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The 1962 Curaçao Collusion Scandal

Fischer finished fourth and accused the Soviets of fixing the tournament against him. Decades later, the consensus is that he was right, and it changed the format forever.

"The Russians Have Fixed World Chess"

A 19-year-old chess player got a national sports magazine to run his conspiracy accusation as a cover story. That alone was as unprecedented as the claim itself.

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