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486:. Fédération québécoise des échecs. Archived from
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618:"The shorts episode at the FIDE World Cup 2017"
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191:. He received the grandmaster title at the
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391:[A prophet looking for land].
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714:. The University of Texas at Dallas
642:Ashifa Kassam (13 September 2017).
801:Chess players for Canada with the
341:. FIDE. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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533:41st Chess Olympiad: Tromsø 2014
511:FIDE. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
262:. He scored 8/10 (+6–0=4) for a
251:, qualifying for a place in the
213:. He scored 7/11 (+4–1=6) for a
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232:. In the latter he knocked out
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437:International Chess Federation
228:playoff to earn a spot in the
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389:"Un profeta que busca tierra"
295:University of Texas at Dallas
745:player profile and games at
739:chess games at 365Chess.com
314:Cohen, David (2018-10-25).
201:In 2014, Kovalyov, who had
184:, Canada, with his family.
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978:List of chess grandmasters
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358:(in Spanish). 2009-07-12
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696:Dress Code Controversy
126:No. 80 (November 2017)
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287:Zurab Azmaiparashvili
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180:In 2007 he moved to
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260:42nd Chess Olympiad
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211:41st Chess Olympiad
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998:Categories
976:See also:
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676:Chess.com
592:"Results"
394:La Nación
356:La Nacion
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154:Born in
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156:Kharkiv
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