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Vlastimil Hort

Vlastimil Hort

Czechoslovak-German chess grandmasterWikipedia

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Oct 12, 2026

Ben JohnsonGUEST
15:17
I mean, obviously, you hear a lot of people from the Soviet from the former Soviet Empire saying they realized at some point chess could be their ticket out.
Ben JohnsonGUEST
15:25
You know, when I interviewed Vlastimil Hort, this amazing story.
Ben JohnsonGUEST
15:28
That he told he told in his book, but he also told on the podcast of like him putting cash in his passport to bribe a German official in order to get out of the oppressive Czech regime.
Ben JohnsonGUEST
15:41
So, yeah, stories like that, they really I love that the chess can help people change the trajectory of their lives.

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