Having seen Gary Kasparov on Bill Maher and other recent interviews including C-Span regarding his latest book, How Life Imitates Chess, I am worried about his future safety due to his recent arrest because of his opposition against Putin. I found him very charismatic and courageous.
From Times Online.co.uk:
Kasparov’s next move
As the world’s greatest chess player, Garry Kasparov was an idol of the former Soviet Union. Today he has more powerful opponents"Occasionally I get asked who is the most charismatic person I’ve interviewed, and, for the past 14 years, I’ve given the same answer: Garry Kasparov. A chess player? People reply. Absolutely, I say. Chess, like boxing, that other great blood sport, like, indeed, Russian politics, is about directly destroying your opponent; Kasparov did that over 64 squares more effectively than anybody else. Up close, you could see why. Intellectually, physically, the man known as the Beast of Baku gave new life to the cliché animal magnetism."
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