“My problem with returning to work at the Institute ended in a death,” he wrote in his memoirs. In 1955, then world champion Mikhail Botvinnik recruited Mr. Averbakh to play practice games with him. Over the next two years, the two played 25 matches against each other – roughly the same length as a world …

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