by Don Schultz Starting in a small town chess club, thev story rapidly moves to Iceland and purported KGB attempts to influence the Spassky/Fischer World Championship match. A defection in Thessolonika, an attempt at ping-pong style diplomacy in Dubai, KGB blackmailing of a FIDE official in Moscow and a terror stricken KGB colonel in Merano are constant reminders of how corrupt governments attempt to use sports for political gain.