Moscow, Sept 08:Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand will spearhead the World team in the Match of the New Century against Russia, that kicks off in the State Kremlin Palace here on Sunday. Being held after a gap of 16 years since the second such match between the erstwhile USSR and the rest of the World, this match promises more excitement then its previous editions with a galaxy of the top chess stars of the World battling it out for supremacy against the mighty Russians.
World's highest rated player Garry Kasparov will obviously be the kingpin in the Russian team and their lineup, if anything, is impressive.

Braingames match winner Vladimir Kramnik, former World Champions Anatoly Karpov and Alexander Khalifman, a demolition squad in the shape of Alexander Morozevich and Alexander Grishchuk and vast experience of Evgeny Barrev, Alexei Dreev make Russians once again, to train their guns to win this unique competition that started at Belgrade in 1970 and continued in London in 1984.

In both the previous editions, USSR dominated the World side and won the 40 games matches by 20.5-19.5 and 21-19 respectively. Bureau Report