The Axiom Interview - Part 1
Originally Posted by HeavyKnight Interview Question
Hi Ax
Hi HK and a big hello to all readers.
Originally Posted by HeavyKnight Interview Question
Obviously, Chess has been an important part of your life, even when you had to go through very adverse circumstances in order to function as a chess player. Tell us how it all started? Who taught you the moves, and when did you first felt that you loved the game?
Like many, my father taught me the moves at 6-7 yrs old. I was fascinated by the game very early on,and love for it soon followed. A love that continued to flourish and grow along with the changing years and times of my life. Chess was a chance to prove yourself,to control the uncontrollable,to find certainty in an uncertain world,to fight fair,to create ,to freely express one's primal spirit.
Yes many adverse circumstances were experienced, and chess was always the constant,the loyal friend that kept on giving and supporting.Chess allowed me to lead an exciting life and meet fascinating characters. Experiences and people that i would have missed, had it not been for that fateful day when I was plucked from school to study chess at the Krasnoyarsk Chess Camp.
It was having to function as a chessplayer ,that enabled me to function through any adversity.It was the stabiliser,the solace,the sanity.
Originally Posted by HeavyKnight Interview Question
By your postings on the board, I understand that you were a top chess player at school How, and under what conditions were you selected to play Chess in the “official” learning centres in Krasnoyarsk? Did your parents have any say on that decision that obviously was going to affect your future?
I actually was not so strong, but I scored very high on the following tests:- logic, intuition , analysis, investigation and curiousity. It was by way of these test results that I was honoured with selection, the camp officials were looking for the raw talent, the right stuff, if you will.They thought they could mould me to good use.
My parents had little or no say. It was generally accepted in the community, that if you are offered a camp place, you DON'T turn it down! My parents were extremely proud, they could not stop bragging to neighbours, friends and family.
Originally Posted by HeavyKnight Interview Question
Without wanting to be offensive, Krasno sounds very much like a Chess concentration Camp to me. How were you expected to perform and create under such oppressive circumstances?
Look, I wont pretend it was all beer and nuts! Far from it in fact. But we all knew we were working together for a better brighter future. We knew that a few at the camp would be selected to join some of the elite training squads. One of these groups were known as the Siberian Chess Tigers. Perhaps the most feared group of chess researchers in the soviet union at the time.
I was very fortunate to be chosen to join the Tigers, as our coach was the brilliant and humourous chess rebel Bresislan Gorkiananov. He allowed us to develop in a far freer and natural way compared to many of the hard line almost military precision of other groups
Originally Posted by HeavyKnight Interview Question
What about schooling? Were you given enough opportunities, and of course time let alone the appropriate institutions to have some satisfactory education? I am asking this question, because of your postings here, it comes through that you are a well read and educated person. Additionally, I do not believe that you were waiting until your arrival in the West to get some education....
Fortunately Gorkiananov believed in a well rounded education, he could both see AND think outside the box. Even when there was nothing there!
Taken from the SCT revisited thread ,link above :-
"Firstly,the training recieved by SCT,was second to none in history of chess.
We studied budhism,eastern mysticism,socrates,plato,euclid,martial arts, assertive behaviour,freud, jung,sun tsu,and more controversially- mind control. This all designed to fully prepare our mind, body and soul for the battle."
Later I read h.p thoreau, t.paine, js mill, nietsche, mk ultra, tavistock institute, history of piracy, slavery and false flag operations.
I have long standing double agent inside contacts in cia,mi5,mi6,kgb,mossad,33 degree freemasons, globalist bankers, bilderberg group, bohemian grove, the CFR, and the NWO Iluminati.
These contacts were made through chess and the SCT! And in this interview I will release earth shattering conspiracy theory as to why chess has been surpressed! (stay tuned!)
I heard and saw things that would make your hair curl! So yes, i have a broad ranging education you might say!
My latest interest (not unlike Kasparov)as many of you know is in the field of politics,focusing on human information retrieval and dissemination (suddenly im reminded of that great film 'Brazil'!)
Originally Posted by HeavyKnight Interview Question
According to your postings in the Krasno years you “learned the value of freedom of expression through chess, you could create, be master of your destiny, you did not have to rely on any authority. you could be like a god, in a way....you actually became one of the much feared” Does that mean that you became a part of an admittedly bullish regime? Someone who terrified his hapless opponents to the point of surrendering the battle before it even started?
No not at all, the only fear derived from the SCT, was from their awesome chess skill. Now thats not to say we did not have to defend ourselves from time to time ,as competition was fierce. But as Bresislan used to say, "let your pieces do the talking"(which reminds me of one team mate,who mysteriously disappeared after proclaiming that his knights were ACTUALLY talking to him!)
So no not a bullish regime, but we were trained in the martial arts.
I know much has been speculated about the SCT tattoo on the back of the playing hand........and sometimes in tournaments you would get the odd young opponent crying off to mama at the mere sight of it. But in general there was just tremendous respect.
Originally Posted by HeavyKnight Interview Question
Did you leave Siberia under normal circumstances, or did you have to find some drastic ways, ie escaping to get out of there?
I am trying to be as open as possible here in this interview, but i will ask you to forgive me, if I do not relay the details of exactly how I was to leave Siberia.
Suffice to say it involved the chess community from as far afield as vodka distillers, to taxi drivers, to govt officials,to KGB, to call girls, to truck drivers.
Originally Posted by HeavyKnight Interview Question
Back to Chess now… how strong were you, say in ACF ratings strength when you first came to Australia? Did you play for any clubs and participated in tournaments?
Around 2200 ACF when I first arrived.
My playing strength has waned over the years, partly due to age and partly due to a brain operation in 1986 (Again I cannot detail this, only to say it was a high level psy op program,involving implants). Yes certain tournaments were played, but mainly as cover for undercover 'reunion' meetings with old secret service contacts. Yes I have visited 3 clubs in my time.
Originally Posted by HeavyKnight Interview Question
Maybe you are, or maybe you are not a strong Chess player, I mean as strong as to be say amongst the best 20 or even 50 players in Australia… Some say or imply that you actually have had a strong impact in the Australian Chess in early 70s and that you have actually represented Australia in an Olympiad. I am not going to ask you to confirm or deny this, but on the other hand someone who was selected to participate in a program that would decide future Chess directions in the powerful USSR, had to be good. Did you try to play a major role in the Australian Chess?
I need to clarify here, I was not an overly strong chessplayer (2300 fide peak/2200 ACF) these days perhaps 2000 FIDE, 1800 ACF.
My work with the SCT in the early days involved synthesising masses of data, I had a peculiar skill in summarising, condensing, finding the key, or the axiomatic driving principa amongst the seemingly chaotic mass of information. Gorkiananov dubbed me 'Axiom' in light of this.
My work was almost exclusively concerned with opening theory.
Many here would recognise the Possum opening here, so dubbed, with Mr I. Goldenberg's input. But based on my work in the 50s on a line known then as XX9. So I guess im a distorted lopsided chessplayer, once very strong at openings(2500 standard) but apallingly weak at endings (even as low as 1200 standard!)....as many could, I'm sure, testify to here!