Garry Kasparov Uses Chewing Gum As A “Prepared Variation”

The culmination of the race was the final match with Pavlenko. My 33-year-old opponent was a heavily-built man, and compared with me he was a genuinely “big chess player” (only Bagirov was taller than him). In addition, during the game he smoked incessantly – one cigarette after another. And in the 1st game I had to employ a “prepared variation”: as soon as my opponent sat down at the board and, after making a couple of moves, lit up, I immediately took from my pocket some chewing-gum, removed its wrapper, shoved it in my mouth and began vigorously chewing! I think that this made an impression on the master: he had not expected such impudence from a youngster. At any event, this entire game, which proved to be decisive, Pavlenko conducted at blitz speed.
~ Garry Kasparov “Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part 1: 1973-1985”.
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Oleg Pavlenko vs Garry Kasparov
Baku Cup Final (1975), Baku URS
King’s Indian Defense: Makagonov Variation (E71)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5
8.Be2 f5 9.Bxh5 gxh5 10.Qxh5 f4 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.O-O-O Nf6 13.Qe2
Qe8 14.Nf3 c5 15.Kb1 a6 16.g4 Bd7 17.Nh4 b5 18.Nf5 b4 19.Nxd6
Qe7 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 bxc3 22.Bxc3 Nd7 23.d6 Qf7 24.f3 Rab8
25.Rd5 Nb6 26.Rhd1 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 e4 28.f6 Bxf6 29.Rf5 Bxc3
30.Rxf7 Rxb2+ 31.Qxb2 Bxb2 32.Re7 exf3 33.Re1 f2 34.Rf1 Bd4
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