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Kasparov on Maher – checkmate in two 20.10.2007 – Bill Maher is a colorful, eloquent and witty talkshow host, a comedian who has very high ratings and a dedicated following. Maher also tends to dominated his guests with his superior intellect and verbal skills. But his encounter with Garry Kasparov ended in a double checkmate for the former world chess champion. It was an impressive display in a tough talk show. Good stuff, must watch.  

Schwarzenegger – playing chess with the budget 11.01.2004 "An opening move in the fiscal chess game" – that is how one journalist is describing Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger's recently announced budget plans for California's ailing economy. The analogy to chess is not accidental – the action star is known to be a chess enthusiast. The above article is quoted in full on the Free Republic forum, a web portal that describes itself as an "online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and...

Schwarzenegger – playing chess with the budget11.01.2004 "An opening move in the fiscal chess game" – that is how one journalist is describing Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger's recently announced budget plans for California's ailing economy. The analogy to chess is not accidental – the action star is known to be a chess enthusiast. Here's the full story...In this article in the Sacremento Bee columnist Dan Walters describes Arnold Schwarzenegger as "not just another chiseled face, but is serious about governing -- and about repairing the state's disastrous fiscal condition". The Governor of California, an Austrian action-movie star, is faced with...