MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The world's greatest chess player, Garry Kasparov, is helping develop a grand strategy to ultimately defeat entrenched Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kasparov has put his keen intellect to work with an opposition group called "The Other Russia" that seeks to defeat Putin in the 2008 elections.
The Times of London reported Saturday that the Russian grandmaster regards Putin as a "dictator whose authoritarian rule threatens to return Russia to a dark past."
Kasparov compared Putin's Russia to Pinochet's Chile and other Communist regimes.
He said: "We are not fighting to win elections in Russia, we are fighting to have elections. The word 'election' should be removed from our political vocabulary now. It is an appointment process."
The Other Russia called for a protest march this weekend despite Kremlin warnings that the organizers would face criminal charges if they took part.
