Chess

LAST year’s attempts to reconcile the chess world, summed up in the so- called Prague Agreement, looks set for another blow with a statement to be released today in London by Einstein TV.

Einstein, who own the rights to the World Classical Chess Championship, have confirmed they are unable to secure enough sponsorship from the Hungarian government to cover the prize fund for the Vladimir Kramnik v Peter Leko title match, which had a purse of $ 1 million plus.

Despite the setback, Einstein are determined to deliver highquality elite chess events and are in discussions with a leading consortium on a major new chess development that could lead to the match being played later in the year. Also expected is a statement from FIDE announcing that they have secured the $ 1 million in bank guarantees required that will allow the Garry Kasparov- Ruslan Ponomariov match to take place in Buenos Aires, though now with an expected mid- November start.

T Radjabov - E Dizdarevic Bosna- 2003, ( 6) Semi- Slav Defence 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 4 e3 e6 5 Nf3 Nbd7 6 Qc2 Bd6 g4 Nxg4 8 Rg1 Nh6 9 Nf8 10 e4 dxe4 11 Nxe4 Nf5 Nxd6+ Qxd6 13 0- 0- 0 Ng6 h4 Nge7 15 Bd3 f6 16 Kf7 17 Rg4 b5 18 Bf4 Qb4 Rdg1 bxc4 20 Bxc4 Rg8 21 Qb6 22 Nh4 Nd5 23 Nxf5 24 R4g3 a5 25 Rb3 Qa7 Bxd5+ cxd5 27 Qc6 Qa6 Qxd5+ Be6 29 Rb7+ Ke8 Re1 Rc8+ 31 Kd2 Rc6 32 1- 0