Kasparov Retires from Chess?!

According to the ChessBase website, Kasparov, after losing one of the worst games of his career (in my opinion) but still winning Linares on a very weird tiebreak over Topalov, has announced his retirement from professional chess. Life goes on and so will chess, but for me, at least, this is a sad day.

More on the announcement and my round recap later tonight.