how fitting that Steinitz is one of his idols.

"giving reasons for his retirement, Kasparov spoke of 'growing exasperation with the professional chess world, which made it impossible for me to win a real world championship title' and 'having no more goals left to strive for in the world of chess'"

However, his creativity when it comes to finding labels for Poutine is admirable:
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/02/04/caligula.shtml
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/01/12/kasparovvsputin.shtml
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/09/14/kasparov.shtml