I was surprised to see that Korchnoi and Spassky have jumped on the 'golden oldies' bandwagon, and are currently playing a match in Elista. The surprise mainly comes from the fact that Spassky is pretty inactive these days, although he still has a rating of 2548.
Korchnoi is much more active, and just finished giving a couple of simuls at the London Chess Classic. This may account for Korchnoi's win in the first game, although Spassky did draw the second.
Korchnoi,Viktor (2567) - Spassky,Boris (2548) [E21]
Match Elista RUS (1), 19.12.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Be2 d6 10.0-0 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.Qa4 Ke7 13.Rab1 Rhd8 14.Nd2 Kf8 15.Bf3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Qe7 17.e4 e5 18.Rfe1 Kg8 19.Qc6 Nf6 20.c5 Qd7 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.cxd6 cxd6 23.g3 Rac8 24.Re3 Rc7 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.Kg2 Rdc8 27.Rd1 Nf6 28.Nxe5 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 Rxc3 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.f3 Rc2+ 32.Kh3 Rxa2 33.Nxf7 Ng8 34.Nd6 Rd2 35.e5 a4 36.Ra8 b5 37.f4 b4 38.Rxa4 b3 39.Rb4 b2 40.Rb7 Rc2 41.Nf5 Kh8 42.Ne3 Rd2 43.Nc4 Rc2 44.Nxb2 h5 45.Nd3 Nh6 46.Rb2 Rc7 47.Rb1 1-0
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These guys play great Chess regardless of their ages. Youth is over-rated...LOL
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