Garry Kasparov vs Anatoli Karpov, rematch!

Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov, both chess legends, are seeking a rematch to revive the game of chess. Yes, I bet you didn’t know that there’s such a thing as “chess”. Quick, name me the current world chess champion. I bet 95% percent of you wouldn’t know without googling it. I don’t know either.
When I was 20 years younger (ehem!), I easily knew the answer – Garry Kasparov. Partly, because he was always the champion and nobody could defeat him until his protege, Vladimir Kramnik did. However, I’d like to think he was beaten because he was already past his prime.
I haven’t heard of Karpov (I never intended to since I hated him.) but I know Kasparov is active in Russian politics opposing the administration of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Read more »
















































