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The loss of my childhood was the price for becoming the youngest world champion in history. When you have to fight every day from a young age, your soul can be contaminated. I lost my childhood. I never really had it. Today I have to be careful not to become cruel, because I became a soldier too early.

Garry Kasparov

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Garry Kasparov
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 13
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