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Grandmasters play international ice chess

Updated on 11 January 2007

By Rags Martel

Britain versus Russia in any icy cool chess game of literally huge proportions in Trafalgar Square.


Chess pieces carved from ice in Moscow (reuters)

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Now, chess has always been a game for a cool hand and a clear mind - and never more so than at a match played in London this morning.

For this game - played in Trafalgar Square - used giant chess pieces, carved from ICE. A team from London was taking on another from Moscow via video link to the Russian capital.

Rags Martel went along to watch the moves.

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