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Yoshkar-Olinskii, Russia, 24/04/2005. Kasparov, World Chess Champion for the last twenty years, recently retired from the professional game to devote his time to Russian politics, and is currently touring the country and founding a new political movement

Yoshkar-Olinskii, Russia, 24/04/2005..A bodyguard looks on as Garry Kasparov arrives at a local residents' meeting in the Kazan area in central Russia. Kasparov has been forced to travel with a team of bodyguards after recently being attacked and beaten with a chessboard by a man posing as a fan. Kasparov, World Chess Champion for the last twenty years, recently retired from the professional game to devote his time to Russian politics, and is currently touring the country and founding a new political movement in opposition to President Valdimir Putin.

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Yoshkar-Olinskii, Russia, 24/04/2005..A bodyguard looks on as Garry Kasparov arrives at a local residents' meeting in the Kazan area in central Russia. Kasparov has been forced to travel with a team of bodyguards after recently being attacked and beaten with a chessboard by a man posing as a fan. Kasparov, World Chess Champion for the last twenty years, recently retired from the professional game to devote his time to Russian politics, and is currently touring the country and founding a new political movement in opposition to President Valdimir Putin.