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Garry Kasparov (R) and Anatoly Karpov in Valencia (AFP Photo / Jose Jordan) 23.09.2009, 12:44

Kasparov takes 2-0 lead in nostalgic chess duel

Garry Kasparov has taken a 2-0 lead on the first day of his match against archrival Anatoly Karpov, as the chess masters play in Valencia to mark the 25th anniversary of their first clash for the sport’s crown.

21.09.2009, 14:58 2 comments

Chess legends to repeat their historic rivalry

A retro match between world chess legends Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov will kick off in Valencia on Monday, marking 25 years since their first clash for the sport’s world crown, Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.

04.09.2009, 15:28

Too drunk to checkmate

A French chess grandmaster was unable to finish his game against his Indian opponent because he dozed out after 11 moves. The embarrassing incident has been attributed to excessive alcohol consumption.

24.04.2009, 10:45

Checkmate! Angry chess player throws rival out of the window

The court in the Russian Republic of Udmurtia has sentenced to a man, who was so upset to lose a chess match that he threw his opponent out of the window, to six years in prison, Infox.ru reports.

30.06.2009, 12:31 2 comments

Former chess world champ to play convicts

Chess grandmaster and former undisputed champion of the world, Anatoly Karpov, will play an online chess tournament with a Krasnoyarsk prisoner Sergey Bryukhov and his fellow inmates.

 Chess legends Garry Kasparov (R) and Anatoli Karpov (AFP Photo/Jose Jordan) 25.09.2009, 11:19 1 comment

Kasparov beats Karpov in duel of chess legends

Garry Kasparov has beaten his archrival Anatoly Karpov in a three-day match in Valencia, which the two Russian chess masters played to mark the 25th anniversary of their first clash for the sport’s crown.

Vladimir Kramnik (Photo from sparkassen-chess-meeting.de) 14.07.2009, 00:21

Russian grand master secures world record

Vladimir Kramnik, a Russian grand master, will see his name added to the Guinness Book of World Records.

RIA Novosti / Grigoriy Sysoev 29.09.2010, 17:07

Ilyumzhinov re-elected FIDE president

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has been re-elected president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) at the 81st FIDE congress held in the Russian Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk.

20.03.2009, 19:21 2 comments

Russian claims European chess crown

Russian Tatiana Kosintseva has taken the women's European chess championship, which ended in St Petersburg on Friday.

04.03.2010, 20:24 2 comments

Former chess champ to entertain 'space travelers'

Volunteers who will isolate themselves from the outside world for 520 days as part of the Mars-500 experiment will wind down playing chess with former world champ Anatoly Karpov.

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Kasparov keeps his lead in Karpov duel

Published: 24 September, 2009, 11:44


Garry Kasparov (R) and Anatoly Karpov at the Arts Palau in Valencia on Septemeber 22, 2009 (AFP Photo / Jose Jordan)

Garry Kasparov has maintained his 2-point lead after the second day of his match against Anatoly Karpov. The two legends are playing in Valencia to mark the 25th anniversary of their first clash for the chess crown.

 
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