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Grandmasters play international ice chess

Last Modified: 11 Jan 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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