Russia's Kasparov 'wins Georgian TV quiz show'(AFP) – 8 hours ago
TBILISI — Former chess champion turned Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov has won a big-money charity television quiz in neighbouring Georgia, the programme's producer said on Tuesday.
Kasparov managed to answer all the questions correctly on the quiz programme "Who Wants to Win 20,000?", a Georgian equivalent of the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" television game show.
His entire winnings of 20,000 Georgian lari (11,265 US dollars, 8,325 euros), a large prize in the ex-Soviet republic, will go to fund medical care for local children.
Kasparov, a Soviet-era world chess champion, has become one of the Kremlin's most outspoken critics -- a stance that is admired in pro-Western Georgia, which fought a war with Russia in 2008.
Programme producer Giorgi Khaburdzania described Kasparov as a "living genius" and said that he expected a huge audience for the show, which is due to be broadcast by Georgia's Rustavi 2 television station next week.
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