Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 19:57:57 03/20/05
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On March 19, 2005 at 21:37:31, Madhavan wrote: >On March 19, 2005 at 21:09:59, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>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. > >huh!You said that he would be the next president of Russia,whats up with "he was >getting little by little more involved in politics" ? > In a young democratic country like Russia you have to start into politics slowly, in order to become president. Now in recent democratic country like Iraq, you simply get selected by being a popular religious leader. Jorge
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