England avoids international chess meltdown
POSTED: 12:37 p.m. EST, January 11, 2007
LONDON, England (AP) — Chess is a challenging game at the best of times. But try playing it in Trafalgar Square, with huge pieces carved from ice — on a relatively balmy British day that threatened to turn pawns to puddles.
Organizers of London’s Russian Winter Festival knew players in their ice chess match Thursday would be battling not only each other but the weather. But the match was completed and the sculptures survived, despite a drizzly day and temperatures that reached 55 degrees.
…A second board was set up in Moscow — also experiencing warmer-than-usual temperatures — and the Russian team, led by former world champion Anatoly Karpov, offered a draw to the British squad, captained by grandmaster Nigel Short.
…Last year, a sculpture of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Trafalgar Square disappeared before the end of the event, confounding festival-goers.
“People were asking where the sculpture of St. Basil’s was,” Stubbings said. “We were just laughing and pointing to the nearest puddle.”
Here is the full article. 
Just curious, you mentioned something about a National Geographic special on your “beautiful brain”…when is that coming out? cant wait to see it!
It is still being edited by the studio. It is supposed to be shown worldwide by spring or summer 2007.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
Nice promotion. It looked great.
(Too bad – we know nothing about the game)
Susan if you or anyone is curious about the moves from this game, or an eye-witness report, or seeing some more photos from the day – then I have all three at my blog post here. Srolls down for the moves – they are in the comments, btw.