10/10/2025 – Two former world champions, Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov, face each other in "Clutch Chess: The Legends", a 12-game chess960 exhibition match held from 8 to 10 October at the newly expanded Saint Louis Chess Club. The event features rapid and blitz games with increasing point values and prize stakes each day. | Follow the action live starting at 19.00 CEST (13.00 ET, 10.30 IST)

10/10/2025 – Garry Kasparov increased his advantage over Viswanathan Anand to 8½–3½ after the second day of their chess960 match in Saint Louis. The 13th world champion capitalised on Anand's time forfeiture in the first game and later added another win in the blitz section. The day's results left Kasparov firmly ahead, though twelve points remain at stake in the final session of the exhibition match. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/9/2025 – Garry Kasparov leads Viswanathan Anand 2½-1½ after the opening day of "Clutch Chess: The Legends" in Saint Louis. The two former world champions contested four games from the same Chess960 starting position, with Kasparov taking the only win in a dramatic third game. The day featured two rapid and two blitz encounters, with both players showing flashes of their trademark resilience throughout. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/8/2025 – Two former world champions, Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov, will face each other in "Clutch Chess: The Legends", a 12-game Chess960 exhibition match held from 8 to 10 October at the newly expanded Saint Louis Chess Club. The event will feature rapid and blitz games with increasing point values and prize stakes each day, marking the official reopening of the club's renovated campus and celebrating its role as a global centre for chess. | Photo: Lennart Ootes