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331:
309:Leipzig 1960
287:
250:Philadelphia
247:
219:
217:in England.
208:
177:
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146:
129:
128:
93:(2017-04-05)
29:
1522:2017 deaths
1517:1929 births
1230:Perelshteyn
1109:Yermolinsky
1064:Schwartzman
1034:I. Gurevich
913:D. Gurevich
698:Larry Evans
498:Robert Wade
321:Skopje 1972
303:Munich 1958
174:Early years
142:Grandmaster
111:Grandmaster
1511:Categories
1489:See also:
1341:Naroditsky
1099:Stripunsky
943:Fedorowicz
923:De Firmian
765:FIDE title
709:1954–1958
575:2011-08-16
535:2012-02-19
457:References
387:Chess Life
379:hedge fund
360:Natick, MA
192:Pittsburgh
161:Interzonal
138:FIDE title
74:1929-10-08
1427:Fernandez
1422:Daggupati
1405:2020–2029
1366:Shankland
1361:Sevillano
1321:Lenderman
1269:2010–2019
1260:Ziatdinov
1255:Zherebukh
1205:Khachiyan
1180:Hernández
1150:Domínguez
1118:2000–2009
1059:Sagalchik
1002:1990–1999
901:1980–1989
850:1970–1979
824:1960–1969
815:Rossolimo
810:Reshevsky
773:1950–1959
753:American
278:Cleveland
188:U.S. Open
1472:Woodward
1442:Jacobson
1311:Hungaski
1225:Nakamura
1175:González
1160:Finegold
1155:Erenburg
1074:Shabalov
1054:Onischuk
1029:Fishbein
978:Seirawan
958:Kaidanov
908:Benjamin
882:Palatnik
862:Biyiasas
841:Lombardy
785:Bisguier
544:cite web
445:See also
425:against
222:Helsinki
215:Southsea
18:Bisguier
1452:Niemann
1417:Brodsky
1296:Chandra
1276:Antipov
1250:Świercz
1240:Ramírez
1235:Quesada
1215:Kreiman
1200:Kaufman
1195:Jimenez
1170:Gareyev
1165:Friedel
1145:Caruana
1130:Aronian
1125:Akobian
1094:Shulman
1089:Sherzer
1049:Novikov
1019:Becerra
1014:Annakov
1009:Akopian
993:Zaichik
938:Ehlvest
836:Kavalek
805:Kashdan
800:Fischer
660:at the
60:Country
1467:Tiglon
1447:Mishra
1356:Sevian
1351:Robson
1346:Oparin
1336:Molner
1281:Arnold
1220:Moradi
1190:Izoria
1135:Ashley
1079:Shaked
1069:Serper
1044:Kamsky
1039:Ivanov
1024:Bruzón
988:Wilder
983:Soltis
968:Mednis
963:Kudrin
953:Henley
948:Goldin
928:Denker
892:Tarjan
887:Rogoff
857:Alburt
624:
599:
377:, the
226:Vienna
201:Master
144:(GM).
113:(1957)
101:, U.S.
1462:Sturt
1457:Sheng
1396:Zierk
1386:Xiong
1381:Troff
1371:Smith
1331:Liang
1316:Krush
1301:Checa
1291:Burke
1286:Brown
1210:Kraai
1104:Wolff
973:Rohde
933:Dlugy
877:Gulko
831:Byrne
790:Evans
780:Benko
496:, by
184:Bronx
134:chess
107:Title
1437:Hong
1391:Yang
1376:Tang
1306:Holt
1185:Hess
1140:Bhat
1084:Sher
918:Dake
795:Fine
622:ISBN
597:ISBN
550:link
88:Died
68:Born
1477:Yoo
1432:Guo
439:1–0
190:at
140:of
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