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Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
Gennadi "Genna" Sosonko, Russian-born chess grandmaster Kasparov, on the other hand, could not have been viewed more differently. “He had a couple of weaknesses in the eyes of the big Party guys ...
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Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
If Kasparov won, it would be confirmation that times were changing, that something fresh and exciting and terrifying was coming. In terms of popularity, chess in the Soviet Union was akin to the ...
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Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
Russian-born chess grandmaster and émigré Gennadi ... when he heard that the 1984-85 World Championship match in Moscow between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov had been abandoned.
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FIDE General blasts Magnus Carlsen's 'war' on chess body, reminds him of Kasparov's failed rebellion in heated statement
He also went on to indicate how similar split-away measures by former chess legends Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov fell through. “‘I am bigger than FIDE’ concept did not work even for ...