今年6月,来自世界各地的130个左右的代表队将参加在菲律宾首府马尼拉举行的世界奥林匹克国际象棋团体赛的角逐。但与以往不同的是,那支从20年代起赢得不18枚金牌、独垄世界棋坛冠军宝座长达11年之久的苏联队将不复存在,整个比赛格局将会焕然一新。人们固然会对新的独立国家联合体或俄罗斯联邦代表队是否会独领风骚存疑,但更会有这肃的疑问:现世界冠军加里·卡斯帕罗夫 In June this year, about 130 teams from all over the world will participate in the World Olympic Chess Championship in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. But unlike in the past, the Soviet team that has won 18 gold medals since the 1920s and has won the monopoly of the world chess championship for eleven years will cease to exist. The entire game pattern will be completely renewed. While it is doubtful whether people will dominate the new Commonwealth of Independent States or the Russian Federation, there is much more to be won: the current world champion Gary Kasparov