Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To David Paulowich wrote on Fri, Mar 11, 2005 02:57 PM EST:Kasparov leaves us with an incredible legacy. His five matches with Karpov totaled 144 games. We may never again see a champion play so many games at the highest level. Compare the career of one of his 'great predecessors': In 1927 Alexander Alekhine defeated World Chess Champion Jose Raul Capablanca in a 34 game match (+6 =25 -3). In 1929 he defeated FIDE World Chess Champion Efim Bogoljubow in a 25 game 'unification match' (+11 =9 -5). Again in 1934 he defeated Bogoljubow in a 26 game match (+8 =15 -3). From 1928 to 1938 Alekhine played a total of eight games against past and future world champions Botvinnik, Capablanca and Lasker. Zurich 1934: 1 win (Lasker). Nottingham 1936: 2 draws (Botvinnik and Lasker), 1 loss (Capablanca). AVRO 1938: 1 win (Capablanca), 2 draws (Botvinnik and Capablanca), 1 loss (Botvinnik). Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID End of an Era does not match any item.