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For the more degenerate blitz chess players out there, here's a great one.

Garry Kasparov (former world champion) vs Vishy Anand (former world champion) in blitz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs2ucWQjmv0&;

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That video is incredibly frustrating. They keep switching the camera away from the board so you have no idea what's going on.

Vishy Anand is the current world champion.

I don't believe he is ranked 1 in the world anymore. Magnus Carlsen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen) I think is #1.

That's right, but FIDE ratings are independent of the person who owns the title of "World Chess Champion". Vishy currently holds that title.

This is true. I believe Topalov was the last person to challenge Vishy for Chess Champion. Carlsen helped Vishy prepare for the match. Which, makes it seem like he's not particularly interested in the title.

That's correct, my mistake.

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