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Article: Kasparov v Karpov: Rematch for kings of chess.(News)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2009
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Byline: From Will Stewart in Moscow
THEIR epic contests in the last years of the Soviet Union were always about more than just chess.
In what seemed to be a battle for their country's soul, Garry Kasparov stood for youth and progress, Anatoly Karpov for tradition and authority.
And 25 years after their first encounter, the pair are to clash again in a dramatic reminder of the end of the Cold War and the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev.
Karpov, the older of the pair and undisputed world champion when they began their rivalry, was the favourite son of the Soviet old guard.
Kasparov, the young pretender, was more in tune with ...