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...Evidently Wojtaszek knew Karpov v Miles well, as he chose a harmonious formation with Nbd2 to guard his e4 pawn where Karpov had preferred the less precise Qe2....
...To add to the rocket science theme, Coolbrook’s team also includes chief designer Alexander Karpov, previously employed at the Russia’s Baikonur space port, and Vladimir Bushuev, who invented the rotodynamic...
...But the equation has changed in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine....
...This decision is in response to the 32-year-old Russian’s outspoken and controversial statements on social media in which he praised Vladimir Putin and supported the war....
...historian wanted to withdraw an article I had translated and submitted for him to a scholarly journal in America because he feared that its publication might get him into trouble at his university under Vladimir...
...terminated its relationship with the organisation at the weekend because of the presence on a US sanctions list of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the chess body’s maverick president and a Russian politician close to Vladimir...
...On July 11 last year, Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, flew to Moscow to meet Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin....
...On Vladimir Putin’s trip to Israel this summer, Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister, asked the Russian president how to anticipate world problems....
...After retiring in 2005, Kasparov became the face of opposition to an increasingly authoritarian turn under Russia’s then president, Vladimir Putin, now prime minister....
...He had been little seen of late: after 2005, Garry Kasparov, who retired from chess to become the face of political opposition to Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin, all but disappeared from the airwaves....
...It is a feat achieved by only three other players in the history of the game – Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov....
...He was the modern era’s most aggressive and original grandmaster, grinding out a series of victories over Anatoly Karpov and reinforcing the supremacy of the Soviet chess player....
...It's no longer Kasparov playing Karpov. It's no longer the match of utmost importance." At the end we talked chess. What had been Kasparov's zenith?...
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