ADecember 06 1972
The Montreal Star, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Wednesday, December 06, 1972
Chess by Denis Allan
Chess in the U.S.S.R. is very much a political vehicle and the best example is the Russian treatment of Dr. Fedor Bohatirchuk, a noted scientist as well as a former chess champion of the U.S.S.R. After the Second World War Dr. Bohatirchuk defected to Canada where he still lives in Ottawa. When he defected all references to him were ordered removed from Soviet chess literature as if he had never existed. Records of the championship he won now show the runner-up as the winner.
