New Yorker Kasparov Piece

[Brian_Lafferty]

newyorker.com/reporting/2007 … table=true

[Akzidenz]

The NY article is mostly about Kasparov’s involvement in Russian politics, which is quite interesting. It’d never happen here, that’s for sure.

Here’s one juicy chess quote, submitted for your amusement:

The espresso came bolshoi trippio—enormous mugs of steaming caffeine. It became easier to see how Kasparov was able to work heroic hours and then, well after midnight, settle down at his computer to play “blitz”—five-minute-long games of chess. He plays anonymously, but the cognoscenti know his style of attack. They still feel his presence. Sinatra cannot sing anonymously.