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St. Louis: Former world champions Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov will reignite their once fierce rivalry after 30 years when they face off in the Clutch Chess: The Legends tournament here from Wednesday.

The 12-game Chess 960 match will carry a total prize pool of $144, 000 and will be held in the upgraded St. Louis Chess Club.

Having played a Classical World Championship match in 1995 on the 107th floor of the World Trade Centre in New York, the two legends of the game will battle it out again in the famous rapid and blitz format that was recently christened Freestyle Chess.

Kasparov dominated that match against Anand and won the 20-game contest 10.5-7.5. After retiring in 2004 Kasparov has played only in exhibitions or blitz events while Anand is semi-retired and plays o

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