Sunday, 25 January 2009

Nigel, why did Kasparov retire from chess?

He's one of the most original chess players - someone that simply just loves the game. Here's what Viswanathan Anand has to say about him:
He's someone who is very intelligent ... but you never know which mood he is going to be in.
Some days he will treat you like his long-lost brother. The next day he ignores you completely.
I have seen him totally drunk and singing Ukrainian poetry and then the next day I have seen him give an impressive talk.
For a while he was trying to learn Turkish. Don’t ask me why ... Every day is a surprise with him.
And here's his latest quote:
Nigel, why did Kasparov retire from chess?

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Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Leko is a spy from Anand's camp and he double crossed Kramnik.

ROTFL - and that's just an excerpt of the comments going on over at chessninja ...

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Friday, 13 October 2006

Topalov loses to Kramnik

... or a tale of how the most exciting chess player has lost to the most boring chess player.

Of course i'm over-simplifying matters, but i can't help it... that's simply how i feel.

Anyway, TWIC has more on this.

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