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There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar.

Garry Kasparov

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Garry Kasparov
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 13
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Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable.
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The situation in the [North Caucasus ] region can easily get out of control if the capital inflow is interrupted. It is apparent, even when leaving democratic institutions and values aside for a moment, that [Vladimir] Putin's regime has led the country down a blind alley. Our task is to usher in a shift of paradigms, a new foundation.
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Russia's inclination toward authoritarianism undoubtedly strengthened the leaders in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Kazakhstan, as they are afraid of normal democratic procedures.
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The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do.
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Revenge for a terror attack is ideal for Putin's model. His propaganda machine will be filled with scenes of crash victims if [Vladimir] Putin sees the need for a larger war to stoke his domestic support again as the Russian economy teeters.
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I reckon that there won't be an intervention in the near future, because Georgia's military adventure revealed the weakness of the Russian army.
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I'm not in favour of a regulation-free world. I align myself with Teddy Roosevelt, who broke up the trusts. Regulation is necessary, but it should be in favour of the consumer, the citizen, and freedom.
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I like to say that the attacker always has the advantage.
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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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A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.
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Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most crystal-clear in the entire history of chess, astonishes one with his logic.
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Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new job is to fight for those people and to fight for these fundamental rights.
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I feel that my chess strengths are still here, .. I believe I can still improve.
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I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.
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We have to stop the propaganda, the shameful propaganda used by Kremlin to rehabilitate these old types.
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Nowadays, a 13-year-old would probably know more than Bobby Fischer knew when he retired. They analyse all the moves and prepare themselves on their computers. But that doesn’t mean they are special.
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Right, left, Greens, Baathists, whatever: it comes down to grabbing and holding power and using ideology - or religion, race - as a justification.
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The most hopeful approach to peace in Ukraine is the Minsk Agreement, which includes Moscow.
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At the end of the day, it's all about money.
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Chess is far too complex to be definitively solved with any technology we can conceive of today. However, our looked-down-upon cousin, checkers, or draughts, suffered this fate quite recently thanks to the work of Jonathan Schaeffer at the University of Alberta and his unbeatable program Chinook.
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