Garry Kasparov is to play his first professional chess tournament since last March.
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Kasparov Plays a Move Back
Garry Kasparov is coming back to professional chess after he announced retirement last year. On August 22, the great chess master will take on Viktor Korchnoi, Anatoly Karpov and Judit Polgar at the Lichthof Chess Champions Day in Zurich on the occasion of the 150th Jubilee of Credit Suisse.
Organizers of the 150th Jubilee of Credit Suisse confirmed yesterday that the Lichthof Chess Champions Day will take place with the five participants. The event with Garry Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi, Anatoly Karpov and Judit Polgar playing is not on the FIDE calendar but it will surely steal the show this year.
The five champions are indisputably the greatest living chess players of the century. Two matches for the FIDE champion title between Anatoly Karpov and the émigré Viktor Korchnoi as well as five chess champion games between Karpov and Kasparov have become chess history. The fifth participant of the upcoming event, Judit Polgar became the youngest chess champion beating Bobby Fischer in 1991 and has played at men’s tournaments with great success.
However, it is Kasparov’s presence at the Jubilee that hit all headlines. The legendary player said last year he was retiring from professional chess to concentrate on politics and writing. Kasparov, however, prefers not to call this tournament a comeback.
“I must say that retiring from serious play before Viktor Korchnoi made me a little uneasy,” the chess master commented his decision to play in Zurich. “When I first faced “Viktor the Terrible” [Viktor Korchnoi] in a serious game it was back in 1982 in Lucerne; I was 19 and he was 51. Now I’m a retiree and Korchnoi is still out there playing teenagers! Of course overall it will bring back pleasant memories from the great old days. World championship matches, bright lights, great chess and great competition.”
Alexey Dospekhov
All the Article in Russian as of July 26, 2006
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