UNITED STATES: MUSICIAN 'STING' AND HIS BAND TAKE ON WORLD CHESS CHAMPION GARY KASPAROV IN MATCH TO HONOUR THE WORLD SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONS

Record ID: 338122

  • Title: UNITED STATES: MUSICIAN 'STING' AND HIS BAND TAKE ON WORLD CHESS CHAMPION GARY KASPAROV IN MATCH TO HONOUR THE WORLD SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONS
  • Date: 29th June 2000
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JUNE 29, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV: STING AND GARY KASPAROV SHAKING HANDS 0.13 2. MV: PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PICTURES 0.15 3. SV: STING SITTING IN FRONT OF CHESS BOARD, KASPAROV WITH HIS BACK TO CAMERA 0.30 4. SCU: PHOTOGRAPHERS 0.32 5. MV: STING LOOKING AT CHESS BOARD, KASPAROV MAK
  • Embargoed: 14th July 2000 13:00
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  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA3918UAZU50DF9D50YJM8UI0X0
  • Story Text: World chess champion Gary Kasparov and Sting battled it
    out on the chess board in New York's Times Square.



    Sting and band members took on World Chess Champion
    Gary Kasparov in a simultaneous chess match to honor the World
    School chess champions on Thursday (June 29).

    Sting's song, "Every move you make..." might have taken
    a different meaning for the rocker as he faced the World
    Champion of Chess.

    The event was simulcast on the Internet as well as on a
    Jumbotron outside the ABC Studios in Times Square. Visitors in
    the area could watch as Kasparov wandered from band member to
    band member, taking each move in his stride.

    One by one, Sting's band members were defeated by
    Kasparov. Finally, after a half hour of play, Sting conceded
    his match to the World Champion. At this point, "King of Pain"
    might have been an appropriate title for the rocker who never
    really thought he had a chance of beating Kasparov. Speaking
    to the media after the match he said, "It like taking on a
    tank division."
    When a reporter asked him if he learned anything, Sting
    replied, "Yeah, don't play the world champion. I had a great
    time. I've played Gary a number of times and its always fun.

    This was public humiliation, but I don't mind."
    While Sting lost the match, he described some
    consolation, "I took his queen before he took mine"
    The World School Chess Championship was the first major
    special event to take place via kasparaovChess.com. More than
    600 schools from 24 countries representing all five continents
    around the world have been competing in a chess tournament via
    the Internet since March 1, 2000.


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