Chess legends return! Garry Kasparov teases Viswanathan Anand ahead of mega conflict: ‘I should give Vishy a chance to …’ | Chess News

Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov (Agency Photo)

The world of chess is ready for a nostalgic showdown this October in St. Louis, the place two of the sport’s biggest rivals, Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov, will lock horns as soon as once more. The exhibition, half of the Clutch Chess collection, will even function a blockbuster conflict between present world champion D Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen.Kasparov, by no means one to draw back from playful banter, aimed a light-hearted dig at his previous rival throughout the Sinquefield Cup broadcast on Friday. “I think I should give Vishy a chance to improve our score!” he quipped, hinting on the lengthy historical past they share throughout the board.

Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Their rivalry dates again to the Nineteen Nineties, when Anand was breaking into the elite and Kasparov reigned supreme as world champion. Across 82 video games in numerous codecs, Kasparov leads the head-to-head, although Anand famously defeated him on the 2021 Croatia Rapid and Blitz in Zagreb, their most up-to-date encounter.Alongside this exhibition hype, Kasparov has been weighing in on the present state of world chess. With Magnus Carlsen stepping away from the world championship cycle in 2023, Ding Liren after which 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju went on to declare the title. Gukesh’s triumph in Singapore final yr made him the youngest ever world champion.Yet Kasparov’s verdict was blunt. “Gukesh won fair and square but you can hardly call him the strongest player in the world,” he stated. “Magnus ended the era of classical world champions. Gukesh’s title is very different… even players of his age category. The rules are the rules and the games are the games.” Kasparov later apologized, whereas holding agency to his opinion: “This is not exactly the title that I had or Karpov had or Fischer had or Magnus had.”As October approaches, followers eagerly await two storylines: Carlsen vs Gukesh for the longer term, and Anand vs Kasparov, a conflict that rekindles chess historical past.