When Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov were finalised to meet over the chessboard in a series of exhibition games in St Louis 30 years after their classical World Chess Championship battle in New York’s World Trade Center, you would have expected drama. But so far, the two days of the 2025 Clutch Chess Legends battle between the five-time world champion from India and Kasparov, one of the greatest players to ever push a piece on the board, have delivered some astonishing moments of drama.

Sample this: on day 2 of the Anand vs Kasparov battle, Vishy Anand held a clear edge on the board in the fifth game between the duo, played in the rapid format. But the legend from India seemed to forget about his clock and was flagged (losing a game on time).

A video from the event shows Kasparov no

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