Rivalry reignited as Anand, Kasparov face off after 30 years
Posted on: Oct 07, 2025 15:40 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
St. Joseph louis barrow , Former domain champions Viswanathan Anand and Garry gary weinstein testament reignite their at one time fierce rivalry after 30 years when they face off in the Clutch Chess: The Legends tournament here from Wednesday.
The 12-game Chess 960 match will carry a total prize pool of USD 144000 and will be held in the upgraded St. Louis Chess Club.
Having played a Classical World Championship match in 1995 on the 107th floor of the the World Trade Centre in New York, the two legends of the game will battle it out again in the famous rapid and blitz format that was recently christened Freestyle Chess.
Kasparov dominated that match against Anand and won the 20-games contest 10.5-7.5. After retiring in 2004 Kasparov has played only in exhibitions or blitz events while Anand is semi-retired and plays occasionally in higher events.
While Kasparov runs a world-wide training program under his name, Anand has limited himself to mentoring the young generation of Indian players and has been the inspiration behind WACA – Westbridge Anand Chess Academy – that has already produced one world champion in D Gukesh.
The format here is interesting and the stakes will go up each day. There will be four games everyday in the three-day contest with two rapid and two blitz games. While there will be four points at stake on the first day, on the second day it will double as each win will be worth two points and on the third day, each game will fetch three points for a win.
The winner will take home USD 70000 while USD 50000 is reserved for the one ending on the losing side of this match.
If the match is tied after 12 games, the prize will be split 50-50, where each player receives USD 60,000.
There will be bonus money of USD 24,000 for 12 games.
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