Chess legend Vlastimil Hort turned 80 on Friday. In a short interview, he talks about when and how he learned to play chess, which player he admired the most, why he left the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and what he thinks of online chess tournaments. | See also: <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/vlastimil-hort-turns-80">Vlastimil Hort, the great chess entertainer, turns 80!</a> by Eduard Frey