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National Chess championships of
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957:. The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Foundation. 2013-05-01.
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943:. The Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 2006-10-26.
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1030:. The Trinidad Express. 2014-11-20.
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1552:Netherlands
1357:El Salvador
635:Ryan Harper
595:Kevin Cupid
575:Ryan Harper
555:Ryan Harper
525:Ryan Harper
505:Ryan Harper
357:Kwame Payne
310:Fred Sabga
286:Carl Brown
278:Fred Sabga
244:Carl Brown
186:Carl Brown
160:Rene Pratt
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1838:Categories
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1724:Uzbekistan
1632:Seychelles
1532:Montenegro
1502:Madagascar
1492:Luxembourg
1462:Kazakhstan
1322:Costa Rica
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441:1986, 1987
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1729:Venezuela
1667:Sri Lanka
1637:Singapore
1562:Nicaragua
1497:Macedonia
1487:Lithuania
1427:Indonesia
1402:Guatemala
1302:Catalonia
1237:Australia
1227:Argentina
565:Frank Yee
425:Cecil Lee
367:Cecil Lee
1749:Zimbabwe
1672:Suriname
1647:Slovenia
1642:Slovakia
1622:Scotland
1607:Portugal
1587:Paraguay
1577:Pakistan
1527:Mongolia
1507:Malaysia
1407:Honduras
1317:Colombia
1292:Bulgaria
1282:Botswana
1257:Barbados
1780:women's
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1719:Uruguay
1712:women's
1697:Ukraine
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1347:Denmark
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1272:Bolivia
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1222:Andorra
1217:Algeria
1212:Albania
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1692:Turkey
1677:Sweden
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1617:Russia
1602:Poland
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1517:Mexico
1477:Latvia
1472:Kosovo
1442:Israel
1397:Greece
1377:France
1337:Cyprus
1297:Canada
1287:Brazil
1823:Paris
1739:Wales
1662:Spain
1547:Nepal
1512:Malta
1467:Kenya
1457:Japan
1447:Italy
1422:India
1312:China
1307:Chile
1197:Chess
23:Chess
1808:Kiev
1775:USSR
1592:Peru
1432:Iran
1332:Cuba
900:2023
890:2022
880:2018
870:2016
860:2015
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