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What is the benefit from establishing a coalition against outsiders? Silly question, perhaps. Any discriminatory device will gain of all those users who are in the coalition at the cost of those outside. And if the coalitition can stay stable, then the more reason to form it. That's what the Russians did during the cold war, according to a new paper on game theory and chess. It seems as though the recent controversy over the cheating allegations at the World Chess Championship in Kalmykia is nothing compared to the old days.