Forthcoming Events: Time-Warp Matches
On Saturday, world champ Viswanathan Anand begins a rapid match with Anatoly Karpov, but I don’t understand all the details. The time control is 15′ + 3″, and they will first play in Bastia on Saturday and then Ajaccio on Monday, but I can’t tell if these are two distinct matches or one or how many games they’re supposed to play. If the info is available on the official site, I’m missing it, and a look at some other websites hasn’t proved any more helpful.
If that seems overly retro to you, just wait: Viktor Korchnoi and Boris Spassky are playing a match this year, too. They played Candidates matches in 1968 and 1977, and another match in the late 1990s. Their first tournament game was in 1949, and here they are, 60 years later, doing it again. The match will be in Elista and runs from December 17-27. Who will win: the youthful Spassky (72 years old) or the amazing Korchnoi (78!)?
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