The NSA is to the Stasi what a bad hotel is to a maximum security prison. - Garry Kasparov

Like any bully, Putin only picks fights that he is sure he can win. History tells us that sooner or later, he will become so overconfident, so accustomed to his opponents folding their cards against his weak hand, that he will overstep, potentially resulting in a catastrophe on a global scale.

This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision.

My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge.