Ah, the chessboard!
Man’s invention to supercede the David vs Goliath scene.
Wars have been waged and lost, with the loser-who represents the opposing force-forfeiting their life.
A good chess player can run gambits moves ahead of the competitor. He can also set the game’s motion, depending on the inattentiveness of the opponent.
He can also, on a caprice, seem to know nothing of the game, making bizarre board moves, but all the while, inching towards the opponent’s capitulation.
Cruz and Congress play checkers.
Kasich thinks he is playing backgammon.
Trump is playing Kasparov moves.
Kasparov would be quite offended by your using him in Trump’s cause. Read his Op-Ed in the New York Daily News about what he thinks of Trump for hiring Paul Manafort (whose efforts temporarily overcame the Orange Revolution in Ukraine and returned that country to communist rule briefly). Kasparov knows whereof he speaks as a former subject of soviet totalitarianism, however honored as a chess champion before he defected. Kasparov speaks from principle and does not worship the unprincipled Manhattan god of ignorance with plaster feet. So not only can Kasparov’s actual beliefs be safely ignored but they can be distorted in service to Trump Almighty whose salivating supporters simply do not care about moral distinctions or conservative principles.