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After losing the title, Kasparov strung together a number of major tournament victories, and remained the top rated player in the world, ahead of both Kramnik and the FIDE World Champions. In 2001 he refused an invitation at the 2002 Dortmund Candidates Tournament for the Classical title, claiming his results had earned him a rematch with Kramnik.[12]
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As part of the USSR team, Kasparov took victories in Olympiads of 1980 (scoring 9.5 points out of 12), 1982 (8.5 out of 11), and 1986 (8.5 out of 11 - best results among all players). He was ... a member of Russia's select team for the 1996 Olympiad (scoring 7 out of 9).
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Cowing considers the alternative summit "a publicity coup for Kasparov, scheduled to cause maximum embarrassment to the Kremlin. She ... thinks that Kasparov could be playing with fire. More than 20 of his supporters have been attacked over the past few weeks, while he himself was roughed up by Interior Ministry troops.
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