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...predecessors to conquer one's better judgment. The ritual this time celebrates only cynicism and, perhaps, star egotism. In Rocky IV, the underdog is the noise-mauled audience, and one can only hope that it will come off the canvas and take a hike. Or better still, refuse the rematch. --By Richard Schickel
...world's two best chess players have long had an unremitting rivalry. Gary Kasparov, 22, the game's new king, last week moved aggressively in an off-the-board battle, seeking to get out of a required February rematch with his Soviet archrival, Anatoli Karpov, 34. The youngest chess champion in history demanded the ouster of World Chess Federation President Florencio Campomanes, who is up for re-election in 1986 and whom Kasparov accuses of favoring Karpov. The mandatory title defense "is perfectly illegal," said Kasparov in an interview in Le Figaro, "and I don't have to submit...
...latest rematch, which began in July and moved from London to Leningrad after twelve games, was at first a romp for Kasparov. After 16 games, he was three wins ahead and seemed so assured of victory that some visiting grand masters packed up and left for home. Suddenly Karpov, drawing on a hidden reserve of strength and taking advantage of blunders by Kasparov, won three games in a row to pull even, 9˝-9˝. It was an unprecedented string of victories so late in a championship match. "Kasparov is cracking," wrote Vladimir Pimonov, analyst for a Soviet chess journal...
...just under two hours, the season had turned. Harvard rolled into its rematch with Dartmouth at 6-0, undoubtedly headed for the finish that had eluded it a year earlier. But the Crimson’s offense sputtered. The Big Green capitalized, scoring a touchdown with 2:15 to play to pull within one, then kept its offense on the field to attempt a two-point conversion...
Pulling together, the Crimson reeled off four consecutive wins, and then headed to Providence for a rematch with the Bears...