01-11-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com

Chess: Garry Kasparov still has it at 61 as he holds his own against the US elite

The former world champion scored 4.5/9 in the 9LX tournament and also revealed new details about his 1997 match with the IBM Deep Blue supercomputerGarry Kasparov, who many consider the all-time No 1 in competition with Bobby Fischer and Magnus Carlsen, has been back in action this week in the $150,000 Chess 9LX tournament at St Louis. In Chess 9LX, also known as Fischer Random, Freestyle Chess or Chess 960, the placing of the back rank pieces is decided randomly by lot.At 61, Kasparov stil
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