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25 YEARS LATER: KARPOV VS. KASPAROV IN CHESS REMATCH
Tert
Sept 22 2009
Armenia
Chess greats Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are playing an
exhibition rematch marking the 25th anniversary of their first epic
title clash, reports the U.K's Mirror.
Starting today, the former champs will play 24 speed chess games
during a four-day match in Valencia, Spain.
Kasparov this week called Karpov "my grandmaster, the one from whom
I learned most, in chess and in life."
In Valencia yesterday, both said chess has lost its glamour.
Tert
Sept 22 2009
Armenia
Chess greats Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are playing an
exhibition rematch marking the 25th anniversary of their first epic
title clash, reports the U.K's Mirror.
Starting today, the former champs will play 24 speed chess games
during a four-day match in Valencia, Spain.
Kasparov this week called Karpov "my grandmaster, the one from whom
I learned most, in chess and in life."
In Valencia yesterday, both said chess has lost its glamour.