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08/09/2009
Dutch arbiter Geurt Gijssen will be the one refereeing the revenge match Karpov-Kasparov which will take place in Valencia, September 21st to 25th. Gijssen is known for being the world’s most popular international arbiter. He was the one who directed the two last matches between them.
The organization of the match, which is cautiously taking care of all the details, had special interest in the arbiter being Gijsen, so that the reedition of the famousest battle ever is the most reliable possible to the one they had when they fought for the world’s title.
Gijssen participated recently in the prestigious tournament of Montecarlo, he was one of the classics in the chess Olympics and 2006, he was the principal arbiter of the match for the World’s champion title between Topalov and Kramnik.
One of the curiosities in Gijssen’s biography comes out in his memories, where he remembers the time he learned the chess rules. It was during the Second World War in eastern Germany, after his house had been bombarded October 7th 1944. Maths teacher and expert in chess literature, 1980 he became international arbiter. During the following years, he was recognized not only as the most popular, but also as the best.
With Gijssen’s confirmation, we close a spectacular line-up for the match Karpov-Kasparov, whose world’s repercussion has been doubled in the last days. At this moment, there are already accreditated media from the five continents and the selling of the tickets, available at the oficial web (matchkarpovkasparov.com), continues speeding up.
