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From: unni@uwvax.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Finals game 13
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Date: Wed, 11-Apr-84 21:24:39 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 11 21:24:39 1984
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    Someone please enlighten me on this series. I came to the United States
in August last year. Since newspapers and TV here cover only politics, ball-
games and soaps, I have been completely out of touch with chess news till I
got this access to the net.
    Last August, the situation was as follows:

    After the quarter-finals, the line-up was

	Gerry Kasparov vs Viktor Korchnoi at Pasadena,
	Vassily Smyslov vs Zoltan Ribli at Abu Dhabi ( or thereabouts )

    For some inscrutable reason of their own, the soviets protested the venues
at the last moment (citing the "heat" and the unfriendly-to-soviets atmos-
phere ), and refused to play. The FIDE president, after several attempts to
persuade the soviets to reconsider, FORFEITED BOTH THE MATCHES ( to Korchnoi
and Ribli respectively).

    What has happened since then? Why was the forfeiture revoked? When were
the matches played? What were the results?

    I shall be grateful to anybody who can post the reply ( or mail it to me ).

							Shankar Unni
						    (unni@wisc-rsch.arpa).