SALONIKA, GREECE: Soviet Chess Player Yelena Akhmilovskaya has defected during the World Chess Olympiad here after marrying the American Team Captain, official sources said on Saturday.
‘Akhmiloyskaya and U’S team captain John Donaldson were married in this Northern Greek City on Friday and flew to Frankfurt, West Germany on Saturday morning, the sources said.
‘A US. Embassy spokeswoman in Athens confirmed a Soviet and an American player at the tournament had married and left Greece but gave no further details.
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