Я хотел побеждать, чтобы обрести свободу. Откровения Гаты Камского

Gata Kamsky was considered to be one of the most promising players of the end of the 20th century. To date, he still holds the record of being the youngest player to ever beat the World Champion in classical chess. Still, only a few people know what Gata had to go through to reach the top. Gata Kamsky, World Championship contender and 2007 World Cup winner tells us about the flip side of success that talented athletes often have to deal with. 0:00 Meeting our guest 11:17 Childhood of a prodigy 37:17 Moving over to the U.S. 43:10 Chess at the highest level 1:06:38 Victory over Kasparov, match against Karpov and the "Lasker method" 1:14:27 Retiring from chess 1:23:34 Triumphal return. Games against Carlsen. Winning the World Cup 1:35:32 Match against Topalov 1:44:36 On Boris Gelfand 1:54:29 Why we play chess?