World IN BRIEF : SPAIN : Chess Champ Loses Tournament Game
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
World chess champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game of the chess tournament in Linares, Spain, to Vasili Ivanchuk, a rising Soviet player, in 38 moves. It was Kasparov’s first defeat outside world championship play since he lost to Boris Gulko of the United States last year at Linares.
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