Election feverExpats in London hold early-morning election parties - Aussie style Nov 25, 2007
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Police halt opposition rally in Moscow Nov 24, 2007
Riot police broke up an anti-Kremlin rally of several thousand people, detaining some of the protesters, including former chess champion Garry Kasparov and other opposition leaders. Police also detained Eduard Limonov, leader of the National Bolshevik Party, who has been Kasparov's closest partner in a broad opposition coalition. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Freshman O.J. Mayo walked the tightrope between tough outside influences to USC. Nov 22, 2007
He's no Garry Kasparov, but Mayo likes to compare his basketball moves to the think-three-moves-ahead strategy he employs on the chessboard. "In the barber shop you start playing checkers, and eventually you want to learn how to play chess," he says. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
Foreigners 'funding Putin's foes' Nov 22, 2007
Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion, said votes cast for small parties failing to reach a seven per cent threshold for representation in the lower house of parliament would automatically be reallocated to United Russia unless ballot papers were spoiled. The "entire process is under control from Putin's regime", he said. (Aljazeera.Net)
Reading Anne Enright Oct 18, 2007
(COMEDY, 11:30 p.m.): Garry Kasparov discusses "How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, From the Board to the Boardroom.". (WNET, midnight): Vicente Fox talks about his memoir, "Revolution of Hope: The Life, Faith, and Dreams of a Mexican President.". (New York Times)
GARRY'S HEIRS GET NASTY EARLY Oct 14, 2007
GARRY'S HEIRS GET NASTY EARLY. Since 2000, when Vladimir Kramnik won a world championship match and Vishy Anand won a rival world chess championship tournament, both men have quietly viewed themselves as the true. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Transcript: Kasparov to Start Campaign Promoting 'Values of Democracy' Oct 11, 2007
In an interview with FOX News' James Rosen, Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov expressed his desire to restore the culture of debate in Russian society ... The day the Russian people have a chance to say "no" to Garry Kasparov that will be a big victory for us. (Fox News -- Politics)
Let's see what reception I get: Anand Oct 1, 2007
The first undisputed wo 00004000 rld champion since Garry Kasparov, who parted ways with FIDE in 1993, Anand said he was relieved after accomplishing the feat. Even Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, who had defeated Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in a match-play, was not the undisputed champion. (India Times, India)
RUSSIAN CHESS CHAMP NAMED NEW PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE... Oct 1, 2007
MOSCOW (AP) - The former world chess champion Garry Kasparov entered Russia's presidential race on Sunday, elected overwhelmingly as the candidate for the country's beleagured opposition coalition. Kasparov has been a driving force behind the coalition, which has united liberals, leftists and nationalists in opposition to President Vladimir Putin. (The Drudge Report)
Don't sell uranium to Russia: Kasparov Aug 21, 2007
Former chess champion and significant political opposition figure in Russia, Garry Kasparov, has warned Australia against selling uranium to his country, The Bulletin magazine says. Mr Kasparov has told the magazine that the Kremlin cannot be trusted to use Australian uranium purely for domestic peaceful purposes, as is Australia's requirement. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The big guessing game Jul 6, 2007
At the end of an anti-Kremlin demonstration in central Moscow last month, Garry Kasparov, one of the leaders of the Other Russia opposition movement, announced that he and the other organizers had decided against marching out of the designated rally area in Pushkin Square, a move that the city authorities had already rejected and that would have led to clashes with the riot police and the OMON, Russia's paramilitary forces. "There are too many OMON forces waiting for us," Kasparov said into the... (International Herald Tribune)
Impossible is nothing Jul 1, 2007
Rhona Petrosyan, widow of chess legend Tigran Petrosyan, told Garry Kasparov: "Garry, I am sorry for you." A stunned Kasparov who, just the previous day, had won the world title to become the youngest-ever chess champion in history at the age of 22, queried: "And what is there to feel sorry about?" Petrosyan replied: "I am sorry for you, Garry, because the best day of your life is already over.". Because, in sport, a record is never important in itself. (India Times, India)
Young Knights Jun 24, 2007
Andrew also has read all five volumes of Garry Kasparov s My Great Predecessors, a history of the World Chess Championships. But he especially likes math, at which he is something of a prodigy (he was doing multiplication at age 3) and which he says he prefers even to chess. (Boston Globe)
Different gameGarry Kasparov's tricky shift from chess to Kremlin challenger Jun 21, 2007
Russia's former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has given up the game he dominated for 20 years in order to take on a new opponent - Vladimir Putin ... Garry Kasparov was arrested during a rally in April. (BBC News -- Europe)
Press freedoms at risk Jun 5, 2007
In Russia (where several reporters have been killed), journalists were ordered to do a 50-50 split between real news and news that cast the country in a good light and never mind that protesters were being arrested, among them Other Russia leader Garry Kasparov. And according to the Associated Press, the Iraqi government has been limiting media coverage of bombing attacks. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Chess champ stopped from joining protest May 18, 2007
Police have prevented Russian chess great and opposition leader Garry Kasparov from boarding a flight to the city of Samara, where he planned to take part in a protest march coinciding with a Russia-EU summit, an aide said. Police at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport took Kasparov's passport and ticket, preventing him from boarding a plane and from reaching the airport, Marina Litvinovich told The Associated Press. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Aus to defend RoboCup title May 11, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Robots fight for the ball during a match of the four-legged league at the RoboCup 2006 in Bremen June 17, 2006. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Infotainment May 10, 2007
100 Most Influential People In The World NEW YORK: Chess legend Garry Kasparov arrives with a guest to attend the 100 Most Influential People In The World gala. reuters. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Chess with God (and others) Apr 21, 2007
99 How Life Imitates Chess, by Garry Kasparov 288pp, Heinemann, 20 ... Garry Kasparov is a pretty sane guy, too - driven, egoistical, intense, but certainly not mad. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Chess legend questioned over "extremism" Apr 20, 2007
Chess champion and opposition activist Garry Kasparov says he was questioned for almost four hours by Russia's state security service over suspicions he made extremist statements. Kasparov was summoned by the Federal Security Service (FSB), a successor to the Soviet KGB, after an anti-Kremlin rally last Saturday during which he was briefly detained and fined for a public order offence. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Freedom's Champions Apr 17, 2007
One of those detained on Saturday was Garry Kasparov, the long-time World Chess Champion and a world-class champion of freedom ... Most recently, Garry Kasparov has entered the political fray, helping to found Other Russia, a somewhat ungainly coalition of parties from the Left and the Right who have joined forces to challenge Vladimir Putin's creeping totalitarianism and offer a democratic alternative in upcoming elections ... One of those detained on Saturday was Garry Kasparov, the long-time... (Townhall.com)
Anti-Kremlin rally planned for St Petersburg Apr 15, 2007
During yesterday's opposition march in the capital, 170 people were arrested, including activist and former chess champion Garry Kasparov. Protesters, allied under the Other Russia coalition, said the tough reaction to the Moscow march would boost the turnout at the rally in Russia's second-largest city. (RTE.ie)
Protesters turn on Putin Apr 15, 2007
2,000 demonstrators defy Kremlin to march in Moscow's streets as opposition leader Garry Kasparov is arrested ... Riot police officers detain a demonstrator who is among opposition activists and supporters of Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov, gathered outside a district police station where Kasparov was taken after being detained in Moscow ... The man who was supposed to lead it, Garry Kasparov - Russia's former world chess champion - was detained as soon as he emerged from his taxi. (Guardian Unlimited)
Kasparov Freed After Anti-Putin Rally Apr 15, 2007
Thousands of police officers massed to keep the demonstrators off landmark Pushkin Square in downtown Moscow, beating some and detaining many others, including Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion who has emerged as the most prominent leader of the opposition alliance. Police said 170 people had been detained but a Kasparov aide, Marina Litvinovich, said as many as 600 were although about half were released quickly. (Time.com)
Today in History April 13 Apr 13, 2007
Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov is 44. Actress Page Hannah is 43. (MSNBC -- Race)
Playing to win Apr 2, 2007
Simonson, who started playing chess when he was 12, said world attention on the game, along with players like world champions Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov renewed interest in the game. During the Idaho Open, sponsored by the Idaho Chess Association, players each had 90 minutes to win a game. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Feb 8: Game has become lot faster: Anand » Mar 14, 2007
Especially, that one move which experts feel cost him the World Championship in 1995 when he could have beaten Garry Kasparov ... Observers say if you had taken it, probably you could have gone on to beat Garry Kasparov. (Hindustan Times, India)
Fiery grandmaster Mar 11, 2007
MOSCOW: Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, took a pen and notebook and diagramed the protesters' march through St. Petersburg a week ago. Like a general reliving a battle or a player analyzing a winning combination, he drew circles and lines. (International Herald Tribune)
Klitschko looks to make history Jan 31, 2007
To keep busy, Klitschko, who holds a doctorate in sports science from Kiev University, mounted an unsuccessful campaign to become mayor of Kiev (he lost to millionaire businessman Leonid Chernovetsky), worked with philanthropic causes, honed his chess game (he once hung in a game with former world champ Garry Kasparov for 31 moves) and supported his brother. In Wladimir's KO victory over Calvin Brock last month, Vitali was by his side in the week leading up to the fight and in his corner the... (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
The first 100 days Jan 22, 2007
In 1997, Dutkowsky was an IBM executive who made headlines when he developed a marketing campaign focused on a chess match between world champion Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue, an IBM supercomputer. In his first 100 days as CEO of (NYSE: TECD), Dutkowsky has emulated a master chess player and is a fierce competitor, mapping out plays to boost company performance and stay a few moves ahead of the competition, notably up and comer, Santa Ana, Calif. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
One bit of positive news for tennis that has come since the big Roger Federer snub. Dec 22, 2006
It's like Garry Kasparov having to intimidate Kevin Federline before a big chess match (OK, that's a stretch). I just think, besides his own natural temperament, Federer is so much better than his opponents right now that all that stuff that is useful in emotional team sports like football and basketball is wasted energy for him. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Foresight also can be 20/20Post a Comment Oct 27, 2006
And you have to be its Garry Kasparov. Always thinking a few moves ahead of other owners in terms of potential trades and real-team depth charts. (Miami.com, FL -- Sports)
Chess saga ends in Russian triumph Oct 14, 2006
Tom Parfitt in MoscowSaturday October 14, 2006. Vladimir Kramnik of Russia receives the award after winning the world chess championship in Elista, southern Russia. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Chess school: Learning is fun Sep 28, 2006
When the school opened in Dec. 2002, seven-time World Chess Champion Karpov visited the school where he trained for an upcoming match with Grandmaster Garry Kasparov. The U.S. Chess Federation named Lindsborg the 004 Chess City of the Year. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
Political pawns Sep 27, 2006
Maybe not, but the 12-game match, which got underway on Saturday, is historic in chess terms at least, re-uniting the sport for the first time since it split into rival factions 13 years ago when Garry Kasparov broke with the World Chess Federation (FIDE), accusing the world governing body of corruption and mismanagement. Kasparov. (CNN -- International)
Game of kingsChess world powers roll into Europe's only Buddhist nation Sep 26, 2006
In 1993, champion Garry Kasparov broke away from world governing body Fide to form the Professional Chess Association and play English master Nigel Short for the world title, claiming his hand was forced by corruption and mismanagement ... CLASSICAL CHAMPIONS Wilhelm Steinitz Emanuel Lasker Jose Raul Capablanca Alexander Alekhine Max Euwe Mikhail Botvinnik Vasily Smyslov Mikhail Tal Tigran Petrosian Boris Spassky Bobby Fischer Anatoly Karpov Garry Kasparov Vladimir Kramnik. (BBC News -- Europe)
Battle of the chess board Sep 18, 2006
Kramnik, who is Russian and ranked fourth, is Classical Chess world champion, a title established after Garry Kasparov, then the top player, led a breakaway from Fide in 1993. An agreement to restore unity was signed in 2002, but it has taken four years to arrange a match that will produce a single champion. (TimesOnline)
HIGH-TECH MOVES TO STOP CHEATING Sep 3, 2006
The 12-game match that begins Sept. 23 in Elista, Russia, will be the "match of the century" because the winner will be the first undisputed world champion since Garry Kasparov broke away from FIDE in 1993. BRIDGE YOU can't play good bridge if your brain isn't working efficiently; mental agility is a requisite. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Bodley: Reds rising Aug 15, 2006
PHILADELPHIA Since Wayne Krivsky became the Cincinnati Reds' general manager on Feb. 8, he's made more moves than Garry Kasparov. Admittedly, changing faces on a baseball team is a far cry from a chessboard, but maybe Krivsky should tackle that sport, too. (USA Today -- Sports)
Glendale's Abril Bookstore an Outpost of Armenian Culture Aug 10, 2006
It contains the exploits of competitors of Armenian heritage, including tennis star Andre Agassi, chess champion Garry Kasparov and a succession of champions in weightlifting, a sport in which Armenians have long excelled. Bairamian proudly noted that at the 37th Chess Olympiad this spring in Turin, Italy, the Armenian team won the gold medal. (Los Angeles Times)
* An old Oriental game of strategy still confounds programmers Aug 6, 2006
Advertising When Garry Kasparov was beaten, to his furious humiliation, by IBM's Deep Blue chess computer in 1997, it left human players pondering their future. Draughts, Othello, backgammon, Scrabble: by the start of this century, each had been all but conquered by machines. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
The Expert Mind Jul 25, 2006
Garry Kasparov, the Russian grandmaster who has a rating of 2812, will win 75 percent of his games against the 100th-ranked grandmaster, Jan Timman of the Netherlands, who has a rating of 2616. Similarly, a U.S. tournament player rated 1200 (about the median) will win 75 percent of the time against someone rated 1000 (about the 40th percentile). (Scientific American)
Freedom constrained in G-8 host Russia Jul 13, 2006
Garry Kasparov, the former chess master, is another figure excluded from national television channels, the most influential media here. Now head of United Civil Front, which promotes fair elections, he has been barnstorming the country. (Newsweek)
Starr: The Sad Truth About Super Bowl Winners Feb 7, 2006
Two weeks in which no Bus is left unboarded, in which every note on Big Ben is chimed, and during which every move of Shaun Alexander on the chessboard is scrutinized as if he were Garry Kasparov. Moreover, Motown hasnt received so much attention since Berry Gordy picked up shop and left for L.A.. (Newsweek)
