Losing the title and aftermath Garry Kasparov

kasparov playing against vladimir kramnik in botvinnik memorial match in moscow, 2001

the kasparov-kramnik match took place in london during latter half of 2000. kramnik had been student of kasparov s @ famous botvinnik/kasparov chess school in russia, , had served on kasparov s team 1995 match against viswanathan anand.

the better-prepared kramnik won game 2 against kasparov s grünfeld defence , achieved winning positions in games 4 , 6, although kasparov held draw in both games. kasparov made critical error in game 10 nimzo-indian defence, kramnik exploited win in 25 moves. white, kasparov not crack passive solid berlin defence in ruy lopez, , kramnik drew games black. kramnik won match 8½–6½. kasparov became first player lose world championship match without winning game since emanuel lasker lost josé raúl capablanca in 1921.

after losing title, kasparov won series of major tournaments, , remained top rated player in world, ahead of both kramnik , fide world champions. in 2001 refused invitation 2002 dortmund candidates tournament classical title, claiming results had earned him rematch kramnik.

kasparov , karpov played four-game match rapid time controls on 2 days in december 2002 in new york city. karpov surprised experts , emerged victoriously, winning 2 games , drawing one.

due kasparov s continuing strong results, , status world no. 1 in of public eye, included in so-called prague agreement , masterminded yasser seirawan , intended reunite 2 world championships. kasparov play match against fide world champion ruslan ponomariov in september 2003. match called off after ponomariov refused sign contract without reservation. in place, there plans match against rustam kasimdzhanov, winner of fide world chess championship 2004, held in january 2005 in united arab emirates. these fell through due lack of funding. plans hold match in turkey instead came late. kasparov announced in january 2005 tired of waiting fide organize match , had decided stop efforts regain world championship title.