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The Russian news agency Federal Post has published pictures of the physical assault suffered by Garry Kasparov in Moscow on April 15. Kasparov himself comments on the attack on his web site Chesschamps.com.
The young man who had asked Kasparov to sign his chessboard says: "I
loved you as a chess player, but you are wrong in your politics". While
saying this he strikes Kasparov with the chessboard on the head.
Kasparov flinches after being hit by the chessboard
... and wrestles with his attacker. The chessboard is a brand new set with
the pieces inside, making it a heavy and dangerous weapon.
The attack is captured by a second camera
The assailant is subdued and led out of the room
In his Chesschamps diary Kasparov says that the incident was clearly intended as a provocation, prepared in advance. He sites the fact that there were pictures taken from two vantage points. "People were ready to take these pictures. They knew the attack was coming. Nobody could catch the moment like that just by luck, not from two angles."
Kasparov does not know who planned and initiated the attack, but he is sure that such things do not happen by accident. "The Russian liberal press has no doubt it was a deliberate attack. It is an insult that it should happen in a country I have represented for so many years. It shows how bad the situation is in the country. I am not at all confident that the attacker will be seriously questioned or investigated properly."
About his first moves in the political arena Kasparov says wryly: "I think they were quite successful if I am already getting such attention from the Kremlin."
