https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/03/29/soviet-chess-champ-14-defects/109e36d3-cdec-4c22-a7a9-53327cac8add/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/a

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/03/29/soviet-chess-champ-14-defects/109e36d3-cdec-4c22-a7a9-53327cac8add/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/03/29/... Quite a number of Soviet chess players defected while attending tournaments abroad.