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Garry Kasparov: Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped

Date:
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm Location:
Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St.
Philadelphia, PA
19103
United States
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“One of the most formidable brains of our era” (The Washington Post), chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov was the world’s #1 ranked player from 1986 until his retirement in 2005.
Since then he has dedicated himself to establishing free and fair elections in his Russian homeland as the founder of the United Civil Front opposition coalition. A candidate for the presidency of Russia in 2008, Kasparov has since been named Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation and has participated in numerous other political causes. He is the bestselling author of How Life Imitates Chess, a chess-based primer on successful decision-making.
In Winter is Coming, Kasparov urges the world to stand against Russia’s current head of state. In conversation with Dick Polman, "Writer in Residence" at the University of Pennsylvania, and national political columnist at WHYY's Newsworks.org
Cost: $15 General Admission, $7 Students
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