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$LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Chess Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk prepares to play in round 6 of the World Chess London Grand Prix at Simpson\'s-in-the-Strand on September 27, 2012 in London, England. The event, which begins the 2012/13 World Chess Championship Cycle, runs until October 3, 2012 and takes place over 11 rounds. The London Grand Prix is the first tournament in an ambitious, high-profile rebranding of world chess by American-born entrepreneur Andrew Paulson whose intention is to regain the global popularity chess enjoyed in the 1970s with matches between American Bobby Fischer and the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky.$

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Chess Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk prepares to play in round 6 of the World Chess London Grand Prix at Simpson's-in-the-Strand on September 27, 2012 in London, England. The event, which begins the 2012/13 World Chess Championship Cycle, runs until October 3, 2012 and takes place over 11 rounds. The London Grand Prix is the first tournament in an ambitious, high-profile rebranding of world chess by American-born entrepreneur Andrew Paulson whose intention is to regain the global popularity chess enjoyed in the 1970s with matches between American Bobby Fischer and the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky.

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