Patrick Wolff

Patrick G. Wolff (born 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 during a simultaenous exhibition in just 25 moves with the black pieces.

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".

Patrick currently works at San Francisco hedge fund Clarium, which is a $3B global macro hedge fund.

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* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070358 Kasparov vs Wolff, 0-1 (requires Java plugin)]