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Karpov during the simul in day 1731 viewsThe first day simul included 40 games, 20 for each player. Kasparov won all of them, Karpov was held to a draw by Irene Arques, a local 23 year old girl from Alicante (a city close to Valencia) from club d'escacs d'Alaquàs. Her rating is about 2000 ELO and she has only a few official FIDE rated games in the past years. Photo above is by AP.
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Karpov687 viewsKarpov started the match with a disappointing 2-0, but later recovered with a good third game. The score after 4 games is 3-1 for Kasparov. Photo: reuters
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Kasparov646 viewsKasparov at the opening at Centro Cultural Bancaja
(photo EE)
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Kasparov - Karpov logos642 viewsGiant logos of the 2009 match are hanging in the playing hall
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Kasparov and Karpov640 viewsAs Karpov drew the white queen at the opening ceremony, he will start with white the rapid games.
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Sulaiman Al-Fahim563 viewsSulaiman Al-Fahim, the honorary guest of Kasparov - Karpov and owner of Portsmouth is on the left part of the photo (by Europe Echecs)
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Karpov at the simul535 views
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Kasparov532 viewsKasparov passionate at the press conference
(photo EE)
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Kasparov and Sulaiman Al-Fahim527 views
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Press conference520 viewsThe only press conference that the two players held together
(photo EE)
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Anatoly Karpov507 views
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Garry Kasparov472 views
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