Was Paul Keres forced to lose the World Chess Championship to rival?
Paul Keres, along with Soviet rival Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Max Euwe and Samuel Reshevsky contested the title in a ...
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Candidates chess: A champ's death, Cold War drama and roulette rising
When a Candidates match was decided in a casino Robert Hubner of West Germany and Vasily Smyslov of the Soviet Union were deadlocked at 7-7 after their four drawn tie-break games in the 1983 ...