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From: boris@sftri.UUCP (B.Altman)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re. Postponment of World Championship
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Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 18:36:18 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 24 18:36:18 1985
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> 
> First... The last pure win match was played between Alekhine and
> Capablanca in 1927. Alekhine won that match 6 - 3 with 25 (!) draws.
> It was the lengh of this match that brought about the abolition
> of the pure wins system.
> 
Wrong. The match Karpov - Korchnoy (1978) did not have limits
and lasted 32 games. Karpov won 6:5.

			Boris Altman
			attunix!boris