29/07/2016

Chess-Go-Chess-Go: Morozevich Beats Tiger In Dizzying Match

https://schach.chess.com/news/chess-go-chess-go-morozevich-beats-tiger-in-dizzying-match-2272

 Many cultures have nationalistic strategy games, but rarely do top chess players "cross the streams" and take them seriously.
Not so for GMs Tiger Hillarp Persson and Alexander Morozevich, who long ago plied their chess pieces to the top title in chess, and who both now take Go somewhat seriously. Today the five-millenium-old Chinese game is almost universally dominated by Asian nations. While these GMs are not likely to change that on their own, they nonetheless played a unique exhibition match Wednesday to help cross-pollinate the love they have for both games.