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There's the blazing Russian Caucasus, with an ongoing war all against all, which is not to be neglected.

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Garry Kasparov
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 13
Chess Player
Critic
Journalist
Politician
Writer
City of Winds
Gary Kasparov
Garik Kimovich Weinstein
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With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art.
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Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.
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By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion
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I dropped the King's Indian in 1997 after one too many bad experiences against Kramnik.
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Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature.
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