MAGNIFICENT MILE — A former chess champion is bringing his campaign against Russian leader Vladimir Putin to town.
Garry Kasparov addresses the Chicago Council on Global Affairs at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Intercontinental Hotel, 505 N. Michigan Ave. Kasparov will be discussing, selling and signing his new book, "Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped."
Kasparov was world chess champion from 1985 to 2000 before retiring from competition in 2005. He has since been a persistent Putin critic and briefly ran for president of Russia in 2007. In 2012 he succeeded former Czech leader Vaclav Havel as chairman of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation.
Tickets are $10 for members of the council, $20 for non-members.
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