Garry Kasparov on Chess, the Cold War, and the West’s Shameful Appeasement of Putin

“I think we’ve forgotten many important lessons of the Cold war,” says human-rights activist and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. Especially when it comes to dealing with Russian leader Vladimir Putin: “You cannot project ’s game is [not chess but] poker. And he knows how to bluff.“ As the leader of United Civil Front and chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, Kasparov also worries that business and political leaders in what used to be called “the Free World” are no longer int