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Thread: Lev Alburt: "Botvinnik was anti-Soviet, like me"

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    Default Lev Alburt: "Botvinnik was anti-Soviet, like me"

    The RCF site has published a lengthy interview with one of the most famous defectors from the USSR, GM Lev Alburt, who went on to win multiple U.S. national champion titles and became a successful New York-based businessman. The text is illustrated with numerous historical photos. Thanks to advancements in AI, an English translation is quite readable.

    Some teasers:
    - Botvinnik's game preparation recipe: "Phosphorus is needed. Eat caviar, and abstain from sex."
    - The infamous incident at the 1980 Olympiad: "I stretched out my hand, Karpov looked away. I held my hand in the air for some time while we were photographed. I sat down, and he said in such a quiet voice, "No, Leva, we will not shake hands today."
    - On the 1982 Merano World Championship match: "Igor Ivanov has come to the West just recently and didn't realize that the mini-bar in his hotel room was not an open buffet."
    - How the book on Carlsen-Karjakin match came into being.
    Last edited by Vadim Tsypin; 01-24-2018 at 05:00 PM.

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