Kasparov-Karpov Eight Blitz Games Today

     On day 3 of their historic reunion matches, Garry Kasparov and Anatoly
Karpov will switch formats and play 8 blitz games instead of two 25-minute
per man contests.
     Karpov is down 3-1 so he will certainly have to go for some wins to even the
match.  His brilliant comeback in game 3 was brought back to Earth by slow
time play again in game 4.
     Make your prediction, who will win and by what score?

What time do the blitz games start ?  I want to watch them live.

     The last two days the games were at 7:00PM Valencia, Spain time.  I believe
it will be the same today.  Go to SonofPearl's blog for more information.  Also,
on ChessTV David Pruess has analysis shows of the games, click the "on demand"
button next to the "on air" button for a library of shows.

Karpov was having trouble with the clock in the rapid games so this indicates he will have even more trouble in blitz . So, I predict Kasparov will win the blitz match 5-3 or maybe by even a bigger margin. Karpov is clearly farther away from his prime than is Kasparov.

I too think Kasparov will win 5-3 in the blitz match, Karpov has really seemed to be out of his element when it comes to time management.  I was very excited to see he pulled out a win in Game 3, but that only made his Game 4 bumbling indecision all the more painful/perplexing to watch.

     As I get older I tend to root for the older guys in any game or sport, so I
will cheer for Karpov.  Either way, this has been a lot of fun and I hope they
do it again.

^^^ I do that too. Although I'm a bigger fan of Kasparov I found myself rooting for the Karpov.  I tend to always go with the underdog.

They are planning to play a couple more matches I have read, in NY and Moscow, sites of 2 of their WC matches. If this match is too one sided noone will want to sponsor further matches. There is also the possibility that if Karpov is beaten too badly he may not want to take more beatings.

     Even though they are no longer on top of the chess world these two still
fascinate me more than any other chess players alive.

 I agree and I think its because no player dominates at the top today as they both did during their prime. Its also nice to see them still doing battle as theirs is the greatest rivalry in chess history.

    It is also hard to believe it has been 25 years since they played, my daughter
wasn't even born until 1987.  Karpov was actually #98 in the world until for some
strange reason last month he plummeted to #140.  I would love to see Kasparov
make one more comeback in a professional tournament.
     NM Reb, I enjoy watching your games on live chess1, it is fun to view rated
players.  I hope with the advent of livechess2 and livechess3 more rated players
will be available to watch, their moves are so unique compared to the other
players.

Aren't there many many more professional players today though, leading to stiffer competition?  Would it even be possible for a player in this era to dominate to the extent that Kasparov and Karpov did in their prime?

im hoping karpov wins it all,both players are tons of fun .  How do i watch it live or delayed?

 Thats a very good point and question. I do believe its possible but perhaps more unlikely than in previous eras of chess. I think there will be other dominate players to come along even though there isnt one currently. Perhaps the next dominate player hasnt been born yet ? To have 3 such dominate players in a row ( Fischer-Karpov-Kasparov ) though is very unlikely to ever happen again.

Karpov looked tired in the pics from rounds 1 and 2 losing both games. The following day he broke even winning one and losing one. So maybe he just had a bad first day and people are underestimating him. We shall see.

 Maybe that's what they said of Lasker-Capablanca-Alekhine.

 True !  You could even include Steinitz in that as well and make it 4 in a row !  WOW !  But now with so many more events and professional players and the internet and computers I think the odds of 3 dominate players in a row is much greater against it happening than before the computer/internet age.

 This is sooo true, before the internet era, I could only find opponents in my club for the two days per week that it was open. Of course there were only 2-3 players that I could really play with, the others being either too lowly rated or too highly. 

 In my very first steps I could train vs battle chess but after awhile It was getting mated in 15 moves. Then I bought one of these "Kasparov chessboards" but after a couple of months this was getting mated soon as well. After that I ended up going to a friends house, who has a stronger computer a 386, and played vs chessmaster (I couldn't run it on my 8088!) but after I became a better player, chessmaster was easy to beat as well. Except the local club & the Sunday morning club rated games the only opponents available everyday then were computers but unlike now, they then played patzer quality chess so they weren't of much help.

Now there is ICC, chess.com, FICS, RHP, FICGS, Yahoo chess, one has many opportunities to play and also to read about chess, so many annotated games available for everyone, so many instructional videos and of course one can annotate his games using an engine, I found many analysis mistakes in my old games and I had done the analysis together with either a FM or an IM, still it seems like we missed to see plenty of stuff.

I think that the generation of players that will play after the internet "boom" will be much much better than any generation before. Now if a player has talent, he doesn't have to be Botvinnik's pupil to reach his peak, an internet connection may well be as good.

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Kasparov Loses game one (lost on time but up a rook and 2 pawns)

Draw in game 2

Kasparov wins game 3 4 5 6 7

Draw in game 8