Many people think that, in the time of the USSR, Russian chess players conspired to make sure a Soviet player won tournaments. For example, they would try hard

Many people think that, in the time of the USSR, Russian chess players conspired to make sure a Soviet player won tournaments. For example, they would try harder to beat strong non-Soviet players than to beat strong Soviet players, would throw away games to give a Soviet player more points, would offer a draw very soon to give a Soviet player time to rest/prepare for theirnext matig, etc. There’s also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1948#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1948#...