Tag: general knowledge

While playing Black against Capablanca, I came up with an ingenious idea of sacrificing a central pawn against the Ruy Lopez for the sake of an attack against the White king. Although Capablanca won the game in the end, the variation, which now bears my name, became one of the most well known and analyzed main lines against the Spanish opening prefered by the likes of Spassky, Anand and Michael Adams. Who am I ?

I was at the receiving end of one of the most beautiful games of Chess at Wijk an Zee in 1999 --- where Kasparov sacrificed a Rook and then dragged out my King and chased it down the board winning with a long and stunning combination --- it is dubbed as "Kasparov's Immortal". However, I was to have my revenge later when I defeated Kasparov in the last game of his career before he retired.Who am I ?