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A grandmaster must memorize thousands of chess duels in his head, as these are for him what words of the mother tongue are to the ordinary people and what notes are to a musician.
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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