Karpov & Anand Matches
Anand and Karpov: chess at 300 km/h
3 February 2011, 8.33 CET | Last modified: 9:22 | By Editors | Filed under: Reports | Tags:
Spanish railway company Renfe thought of an original way to introduce their new high-speed connection between Madrid and Valencia. On Tuesday reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand played against former World Champion Anatoly Karpov. The two legends drew two blitz games, and played simuls while travelling at 300 km/h.
By Leontxo Garcia
Renfe’s slogan, “Caballo Ganador” (“Horse Winner”), to promote its new high-speed line between Madrid and Valencia, got its proper chess translation: Anatoly Karpov and Viswanathan Anand played two five-minute games, one in each train station, and a simultaneous exhibition inside the train, for 90 minutes. They also said many interesting things, covered in great detail by the Spanish press, radio and television.
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