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Karpov's appearance comes just three months after world champion grandmaster Gary Kasparov bested Deep Thought and eight human opponents in a simultaneous exhibition here...
After hearing of Kasparov's visit, Karpov contacted the club through his American agent and offered to attend a similar event, said Christopher F. Shabris '88, alumni advisor to the Harvard Chess Club...
...Chess Club President Daniel H. Edelman '91 was careful to distinguish the Karpov exhibition from Kasparov's earlier...
...When Kasparov played at Harvard he dueled eight master opponents using a maximum time limit between each move, Edelman said. Karpov, however, faced 35 more opponents and moved from board to board virtually without rest for more than five hours...
Karpov has been criticized openly for his more conservative political views by Kasparov, who defeated him for the world championship...