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Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.
Garry Kasparov
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Garry Kasparov
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 13
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City of Winds
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I'm looking forward to the day when my country is saved - and the current winner becomes a loser.
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Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin.
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The Kremlin is constantly changing the rules of the game to suit its purposes. We are not playing chess, we're playing roulette.
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By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that this provides the foundation for the continuous development of chess mastery.
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From Ukraine to Syria, he [Vladimir Putin] is behaving like the world's new general and celebrating victories, while the American president sits on the sidelines and Europe sleeps. The West's behavior toward Putin is political and moral capitulation.
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I feel that my chess strengths are still here, .. I believe I can still improve.
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Moscow is simply unwilling to recognize the right of self-determination of nations.
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I have no idea how long Putin will last. The good news is, Putin doesn't know either. It will be sudden and it won't be peaceful. He has burned his bridges.
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At the northern border of Azerbaijan, Daghestan by no means contributes to the democratization of the Caucasus.
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It was not about losing my mental power it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
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