In this episode, Garry describes his very first steps on the international arena when he participated in the All-Union Youth Games in Vilnius in 1973. His coach and long-time mentor, Alexander Nikitin would later describe his victory against the Latvian Master Edvins Kengus with the following words… “That day I watched Garik's game almost from the very start. My attention was immediately drawn to the board at which two contestants of quite different sizes were playing. A small, punny, dark-haired boy was looking seriously at the board and endlessly fidgeting on his chair. And sitting immobile opposite him was a tall, good-looking Latvian, who when thinking would literally tower over the battlefield. Compared with Garik, Kengis looked not only a giant, but also a highly-experienced fighter, but the events which occurred on the board forced the age difference to be forgotten.”

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