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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...format of the competition suggests that someone on the Harvard side will win or draw, raising hopes among the Harvard players that they could come out of Saturday with the distinction of having beaten the world champion...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: `Definitely the Best Player I've Ever Faced' | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

Kasparov's undergraduate challengers will include Massachussetts state champion Vivek V. Rao '92 and Andrew H. Serotta '91, who for the past three years has won the Junior Open, a national chess tournament for players under 21 years...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: `Definitely the Best Player I've Ever Faced' | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

...think I have a chance," said Rao, who lost to Kasparov in 1987 when he was high school national champion. "The real threats are me and the lady...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: `Definitely the Best Player I've Ever Faced' | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

...lady" is Professor Anna Aksharumova, the current American women's champion. She has to be considered the major human threat to Kasparov...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: `Definitely the Best Player I've Ever Faced' | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

...final stop of a highly publicized American tour, outspoken World Chess Champion Gary Kasparov yesterday blasted the leader of his native Soviet Union in a free-for-all question-and-answer session at Harvard's Russian Research Center...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: World Chess Champion Arrives for Match | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

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