Wow, Garry Kasparov has had one heck of a day. He lost a drawn game to Topalov, won the overall Linares championship via tiebreaks against the man who had just beaten him and then retired from professional chess. Kasparov did play an outstanding overall tournament and it is a sad day for chess if he truly isn’t playing anymore. On the other hand, it may open the door for efforts to have a single world chess champion. Only time will tell….
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