Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

The slaughter in Ukraine, the war crimes, the refugees, the energy crisis, the food crisis--all the doing of one man. Stop throwing diplomatic lifelines to Putin. Make it clear the civilized world can and will do without him. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

If Biden is serious about this war being critical for global and US security, as it is, then there should be a suitable war cabinet. The appeasers who failed catastrophically to understand Putin before will do it again if left in the chain of command. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

What are the Biden admin's goals in Ukraine and with Putin? If the White House genuinely wants Ukraine to win, there should be no more weapons holdups, no more blather about lines of communication that only help Putin. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

It's fine to have a "spy-diplomat" running point when spying and diplomacy help your goals. But now, due to the failure of the spying and the diplomacy, there is war, and people able and willing to fight it need to be in charge. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

The Afghan government was going to last but fell in four days. The Ukrainian government was going to fall in four days but is still standing. Why are the people who did this analysis for the Biden admin still in their jobs? — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

If Bill Burns at CIA is "the White House’s choice to talk to ‘people you don’t want to talk with’", it's past time to bring in some new people for when you're done wasting time talking to war criminals like Putin. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

His first solo book was on the Scheveningen Sicilian, although I did not learn it from him. A coincidence indicating a match made in Heaven. I still have some of his hand-written filing cards of openings and analysis. He lived and loved chess until the end. RIP Alexander. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Nikitin wasn't allowed to travel with me until my London candidates match with Korchnoi in 1983, for political reasons. Then through 1988 he attended nearly every major event. He was old school in every way, imprinting his tie and jacket on me. "Look serious, be serious!" — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Nikitin had some amusing views, always trying to sacrifice the queen, for example. "It's the weakest piece, Garry! It always has to run when attacked!" But chess was his temple, back when you had to buy a ticket to see big games live in an auditorium, not on TV or online. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

I first met Nikitin in Vilnius, 1973, and he suggested my candidacy for training to Botvinnik. He would send me materials and letters, "remote teaching" me in Baku from Moscow, where I would stay with him when I played in events there. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Mourning the death of Alexander Nikitin at age 87. My first coach, he had my back at every step of my climb up the chess Olympus. As much as knowledge, he taught me to take chess, and myself, seriously. He practiced the old magic, long before databases and internet. https://t.co/cfHicvwGyz — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @ezpainter: "The free world enjoys the benefits of engagement with dictatorships--oil for the Middle East, gas from Russia, everything e… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Putin and Russia humiliated? Perhaps not, but humbled, yes. Otherwise, Russia cannot be a rational country. As Erich Fromm wrote, to be objective, to use reason, is only possible if one has achieved an attitude of humility. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Macron is worried about Putin facing defeat, but it's exactly what Putin and all Russians must face before Russia can join the civilized world. No more delusions of empire. Only then can Russia be a real nation, not a mafia front and a gas station with nukes. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Either this war is the end of Putin or it's only a precursor to his next war. The West ignored this truth 8 years ago and made pipeline deals and refused to isolate Putin, leading directly to this genocidal war on Ukraine. Now appeasers want to do it again. Madness. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Until Russians and foreign leaders seriously engage with the idea of Russia without Putin after 22 long years, it won't become real. Every call from Macron is a lifeline to Putin. Every summit, every deal, strengthens his position and thus, this war. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

This is the fundamental element of isolation and deterrence that this generation of Western leaders fail to grasp. It's about status and the perception of alternatives, not democratic concepts like approval. It's a binary: Putin or no Putin. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Apparently Macron did say it, and every time he speaks about Putin he says something even worse. These calls and talk of saving face & deals with Putin only help convince Putin, his cronies, and the Russian people that Putin will never leave and is the big boss forever. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

To the critics saying things like decreasing energy dependence on dictatorships "won't do anything", imagine had these strong steps been taken eight years ago when Putin first invaded. He wouldn't have had the money or confidence to make war by now. He'd be long gone. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @Renew_Democracy: Political dissidents from every corner of the earth meet to talk about the freedom movements that made them enemies of… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @Renew_Democracy: Frontlines of Freedom is @pastorevanlive's new podcast where he discusses the fight for democracy with other political… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @olgatokariuk: Sometimes I have a feeling that France, Italy and some other European countries live in an alternative reality. They feel… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @DmytroKuleba: Calls to avoid humiliation of Russia can only humiliate France and every other country that would call for it. Because it… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Of the hundreds of missiles Russia has fired into Ukraine, have any hit the major gas pipeline? It seems their fire is not entirely indiscriminate... — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Some amazing replies. Green dreamers are always eager to sacrifice human lives in the present to save hypothetical ones in a future that will never exist if authoritarians have their way. I'm strongly for renewable energy, but meanwhile let's not be at the mercy of dictators. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Russian media are saying Macron spent 100 hours on the phone with Putin. They lie all the time, but I'd like to hear a denial from Elysée on this one. If true, Macron will get special places in both the history books and the Guinness Book. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

I understand Biden's visit to Saudi, to triangulate one brutal dictator against another. He left himself little choice by not increasing US oil production & the pipeline from Canada in the name of green dreams. Must plan ahead, substitute for dictatorships. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @chessninja: "Today we know that a dictatorship that conquers territory does not stop on its own; it only stops when it is stopped. Toda… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Domestic politics should not distract from support for a democracy under attack by Putin's genocidal war. It's a matter of global and national security. If you disagree with supporting Ukraine so be it, but don't do it out of the partisan divisiveness Putin thrives on. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

There was a lull in Western thinking after the Cold War ended, two decades of hoping that real evil was gone, that dictators should be engaged. Now the appeasers are being swept aside by reality once again. Next, the dictators themselves. — PolitiTweet.org