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1130:De Firmian
972:FIDE title
683:References
194:World Open
136:FIDE title
81:California
67:1957-07-26
1634:Fernandez
1629:Daggupati
1612:2020–2029
1573:Shankland
1568:Sevillano
1528:Lenderman
1476:2010–2019
1467:Ziatdinov
1462:Zherebukh
1412:Khachiyan
1387:Hernández
1357:DomĂnguez
1325:2000–2009
1266:Sagalchik
1209:1990–1999
1108:1980–1989
1057:1970–1979
1031:1960–1969
1022:Rossolimo
1017:Reshevsky
980:1950–1959
960:American
730:March 12,
707:August 9,
250:Deep Blue
204:from the
1679:Woodward
1649:Jacobson
1518:Hungaski
1432:Nakamura
1382:González
1367:Finegold
1362:Erenburg
1281:Shabalov
1261:Onischuk
1236:Fishbein
1185:Seirawan
1165:Kaidanov
1115:Benjamin
1089:Palatnik
1069:Biyiasas
1048:Lombardy
992:Bisguier
630:(2004).
594:(1990).
179:Olympiad
159:treatise
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1624:Brodsky
1503:Chandra
1483:Antipov
1457:Ĺšwiercz
1447:RamĂrez
1442:Quesada
1422:Kreiman
1407:Kaufman
1402:Jimenez
1377:Gareyev
1372:Friedel
1352:Caruana
1337:Aronian
1332:Akobian
1301:Shulman
1296:Sherzer
1256:Novikov
1226:Becerra
1221:Annakov
1216:Akopian
1200:Zaichik
1145:Ehlvest
1043:Kavalek
1012:Kashdan
1007:Fischer
243:English
202:physics
53:Country
1674:Tiglon
1654:Mishra
1563:Sevian
1558:Robson
1553:Oparin
1543:Molner
1488:Arnold
1427:Moradi
1397:Izoria
1342:Ashley
1286:Shaked
1276:Serper
1251:Kamsky
1246:Ivanov
1231:BruzĂłn
1195:Wilder
1190:Soltis
1175:Mednis
1170:Kudrin
1160:Henley
1155:Goldin
1135:Denker
1099:Tarjan
1094:Rogoff
1064:Alburt
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223:MCO-13
104:rating
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94:(1985)
83:, U.S.
77:Fresno
39:, 1986
1669:Sturt
1664:Sheng
1603:Zierk
1593:Xiong
1588:Troff
1578:Smith
1538:Liang
1523:Krush
1508:Checa
1498:Burke
1493:Brown
1417:Kraai
1311:Wolff
1180:Rohde
1140:Dlugy
1084:Gulko
1038:Byrne
997:Evans
987:Benko
916:1998
263:, by
132:chess
88:Title
1644:Hong
1598:Yang
1583:Tang
1513:Holt
1392:Hess
1347:Bhat
1291:Sher
1125:Dake
1002:Fine
885:and
794:FIDE
732:2012
709:2021
658:ISBN
636:ISBN
613:ISBN
109:2445
100:FIDE
61:Born
1684:Yoo
1639:Guo
273:MCO
247:IBM
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