Garry Kasparov soundly defeated Anatoly Karpov on Thursday in an exhibition chess match marking the 25th anniversary of their first title bout.
On the last of three days of play that resumed a legendary rivalry, Kasparov won five games of speed chess, while Karpov took one game and two others ended in a draw.
That made a final score of 9-3 for Kasparov in the 12-game match in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia.
On Thursday the two grandmasters played eight blitz games in which each started with five minutes on the clock, with two seconds added after each move.
Karpov won the first game even though he was playing with the black pieces. But it was to be his only triumph of the evening.
The second game ended in a draw, then Kasparov won five in a row to clinch the win over his former archrival. The last game was also a draw.
Their duel was watched on an Internet broadcast by people from 129 countries, according to the Valencia Web site which showed the event.
“We are as popular as Pele or Maradona,” Karpov said, referring to the Brazilian and Argentine soccer legends.
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