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The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.
Garry Kasparov
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Garry Kasparov
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 13
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Somehow, AI is playing an important role of breaking up the ice of complacency. We have a comfortable life, we just don't want to take risks. AI is threatening too many comfortable jobs to make people think about taking risks again.
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The downfall of democratic institutions in Russia doesn't add to the self-confidence of either [Vladimir] Putin or his friends, as the loss of power could lead to repercussions in Russian society.
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I would like to travel to my country again, to a country without a dictatorship, to a post-Putin Russia.
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Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.
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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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