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World Chess Championship Finalist Accuses Opponent Of "Suspicious Behavior"...

First Posted: 3/28/08 Updated: 5/25/11

The New York Times:

And on a day of rest, accusations were hurled.

The match for the world chess championship taking place in Elista, the capital of the Russian republic of Kalmykia, took a bizarre turn today as one side -- in this case, and unsurprisingly, the player who is trailing -- accused the other of suspicious behavior during the games and threatened to quit.

Read the whole story: The New York Times

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