1995 Intel Rapid Chess Grand Prix tournament in Paris, in what was supposed to be my first game against Kasparov after our World Championship match that year, I jumbled up the start time. It didn’t work in my favour that I had confused trois (3 p.m.) and treize (thirteen, 1300 hours). I should have simply clarified the time in English. I walked into the hall only in time to play the second game, and that too because I’d decided to get there early to settle in!
