For any who may be unfamiliar, Gary Kasparov is known for being good at only one thing: PLAYING A BOARD GAME. I promise I am not making this up.

When did people who PLAY for a living (games, music, sports, movies, etc.) suddenly start being widely regarded as super-educated political commentators about the big picture of life? For these people, life is a tiny bubble of their specialized skill called playing, and being constantly surrounded by sycophantic people who glorify and adulate them for their playing.

For any who may be unfamiliar, Gary Kasparov is known only for being good at one thing: PLAYING A BOARD GAME. I promise I am not making this up.

When did people who PLAY for a living (games, music, sports, movies, etc.) suddenly start being widely regarded as super-educated political commentators about the big picture of life? For these people, life is a tiny bubble of their specialized skill called playing, and being constantly surrounded by sycophantic people who glorify and adulate them for their playing.

For any who may be unfamiliar, Gary Kasparov is known only for being good at one thing: PLAYING A BOARD GAME. I promise I am not making this up.

When did people who PLAY for a living (games, music, sports, movies, etc.) suddenly start being widely regarded as super-smart political commentators about the big picture of life? For these people, life is a tiny bubble of their specialized skill called playing, and being constantly surrounded by sycophantic people who glorify and adulate them for their playing.

For any who may be unfamiliar, Gary Kasparov is known only because he's good at PLAYING A BOARD GAME. I promise I am not making this up.

When did people who PLAY for a living (games, music, sports, movies, etc.) suddenly start being widely regarded as super-smart political commentators about the big picture of life? For these people, life is a tiny bubble of their specialized skill called playing, and being constantly surrounded by sycophantic people who glorify and adulate them for their playing.

For any who may be unfamiliar, Gary Kasparov is known only for being good at PLAYING A BOARD GAME. I promise I am not making this up.

When did people who PLAY for a living (games, music, sports, movies, etc.) suddenly start being widely regarded as super-smart political commentators about the big picture of life? For these people, life is a tiny bubble of their specialized skill called playing, and being constantly surrounded by sycophantic people who glorify and adulate them for their playing.

For any who may be unfamiliar, Gary Kasparov is well known only for being good at PLAYING A BOARD GAME. I promise I am not making this up.

When did people who PLAY for a living (games, music, sports, movies, etc.) suddenly start being widely regarded as super-smart political commentators about the big picture of life? For these people, life is a tiny bubble of their specialized skill called playing, and being constantly surrounded by sycophantic people who glorify and adulate them for their playing.

When did people who PLAY for a living (games, music, sports, movies, etc.) suddenly start being widely regarded as super-smart political commentators about the big picture of life? For these people, life is a tiny bubble of their specialized skill called playing, and being constantly surrounded by sycophantic people who glorify and adulate them for their playing.