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Aquino opens Olympiad
PHILIPPINES, June 7: President Corazon Aquino opened the 3Olh Ches* Olympiad on Sunday with
teams from the United States. Western Europe and former Soviet republics hoping to end Russian domination of the game, reports AP.
Mrs Aquino and world champion Gary Kasparov made the symbolic, opening moves to begin the three-week, 92-natlon competition, which gets underway on Monday to determine the world's team champion.
Kasparov’* Rdsslan team, which Inherited the scat vacated by the former Soviet Union, faces a strong challenge by teams from Britain, the United States and newly independent Ukraine.
Russia's chances of holding the championship have been weakened by the absence of former champion Anatoly Karpov and Artur Yusupov, who did not Join the team in Manila
The breakup of the Soviet Union is expected to refashion the world of international chess. Leading the Ukrainian team is the world's No 3 player. Vassily Ivanchuk. .
Georgia has fielded the most experienced women's team, led by former world champions Maya Chlburdanl-dze and Nona Caprindashvlll. once stalwarts of the Soviet women's lineup.
Even the United States has profited for the Soviet Union's demise. The American team will be led by )R-year-old grandmaster Gata Kamsky, a Soviet defector who is ranked eighth In the world.
Bui other teams are ex pec ted to mount strong chai lengcs.
The British team will be led by Nigel Short. 27. who beat Karpov. the number two player In world rankings. In the Candidates Match lost April In Spain.
Another possible serious ehalkngcr is India, led by No 5 ranked Viswanathan Anand, •who learned his chess fundamentals by Joining local tournaments while h1s family was living In Manila.
Politics has trimmed down the number of serious challengers tn the men's competition after the Philippine government banned the participation of Yugoslavia in the Olympiad in compliance with UN sanctions against the strlfc-lom country.
In the women s competition. a three-way fight looms among Hungary. China and Georgia.
Hungary, if the *l*ter* Zsuzsa and Sofia Fol gar Join it. would most IU«4y be the top women s team to beat. Hungary Is seeking to win its third straight women's crown.
China, an emerging chess powerhouse, will be led by women's world champion Xie Jun.