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668:. First place goes to Russia (37½/56), ahead of Bosnia & Herzegovina (35), Russia II and England (both 34½). 124 teams take part. Georgia wins the Women's event (32/42), ahead of Hungary (31), China and Romania (both 27).
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1038:Chess History & Chronology - Bill Wall
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1023:. Gambit Publications.
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1006:Triantafyllos Siaperas
2868:20th century in chess
2528:Candidates Tournament
2416:Rook and pawn vs rook
2381:King and pawn vs king
2332:List of chess gambits
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1913:Isolated Queen's Pawn
1437:List of chess players
1379:Top player comparison
1178:Internet chess server
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2136:Scandinavian Defense
2097:Semi-Italian Opening
2002:King's Indian Attack
1891:first-move advantage
1544:Threefold repetition
1469:Bobby Fischer Center
1354:Charlemagne chessmen
1348:Göttingen manuscript
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755:Alexander Morozevich
657:in the final stages.
623:Paul van der Sterren
107:Association football
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2107:Two Knights Defense
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1249:Dubrovnik chess set
1000:Theo van Scheltinga
974:Vladimir Zagorovsky
643:Alexander Khalifman
598:, when they defeat
553:Chess news in brief
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2155:Accelerated Dragon
2027:Alekhine's Defence
1759:Checkmate patterns
1628:symbols in Unicode
1623:annotation symbols
1386:Geography of chess
1254:Staunton chess set
1044:2008-04-20 at the
982:Champion of Moscow
693:Kasparov wins the
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1997:Zukertort Opening
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767:wins the 1993/94
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2342:Bongcloud Attack
2320:List of openings
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2230:Grünfeld Defence
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2748:Chess boxing
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2478:Wrong bishop
2325:theory table
2299:Torre Attack
2282:Slav Defence
2190:Colle System
2165:Scheveningen
2124:Pirc Defence
2067:Italian Game
2062:Giuoco Piano
2007:Réti Opening
1930:Piece values
1918:Maróczy Bind
1879:the exchange
1869:Compensation
1799:Interference
1789:Double check
1563:Time control
1550:
1524:by agreement
1452:grandmasters
1396:South Africa
1346:
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1315:Score sheets
1261:Chess pieces
1168:Online chess
1114:Chess titles
1109:Chess theory
1020:
994:Gyula Kluger
984:– November 6
912:Buenos Aires
908:Valery Salov
895:
831:(Under 16),
827:(Under 18),
819:are held in
812:as a result.
784:Jaan Ehlvest
738:Judit Polgár
732:Dos Hermanas
717:wins at the
715:Jeroen Piket
666:Thessaloniki
651:Sanghi Nagar
639:Valery Salov
635:Joël Lautier
615:Wijk aan Zee
585:Chess Genius
584:
562:and sponsor
507:Valery Salov
390:
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358:Table tennis
269:Orienteering
209:Field hockey
189:Dance sports
141:
51:
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2693:Chess books
2493:Tournaments
2347:Fool's mate
2112:Vienna Game
2102:Scotch Game
1935:Prophylaxis
1851:Zwischenzug
1836:Undermining
1804:Overloading
1764:Combination
1613:descriptive
1308:Chess table
1303:Chess clock
1119:Grandmaster
1048:2009-10-20)
886:Bloomington
847:Boris Gulko
759:Lloyds Bank
681:Category 18
604:Nigel Short
596:Gata Kamsky
531:Russia 2685
517:Russia 2685
493:Gata Kamsky
489:Russia 2710
427:Russia 2740
413:Russia 2815
387:Top players
321:Rugby union
291:Racquetball
254:Mind sports
214:Flying disc
2857:Categories
2800:joke chess
2753:Chess club
2441:opposition
1898:Middlegame
1886:Initiative
1809:Pawn storm
1774:Deflection
1645:Key square
1635:Fianchetto
1568:Fast chess
1552:En passant
1244:chessboard
1013:References
951:Ray Robson
902:Peter Leko
829:Peter Leko
800:Icelander
780:Lembit Oll
702:Las Palmas
631:Jan Timman
458:India 2715
396:Elo rating
394:top 10 by
373:Volleyball
264:Motorsport
239:Ice sports
234:Ice hockey
224:Gymnastics
132:Basketball
92:Air sports
2783:Stockfish
2773:Deep Blue
2768:AlphaZero
2676:paintings
2468:Tablebase
2432:Strategy
2337:Irregular
2092:Ruy Lopez
2052:Open Game
1819:Sacrifice
1779:Desperado
1682:connected
1655:Open file
1650:King walk
1608:algebraic
1539:Stalemate
1514:Checkmate
1239:Chess set
1231:Equipment
966:, former
939:Hou Yifan
926:Tarragona
849:wins the
804:wins the
774:A double
765:John Nunn
744:with 7/9.
695:Amsterdam
368:Triathlon
122:Badminton
112:Athletics
2842:Category
2795:glossary
2456:Zugzwang
2436:fortress
2368:Endgames
2277:Declined
2272:Accepted
1950:Openings
1908:Hedgehog
1874:Exchange
1861:Strategy
1841:Windmill
1692:isolated
1677:backward
1499:Castling
1442:amateurs
1335:Timeline
1209:Variants
1163:Glossary
1146:software
1131:glossary
1042:Archived
916:Sicilian
855:Key West
791:Armenian
776:Estonian
740:wins at
688:Novgorod
325:Snooker
311:Speedway
284:Shooting
244:Korfball
229:Handball
163:Cricket
147:Climbing
127:Baseball
2743:Arbiter
2736:Related
2593:Solving
2583:Amateur
2160:Najdorf
1742:Battery
1729:Tactics
1704:Swindle
1687:doubled
1667:Outpost
1598:Blunder
1413:Armenia
1327:History
1173:Premove
1141:engines
1136:matches
1101:Outline
876:Chicago
749:Tilburg
677:Linares
546:Belarus
473:Ukraine
334:1994–95
329:1993–94
301:Sailing
204:Esports
184:Cycling
177:1994–95
167:1993–94
2681:poetry
2671:novels
2646:Caïssa
2578:Senior
2568:Junior
2151:Dragon
2146:Alapin
1831:Skewer
1697:passed
1640:Gambit
1447:female
1408:Europe
1391:Africa
1286:Knight
1281:Bishop
1027:
958:Deaths
933:Births
896:Wchess
821:Szeged
742:Madrid
725:Munich
709:Horgen
645:) and
641:(over
633:(over
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442:Latvia
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363:Tennis
353:Squash
306:Skiing
2628:WCSCC
2573:Youth
2563:Blitz
2558:Rapid
2548:Women
2511:Women
2463:Study
2313:Other
1846:X-ray
1769:Decoy
1754:Block
1709:Tempo
1672:Pawns
1590:Terms
1509:Check
1491:Rules
1425:India
1418:Spain
1403:China
1296:Fairy
1271:Queen
1202:norms
1093:Chess
564:Intel
194:Darts
142:Chess
2666:film
2623:WCCC
2618:TCEC
2608:CSVN
2553:Team
2523:List
1794:Fork
1719:Trap
1519:Draw
1291:Pawn
1276:Rook
1266:King
1214:List
1183:list
1158:FIDE
1025:ISBN
865:Biel
815:The
789:The
782:and
707:The
660:The
611:FIDE
602:and
558:The
548:2685
475:2710
444:2715
392:FIDE
219:Golf
172:1994
157:Sumo
68:1997
63:1996
58:1995
52:1994
46:1993
41:1992
36:1991
2603:CCC
1814:Pin
1618:PGN
874:in
853:in
793:GM
637:),
629:),
609:In
560:PCA
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