Kasparov makes a comeback - for now

After 12 years in retirement, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov is making a comeback – but only for five days.

The Russian chess legend is one of four wildcard picks at the St Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, where the world’s best players compete for a prize fund of $150,000 in prize money.

Don’t bury me just yet! “Half of his opponents had not even been born when he first became world champion in 1985.” https://t.co/EAQJ5EqdhK— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 13, 2017

Kasparov dominated international chess for almost three decades, starting with a win at the Soviet Junior Championship in 1976. Twenty-one years later, he was beaten by IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer – a milestone for artificial intelligence.

Since retiring in 2005, Kasparov has worked to promote democracy in Russia and is an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin.