Kasparovian

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adjective

Of or relating to Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров; born Garik Kimovich Weinstein, 1963), Russian chess Grandmaster, writer and political activist.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveKasparovian (comparative more Kasparovian, superlative most Kasparovian)

comparative more Kasparovian · superlative most Kasparovian

  1. Of or relating to Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров; born Garik Kimovich Weinstein, 1963), Russian chess Grandmaster, writer and political activist.

    Here, in the midst of a typically Kasparovian conflagration, the black king advances in person to thwart the enemy onslaught – all of these contribute to the general air of mystification in Petrosian's games.

    2014, Ray Keene, Petrosian vs the Elite
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    For example, they might be viewed as Kasparovian chess masters, never thinking only three or four moves ahead but, rather, a dozen moves ahead and with great consideration of every component of the chess board, […]

    2018, Blake Leath, Cultivating the Strategic Mind, page 62

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