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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Eudaimonia