Chess legend Kasparov to 'Post': Double-check Putin!

As Russian President Vladimir Putin spent his first full day here on Thursday, legendary chess champion Garry Kasparov had a message for Israel: Don't trust him!
In a telephone interview with The Jerusalem Post from Russia, Kasparov, who has retired from chess and is now a political rival of the president's, complained that Putin's regime is trampling on democratic principles and poses a serious threat to the rest of the world. He also said that Putin's reliance on support from ultranationalist forces could spell trouble for Russia's Jews, and he skewered Putin for strategic shortcomings that, he said, could imperil Israel.
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http://www.jpost.com

El Magistral de León cita a la élite del ajedrez

Vishi Anand, número dos del ránking mundial, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, actual campeón del mundo y el español Alexei Shirov, cuarto del mundo, junto a la joven promesa noruega de 13 años Magnus Carlssen, se darán cita en la XVIII edición del Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de León.
Dicho torneo, que cuenta con un presupuesto superior a los 120.000 euros, se celebrará en el Auditorio del Edificio de la Junta de Castilla y León de la capital leonesa los días 10,11 y 12 de junio, según confirmó durante su presentación en Valladolid el presidente del comité organizador, Marcelino Sión.
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http://www.marca.com

Chess club says Gorbachev agrees to visit Lindsborg

Associated Press

LINDSBORG, Kan. - Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has agreed to visit Lindsborg later this year to play chess against former world champion Anatoly Karpov, who helped turn the small central Kansas community into something of a chess Mecca.
Lindsborg Mayor Ron Rolander extended a written invitation to Gorbachev through Karpov, who was in the town earlier this month to promote "Chess for Peace," a worldwide exchange program that will culminate there in 2006.
Karpov, who is a friend of Gorbachev, passed the invitation on to the former Soviet leader by telephone, which he accepted under two conditions: That Karpov is in Lindsborg when he visits, and that the two play a game of chess while he's there.
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http://www.kansascity.com

Rey del Ajedrez en Cuba, por segunda vez

Santa Clara 27 (AIN) El GM Lázaro Bruzón es feliz: con las fichas blancas y tras 74 movimientos de una defensa Semieslava retiene el título de monarca al derrotar a su más fuerte rival del Campeonato Nacional de Ajedrez, el también GM Leinier Domínguez.
No le resultó fácil al tunero mantener su reinado. El contrincante, lejos de caer en la primera partida rápida de 25 minutos, le ofreció resistencia hasta que el soberano pudo
llegar a las tablas.

¿Cómo valoras esta última jornada?

“Bien tensa, la primera ronda fue muy pareja, en la segunda hubo mayor complejidad, y alcancé ventaja desde la apertura hasta el medio juego, luego Leinier cometió algunas imprecisiones que me permitieron llegar a la victoria.
“Realmente yo estaba preparado, esta jugada la he estudiado y ejecutado tanto a la ofensiva como a la defensiva, considero que Domínguez falló porque no la usa con las negras.
“Fue muy impresionante, cualquier cosa pudo suceder, él también tenía posibilidades de ganar, el triunfo estuvo muy bien luchado, no es un rival fácil.
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http://www.lademajagua.co.cu

La Fide organise un championnat d'échecs en Argentine

Agence France - Presse-Moscou

La Fédération internationale des échecs (Fide) a annoncé mercredi qu'un tournoi devant désigner le «champion absolu» du monde des échecs se déroulerait en Argentine du 27 septembre au 16 octobre.
Ce tournoi, doté d'un million de dollars de prix, doit avoir lieu dans la ville de San-Luis, sur les contreforts des Andes, à 900 km à l'ouest de Buenos-Aires, a déclaré la Fide, citée par l'agence Itar-Tass.
Il opposera les huit meilleurs joueurs du monde, dont notamment le champion du monde actuel, l'Ouzbek Roustam Kasimdjanov, le vice-champion, le Britannique Michael Adams, et l'ancien champion du monde russe Garry Kasparov, toujours considéré comme le meilleur joueur du monde, a indiqué la Fide. (...)

http://www.cyberpresse.ca

Anatoly Karpov au grand prix d’échecs de Bordeaux

8 des meilleurs joueurs mondiaux seront présents à Bordeaux, du 28 avril au 1er mai 2004, pour un tournoi-spectacle (parties rapides) également retransmis en direct sur Internet.

Le grand prix d’échecs de Bordeaux est l’occasion pour les non-initiés de découvrir le jeu d’échecs dans les meilleures conditions, autour d’un surprenant spectacle : un tournoi à élimination directe en matches de 2 parties semi-rapides (25 minutes par joueur et par partie).
L’introduction d’une limite temporaire courte permet de rendre les parties plus spectaculaires et introduit une contrainte forte pour les joueurs. Cette limite de temps crée une tension toute particulière qui rend le spectacle plus dynamique et impliquant pour le public.
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Sasikiran, Timman share honours in Sigeman chess

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran emerged as the joint winner after a quick draw in the final game against Jan Timman of Holland in the Sigeman and Co. chess tournament here.
Sasikiran, who was in joint lead with Timman after the penultimate round, did not take any chances with black pieces in the final round and shared the trophy with the veteran Dutch GM in this category-13 event.
The Indian came good after a few disastrous performances in the recent past that saw him dip below the 2650 mark in Elo ratings in the last list issued by FIDE.
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http://www.outlookindia.com

San Luis logró la sede del Mundial de Ajedrez

La provincia de San Luis organizará el Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez, entre el 27 de setiembre y 16 de octubre. Entre las sedes probables se mencionan Potrero de los Funes y La Punta, a decidirse próximamente. La confirmación de San Luis como sede del evento —que reunirá a los ocho mejores especialistas del mundo— fue dada a través de un comunicado del presidente de la Federación Internacional de Ajedrez (FIDE), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Y también llegó por el gobernador provincial, Alberto Rodríguez Saá, y el gran maestro argentino Miguel Angel Quinteros, quien está en la organización técnica.
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http://www.larazon.com.ar

Empate brillante en 1ra partida por el título de ajedrez de Cuba

Osmani Pedraza Ledón MN

En un vaivén de bonitas jugadas los grandes maestros Lázaro Bruzón y Leinier Domínguez hicieron tablas hoy la primera partida del match que sostienen ambos por el título cubano de ajedrez, luego de 66 lances de una Apertura Ruy López, Variante Abierta, ante un lleno completo en el Salón de Conferencias del Recinto Ferial "Expocentro", en esta ciudad de Santa Clara.
En el movimiento 19 el güinero introdujo una novedad teórica que hizo meditar las movidas siguiente a Bruzón, pero este encontró una entrega de calidad (23...T8g6) que le hubiera reportado buen contrajuego de haber sido aceptada, no obstante Leinier respondió con otra oferta de calidad (26.Txe6), y la partida se tornó hipercomplicada.
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http://vanguardia.co.cu

How about doping scandals in chess?

Washington: Susan Polgar felt both indignant and puzzled when she was asked to undergo urine test at an international tournament last year. She had reason to, because the tournament in question was a chess olympiad.
Polgar, a US-based grandmaster, said afterwards, "I have no idea what they were really testing for." They were of course testing for doping - in this case the one which might be resorted to for boosting brain power. So are we now entering the era of brain-stimulating or strengthening doping?
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http://www.manoramaonline.com

Did Chess Make Him Crazy?

If you think video games are dangerous, consider the saga of Bobby Fischer
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

Bobby Fischer is back in Iceland, and that is as it should be. Fischer put Iceland on the map for the first time since the Vikings happened by. And Iceland put Fischer on the map, providing the venue for his greatest triumph, the 1972 world chess championship. That was before he fell off a psychic cliff.
Three decades later, the fugitive ex-champion, sought by U.S. authorities for violating U.N. sanctions on Yugoslavia (in 1992 he played a high-profile rematch with Boris Spassky in Belgrade), is whisked out of a Japanese jail where he was awaiting extradition and offered shelter in Reykjavík. No one is too upset about this arrangement because he's clearly a sick man. His insane rants about Jews and America, his choice of a squalid, furtive life by a man who could have lived in princely admiration, his paranoia--he had the fillings in his teeth removed because if "somebody took a filling out and put in an electronic device, he could influence your thinking"--evoke pity and puzzlement.
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http://www.time.com

Sasikiran moves into joint lead

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran crashed through the defences of GM Tiger Hillarp Persson of Sweden to join Dutchman GM Jan Timman in the lead after the conclusion of the eighth and penultimate round of the Sigeman & Co. chess tournament in Copenhagen.
Top seed Hikaru Nakamura of the United States failed to break the defences of Timman on another eventful day and is now out of the race for the top spot in this category-13 event.
While both leaders are on six points apiece, Nakamura is a distant third on five points along with GM Curt Hansen of Denmark. Next in line are Danish International Master Davor Palo, GM Viorel Iordachescu of Moldova and GM Jonny Hector of Sweden with four points each.
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http://www.rediff.com

Mundial que sorprende

Marcelo Maller- mmaller@clarin.com

"Días atrás, el gobernador de San Luis anunció que el Mundial 2005 de ajedrez se jugaría en esa provincia entre setiembre y octubre. Lo más resonante, sin embargo, fue la cifra que invertirá el Estado puntano para dicha competencia: 1.200.000 dólares. Tras algún intento fallido de Argentina de traer a los mejores del juego ciencia, como para la semifinal del Campeonato Mundial entre Garry Kasparov y Rustam Ponomariov de 2003, muchos se preguntan si esta vez se hará la compe tencia, no sólo por esa experiencia anterior o los problemas políticos de la Federación Internacional de Ajedrez (FIDE), sino también porque dicho dinero saldrá de las arcas públicas.
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http://www.clarin.com

Gana Bruzón en semifinal de Campeonato Nacional de Ajedrez

La Habana, 21 abr (AIN) Triunfo del Gran Maestro (GM) Lázaro Bruzón (LTU) y tablas de su homólogo Leinier Domínguez (LHA) matizaron hoy la primera fecha semifinal del Campeonato Nacional de Ajedrez, en la ciudad de Santa Clara.
Bruzón, campeón defensor y líder del ranking en la Isla, movió las piezas blancas y derrotó en 39 jugadas de una defensa India de Rey al también GM Walter Arencibia (HOL), quien excedió el límite de tiempo establecido.
El empate de Domínguez, en poder de las figuras oscuras, se produjo ante el Maestro Internacional (MI) Omar Almeida (CHA) luego de 20 movimientos de una defensa Eslava, cuando la posición no ofrecía ventaja para uno u otro.
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http://www.adelante.cu

XII Russian Championship

April 19th-28th

GM Ivanchuk
GM Svidler
GM Grischuk
GM Morozevich
GM Bareev
GM Dreev
GM Akopian
GM Bologan
GM Ponomariov
GM Motylev

http://www.chessliga.ru

Assault suffered by Garry Kasparov in Moscow





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Argentina acogerá Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez de 2005

Madrid, 22 abr (PL) La ciudad argentina de San Luis será sede del Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez del presente año, previsto del 27 de septiembre al 16 de octubre, según informó hoy la Federación Internacional del referido deporte (FIDE).
La FIDE se decidió por la ciudad argentina después de que esta ofreciera una bolsa de un millón de dólares, el cual será repartido entre los ocho ajedrecistas participantes.
Un acuerdo entre el gobernador de la provincia de San Luis y ex presidente del país, Alberto Rodríguez Saa y el titular de la FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, facilitó la entrega de la sede al país sudamericano.
En la lid, el uzbeko Rustam Kasimdzhanov defenderá el título alcanzado en Trípoli, Libia, en 2004, frente a una nómina de siete grandes maestros.
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http://www.prensalatina.com.mx

The 2005 World Chess Championship in San Luis Argentina

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) is pleased to announce that the World Chess Championship Tournament 2005 will take place 27 September - 16 October in the city of San Luis, Argentina under the aegis of the Province of San Luis.
The ongoing bidding procedure concerning the World Championship 2005 has been resolved in favour of the San Luis candidacy, whose negotiation team in Athens exercised the option provided in article 2.5.1 of the official regulations and offered on 15 April a prize fund of USD 1,000,000 (one million) for the event. The offer is also backed by a financial guarantee and an agreement concerning further organizing details has been signed by the Governor of San Luis, H.E. Dr Alberto Rodriguez Saa and the FIDE President H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
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http://www.fide.com

Felgaer Dispuesto a hacer historia

Marcelo Maller.

Le dicen el Pájaro y este mote, ahora, no parece resultar caprichoso. Porque Rubén Felgaer es el ajedrecista argentino del momento y está tomando cada vez más vuelo a nivel internacional. Con 24 años, este gran maestro es el gran candidato a ser el primer argentino en superar los 2.600 puntos de ELO. Su reciente gran actuación en el torneo español de Dos Hermanas lo confirmaron como la gran sorpresa del torneo europeo. Clarín charló con este hincha de River que no para de crecer.
"Para mí, haber participado en ese torneo fue muy importante. Porque era un certamen cerrado y por invitación. Había rusos de rankings altos y que se fijaran en mí fue un orgullo", relata quien fuera campeón argentino en 2002 y vecino de Almagro, barrio al que vuelve después de cada viaje a Europa.
Felgaer tiene 2.593 puntos, según el listado de abril. Pero con esa actuación en España, donde fue segundo a medio punto del azerbayano Teymour Radjabov, ya subió a 2.610. Aunque recién en julio habrá un nuevo listado. Esa cifra podría moverse —para abajo o para arriba—, de acuerdo a sus futuras actuaciones. "A lo mejor me voy a jugar un Magistral a Brasil".
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http://www.clarin.com

Kasparov calls chessboard attack political

The Associated Press

MOSCOW - Garry Kasparov, the world’s former No. 1 chess player who quit the professional game last month to focus on politics, said Saturday he had been hit over the head with a chessboard in a politically motivated attack.
Kasparov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, was not injured Friday when he was hit with the chessboard after signing it for a young man at an event in Moscow.
A spokeswoman for Kasparov, Marina Litvinovich, said the assailant told the chess champion: “I admired you as a chess player, but you gave that up for politics.”
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Kasparov agressé par un fan déçu

Le numéro un mondial des échecs Garry Kasparov, qui s'est retiré définitivement, a été frappé à la tête avec un échiquier par un homme qui s'est présenté comme un admirateur déçu. L'incident s'est produit vendredi soir au cours d'une rencontre avec des jeunes militants membres de groupes d'opposition. Un jeune homme non identifié a demandé à Kasparov d'autographier un échiquier avant de s'en servir pour lui donner un coup sur la tête. "Je vous aimais en tant que joueur d'échecs, mais vous avez abandonné pour vous consacrer à la politique", aurait déclaré l'agresseur.
Garry Kasparov, qui a vivement réprimandé le jeune homme, a plaisanté à propos de cet incident. Alors qu'on lui demandait comment il se sentait, il a répondu, selon la radio Echo de Moscou: "Heureusement qu'en Union soviétique le sport populaire était le jeu d'échecs et non pas le base-ball".
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http://www.rtl.be

Golpean a Garry Kasparov con un tablero de ajedrez en la cabeza

EFE/

MOSCÚ. El ruso Garry Kasparov, que el mes pasado abandonó el ajedrez para dedicarse a la política, fue agredido el viernes por la noche por un desconocido que le golpeó con un tablero en la cabeza.
El incidente sucedió cuando Kasparov, quien denuncia el creciente autoritarismo del régimen de Vladímir Putin, celebraba un encuentro con activistas de movimientos juveniles para estudiar la creación de un amplio frente democrático.
Al final del encuentro, un joven desconocido se acercó al campeón mundial con el pretexto de pedirle un autógrafo y, mientras éste firmaba, se colocó detrás de su espalda y le propinó un potente golpe con el tablero en la cabeza, al tiempo que gritaba insultos.
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http://www.abc.es/

Barden on chess

Leonard Barden - The Guardian

In his latest post-retirement interview Garry Kasparov singled out the US champion Hikaru Nakamura, aged 17, Ukraine's Olympiad gold medallist Sergey Karjakin, 15, and Norway's Magnus Carlsen, 14, as potentially great talents.
A notable absentee from the GM teen trio was Teimour Radjabov, 18, who like Kasparov is from Baku and used to bask in friendly comments from the No1. All this changed at Linares 2003, where Radjabov beat the great man from a lost position and controversially got the brilliancy prize.
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http://sport.guardian.co.uk

Kasparov assaulted in Moscow

We have just learnt (on Russian radio) that Garry Kasparov was attacked after a meeting with youth activists in Moscow. He was approached by an autograph seeking participant with a chessboard. The young man circled Kasparov and delivered a sharp blow to the head with the chessboard.
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http://www.chessbase.com

CHESS PLAYER HARI KRISHNA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH GAIL

The renowned Chess Player and winner of Junior World Chess Championship Shri P. Hari Krishna signed an Endorsement Agreement with the GAIL (India) Ltd in the presence of the Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sunil Dutt here today.
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http://pib.nic.in

Presidente de la Federación de Ajedrez será investigado por supuestos malos manejos

(Lima) Henry Urday, presidente de la Federación de Ajedrez, y su tesorero Mario Tovar serán investigados por los delitos de tráfico ilícito de personas y peculado por manejos dudosos de dinero, así lo ordenó el Consejo de Ministros.
Para la oficina de Control Interno del Instituto Peruano del Deporte, tanto Urday como su tesorero son culpables por los delitos de tráfico de personas y malos manejos de dineros, por lo que recomendó a la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros que autorice a la Procuraduría Pública iniciar acciones judiciales contra ambos.
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http://www.peru.com

This Oscar may not be wild yet this is specialAdd to Clippings

AMIT KARMARKAR

PUNE: There is a fundamental difference between the Academy awards for the motion pictures and the Chess Oscar. The former is market-driven and not necessarily awarded to the best. However, with only experts voting for the Chess one, it is generally bagged by the best player on the planet.
One more thing. In Chess Oscar, the Indian nomination doesn't attract any hype (Lagaan and Shwaas fans, please note). He just wins it. Welcome to the glorious trophy collection of V. Anand, who on Monday won this title for the second year in a row and his fourth in all.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

"Me cambió la vida"

El Gran Maestro Rubén Felgaer, de 24 años, será el primer argentino de la historia en superar los 2600 puntos de ELO; se ubicará entre los 100 mejores del mundo

Rubén Felgaer tiene 24 años y un gesto que lo delata: rebosa felicidad y sueña como nunca antes.
Tras la notable actuación en el Magistral Ciudad de Dos Hermanas, en Sevilla (España), que se realizó entre el 1° y 9 del actual, será el primer ajedrecista argentino en la historia de este juego que superaría la barrera de los 2600 puntos de ELO en el ranking internacional. Además, el nuevo puntaje le permitiría ubicarse entre los 100 mejores jugadores del mundo. Todo un logro para el joven del barrio de Almagro y fanático hincha de River.
"Siento que el torneo de Sevilla me cambió la vida. Llegué invitado a último momento porque el prodigio noruego Magnus Carlsen, de 14 años, no respondió al llamado. Este certamen se convirtió en una bisagra en mi carrera deportiva." Rubén Felgaer, N° 1 del ajedrez vernáculo, es un borbollón de palabras, recuerdos y anécdotas en la charla con LA NACION, en las primeras horas de su regreso al país, y todavía de ánimo acezante.
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http://www.lanacion.com.ar

Chalkboards? Try Using Chessboards

By SUSAN SAULNY

The games drew about 15 chess enthusiasts to a windowless conference room at City College in Harlem, where pawns and rooks were moved with such intensity of purpose that the scene could have passed for yet another high-stakes tournament.
The grandmaster and bona fide chess luminary Maurice Ashley was there, calling out commentary as he often does when championship matches are broadcast around the world. He is known to use lines like, "Pawns are attacking mercilessly!" and "The bishop is slicing and dicing!"
But what Mr. Ashley had to say about chess on this night was more academic. Literally. "A lot of times in education we try to teach kids the one right answer and that leads, in my opinion, to robotic thinking," he told the players, encouraging them to think of multiple possible moves before choosing the best play. "Real life isn't like that. Is there ever one right answer? Generating alternatives for the sake of alternatives is a good thing."
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http://www.nytimes.com

Women's World Chess Cup



France's Almira Skripchenko, US'Irina Krush, Hungary's Schneider Veronika and Slovakia's Veronika Machalova £Ã?¨From L to R£© pose for a photo during the press conference in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, April 12, 2005. They are going to take part in the Women's World Chess Cup held here scheduled on April 14, 2005.
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http://english.people.com.cn

Anand wins fourth Chess Oscar

He won two in a row, in 1997 and 1998. Now Indian Super-GM Vishy Anand has done it again, winning the Oscar for 2004 Chess Oscar after clinching it for 2003. The worldwide poll involving leading chess writers, critics and journalists from 75 countries, and conducted by Russian magazine 64, gave Anand 5205 points for victory.
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http://www.chessbase.com

Bulgaria to invite chess master Bobby Fischer to competition

VIENNA — Bulgaria's chess federation said Monday it will invite former world chess champion Bobby Fischer to a chess competition in the country, reports from Sofia said.
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http://www.japantoday.com

Chess champion Karpov coming to Lindsborg

Goal is to promote Chess for Peace program

LINDSBORG — World chess champion Anatoly Karpov will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his first title and launch his world "Chess for Peace" program here Tuesday.
A press conference is 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lindsborg City Hall.
Students from Soderstam Elementary School will participate in a simultaneous chess exhibition at 2:30 p.m. in front of the Karpov School of Chess, 106 N. Main.
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http://www.saljournal.com

Viswanathan Anand to participate in M-tel Masters

Sofia, Bulgaria, Apr 11 (UNI) Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand will compete at the Super Chess Meet for the coveted M-tel Masters Trophy which gets underway here from May 11 rpt May 11.
The competition will see six of the best chess players fight out for the title -- Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine), Michael Adams (England) and Women Grandmaster Judit Polgar (Hungary).
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http://www.deepikaglobal.com

Tensa la lucha, tras 5 rondas, en Campeonato de Ajedrez de Cuba

Osmani Pedraza Ledón MN

El GM Neuris Delgado triunfó sobre Lelys Martínez y las 4 partidas restantes terminaron en tablas, y ahora son 6 los líderes del grupo A del Campeonato Nacional de Ajedrez de Cuba, luego de jugarse la 5ta ronda, de las 9 con que cuenta el evento en su etapa preliminar.
El granmense hizo uso de su favorita Najdorf y se impuso tras 41 jugadas, en partida muy seguida por el público presente en la sala, pues el GM estuvo en problemas, y logró salvar la posición mostrando sangre fría.
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http://vanguardia.co.cu

Ajedrez. Dos Hermanas: El Gran Maestro azerbayano Radjabov gana el torneo hispalense

El Gran Maestro azerbaiyano Teimour Radjabov, con 5,5 de 9 puntos, se ha proclamado ganador del XIII Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Dos Hermanas (Sevilla).
El azerí de 18 años Radjabov venció con dos victorias y siete tablas y cuatro jugadores se quedaron a medio punto, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Alexey Dreev, Rubén Felgaer y Alexander Rustemov.
Cerraron la tabla Sergey Karjakin y Pentala Harikrishna con 4,5 puntos cada uno, y Lenier Domínguez, Oleg Korneev y Miguel Illescas con 3,5.
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Clasificación torneo principal:

.1. Teimour Radjabov (GM-AZE) 5,5 puntos
.2. Alexander Rustemov (GM-RUS) 5
... Rubén Felgaer (GM-ARG) 5
... Alexey Dreev (GM-RUS) 5
... Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GM-GEO) 5
.6. Pentala Hariskrishna (GM-IND) 4,5
... Sergey Karjakin (GM-UCR) 4,5
.8. Miguel Illescas (GM-ESP) 3,5
... Oleg Korneev (GM-RUS) 3,5
... Lenier Domínguez (GM-CUB) 3,5.

http://newstec.sportec.es

Checkmate! A Chess Master Makes Moves in NY Premiere of Suspense-Thriller 'Fit to Kill'

kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line

Fit to Kill, Victor L. Cahn's new suspense-thriller about a chess master and his successful wife, begins previews April 9 at Off-Broadway's Harold Clurman Theatre in the Theatre Row complex. Opening is April 11.
Broadway's Jana Robbins (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife) stars in what's billed as a witty and elegant play in the tradition of Sleuth and Deathtrap.
Rachel Reiner Productions presents the New York premiere staging, directed by Eric Parness. Performances continue to April 30.
Playwight Cahn penned Roses in December, which starred James and Keira Naughton Off-Broadway. The new drama "is a suspense-thriller about strategy, deception, and betrayal," according to production notes. "Adrian, a charming but self-indulgent chess master, lives a life of luxury thanks to his marriage to Janice, an older but sexy and vibrant woman, who has made her fortune as the CEO of an exercise empire. When Amy, a young reporter with an agenda of her own, starts asking too many questions, a whirlwind of deadly schemes ensue, leading to a series of twists and surprises that will keep audiences guessing until the final seconds."
Susan Polgar, a four-time World Chess Champion, five-time Olympic Champion and the first woman in history to break the gender barrier in chess, is chess consultant for the new play.
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http://news.yahoo.com

KASPAROV OUTLINES NEW PARTY'S STRATEGY

MOSCOW, April 11. (RIA Novosti)-Ex-world chess champion Garry Kasparov, the head of the opposition Committee-2008: Free Elections, recently arrived in St. Petersburg to start creating his own political party. Yesterday, he held his first meeting with a broad range of potential allies from the ranks of the democratic public, mainly representatives of Yabloko and Irina Khakamada's Our Choice, Kommersant writes.

"There is no point working to secure 10-12% of the seats in the next State Duma, we need 40%," Kasparov said. He said as many political forces as possible had to be involved. "There is a political stalemate between the radical right and the radical left," he said. "Our chance of winning is to embrace everyone, up to Glazyev [Sergei Glazyev, the leader of the movement For a Worthy Life]."
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Anand Keeps His Game Sharp, Even With Little Time to Think

By ROBERT BYRNE

The 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament, at the Monte Carlo Grand Hotel in Monaco from March 19 to 31, was won by Viswanathan Anand of India. Anand scored 8-3 in the games without sight of the chessboard and 7½ with the board in view.
Anand wins tournament after tournament in this format. His only rival in rapid play was Garry Kasparov, who has retired from competition.
"Blindfold" is the old-fashioned word. Nowadays, with computers, the players make their moves on separate boards, and the moves each makes immediately disappear, except on demonstration boards for the spectators and referees.
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Speelman on chess

Jon Speelman - The Observer

Over the past month, this column has been dominated by Linares, the news of Gary Kasparov's retirement from 'professional chess' and then the Amber tournament in Monaco, leaving a number of other events unreported. Firstly, though, I should apologise for the incorrect scores from Monaco published last week. I picked these up from the website without realising that they didn't incorporate the final three rapid-play games. Much the most salient point is that while Viswanathan Anand was indeed first on 15.5/22, Alexander Morozevich was second by himself on 13 - a very fine result.
Bobby Fischer's release from Japan following his acquisition of Icelandic citizenship has been discussed at length in the news pages. He left Japan on 24 March and flew to Copenhagen then transferring to a private jet in Malmo (across the bridge in Sweden) so as to fly to Reykjavik airport, rather than Keflavik which is on the NATO base.
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Barden on chess

Leonard Barden - The Guardian

Sofia, Bulgaria, stages a truly innovatory tournament on May 11-22. The double-round elite all-play-all will forbid draws by mutual agreement. Shared points will be allowed only in totally drawn positions and must be approved by the arbiters advised by a strong grandmaster.
The six competing GMs include Vishy Anand and Veselin Topalov, who top the latest rankings after Garry Kasparov's retirement, and the classical champion Vlad Kramnik. The new rule has already claimed its first victim. Hungary's Peter Leko drew all 12 games tepidly in Linares and has been replaced by the England No1 Michael Adams.
Can Sofia avoid the fate of the 1962 Olympiad, also played in Bulgaria and the last serious attempt to stop quick draws? Varna had a 30-move rule, which peace specialists soon learnt to dodge by a mutual head nod, the French or Slav Exchange and rapid piece hoovering.
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Outrage in Russia as Spassky puts name to rabidly anti-Semitic petition

By Bojan Pancevski

Boris Spassky, the former chess world champion, has caused uproar in Russia by signing a petition that demands the country's state prosecutor bans a number of Jewish organisations.
Spassky was among 5,000 Russians who put their name to a letter calling for a ban on all religious and national groups acting on the principles of the Shulchan Aruch, a repository of Jewish law originally written in the 1560s.
The "Letter of 5,000", sent three weeks ago, branded Judaism "anti-Christian and inhumane" and accused believers of "committing ritual murders".
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Concluyó el Dos Hermanas de Ajedrez con victoria de Radjabov

Osmani Pedraza Ledón MN

El joven GM azerí Teimour Radjabov conquistó el XIII torneo internacional de ajedrez de Dos Hermanas, España, tras acumular 5½ puntos de 9 posibles. El cubano Leinier Domínguez terminó empatado del 8vo al 10mo lugar con el ruso Oleg Korneev y el ibérico Miguel Illescas.
Radjabov empató hoy en la 9na y última ronda con el ruso Oleg Korneev, en 33 lances de una Variante Sveshnikov de la Defensa Siciliana, y sacó medio punto a un cuarteto de jugadores integrado por los rusos Alexey Dreev y Alexander Rustemov, el georgiano Zurab Azmaiparashvili y el argentino Rubén Felgaer.
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Campeona mundial de ajedrez jugará en Bogotá la Simultánea Internacional

La campeona mundial de ajedrez Alexandra Kosteniuk, se encuentra en Bogotá, para disputar una simultánea de este deporte, ante 160 tableros, el próximo 10 de abril en la Plaza de eventos del parque Simón Bolivar.
El evento "El 10 del Ajedrez", fue creado por Instituto Distrital de Recreación y Deporte, con el ánimo de promover y mejorar el nivel del deporte ciencia en la capital del país.
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'Awesome to better your record'

The Rediff Interview/Vishwanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand created history at Amber, winning all the three titles -- rapid, blindfold and combined -- at stake in the 14th edition of the tournament.
In the process, he repeated the feat he first performed in the 1997 edition of the event and became the only player to do so.
Viswanathan AnandThe Indian ace recorded an overall tally of 15.5 points, which, in the end, was 2.5 points more than that garnered by Alexander Morozevich, who finished second.
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Championnat mondial des échecs au Sud : risque d'échec et mat

Hanoi, 7 avril (AVI) - La tenue du championnat mondial des échecs de 2005 prévue en décembre prochain à Ho Chi Minh-Ville (Sud) risque d'avorter en raison des dépenses faramineuses requises par la Fédération internationale des échecs (Fide).
Le tournoi très attendu auquel pourraient participer 192 joueurs de près de 70 pays, à l'exception de l'ancien champion d'échecs russe Garry Kasparov qui a récemment annoncé sa retraite, pourrait coûter au budget municipal jusqu'à 2,5 millions de dollars.
Encouragé par la promesse de la Fide d'aider la ville à trouver les moyens nécessaires à la prochaine compétition, le Comité populaire municipal a proposé dans une circulaire envoyée au gouvernement d'appeler au financement par la Fide et les autres donateurs.
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Ajedrez. Torneo Dos Hermanas: Radjabov hizo tablas con Rustemov y se mantiene líder

El gran maestro azerbaiyano Tiemour Radjabov empató con Alexander Rustemov (GM-RUS), en la sexta ronda y se mantiene como líder del XIII Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Dos Hermanas.
El joven azerbaiyano no conisguió imponer el peón de ventaja que logró en un final de Torres y Damas ante Rustemov.
Los perseguidores no supieron aprovechar este contratiempo, ya que tanto Sergey Karjakin (GM-UCR) como el argentino Rubén Felgaer (GM) también cedieron tablas ante indio Pentala Harikrishna (GM) -en una larga partida- y el georgiano Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GM), respectivamente.
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Kasparov diz que denúncia contra ex-presidente da Yukos é "política"

MOSCOU, 7 abr (AFP) - O ex-campeão mundial do xadrez, o russo Garry Kasparov, afirmou nesta quinta-feira que a ação contra o ex-presidente do gigante petroleiro Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovski é "um caso político arquitetado pelo Kremlin". (AFP)

Kasparov, que acaba de encerrar sua carreira como jogador de xadrez e se dedica à direção de um movimento de oposição, "Comitê 2008 - eleição livre", participou nesta quinta-feira do último dia de audiência com a apresentação dos advogados da defesa num tribunal de Moscou.
"Espero que minha presença reconforte os que estão envolvidos num caso político arquitetado pelo Kremlin", sede da presidência russa, declarou Kasparov na saída.
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Harikrishna back to winning ways

World Junior Champion P Harikrishna outplayed Spanish hope Miguel Illescas Cordoba in the fifth round climbing two places up in the standings of the category-16 Dos Hermanas International Chess in Spain on Wednesday.
After his loss to lowest ranked Ruben Felgaer of Argentina in the previous round, this turned out to be a fine comeback by Harikrishna with still four rounds to go in the Euros 16000 prize tournament.
The lead positions changed hands as Azerbaijani sensation Teimour Radjabov showed his mettle against world's youngest ever Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine. Radjabov took his tally to 3.5 points out of his five games and was followed by Karjakin, Zurab Azmaiparashvili of Georgia, and Felgaer in the 10-player biennial round-robin event.
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Ajedrez. Dos Hermanas: Radjabov derrotó a Karjakin y se convierte en nuevo líder

El gran maestro azerbaiyano Teimour Radjabov se convirtió en el nuevo líder del XIII Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Dos Hermanas, al vencer en la quinta ronda al ucraniano Sergey Karjakin (GM).
Radjabov, de 18 años, planteó la apertura Escocesa ante Karjakin que jugó como Víctor Korchnoi en los pasados JJ.OO de Ajedrez pero, a cambio de un peón, su rival logró una mejor estructura de peones y la pareja de alfiles.
Además, una posterior imprecisión condujo al jovencísimo Karjakin (15 años) a la derrota y con ello a la pérdida del liderato que retuvo varias jornadas.
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Aspira Bruzón a retener la corona nacional de ajedrez

Por Eyleen Ríos

La Habana, 5 abr (AIN) El Gran Maestro (GM) Lázaro Bruzón dijo hoy estar en condiciones de retener la corona del ajedrez nacional, en el torneo que comienza el próximo jueves en la ciudad de Santa Clara.
Aunque Bruzón no intervendrá en este primer segmento de la etapa clasificatoria, porque tiene asegurada su presencia en la fase conclusiva junto a su homólogo Leinier Domínguez, aseguró que desde hace dos meses se entrena para confirmar su reinado local.
El certamen de Wijk aan Zee, en enero pasado, fue mi última competencia y desde entonces me preparo para el campeonato nacional, comentó a la AIN vía telefónica desde Las Tunas el líder del ranking en la Isla y lugar 36 del planeta.
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Chess row resolved, says Indian federation official

[Sports India News] New Delhi, April 4 : The long running feud in Indian chess over alleged bungling of funds has been resolved with the intervention of the game's governing world body, a top official of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) said Monday.
"We are very happy that the matter has finally been resolved and the controversy has ended after the inquiry (by the Federation Internationale Des Echecs)," AICF secretary D.V. Sundar told reporters here.
The controversy began last year when long-standing AICF secretary P.T. Ummer Koya was found to have indulged in illegal activities, including siphoning of funds and claims of cutting 10 percent from the players' prize money.
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http://www.newkerala.com

Ajedrez en primarias - Rinden fruto tres décadas de esfuerzo de un yucateco

Si todo sale de acuerdo con lo planeado, a partir de septiembre próximo el ajedrez será incluido como materia curricular en las 100 mil escuelas primarias de la SEP en el país.
“Es la culminación de mis esfuerzos por difundir el ajedrez, de 30 años de lucha por hacerlo un deporte de masas”, declaró el yucateco Manuel Vega López de Llergo, fundador y primer presidente de la Federación Mexicana de ese deporte (Fenamac).
En prolongada reunión que sostuvo el sábado pasado con Javier Herrera Aussín, nuevo presidente de la Asociación Yucateca de Ajedrez, plática en la que estuvo presente el Diario, Vega López de Llergo ofrece detalles del magno proyecto nacional.
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Un prodigio en apuros

Por Michel Contreras

Algo anda mal con Leinier. Y ese algo seguramente está en su psiquis. La presión le ha podido, y en el ajedrez la mente ha de estar clara. Más clara que en ningún otro deporte.
Si no, cómo explicar su descalabro en el inicio del torneo sevillano Dos Hermanas. Entre un total de diez Grandes Maestros –varios de ellos de limitada alcurnia-, el güinero cerró las primeras tres rondas en el último puesto, con saldo de un empate y dos reveses.
Duele que sea así. Como también dolieron hace poco sus magras cosechas en Bermudas y Moscú. Definitivamente, ese no es Leinier...
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BCM Chess Book Reviews : April 2005

* Viktor Korchnoi: My Life for Chess, Vol. 1, ChessBase DVD, £17.99.
* The Spanish Exchange Variation by Stefan Kindermann, Olms, 124 pages, £12.99.
* The Dutch Leningrad System A86-89 by Boris Schipkov, ChessBase CD-ROM, £15.99.
* Opening for White According to Anand 1 e4 Vol. 3 by Alexander Khalifman, Chess Stars, 355 pages, £16.99.
* The Yearbook of Chess 1911, ed. EA Michell, Moravian Chess, 268 pages h/c, £17.99.
* Informator 91, Sahovski Informator, 388 pages, £21.00.
* The Chess Amateur, Vol. 19 (Oct 1924 - Sept 1925), Moravian Chess, 384 pages h/c, £24.99.
* The Chess Amateur, Vol. 21 (Oct 1926 - Sept 1927), Moravian Chess, 384 pages h/c, £24.99.
* BCM Bound Volume 2004, British Chess Magazine, 672 pages hardcover, £32.95.
* How to Play The Queen’s Gambit by Garry Kasparov, ChessBase DVD, £21.50.
* ABC of the King’s Indian by Andrew Martin, ChessBase DVD, £18.50.
* Right Decisions by Jacob Aagaard and Esben Lund, ChessBase CD-ROM, £18.50.
* ChessBase Magazine 104, ChessBase CD-ROM, £17.50.
* The Nimzo-Indian Defence: The Easy Way by Jacob Aagaard, ChessBase DVD, £18.50.

http://www.bcmchess.co.uk

Chess champ, 17, sees world title in his future

The New York Times

NEW YORK — Hikaru Nakamura, 17, sat at a red leather banquette in a Greenwich Village brownstone that houses the Marshall Chess Club.
It is a venerable membership-only club that has been visited by many of the world's chess greats, including Bobby Fischer, the former world champion.
Nakamura played a masters tournament there on a recent Tuesday night for what he described as lunch money, $300 to $400. He now is generating considerable chatter at the private club as its most famous active member.
Nakamura believes that he is “the next big hope for American chess.” It seems an audacious statement coming from a teenager. Yet Nakamura, who lives in White Plains, N.Y., proclaims it with the utter confidence that perhaps can only come from youth and prodigious achievement.
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Almasa to sponsor youngest GM chess player

Almasa IT Distribution has announced its corporate sponsorship with Acer of the youngest Grand Master (GM) chess player in the Middle East, 19 year old, Elshan Moradi. The Iranian GM player will be taking part in Dubai’s up and coming chess event, the 7th Dubai Open Chess Championship.
Players will be competing for the prestigious, Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Cup on 3rd to 13th of April 2005. All rated players will be welcome at the event, which will be played in 9 rounds according to the Swiss system. The championship winner will be given USD $5000 and have the honour of being awarded with custody of the cup.
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http://www.strategiy.com

Ajedrez. Torneo de Dos Hermanas: Illescas pierde el liderato, que va a poder del joven Karjakin

El español Miguel Illescas (GM), con su derrota ante Alexander Rustemo (RUS-GM), cedió el liderato del torneo de Dos Hermanas de ajedrez al joven ucraniano Sergey Kajarkin (GM), ganador del cubano Lenier Domínguez en la tercera ronda.
El nuevo prodigio del ajedrez mundial se destaca como líder en solitario, con una ventaja de un punto sobre ocho jugadores: Miguel Illescas, Alexander Rustemov, Teimour Radjabov, Pentala Harikrishna, Oleg Korneev, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Alexey Dreev y Rubén Felgaer.
Illescas entregó una pieza en la apertura sin conseguir suficiente contrajuego. Sin embargo el juego impreciso de su rival le permitió recuperar el material y pasar a un final de torres inferior. Al creerlo perdido eligió un final de reyes que estaba mucho más perdido.
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Ex-chess champ Karpov to play, lecture at UMBC

By A Sun Staff Writer

Former chess world champion Anatoly Karpov, on a U.S. tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his first world title, will play school-aged challengers and deliver a public lecture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County this week.
On Wednesday, Karpov will simultaneously play all scholastic challengers in grades one through 12. The event is free but limited to the first 60 players, who must bring their own regulation sets. The event is from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Commons Building in the center of the campus, which is off Exit 47B on Interstate 95.
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Speelman on Chess

The 14th Amber tournament finished in Monaco on Thursday in victory for Viswanathan Anand with the magnificent score of 15.5/22. He was followed at a distance of three points - an extraordinary margin in an event of this class - by Peter Leko and Alexander Morozevich 11.5; Vassily Ivanchuk and Peter Svidler 11; Vladimir Kramnik 10.5, Alexei Shirov 9.5, Boris Gelfand, Veselin Topalov and Francisco Vallejo Pons 9, Boris Gelfand 7 and Loek Van Wely 6.5.
Anand also completed a clean sweep with outright victory in both of the two separate disciplines. He made 8/11 in the blindfold way clear of a five way tie on 6/1. While in the rapidplay Anand's 7.5/11 put him just ahead of Morozevich 7 and Shirov 6.5.
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Regulations and Bidding Procedure for the World Chess Championship Tournament 2005

FIDE is publishing the bidding procedure details and the official regulations for the World Chess Championship Tournament, scheduled for October 2005.
The FIDE President and President of the Republic of Kalmykia, H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, announced his proposal to organise the Championship in Elista with a prize fund of 500,000 USD plus 20% (100,000 USD) as contribution to FIDE. Therefore, FIDE expects other potential bidders to offer a higher amount.
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Anand's unique hat-trick of titlesAdd to Clippings

MONACO: Viswanathan Anand completed the formalities of winning his fourth Amber chess title after two easy and quick draws with Israeli Grandmaster Boris Gelfand in the 11th and final round here.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Barden on chess

Leonard Barden - The Guardian

More than 30 years ago a sponsor wanted to invite Bobby Fischer to London. The then world champion was already reclusive, the sponsor's business was shoes, the budget a mere £25,000. The proposal was a two-game match against the then British champion Bill Hartston, plus a harmless-sounding simul against 10 youngsters.
For the sponsor's consultant, me, the simul was the incentive, an ambush. We were at the start of the "English chess explosion" and the supposed raw kids were teenagers who included seven future grandmasters. We got as far as a transatlantic haggle with Fischer's attorney, Bobby listening in. Of course he turned it down but the sponsor got front-page media coverage at zero cost - well, save a small fee to the consultant.
A few days ago the newly retired Garry Kasparov said that, of course, he was still the best and could easily crush Anand, Kramnik, Leko et al. On his recent arrival in Reykjavik Fischer said he didn't play "the old chess" any more, only Fischerandom, but, if he did, he would still be the best. Of course.
It emerged that during his eight-month stay in a Japanese detention centre Fischer played several games with a Burmese guard who almost got a draw. So what chance for Fischer v Kasparov, the racist of Reykjavik v the beast of Baku? The two all-time greats have never met, let alone played a game.
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