I don't have enough information, and enough courage, to come up with a definite version of events. And I think it is too dangerous for me to do so.

The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed.

Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are almost trivial compared to strategy.

There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end.

Without a goal [maneuvering is] aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you'll have no sense of strategy.

Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.

I tried to come up with a definition of this new paradigm in six articles entitled "Russia after Putin." I would consider Russia's integration into Europe the most important element of this strategy.