The Russian Set in Moscow
The trick was apparently finishing the game before the pieces melted. (The Russian set, pictured above, looks especially cool.)
Icy Relations Thaw as Russians Draw England in Chess Game
The game took place on chessboards measuring 64 square yards in Moscow’s Pushkin Square and London’s Trafalgar Square.
Live satellite links and big screens enabled each team to see and hear what the other was doing.
Karpov’s team included eight-year-old chess prodigy Kostya Savenkov while Shortwas assisted by a British eight-year-old, Darius Parvizi-Wayne.
Organized to mark the launch of the annual Russian Winter Festival in London, the event was billed as the world’s first international ice chess game.
See more cool pictures at ChessBase.com.
Plus, nice first-person coverage by a participant at Guardian Unlimited.
First time seeing chess pieces that I’d like to lick — or use to keep my frozen yogurt chilled.
Cripes! Look at the grin on Karpov at the chessbase.com site.
#2. You know, I think that Karpov is a much more interesting figure since the Soviet Union collapsed. There was a lot of pressure on Soviet world champions. Too, he has aged, and maybe that mellowed him somewhat?
Hhmmm, cool
slow news day
5,
and you live where??
its 4 degrees F, about -2 c, out side…And even celifornia, is around 50 or LOWER…
And you dont have a cool sence, of humour..
#5, I’d post the newsworthy stories, like the passing last month of David Bronstein, but how many would understand why it is significant?
You mean Bronstein (http://tinyurl.com/ydezas) has died?! Wow, I hadn’t heard.
#8, ROFL ! Thanks for the belly laugh.