# kasparovgate

**URL:** <https://forum.uschess.org/t/kasparovgate/18723>\
**Category:** All Things Chess\
**Created:** [January 21, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/kasparovgate/18723 "2014-01-21T23:15:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Drantos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Drantos](https://forum.uschess.org/u/Drantos)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/kasparovgate/18723/1 "2014-01-21T23:15:12Z")

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Quite an intriguing scandal reported here.  
[nytimes.com/2014/01/22/sport … ports&\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/sports/kasparovs-moves-in-run-for-chess-office-raise-ethical-concerns.html?hpw&rref=sports&_r=0)

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Lux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Joe\_Lux](https://forum.uschess.org/u/Joe_Lux)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/kasparovgate/18723/2 "2014-01-22T01:31:50Z")

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All the news that’s fit to print.

All the best, Joe

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**Author:** ![Drantos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Drantos](https://forum.uschess.org/u/Drantos)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/kasparovgate/18723/3 "2014-01-22T15:46:31Z")

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It’s remarkable that no chess site or news organization seems to have picked up on this. Kasparov makes no mention on Twitter.  
But the lawyer makes the case that he, himself, has no ethical problem.  
[kasparov2014.com/2014/01/20/stat … rten-sand/](http://kasparov2014.com/2014/01/20/statement-by-morten-sand/)

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Lux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Joe\_Lux](https://forum.uschess.org/u/Joe_Lux)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/kasparovgate/18723/4 "2014-01-22T15:55:47Z")

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It’s more interesting how this affects USCF & Rex. Certainly, Gary is better than Kirsan. However USA policy is against the use of bribery among other countries. Leong is far from being a poor man, but better to collect a million+ than to spend it. How much will the American, Rex, will spend in this campaign, we will probably never know.

Dylan knows how to get that inside information. Certainly no one would have known anything about this without his research.

All the best, Joe

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**Author:** ![Drantos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Drantos](https://forum.uschess.org/u/Drantos)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/kasparovgate/18723/5 "2014-01-23T16:48:42Z")

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FIDE’s only comment is a denial that the contract was “stolen”:  
[fide.com/component/content/a … ement.html](http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7691-announcement.html)  
Kasparov is still maintaining radio silence.

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**Author:** ![ketchuplover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@ketchuplover](https://forum.uschess.org/u/ketchuplover)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/kasparovgate/18723/6 "2014-03-02T15:54:27Z")

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Mr. Kasparov has been granted Croatian citizenship and may now open and close gates in Croatia as allowed by its laws :mrgreen:

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/system/32/2_2.png) [@system](https://forum.uschess.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/kasparovgate/18723/7 "2024-04-22T08:36:41Z")

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