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Originally Posted by slavdogg
fuck all this war shit,
Colin, i'm dying to know how you got a game with Kasparov ?
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Hey Slav,
The Kasparov Chess Foundation (charity) sold tickets on Ebay to play in a 25 game simul. Tickets went for $2000. The game was in New York. Playing Kasparov was a lifetime dream of mine so I jumped at the chance. We were allowed to invited 3 guests. My father and brother met me in New York to watch and hang out. It was held in the New York Athletic club.
The foundation's goal is to promote chess play amongst children. In particular Kasparov mentioned the promotion of chess amongst young girls and most of the foundations work seems to be concentrated on that.
I lasted 29 moves.