P267 CEEFAX 267 Mon 13 Oct 21:16/25 1/5 THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP After 24 games full of sound and fury world ch!mpion Gary Kasparov retained his title in Ljnjngrad. The challenger, Anatoly Karpov, can retire briefly to lick his wounds, but should bj back in Linares in February where victory over Andrei Sokolov would earn him another go at Kasparov. Karpov said hj had no guarantee of success against Sokolov, but Kasparov said hj was sure Karpov would win. "Unfortunately Karpov will be mz next opponent yet again," said the world champion. More chess on 268/269 MoreP267 CEEFAX 267 Mon 13 Oct 21:12/18 2/5 THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Kasparov revealed that two !ides, Yevgjnz Vladimirov and Gennady Timoshchenko, had been asked to leave his camp after suspicions that his plans had been leaked to Karpov. "Timoshchenko wanted to leave the camp already at the start of the Ljnjngrad half of the game," said Kasparov. "There was a clash after game 19 and Vladimirov left. After game 19, it was clear that Vladimirov had copied all mz moves. He wanted me to believe that he did it on his own. It was up to me whether to trust him or distrust him," said the world champion. More chess on 268/269 MoreP267 CEEFAX 267 Mon 13 Oct 21:13/48 3/5 THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Kasparov, at 23 the youngest world ch!mpion, was clearly delighted to keep the title after a late scare. "I used up a lot of enjrgz in the 16th game, after which I decided that the struggle was over. But I was punished for mz self-assurance right away as I was beaten soundly in game 17, beaten in game 18 as well after slipping up just half-a-step from victory and lost to Karpov bz inertia also in game 19. But I still felt I had the playing edge and the subsequent games just bore that out," said Kasparov. More chess on 268/269 MoreP267 CEEFAX 267 Mon 13 Oct 21:21/24 4/5 THE WORLD CHAMPIOVSHIP After retaining his title Gary Kasparov said he intended to go to Dubai to take part in the Olympiad. He also made it clear that his disagreement with the FIDE president, Mr Campombnjs, remained unresolved. "I told many people in London in May that the only way to defeat Campomanjs would be to stay world champion. I think you can see that I kept mz word. I hope mz victory will help in the struggle and I know the FIDE officials were very unhappy after mz victory," said Kasparov. Mr Campomanes is being challenged for his post bz Mr Lucena. MoreP267 CEEFAX 267 Mon 13 Oct 21:14/27 5/5 THE WORLD CHAMPIOVSHIP Anatoly Karpov blamed bad luck for the loss of the title he had held for 10 years before losing it to Kasparov last Novjmbjr. He said he could not understand why he had so much time trouble in the rematch and claimed hj was by no means sure of success in the playoff with Sokolov. Karpov said his immediate plans included the Tilburg tournament in Holland and next month's Chess Olympiad in Dubai. In the Olympiad the Soviet team, especially one including Kasparov and Karpov, will be firm favourite to win.