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Korchnoi became the target of Soviet wrath when he defected in 1976.
First they tried to disqualify him from a title shot on the grounds
that he was stateless, but FIDE had the courage to declare that
challengers represented themselves as individuals, not their nations.
FIDE nonetheless bowed to Soviet pressure by forcing Korchnoi to
accept a rematch clause that FIDE had stricken in 1963.

The clock will soon have stricken 12 for chess journalists
without a command of the irregular verb forms.

Then the Soviet Union refused to release Korchnoi’s family

How many families do you think Korchnoi wanted? Why do you think
he ditched his family in the first place?

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