LIKE many people, I was so transfixed by the return of The Crown in October that I failed to notice the start of another Netflix series, The Queen’s Gambit. Since then I have joined the millions who have been charmed and entranced by the story of the girl who grew up to be the first chess champion, which has now attracted even more viewers than The Crown.
My column
The Grandmistress of chess
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Thank you, quite an interesting short stories. One thing begs for correction, though. Mr. Kasparov. left Azerbaijan for Russia after the Armenians' massacre (and he was half of Armenian, you see) in Baku and Sumgait at the beginning of 1990. He left the Russian Federation in 2013 after making a fool of himself as an opposition politician. As great as he is as a chess player, he would not have any chance to get more than 1-5% of the votes in any fair and honest election. Just imagine Bobby Fisher running for the US president. Right.