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"Chess is mental torture."
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"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
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"I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess."
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"I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event."
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"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."
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"I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt."
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"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind."
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"In Kansas I have a chess school."
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"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways."
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"After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired."
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"Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic."
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"I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels."
Vision
"I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections."
People
"Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn't want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials."
Power
"I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values."
Values
"Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin."
Parliament
"Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power."
Power
"I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try."
Today
"I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people."
People
"I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy."
Capitalism
"I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention."
People
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