MetaFilter posts tagged with Kasparov

Griefing comes to First Life

thirteenkiller — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:07:02 -0800

BREAKING NEWS: Kasparov assailed by flying dong. Possible inspiration

Kasparov Detained By Russian Police (check)

mrzarquon — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:20:07 -0800

Garry Kasparov, chess grandmaster, and presidential opponent to Putin, has just been detained on charges of organizing a protest and resisting arrest. We have discussed Putin before.Journalists are also being targeted. Will there actually be an election in March 2008, when is Putin constitutionally required to step down? (Or will there be a March Surpise?).

KirkJobSluder — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:27:42 -0800

It looks like that the British network einstein.tv and the FIDE may open negotiations this month for a reunified world chess championship. The championship was split in 1993 when Garry Kasparov left the FIDE to start his own failed league. Kasparov claims the world championship left with him, while the FIDE claims he abdicated by refusing to play nice with others. Kasparov lost the championship last year to Kramnik. Einstein.TV is milking the publicity while the FIDE says we are meeting but no comment. Wood pushers like me are probably better off leaving the politics to the people who can't stand each other and sticking to the internet chessclub, the free chess servers or simply email chess.