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From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: New rigged world title rules
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 16:36:39 EDT
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> At a recent meeting of the International Chess federation FIDE
> in Tunisia, the Russians managed to put their stamp on the new
> world championship title rules to make it easier for Karpov to
> keep his title of world champ, and -more important- to guarantee 
> a Soviet monopoly on the world title.

An interesting point: those rules are strangely reminiscent of the
rules governing the America's Cup. They're somewhat more one-sided,
I must admit, but the form & intent are remarkably similar.