2
Kramnik: 15.5/32, 48.4%, -1
Leko: 08.5/16, 53.1%, +1
Morozevich: 05.0/07, 71.4%, +3
Adams: 09.0/12, 75.0%, +6
Svidler: 04.0/05, 80.0%, +3
Polgar: 02.0/03, 66.7%, +1
Bacrot: 01.5/02, 75.0%, +1
Shirov: 11.5/15, 76.7%, +8
Ivanchuk: 04.5/07, 64.3%, +2
Grischuk: 03.5/04, 87.5%, +3
Bareev: 02.5/03, 83.3%, +2
Dreev: 01.0/01, 100% , +1
Ponomariov: 03.0/04, 75.0%, +2
Gelfand: 01.5/03, 50.0%, =0
It'll take me some time to complete the list.
These are the tournaments I've looked at so far:
Linares 2005
Russian Cup 2004
European Team 2004
Linares 2004
European Team 2003
Linares 2003
35th Chess Olympiad 2002
Linares 2002
Astana 2001
Linares 2001
Wijk aan Zee 2001
WCC Match vs Kramnik 2001
Sarajevo 2000
Linares 2000
Wijk aan Zee 2000
Sarajevo 1999
Linares 1999
Wijk aan Zee 1999
Eurotel match vs Timman 1998
Other players I'm planning on including in the final list:
Kamsky
Karpov
Beliavsky
Short
Salov
Epishin
Georgiev, Kiril
Yusupov
Andersson
Ehlvest
Gurevich, Mikhail
Khalifman
Yudasin
Korchnoi
Ljubojevic
Timman
Nunn
Ribli
Speelman
Nikolic
Tal
Vaganian
Huebner
Portisch
Sokolov, Andrei
Spassky
Miles
Polugaevsky
Hort
Petrosian
Larsen
Mecking
Geller
Gheorghiu
Balashov
The list may not be inclusive of all the players who have been top 10
in the FIDE list, but at least we'll get an idea of how Kasparov did
over his career. I'm guessing there'll be some players against whom he
hasn't played at all.
Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)
So far, Garry has a minus score (just -1)
only against Kramnik. atr least he has
the satisfaction of winning their last
decisive game.
Regards,
Wlod
michael adams
If you 'include' A. Karpob the figures may appear unbelievable, maybe
not that astounding or incredible, or even a weeny bit interesting
perchance, but I think you should 'toss' Karpob into the 'grind'..
Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)
> [...] I think you should 'toss'
> Karpob into the 'grind'..
Give DSM a chance. S/he's getting there.
Wlod
Taylor Kingston
Don't Spam Me wrote:
> in the FIDE list, but at least we'll get an idea of how Kasparov did
> over his career. I'm guessing there'll be some players against whom
he
> hasn't played at all.
Some players on your list are deceased and so their records against
GK are fixed. Divinsky's "Life Maps," a somewhat imperfect but
generally accurate source, gives the following:
GK versus:
Najdorf: +1 =0 -0
Petrosian: +2 =1 -2
Tal: +2 =8 -0
Polugaevsky: +2 =3 -0
The book also has complete (or nearly complete) records for all GK's
top opponents through late 1993. Acquiring it may expedite your
research.
Divinsky shows no record of GK ever playing Mecking, who withdrew
from chess circa 1979-91 due to health problems.
Don't Spam Me
Taylor Kingston wrote:
> Some players on your list are deceased and so their records against
> GK are fixed. Divinsky's "Life Maps," a somewhat imperfect but
> generally accurate source, gives the following:
>
> GK versus:
> Najdorf: +1 =0 -0
> Petrosian: +2 =1 -2
> Tal: +2 =8 -0
> Polugaevsky: +2 =3 -0
>
> The book also has complete (or nearly complete) records for all
GK's
> top opponents through late 1993. Acquiring it may expedite your
> research.
> Divinsky shows no record of GK ever playing Mecking, who withdrew
> from chess circa 1979-91 due to health problems.
Thanks for the info. I'll look into getting that book. However, with
the advent of databases, I think I'll just need to determine which
games would be considered "regular" and who would be considered a top
10 player. I'll have to go through my old Inside Chess magazines to see
the top 10 players in the rating lists. The FIDE website goes back to
only a few years back.
Taylor Kingston
Don't Spam Me wrote:
> the advent of databases, I think I'll just need to determine which
> games would be considered "regular" and who would be considered a top
> 10 player.
A cautionary note: databases are notoriously unreliable. Games
relevant to your research may be missing, duplicated, misidentified,
misdated, or show wrong moves and even wrong results. This is probably
more true for games of, say, two or more decades ago, but still happens
with very recent games. Take care.
Don't Spam Me
games with regular time controls (no blitz or rapid). That way I don't
have to worry about who's a top 10, 2700, etc. However, it does take
some time. So far I've covered 2005-1993 going backwards. There are a
couple of events I still need to look up in this period to determine if
they are rapid play or not.
This is the partial list so far. It'll take me some more time to
complete the list.
If you are using Google Groups, select "fixed font", so the columns
align properly.
Opponent W L D Score Games % +/-
Kramnik + 4 -5 =39 23.5 48 48.96% - 1
Anand +13 -1 =27 26.5 41 64.63% +12
Short +11 -1 =21 21.5 33 65.15% +10
Topalov +13 -3 =13 19.5 29 67.24% +10
Shirov +13 -0 =13 19.5 26 75.00% +13
Ivanchuk + 4 -2 =16 12.0 22 54.55% + 2
Leko + 3 -0 =15 10.5 18 58.33% + 3
Timman + 9 -0 = 7 12.5 16 78.13% + 9
Adams + 7 -0 = 6 10.0 13 76.92% + 7
Gelfand + 6 -0 = 6 9.0 12 75.00% + 6
Bareev + 6 -0 = 3 7.5 9 83.33% + 6
Vallejo + 4 -0 = 4 6.0 8 75.00% + 4
Piket + 4 -1 = 3 5.5 8 68.75% + 3
Lautier + 1 -2 = 5 3.5 8 43.75% - 1
Morozevich + 3 -0 = 4 5.0 7 71.43% + 3
Svidler + 3 -1 = 3 4.5 7 64.29% + 2
Polgar + 5 -0 = 2 6.0 7 85.71% + 5
Karpov + 3 -0 = 3 4.5 6 75.00% + 3
Yusupov + 4 -0 = 2 5.0 6 75.00% + 4
Grischuk + 3 -0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Ponomariov + 2 -0 = 2 3.0 4 75.00% + 2
Radjabov + 0 -1 = 3 1.5 4 37.50% - 1
Van Wely + 3 -0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Sokolov, I + 3 -1 = 0 3.0 4 75.00% + 2
Nikolic + 3 -0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Kasimdzhanov + 2 -0 = 1 2.5 3 83.33% + 2
Kamsky + 2 -0 = 1 2.5 3 83.33% + 2
Plus there are about 50 other players against whom Kasparov has played
2 games or less. His record was +34 -2 =28, for a 75% score against
these 50 "other" players.
Once I add the matches vs. Karpov, he'll go to the top of the list, as
I'm ranking the players by the number of games they've played vs.
Kasparov.
Don't Spam Me
he won't make the top of the list until I get to the WCC matches. After
the last Karpov-Kasparov WCC match, they haven't played against each
other that much. The new generation took over most of the invitations
(or Karpov didn't want to participate, or a combination of the two).
Also note that Short didn't play much vs. Kasparov after their match
either. However, Short did make it public at some point and time that
he wasn't interested in playing in supertournaments any more, but
stayed active in lesser tournaments.
Mike B
I never relized he has played Spasky before .
Yes try and go all the way back to when he first became a pro in
Chess....Maybe start in the late I970's....
blev...@spinnakernet.com
used to mention that he was one of the few players with a plus score
against GK.
In any case, thanks for compiling this.
Don't Spam Me wrote:
Don't Spam Me
> You may want to look up Gulko. I remember when articles in magazines
> used to mention that he was one of the few players with a plus score
> against GK.
Yes, I've been counting Gulko's results vs. Kasparov. However, in the
1993-2005 period, they've played only twice (with Kasparov having a +1
score so far), so you don't see that. Once I get to the early part of
Kasparov's career and count all his games vs. Gulko, then the aggregate
may show that indeed Gulko has a + score against Kasparov. So far, in
the 1993-2005 period, the only players with a plus score vs. Kasparov
are Kramnik, Radjabov and Lautier(!).
Things will get interesting as I get to the Kasparov-Karpov matches and
the GMA tournaments. A different generation played during that
timeframe. I remember reading about these tournaments in Inside Chess,
so I'll have to dust off those magazines. An slightly different
generation will be seen once I get to Kasparov's rise through the
candidates cycle up to his first match vs Karpov.
Don't Spam Me
chronological order. Only games with regular time control are counted
(no blitz, rapid, simuls, blindfold, etc.)
Players are ranked by the number of games they've played vs. Kasparov.
If you're using Google Groups, select "fixed font" so the columns align
properly.
Opponent W L D Score Games % +/-
Kramnik + 4 -5 =39 23.5 48 48.96% - 1
Anand +15 -3 =29 29.5 47 62.77% +12
Short +16 -1 =25 28.5 42 67.86% +15
Karpov + 9 -3 =25 21.5 37 58.11% + 6
Ivanchuk + 9 -3 =19 18.5 31 59.68% + 6
Topalov +13 -3 =13 19.5 29 67.24% +10
Shirov +15 -0 =13 21.5 28 76.79% +15
Timman +12 -0 =11 17.5 23 76.09% +12
Leko + 3 -0 =15 10.5 18 58.33% + 3
Gelfand + 8 -0 = 8 12.0 16 75.00% + 8
Adams + 8 -0 = 6 11.0 14 78.57% + 8
Bareev + 8 -0 = 5 10.5 13 80.77% + 8
Yusupov + 6 -1 = 4 8.0 11 72.73 + 5
Piket + 7 -1 = 3 8.5 11 77.27% + 6
Korchnoi + 6 -0 = 4 8.0 10 80.00% + 6
Ljubojevic + 6 -0 = 4 8.0 10 80.00% + 6
Nikolic + 5 -0 = 4 7.0 9 77.78% + 5
Salov + 2 -0 = 7 5.5 9 61.11% + 2
Kamsky + 4 -1 = 3 5.5 8 68.75% + 3
Vallejo + 4 -0 = 4 6.0 8 75.00% + 4
Lautier + 1 -2 = 5 3.5 8 43.75% - 1
Morozevich + 3 -0 = 4 5.0 7 71.43% + 3
Svidler + 3 -1 = 3 4.5 7 64.29% + 2
Polgar + 5 -0 = 2 6.0 7 85.71% + 5
Psakhis + 4 -0 = 3 5.5 7 78.57% + 4
Beliavsky + 3 -0 = 4 5.0 7 71.43% + 3
Hjartarson + 3 -0 = 3 4.5 6 75.00% + 3
Vaganian + 4 -0 = 2 5.0 6 83.33% + 4
Illescas + 4 -0 = 1 4.5 5 90.00% + 4
Ehlvest + 2 -0 = 3 3.5 5 70.00% + 2
Gurevich + 3 -0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Sax + 1 -0 = 3 2.5 4 62.50% + 1
Grischuk + 3 -0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Ponomariov + 2 -0 = 2 3.0 4 75.00% + 2
Radjabov + 0 -1 = 3 1.5 4 37.50% - 1
Van Wely + 3 -0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Sokolov, I + 3 -1 = 0 3.0 4 75.00% + 2
There are 62 players who have played 3 games or less vs. Kasparov
during the 1989-2005 period. I'm keeping track of their scores, but I'm
not displaying them here. Overall, Kasparov has a score of +251 -30
=319 during this period, for a total of 600 games and a 68.42% winning
percentage.
As a side note, I was flipping through Anand's book on his best games,
and he annotates one vs. Kasparov. He made the comment that it was the
last time he had a plus score against him. At least he has a sense of
humor. Anand had a + score against Kasparov after his first win, then
it was even, then he won a second time to return to a + score, and
since then he hasn't had a plus score. In fact he had only one more
victory after that, in the 1995 match.
Kasparov amassed very large plusses against the current generation of
players early in their career. He hasn't lost to them, but he doesn't
dominate them as much as he used to. The only exception to this early
domination was Kramnik, who somehow managed to do well vs. Kasparov
early in his career. What I find baffling is that this toe-to-toe
confrontation hasn't translated into Kramnik dominating other players
the way Kasparov has.
Well, I'll continue updating Kasparov's record as I have time. I think
my stopping point will be around 1978.
raylopez99
blunder by Garry, IMO. No need to reply, I can anticipate your reply,
but it's a fact. From memory I recall Kasparov blundering, but, if
Garry was in a difficult position when he blundered, then I agree the
win rightfully belongs to Radjabov.
In baseball they don't count errors by the fielders against the "earned
run average" statistic for the pitcher, so why should a clear blunder
by Garry count as a loss? Also the same argument can be made in
reverse for the infamous game where Kasparov 'took his hand off' the
knight against Polgar and violated the touch move. This should count
as a win for Polgar, unless the position was clearly lost for her,
which it wasn't I believe. Ditto any time forfeitures where the player
does not even show up (Fischer's game 1 v. Spassky)
Of course for purists this is sacrilege so let's just agree to disagree
and let sleeping dogs lie (and let statistics lie).
Don't Spam Me
It isn't exactly easy to go through all of Kasparov's games to
determine when he won/lost/drew due to a blunder and then determine
whether the result was justified. I believe that one of his losses vs.
Lautier he forgot his preparation and he lost... vs. Vallejo recently,
Vallejo blundered... so I guess I shouldn't count that win for
Kasparov?
You see where I'm getting at...
In baseball, it's true that when a player makes an error and someone
scores, it doesn't count as an earned run. But that's for the pitcher's
record only. If the team loses because of the unearned run, then the
result is still a loss. And that's a very narrow definition of error.
One could argue that a pitcher could blunder by throwing a strike and
the batter hits a homerun... the mistake is the pitcher's, but the team
has to suffer the consequences.
With chess being an individual sport, you have to live with the
decisions you make. Every single game won is due to one player making
mistakes and the other taking advantage of them.
In the loss vs. Radjabov, I remember Kasparov went from a position of
advantage to one of disadvantage. However, I don't remember thinking it
was a trivial win for Radjabov after Kasparov's mistake.
In the Kramnik-Kasparov match of 2000, there was a game where Kramnik
was clearly won (I think he'd won a piece). Call it faulty technique or
blame it on a blunder, the game was drawn in the end. I can't go back
and edit that result and give Kramnik the moral victory.
In a game between Short and Kamsky, Kamsky was coughing a lot during
the game. Short was bothered by it and told Kamsky that perhaps he
should drink some water (or something to that effect). I don't remember
the result of the game, but Rustam Kamsky then threatened Short (after
the game) for distracting his son. It's quite possible that the result
of the game was affected by Kamsky's coughing as well as Short's
communication with him... should that be a voided game altogether?
raylopez99
the final result. But you can, with time, 'parse' individual games and
come up with a "best played games list", and then determine records
from that list. Maybe you would find the list consists of nothing but
draws, since a perfectly played game should be a draw right?
Draw death in chess = perfect chess?
Don't Spam Me
chronological order. Only games with regular time control are counted
(no blitz, rapid, simuls, blindfold, etc.)
My next update should cover the period 1978-2005. Other than some minor
fixes, that should do it.
Players are ranked by the number of games they've played vs. Kasparov.
If you're using Google Groups, select "fixed font" so the columns align
properly.
Opponent W L D Score Games % +/-
Karpov +28 -20 =116 86.0 164 52.44% + 8
Kramnik + 4 - 5 = 39 23.5 48 48.96% - 1
Anand +15 - 3 = 29 29.5 47 62.77% +12
Short +20 - 2 = 25 32.5 47 69.15% +18
Timman +20 - 1 = 21 30.5 42 72.62% +19
Ivanchuk +10 - 3 = 19 19.5 32 60.94% + 7
Topalov +13 - 3 = 13 19.5 29 67.24% +10
Shirov +15 - 0 = 13 21.5 28 76.79% +15
Korchnoi +12 - 1 = 13 18.5 26 71.15% +11
Beliavsky + 9 - 1 = 11 14.5 21 69.05% + 8
Leko + 3 - 0 = 15 10.5 18 58.33% + 3
Gelfand + 8 - 0 = 8 12.0 16 75.00% + 8
Yusupov + 8 - 1 = 6 11.0 15 73.33% + 7
Ljubojevic + 9 - 0 = 6 12.0 15 80.00% + 9
Smyslov + 4 - 0 = 10 9.0 14 64.29% + 4
Adams + 8 - 0 = 6 11.0 14 78.57% + 8
Huebner + 5 - 1 = 8 9.0 14 64.29% + 4
Bareev + 8 - 0 = 5 10.5 13 80.77% + 8
Andersson + 4 - 0 = 9 8.5 13 65.38% + 4
Piket + 7 - 1 = 3 8.5 11 77.27% + 6
Nikolic + 6 - 0 = 5 8.5 11 77.27% + 6
Salov + 3 - 0 = 7 6.5 10 65.00% + 3
Hjartarson + 4 - 0 = 5 6.5 9 72.22% + 4
Portisch + 4 - 0 = 5 6.5 9 72.22% + 4
Miles + 6 - 0 = 3 7.5 9 83.33% + 6
Ehlvest + 4 - 0 = 4 6.0 8 75.00% + 4
Kamsky + 4 - 1 = 3 5.5 8 68.75% + 3
Vallejo + 4 - 0 = 4 6.0 8 75.00% + 4
Lautier + 1 - 2 = 5 3.5 8 43.75% - 1
Psakhis + 4 - 1 = 3 5.5 8 68.75% + 3
Morozevich + 3 - 0 = 4 5.0 7 71.43% + 3
Svidler + 3 - 1 = 3 4.5 7 64.29% + 2
Polgar + 5 - 0 = 2 6.0 7 85.71% + 5
Vaganian + 4 - 0 = 3 5.5 7 78.57% + 4
Van der Wiel + 5 - 0 = 2 6.0 7 85.71% + 5
Sax + 3 - 0 = 4 5.0 7 71.43% + 3
Spassky + 2 - 1 = 4 4.0 7 57.14% + 1
Seirawan + 3 - 1 = 2 4.0 6 66.67% + 2
Gulko + 1 - 3 = 1 1.5 5 30.00% - 2
Nunn + 3 - 0 = 2 4.0 5 80.00% + 3
Ribli + 0 - 0 = 5 2.5 5 50.00% = 0
Tal + 1 - 0 = 4 3.0 5 60.00% + 1
Speelman + 1 - 0 = 5 3.0 5 60.00% + 1
Illescas + 4 - 0 = 1 4.5 5 90.00% + 4
Gurevich + 4 - 0 = 1 4.5 5 90.00% + 4
Grischuk + 3 - 0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Ponomariov + 2 - 0 = 2 3.0 4 75.00% + 2
Radjabov + 0 - 1 = 3 1.5 4 37.50% - 1
Van Wely + 3 - 0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Sokolov, I + 3 - 1 = 0 3.0 4 75.00% + 2
Khalifman + 0 - 0 = 4 2.0 4 50.00% = 0
There are 98 players who have played 3 games or less vs. Kasparov
during the 1982-2005 period. I'm keeping track of their scores, but I'm
not displaying them here. Overall, Kasparov has a score of +389 -57
=513 during this period, for a total of 959 games and a 67.31% winning
percentage.
Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)
> I've updated Kasparov's record from 2005 until 1982 in reverse
> chronological order.
You're doing a wonderful job! Thank you.
Perhaps you may create a web page devoted to your
tables. I said "tableS", plural, because it
seems to me that you can easily produce several
of them for different periods of time, eg. for
10-year intervals, starting every even year.
That would show modern history of chess in
a dramatic way, like a movie.
> If you're using Google Groups, select "fixed font"
> so the columns align properly.
Or if one is reading rgcm from Google page, using
the new format, then note the flip-flop button
"show/hide options", next to the nickname displayed
for the given post. Click on the button if you see it
in the "show options" state. Now you see options :-)
in a grey box, which contains several buttons (options).
Click on the "Show original" button/option. You will
get a new window with the given post displayed in
fixed font. Congratulations!
Regards,
Wlod
Don't Spam Me
Yes, I'm planning on putting these stats on the web. I know Mark Weeks
has a webpage with Kasparov's tournament record and PGN files. He might
be willing to add a page with these results.
I've finished gathering the data. I just need to make it available on a
webpage so people can give me feedback in case I'm missing something
(or if I made a mistake).
The tournaments are from 1978 until 2005. 1978 is the year when he
started playing in important tournaments.
Here are the partial results. Only games at regular time controls
(40/120 or slower) are taken into account. No simuls, blindfold, rapid,
blitz, etc. I did not include games vs. computers. That'll probably be
a separate list.
The players are ranked by the number of games they played vs. Kasparov.
Opponent W L D Score Games Percent +/-
Karpov +28 -20 =119 87.5 167 52.40% + 8
Kramnik + 4 - 5 = 40 24.0 49 48.98% - 1
Short +20 - 2 = 27 33.5 49 68.37% +18
Anand +15 - 3 = 29 29.5 47 62.77% +12
Timman +20 - 2 = 23 31.5 45 70.00% +18
Ivanchuk +10 - 4 = 19 19.5 33 59.09% + 6
Topalov +13 - 3 = 13 19.5 29 67.24% +10
Shirov +15 - 0 = 13 21.5 28 76.79% +15
Korchnoi +13 - 1 = 13 19.5 27 72.22% +12
Beliavsky +11 - 2 = 13 17.5 26 67.31% + 9
Leko + 3 - 0 = 15 10.5 18 58.33% + 3
Smyslov + 6 - 0 = 11 11.5 17 67.65% + 6
Yusupov + 9 - 1 = 7 12.5 17 73.53% + 8
Gelfand + 8 - 0 = 8 12.0 16 75.00% + 8
Ljubojevic + 9 - 0 = 7 12.5 16 78.13% + 9
Andersson + 5 - 0 = 11 10.5 16 65.63% + 5
Huebner + 6 - 1 = 8 10.0 15 66.67% + 5
Adams + 8 - 0 = 6 11.0 14 78.57% + 8
Bareev + 8 - 0 = 5 10.5 13 80.77% + 8
Piket + 7 - 1 = 3 8.5 11 77.27% + 6
Nikolic + 6 - 0 = 5 8.5 11 77.27% + 6
Portisch + 4 - 0 = 7 7.5 11 68.18% + 4
Miles + 6 - 0 = 4 8.0 10 80.00% + 6
Salov + 3 - 0 = 7 6.5 10 65.00% + 3
Ehlvest + 5 - 0 = 5 7.5 10 75.00% + 5
Lautier + 1 - 2 = 7 4.5 10 45.00% - 1
Vaganian + 5 - 0 = 5 7.5 10 75.00% + 5
Hjartarson + 4 - 0 = 5 6.5 9 72.22% + 4
Van der Wiel + 6 - 0 = 2 7.0 8 87.50% + 6
Spassky + 2 - 2 = 4 4.0 8 50.00% = 0
Kamsky + 4 - 1 = 3 5.5 8 68.75% + 3
Vallejo + 4 - 0 = 4 6.0 8 75.00% + 4
Psakhis + 4 - 1 = 3 5.5 8 68.75% + 3
Morozevich + 3 - 0 = 4 5.0 7 71.43% + 3
Svidler + 3 - 1 = 3 4.5 7 64.29% + 2
Polgar, Ju + 5 - 0 = 2 6.0 7 85.71% + 5
Sax + 3 - 0 = 4 5.0 7 71.43% + 3
Speelman + 3 - 0 = 4 5.0 7 71.43% + 3
Gulko + 1 - 3 = 3 2.5 7 35.71% - 2
Tal + 1 - 0 = 6 4.0 7 57.14% + 1
Seirawan + 3 - 1 = 2 4.0 6 66.67% + 2
Romanishin + 2 - 1 = 3 3.5 6 58.33% + 1
Nunn + 3 - 0 = 2 4.0 5 80.00% + 3
Ribli + 0 - 0 = 5 2.5 5 50.00% = 0
Illescas + 4 - 0 = 1 4.5 5 90.00% + 4
Gurevich, Mi + 4 - 0 = 1 4.5 5 90.00% + 4
Petrosian + 2 - 2 = 1 2.5 5 50.00% = 0
Polugaevsky + 2 - 0 = 3 3.5 5 70.00% + 2
Tseshkovsky + 2 - 1 = 2 3.0 5 60.00% + 1
Kupreichik + 2 - 0 = 3 3.5 5 70.00% + 2
Grischuk + 3 - 0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Ponomariov + 2 - 0 = 2 3.0 4 75.00% + 2
Radjabov + 0 - 1 = 3 1.5 4 37.50% - 1
Van Wely + 3 - 0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Sokolov, I + 3 - 1 = 0 3.0 4 75.00% + 2
Khalifman + 0 - 0 = 4 2.0 4 50.00% = 0
Larsen + 3 - 0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Smejkal + 1 - 0 = 3 2.5 4 62.50% + 1
Torre + 3 - 0 = 1 3.5 4 87.50% + 3
Geller + 1 - 0 = 3 2.5 4 62.50% + 1
Mikhalchishin + 1 - 1 = 2 2.0 4 50.00% = 0
There are 192 players who have played 3 games or less vs. Kasparov.
In the period of 1978-2005, Kasparov has played 1,164 games. His record
is +486 -77 =601 for a 67.57% winning percentage.
oumo
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Hans Jørgen Lassen
> he lost to judit with the petroff as black
When and where was that game played?
HansJ
oumo
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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=polgar+kasparov
not to mention game that he touched piece and moved another one. But he
beat her lot more than two games. Oh, not the petroff, he played like
Kramnik the Ruy Lopez and lost.
Hans Jørgen Lassen
> http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=polgar+kasparov
>
> Oh, not the petroff, he played like
> Kramnik the Ruy Lopez and lost.
That game was a rapidgame, and as the author the list declared:
"Only games at regular time controls
(40/120 or slower) are taken into account. No simuls, blindfold, rapid,
blitz, etc. I did not include games vs. computers. That'll probably be
a separate list."
HansJ
David Richerby
> There are 192 players who have played 3 games or less vs. Kasparov.
It would be nice to see that list, too, if you have it.
And thanks for the table -- it's very interesting reading!
Dave.
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Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)
> he [Kasparov, wh] lost to judit with the petroff as black
I wonder. A web page claims so. But in a recent
interview Kasparov implied that he has never lost
to Judit, and moreover, that it is such a well
known and striking fact, that he had crossed her name
from the list of superGMs, who have never won a game
against him--the riddle was: what is their common
feature?
Most likely that petroff was an active chess game,
not a slow one.
Regards,
Wlod
Don't Spam Me
I created an excel file to add up the results (with formulas, so the
likelyhood of errors is diminished). I also created a word file with
the tournament tables for the events in which Kasparov participated and
I took into account. This last file is still a work in progress, as
only the most recent tournament tables are available online (~1995 to
present). It'll take me a long time to transfer the information
manually from the books I have to the Word file. But this file does
contain the results of Kasparov's games, just no standings for the old
tournaments.
If anybody would like a copy of these files, send me an email at
garrubal (at) hotmail.com [just change the (at) for @ ]
Or you can wait for me to post this info online and I'll provide the
link later on.