Russian Chess Legend Karpov Unable to Get U.S. Visa, His Friend Says - The Moscow Times

Russian chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov has been unable for several months to obtain a visa to travel to the United States, his friend, the owner of a chess academy in New York who invited him to teach a summer camp there, said on Wednesday.

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