USA: NEW YORK: KASPAROV CHESS WEBSITE

English/Nat Pitching the age-old game of chess to a new generation, Russian World Chess champion, Garry Kasparov launched his own web-site on Tuesday by playing 30 simultaneous games with children around the globe. The Russian-born chess Grand Master is launching himself and his product onto the internet. He also hopes to add to what has already been an illustrious career. If there were any aspirations for these children to learn the game of chess, there was no-one better to teach them. Beginning Tuesday afternoon in New York, a grand chess tournament and the launching of KasparovChess.com. Among former World Chess champion, Garry Kasparov's opponents, all teenagers or younger, ten were to play him from chessboards in New York, while twenty others made electronic moves in countries from India, Uruguay, Indonesia, Australia, and China, as well as across the United States. The "United Nations of Chess" was played out live on the internet. And from this world number one player - at the top of his trade for an unprecedented 15 years - there was a surprising admission. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I think there will be some draws, because when you play so many games you're attention span cannot be the same throughout the whole event. That's why I think there will be some mistakes on my side and I hope that some kids will be smart enough to benefit from it." SUPER CAPTION: Garry Kasparov, World Chess Grand Master The KasparovChess.com site, officially launched Tuesday, offers live coverage of international chess events, as well as lessons aimed at beginners, pick-up games against both humans and the computer, and chess products. And what an introduction for some. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Well, on one hand there's no pressure, you know, I mean it's not competition. On the other hand it's probably the best opponent I'll ever get to play, so you know, I want to give it my best shot." SUPER CAPTION: Daniel Stolz, Competitor Kasparov's website is also hosting the World Chess Championship - games involving 600 schools that began competing at the beginning of March. The series ends in June, with the winner invited to play Kasparov face-to-face. At 36, Kasparov is a senior among the best players - most grand chess champions are in their 20s. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I feel that I still have enough energy to go around and I believe it also helps chess. And now I'm the world champion for 15 years, I won nearly everything I could dream in my life and I believe it is importance to leave some legacy after me and one of the important pieces of this legacy is to have chess in education system. And I believe that bringing chess into education will tremendously help the image of the game and it will place me in the history and it will make myself proud and I will know that what I did for chess was very important." SUPER CAPTION: Garry Kasparov, World Chess Grand Master Internet or not - that seems assured. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/13175720df6d7b0fc184ed70667f1c86 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork