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" At the end of the day, it's all about money. "
End
End Of The Day
Money
" Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment. "
Responsibility
Problem
Environment
" Chess is mental torture. "
Mental
Chess
Torture
" Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful. "
Successful
Chess
Me
" If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences. "
Future
You
Country
" I have great energy and I have great tasks ahead of me. "
Me
Tasks
Great
" I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security. "
Me
Protect
Security
" I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels. "
Country
Few
Missed
" I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country. "
Political
Also
Chess
" I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore. "
Decision
Play
Want
" I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay. "
Think
Rivals
Me
" In chess, we have styles - like in any other field. There are also fashions in the kinds of systems that people play. So I'm trying to know my opponent as much as possible. "
People
Trying
Like
" I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books. "
Support
Chess
Writing
" I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces. "
Hunting
Father
Style
" It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world. "
Long
Take
Values
" I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try. "
Looking
Think
Today
" I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention. "
Democracy
Think
Learning
" I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy. "
Today
Market
Democracy
" I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections. "
People
Think
Now
" I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values. "
Values
Think
Steady
" It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess. "
Difficult
My Life
Me
" It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game. "
Game
Good
Losing
" I've met enough KGB colonels in my life. "
Enough
KGB
My Life
" I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world. "
Art
Game
People
" I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people. "
Important
Day
Believe
" More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people. "
Today
Country
Influence
" Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power. "
Danger
Real
Power
" Putin is like Al Capone. "
Like
Al
Al Capone
" Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control. "
Control
Enough
Everything
" Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. "
Instructions
Fall
Today
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