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ChessVista.com is the website of chess photographer Frits Agterdenbos. The site provides the international chess community with high quality chess photos and chess news of chess players from international chess events. There will be visual reports and an album with chess photo collections showing all the visual aspects of the chess world.12.09.2006 To mark the bank’s 150th anniversary, Credit Suisse invited the legendary Gary Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi and Judit Polgar to play a double round robin blitz (5 minutes + 3 seconds increment per move) tournament, and to take on 4 x 20 challengers in a simultaneous exhibition. Date: 22 August 2006. The scene of the act was “Lichthof”, the shopping arcade in the Credit Suisse building at the Paradeplatz, a square located at the expensive Bahnhofstrasse (high real estate prices, exclusive boutiques, department stores and street-side cafés) in Zurich, Switzerland. The media were excited about Kasparov’s blitz return, but it was no real surprise at all, since he had declared he would go on playing blitz and rapid chess occasionally, when on 10 March 2005 he announced his retirement from professional chess. Kasparov and Karpov shared first on 4.5/6 points. Polgar scored 2.5 points and Korchnoi finished on 0.5 points. Credit Suisse building The event took place in the Lichthof Shopping arcade The event was held under bad conditions for players (noisy, flashlight, public too close) and journalists / photographers (no space). Garry Kasparov (right)- Viktor Korchnoi, round 1 Judit Polgar (right) - Anatoly Karpov, round 1 Garry Kasparov Anatoly Karpov Viktor Korchnoi Judit Polgar Arbiter GM Lothar Schmid Spectators in Lichthof Watching the games outside Kasparov (right) - Karpov, round 3 Kasparov (right) - Karpov, round 3, Lothar Schmid, Judit Polgar and Viktor Korchnoi watching Kasparov taking a break after the first half The Lichthof shopping arcade was a crowded house, the photo shows round 4, Karpov - Polgar 1-0 and Korchnoi - Kasparov ½-½. (Korchnoi’s only draw). Korchnoi sitting after losing his second game to Polgar Watching Kasparov play Entre nous with Anatoly Karpov, Frederic Friedel, Georgios Makropoulos and Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in Café - Brasserie Le Tram Bleu, which is located in the Lichthof shopping arcade. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Georgios Makropoulos were visiting Zurich because of a meeting with the FIFA. Commentator Vlastimil Hort Kasparov Simul Garry Kimovich Kasparov won 20 of 20 games Karpov Simul Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov won 17 games and drew 3 games Korchnoi Simul Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi won 15 of 20 games, drew 2 and lost 3 games Judit Polgar Simul Judit Polgar won 19 of 20 games and lost 1 game Kasparov Simul thinking Karpov and Polgar Simul Karpov Simul Lake of Zurich with tourists Lake of Zurich Bahnhofstrasse Credit Suisse in Bahnhofstrasse with passing tram It is nice to go window-shopping in Bahnhofstrasse Jelmoli – The luxurious department store (since 1833) at Seidenstrasse 1 seen from Bahnhofstrasse Switzerland Skyline seen from Airplane