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Energy is connected to physical fitness. One of the reasons I stayed at the top so long is that I was tremendously fit. At 36, I was fitter than most opponents ten years younger.

Garry Kasparov

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