Giant chess pieces carved from ice sit on a chessboard in Trafalgar Square in central London on Jan. 11, 2007. A live chess game was held between London and Moscow to launch the London Russian Winter Festival on Jan. 13.
Giant chess pieces carved from ice in London's Trafalgar Square form part of a live chess game between London and Moscow, Jan. 11, 2007. Players and spectators in both capitals were connected by satellite link and were able to watch the match live on giant screens.
Giant chess pieces carved from ice in London's Trafalgar Square form part of a live chess game between London and Moscow on Jan. 11, 2007. The teams in each city were captained by a chess grandmaster on a 64-square-meter chess board and linked by satellite.
Eight-year-old child prodigy and Moscow team member, Konstantin Savenkov contemplates a move as he stands among giant chess pieces carved from ice in the shape of London and Moscow landmarks in Moscow's Pushkin Square on Jan 11, 2007. The giant chess figures were created in Moscow for a live chess match against London via satellite.
Giant chess pieces carved from ice in the shape of London and Moscow landmarks are shown in Moscow's Pushkin Square on Jan. 11, 2007. All of the pieces held up through the hour-long match, despite balmy conditions in London that threatened to turn pawns into puddles.
World chess champion and Russian team leader Anatoly Karpov, left, shakes hands with 1993 FIDE vice-champion and London team leader Nigel Short among giant chess pieces carved from ice in the shape of London and Moscow landmarks in Moscow's Pushkin Square on Jan 11, 2007. Players and spectators in both capitals were connected by satellite link. The match ended in a draw.
A giant ice chess piece representing St. Stephens' Tower at the Palace of Westminster sits at left, as a piece representing London's Swiss Re tower, nicknamed "The Gherkin," right, is moved during the world's first international ice chess game between teams from London and Moscow in London's Trafalgar Square on Jan. 11, 2007. Each team was captained by a chess grandmaster and played on a 64-square-meter chess board.
A giant chess piece carved from ice is moved during the world's first international ice chess game between teams from London and Moscow, as Nelson's Column is seen in the background, in Trafalgar Square, London, on Jan. 11, 2007. Teams in both cities battled each other and warmer-than-usual conditions in the match that ended in a draw.
Giant chess pieces carved from ice in the shape of London and Moscow landmarks are shown on a giant chessboard in Moscow's Pushkin Square on Jan. 11, 2007. The ice figures were created in Moscow for a live chess match against London in Trafalgar Square, where a corresponding giant chess set was in play.
Eight-year-old child prodigy and Moscow team member Konstantin Savenkov stands among giant chess pieces carved from ice in the shape of London and Moscow landmarks in Moscow's Pushkin Square on Jan, 11, 2007. The chess pieces were still intact at the end of the hourlong match between London and Moscow despite warmer-than-usual temperatures in both cities.
Players move giant chess pieces carved from ice on a chessboard in central London's Trafalgar Square on Jan. 11, 2007.