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406:"True Life" I'm a Genius (2007)
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1171:I. Gurevich
1050:D. Gurevich
391:16 December
289:Gata Kamsky
285:Saint Louis
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1648:Categories
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902:FIDE title
837:See also:
578:FIDE title
459:12 January
306:References
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70:1983-11-19
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952:Rossolimo
947:Reshevsky
910:1950–1959
890:American
576:with the
269:True Life
170:St. Louis
79:Yerevan,
1609:Woodward
1579:Jacobson
1448:Hungaski
1362:Nakamura
1312:González
1297:Finegold
1292:Erenburg
1211:Shabalov
1191:Onischuk
1166:Fishbein
1115:Seirawan
1095:Kaidanov
1045:Benjamin
1019:Palatnik
999:Biyiasas
978:Lombardy
922:Bisguier
561:Armenian
245:Colombia
143:Armenian
1589:Niemann
1554:Brodsky
1433:Chandra
1413:Antipov
1387:Świercz
1377:Ramírez
1372:Quesada
1352:Kreiman
1337:Kaufman
1332:Jimenez
1307:Gareyev
1302:Friedel
1282:Caruana
1267:Aronian
1262:Akobian
1231:Shulman
1226:Sherzer
1186:Novikov
1156:Becerra
1151:Annakov
1146:Akopian
1130:Zaichik
1075:Ehlvest
973:Kavalek
942:Kashdan
937:Fischer
574:Armenia
166:Armenia
151:Yerevan
52:Armenia
48:Country
1604:Tiglon
1584:Mishra
1493:Sevian
1488:Robson
1483:Oparin
1473:Molner
1418:Arnold
1357:Moradi
1327:Izoria
1272:Ashley
1216:Shaked
1206:Serper
1181:Kamsky
1176:Ivanov
1161:Bruzón
1125:Wilder
1120:Soltis
1105:Mednis
1100:Kudrin
1090:Henley
1085:Goldin
1065:Denker
1029:Tarjan
1024:Rogoff
994:Alburt
353:21 May
107:rating
105:
97:(2004)
1599:Sturt
1594:Sheng
1533:Zierk
1523:Xiong
1518:Troff
1508:Smith
1468:Liang
1453:Krush
1438:Checa
1428:Burke
1423:Brown
1347:Kraai
1241:Wolff
1110:Rohde
1070:Dlugy
1014:Gulko
968:Byrne
927:Evans
917:Benko
159:chess
91:Title
1574:Hong
1528:Yang
1513:Tang
1443:Holt
1322:Hess
1277:Bhat
1221:Sher
1055:Dake
932:Fine
491:FIDE
461:2022
427:FIDE
410:IMDb
393:2011
355:2010
291:and
277:FIDE
239:and
178:2008
176:and
174:2006
112:2564
103:FIDE
64:Born
1614:Yoo
1569:Guo
283:at
266:'s
264:MTV
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1463:Li
1382:So
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408:,
235:,
231:,
227:,
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