Saw this guy on Bill Maher and just heard him on WNYC. Too bad he can't run in the United States.

Considering that he's very anti-Putin, I really hope nothing bad happens to him.

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connor wrote:Saw this guy on Bill Maher and just heard him on WNYC. Too bad he can't run in the United States.

my god he was great. I want to read his book, now.

political argument as a chess match?!

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he was also on the colbert report.

i like him so far. NOT CRAP.

How long till his mysterious death? Over or under 8 months?

garry kazparov rules. he was funny on colbert report too.

russia wouldn't kill kasparov. it would reduce their total number of grandmasters. soviet pride.

There was a substantial profile of him in a recent New Yorker, mostly pertaining to his political aspirations, too. Good stuff.

Also entertaining is the movie Kasparov and the Machine.

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He was on Bill Maher's show last week and was excellent.

It's pretty gutsy what he's doing. He's obviously very intelligent, and has a good wit as well.

I'm about a third of the way into How Life Imitates Chess. It's an excellent read. I'm reading it more for the insight into chess than anything else, and I think that because it's not specifically a chess book there is stuff in there you're not going to get in any other chess book. There's a postscript about his involvement in Russian politics, and he's not backward in coming forward regarding what he thinks of Putin.

I know this is moving away from the poll subject of him as a political figure, but I am finding this book very motivational in my life at the moment for various reasons. There is fascinating insight into the discipline instilled in him by his chess tutor Botvinnik. There is also an interesting thing he says about an attitude that has faded in recent years: thinking inside the box.

Good recent article about him:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007 ... ct_remnick