Book Recap #29- Discussing The Longest Game by GM Jan Timman a Great Book which Tells the Story of the Kasparov-Karpov matches

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🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Perpetual Chess is back with another book review, discussing GM Jan Timman’s excellent book, The Longest Game. It is part game collection and part historic guide to GM Garry Kasparov and GM Anatoly Karpov’s series of 6 World Championship Matches between 1984 and 1990. While the 2023 World Championship looks unlikely to feature the #1 player in the world, fans in the late 1980s got to repeatedly see the clear #1 and clear #2 battle in long matches! These battles resulted in some timeless, tense chess games, and plenty of far-fatched but true stories related to the behind the scenes machinations of the matches. Joining me to discuss it all, is Marko Bulatovic, who selected this book because he is both a chess and history aficionado. Please read on for timestamps of topics discussed. 0:00- Background on my co-host, Marko Bulatovic and why he chose the book The Longest Game 14:00- Does the +2 overall record of Kasparov in the 6 World Championship matches misrepresent how close the matches were? 17:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Aimchess.com. Aimchess’ algorithm reviews your games and gives you actionable advice on how to improve your game. Check it out for free, and if you choose to subscribe you can use the code Perpetual30 to save 30%. Or use this link for the same discount: https://aimchess.com/try?ref=benjohnson12 19:00- We briefly discuss GM Jan Timman’s bio, and the formats the book is available in. Mentioned: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1jQxTXneIGjf24eXkLKFwb?si=03f82d8088644b67 New in Chess Ebook- https://www.newinchess.com/the-longest-game Amazon/Kindle- The Longest Game: The Five KasparovKarpov Matches for the World Chess Championship: Timman, Jan: 9789056918118: Amazon.com: Books 23:00- We go through the most epic match of all, the 48 game 1984 match. Was the match really suspended to protect Karpov? 35:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. You can check out all of their latest offerings here: https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/ 36:00- We share and discuss a few of our favorite quotes. 1:02:00- Final thoughts on the book! If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here: Ben Johnson is creating Perpetual Chess Podcast | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. I am Ben Johnson, and this is the Perpetual Chess Podcast.
0:08.2	Perpetual Chess is a weekly interview show where top chess players, authors, content creators,
0:13.3	and accomplished amateurs discuss their careers and share stories and chess improvement tips.
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0:30.5	but without further ado, let's get to the show.
0:35.9	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to perpetual chess.
0:38.7	Chess Books Recaptured.
0:39.9	Of course, this theoretically is a monthly book review and discussion.
0:45.5	We took the month off last month, although it didn't end up really being a month off
0:49.5	with all of the chess drama going on.
0:51.7	So many podcasts coming out.
0:53.4	So we appreciate anyone listening,
0:55.5	taking time to hear a discussion of the book, The Longest Game by Grandmaster Jan Timmon.
1:01.7	Regular listeners will know that Jan Timmin, in addition to being an over-the-board chess
1:06.7	legend, is a fantastic author and one of my personal favorites. And joining us to discuss the book,
1:12.5	it was our guest co-host's idea, is Marco Bulutovic. So let's welcome Marco Marco to the show.
1:19.1	How are you, Marco? Thank you, man. I'm doing well. How are you? I'm well. You know, we're recording
1:24.5	this Friday night, September 30th. It's been a long week.
1:28.1	But I'm excited to talk about this book, as I think you and I both share an affinity for the writing of Grandmaster Jan Timmon.
1:37.4	Absolutely.
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