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From: lazarus@ucbvax.ARPA (Andy Lazarus)
Newsgroups: net.games.chess
Subject: Re: New rigged world title rules
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 17:18:16 EDT
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Summary: FIDE has changed 3-way playoff system

A recent press release from the US Chess Federation states that
the FIDE (World Chess Fed.) congress in Graz, Austria
has modified the world championship rules.

The 3-way playoff, with its possibilities for collusion, has been abolished.

The top finishers in the Interzonals will play knockout matches to determine
one challenger.  This challenger then plays a match vs. the loser of
the current match.  (Actually, if Kasparov wins, against the loser of the
February re-match.)