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plays host to sixty teams and three hundred and sixty players. The USSR are overall gold medal winners with 27½/44, making it their tenth successive win, ahead of
Hungary (26½/44) and Yugoslavia (26/44). Spassky makes the top board best score (individual gold, 79.2%), ahead of Fischer (silver, 76.9%)
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argues that recent performances should put him first and refuses to give way. The match is won by the USSR, by the narrowest of margins (20½-19½) and many commentators are surprised that the USSR's remarkable strength in depth (four of the five last boards are ex-world champions) does not lead to a
765:. From the eight qualifiers, USSR take gold with 52½/70, from Hungary (41/70) and East Germany (39½/70). Played over ten boards (with reserves), the Soviet Union's result is emphatic, even though they leave out Spassky and Botvinnik.
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Botvinnik announces his retirement from competitive chess, in order to devote more time to his chess school activities and a developing interest in chess-playing computer programs.
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play against the ground support staff. The game takes six hours to complete (as communication is only possible for a short time during each orbit) and is drawn after 35 moves of a
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system and publishes its first official list, a revised version of the provisional 1969 list, taking more recent game result data into account. The top 10 is as listed above.
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745:(board four). Harry de Graaf officiates.
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802:. Over three hundred players compete.
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1093:- Vol 35, August 1970, pp 370-372
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1117:- Vol 35, March 1970, p 190
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585:'The Match of the Century'
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1568:List of chess players
1510:Top player comparison
1309:Internet chess server
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1500:Hypermodernism
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1328:world rankings
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1150:
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1139:CHESS magazine
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1127:CHESS magazine
1119:
1115:CHESS magazine
1107:
1103:CHESS magazine
1095:
1091:CHESS magazine
1083:
1079:CHESS magazine
1071:
1067:CHESS magazine
1059:
1055:CHESS magazine
1046:
1045:
1043:
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1038:
1025:
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1014:
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996:
990:
984:
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950:Karsten Muller
947:
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929:
923:
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911:
905:
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896:Boris Alterman
893:
885:
882:
881:
880:
877:Queen's Gambit
865:
858:
855:
852:DraĹžen MaroviÄ
837:
828:Keres wins at
826:
823:Georgi Tringov
803:
792:
789:Anatoly Karpov
781:
774:
771:Harry Golombek
756:
746:
739:Borislav Ivkov
723:
708:
697:Vasily Smyslov
693:Vlastimil Hort
681:
662:
647:
621:
579:
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560:Vasily Smyslov
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23:Years in chess
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2999:Chess by year
2997:
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2989:1970 in chess
2987:
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2966:
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2959:
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2943:Solving chess
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2933:Chess prodigy
2931:
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2118:Grob's Attack
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2108:Dunst Opening
2106:
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2098:Benko Opening
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2090:Flank opening
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1352:World records
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1323:Rating system
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1024:Miscellaneous
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646:(both 14/23).
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640:Mark Taimanov
638:(all 15/23),
637:
636:Robert HĂźbner
633:
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418:United States
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407:Bobby Fischer
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2889:Chess engine
2874:Chess boxing
2834:
2604:Wrong bishop
2456:theory table
2430:Torre Attack
2413:Slav Defence
2321:Colle System
2296:Scheveningen
2255:Pirc Defence
2198:Italian Game
2193:Giuoco Piano
2138:RĂŠti Opening
2061:Piece values
2049:MarĂłczy Bind
2010:the exchange
2000:Compensation
1930:Interference
1920:Double check
1694:Time control
1681:
1655:by agreement
1583:grandmasters
1527:South Africa
1477:
1470:
1446:Score sheets
1392:Chess pieces
1299:Online chess
1245:Chess titles
1240:Chess theory
1156:
1134:
1122:
1110:
1098:
1086:
1074:
1062:
1050:
1011:Alois Wotawa
944:ZoltĂĄn Varga
862:Folke Rogard
850:(10/15) and
834:LĂĄszlĂł SzabĂł
785:Leonid Stein
651:Buenos Aires
571:Soviet Union
537:Soviet Union
520:Soviet Union
503:Soviet Union
469:Soviet Union
452:Soviet Union
435:Soviet Union
394:
382:
358:Table tennis
269:Orienteering
209:Field hockey
189:Dance sports
141:
51:
50:
2819:Chess books
2619:Tournaments
2478:Fool's mate
2243:Vienna Game
2233:Scotch Game
2066:Prophylaxis
1982:Zwischenzug
1967:Undermining
1935:Overloading
1895:Combination
1744:descriptive
1439:Chess table
1434:Chess clock
1250:Grandmaster
1184:2009-10-20)
1005:Adolf Seitz
999:Ludwig Rodl
914:Alisa MariÄ
815:Bruno Parma
659:Oscar Panno
632:Efim Geller
609:Bent Larsen
475:Bent Larsen
458:Efim Geller
391:Top players
321:Rugby union
291:Racquetball
254:Mind sports
214:Flying disc
2983:Categories
2926:joke chess
2879:Chess club
2567:opposition
2029:Middlegame
2017:Initiative
1940:Pawn storm
1905:Deflection
1776:Key square
1766:Fianchetto
1699:Fast chess
1683:En passant
1375:chessboard
1149:References
968:Lin Weiguo
873:Cosmonauts
767:Paul Keres
759:Kapfenberg
753:Elo rating
672:(8½/14),
628:Interzonal
605:Elo rating
400:Elo rating
398:top 10 by
383:Events in
373:Volleyball
264:Motorsport
239:Ice sports
234:Ice hockey
224:Gymnastics
132:Basketball
92:Air sports
2909:Stockfish
2899:Deep Blue
2894:AlphaZero
2802:paintings
2594:Tablebase
2558:Strategy
2468:Irregular
2223:Ruy Lopez
2183:Open Game
1950:Sacrifice
1910:Desperado
1813:connected
1786:Open file
1781:King walk
1739:algebraic
1670:Stalemate
1645:Checkmate
1370:Chess set
1362:Equipment
879:Accepted.
778:Beverwijk
387:in 1970;
368:Triathlon
122:Badminton
112:Athletics
2968:Category
2921:glossary
2582:Zugzwang
2562:fortress
2499:Endgames
2408:Declined
2403:Accepted
2081:Openings
2039:Hedgehog
2005:Exchange
1992:Strategy
1972:Windmill
1823:isolated
1808:backward
1630:Castling
1573:amateurs
1466:Timeline
1340:Variants
1294:Glossary
1277:software
1262:glossary
1178:Archived
830:Budapest
811:Sarajevo
730:Olympiad
661:(11/17).
597:Cold War
593:Max Euwe
589:Belgrade
325:Snooker
311:Speedway
284:Shooting
244:Korfball
229:Handball
163:Cricket
147:Climbing
127:Baseball
2869:Arbiter
2862:Related
2719:Solving
2709:Amateur
2291:Najdorf
1873:Battery
1860:Tactics
1835:Swindle
1818:doubled
1798:Outpost
1729:Blunder
1544:Armenia
1458:History
1304:Premove
1272:engines
1267:matches
1232:Outline
890:Xie Jun
869:Soyuz 9
854:(9/15).
554:Hungary
486:Denmark
402:- 1970
334:1970â71
329:1969â70
301:Sailing
204:Esports
184:Cycling
177:1970â71
167:1969â70
2807:poetry
2797:novels
2772:CaĂŻssa
2704:Senior
2694:Junior
2282:Dragon
2277:Alapin
1962:Skewer
1828:passed
1771:Gambit
1578:female
1539:Europe
1522:Africa
1417:Knight
1412:Bishop
1163:
975:Deaths
884:Births
844:Skopje
800:Boston
727:Siegen
712:Leiden
689:Zagreb
685:Rovinj
666:Lugano
568:
551:
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363:Tennis
353:Squash
306:Skiing
2754:WCSCC
2699:Youth
2689:Blitz
2684:Rapid
2674:Women
2637:Women
2589:Study
2444:Other
1977:X-ray
1900:Decoy
1885:Block
1840:Tempo
1803:Pawns
1721:Terms
1640:Check
1622:Rules
1556:India
1549:Spain
1534:China
1427:Fairy
1402:Queen
1333:norms
1224:Chess
1042:Notes
1029:1970
813:with
385:chess
194:Darts
142:Chess
2792:film
2749:WCCC
2744:TCEC
2734:CSVN
2679:Team
2649:List
1925:Fork
1850:Trap
1650:Draw
1422:Pawn
1407:Rook
1397:King
1345:List
1314:list
1289:FIDE
1161:ISBN
821:and
749:FIDE
725:The
703:and
676:and
642:and
620:3-1.
573:2620
556:2630
539:2640
522:2640
505:2650
488:2650
471:2660
454:2670
437:2670
420:2720
396:FIDE
219:Golf
172:1970
157:Sumo
68:1973
63:1972
58:1971
52:1970
46:1969
41:1968
36:1967
2729:CCC
1945:Pin
1749:PGN
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