31.   World chess champion Garry Kasparov got stomped by a machine.

32.   A day after easily trouncing one challenger, world chess champion Garry Kasparov belittled the chances of two others who are battling for the chance to face him.

33.   A week later, the Russian world chess champion threw down the rematch gauntlet.

34.   Also vying for a Duma seat is Anatoly Karpov, the former world chess champion who grew up in Tula but has barely visited his hometown since.

35.   Challenger Viswanathan Anand kept alive his hopes of becoming the world chess champion by drawing the fifth game in the finals Wednesday against title holder Anatoly Karpov.

36.   Chess champion Garry Kasparov told the conference that Russia has a long way to go before it succeeds as a democratic society.

37.   Defending FIDE world chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India advanced to the semifinals of the FIDE World Chess Federation tournament with a draw against Alexei Shirov of Spain.

38.   Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov will face Vladimir Kramnik on Thursday in their first full-length chess match since Kramnik dethroned him last fall, organizers said Saturday.

39.   Grandmasters Karpov, Salov and Kamsky want the winner of the chess tournament to be declared the world chess champion.

40.   More than ever, Woods is turning major championship golf into something reminiscent of those exhibitions chess champion Bobby Fischer used to love to put on.