Scott Tortorice
Senior Member
Chess Master's Risky Anti-Putin Game Plan
I think Russia is doing some serious political backsliding. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Czars come back at some point.
This guy clearly has guts both on and off the chessboard. I think he would be formidable if/when he obtains real political power.His trademark curly hair is going gray, but the boyish grin is still in place.
Garry Kasparov, who reigned over the chess world for almost two decades, still fills a room with his intense energy. But since retiring two years ago, the lifetime grandmaster has hurled himself into the less cerebral and far more turbulent domain of Russian politics.
As head of the liberal oppositionist United Civil Front, and chief eminence of an anti-Kremlin coalition called The Other Russia, Kasparov is championing a risky strategy of confronting what he calls President Vladimir Putin's "police state" through peaceful – if often illegal – urban protests.
I think Russia is doing some serious political backsliding. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Czars come back at some point.