From chess champion to chasing Russia’s political grandmaster

Garry Kasparov is clearly not a believer in Godwin’s Law. This humorous internet adage states that as soon as any participant in a debate compares their opponents to Nazis, they have automatically lost the argument. According to the former world chess champion’s new book, however, Vladimir Putin is just as evil as Adolf Hitler and will only be stopped when western leaders have the guts to remove him.

Kasparov’s hyperbolic approach should come ...