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K,ARPOV VARIATION,675 in the aLEnrrr<br />
DEENcr, playcdscveraltimes<strong>by</strong>rNorin thelate<br />
KASUDAN, ISAAC (190! ), Inlernational<br />
Grandmaste. ( l9s4), Intemational Arbiter ( 1960),<br />
the best player in the United Srares and one olthc<br />
best half-dozcn playcG in the world i. the early<br />
1930s. He became Retl knowd atter the Hague<br />
Olympiad 1924, {ben he nade tne highesl i6t<br />
board score (+12=2-l). In 1930. after deleatin-!<br />
L. srErNER in maich play (+5=2 3), Kashdan<br />
played in the Hamburg Olympiad and prolonged<br />
his stay in Europe <strong>to</strong> conpete in three rouma<br />
nenls: Berlin (Aug.),661 (+5-1)i s<strong>to</strong>ckholm<br />
(Oct.). fiBr (+1=1-l) ahead of BocolruBow.<br />
srolrz, and sr,{HLBErq and Frrnkiurt, second<br />
(+7=4) after NMzowmcn. Subscqucntly hc had<br />
several good lournament achievemenls: NewYork<br />
1931. se.ond (+6:s) aier c^p^Bls.ai H stinss<br />
1931 2, second (+6-3) arterELotsRahead otEUVE<br />
.nd suLrAN xsANi London l912, rhnd (+5=l-r)<br />
equal witn Sultan Khan afte. AL.KHTNE and Flohr<br />
ahead of hkuKowE{ and M^R6czy: and ?asadena<br />
1932. se@nd (+5=5 1) after Alethine abead ol<br />
REssEvsoandE,Nr In 1933 Kasidan foundcdtne<br />
CiEss Revr,, a maguine which he soon handed<br />
,nd sr.re . h..l .n the<br />
Folkesrone Olympi.d in which he had played.<br />
Around this timc Alckhinc remarked lhal<br />
Kashdan migbt be lhe nexl world chanpion, bul<br />
Kashdan, Iinding a ful nne <strong>chess</strong> career unprcnrable.<br />
soon soush! otncr cmploymcnt. thus<br />
limiting hn tu(herchcss ambitions.In his fifth and<br />
lasl Olynpiad, S<strong>to</strong>ckholn 1937, he n.de the besr<br />
third board score (+13:2 l). In Europc hc had<br />
been known as the litlle Capablanca , a desc.ip<br />
tion rhat was partly a@urale; but the sinilarity<br />
Nould probably have been less markcd had he<br />
continucd <strong>to</strong> dcvclop his talent in internalional<br />
From 1932 he had endeavoured. without suc<br />
cess. <strong>to</strong> negoliate a natcb witb MARsHAr.r. thc<br />
dular US chanpioni lew doubled tnat Kashdan<br />
would have won. and pos*ssion ofthe title would<br />
n.v.,.\kredhimhn,n.i?llv AfierM2r\hrllail.st<br />
relinq shed his.lrim <strong>to</strong> be US ch<strong>amp</strong>ioi (1916)<br />
Kasbdan entered se,cral cham,ionship <strong>to</strong>urna-<br />
6en1s. but thc titlewhicb had been his due was no<br />
longe. within his gr.sp. In 19,12 he tied lor lirsr<br />
plac, but losr the play{ff natcb lo Reshevsky<br />
(+2=3 6). In the US open ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship Kash<br />
dan sharcd limt pdze in 1938 and won oudght i.<br />
1947. Aiier the Second World war hc movcd <strong>to</strong><br />
Califomia qhere hc bccame a leading <strong>chess</strong><br />
organizer andarbiler. and edi<strong>to</strong>rof a <strong>chess</strong>colun.<br />
i rnc Los AnqeLs Times.<br />
Ksshdan L. steiner 3rd march ganc 1930 Qu.eni<br />
Ganbn Dedincd, Cafrhridge Springs Derene<br />
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Qa5 7Qb3Nc4 3cxd5exd5 9BdlBb4 l0RclNx35 ll<br />
Nxg5 h6 12 NB 0-0 tl G0 Re3 14ar Bxcl 15 Oxc3<br />
Oxc3 16 tuc3 Nf6 17 b4 Be6 18ltL] Nc4 19 Bxc:l<br />
drc4 20Nd2B'15 21Rdb6 22R5c3f 23N.4axb4 24<br />
w 'wrru<br />
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ru wrw<br />
whncnowc.6plc..shnMrNoRm{rA.K.26b5.xb5 27<br />
R.3+ Kh7 28 Rdsts.4 29Nd7 Kg6 30d5Rc7 3l d6<br />
tud7 32 RrdT Bd3 33 Rb? KI6 34 R Black rneN<br />
IIASPAROV, G,\RRY KIMO\{CII (196} J,<br />
Soviet player fron Baku, Inremational Grandnas-<br />
-ter (1980). His onginal nane s6 wcinstcin. He<br />
{m a child when his fltncr was killed in a .oad<br />
accidcnt and lhe authorilies, deciding he should<br />
have a nore suitable nane. called bin (.sparo!, a<br />
Russilied version of his nolhcr's maidcn name<br />
Kasparyan. Al firsl he trained under B^cIRov a.d<br />
then,Iike kRpor, <strong>by</strong> neans oi a otesPondene<br />
cou6e suPeNised <strong>by</strong> BorrNxrK; but Kasparov\<br />
hero is ALEGTNE not,like (arpo,\. .ApABuN.a.<br />
Atlhcagcof 12 Kaspa.ovpon bolh the Azerbaija.<br />
ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship and rhe UssR junior (under 18)<br />
chanpionship. In 1979 he won the Banja Luka<br />
<strong>to</strong>um.oenl (+8=7) and in 1980 he won borb the<br />
woildJunior Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship a.d the Baku lourna'<br />
menl (+8=7). In thn lasr event he @nplered on<br />
his birthday (13 April) the sco.e necessary for his<br />
Crandmaste. tiile. Tbe (rongesi 17 year old sine<br />
Frs.HFr he mide rournanent achievemenrsin thc<br />
nexr tew years that plac€d him ar rhe lop, above<br />
Karpov ia the wodd ranking lists: Mosow 1981.<br />
category 15, second (+3=9 1) equal with rcLU<br />
cayEvsp and sMyslov aller Karpov i USSR Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship,Frunzc<br />
1981,68t(+10:5-2) equalwirh<br />
psArurs: Bugolno 1982, calegory 1.1,fi(t (+6=7).
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