Kasparov vs Short! Rare footage 📷 of mid-match interviews

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lassic Footage of Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov

In 1993, Nigel Short became the first Englishman ever to challenge for the World Championship. It was a welcome change for the chess world which had seen 5 consecutive matches between Kasparov and his predecessor, Anatoly Karpov.

During the Candidates Final – where Nigel was playing Dutchman Jan Timman — Garry was asked who he thought his challenger would be. He replied with the now famous “it will be Short and the match will be short!”

London was the setting for the hugely anticipated Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov match, played outside the auspices of FIDE for the first time. This video – a free preview of GM Magazine 9: Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov – includes analysis of the games by GM Ray Keene plus rare footage of mid-match interviews with both players.

The match started in dramatic fashion. Nigel Short, as Black no less, managed to go a pawn up. Noticing Nigel was in time trouble, Garry offered a draw. Short refused. He played the final move to meet time control and… his flag fell before he could press his clock! He had a winning position, he’d turned down a draw… and he’d lost.

The next few games were full of incident and excitement but no better news for Nigel as he earned a solitary draw from the first four. Game 6 was superb. Short played Bobby Fischer’s favorite 6.Bc4 against the Sicilian Najdorf. Most of the minor pieces were traded off early but Short still managed to drum up an attack, breaking through with a Bishop sac on h6.

However, Kasparov had counter-chances of his own and would have checkmated Short if it hadn’t been for a brilliant resource which Nigel had seen many moves before.

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