Karpov playing in Romania
I've just read that between 20-26 March, Anatoly Karpov is going to play a match against romanian GM Andrei Istratescu in Bucharest. Fide.com reports a rating of 2617 for Mr. Istratescu, his national rank is 2 (after Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, Elo 2673, world no. 31) and in the world ranking he's in the Top 100, more precisely nr. 92.

Karpov is listed as world no. 29 with a rating of 2674 . So I guess Nisipeanu would've been a much closer match. But never underestimate the underdog! :)

The match will be commented by GM Dorian Rogozenko, known for his Chessbase Trainig CD's as well as occasional lectures on playchess.com
- posted by Időbeosztás-guru @ 12:24 PM