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The World Chess Championship

Karpov's endgame Raymond Keene O n 10 September 1984 the Karpov- Kasparov World Chess Cham- pionship commenced in Moscow. Karpov, 33, is slightly built, a model Soviet citizen,......

The Communist Collapse

Sam White Paris T he 25th Congress of the French Com- munist Party, which at one time prom- ised to be a rumbustious affair; has in fact passed off peaceably enough, with the......