High School World History Quiz
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COLD WAR & DECOLONIZATION 1945–1991
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In the 1970s, Soviet chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov and American Bobby Fischer became international celebrities, with their matches receiving extensive media coverage in both superpowers. Government officials from both countries regularly attended major chess tournaments, and chess success was frequently cited in newspapers as evidence of superior educational systems and intellectual development.
The elevation of chess players to celebrity status and the governmental attention to chess tournaments described in the passage illustrates which characteristic of Cold War cultural competition?
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