George Duke wrote on Thu, Sep 18, 2014 12:33 AM UTC:
The ChessBase Kasparov piece,
http://en.chessbase.com/post/kasparov-the-future-of-chess-not-fide, has
today's date, but the article itself is same one on the Kasparov site for
over a month, "Europe a lost continent" and all -- sounds like Fischer.
Please someone listen to the Fox interview first and see if any of it is
about innovation in Chess. Probably it's all dry politics not Chess, Kasparov
cozy with Wall Street Journal editors in contrast to WSJ progressive
reporters. Anyway politics is absolute order of the eve of the Scottish
election, all bets off.
And the fitting CV? Four-Handed Chaturanga, http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/chaturang4.html, the variant from around 1000, under "Variant for Gamblers," by Arabian Abu'r-Raihan Muhammad, b. Ahmad al beruni (973-1048) played with two six-sided dice, ostensibly peaceably. Fitting because the invention of the subvariant of Indian subcontinent original (possible Chinese aspect), does roughly coincide with arrival of Chess itself for the settled masses of Kasparov's "lost continent."
Beyond Simpleminded
Chess to friendly Chess, how trivial can you get: http://online.wsj.com/articles/chess-greats-meet-in-midtown-1410836727, no not long ago also this week.
Guaranteed, Kasparov could not be in shape to handle even a short
Simpleminded match, let alone selection from our top 50.
A Fourriere or Cetina or half dozen others would crush him.