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A Point of View: A Deadly Serious Game

07/05/2021

A Deadly Serious Game

BBC Radio 4 - A Point of View, A Deadly Serious Game

Zoe Strimpel on chess, concentration and the growing conflict with Russia.

As the world decides how to respond to Vladimir Putin's nuclear threat, Zoe Strimpel explores the likely next moves in this deadly serious game of chess.

As Vladimir Putin warns he is willing to use any military means necessary in the war with Ukraine, Zoe Strimpel - a recent convert to chess - examines how Mr Putin is likely to play his next hand.  

'The future of the world once more hangs in the balance of moves between the West and Russia,' she writes.

'The question of whether Russia really does have a strategic grandmaster at the helm - and whether the West can outmanoeuvre him - has become a matter of horrible urgency'. 

Producer: Adele Armstrong 
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production coordinator: Iona Hammond
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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