Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 15:32:14 03/19/05
March 18, 2005 — Garry Kasparov has been the most successful chess player in the world for 20 years. But at age 41, he is suddenly retiring from professional competition. Kasparov is leaving competitive chess for the very competitive world of Russian politics. He says that Russian democracy needs defending and it's being damaged by current President Vladimir Putin. "I'm sad at the end of the day, but for me it's not a retirement," he said. "At 41, I'm not part of the Social Security debate yet. And I would rather see it as a transition. I did a lot — probably more than anyone else at the chess board — and I feel that all this experience, all the knowledge that had been accumulated over 30 years should be used more effectively somewhere else. I think my presence in Russian political life could make a difference for millions of people." http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2272 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4541865.
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