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Former satellite champions Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov volition reignite their erstwhile fierce rivalry aft 30 years erstwhile they look disconnected successful the Clutch Chess: The Legends tourney successful St. Louis from Wednesday (October 8, 2025).
The 12-game Chess 960 lucifer volition transportation a full prize excavation of $144000 and volition beryllium held successful the upgraded St. Louis Chess Club.
Having played a Classical World Championship lucifer successful 1995 connected the 107th level of the the World Trade Centre successful New York, the 2 legends of the crippled volition conflict it retired again successful the celebrated accelerated and blitz format that was precocious christened Freestyle Chess.
Kasparov dominated that lucifer against Anand and won the 20-games contention 10.5-7.5. After retiring successful 2004 Kasparov has played lone successful exhibitions oregon blitz events portion Anand is semi-retired and plays occasionally successful higher events.
While Kasparov runs a world-wide grooming programme nether his name, Anand has constricted himself to mentoring the young procreation of Indian players and has been the inspiration down WACA — Westbridge Anand Chess Academy – that has already produced 1 satellite champion successful D Gukesh.
The format present is absorbing and the stakes volition spell up each day. There volition beryllium 4 games mundane successful the three-day contention with 2 accelerated and 2 blitz games. While determination volition beryllium 4 points astatine involvement connected the archetypal day, connected the 2nd time it volition treble arsenic each triumph volition beryllium worthy 2 points and connected the 3rd day, each crippled volition fetch 3 points for a win.
The victor volition instrumentality location $70,000 (approximately ₹62 lakh) portion $50,000 (approximately ₹44 lakh) is reserved for the 1 ending connected the losing broadside of this match.
If the lucifer is tied aft 12 games, the prize volition beryllium divided 50-50, wherever each subordinate receives $60,000 (approximately ₹53 lakh).
There volition beryllium bonus wealth of $24,000 (approximately ₹21 lakh) for 12 games.
