When 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is up in Manila, it will be Filipino Grandmaster Eugene Torre, one of the longtime friends of 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer, who will personally welcome him coming to Philippines. According to The Philippine Star correspondents, Artemio Dumlao and Joey Villar, Torre is “helping the Russian embassy and the Philippine Sports Commission coordinate some of Karpov’s activities”, which should include a simultaneous exhibition at Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila Tuesday, followed by a screening of Aleksey Leonidovich Sidorov’s film Champion of the World, fresh winner of the Golden Eagle Award for Best Motion Picture, dedicated to the 1978 World Chess Championship match between Karpov and Viktor Lvovich Kortschnoi. Then on Wednesday Karpov will pay a pilgrimage to the Baguio Convention Centre, which 45 years ago was theatre of that epic match.
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