-- Time Magazine announced its Top 100 most influential people in the world and the Foundation is proud that its founder and chairman, Garry Kasparov, is among them.
"The TIME 100 is not a hot list. It's a survey not of the most powerful or the most popular, but of the most influential," writes Editor Richard Stengel. "We look for people whose ideas, whose example, whose talent, whose discoveries transform the world we live in." "... Or heroes like the great chess master Garry Kasparov, who is leading a lonely fight for greater democracy in Russia."
The feature, written by Michael Elliot, describes Mr. Kasparov as a "chess prodigy and inevitably a political figure." Lauded for his rebellious spirit while defeating Anatoly Karpov during the height of the cold war, and hailed for leading the Other Russia coalition in post-Soviet Russia, Mr. Kasparov is depicted as a true democratic hero.
The article concludes that "..by giving a voice to those who believe that Russia can develop in a way different from the authoritarianism that seems always to have been its fate, the retired grand master shows that he has not yet made his last move."
Founded by World Chess Champion
Garry Kasparov, KCF's mission is to bring the many educational
benefits of chess to children throughout the United States by
providing a complete chess curriculum and enrichment programs. The
Foundation promotes the study of chess as a cognitive learning tool
in curricular classes and after-school programs for elementary,
middle and high schools, both in the public and private school
sectors. The not-for-profit educational organization also organizes
tournaments and competitions on a local and national basis. For more
information, please visit http://www.kasparovchessfoundation.org/
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