Garry Kasparov on Chess and Politics in Soviet Russia

The chess champion and human rights activist on his life and politics in Soviet Russia. Click "Show more" to view all chapters. For more conversations, visit www.conversatio...
Chapter 1 (00:15 - 23:28): Chess and Politics in Soviet Russia
Chapter 2 (23:28 - 35:11): Kasparov vs. Karpov
Chapter 3 (35:11 - 46:31): Was a Soviet Collapse Inevitable?
Chapter 4 (46:31 - 1:19:58): The End of the U.S.S.R.
In this conversation, Garry Kasparov reflects on his upbringing in Soviet Russia and his journey from questioning whether communism could be reformed toward the conviction that the Soviet Union had to go. Kasparov also recalls his epic series of chess matches against Anatoly Karpov and why chess was important to the politics of the Soviet Union. Finally, Kasparov and Kristol discuss the decline and fall of the U.S.S.R. and the roles of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Boris Yeltsin.