According to ITAR-TASS, on December 19 and 20 the rapid match on chess between the 12th and 13th world champions, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov, will be held in New York.
There will be a four game match (per 2 games a day) 25 mins + 10 secs each day. The match will take place in the ABC Studios in Times Square, in the center of Manhattan.
The company "X Z D World", which is engaged in promotion of telecommunications and intellectual games on the market, entertainments and educational programs, is the organizer of the next meeting of two grandmasters. According to its version, the forthcoming battle will be called "The champions' match". The live broadcast of the play via Internet is stipulated. The honorariums' sums of Karpov and Kasparov are not called.
Information on the site: http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?58951
