BAGUIO CITY—Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov stepped nonchalantly into the Baguio Convention Center on Feb. 1 where his historic match against the late Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi about 45 years ago had fueled a global fascination with their celebrated rivalry. Stopping briefly to sign the chessboard of a Baguio employee, Karpov, now 72 years old, […]
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