Kasparov interview

By John B Henderson

This article appeared in the Scotsman newspaper on Monday 11 November 1996.

LAST MAN STANDING?

Uttalande av Garri om schack i skolan

I asked him what he wanted education authorities to do with regard to chess in schools and why it was important? 'Chess must
be in the school curriculum, one year of chess at Primary School level. It's very easy to do. It teaches kids so many qualities:
logic, it helps them to focus on targets, discipline, and the number one quality is responsibility. We livein an irresponsible world
of joint board decisions, no one wants to take responsibility for their decisions. With chess it's up to you, no one's backing you.
Youngsters have to think about the paradoxes of modern civilisation. We're wasting our most sophisticated technologies on
mindless games, and that's a great paradox.'

Topp tio

Top 100 Players, 1st July 1997 FIDE Rating List

Rank Name Title Fed Rtng Games Birthday
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2820 21 13.04.63
2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2770 34 25.06.75
3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2765 30 11.12.69
4 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2745 39 15.03.75
5 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2745 19 23.05.51
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2725 21 18.03.69
7 Kamsky, Gata.................... g USA 2720 0 02.06.74
8 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2710 72 17.12.53
9 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2700 50 04.07.72
10 Gelfand, Boris.................. g BLR 2695 35 24.06.68

Top 50 Women, 1st July 1997 FIDE Rating List

Rank Name Title Fed Rtng Games Birthday
1 Polgar, Judit (GM).............. g HUN 2670 29 23.07.76
2 Polgar, Zsuzsa (GM)............. g HUN 2565 0 19.04.69
3 Chiburdanidze, Maia (GM)........ g GEO 2525 24 17.01.61
4 Cramling, Pia (GM).............. g SWE 2520 25 23.04.63
5 Ioseliani, Nana (IM)............ g GEO 2520 17 12.02.62
6 Zhu, Chen..................... g CHN 2515 33 16.03.76
7 Xie, Jun (GM)................... g CHN 2495 46 30.10.70
8 Polgar, Sofia (IM).............. g HUN 2475 4 02.11.74
9 Matveeva, Svetlana.............. g RUS 2470 21 04.07.69
10 Peptan, Corina.................. g ROM 2460 35 17.03.78

Top 20 Juniors, 1st July 1997 FIDE Rating List

Rank Name Title Fed Rtng Games Birthday
1 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2635 44 08.09.79
2 Sutovskij, Emil................. g ISR 2590 54 19.09.77
3 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2590 25 18.07.77
4 Baklan, Vladimir................ m UKR 2570 36 25.02.78
5 Movsesian, Sergei............... g CZE 2555 70 03.11.78
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. m UKR 2555 26 11.10.83
7 Avrukh, Boris................... g ISR 2550 67 08.01.78
8 Kacheishvili, Giorgi............ m GEO 2550 51 10.02.77
9 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2545 31 22.01.83
10 Ivanisevic, Ivan................ f YUG 2540 38 23.11.77

Top 20 Girls, 1st July 1997 FIDE Rating List

Rank Name Title Fed Rtng Games Birthday
1 Peptan, Corina.................. g ROM 2460 35 17.03.78
2 Stefanova, Antoaneta............ g BUL 2450 54 19.04.79
3 Lakos, Nikoletta................ m HUN 2415 22 14.12.78
4 Vasilevich, Tatjana............. g UKR 2390 25 14.01.77
5 Danielian, Elina................ g ARM 2380 42 16.08.78
6 Vajda, Szidonia................. m ROM 2375 67 20.01.79
7 Pitam, Ela..................... m ISR 2375 17 10.02.77
8 Hunt, Harriet................... g ENG 2360 44 04.02.78
9 Bobrowska, Monika............... g POL 2360 28 24.03.78
10 Hoang Th., Trang (IM)........... g VIE 2350 38 25.04.80