Fischer once accused Soviets of throwing key games to each other in
international tourneys.

GM Yasser Seirawan, when asked if he ever saw any evidence of this in
his own experience, said: "His charge is absolutely true! I've seen it
happen. Soviet stars were expected to finish behind Karpov and I saw
Polugaevsky throw away an easy draw against him in this simple
endgame. When Spassky committed the crime of finishing first ahead of
Karpov in Spain, they
cut off his interzonal funding -- which is why Spassky left Russia and
went to play for France in the Olympiads."


I suppose you expect everyone to take your word for the accuracy
of this quote from Seirawan - but what if somebody wanted to
confirm that this statement was made?

You don't need Seirawan to tell you that Polugayevsky made a crude
error in the game quoted - anybody can see that, and it obviously
doesn't prove that there was collusion among the players.

Since when is Seirawan an authority on prearranged results between
Soviet players?

Any kind of serious journalist would be ashamed to base such
an accusation on such weak evidence.