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Let's talk about Kasparov

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Was I too busy over the past year, may be? May be not! as my friend from Manchester used to say. I think I was little bit lazy, or not motivated enough. Ok, let's put these things behind and go through this game. I studied this game for the first time many years ago, may be in 1986 or 1987 I realy do not remember. But I am sure that this was my first book about chess, it was written in Arabic for "Al Ostaz" or the Master Hassan Khaled, who is known as Chess Godfather in Egypt. He is not a Grand Master but he trained the young generation to acheive this title. Thus, Ahmed Adly, Bassem Amin and the young princess Mona Khaled are the fruites on his chess tree. Unfortunately, I do not have games for Mr. Hassan Khaled, however, I am planning to publish some games for Ahmed Adly very soon. Back to this book "Garry Kasparov the miracle of chess", it covered the early years of his career till 1985 before he takes the crown. This is one of the fine games that shows G

Bobby Fischer check mated #

Condolences for all chess players and the world. As the Icelandic media has announced this on 18th of Jan. the sudden death of the former world champion Robert James Fischer. "Chess is life" he said once. I believe that his life has ended 30 years ago when he gave up playing active chess. I think many of chess fans and veterans agree on that. As soon as I read the sad news, I navigated the web searching for more news about Fischer. Oh, I have to admit that I found lots of confusing stories about the legendary chess champ. However, his chess brilliancy was not debated or questioned. His life [after retirement] was a mystery for every one. During the next few days I will try to present some of best games; to explore his chess brilliancy is an easy task. However to reveal his loony actions after 1972, I believe it is not in my hand.
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at the Holy Lake of Pharoes in Karnak Temple - Luxor