Presenter: GM
Garry Kasparov & GM James Plaskett (running time: 104 mins)
By the age of 12 Garry was the Junior Champion of
the mighty USSR, the youngest ever. Back then fashion bowed to the immaculate
safety-first style of the reigning titan Anatoly Karpov. Along came young
Kasparov, raging onto the scene and riding some new contraption called glasnost.
His style - brash, energetic and aggressive took the chess world by storm and
reinvented the standard for future generations of chess players.
Presenter: GM
Garry Kasparov & GM James Plaskett (running time: 113 mins)
If one element characterized the games of teenage
Garry Kasparov, it was the whirlwind aggression of his play. By 1981, though
still a tender 18 years of age, his ferocious talent demanded that he clear
ever-higher hurdles. Now it was time to take on the grown-ups, and for him this
meant one thing - the world elite.
Presenter: GM
Garry Kasparov & GM James Plaskett (running time: 86 mins)
A close look at Garry Kasparov's career reveals a
remarkable amount of sheer brinkmanship. At a time when the Soviet Union was
wired with paranoia and run by invisible connections, the winds of political
change were beginning to stir and the brash renegade Kasparov would be in the
right place at the right time to capitalize on the new climate.
Presenter: GM
Garry Kasparov & GM James Plaskett (running time: 110 mins)
The shadows of political intrigue would threaten to
do what no chess player could manage - to eliminate Garry from the hunt for the
World Title. And when the long awaited confrontation between Karpov and Kasparov
arrived, it turned out to be the most remarkable and controversial match ever
played.
Presenter: GM
Garry Kasparov & GM James Plaskett (running time: 89 mins)
On the eve of the most important game he would ever
play, Garry Kasparov sought the advice of legends Botvinnik and Tal. If Kasparov
succeeded, he would take Tal's place as the youngest World Champion in history.
Was this another one of Garry's magic numbers?