On 24 March 2022, Garry Kasparov has published an article "Breaking Point" in his political journal "Kasparov.ru".
https://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=623CD605B0359
If FIDE was able to interpret the FIDE's Code of Ethics in such a way as to ban Karjakin for 6 months, then, they should give a lifetime ban to Kasparov.
Suppose that a man who does not understand chess, or even does not know the rules of chess, makes propaganda that some opening variation is winning for White. He does not provide any analyses of the position and even reports the position incorrectly. He argues that White has an attack and is always silent about the fact that Black has the extra rook. He is talking only about one corner of the chessboard.
The picture is exactly the same when the chess player Kasparov is talking about politics. Kasparov does not provide any analyses. He merely makes propaganda. He mentions only those facts that are suitable for his propaganda. His facts are indeed dubious.
On what ground thinks Kasparov that Russia is blackmailing the world with its nuclear weapons? Let him quote Putin exactly together with exact references to the original source. We would like to check whether Kasparov has taken something out of context, whether he presents his interpretation of Putin's talk as the real text. Let him also explain in what sense and why he thinks that Russia is blackmailing more than the US, referring to one's nuclear weapons.
Kasparov:
"Today, Putin is using nuclear blackmail... Only next time it will take place on the territory of Poland or Estonia."
On what grounds asserts Kasparov, that Putin would blackmail with the nuclear weapon such countries that do not have nuclear weapons on their territory? And in what sense can Putin blackmail on that territory?
Kasparov:
"Arguments sound absolutely meaningless - 'we cannot allow a third world war' when it is already underway."
Covertly, Kasparov makes war propaganda here. If the West would follow Kasparov's suggestions, the Ukraine war would extend to the whole of Europe, perhaps to the US as well. While in the Ukraine war, during one month, perhaps less than 100 000 people have been killed, following Kasparov's hysteria would lead to tens of millions of people killed.
Kasparov's mistake is exactly the same as Karjakin's mistake. Karjakin also refers to the killed Donbas people, to Ukrainian Nazis, and Karjakin also warns that if Ukraine's extreme nationalists will not be stopped, the whole of Europe would be in danger.
Karjakin's justification of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is dubious, however. During 8 years since 2014, in Donbas, 15 000 people were killed. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, more than 15 000 people were killed during the first two weeks of the war.
Both Karjakin and Kasparov do not understand that people are not chess pawns. In real-life, any exchanges of pawns are unwelcome, since every such exchange means two killed people.
FIDE, however, has banned Karjakin for making war propaganda. But it is Kasparov who should be banned first and forever.
Approximate translation of Kasparov's article:
I cannot say with certainty that Putin will not use nuclear weapons. But we must answer the question: can concessions to Putin reduce this risk? Any concession to the dictator increases his impudence. Today, Putin is using nuclear blackmail as his last card in this game. And if this blackmail works, and it still works, then it means that he will use this card all the time. Only next time it will take place on the territory of Poland or Estonia. And then the West will face a dilemma: either dissolve itself and end the historical path of Western civilization, yielding to a gopnik with nuclear weapons, or enter into a military clash that will take place in much worse conditions than now.
Arguments sound absolutely meaningless - "we cannot allow a third world war" when it is already underway. But we continue to hear them from all sides. However, we must not forget that these statements come from people who have given wrong advice over the years about how to build relations with Putin. These are people who in business would have been fired long ago. They compromised themselves with absolutely incorrect assessments of the geopolitical situation, but now they continue to give advice on how to proceed.
I recently tweeted about the RAND Corporation. This is one of the leading research centers in the US, which deals with military issues and advises the US government. In January of this year, they released a large detailed article that explained why Ukraine should not be supplied with weapons. The article said that the Ukrainian army would fall apart in a few days, this army had no chance to resist Putin, and the supply of weapons to it was money down the drain. I ask the question: are these people still advisers to the American administration? Do they still advise the White House? Did they apologize in any way for their mistake?
We have come to a point where everything must change. The whole world, the systems of relationships will change, but in order to save this world, we need to understand that in a war with Putin there can be no draw, unlike chess. Either he wins or we win. The victory of Ukraine will mean the collapse of the Putin regime. And this is the fundamental idea that must be brought to the consciousness of Western society in the hope that it will be able to influence its cowardly and corrupt politicians.
