12. GM Karpov in State Duma. Chess History.

State Duma of Russia. World Champion Anatoly Karpov conducts a simultaneous game session in the State Duma of Russia. The legislators themselves played mostly. They played well. By amateur standards, even very good. But it’s hard to resist a grandmaster. Even when there are many of you and he is alone. In what other state is chess played in the legislature? This is a full video recording of events in 2016... 24-02-2016 It seemed like it would always be like this... This full record of those events is being published for the first time. See, have fun!!