Patrick Wolff
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Patrick G. Wolff (b. February 15, 1968) is a United States chess International Grandmaster. The son of a University Philosophy lecturer, Wolff won the United States Chess Championship in 1992 and 1995.
In 1988, in a game played in New York, Wolff defeated the world champion Garry Kasparov in just 25 moves with the black pieces. The game is given in algebraic chess notation:
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Qa4 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qb6 13.Nc3 Qh6 14.h4 g5 15.Nxd5 Bd8 16.Rac1 gxh4 17.Rxc8 hxg3 18.Nf3 Nh2 19.Rfc1 Rxc8 20.Rxc8 Nxf3+ 21.exf3 gxf2 22.Kf1 Qd2 23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Ne8+ Kh8 25.Qe4 Bh4 0-1
This game, although played as part of a simultaneous exhibition against several masters, was one of Kasparov's shortest losses in his career.
Patrick is also the author of the Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess.
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Patrick G Wolff
- Patrick Wolff at ChessGames.com
- Kasparov vs Wolff, 0-1 (requires Java plugin)
| Preceded by Gata Kamsky |
United States Chess Champion 1992 |
Succeeded by Alexander Shabalov and Alex Yermolinsky |
| Preceded by Boris Gulko |
United States Chess Champion 1995 (with Nick de Firmian and Alexander Ivanov) |
Succeeded by Alex Yermolinsky |
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