Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 18:09:59 03/19/05
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On March 19, 2005 at 18:32:14, Terry McCracken wrote: >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. A week ago I made that prediction, since he was getting little by little more involved in politics. Jorge
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