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475:D. Gurevich
276:Jesse Kraai
186:Jesse Kraai
106:Grandmaster
102:Jesse Kraai
83:Grandmaster
67:May 6, 1972
22:Jesse Kraai
1073:Categories
1051:See also:
903:Naroditsky
661:Stripunsky
505:Fedorowicz
485:De Firmian
327:FIDE title
253:2014-01-04
207:Chess Life
173:References
167:0976848902
125:New Mexico
114:Tal Shaked
63:1972-05-06
989:Fernandez
984:Daggupati
967:2020–2029
928:Shankland
923:Sevillano
883:Lenderman
831:2010–2019
822:Ziatdinov
817:Zherebukh
767:Khachiyan
742:Hernández
712:DomĂnguez
680:2000–2009
621:Sagalchik
564:1990–1999
463:1980–1989
412:1970–1979
386:1960–1969
377:Rossolimo
372:Reshevsky
335:1950–1959
315:American
116:in 1997.
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1004:Jacobson
873:Hungaski
787:Nakamura
737:González
722:Finegold
717:Erenburg
636:Shabalov
616:Onischuk
591:Fishbein
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520:Kaidanov
470:Benjamin
444:Palatnik
424:Biyiasas
403:Lombardy
347:Bisguier
132:Santa Fe
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979:Brodsky
858:Chandra
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611:Novikov
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398:Kavalek
367:Kashdan
362:Fischer
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908:Oparin
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342:Benko
79:Title
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953:Yang
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702:Bhat
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480:Dake
357:Fine
190:FIDE
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