03-14-2005, 06:48 AM
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Transitions — Gary Kasparov
Former world champion Garry Kasparov has announced that he is to retire from competitive chess.
He made the announcement after winning the Ciudad de Linares, a double round robin tournament in Spain for the ninth time (Veselin Topalov won his last game against Kasparov, but Kasparov won on a tiebreak).
His retirement at 41 ends 20 years of chess domination started when he beat Anatoly Karpov, who took the world title from Bobby Fischer.
Helluva chess player!
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