About the novel of young Kasparov with a wonderful actress Marina Neyelova all theatrical Moscow was gossiping. When they met, Marina was 37 years old, and Garik was 21.

In 1984, Kasparov met actress Marina Neyelova. He turned 21 and was the youngest contender for the title of world champion in the history of chess.

“Our close communication with Marina Neyelova lasted more than two years. She was 16 years older than me, like all my then friends. Partly because I matured very quickly. But much more due to the fact that peers, as a rule, sought to get married as soon as possible. Of course, I could not even think about this, as I was preparing for my first world championship match. Everything - my health, my training, my aspirations - was subordinated to this goal. On the other hand, I was a normal young man with ordinary needs and desires. Not a monk.

She and I had many mutual friends among writers and artists. She is a very extraordinary woman. It is quite possible that our union was based on the feeling of our exclusivity. " (From the book "Child of Change" by Garry Kasparov

He then lived in Baku and visited Moscow only on short visits. Neelova received the young lover in her apartment on Chistye Prudy. But in the world they appeared together more than once. When, in 84, Kasparov first met in the match for the world title with Anatoly Karpov, Neelova was sitting in the hall next to the chess player's mother.

The actress supported Kasparov at a difficult time for him. In the match for the title of world champion with Anatoly Karpov, he first lost. And even with a score of 0: 5! Harry has even been nicknamed the LP. At the matches, Neelova sat next to Klara Shagenovna. “Two mothers,” they said about them.

“At the end of January 1985, when the score was 5: 2, Karpov and I were even driven out of the Column Hall of the House of Unions. Because Karpov, despite his assurances that he was about to squeeze me, could not win in any way, and here members of the Politburo were already dying one after another, and for the farewell ceremonies it was necessary to free the territory. Then Karpov passed the third game, and the question is not even that he was physically exhausted and could not continue to play ... He felt uncomfortable psychologically - he was simply frightened, and most importantly, those who were behind him got scared. "

But it was Klara Shagenovna who separated them.

First she said to her son:
- You need to focus on chess. And if you want to marry an actress, it is better to marry at once in a whole factory dormitory. She will infect you with a bad disease!
When Neelova became pregnant, Klara Shagenovna instilled in her son that an illegitimate child could negatively affect his sports career. The ambitious Harry, who had already won the world title, did not object. His mother told the press: "This is not our child." As if hinting that Neelova was dating another man in parallel. The proud actress did not say a word then. But Nika's daughter, whom she gave birth, turned out to be like two drops of water similar to Kasparov. Neelova's colleagues at the Sovremennik Theater were outraged by the grandmaster's act, and Valentin Gaft publicly stated:
- Kasparov is not worthy to be received in a decent house.

“I almost stopped seeing Marina. Parting was becoming inevitable. Therefore, I was completely sure that the child she was carrying could not be mine. Each of us already had a separate personal life. I tried to get it out of my head and focused on chess. "(From the book "Child of Change" by Garry Kasparov)

In 1987, Marina Neyolova's daughter Nick was born, like two drops of water similar to Garry Kasparov.

Now Nika is 28 years old. She went to first grade in Paris. Her father was replaced by the current husband of Neelova - Russian diplomat Kirill Gevorgyan... It was thanks to Nika's stepfather that she visited different countries at school age and learned several foreign languages. Neyolova's daughter, a burning brunette, looks very attractive, although she says that she never considered herself a beauty.

Nika studied at the courses of the chief artist of the Moscow theater "Lenkom" Oleg Sheintsis. Graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague in 2008. She studied abroad, or rather in the Netherlands, where her father, Kirill Gevorkian, was appointed ambassador of the Russian Federation several years ago.

It is known that she is not a lover of public life and has an incredible ability in learning foreign languages. In the Netherlands, she graduated from the academy, the second education, art, she received already in London, at the school of design.

Graduated from the School of Art at University College London in 2010. She has participated in several collective exhibitions, mainly in the Netherlands. In 2010, Nika won the New Sensations competition hosted by London's Saatchi Gallery with her installation Principles of Obedience. According to the terms of this prestigious competition, all graduates of art universities in the country are allowed to attend. But from the numerous applicants at the first stage, the 20 best are selected, whose works are exhibited at an art fair in London. And only four winners receive a grant for the creation of new projects. After the victory, she received many interesting offers, she had a personal exhibition in London.

About the novel of young Kasparov with a wonderful actress Marina Neyelova all theatrical Moscow was gossiping. When they met, Marina was 37 years old, and Garik was 21.

In 1984, Kasparov met actress Marina Neyelova. He turned 21 and was the youngest contender for the title of world champion in the history of chess.

“Our close communication with Marina Neyelova lasted more than two years. She was 16 years older than me, like all my then friends. Partly because I matured very quickly. But much more due to the fact that peers, as a rule, sought to get married as soon as possible. Of course, I could not even think about this, as I was preparing for my first world championship match. Everything - my health, my training, my aspirations - was subordinated to this goal. On the other hand, I was a normal young man with ordinary needs and desires. Not a monk.

She and I had many mutual friends among writers and artists. She is a very extraordinary woman. It is quite possible that our union was based on the feeling of our exclusivity. " (From the book "Child of Change" by Garry Kasparov

He then lived in Baku and visited Moscow only on short visits. Neelova received the young lover in her apartment on Chistye Prudy. But in the world they appeared together more than once. When, in 84, Kasparov first met in the match for the world title with Anatoly Karpov, Neelova was sitting in the hall next to the chess player's mother.

The actress supported Kasparov at a difficult time for him. In the match for the title of world champion with Anatoly Karpov, he first lost. And even with a score of 0: 5! Harry has even been nicknamed the LP. At the matches, Neelova sat next to Klara Shagenovna. “Two mothers,” they said about them.


“At the end of January 1985, when the score was 5: 2, Karpov and I were even driven out of the Column Hall of the House of Unions. Because Karpov, despite his assurances that he was about to squeeze me, could not win in any way, and here members of the Politburo were already dying one after another, and for the farewell ceremonies it was necessary to free the territory. Then Karpov passed the third game, and the question was not even that he was physically exhausted and could not continue to play ... He felt uncomfortable psychologically - he was simply frightened, and most importantly, those who were behind him got scared. "

But it was Klara Shagenovna who separated them.


First she said to her son:
- You need to focus on chess. And if you want to marry an actress, it is better to marry at once in a whole factory dormitory. She will infect you with a bad disease!
When Neelova became pregnant, Klara Shagenovna instilled in her son that an illegitimate child could negatively affect his sports career. The ambitious Harry, who had already won the world title, did not object. His mother told the press: "This is not our child." As if hinting that Neelova was dating another man in parallel. The proud actress did not say a word then. But Nika's daughter, whom she gave birth, turned out to be like two drops of water similar to Kasparov. Neelova's colleagues at the Sovremennik Theater were outraged by the grandmaster's act, and Valentin Gaft publicly stated:
- Kasparov is not worthy to be received in a decent house.


“I almost stopped seeing Marina. Parting was becoming inevitable. Therefore, I was completely sure that the child she was carrying could not be mine. Each of us already had a separate personal life. I tried to get it out of my head and focused on chess. " (From the book "Child of Change" by Garry Kasparov)

In 1987, Marina Neyolova's daughter Nick was born, like two drops of water similar to Garry Kasparov.

Now Nika is 28 years old. She went to first grade in Paris. Her father was replaced by the current husband of Neelova - Russian diplomat Kirill Gevorgyan... It was thanks to Nika's stepfather that she visited different countries at school age and learned several foreign languages. Neyolova's daughter, a burning brunette, looks very attractive, although she says that she never considered herself a beauty.

Nika studied at the courses of the chief artist of the Moscow theater "Lenkom" Oleg Sheintsis. Graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague in 2008. She studied abroad, or rather in the Netherlands, where her father, Kirill Gevorkian, was appointed ambassador of the Russian Federation several years ago.

It is known that she is not a lover of public life and has an incredible ability in learning foreign languages. In the Netherlands, she graduated from the academy, the second education, art, she received already in London, at the school of design.


Graduated from the School of Art at University College London in 2010. She has participated in several collective exhibitions, mainly in the Netherlands. In 2010, Nika won the New Sensations competition hosted by London's Saatchi Gallery with her installation Principles of Obedience. According to the terms of this prestigious competition, all graduates of art universities in the country are allowed to attend. But from the numerous applicants at the first stage, the 20 best are selected, whose works are exhibited at an art fair in London. And only four winners receive a grant for the creation of new projects. After the victory, she received many interesting offers, she had a personal exhibition in London.


Her work has also been shown at exhibitions in Basel, Switzerland, Paris, Lithuania and Germany. The Principles of Obedience and another work were purchased for the Saatchi Gallery. And the rest went to private collections.


The fact that the legendary actress Marina Neyelova has a child was never particularly advertised. Maybe because the girl does not know her father, or maybe for a number of other reasons. But, nevertheless, Nika Neelova is dear daughter of Marina Neyolova, which the actress is incredibly proud of. Not much is known about Nick. She was born in 1987 and many believe that her father is the famous Garry Kasparov, with whom Marina had a stormy relationship, despite the sixteen-year age difference. The reason for the separation of the couple was Harry's mother, but Neelova ghostly hints that he was the father of the child. Kasparov completely denies this.

Nika's father was replaced by the current husband of Neyolova Kirill Horatsievich Gevorgyan, a Russian diplomat, and today the director of the legal department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Thanks to his occupation, Nika went to first grade in Paris. Later she studied at the courses of the chief artist of the Moscow theater "Lenkom" Oleg Sheintsis, graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, and after the school of arts at University College London in sculpture.

Nika is an incredibly talented girl, her work has often been exhibited at the most prestigious European exhibitions, and in 2010 she won the New Sensations competition, run by London's Saatchi Gallery, with the installation Principles of Obedience.

In addition to art, Nika studies foreign languages, they come to her very easily. Diligently avoids publicity and excitement around his person. She is a very attractive girl who builds her own life on her own and loves her parents very much. Many people notice that in appearance she is practically a copy of Kasparov, who did not recognize her, but Nika does not even think about it. Like her mother, she erased his name from her life.

Last year Nika Neelova graduated from the sculpture department of the London Slade School of Fine Art. Perhaps this fact would have gone unnoticed in the art world if Nick had not won the New Sensations prize. This annual competition, run by Saatchi Gallery and British Television Fourth, brings together thousands of UK art alumni. So the victory of Neelova is a serious recognition of the talent of the sculptor, who is just starting his creative career, and a great start on the way to conquering the London art market. Before moving to the British capital, Nika, along with her father, diplomat Kirill Gevorgyan and her mother, the famous actress Marina Neyolova, first lived in Paris for five years, then (in the late 1990s) the family returned to Russia. In 2003, Gevorgyan was appointed Russian ambassador to the Netherlands. In The Hague, 16-year-old Nika entered the Royal Academy of Arts - becoming, by the way, the youngest applicant in her history. And now - London, a victory in the competition "New Sensations", on the way - a personal exhibition in the gallery Charlie Smith ...


Nika, your art education began in Russia, where you studied at the courses of the chief artist of Lenkom Oleg Sheintsis. Then she entered the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague (2008). What caused your choice, how did you study at the academy?

In the first introductory course at the academy, we studied all types of art - painting, graphics, sculpture, and then each chose a certain direction for himself, got a studio and worked for four years, consulting with teachers. True, many students did not make it to the finish line. In fact, it is very difficult to work on your own. From the very beginning, teachers warned that, as a rule, only 6% of graduates of such art academies subsequently engage in their profession - the rest cannot stand it! We, of course, did not believe the teachers, we were full of enthusiasm and ambition, but now I am really convinced that very few of those with whom I studied in The Hague continue to pursue art.

What motivated you? You were the youngest of all on the course when you entered the class.

Perhaps this was one of the motives: to prove to myself that I can work on an equal basis with others, and preferably even better!

Why did you choose installation and sculpture from all the arts?

For me, this choice was clear from the very beginning. I somehow immediately fell in love with space, it was interesting to see and create things in space, in three dimensions. This process intrigued me, made me look for new structures, materials, shapes, sizes.

The installations that you have shown in the Netherlands are huge in size, require large expenditures of materials and, accordingly, serious financial costs. For example, 360 kilograms of burnt sugar were used for one of the installations. Who funded its implementation - college?

No. (Sighs) Me myself. I have always worked in some other work, in galleries, translated, wrote articles - and this brought me money, which I used to create my installations.

How do ideas for your work come about?

This is a rather long process of accumulating everything seen, heard, read over the months, and sometimes over the years. I very often work with my own story, childhood memories.

Please tell us about the installation “There is always a time for departure…”.

This was my last examination paper at the Royal Academy of Arts, a month before moving to London. The long six-year period in my life was coming to an end, there was something new, unknown ahead. I wanted to capture this past stage and the uncertainty of the future. Stepping on the sticky "sensitive" floor, you feel its texture, interact with it, and leave traces. For me, this feeling was unusually exposed and intensified at that transitional moment in my life. The spiral in the installation is like a staircase that, resting against the ceiling, leads either up or down, or to nowhere. The work has many associations with Holland, its history, painting of the XVIX-VIII centuries: dark brown tiles found on Vermeer's canvases, their ocher burnt shades - as a symbol of the experience.

How did the idea of ​​burnt sugar come about?

As a child, we always burned sugar on a spoon. This smell for me is both the smell of childhood and some painful memories, something burned out, which changed its consistency in short moments.

Many of your installations have a philosophical and pessimistic attitude: stairs leading to nowhere, bells that will never sound ...

Basically, they respond to feelings of loss - of childhood, history, time. Many of my works are based on personal experience.

It so happened that I moved a lot - every five years, and childhood memories of losses are associated with this. I was losing one city - gaining another, losing one life -

acquired another. It was a constant cycle of impermanence - I always knew that I was coming on time. This temporality and fragility somehow took root in me, it is interesting for me to reflect on this in my works. After moving to London, this topic has changed, I focus more on the idea of ​​ruins and restoration of history from memory, with accompanying distortions of the past.

How was the installation “Attitudes to a Miss?” Created?

- I showed the Swing in The Hague, in a rather strange cathedral with ten-meter ceilings. I returned there for a very short time, after moving to London, just to do this installation. It was kind of a moment of returning to the past, and I wanted to convey a quick reaction to this room, and to my feeling of anachronism between the past and the present. A swing for me is, first of all, a childhood memory, and it is a very specific, real swing, a kind of iconic picture in my memory. I decided to reproduce the swing in a large size in the cathedral. The material was old boards from a destroyed house, and I attached new chains to the swing - as a connection between the past and the present.

How was your life in London? Why did you choose Slade School of Fine Art?

It is one of the top art universities in the UK. While still living in the Netherlands, I sent my documents to Slade - to be honest, not hoping for anything. Thousands of people submit documents, and 40 people are selected for interviews. And when I suddenly received an invitation for an interview, I realized that something was happening. This admission was for me, probably, the most unexpected and greatest achievement in my life.

After graduation, you took part in the "New Sensations" competition held by the Saatchi Gallery among graduates of art universities in the country, and became the winner ...

I took part in the competition out of despair. After graduation, I had no job, no studio, and my British visa was running out. Applying for the competition, I didn't really expect anything, and only when I entered the top twenty out of a thousand, and then got into the first four, I had hope, and I began to work like crazy. Installation with bells (Principles of Obedience, 2010) is by far one of the most difficult and interesting for me. As in working with upside-down trees (The Grove, 2010), I wanted to show what is hidden from view, but is of great importance in the life of the subject. I cast the bell tongues from wax mixed with ash - they lost all their acoustic properties and could no longer fulfill their main function. Obedience to the removed bells, which will never ring again, but only remind of something that could have been. I am interested in taking things out of their natural environment and placing them in a completely different context in which they create a rather unusual strange impression.

Your mother, Marina Neyolova, is one of the most beloved actresses in Russia. Have you ever had the urge to become an actress?

No, it was not. Mom beat them off (laughs) when I was still at the age of three. I didn’t know how to speak yet, but I knew that I wouldn’t become an actress!

And in your father's footsteps, in your diplomatic career, did you want to try yourself?

I have always really enjoyed playing the role of the daughter of a diplomat ... and over the years I have seen and learned a lot. But, as it seems to me now, I knew from the very beginning that I wanted to do some kind of art. Over time, the realization came that it would be a sculpture.

What happens to your installations after the exhibitions?

My works are basically the embodiment of the moment of presence. Usually they are captured at the moment of a prolonged disintegration or just before the disintegration - on the verge of disappearing in the presence of the viewer. Of course, their lives are short-lived. But this is precisely their essence - to convey the temporality of life, the fear of disappearance, death. Until now, installations have been successfully bought, but what will happen next ...

Who are the buyers?

The installation Principles of Obedience was purchased by Saatchi for the gallery's collection and is now in his warehouse. A charcoal chandelier was bought for a private collection in London, mirrors ("Prophecies for the Past") from the exhibition "The Future Can Wait" are now being acquired by a collector, and inverted trees ("The Grove") were commissioned for a park in the Netherlands. So far, all the work is going somewhere, but I'm already starting to think about what needs to be done something more permanent.

What are your plans for the future?

I was lucky that recently I received three art awards in a row, and also sold three installations. This year I will have two solo exhibitions: in April at the Charlie Smith Gallery in London, and also in Berlin. This is my first experience of solo exhibitions, so I feel a huge tension and responsibility.

Your installations tend to be large in size, which in turn requires large studio spaces to complete. Where are you currently working?

I rent a small workshop. It's too small to do more than two jobs at the same time, so I'm looking for another room now.

Perhaps the fact that you speak several foreign languages ​​helps to live in such a cosmopolitan city as London? What languages ​​do you speak?

French, Dutch, Russian, English. Now I am studying Italian.

What is your perception of London from an artist's point of view?

Since my first visit to London in 2006, I have dreamed of living in this city. London shocked me, struck me with its extremely close coexistence of history and modernity, its dynamics. This city makes me want to create something, to respond to what I see, feel, experience here.


January 8 celebrates her 71st birthday People's Artist of the RSFSR, theater and film actress Marina Neyelova... Creative success came to her early, when she, while still a student, starred in the film "Old, Old Tale". But the path to personal happiness has become much longer and more difficult: she gave birth to a daughter at 40, and met her fate at 42.



Since childhood, Marina Neyelova dreamed of becoming an actress, and her mother saw her daughter as a ballerina, therefore, from the age of 4, the girl began to practice ballet. After school, she entered the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography (LGITMiK), and even during her studies she made a successful film debut. The film "The Old, Old Tale" received favorable reviews from critics and won popularity among viewers. In 1974 the actress came to Sovremennik, and since then her entire creative life has been connected with this theater.





The artist has always been complex because of her thinness and small stature - it seemed to her that next to stately beauties she looks like a gray mouse, not feminine and attractive enough. She always weighed 45 kg and was upset that she could not get better. Oleg Tabakov said about her: "Two matches of legs, two matches of hands, eyes and a lower lip."





On the set of the film "The Color of White Snow", where she played the main role, Neyelova met the director Anatoly Vasiliev, who became her husband. They lived together for 8 years, after which they broke up and stopped communicating. Both do not like to talk about the reasons. “Everyone has their own cockroaches. I treated her and treat her with great reverence, she is an amazing actress. After our divorce, I watch her as a spectator, ”says Vasiliev.







In 1984, a scandal erupted: the 37-year-old actress had a whirlwind romance with the 21-year-old chess player Garry Kasparov. His mother, whose authority he admired, was categorically against her son's relationship, which distracted him from his career. Obeying the will of his mother, Kasparov broke up with Neelova, and in 1987 the actress gave birth to a daughter, Nika, with whom Kasparov did not recognize his relationship, despite the obvious outward resemblance. Then almost the entire Moscow artistic audience stood up to defend Neelova. V. Gaft said that after that Kasparov would not be accepted in any decent house.







Years later, Kasparov wrote: “Our close communication with Marina Neyelova lasted for over two years. She was 16 years older than me, like all my then friends. Partly because I matured very quickly. But much more due to the fact that peers, as a rule, sought to get married as soon as possible. Of course, I could not even think about this, as I was preparing for my first world championship match. Marina suited me because she did not want to get married. She understood the true nature of my struggle and gave me support and support. ... But in 1986 I was very concerned about the preparations for the rematch ... I almost stopped seeing Marina. Parting was becoming inevitable. Therefore, I was completely sure that the child she was carrying could not be mine. Each of us already had a separate personal life. I tried to get it out of my head and focused on chess. "







Neelova was very upset by this break and for two years led a reclusive lifestyle, and then at one of the receptions she met diplomat Kirill Gevorgyan. He became her second husband, with whom she finally found true happiness.