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...every sports commissioner needs his Michael Jordan, and the game's only superstar isn't playing along. Garry Kasparov, ranked No. 1 in the world for the past 17 years, has called Ilyumzhinov's version of the game "the end of chess as we know it" and urged his fellow grandmasters to boycott FIDE events. "If the leading players do not organize themselves soon," Kasparov told TIME, "classical chess will all but disappear." (Ilyumzhinov, for his part, has called Kasparov "unbalanced...
...popping Kasparov keeps hugging the pawns b) of Big Blue's silicone habit c) it wants chess in the Olympics d) nobody, but nobody, can beat Cheech...
...VLADIMIR KRAMNIK In the chess world it's flattering to be known as Supernerd, and that is what they call the man who ended fellow Russian and former mentor Garry Kasparov's 15-year reign as world champ. Not a sport, you say? Kramnik, 25, quit smoking and dropped 20 lbs. to prep for the match...
Russia's VLADIMIR KRAMNIK knocked off former mentor GARRY KASPAROV in a stunning upset last week to become the new world champion of chess. Kasparov opened with the "Ruy Lopez," to which Kramnik responded with the impregnable "Berlin Defense," and so on. You get the idea. The important thing is that the new champ, who took home a cool $1.33 million, goes by the handle Supernerd. "He doesn't get involved in politics or business or journalism as Kasparov does," noted chess commentator Danny King. "He does nothing but chess." Kramnik, 25, gave up smoking and lost...
...since his scenery chewing in Dune has STING invited such an ass kicking. The singer and infamous Tantrician announced last week that he'll take on world chess champion GARRY KASPAROV in a one-hour exhibition match June 29, to be broadcast live over the Web. The contest will mark the end of Kasparov's World School Chess Championships, which have paired kids from all over the world in Internet chess matches. "We met through a mutual friend a few years ago," says Kasparov. "He's a very, very keen player." Does keen mean good? "No, not really. I will...