Ex-world champion Garry Kasparov was a special guest of the prestigious Dan David Prize (you may find all about this prize in the Wikipedia or by googling Dan David Prize 2010) ceremony in Tel-Aviv university this week.
He played a simul vs. 30 players including Dan David himself . The simul was videoed see here:
http://video.tau.ac.il/General/Dan_David/2010/Kasparov/index.html
He was also interviewed in channel 2 TV news by Yair Lapid , See here:
http://www.mako.co.il/news-channel2/Friday-Newscast/Article-50bffffd5f37821004.htmv
I enclose 2 articles which were published in the press.
Kind regards,
Yochanan Afek
Chess Champion Plays Against Students in Israel
2010-05-13 06:5117
Garry Kasparov was for many years the irrevocable World Champion of Chess. At Tel Aviv University in Israel, he made an extraordinary come back.
Kasparov played against thirty students from the university and children from a scientific research group. After four hours of suspense, Kasparov defeated the last player.
Some of the children that participated in the game were under the age of nine.
The youngest player was eight-year-old Saar Drori, a chess champion. He used to play with older children, but playing against Kasparov was a memorable experience.
[Saar Drori, Chess Player]:
“He was very aggressive during the game. I was able to resist him until I failed.”
Maybe Saar has a chance to be the next Kasparov.
[Dan Drori, Saar Drori’s Trainer]:
“Saar is very talented and modest. He has the ability to learn from his mistakes. Each of his failure is a new lesson. I believe that he has the potential to become a champion.”
The young player did his homework before the game.
[Saar Drori, Chess Player]:
“My trainer and I watched a lot of Kasparov’s games from the past to learn his technique.”
Saar’s dream is to play chess with Kasparov once again.
NTD Tel Aviv, Israel
He’s a has been.
Garry looks excited.