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...surprisingly, a musical titled Chess is already in the works for next year in London. The tunes may be catchy, but the story, based on this year's championship confrontations in Moscow, can hardly be better theater than the real thing. Last weekend, on the stage of the opulent Tchaikovsky Hall, after two months of acrimony and audacity on and off the board, after jitterily watching his obdurate foe almost come from behind and after being driven all the way to the final game in the series, Gary Kasparov at 22 became the sport's youngest world champion. He rang...
...defending his crown in his hometown, vs. the crowd-pleasing, passionate young provincial up for a title shot. Intensifying the tension was old-fashioned human loathing. Long before the end of the match, the contestants were barely speaking to each other, and shook hands perfunctorily. "The best part," a chess master told the Chicago Tribune, "is that these guys hate each other...
...animosity began in a controversial and inconclusive match that was halted last February. Karpov was leading 5 games to 3, but Kasparov appeared to be closing on him fast after a draining record of 40 draws. Then World Chess Federation President Florencio Campomanes, a close friend of Karpov's, abruptly stopped play because, he said, players, officials and organizers were exhausted. The real reason, many insiders charged, was that the champion was physically and psychologically frazzled, ripe for a humiliating defeat. An enraged Kasparov shook his fist: "They are trying to deprive me of my chance!" Later he sneeringly told...
...Airwolf, but the actor remains hooked. "Once you have the spell cast over you, you become the slave of a grand passion that lasts forever," says Cord reverently. "It encompasses different skills. You have to be able to ride like a Comanche and think like a chess player...
...James has actually spent most of his weekends in the company of others since he joined HRSFA last year. James’ obsession with Magic: The Gathering, a card game he picked up after chess became “old and stale,” led him to become involved with the group, but it’s the people that have kept him around...