Tuesday, 1 May 2018

Chess players challenge world champions in Jerusalem


Anatoly Karpov and Viswanathan Anand, two former world champions, took on dozens of children and teenagers in simultaneous chess games in Jerusalem on Monday as hundreds of onlookers watched.


The two Grandmasters were visiting Israel as part of the Jewish state’s 70th anniversary celebrations. Karpov faced 25 opponents and Anand took on 29 players outdoors in the afternoon sunshine with Jerusalem’s walled Old City as a backdrop.


Former Russian chess world champion Anatoly Karpov plays simultaneous matches during an event marking Israel’s 70th anniversary at Jerusalem’s Old City’s Jaffa Gate, April 30, 2018. RONEN ZVULUN/ REUTERS
Israelis wait for their turn to play against former world chess champions during an event marking Israel’s 70th anniversary at Jerusalem’s Old City’s Jaffa Gate, April 30, 2018. RONEN ZVULUN/ REUTERS

Russian Karpov, 66, was world champion between 1975-85 and 1993-99, and 48-year-old Anand, from India, ruled the boards between 2000-2002 and 2007-13 before being succeeded by current world champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway.



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Article source: https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/.premium-iran-warns-it-can-enrich-uranium-higher-than-before-nuclear-deal-1.6048582

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