On Aug 24, 12:28 pm, Taylor Kingston wrote:

Personally, I find Kasparov to be reasonable (in contrast to Fischer),
but as a foreigner my views don't count.

It's not hard to find people more reasonable than Fischer, who among
other things has said that Jews kill Christian children and use their
blood to make matzoh bread. Kasparov, to my knowledge, has never said
anything at all so offensive, but he does entertain a few strange
views (e.g. on history). In chess politics, the main kind he's been
involved with until recently, his record has not been very impressive,
IMO. He has started up various organizations (the GMA, PCA, WCC, etc.)
that seem to start strong, but quickly fizzle when he loses interest.
I would think more persistence will be required of anyone serious
about opposing Putin.


It's not that GK has failed in his persistence; it is
that he wants to control and dominate these new
organizations, and when he doesn't get his way he
acts like a spoiled child and then without his support,
the orgs. weaken and fail. I seem to recall that after
being headed by GK for a while, one election has the
result of putting Jan Timman in charge, whereupon
GK balked. The man (child, really) wants to be the
COB, CEO, CFO, and Dictator-for-life -- all or nothing.

Because these problems are so severe, I can't help
bot wonder when I see pictures of GK being arrested
by Russian police, if he isn't doing it all just to get
attention. You know, like Sam Sloan, or any other
overgrown child.

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