Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

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Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by Gordon Morse » Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:00 pm

Garry Kasparov will be Kirsty Young's guest on "Desert Island Discs" at 11.15 on Radio 4 this coming Sunday, the 28th.

Which tracks will he choose? Perhaps he will go for "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "King of Pain" by The Police, "Killer Queen" by, well, it's obvious, or on a more elevated level, "The Dance of the Knights" from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet".

Of course, he could select something by Chubby Checker.

"Put(t)in' On The Ritz" is unlikely to make the final cut.
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Re: Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by Roger de Coverly » Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:12 pm

Gordon Morse wrote:
Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:00 pm
Garry Kasparov will be Kirsty Young's guest on "Desert Island Discs" at 11.15 on Radio 4 this coming Sunday, the 28th.
He made some interesting comparisons between life in the Soviet Union in the early 1980s and the West in a piece on the ChessBase site.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/garry-kas ... ll-started

That including smuggling back computer components readily available in the West but unobtainable in the Soviet Union. But was it not always so with Soviet GMs who were allowed to travel to the West, that they took orders from their colleagues on what to bring back?

Perhaps this will come out in the interview sections.

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Re: Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by Kevin O'Rourke » Thu Jan 25, 2018 1:52 pm

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Re: Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by Alex Holowczak » Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:16 pm

What are the odds on his luxury item being a chess set?

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Re: Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by Jonathan Bryant » Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:56 pm

Bad Losers on Yahoo Chess, surely

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Re: Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:04 pm

Alex Holowczak wrote:
Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:16 pm
What are the odds on his luxury item being a chess set?
Low, I would have thought. He can do chess in his head. Mere mortals can make chess sets from whatever materials are to hand. Or am I missing the point of the 'luxury' item? Do people take satellite-connected (chess-playing) phones to desert islands now? 8)


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Re: Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by IanCalvert » Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:23 pm

I guess Gary has never read "How to cheat at Chess", what other English chess books might be appropriate??

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Post by David Robertson » Thu Jan 25, 2018 6:21 pm

Music

Billie Holiday "Me, Myself, and I" (are so in love with Me)

Book

Kasparov on Kasparov, vol I - III

Luxury Item

A mirror

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Re: Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by Nick Grey » Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:52 pm

Having seen his recent adverts it is very much like George Clooney smooth coffee machine charmer.
But going to be on a desert island he may put on the "smooth talking operator" for his luxury item as Kirsty Young.

Outside bet "Pussy Riot"

No chance on a Raymond Keene book.

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Re: Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by Nick Grey » Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:56 pm

From my earlier post 22 Jan

Looking forward to Garry's music choices. I expect one or two from chess the musical, nil of Nigel Short's music tastes.
A bit of Frankie (Sinatra or Goes to Hollywood). Some opera or even heavy metal (Ecstacy of Gold) and a piano concerto.
No glam rock. But a bit of 'Pussy Riot' will tie up with some of his activities.

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Post by Clive Blackburn » Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:12 pm

Or Elton John's "Sacrifice" might suit Gary's style.

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Re: Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by Geoff Chandler » Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:01 pm

One of the songs Gary chose was 'Strangers in the Night'.

Luxury item was a telescope so he can study the stars and look for a rescue ship.

( I was also thinking he could turn it around and use it as a magnifying glass to start a fire. )

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Post by David Robertson » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:06 pm

A fairly middle-brow selection, but I was fearing worse

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Re: Garry Kasparov on "Desert Island Discs" Jan 28th

Post by MJMcCready » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:36 pm

What about Leader of the Gang by Gary Glitter?

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