The 13th World Champion of Chess, Azerbaijani Harry Casparov again touched the topics of support that Heydar Aliyev had at an important moment of his career path.
“always supported me,” says Kasparov in an interview with Youtube-channel Levitov Chess. – The Sports Committee of Azerbaijan has supported. But the principal moment was after the victory in the tournament in Banya-Luke, when we were told that we would accept Heydar Aliyev. This is absolutely Another situation. My mother and I had Heydar Aliyevich. He saw the prospect. He was not embarrassed that I am Armenian. The main thing is that I am from Baku. And this support will play a decisive role in the fact that they will not be able to “remove from the run” . I could “take off” several times or not to give an opportunity to implement yourself. In the Soviet Union, the block in front of a person could be put in various ways in different situations. And the reception of Aliyev guaranteed that there would be support inside.
I built a base in the throat. It was the 1980s year. We were given access to the “first store”, that is, the opportunity to buy normal products. Also with the filing of Heydar Aliyev, we were given a new apartment. “
It is worth saying that the tournament in the Yugoslav Banya Luke was held in April 1979. The 16-year-old master who did not have a rating was admitted to the tournament, 14 of the 16 participants of which were grandmaster. As a result, Kasparov sensationally took the 1st place, without losing a single party and ensuring a common victory for two rounds to the finish. In Banya-Luka Kasparov received the first grandmaster point, first received an international rating.
Interestingly, for many years, the Baku Grossmaster preferred to be silent about the support of Heydar Aliyev, without which he, very likely, would not achieve those heights that reached. And over the past couple of months, Kasparov has already been talking about the patronage of Heydar Aliyev for the second time. In February, in an interview with the Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon, he among other things said the following:
“All Help Heydar Aliyev from 1979 to 1985 was a shield, protection. The Soviet system did not have any interest to change the Russian champion of grate from Baku. Therefore, Aliyev’s help was important because I was provided with the conditions for training. Heydar Alievich me patronized. “