[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Winter on Kasparov on the first Kasparov-Karpov match

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Winter on Kasparov on the first Kasparov-Karpov match
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1222114244.shtml


   In [1]Garry Kasparov's new book on his early battles with Anatoly
   Karpov, he devotes a significant amount of space to the termination of
   their first match. He argues that the match was stopped for Karpov's
   benefit, and that this happened at the behest of Russian chess
   authorities in cahoots with (or at least through exerting pressure
   upon) then-FIDE President Florencio Campomanes. As I noted in [2]my
   review of this book, not everyone accepts Kasparov's conclusions or
   the arguments given for those conclusions, and I therefore suggested
   that readers seek out alternative accounts of the match's termination.
   A good place to start your reading is with [3]this recent post by
   chess historian Edward Winter. In it, he claims that Kasparov's
   comments don't represent anything new, and in the two articles he
   links to he lists problems with Kasparov's old arguments. If you're
   interested in those old controversies, it's well worth your time to
   read Winter.

References

   1. http://www.everymanchess.com/display.php?id=462
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1221354542.shtml
   3. http://chesshistory.com/winter/index.html#5765._The_Termination