Artwork by Mike Magnan
Chess
By Lubomir Kavalek
Washington Post
Monday, October 15, 2007; Page C10
Brooklyn grandmaster Gata Kamsky led Spanish team Linex Magic Merida to a victory at the 23rd European Club Championship in Kemer, Turkey, on Wednesday. The team won six of seven matches and tied one in the tournament, which attracted 30 teams and featured some of the world’s best players.
World champion Vishy Anand was greeted by a standing ovation from his peers when he arrived in the playing hall, but his top-rated German team, OSC Baden-Baden, finished only fourth. Alexander Grischuk played for Russian team Ural Sverdlovskaya, which finished second with five wins and two ties.
…Kasparov in Washington
Garry Kasparov, the former world champion and current candidate for president of Russia, will be in Washington tomorrow to promote his new book, “How Life Imitates Chess.” Kasparov is scheduled to appear at 1 p.m. tomorrow on Kojo Nnamdi’s radio show on WAMU (88.5 FM), and at 7 p.m. he will speak at Round House Theatre, 4545 East-West Hwy., Bethesda.
Here is the full article.
Special congrats to Gata Kamsky!