Kasparov speaks out on the state of the World Championship 

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 Interviewer : and this match against Ponomoriov is off for good ?

Kasparov:  You are asking the wrong person. Have you heard anything about the Knock-out? We live in the shadows. I'm making my plans as if there is no match and I am very clear.... I signed all the papers. I  didn't comment. I think the contract was a lousy contract: it's not a contract you can go to a serous sponsor with, but I wanted to play chess. Also I was a bit upset that Ilyumzhinov broke his own rules.  Because Fide with all its bad things, always stuck to one principle, that the title was theirs. They disqualified Fischer and Kasparov, but they stumbled with Ponomoriov who, with all respect, doesn't have the same status as Fischer or Kasparov. He was given five deadlines over six months and eventually they didn't even take his title...        he (Ilyumzhinov) had to replace Ponomoriov with Ivanchuk. But he couldn't because of political intrigues and Ukrainian money and this inability of Fide to disqualify Ponomariov shows the misery of present-day chess.. 

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On regaining his world championship title:
“Unfortunately the world of chess is now in total chaos. There is no big match on the horizon because the official body FIDE cannot get its act together. I see no progress or chances, so I must be satisfied with my status of being the number one rated player in the world for the last 18 years. I hope I can keep this record for 20 years, but I have other things to think about. There are new volumes of my book, and maybe there will be some things happening in Russia and I will be playing a certain role as well. Maybe not in a political way, but Russia needs input from certain people who can raise their voices, which is what I am doing now. I hope that the Russian population will not tolerate the current course of events, which are sliding towards a very unfortunate outcome.   more here