True, chess champion Garry Kasparov's ties to video games are tangential at best. (Though I loved his PC chess games.) But I have a soft spot for him and when I read on Slashdot that he had been arrested for leading a march through Moscow in opposition to Russian President Vladamir Putin, I knew I had to post it.

Kasparov's group, Other Russia, has been essentially banned from appearing on TV so they take to the streets to get their message out. In this latest protest, the group was denied a marching permit, so the big K got himself tossed into the can.

You'd think a chess grandmaster would have seen that coming. Brian Crecente

Gary Kasparov Arrested Over Political Fight [Slashdot]