How intense can elite chess players be about their craft? Especially at the grandmaster level? Or even more specifically, at the world championship level? A measure of that concentration and devotion to analysing their craft came recently when two former world champions Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand squared off in an exhibition contest in St Louis called Clutch Chess: The Legends. The event saw Anand and Kasparov face off in 12 games over three days with two rapid and two blitz games each day.

While Kasparov retired from professional chess in 2005, Anand calls himself semi-retired and plates a handful of events each year. Both players were turning back the clock at St Louis of the exhibition game, giving chess fans whiffs of nostalgia about the time the duo had faced off in the P

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