Kasparov and Spassky at Hay Festival

Chess fans in the UK will have the chance to see two giants of the game at the Hay Festival in Wales later this month.

Boris Spassky (pictured) is giving a simultaneous exhibition (fully booked - I tried! ) and is also being interviewed by Ronan Bennett - journalist and author of the chess-themed novel 'Zugzwang' - about Soviet chess culture, the psychology of the game and his famous match against Bobby Fischer.

Garry Kasparov is in Hay talking politics - he is delivering a lecture on 'Putin's Russia'.