World chess champion Garry Kasparov, who played two historic matches against a supercomputer, has made his first move against worldwide adversaries in a game on the Internet. Mr Kasparov simulated his first move, Pawn to €4, online at an event in Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan before reporters and chess fans.
The next move will come from players all over the world, who will be able to go to Microsoft's www.msn.com site to suggest their moves to a team of young experts. The experts will guide the Internet public in the interactive game against the Russian grandmaster.
"I invite people from all over the world to play me in the ultimate chess match on MSN.COM," Mr Kasparov said.
"Where else but on the Internet can you play the world champion?" he added.
In an interview with Reuters in New York, Mr Kasparov, who is playing the white pieces, said he expected a high-quality match in which he probably would have to come up with a novelty move to win.
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