30.03.2008, Hluboka nad Vltavou
Kasparov arrived in the Czech republic directly from Austria, where he participated in Days of chess with the Klitschko brothers. Kasparov seemed a bit tired, but had to attend a meeting with President Vaclav Klaus.
After the meeting, there was a press conference. “Political matters we will discuss in English,
chess matters in Russian,” started Garry. Surprisingly, there were only few chess related questions and most of the journalists were focused on the politics. Here are some of the interesting questions.
Mr. Kasparov, you still miss the World Champion title in correspondence
chess. What is your opinion on this branch of chess?
“In this computer-chess era, the correspondence-chess lost part of its
original beauty. Today its more a matter of who is better at working with
computer engines and databases. Nevertheless the evolution cant be stopped
and in the future we can meet a version of the classical chess where the
players can use computers during the game.”
How your chess geniality helps you in the world of politics?
I use mainly my analytical skills which I improved thanks to chess. Learning
from one’s mistakes and analyze them correctly for the future is very
important in the world of politics. In chess I played quite aggressively, in
the open discussions that I lead, there is no space for this.
After the press conference Garry Kasparov played a simul at Hluboká nad Vltavou. He convincingly won 26:0 and you can see video from the event at Chessdom’s first report about Kasparov’s stay in the Czech Republic.
The simul was followed by an individual game between Garry Kasparov and Viktor Novotny’s teammate Martin Vaculik (ELO 2260), captain of the B-team
which is leading the 1st Czech league. The game was played without a clock and most of the time Kasparov was in deep thought. Kasparov won after 56 moves.
Kasparov,Garry (2812) – Vaculik,Martin (2260)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Jf6 4.Sxc4 e6 5.Jf3 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 Dxd1 8.Vxd1 Sxc5 9.Jbd2 b5 10.Se2 Sb7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Vxa4 0-0 13.Jb3 Jbd7 14.Je5 Sd5 15.Jxd7 Jxd7 16.Sc4 Jb6 17.Sxd5 Jxa4 18.Sxa8 Vxa8 19.Jxc5 Jxc5 20.b4 Jb7 21.Sb2 Kf8 22.g4 f6 23.Vd7 Jd8 24.g5 e5 25.f4 Jf7 26.h4 exf4 27.gxf6 gxf6 28.exf4 Kg7 29.Vc7 Vd8 30.Sc3 h5 31.Kf2 Kg6 32.f5+ Kg7 33.Ke3 Vd6 34.Sd4 Kg8 35.Ke4 Jh6 36.Se3 Jg4 37.Sc5 Vd1 38.Va7 Ve1+ 39.Kd5 Ve5+ 40.Kd6 Jh6 41.Vxa6 Jxf5+ 42.Kd7 Kf7 43.Va7 Kg6 44.Vc7 Jxh4 45.b5 Ve1 46.b6 Vb1 47.b7 Jf3 48.Sa7 h4 49.b8D Vxb8 50.Sxb8 h3 51.Vc8 Kg5 52.Vh8 Kg4 53.Ke6 f5 54.Vg8+ 1-0
President Vaclav Klaus arrives
The president and Garry Kasparov
Dasa Kasparova, the wife of Garry Kasparov, came with him to the meetings
Kasparov was happy to answer the journalists questions
The castle Hluboka nad Vltavou where the simul took place
All photos by http://www.novoborsky-sk.cz/
