Chess has-beens.
Is there anything they don’t know?
Kasparov talking of Putin causing ‘caos in the FREE world’, in a Ukrainian newspaper?
The last time I checked, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, suspended freedom of the press, closing numerous news sources and controlling the rest. Where’s this ‘free world’ that he speaks of?
Putin lost the moment Zelenskyy said I need ammo not a ride.
Putin was humiliated when his puppet ran away in 2014. Putin wanted badly to even the score. But Zelenskyy was determined to fight.
Chess can get caught up in politics. Examples include: Fischer’s match against Spassky, (Soviet defector) Korchnoi’s match against Karpov, Ficher’s return match with Spassky, political influence in the Soviet Union, Alekhine in Germany during World War 2.
Chess players can choose to get caught up with politics. Fischer’s animus towards Jews was embarrassing to say the least. Kasparov has always had a thing against Putin. I sympathize. Kasparov likened Trump to Putin. I object.
Chess geniuses are not universal geniuses. I think the same applies to geniuses in mathematics, physics, or anything else. I reject the idea of universal geniuses.
Evaluate Kasparov’s words on their own merit. Agree or disagree. Please do not pass them off as the ideas of anyone who is a genius about anything than chess.