Press Release From – Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 www.Dresden2008.de

MEETING OF ALL LIVING WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS PLANNED FOR CHESS OLYMPIAD 2008

First invitation given to Anatoly Karpov – Gesture to Kasparov

A meeting bringing together all living World Chess Champions shall become reality during the Chess Olympiad 2008 in Dresden: Boris Spasski and Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov and Garri Kasparov on one table at the “Gala-Dinner of World Champions” Sunday, 23 November 2008.

The first invitation was officially be handed over to the World Champion of 1975 to 1985, Anatoly Karpov, by the President of the German Chess Federation, Robert Freiherr von Weizscker, in the name of the Organizing Committee of the Chess Oylmpiad 2008 in Wiesloch (Rhine-Neckar region).

The invitation to the intended “Gala Dinner of World Champions” during the Dresden Chess Olympiad 2008 from 12 to 25 November is directed to all World Chess Champions.