The World - News from March 27, 1987
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Former champion Anatoly Karpov won the World Chess Championship Candidates Final, beating fellow Soviet grandmaster Andrei Sokolov in the 11th game and earning the right to challenge Gary Kasparov for the world title in the fall. Karpov, 35, defeated Sokolov 7 1/2 to 3 1/2 points and never lost a game in the 14-game match at Linares, Spain. Winning a game counts for one point and a draw scores half a point.
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