Originally appeared in the Boston Globe,
By Harvey Blume
THE 1985 CHAMPIONSHIP chess match between Garry Kasparov and
Anatoly Karpov captured the world's attention not just for the gripping chess,
but because Kasparov, at 22, embodied an outspoken, anti-authoritarian spirit
that seemed a rebuke to the Soviet status quo. Kasparov won the match, becoming
the youngest world chess champion in history and a heroic figure to many who
would welcome the collapse of Communism.