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Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
One was Brezhnev, (singer Vladimir) Vysotsky, and the third one was Anatoly Karpov. “The privileges that he got, you cannot imagine. He couldn’t compare with anybody in Russia.” Kasparov ...
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The greatest match that never was — when Fischer and Karpov didn’t meet
The history of chess is riddled with missed opportunities. Owing to a combination of bad timing, bad faith and bad luck, such all-time greats as Poland’s Akiba Rubinstein and Estonia’s Paul ...