Match Kasparov - Kramnik, Moscow

═27 -28 November1998

Photo Gallery ═

Kasparov & Kramnik sitting at the board, while Boris Potstovskij, Chief Arbiter of the match stands by.

The draft for colors, done at the casino's roulette table

The press conference table. From left to right: the casino manager, Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Dvorkovich (press-attache of the match), Andrej Selivanov (Russian Chess Federation president), and Vladimir Kramnik.

On the picture from left to right: Boris Yeshan - President of the Shahcom Company, Garry Kasparov, Vadim Bereslavski - General Manager of the Casino "Cosmos", Vladimir Dvorkovich - chief of the press-center, Vladimir Kramnik.

Garry Kasparov, #1 in the world, rated 2815

Vladimir Kramnik, #3 in the world, rated 2780

The first move in the match