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stable, some Nvidia users may experience a weird strobing effect// (some series of outdated nvidia drivers remove this affect)// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// ----------sadasgwfSVSSSS------------------------------------------------------------------// FPS cap// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// The primary benefit of an FPS cap is to make the FPS more stable, other than// that, it doesn't do a lot. A moderate, consistent framerate is much more// desirable than a variable but sometimes high framerate. A common// misconception is that if any more frames are generated than your monitor can// display, they are useless. This is wrong -- frames are used for much more// than mere display, and affect the way the game feels well past your// refresh rate.asdasdasdasdasdrgsd// ---------sdasdas-------------------------------------------------------------------cl_showfps 0 // Turning this FPS meter on actually decreases fps by about 3%-4%fps_max 134 // fps caps on PCs that consistently meet that cap causes horrible input lag when attempting to turn/aim//fps_max 132 // I'm leaving this in here though because some PCs (usually laptops) tend to overheat and have microstutters without frame caps.

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Net settings// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Whilst net settings perhaps aren't an integral part of an FPS config, they// are a fact of life in competitive TF2, and as such, they are included here.//// A common question I am asked -- what defines whether a good connection is// good or bad? Mostly personal preference. If you're not willing to make the// choice, try both and see which is better for you.//// Generally, meeting both of the following conditions would classify it as a// good connection://// - Ping of


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// Competitive connection // Very few servers will have these settings//cl_cmdrate 128//cl_interp .007 // this will likely have to be user defined .007 should be roughly the lowest interp, hit scan might do well at .0152 for this//cl_interp_ratio 1//cl_lagcompensation 1//cl_pred_optimize 2//cl_smooth 0//cl_smoothtime 0.01//cl_updaterate 128//rate 90000 // With higher tick rates you have more bandwidth being used

// Bad connection//cl_cmdrate 40//cl_interp 0//cl_interp_ratio 2//cl_lagcompensation 1//cl_pred_optimize 2//cl_smooth 0//cl_smoothtime 0.01//cl_updaterate 40//rate 35000

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Sprays// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Bear in mind that these are disabled on war servers due to `sv_pure 2'// anyway, so if you play competitive TF2, this won't help you.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Disable sprayscl_playerspraydisable 1r_spray_lifetime 0

// Enable sprays -- uncomment this section if you want these settings//cl_playerspraydisable 0//r_spray_lifetime 2

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Shadows// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Disable shadowsmat_shadowstate 0r_shadowmaxrendered 0r_shadowrendertotexture 0r_shadows 0

// Enable shadows -- I highly recommend keeping them off if you're frequently near or below the refresh rate of your monitor as you'll lose about 15-20% of your

frameratemat_shadowstate 1r_shadowmaxrendered 9r_shadowrendertotexture 1 // Non-blobby shadows. Sometimes turned on by // competitive TF2 players to see opponents standing // near the other side of a wall. You may see some // performance loss from setting this to `1'.r_shadows 1

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


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// Facial features// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Disable facial featuresr_eyes 0r_flex 0r_lod 2r_rootlod 2r_teeth 0

// Enable facial features -- turning them on lowers framerate by 5ish%//r_eyes 1//r_flex 1//r_lod 1 // Needs to be set to 1, otherwise they will still be disabled.//r_rootlod 1//r_teeth 1

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Ragdolls// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// You will have reduced performance on deaths which produce ragdolls.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Disable ragdolls

cl_ragdoll_fade_time 0cl_ragdoll_forcefade 1cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 0g_ragdoll_fadespeed 0g_ragdoll_lvfadespeed 0ragdoll_sleepaftertime 0

// Enable ragdolls -- lowers by 10ish%cl_ragdoll_fade_time 15cl_ragdoll_forcefade 0cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 1g_ragdoll_fadespeed 600g_ragdoll_lvfadespeed 100

ragdoll_sleepaftertime "5.0f"

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Gibs// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// You will have reduced performance on deaths which produce gibs.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Disable gibscl_phys_props_enable 0cl_phys_props_max 0props_break_max_pieces 0r_propsmaxdist 1

violence_agibs 0violence_hgibs 0

// Enable gibs -- 6-7% less framerate//cl_phys_props_enable 1//cl_phys_props_max 128//props_break_max_pieces -1//r_propsmaxdist 1000violence_agibs 1violence_hgibs 1


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// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Graphical// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Now we come to the main brunt of the config. You probably don't want to mess// with this.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------cl_hud_playerclass_use_playermodel 0 // adds another hud element -3% framesfov_desired 90 // seriously everyone should use this.mat_phong 0 // some people don't like this on I prefer it on for sniper thoughcl_muzzleflash_dlight_1st 0cl_detaildist 0cl_detailfade 0cl_drawmonitors 0cl_ejectbrass 0cl_jiggle_bone_framerate_cutoff 0 // Turns off jigglebonescl_new_impact_effects 0cl_show_splashes 0func_break_max_pieces 0glow_outline_effect_enable 0 // Cart glow effect.lod_transitiondist 0mat_antialias 0mat_bumpmap 0 // Controls bumpmapping. Setting this to 0 on dx9 will cause // a strange `shine' effect to appear on all players. - Chris

// In the past I wasn't able to prove that disabling this was significant,// it effects fps by about 1% after several checks - C

omangliamat_colcorrection_disableentities 0mat_colorcorrection 0mat_disable_bloom 1mat_disable_fancy_blending 1mat_disable_lightwarp 1mat_envmapsize 8mat_envmaptgasize 8mat_filterlightmaps 1mat_filtertextures 1

mat_forceaniso 0mat_hdr_level 0mat_max_worldmesh_vertices 512mat_monitorgamma 2.2 // Controls brightness, try 1.8 to make it brighter or 2.2 // to get it darker. Only works in fullscreen.mat_parallaxmap 0mat_picmip 2 // Higher = more mipmapping. Without `sv_cheats 1', you're looking // at a range from -1 to 2, -1 being the best quality, 2 being the // worst. - Doesn't really matter much what you set this too if you're cpu boundmat_reducefillrate 1mat_reduceparticles 1mat_specular 1 // Controls specularity. Setting this to 0 will make ubers

// non-shiny, and will remove some specular effects from in-game // entities which support it. - Setting this to 0 while trilinear is off lowers framerate for reasons I don't understandmat_trilinear 1mat_viewportscale 1 // Almost no performance gain from viewport upscaling.mat_viewportupscale 1mat_wateroverlaysize 1mp_decals 9 // - Just keep this below 60ish and you shouldn't notice much different at all maybe .5 average fps for every 30-40 decalsr_3dsky 0


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r_ambientboost 0r_ambientfactor 0r_ambientmin 0r_avglight 0r_cheapwaterend 1r_cheapwaterstart 1r_decals 9r_maxmodeldecal 9r_decalstaticprops 0r_decal_cullsize 15r_drawdetailprops 0r_drawmodeldecals 0r_drawflecks 0r_dynamic 0r_flashlightdepthtexture 0r_forcewaterleaf 1r_lightaverage 0r_maxnewsamples 0r_maxsampledist 1r_occlusion 0 // disables ambient occlusion. 2% FPS boostr_pixelfog 1r_propsmaxdist 0r_renderoverlayfragment 0r_staticprop_lod 4

r_waterdrawreflection 0r_waterdrawrefraction 1r_waterforceexpensive 0r_waterforcereflectentities 0r_drawtracers_firstperson 0 // should give a small fps boost in 1st personrope_averagelight 0rope_collide 0rope_rendersolid 0rope_shake 0rope_smooth 0rope_subdiv 0rope_wind_dist 0tf_particles_disable_weather 1 // Disable weather effects on maps supporting

// it, for example, setting this to `1' // disables rain effects on *_sawmill.tracer_extra 0violence_ablood 1 // framerates on -most- pcs are higher with these onviolence_hblood 1mat_motion_blur_enabled 0 // just incase anyone has this added before loading my cfgmat_motion_blur_forward_enabled 0mat_motion_blur_strength 0

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Misc// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

in_usekeyboardsampletime 0mat_clipz 1 // FX card users should set this to 0mat_forcehardwaresync 0mat_levelflush 1m_rawinput 0 // Turn on raw mouse input. Commented out by default due to // silly incompatibility with the Xfire overlay. You should use // it if you can! - WHO USES XFIRE ANYMORE?mat_vsync 0 // Turn off vsync to avoid nasty I/O latency.r_fastzreject -1 // Values >1 enable a fast Z rejection algorithm, to be // performed on the GPU (as opposed to on the CPU). The


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// value `-1' autodetects hardware support for this // feature, which is safer than forcing it.

ai_expression_optimization 1fast_fogvolume 1host_thread_mode 0 // Not exactly stablemod_load_anims_async 1mod_load_mesh_async 1mod_load_vcollide_async 1

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Sound// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// I'd be hesitant to say that you would see a great deal of performance// improvement from lowering the sound quality, but in my experience as a// competitive TF2 player, lowering the sound quality makes determination of// directionality and distance that much easier. You may see a small FPS gain// with these settings, or you may not, either way will likely have a// negligible effect on performance.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------dsp_enhance_stereo 0dsp_slow_cpu 1snd_async_fullyasync 1 // Having the sound run fully asynchronous has been // helpful in the past, as it seems to (for whatever

// reason) reduce the number of TDRs experienced during // gameplay. There's some pretty good information on // TDRs (nerds only) here: // http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=65161snd_pitchquality 1snd_spatialize_roundrobin 0snd_mixahead .07 // Delay in sound from weapons below .05 has been known to be unstable

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Threading// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------mat_queue_mode 2 // mat_queue mode is another frequently asked about cvar, it

// defines the threading method to be used by the material // system. It has been unstable to use in the past, but // nowadays it's generally okay. // // Here are the possible values: // -2 legacy default // -1 default // 0 synchronous single thread // 1 queued single thread // 2 queued multithreaded // // If you have problems with the value `2', try setting it to // `-1'.

// // As an aside, there are quite a few bugs in the demo system // that occur when mat_queue_mode is set to a value that is // not `-1'. If you intend to do work with the demo system, // maybe you should change this.

// //After immense testing I've found that default

works perfectly //fine with setting your Thread usage. It autom

atically set me


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//to 2 every time. I'd say it's safer and likely less buggy to

//leave this at -1 than it is at 2. // //As a side not I've noticed micro stutters wit

h mat_queue_mode 2 //at 1000+ fps where mat_queue_mode 1 did not s

tutter at 1000+ fps

cl_threaded_bone_setup 1 // WARNING if you don't have a Quad-Core CPU or betteryou SHOULD NOT LEAVE THIS ONcl_threaded_client_leaf_system 0 // DO NOT ENABLE cause crashes to desktop within 4-5 minutes of gameplay 4/18 2014r_queued_decals 0 // lessens the impact of higher decal limits.r_queued_ropes 1r_queued_post_processing 1 // kind of pointless because it's disabled above butif you do like post processing effects keeping this on should lessen the impacton framerater_threaded_client_shadow_manager 1r_threaded_particles 1r_threaded_renderables 1net_queue_trace 0

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// HUD// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------hud_saytext_time 2 //Default is 12 and measured in seconds, this is the amount of time chat stays on your screenvoice_enable 0 //Default is 1, This is the voice chat in the game 1 = on, 0 = offhud_deathnotice_time 5 // Default is 6, This the the death notices that usuallyappear at the top right of the screenhud_achievement_glowtime 0 // Default is 2.5, not 100% what this is about a 1.5% fps boost.hud_achievement_count 0 //Default is 8, Max number of achievements that can be shown on the HUD

hud_achievement_tracker 0 // Default is 1, Show or hide the achievement tracker

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Test Shit// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------cl_localnetworkbackdoor 1 //Network optimizations for Singleplayer, disabling has about a 1-2% fps boostcl_cloud_settings 0 // I believe this disables cloud syncing of CFGs but not 100% sure//cl_notifications_show_ingame 0 // Pretty sure this disables Trade/Duel Notificationssys_minidumpspewlines 500 // Basically the number of lines saved to a log file from console. No FPS boost but 15% lower FPS variance

cl_loadondemand_default 0

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Misc// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------cl_forcepreload 1 // Force preloadingcl_ask_blacklist_opt_out "1"cl_ask_favorite_opt_out "1"sb_dontshow_maxplayer_warning "1"tf_explanations_backpackpanel "1"


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tf_explanations_charinfo_armory_panel "1"tf_explanations_charinfopanel "1"tf_explanations_craftingpanel "1"tf_explanations_discardpanel "1"tf_explanations_store "1"tf_training_has_prompted_for_forums "1"tf_training_has_prompted_for_loadout "1"tf_training_has_prompted_for_offline_practice "1"tf_training_has_prompted_for_options "1"tf_training_has_prompted_for_training "1"//net_graph 1 // keeping this on actually lowers your framerate by 3-6% depending on the level of net_graph you have it at

// net_graph 1,2,3,4,5hud_fastswitch 1

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Print to console// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------echo "---------------------------------------------------------"echo "Comanglia' frames config loaded. Inspired by Chris config"echo "----------------------------------------// Unexplained crashes? Try changing mat_queue_mode to `-1'.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Comanglia' Potato / Toaster config inspired by chris, designed to get you a l

arge performance boost// v0.1beta | 15 May 2015 |// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Launch options:// You should remove -dxlevel xx from the launch options for superior stabilitywith// ALT+Tabbing//// Fullscreen: -dxlevel 81 -full -w WIDTH -h HEIGHT -console -novid// Windowed: -dxlevel 81 -sw -w WIDTH -h HEIGHT -console -noborder -novid// -useforcedmparms -noforcemaccel -noforcemspd // All of these are outdated and don't matter anymore//

// DX Levels// -dxlevel 80, -dxlevel 81, -dxlevel 90, -dxlevel 91, -dxlevel 95, -dxlevel 98// if you can use -dxlevel 81 USE IT your fps will be significantly more stable, some Nvidia users may experience a weird strobing effect (some series of outdated nvidia drivers remove this affect)// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// FPS cap// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// The primary benefit of an FPS cap is to make the FPS more stable, other than// that, it doesn't do a lot. A moderate, consistent framerate is much more// desirable than a variable but sometimes high framerate. A common

// misconception is that if any more frames are generated than your monitor can// display, they are useless. This is wrong -- frames are used for much more// than mere display, and affect the way the game feels well past your// refresh rate.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------cl_showfps 0 // Turning this FPS meter on actually decreases fps by about 3%-4%fps_max 0 // fps caps on PCs that consistently meet that cap causes horrible input lag when attempting to turn/aim//fps_max 132 // I'm leaving this in here though because some PCs (usually laptops) tend to overheat and have microstutters without frame caps.


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// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Net settings// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Whilst net settings perhaps aren't an integral part of an FPS config, they// are a fact of life in competitive TF2, and as such, they are included here.//// A common question I am asked -- what defines whether a good connection is// good or bad? Mostly personal preference. If you're not willing to make the// choice, try both and see which is better for you.//// Generally, meeting both of the following conditions would classify it as a// good connection://// - Ping of


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// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Sprays// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Bear in mind that these are disabled on war servers due to `sv_pure 2'// anyway, so if you play competitive TF2, this won't help you.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Disable sprayscl_playerspraydisable 1r_spray_lifetime 0

// Enable sprays -- uncomment this section if you want these settings//cl_playerspraydisable 0//r_spray_lifetime 2

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Shadows// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Disable shadowsmat_shadowstate 0r_shadowmaxrendered 0r_shadowrendertotexture 0

r_shadows 0// Enable shadows -- I highly recommend keeping them off if you're frequently near or below the refresh rate of your monitor as you'll lose about 15-20% of your framerate//mat_shadowstate 1//r_shadowmaxrendered 11//r_shadowrendertotexture 1 // Non-blobby shadows. Sometimes turned on by // competitive TF2 players to see opponents standing // near the other side of a wall. You may see some // performance loss from setting this to `1'.//r_shadows 1

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Facial features// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Disable facial featuresr_eyes 0r_flex 0r_lod 2r_rootlod 2r_teeth 0

// Enable facial features -- turning them on lowers framerate by 5ish%//r_eyes 1

//r_flex 1//r_lod 1 // Needs to be set to 1, otherwise they will still be disabled.//r_rootlod 1//r_teeth 1

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Ragdolls// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// You will have reduced performance on deaths which produce ragdolls.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


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// Disable ragdollscl_ragdoll_fade_time 0cl_ragdoll_forcefade 1cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 0g_ragdoll_fadespeed 0g_ragdoll_lvfadespeed 0ragdoll_sleepaftertime 0

// Enable ragdolls -- lowers by 10ish%//cl_ragdoll_fade_time 15//cl_ragdoll_forcefade 0//cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 1//g_ragdoll_fadespeed 600//g_ragdoll_lvfadespeed 100//ragdoll_sleepaftertime "5.0f"

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Gibs// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// You will have reduced performance on deaths which produce gibs.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Disable gibs

cl_phys_props_enable 0cl_phys_props_max 0props_break_max_pieces 0r_propsmaxdist 1violence_agibs 0violence_hgibs 0

// Enable gibs -- 6-7% less frameratecl_phys_props_enable 1cl_phys_props_max 4props_break_max_pieces 2r_propsmaxdist 100//violence_agibs 1

//violence_hgibs 1

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Graphical// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Now we come to the main brunt of the config. You probably don't want to mess// with this.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------sv_cheats 1 // Disabled at the end of this, may or may not do anything lolcl_hud_playerclass_use_playermodel 0 // adds another hud element -3% framesmat_phong 0 // some people don't like this on I prefer it on for sniper thoughcl_muzzleflash_dlight_1st 0cl_detaildist 0

cl_detailfade 0cl_drawmonitors 0cl_ejectbrass 0cl_jiggle_bone_framerate_cutoff 0 // Turns off jigglebonescl_new_impact_effects 0cl_show_splashes 0func_break_max_pieces 0glow_outline_effect_enable 0 // Cart glow effect.lod_transitiondist 0mat_antialias 0


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mat_bumpmap 0 // Controls bumpmapping. Setting this to 0 on dx9 will cause // a strange `shine' effect to appear on all players. - Chris

// In the past I wasn't able to prove that disabling this was significant,

// it effects fps by about 1% after several checks - Comangliamat_colcorrection_disableentities 0mat_colorcorrection 0mat_disable_bloom 1mat_disable_fancy_blending 1mat_disable_lightwarp 1mat_envmapsize 8mat_envmaptgasize 8mat_filterlightmaps 0mat_filtertextures 0mat_forceaniso 0mat_hdr_level 0mat_max_worldmesh_vertices 512mat_monitorgamma 2.2 // Controls brightness, try 1.8 to make it brighter or 2.2 // to get it darker. Only works in fullscreen.mat_motion_blur_enabled 0mat_parallaxmap 0mat_picmip 4 // Higher = more mipmapping. Without `sv_cheats 1', you're looking // at a range from -1 to 2, -1 being the best quality, 2 being the

// worst. - Doesn't really matter much what you set this too if you're cpu boundmat_reducefillrate 1mat_reduceparticles 1mat_specular 0 // Controls specularity. Setting this to 0 will make ubers // non-shiny, and will remove some specular effects from in-game // entities which support it. - Setting this to 0 while trilinear is off lowers framerate for reasons I don't understandmat_trilinear 0mat_wateroverlaysize 1mp_decals 9 // - Just keep this below 60ish and you shouldn't notice much different at all maybe .5 average fps for every 30-40 decalsr_3dsky 0

r_ambientboost 0r_ambientfactor 0r_ambientmin 0r_avglight 0r_cheapwaterend 1r_cheapwaterstart 1r_decals 9r_maxmodeldecal 9r_decalstaticprops 0r_decal_cullsize 15r_drawdetailprops 0r_drawmodeldecals 0r_drawflecks 0

r_dynamic 0r_flashlightdepthtexture 0r_forcewaterleaf 1r_lightaverage 0r_maxnewsamples 0r_maxsampledist 1r_occlusion 0 // disables ambient occlusion. 2% FPS boostr_propsmaxdist 0r_renderoverlayfragment 0r_staticprop_lod 4


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r_waterdrawreflection 0r_waterdrawrefraction 1r_waterforceexpensive 0r_waterforcereflectentities 0r_drawtracers_firstperson 0 // should give a small fps boost in 1st personrope_averagelight 0rope_collide 0rope_rendersolid 0rope_shake 0rope_smooth 0rope_subdiv 0rope_wind_dist 0tf_particles_disable_weather 1 // Disable weather effects on maps supporting // it, for example, setting this to `1' // disables rain effects on *_sawmill.tracer_extra 0violence_ablood 1 // framerates on -most- pcs are higher with these onviolence_hblood 1sv_cheats 0

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Misc// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------in_usekeyboardsampletime 0

mat_clipz 1 // FX card users should set this to 0mat_forcehardwaresync 0mat_levelflush 1//m_rawinput 0 // Turn on raw mouse input. Commented out by default due to // silly incompatibility with the Xfire overlay. You should use // it if you can! - WHO USES XFIRE ANYMORE?mat_vsync 0 // Turn off vsync to avoid nasty I/O latency.r_fastzreject -1 // Values >1 enable a fast Z rejection algorithm, to be // performed on the GPU (as opposed to on the CPU). The // value `-1' autodetects hardware support for this // feature, which is safer than forcing it.

ai_expression_optimization 1

fast_fogvolume 1host_thread_mode 0 // Not exactly stablemod_load_anims_async 1mod_load_mesh_async 1mod_load_vcollide_async 1

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Sound// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// I'd be hesitant to say that you would see a great deal of performance// improvement from lowering the sound quality, but in my experience as a// competitive TF2 player, lowering the sound quality makes determination of// directionality and distance that much easier. You may see a small FPS gain

// with these settings, or you may not, either way will likely have a// negligible effect on performance.// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------dsp_enhance_stereo 0dsp_slow_cpu 1snd_async_fullyasync 1 // Having the sound run fully asynchronous has been // helpful in the past, as it seems to (for whatever // reason) reduce the number of TDRs experienced during // gameplay. There's some pretty good information on // TDRs (nerds only) here:


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// http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=65161snd_pitchquality 0snd_spatialize_roundrobin 1snd_mixahead .06 // Delay in sound from weapons below .05 has been known to be unstable

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Threading// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------mat_queue_mode 2 // mat_queue mode is another frequently asked about cvar, it // defines the threading method to be used by the material // system. It has been unstable to use in the past, but // nowadays it's generally okay. // // Here are the possible values: // -2 legacy default // -1 default // 0 synchronous single thread // 1 queued single thread // 2 queued multithreaded // // If you have problems with the value `2', try setting it to // `-1'. //

// As an aside, there are quite a few bugs in the demo system // that occur when mat_queue_mode is set to a value that is // not `-1'. If you intend to do work with the demo system, // maybe you should change this.

// //After immense testing I've found that default

works perfectly //fine with setting your Thread usage. It autom

atically set me //to 2 every time. I'd say it's safer and likel

y less buggy to //leave this at -1 than it is at 2. //

//As a side not I've noticed micro stutters with mat_queue_mode 2 //at 1000+ fps where mat_queue_mode 1 did not s

tutter at 1000+ fps

cl_threaded_bone_setup 1 // WARNING if you don't have a Quad-Core CPU or betteryou SHOULD NOT LEAVE THIS ONcl_threaded_client_leaf_system 0 // DO NOT ENABLE cause crashes to desktop within 4-5 minutes of gameplay 4/18 2014r_queued_decals 1 // lessens the impact of higher decal limits.r_queued_ropes 1r_queued_post_processing 1 // kind of pointless because it's disabled above but

if you do like post processing effects keeping this on should lessen the impacton framerater_threaded_client_shadow_manager 1r_threaded_particles 1r_threaded_renderables 1net_queue_trace 0

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// HUD// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


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hud_saytext_time 2 //Default is 12 and measured in seconds, this is the amount of time chat stays on your screenvoice_enable 0 //Default is 1, This is the voice chat in the game 1 = on, 0 = offhud_deathnotice_time 5 // Default is 6, This the the death notices that usuallyappear at the top right of the screenhud_achievement_glowtime 0 // Default is 2.5, not 100% what this is about a 1.5% fps boost.hud_achievement_count 0 //Default is 8, Max number of achievements that can be shown on the HUDhud_achievement_tracker 0 // Default is 1, Show or hide the achievement tracker

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Test Shit// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------cl_localnetworkbackdoor 1 //Network optimizations for Singleplayer, disabling has about a 1-2% fps boost, disabling seems to cause minor jitter.cl_cloud_settings 0 // I believe this disables cloud syncing of CFGs but not 100% sure//cl_notifications_show_ingame 0 // Pretty sure this disables Trade/Duel Notificationssys_minidumpspewlines 500 // Basically the number of lines saved to a log file from console. No FPS boost but 15% lower FPS variancecl_loadondemand_default 0

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Misc// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------cl_forcepreload 1 // Force preloadingcl_ask_blacklist_opt_out "1"cl_ask_favorite_opt_out "1"sb_dontshow_maxplayer_warning "1"tf_explanations_backpackpanel "1"tf_explanations_charinfo_armory_panel "1"tf_explanations_charinfopanel "1"tf_explanations_craftingpanel "1"tf_explanations_discardpanel "1"

tf_explanations_store "1"tf_training_has_prompted_for_forums "1"tf_training_has_prompted_for_loadout "1"tf_training_has_prompted_for_offline_practice "1"tf_training_has_prompted_for_options "1"tf_training_has_prompted_for_training "1"//net_graph 1 // keeping this on actually lowers your framerate by 3-6% depending on the level of net_graph you have it at

// net_graph 1,2,3,4,5

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------// Print to console// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

echo "---------------------------------------------------------"echo "Comanglia' Potato / Toaster config loaded. Inspired by Chris config"echo "---------------------------------------------------------"

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


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//*************** Stabby's Changes: ***************

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


cl_ragdoll_collide "1" // def. "0" # Collision between corpses on(1)/off(0)cl_ragdoll_forcefade "0" // def. "0" # If set to "1" then cl_ragdoll_forcefade is usedcl_ragdoll_fade_time "15" // def. "15" # Fadingtime in seconds of corpses 0 => No Corpsecl_ragdoll_physics_enable "1" // def. "1" # Ragdollsystem for the corpses on(1)/off(0) | off meens corpses standing around with no animationr_ragdoll_pronecheck_distanceg_ragdoll_fadespeed 600g_ragdoll_lvfadespeed 100ragdoll_sleepaftertime "5.0f"

mat_shadowstate 1r_shadowmaxrendered 9r_shadowrendertotexture 1 // Non-blobby shadows. Sometimes turned on by // competitive TF2 players to see opponents standing // near the other side of a wall. You may see some // performance loss from setting this to `1'.r_shadows 1

cl_show_splashes 1r_flashlightdepthtexture "0" // def. "1" # 1 = High, 0 = Low

r_shadowrendertotexture "2" // def. "" was "2"# 1 = High, 0 = Lowr_shadowmaxrendered "9" // def. "" # Max. count of rendered Shadow [TF2-VideoConfigMenu: 0=min 32=High]"r_flashlightupdatedepth" = "0"r_flashlightrenderworld 0r_flashlightscissor 0r_flashlightdepthres 1nb_shadow_dist = "200"

volumesnd_spatialize_roundrobin 0snd_surround_speakers 7

snd_disable_mixer_duck 0snd_pitchquality 1windows_speaker_config 7snd_mixahead .07soundinfo

hud_saytext_time 2 //Default is 12 and measured in seconds, this is the amount of time chat stays on your screenvoice_enable 0 //Default is 1, This is the voice chat in the game 1 = on, 0 = off


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cl_phys_props_enable 1cl_phys_props_max 4props_break_max_pieces 2r_propsmaxdist 100

con_filter_enable 1con_filter_text_out Compact freed

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hud_combattext_batching 1hud_combattext_batching_window 2.0viewmodel_fov_demo 75r_staticprop_lod 3dsp_water 0cl_show_splashes 1

cl_hud_playerclass_playermodel_showed_confirm_dialog "1"

sensitivitym_yaw 0.022000m_pitch 0.022000fov_desired 90

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bind "[KEY]" "togglemute"alias togglemute "togglemuteb"alias togglemuteb "volume 0;alias togglemute togglemuter"alias togglemuter "volume .q;alias togglemute togglemuteb"

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Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ??´??? ??´????? ?????´???, Russian pronunciation: ['gar?? 'k?im?v??t? k?'spar?f]; born Garik Kimovich Weinstein,[1] 13 April 1963) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) chess Grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist, considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time.[2] From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of 228 months. His peak rating of 2851,[3] achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being passed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. Kasparov also holds records for consecutive professional tournament victories (15) andChess Oscars (11).

Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985 at age 22 by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov.[4] He held the official FIDE world title until 1993, when a dispute with FIDE led him to set up a rival organization, the Professional Chess Association. In 1997 he became the first world champion to lose a match to a computer under standard time controls, when he lost tothe IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in a highly publicized match. He continued to hold the "Classical" World Chess Championship until his defeat by Vladimir Kramnik in 2000.

Kasparov announced his retirement from professional chess on 10 March 2005, after which he devoted his time to politics and writing. He formed the United CivilFront movement, and joined as a member of The Other Russia, a coalition opposing

the administration and policies of Vladimir Putin. In 2008, he announced an intention to run as a candidate in the 2008 Russian presidential race, but failureto find a sufficiently large rental space to assemble the number of supporters that is legally required to endorse such a candidacy led him to withdraw. Kasparov blamed "official obstruction" for the lack of available space.[5] Although heis widely regarded in the West as a symbol of opposition to Putin,[6] he was barred from the presidential ballot.[5] The political climate in Russia reportedlymakes it difficult for opposition candidates to organize.[7][8] He is currentlychairman for the Human Rights Foundation and chairs its International Council. In 2014 he obtained Croatian citizenship.


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Contents

1 Early career 2 Toward the top 3 1984 World Championship 4 World Champion 5 Break with and ejection from FIDE 6 Losing the title and aftermath 7 Retirement from chess 7.1 Post-retirement chess 7.1.1 Candidate for FIDE presidency 8 Head-to-head record versus selected grandmasters 9 Politics 9.1 Central committee member of Komsomol 9.2 Keeper of the Flame award 9.3 Democratic Party of Russia and Choice of Russia bloc 9.3.1 Unwitting board member of award organization 9.4 United Civil Front 9.5 The Other Russia 9.5.1 Attacked 9.6 Saint Petersburg Dissenters' March 9.7 Arrest in Moscow and questioning by FSB 9.8 KGB general says Kasparov's life in danger

9.9 2007 presidential bid 9.9.1 Detention at rally 9.9.2 Forced to quit campaign 9.10 "Putin must go" 9.11 Human Rights Foundation 9.12 Arrest and beating at Pussy Riot trial 9.13 Miscellaneous 9.14 Allegation of FSB non-disclosure of Boston marathon bombing suspects 9.15 On the Navalny trial 9.16 On the Syrian civil war 9.17 Croatia connections 9.18 Sochi Olympics

9.19 Access to website blocked 10 Chess ratings achievements 11 Playing style 12 Olympiads and other major team events 13 Other records 14 Books and other writings 14.1 Early writings 14.2 My Great Predecessors series 14.3 Modern Chess series 14.4 Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov series 14.5 Other post-retirement writing 15 Chess against computers 15.1 32 simultaneous computers, 1985

15.2 Deep Thought, 1989 15.3 Deep Blue, 1996 15.4 Deep Blue, 1997 15.5 Deep Junior, 2003 15.6 X3D Fritz, 2003 16 Books 17 See also 18 Notes 19 Further reading 20 External links


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Early careerKasparov at age 11, Vilnius, 1974

Kasparov was born Garik Kimovich Weinstein (Russian: ????? ?????????) in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR (now Azerbaijan), Soviet Union. His father, Kim Moiseyevich Weinstein, was Russian Jewish, and his mother, Klara Gasparian, was Armenian.[9][10][11][12] Kasparov has described himself as a "self-appointed Christian", although"very indifferent".[13]

Kasparov first began the serious study of chess after he came across a chess problem set up by his parents and proposed a solution.[14] His father died of leukemia when Garry was seven years old.[15] At the age of twelve, Garry adopted hismother's Armenian surname, Gasparian, modifying it to a more Russified version,Kasparov.[16]

From age 7, Kasparov attended the Young Pioneer Palace in Baku and, at 10 begantraining at Mikhail Botvinnik's chess school under noted coach Vladimir Makogonov. Makogonov helped develop Kasparov's positional skills and taught him to playthe Caro-Kann Defence and the Tartakower System of the Queen's Gambit Declined.[17] Kasparov won the Soviet Junior Championship in Tbilisi in 1976, scoring 7 points of 9, at age 13. He repeated the feat the following year, winning with a score of 8½ of 9. He was being trained by Alexander Shakarov during this time.

In 1978, Kasparov participated in the Sokolsky Memorial tournament in Minsk. Hehad been invited as an exception but took first place and became a chess master. Kasparov has repeatedly said that this event was a turning point in his life, and that it convinced him to choose chess as his career. "I will remember the Sokolsky Memorial as long as I live", he wrote. He has also said that after the victory, he thought he had a very good shot at the World Championship.[18]

He first qualified for the Soviet Chess Championship at age 15 in 1978, the youngest ever player at that level. He won the 64-player Swiss system tournament atDaugavpils on tiebreak over Igor V. Ivanov to capture the sole qualifying place.

Kasparov rose quickly through the World Chess Federation rankings. Starting with an oversight by the Russian Chess Federation, he participated in a grandmaster

tournament in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia), in 1979 while still unrated (he was a replacement for Viktor Korchnoi who was originally invited but withdrew due to threat of boycott from the Soviets). Kasparov won this high-class tournament, emerging with a provisional rating of 2595, enough to catapult him to the top group of chess players (at the time, number 15 in the world)[19]). The next year, 1980, he won the World Junior Chess Championshipin Dortmund, West Germany. Later that year, he made his debut as second reservefor the Soviet Union at the Chess Olympiad at Valletta, Malta, and became a Grandmaster.Toward the topKasparov becomes World Junior Champion at Dortmund in 1980

As a teenager, Kasparov tied for first place in the USSR Chess Championship in 1

98182. His first win in a superclass-level international tournament was scored at Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1982. He earned a place in the 1982 Moscow Interzonal tournament, which he won, to qualify for the Candidates Tournament.[20] At age 19, he was the youngest Candidate since Bobby Fischer, who was 15 whenhe qualified in 1958. At this stage, he was already the No. 2-rated player in the world, trailing only World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov on the January 1983 list.

Kasparov's first (quarter-final) Candidates match was against Alexander Beliavsky, whom he defeated 63 (four wins, one loss).[21] Politics threatened Kasparov's


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semi-final against Viktor Korchnoi, which was scheduled to be played in Pasadena, California. Korchnoi had defected from the Soviet Union in 1976, and was at that time the strongest active non-Soviet player. Various political maneuvers prevented Kasparov from playing Korchnoi, and Kasparov forfeited the match. This was resolved by Korchnoi allowing the match to be replayed in London, along with the previously scheduled match between Vasily Smyslov and Zoltán Ribli. The Kasparov-Korchnoi match was put together on short notice by Raymond Keene. Kasparov lost the first game but won the match 74 (four wins, one loss).

In January 1984, Kasparov became the No. 1 ranked player in the world, with a FIDE rating of 2710. He became the youngest ever world No. 1, a record that lasted 12 years until being broken by Vladimir Kramnik in January 1996; the record iscurrently held by Magnus Carlsen, a former pupil of Kasparov.

Later in 1984, he won the Candidates' final 8½4½ (four wins, no losses) against the resurgent former world champion Vasily Smyslov, at Vilnius, thus qualifying to play Anatoly Karpov for the World Championship. That year he joined the CommunistParty of the Soviet Union (CPSU), as a member of which he was elected to the Central Committee of Komsomol in 1987.1984 World ChampionshipMain article: World Chess Championship 1984

The World Chess Championship 1984 match between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov had many ups and downs, and a very controversial finish. Karpov started in ver

y good form, and after nine games Kasparov was down 40 in a "first to six wins" match. Fellow players predicted he would be whitewashed 60 within 18 games.[22]

In an unexpected turn of events, there followed a series of 17 successive draws, some relatively short, and others drawn in unsettled positions. Kasparov lost game 27, then fought back with another series of draws until game 32, his first-ever win against the World Champion. Another 14 successive draws followed, through game 46; the previous record length for a world title match had been 34 games, the match of José Raúl Capablanca vs. Alexander Alekhine in 1927.

Kasparov won games 47 and 48 to bring the scores to 53 in Karpov's favour. Then the match was ended without result by Florencio Campomanes, the President of Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), and a new match was announced to start a few

months later. The termination was controversial, as both players stated that they preferred the match to continue. Announcing his decision at a press conference, Campomanes cited the health of the players, which had been strained by the length of the match.

The match became the first, and so far only, world championship match to be abandoned without result. Kasparov's relations with Campomanes and FIDE were greatly strained, and the feud between them finally came to a head in 1993 with Kasparov's complete break-away from FIDE.World ChampionKasparov after winning the FIDE World Championship title in 1985

The second Karpov-Kasparov match in 1985 was organized in Moscow as the best of

24 games where the first player to win 12½ points would claim the World Champion title. The scores from the terminated match would not carry over. But in the event of a 1212 draw, the title would remain with Karpov. On 9 November 1985, Kasparov secured the title by a score of 1311, winning the 24th game with Black, using a Sicilian defense. He was 22 years old at the time, making him the youngest ever World Champion,[23] and breaking the record held by Mikhail Tal for over 20 years.[24] Kasparov's win as Black in the 16th game has been recognized as one of the all-time masterpieces in chess history.

As part of the arrangements following the aborted 1984 match, Karpov had been gr


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anted (in the event of his defeat) a right to rematch. Another match took placein 1986, hosted jointly in London and Leningrad, with each city hosting 12 games. At one point in the match, Kasparov opened a three-point lead and looked wellon his way to a decisive match victory. But Karpov fought back by winning threeconsecutive games to level the score late in the match. At this point, Kasparovdismissed one of his seconds, grandmaster Evgeny Vladimirov, accusing him of selling his opening preparation to the Karpov team (as described in Kasparov's autobiography Unlimited Challenge, chapter Stab in the Back). Kasparov scored one more win and kept his title by a final score of 12½11½.

A fourth match for the world title took place in 1987 in Seville, as Karpov hadqualified through the Candidates' Matches to again become the official challenger. This match was very close, with neither player holding more than a one-pointlead at any time during the contest. Kasparov was down one full point at the time of the final game, and needed a win to draw the match and retain his title. Along tense game ensued in which Karpov blundered away a pawn just before the first time control, and Kasparov eventually won a long ending. Kasparov retained his title as the match was drawn by a score of 1212. (All this meant that Kasparovhad played Karpov four times in the period 198487, a statistic unprecedented in chess. Matches organized by FIDE had taken place every three years since 1948, and only Botvinnik had a right to a rematch before Karpov.)

A fifth match between Kasparov and Karpov was held in New York and Lyon in 1990, with each city hosting 12 games. Again, the result was a close one with Kasparo

v winning by a margin of 12½11½. In their five world championship matches, Kasparov had 21 wins, 19 losses, and 104 draws in 144 games.Break with and ejection from FIDEKasparov and Viswanathan Anand in a publicity photo on top of the World Trade Center in New York

With the World Champion title in hand, Kasparov began opposing FIDE. Beginning in 1986, he created the Grandmasters Association (GMA), an organization to represent professional chess players and give them more say in FIDE's activities. Kasparov assumed a leadership role. GMA's major achievement was in organizing a series of six World Cup tournaments for the world's top players. A somewhat uneasy relationship developed with FIDE, and a sort of truce was brokered by Bessel Kok, a Dutch businessman.

This stand-off lasted until 1993, by which time a new challenger had qualified through the Candidates cycle for Kasparov's next World Championship defense: Nigel Short, a British grandmaster who had defeated Anatoly Karpov in a qualifying match, and then Jan Timman in the finals held in early 1993. After a confusing and compressed bidding process produced lower financial estimates than expected,[25] the world champion and his challenger decided to play outside FIDE's jurisdiction, under another organization created by Kasparov called the Professional Chess Association (PCA). This is where a great fracture occurred in the lineage ofthe FIDE version of the World Champions tradition.

In an interview in 2007, Kasparov called the break with FIDE the worst mistake of his career, as it hurt the game in the long run.[26]

Kasparov and Short were ejected from FIDE, and played their well-sponsored match in London. Kasparov won convincingly by a score of 12½7½. The match considerably raised the profile of chess in the UK, with an unprecedented level of coverage on Channel 4. Meanwhile, FIDE organized a World Championship match between Jan Timman (the defeated Candidates finalist) and former World Champion Karpov (a defeated Candidates semifinalist), which Karpov won.

FIDE removed Kasparov and Short from the FIDE rating lists. Thus, till this wasin effect, there was a parallel rating list presented by PCA which featured all


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world top players, regardless of their relation to FIDE.

There were now two World Champions: PCA champion Kasparov, and FIDE champion Karpov. The title remained split for 13 years.

Kasparov defended his title in a 1995 match against Viswanathan Anand at the World Trade Center in New York City. Kasparov won the match by four wins to one, with thirteen draws. It was the last World Championship to be held under the auspices of the PCA, which collapsed when Intel, one of its major backers, withdrew its sponsorship in retaliation for Kasparov's choice to play a 1996 match against Deep Blue, which augmented the profile of IBM, one of Intel's chief rivals.[27]

Kasparov tried to organize another World Championship match, under another organization, the World Chess Association (WCA) with Linares organizer Luis Rentero.Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik played a candidates match to decide the challenger, which Shirov won in a surprising upset. But when Rentero admitted that the funds required and promised had never materialized, the WCA collapsed.

This left Kasparov stranded, and yet another organization stepped inBrainGames.com, headed by Raymond Keene. No match against Shirov was arranged, and talks with Anand collapsed, so a match was instead arranged against Kramnik.

During this period, Kasparov was approached by Oakham School in the United Kingdom, at the time the only school in the country with a full-time chess coach,[28]

and developed an interest in the use of chess in education. In 1997, Kasparov supported a scholarship programme at the school.[29] Kasparov also won the MarcaLeyenda trophy that year.Losing the title and aftermathKasparov playing against Vladimir Kramnik in the Botvinnik Memorial match in Moscow, 2001

The Kasparov-Kramnik match took place in London during the latter half of 2000.Kramnik had been a student of Kasparov's at the famous Botvinnik/Kasparov chessschool in Russia, and had served on Kasparov's team for the 1995 match against Viswanathan Anand.

The better-prepared Kramnik won game 2 against Kasparov's Grünfeld Defence and ach

ieved winning positions in Games 4 and 6, although Kasparov held the draw in both games. Kasparov made a critical error in Game 10 with the Nimzo-Indian Defence, which Kramnik exploited to win in 25 moves. As White, Kasparov could not crack the passive but solid Berlin Defence in the Ruy Lopez, and Kramnik successfully drew all his games as Black. Kramnik won the match 8½6½. Kasparov became the first player to lose a world championship match without winning a game since Emanuel Lasker lost to José Raúl Capablanca in 1921.

After losing the title, Kasparov won a series of major tournaments, and remained the top rated player in the world, ahead of both Kramnik and the FIDE World Champions. In 2001 he refused an invitation to the 2002 Dortmund Candidates Tournament for the Classical title, claiming his results had earned him a rematch withKramnik.[30]

Kasparov and Karpov played a four-game match with rapid time controls over two days in December 2002 in New York City. Karpov surprised the experts and emergedvictoriously, winning two games and drawing one.[31]

Due to Kasparov's continuing strong results, and status as world No. 1 in much of the public eye, he was included in the so-called "Prague Agreement", masterminded by Yasser Seirawan and intended to reunite the two World Championships. Kasparov was to play a match against the FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov in September 2003. But this match was called off after Ponomariov refused to sign his


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contract for it without reservation. In its place, there were plans for a match against Rustam Kasimdzhanov, winner of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004,to be held in January 2005 in the United Arab Emirates. These also fell throughdue to lack of funding. Plans to hold the match in Turkey instead came too late. Kasparov announced in January 2005 that he was tired of waiting for FIDE to organize a match and so had decided to stop all efforts to regain the World Championship title.Retirement from chess

After winning the prestigious Linares tournament for the ninth time, Kasparov announced on 10 March 2005 that he would retire from serious competitive chess. He cited as the reason a lack of personal goals in the chess world (he commented when winning the Russian championship in 2004 that it had been the last major title he had never won outright) and expressed frustration at the failure to reunify the world championship.

Kasparov said he may play in some rapid chess events for fun, but intends to spend more time on his books, including both the My Great Predecessors series (seebelow) and a work on the links between decision-making in chess and in other areas of life, and will continue to involve himself in Russian politics, which he views as "headed down the wrong path".

Kasparov has been married three times: to Masha, with whom he had a daughter before divorcing; to Yulia, with whom he had a son before their 2005 divorce; and t

o Daria (Dasha), with whom he has two children.[32][33]Post-retirement chess

On 22 August 2006, in his first public chess games since his retirement, Kasparov played in the Lichthof Chess Champions Tournament, a blitz event played at the time control of 5 minutes per side and 3 second increments per move. Kasparov tied for first with Anatoly Karpov, scoring 4½/6.[34]

Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov played a 12-game match from 2124 September 2009, in Valencia, Spain. It consisted of four rapid (or semi rapid) games, in which Kasparov won 31, and eight blitz games, in which Kasparov won 62, winning the match with total result 93. The event took place exactly 25 years after the two players' legendary encounter at World Chess Championship 1984.[35]

Kasparov actively coached Magnus Carlsen for approximately one year beginning in February 2009. The collaboration remained secret until September 2009.[36] Under Kasparov's tutelage, Carlsen in October 2009 became the youngest ever to achieve a FIDE rating higher than 2800, and rose from world number four to world number one. While the pair initially planned to work together throughout 2010,[37] in March of that year it was announced that Carlsen had split from Kasparov and would no longer be using him as a trainer.[38] According to an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, Carlsen indicated that he would remain in contactand that he would continue to attend training sessions with Kasparov,[39] but in fact no further training sessions were held and the cooperation gradually fizzled over the course of the spring.[40]

In May 2010 it was revealed that Kasparov had aided Viswanathan Anand in preparation for the World Chess Championship 2010 against challenger Veselin Topalov. Anand won the match 6½5½ to retain the title.[41]

Also in May 2010 he played 30 games simultaneously, winning each one, against players at Tel-Aviv University in Israel.[42]

In January 2011, Kasparov began training the American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. The first of several training sessions was held in New York just prior to Nakamura's participation in the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Ne


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therlands.[43] In December 2011, it was announced that the cooperation had cometo an end.[44]

Kasparov played two blitz exhibition matches in the autumn of 2011. The first, in September against French grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, in Clichy (France), which Kasparov won 1½½. The second was a longer match consisting of eight blitz games played on 9 October, against English grandmaster Nigel Short. Kasparov won again by a score of 4½3½.

On April 25 and 26, 2015, Kasparov played a mini-match against Nigel Short. Thematch consisted of two rapid games and eight blitz games. Kasparov won the match decisively with a score of 8½1½, winning all five games on the second day.[45]Candidate for FIDE presidency

On 7 October 2013 Kasparov announced his candidacy for World Chess Federation president during a reception in Tallinn, Estonia, where the 84th FIDE Congress took place.[46] Kasparov's candidacy was supported by his former student, reigningWorld Chess Champion and FIDE #1 ranked player Magnus Carlsen.[47]Head-to-head record versus selected grandmasters

(Rapid, blitz and blindfold games not included; listed as +wins -losses =draws as of 2 May 2014.)[48]Players who have been undisputed World Champions in boldface

England Michael Adams +10-0=8 India Viswanathan Anand +15-5=31 New Zealand Murray Chandler +0-2=0 Israel Boris Gelfand +13-0=8 United States Boris Gulko +1-3=3 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk +11-4=22 Russia Anatoly Karpov +28-21=129 Russia Victor Korchnoi +16-1=23 Russia Vladimir Kramnik +4-5=40 Russia Alexander Morozevich +3-0=4 Latvia Alexei Shirov +15-0=14 England Nigel Short +28-2=26 Russia Peter Svidler +6-2=4

Bulgaria Veselin Topalov +10-3=14

PoliticsCentral committee member of Komsomol

Kasparov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1984, which was mandatory at the time, and in 1987 was elected to the Central Committee of Komsomol. But in 1990 he left the party and together with his family fled from Baku to Moscow on a chartered plane[49] when pogroms against Armenians in Baku tookplace forcing thousands of ethnic Armenians to flee Azerbaijan.[50]Keeper of the Flame award

In 1991, Kasparov received the Keeper of the Flame award from the Center for Sec

urity Policy for "propagation of democracy and the respect for individual rights throughout the world". In his acceptance speech Kasparov lauded the defeat of communism while also urging the United States to give no financial assistance tocentral Soviet leaders.[33][51][52][53][54]Democratic Party of Russia and Choice of Russia bloc

In May Kasparov took part in the creation of the Democratic Party of Russia, which at first was a liberal anti-communist party, later shifted to centrism. Kasparov was in June 1993 involved with the creation of the "Choice of Russia" bloc of parties and in 1996 took part in the election campaign of Boris Yeltsin. In 20


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01 he voiced his support for the Russian television channel NTV.[11]Unwitting board member of award organization

In April 2007, it was asserted[55] that Kasparov was a board member of the National Security Advisory Council of Center for Security Policy,[51] a "non-profit,non-partisan national security organization [in Washington, DC] that specializes in identifying policies, actions, and resource needs that are vital to American security".[52] Kasparov confirmed this and added that he was removed shortly after he became aware of it. He noted that he did not know about the membership and suggested he was included in the board by accident because he received the 1991 Keeper of the Flame award from this organization.[53][54] But Kasparov maintained his association with the leadership by giving speeches at think tanks such as the Hoover Institution.[33]United Civil Front

After his retirement from chess in 2005, Kasparov turned to politics and created the United Civil Front, a social movement whose main goal is to "work to preserve electoral democracy in Russia".[56] He has vowed to "restore democracy" to Russia by restoring the rule of law.[57][58][59]The Other Russia

Kasparov was instrumental in setting up The Other Russia, a coalition which opposes Putin's government. The Other Russia has been boycotted by the leaders of Russia's mainstream opposition parties, Yabloko and Union of Rightist Forces due t

o its inclusion of nationalist and radical groups. Kasparov has criticized these groups as being secretly under the auspices of the Kremlin.[60]Attacked

On 10 April 2005, Kasparov was in Moscow at a promotional event when he was struck over the head with a chessboard he had just signed. The assailant was reported to have said "I admired you as a chess player, but you gave that up for politics" immediately before the attack.[61] Kasparov has been the subject of a number of other episodes since, including police brutality and allegedly the Russian secret service.[62][63]Saint Petersburg Dissenters' MarchKasparov at the third Dissenters March in Saint Petersburg on 9 June 2007

Kasparov helped organize the Saint Petersburg Dissenters' March on 3 March 2007and The March of the Dissenters on 24 March 2007, both involving several thousand people rallying against Putin and Saint Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko's policies.[64][65]Arrest in Moscow and questioning by FSB

On 14 April 2007, Kasparov led a pro-democracy demonstration in Moscow. Soon after the demonstration's start, however, over 9,000 police descended on the groupand seized almost everyone. Kasparov, who was briefly arrested by the Moscow police, was warned by the prosecution office on the eve of the march that anyone participating risked being detained. He was held for some 10 hours and then finedand released.[66] He was later summoned by the FSB for violations of Russian anti-extremism laws.[67]

KGB general says Kasparov's life in danger

Speaking about Kasparov, former KGB general Oleg Kalugin in 2007 remarked, "I do not talk in detailspeople who knew them are all dead now because they were vocal, they were open. I am quiet. There is only one man who is vocal and he may be in trouble: [former] world chess champion [Garry] Kasparov. He has been very outspoken in his attacks on Putin and I believe that he is probably next on the list."[68]2007 presidential bid


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On 30 September 2007, Kasparov entered the Russian Presidential race, receiving379 of 498 votes at a congress held in Moscow by The Other Russia.[69]

In October 2007, Kasparov announced his intention of standing for the Russian presidency as the candidate of the "Other Russia" coalition and vowed to fight for a "democratic and just Russia". Later that month he traveled to the United States, where he appeared on several popular television programs, which were hostedby Stephen Colbert, Wolf Blitzer, Bill Maher, and Chris Matthews.Detention at rally

On 24 November 2007, Kasparov and other protesters were detained by police at an Other Russia rally in Moscow. 3,000 demonstrators arrived to protest the seemingly rigged elections, since most of the candidates would be running unopposed. Following an attempt by about 100 protesters to march through police lines to the electoral commission, which had barred Other Russia candidates from parliamentary elections, arrests were made. The Russian authorities stated a rally had been approved but not any marches, resulting in several detained demonstrators.[70]He was subsequently charged with resisting arrest and organizing an unauthorized protest and given a jail sentence of five days. Kasparov appealed the charges,citing that he had been following orders given by the police, although it was denied. He was released from jail on 29 November.[71] Putin criticized Kasparov at the rally for his use of English when speaking rather than Russian.[72]Forced to quit campaign

On 12 December 2007, Kasparov announced that he had to withdraw his presidential candidacy due to inability to rent a meeting hall where at least 500 of his supporters could assemble. With the deadline expiring on that date, he explained it was impossible for him to run. Russian election laws required sufficient meeting hall space for assembling supporters. Kasparov's spokeswoman accused the government of using pressure to deter anyone from renting a hall for the gathering and said that the electoral commission had rejected a proposal that would have allowed for smaller gathering sizes rather than one large gathering at a meeting hall.[73]"Putin must go"

Kasparov was among the 34 first signatories and a key organizer of the online anti-Putin campaign "Putin must go", started on 10 March 2010. The campaign was be

gun by a coalition of opposition to Putin who regard his rule as lacking any rule of law. Within the text is a call to Russian law enforcement to ignore Putin's orders. By June of 2011 there were 90,000 signatures. While the identity of the petition author remained anonymous, there was wide speculation that it was indeed Kasparov.[74][75][76][77]Human Rights Foundation

Kasparov was named Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation in 2011, succeeding the recently deceased author, activist, and former Czech president Václav Havel.[78] On 31 January 2012 Kasparov hosted a meeting of opposition leaders planning amass march on 4 February 2012, the third major opposition rally held since the disputed State Duma elections of December 2011. Among other opposition leaders attending were Alexey Navalny and Yevgenia Chirikova.[79]

Arrest and beating at Pussy Riot trial

On 17 August 2012 Kasparov was arrested and beaten outside of the Moscow court while attending the verdict reading in the case involving the all-female punk band Pussy Riot.[80] On 24 August he was cleared of charges that he took part in an unauthorized protest against the conviction of three members of Pussy Riot. Judge Yekaterina Veklich said there were "no grounds to believe the testimony of the police". He could still face criminal charges over a police officer's claims that the opposition leader bit his finger while he was being detained.[81] He later thanked all the bloggers and reporters who provided video evidence that contr


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adicted the testimony of the police.[citation needed]Miscellaneous

Kasparov wrote in February 2013 that "fascism has come to Russia....Project Putin, just like the old Project Hitler, is but the fruit of a conspiracy by the ruling elite. Fascist rule was never the result of the free will of the people. Itwas always the fruit of a conspiracy by the ruling elites!"[82]

In April 2013, Kasparov joined in an HRF condemnation of Kanye West for having performed for the leader of Kazakhstan in exchange for a $3 million paycheck, saying that West "has entertained a brutal killer and his entourage" and that his fee "came from the loot stolen from the Kazakhstan treasury."[83]

Kasparov denied rumors in April 2013 that he planned to leave Russia for good. "I found these rumors to be deeply saddening and, moreover, surprising," he wrote. "I was unable to respond immediately because I was in such a state of shock that such an incredibly inaccurate statement, the likes of which is constantly distributed by the Kremlins propagandists, came this time from Ilya Yashin, a fellow member of the Opposition Coordination Council (KSO) and my former colleague from the Solidarity movement."[84]

In an April 2013 op-ed piece, Kasparov accused prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Posner of failing to stand up to Putin and to earlier Russian and Soviet leaders.[85]

Kasparov was presented with the Morris B. Abram Human Rights Award, UN Watch's annual human-rights prize, in 2013. The organization praised him as "not only one of the worlds smartest men" but "also among its bravest."[86]

At the 2013 Women in the World conference, Kasparov told the Daily Beast's Michael Moynihan that democracy no longer existed in what he called Russia's "dictatorship."[87]

Kasparov said at a press conference in June 2013 that if he returned to Russia he doubted he would be allowed to leave again, given Putin's ongoing crackdown against dissenters. "So for the time being," he said, "I refrain from returning to Russia." He explained shortly thereafter in an article for the Daily Beast that

this had not been intended as "a declaration of leaving my home country, permanently or otherwise," but merely an expression of "the dark reality of the situation in Russia today, where nearly half the members of the oppositions Coordinating Council are under criminal investigation on concocted charges." He noted thatthe Moscow prosecutors office was "opening an investigation that would limit my ability to travel," making it impossible for him to fulfill "professional speaking engagements" and hindering his "work for the nonprofit Kasparov Chess Foundation, which has centers in New York City, Brussels, and Johannesburg to promote chess in education."[87]

Kasparov further wrote in his June 2013 Daily Beast article that the mass protests in Moscow 18 months earlier against fraudulent Russian elections had been "aproud moment for me." He recalled that after joining the opposition movement in

March 2005, he had been criticized for seeking to unite "every anti-Putin element in the country to march together regardless of ideology." Therefore, the sight of "hundreds of flags representing every group from liberals to nationalists all marching together for 'Russia Without Putin' was the fulfillment of a dream."Yet most Russians, he lamented, had continued to "slumber" even as Putin had "taken off the flimsy mask of democracy to reveal himself in full as the would-be KGB dictator he has always been."[88]

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weeted. "Now that he is a Russian journalist his life may be in grave danger!" Also: "Now we can expect NY Times op-eds by Mugabe on fair elections, Castro on free speech, & Kim Jong-un on prison reform. The Axis of Hypocrisy."[89]Allegation of FSB non-disclosure of Boston marathon bombing suspects

In a 12 May 2013, op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Kasparov questioned reports that the Russian security agency, the FSB, had fully cooperated with the FBI in the matter of the Boston bombers. He noted that the elder bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, had reportedly met in Russia with two known jihadists who "were killed inDagestan by the Russian military just days before Tamerlan left Russia for the U.S." Kasparov argued, "If no intelligence was sent from Moscow to Washington" about this meeting, "all this talk of FSB cooperation cannot be taken seriously."He further observed, "This would not be the first time Russian security forces seemed strangely impotent in the face of an impending terror attack," pointing out that in both the 2002 Moscow theater siege and the 2004 Beslan school attack,"there were FSB informants in both terror groupsyet the attacks went ahead unimpeded." Given this history, he wrote, "it is impossible to overlook that the Boston bombing took place just days after the U.S. Magnitsky List was published, creating the first serious external threat to the Putin power structure by penalizing Russian officials complicit in human-rights crimes." In sum, Putin's "dubiousrecord on counterterrorism and its continued support of terror sponsors Iran and Syria mean only one thing: common ground zero."[90]On the Navalny trial

Kasparov wrote in July 2013 about the trial in Kirov of fellow opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who had been convicted "on concocted embezzlement charges," only to see the prosecutor, surprisingly, ask for his release the next day pendingappeal. "The judicial process and the democratic process in Russia," wrote Kasparov, "are both elaborate mockeries created to distract the citizenry at home and to help Western leaders avoid confronting the awkward fact that Russia has returned to a police state." Still, Kasparov felt that whatever had caused the Kirov prosecutor's about-face, "my optimism tells me it was a positive sign. After more than 13 years of predictable repression under Putin, anything different is good."[91]On the Syrian civil war

Kasparov wrote in Time Magazine on 18 September 2013 that he considered the "che

ss metaphors thrown around during the worlds response to the civil war in Syria"to be "trite" and rejected what he called "all the nonsense about 'Putin is playing chess and Obama is playing checkers,' or tic-tac-toe or whatever." Putin, argued Kasparov, "did not have to outplay or outthink anyone. He and Bashar Assadwon by forfeit when President Obama, Prime Minister Cameron and the rest of theso-called leaders of the free world walked away from the table." There is, he lamented, "a new game at the negotiating table where Putin and Assad set the rules and will run the show under the protection of the U.N."[92] Kasparov said in September 2013 that Russia was now a dictatorship.[93] In the same month he told an interviewer that "Obama going to Russia now is dead wrong, morally and politically," because Putin's regime "is behind Assad."[94]Croatia connections

Kasparov maintains a summer home in the Croatian city of Makarska. In early February 2014, Kasparov applied for citizenship by naturalisation in Croatia, adding that he was finding it increasingly difficult to live in Russia. According to an article in The Guardian, Kasparov is "widely perceived" as having been a vocal supporter of Croatian independence during the early 1990s. On 28 February 2014, his application for naturalisation was approved, and he is now a Croatian passport holder.[95]Sochi Olympics

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hi Olympics boycott. He explained in August 2013 that he had opposed Russias bidfrom the outset, since hosting the Olympics would "allow Vladimir Putins croniesto embezzle hundreds of millions of dollars" and "lend prestige to Putins authoritarian regime." Kasparov added that Putin's anti-gay law was "only the most recent encroachment on the freedom of speech and association of Russias citizens," which the international community had largely ignored. Instead of supporting a games boycott, which would "unfairly punish athletes," Kasparov called for athletes and others to "transform Putins self-congratulatory pet project into a spotlight that exposes his authoritarian rule for the entire world to see."[96] In September, Kasparov expanded on his remarks, saying that "forcing athletes to play a political role against their will is not fair" and that politicians should not "hide behind athletes." Instead of boycotting Sochi, he suggested, politicians should refuse to attend the games and the public should "put pressure on the sponsors and the media." Coca-Cola, for example, could put "a rainbow flag on each Coca-Cola can" and NBC could "do interviews with Russian gay activists or with Russian political activists." Kasparov also emphasized that although he was "still a Russian citizen," he had "good reason to be concerned about my ability to leave Russia if I returned to Moscow."[97]Access to website blocked

Kasparov's website was blocked by the Russian federative regulator, Roskomnadzor, at the behest of the public prosecutor, allegedly due to Kasparov's opinions of the Crimean crisis. Kasparov's block was made in unison with several other notable Russian sites that were accused of inciting public outrage. Reportedly, sev

eral of the blocked sites received an affidavit noting their violations. However, Kasparov stated that his site had received no such notice of violations afterits block.[98]Chess ratings achievements

Kasparov holds the record for the longest time as the No. 1 rated player inthe worldfrom 1986 to 2005 (Vladimir Kramnik shared the No. 1 ranking with him once, in the January 1996 FIDE rating list).[99] He was also briefly ejected fromthe list following his split from FIDE in 1993, but during that time he headed the rating list of the rival PCA. At the time of his retirement, he was still ranked No. 1 in the world, with a rating of 2812. His rating has fallen inactive since the January 2006 rating list.[100] In January 1990 Kasparov achieved the (then) highest FIDE rating ever, passi

ng 2800 and breaking Bobby Fischer's old record of 2785. On the July 1999 and January 2000 FIDE rating lists Kasparov reached a 2851 Elo rating, at that time the highest rating ever achieved.[101] He held that record for the highest ratingever achieved until Magnus Carlsen attained a new record high rating of 2861 inJanuary, 2013. There was a time in the early 1990s when Kasparov was over 2800 and the only person in the 2700s was Anatoly Karpov. According to the unofficial Chessmetrics calculations, Kasparov was the highest rated player in the world continuously from February 1985 until October 2004.[102] He also holds the highest all-time average rating over a 2 (2877) to 20 (2856) year period and is second to only Bobby Fischer's (2881 vs 2879) over a one-year period.

Playing style

Kasparov's style of play has been compared by many to Alekhine's.[103][104] Kasparov himself has described his style as being influenced chiefly by Alekhine, Tal and Fischer.[105] Kramnik has opined that "[Kasparov's] capacity for study issecond to none", and said "There is nothing in chess he has been unable to dealwith."[106] Carlsen, whom Kasparov coached from 2009 to 2010, said of Kasparov,"I've never seen someone with such a feel for dynamics in complex positions."[107] Kasparov was known for his extensive opening preparation and aggressive playin the opening.[108][109]


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Olympiads and other major team eventsKasparov at Valletta in 1980

Kasparov played in a total of eight Chess Olympiads. He represented the Soviet Union four times and Russia four times, following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. In his 1980 Olympiad debut, he became, at age 17, the youngest playerto represent the Soviet Union or Russia at that level, a record which was broken by Vladimir Kramnik in 1992. In 82 games, he has scored (+50 -3 =29), for 78.7% and won a total of 19 medals, including team gold medals all eight times he competed. For the 1994 Moscow Olympiad, he had a significant organizational role, in helping to put together the event on short notice, after Thessaloniki canceled its offer to host, a few weeks before the scheduled dates. Kasparov's detailedOlympiad record[110] follows:

Valletta 1980, USSR 2nd reserve, 9½/12 (+8 -1 =3), team gold, board bronze; Lucerne 1982, USSR 2nd board, 8½/11 (+6 -0 =5), team gold, board bronze; Dubai 1986, USSR 1st board, 8½/11 (+7 -1 =3), team gold, board gold, performance gold; Thessaloniki 1988, USSR 1st board, 8½/10 (+7 -0 =3), team gold, board gold, performance gold; Manila 1992, Russia board 1, 8½/10 (+7 -0 =3), team gold, board gold, performance silver; Moscow 1994, Russia board 1, 6½/10 (+4 -1 =5), team gold; Yerevan 1996, Russia board 1, 7/9 (+5 -0 =4), team gold, board gold, perform

ance silver; Bled 2002, Russia board 1, 7½/9 (+6 -0 =3), team gold, board gold.

Kasparov made his international teams debut for the USSR at age 16 in the 1980 European Team Championship and played for Russia in the 1992 edition of that championship. He won a total of five medals. His detailed Euroteams record, from,[111] follows.

Skara 1980, USSR 2nd reserve, 5½/6 (+5 -0 =1), team gold, board gold; Debrecen 1992, Russia board 1, 6/8 (+4 -0 =4), team gold, board gold, performance silver.

Kasparov also represented the USSR once in Youth Olympiad competition, but the d

etailed data at Olimpbase is incomplete; the Chessmetrics Garry Kasparov playerfile has his individual score from that event.

Graz 1981, USSR board 1, 9/10 (+8 -0 =2), team gold.

Other records

Kasparov holds the record for most consecutive professional tournament victories, placing first or equal first in 15 individual tournaments from 1981 to 1990.[citation needed] The streak was broken by Vasily Ivanchuk at Linares 1991, whereKasparov placed 2nd, half a point behind him. The details of this record winning streak follow:[20]

Frunze 1981, USSR Championship, 12½/17, tie for 1st; Bugojno 1982, 9½/13, 1st; Moscow 1982, Interzonal, 10/13, 1st; Nikic 1983, 11/14, 1st; Brussels OHRA 1986, 7½/10, 1st; Brussels SWIFT 1987, 8½/11, tie for 1st; Amsterdam Optiebeurs 1988, 9/12, 1st; Belfort (World Cup) 1988, 11½/15, 1st; Moscow 1988, USSR Championship, 11½/17, tie for 1st; Reykjavík (World Cup) 1988, 11/17, 1st;


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Barcelona (World Cup) 1989, 11/16, tie for 1st; Skellefteå (World Cup) 1989, 9½/15, tie for 1st; Tilburg 1989, 12/14, 1st; Belgrade (Investbank) 1989, 9½/11, 1st; Linares 1990, 8/11, 1st.

Kasparov won the Chess Oscar a record eleven times.Books and other writingsEarly writings

Kasparov has written books on chess. He published a controversial[112] autobiography when still in his early 20s, originally titled Child of Change, later retitled Unlimited Challenge. This book was subsequently updated several times afterhe became World Champion. Its content is mainly literary, with a small chess component of key unannotated games. He published an annotated games collection in 1985: Fighting Chess: My Games and Career[113] and this book has also been updated several times in further editions. He also wrote a book annotating the games from his World Chess Championship 1985 victory, World Chess Championship Match: Moscow, 1985.

He has annotated his own games extensively for the Yugoslav Chess Informant series and for other chess publications. In 1982, he co-authored Batsford Chess Openings with British grandmaster Raymond Keene and this book was an enormous seller. It was updated into a second edition in 1989. He also co-authored two opening

books with his trainer Alexander Nikitin in the 1980s for British publisher Batsfordon the Classical Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence and on the Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defence. Kasparov has also contributed extensively to the five-volume openings series Encyclopedia of Chess Openings.

In 2000, Kasparov co-authored Kasparov Against the World: The Story of the Greatest Online Challenge[114] with grandmaster Daniel King. The 202-page book analyzes the 1999 Kasparov versus the World game, and holds the record for the longest analysis devoted to a single chess game.[115]

Kasparov has written in support of New Chronology (Fomenko), although with somereservations.[116]My Great Predecessors series

Main article: My Great Predecessors

In 2003, the first volume of his five-volume work Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors was published. This volume, which deals with the world chess champions Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, and some of their strong contemporaries, has received lavish praise from some reviewers (including Nigel Short), while attracting criticism from others for historicalinaccuracies and analysis of games directly copied from unattributed sources. Through suggestions on the bo

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