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How America Enabled Putin's Atrocities, and Democracy's Retreat, with Garry Kasparov | Ep. 294

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Chess, Celebrity, and Change

This chapter explores the journey of becoming a chess champion in the Soviet Union and the unique status fame brings during a time of historical transition. It highlights the intense pressures of competitive chess, the dynamics of gender in the sport, and the lessons strategic thinking can impart on real-world issues like geopolitics. The speaker's retirement from chess marks a pivotal shift towards using their influence for advocating democracy in a changing Russia.

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