Book Recap #29- Discussing The Longest Game by GM Jan Timman a Great Book which Tells the Story of the Kasparov-Karpov matches

Perpetual Chess is back with another book review, discussing GM Jan Timman’s excellent book, The Longest Game. It is part game collection and part historic guide to GM Garry Kasparov and GM Anatoly Karpov’s series of 6 World Championship Matches between 1984 and 1990. While the 2023 World Championship looks unlikely to feature the #1 player in the world, fans in the late 1980s got to repeatedly see the clear #1 and clear #2 battle in long matches! These battles resulted in some timeless, tense chess games, and plenty of far-fatched but true stories related to the behind the scenes machinations of the matches. Joining me to discuss it all, is Marko Bulatovic, who selected this book because he is both a chess and history aficionado. Please read on for timestamps of topics discussed. 

0:00- Background on my co-host, Marko Bulatovic and why he chose the book The Longest Game 

14:00- Does the +2 overall record of Kasparov in the 6 World Championship matches misrepresent how close the matches were? 

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19:00- We briefly discuss GM Jan Timman’s bio, and the formats the book is available in. 

Mentioned: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1jQxTXneIGjf24eXkLKFwb?si=03f82d8088644b67

New in Chess Ebook- https://www.newinchess.com/the-longest-game

Amazon/Kindle- The Longest Game: The Five KasparovKarpov Matches for the World Chess Championship: Timman, Jan: 9789056918118: Amazon.com: Books

23:00- We go through the most epic match of all, the 48 game 1984 match. Was the match really suspended to protect Karpov?

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36:00- We share and discuss a few of our favorite quotes. 

1:02:00- Final thoughts on the book! 

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