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Kasparov Predicts Championship VictoryBy The Associated PressLONDON — On paper, the chess championship that starts here today looks like a walkover.Four-time world chess championGarry Kasparov, the best player in chess history, has defeated British challenger Nigel Short 10 times and lost only once. But Short has consistently surprised the experts in his three-year quest for a title shot.“I hope to surprise • him with some tricks,” Short told Channel 4News on Monday night, predicting a tougher battle than Kasparov may nave expected in their 24-game match.Kasparov believes he can remain champion for the next six or seven years, but he said he isn’t expecting ‘‘an easy walk” as some commentators forecast.‘it’s a long match and Nigel is a very tough player,” he told Channel 4. ‘‘He’s probably the strongest chess player with a fightingspirit.”Kasparov starts with a slight advantage: He drew the white pieces and will make the first move when play starts Tuesday afternoon at London’s newly refurbished Savoy Theater, built in 1881 to stage the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.The 24 game match has split the chess establishment — and just what the victor will win remains a subject of heated debate in the world of kings, pawns and checkmates.Longtime antagonists, Kasparov and Short joined forces in early February, refusing to play their title match for the World Chess Federation, which has run the gamesince 1948.They established the Professional Chess Association, which the federation, known by its French initials FIDE, refuses to recognize.It stripped Kasparov of his title and Short of his position as topchallenger.
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