Hi, and welcome to the USCF coverage of the
FIDE world championship match between Anatoly Karpov, from Russia, and Gata
Kamsky from the USA. My name is Gabriel Schwartzman and I will
be your host for a good part of this
match.
First, please allow me to tell you a little bit about myself: I am a 19 year-old student at the University of Florida, and also the youngest Grandmaster in the United States. I have received my license as a chess coach in 1993, and have recently created the Internet Chess Academy - the first interactive chess school on the Internet. I also write chess columns for Chess Life, School Mates, and the Gainesville Sun. But enough about myself - if you want to find out more, you may check out my resume, or read my articles on the Academy website.
My goal during this match is to annotate the games in such a way that everybody, and especially average players, can understand what is going on and enjoy the fine moves that two of the world's best players will be playing. In the spirit of my Academy, I will try to add various instructional material throughout my annotations, so that after playing over the game you feel like you have learned something. You may follow the lectures in two ways: either on a move by move basis on this website, or by printing out the entire lecture and going over it on your chess board at home.
Finally, I would like to ask for your patience. Many people are working long hours to make this coverage possible, and I hope you will understand any small errors that might occur under pressure. If you have any suggestions, or questions, please feel free to write us - we will try to make this site as enjoyable as possible. And if you enjoy the style of these lectures, please take a moment to visit the homepage of the Internet Chess Academy at http://www.yourmove.com, to see what the Academy has to offer, and how useful it would be to you.
And now, please sit back, relax, and enjoy these great games!