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586:Alla Kushnir
441:Alla Kushnir
386:Alla Kushnir
331:Alla Kushnir
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1922:Chess stubs
1826:Tan Zhongyi
1806:M. Muzychuk
1470:Development
1352:17 February
1250:Lei Tingjie
1226:Tan Zhongyi
1172:Tan Zhongyi
1160:Lei Tingjie
1034:Netherlands
978:Netherlands
895:Alisa Marić
69:Prize fund
1916:Categories
1674:Su. Polgar
1328:2023-10-06
1304:2023-10-06
1280:References
531:Marta Shul
422:Kislovodsk
371:Yugoslavia
260:Yugoslavia
75:Runner-up
66:Host city
45:Symbol key
1865:Ju Wenjun
1840:Ju Wenjun
1816:Hou Yifan
1796:Hou Yifan
1776:Hou Yifan
1755:Hou Yifan
1745:Kosteniuk
1725:Stefanova
1215:€ 250,000
1149:€ 250,000
1141:Chongqing
1094:€ 200,000
1030:Groningen
808:Tsqaltubo
1891:Category
1836:Nov 2018
1832:May 2018
1786:Ushenina
1735:Xu Yuhua
1715:Zhu Chen
1584:Rubtsova
1535:Aug 1937
1531:Jul 1937
1258:See also
919:Shanghai
367:Subotica
205:Bulgaria
63:Edition
1705:Xie Jun
1684:Xie Jun
1664:Xie Jun
1553:Rudenko
1549:1949–50
1543:Menchik
1207:Toronto
1136:2022–23
1049:Xie Jun
974:Tilburg
969:1994–95
914:1992–93
882:Xie Jun
867:Georgia
863:Borzomi
812:Georgia
682:1983–84
625:Georgia
621:Tbilisi
616:1980–81
558:Germany
549:1977–78
483:1974–75
316:Georgia
312:Sukhumi
201:Plovdiv
72:Winner
1901:Portal
1598:Bykova
1574:Bykova
1211:Canada
1090:Russia
757:Sweden
691:Russia
492:Russia
488:Moscow
426:Russia
149:Russia
145:Moscow
93:Russia
89:Moscow
78:Third
1145:China
1086:Kazan
923:China
753:Malmö
687:Sochi
22:chess
1872:2025
1861:2023
1857:2020
1822:2017
1812:2016
1802:2015
1792:2013
1782:2012
1772:2011
1751:2010
1741:2008
1731:2006
1721:2004
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1680:1999
1670:1996
1660:1993
1656:1991
1646:1988
1642:1986
1638:1984
1634:1981
1630:1978
1620:1975
1616:1972
1612:1969
1608:1965
1604:1962
1594:1959
1590:1958
1580:1956
1570:1953
1539:1939
1527:1935
1523:1934
1519:1933
1515:1931
1511:1930
1507:1927
1381:stub
1354:2024
1202:2024
1081:2019
1025:1997
858:1990
803:1988
748:1986
417:1971
362:1967
307:1964
251:1961
196:1959
140:1955
84:1952
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