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for the conditions of the title match. Running to 179 numbered paragraphs, each of his conditions are acceptable to all parties, except for two. The rejected conditions concern the match being of unlimited length (first to win 10 games, regardless of draws) and that the title stays with the holder in
985:(USA), which defeats third placed Ribbit (CAN) in a play-off for second. There are many interesting games and some surprising moves arise from tactical complications. The championship shows that chess computers are making rapid progress, although the quality of the
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Expositions. Offering an enormous playing arena, the venue should surpass those of recent years, but a lack of air-conditioning and poor lighting provokes some criticism from the participants. After managing only narrow wins at
639:. The battle between Karpov and Korchnoi in the (Moscow) final proves to be a tense and difficult struggle, although the younger man ultimately triumphs 12½-11½, amidst a large number of draws. As the winning candidate, Karpov is scheduled to meet
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the event of the score reaching 9-9. Fischer insists he will not back down on these stipulations and threatens to resign his title if they are not accepted. He has until April 1975 to finally decide.
680:(both 5/9). Oddly, the winner is the lowest rated of the ten contestants and while there is a large percentage of draws, many of the games are exciting and worthy of such a strong competition.
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in France. This is to become a regular and important event in the junior chess calendar and is a forerunner to the World Youth
Festivals that expand to cover many more age categories.
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score an identical 10/15. As with the Manila and
Montilla tournaments, the entrants are all titled players, making for one of the strongest events of the year.
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for a world championship decider in 1975 and for his efforts in 1974, is awarded his second successive Chess Oscar. Meanwhile, Fischer puts forward a plan to
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must settle for bronze. Petrosian scores 12½/14 for an 89.3% performance, the best of the event.
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894:(11/15). Third place is shared between Evgeny Vasiukov and Rainer Knaak on 10/15.
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qualifying cycle. His Moscow based, Candidates' quarter-final match against
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1125:, English IM, wartime codebreaker and former British champion - February 15
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1076:, Ukrainian-Israeli GM who has lived in many countries - January 29
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1143:, French master and many times the national champion - April 1
1106:, Former Jamaican champion and coach living in the UK - ?
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1100:, Russian born WGM and model, has lived in Serbia - March 1
1094:, Bangladeshi GM, the country's second grandmaster - ?
1088:, Bangladeshi GM, the country's third grandmaster - July 25
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for the first of six times, scoring further victories at
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1022:, Russian GM and former national champion - October 15
1082:, German GM and champion of speed chess - November 15
1046:, Russian GM and former Russian champion - February 7
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856:(8½/13). A strong field includes rising stars
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1186:"Chess History & Chronology - Bill Wall"
996:makes an application for membership of FIDE.
807:(11/14) and, tied in third place on 10½/14,
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16:Overview of the events of 1974 in chess
822:in East Germany with 11½/15, ahead of
873:Hastings International Chess Congress
672:with 5½/9. In joint second place are
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1228:Chess Highlights of the 20th Century
683:The 14th IBM tournament is held at
864:, as well as former USSR Champion
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971:World Computer Chess Championship
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830:(10/15). He is also a winner at
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925:, and narrowly losing out to
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1209:The Batsford Chess Yearbook
977:. It is won by the program
777:There is a strong entry at
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1207:O'Connell, Kevin (1975).
929:at the 2nd World Open in
899:Pan-American Championship
117:Australian rules football
2727:World Chess Championship
1693:World Chess Hall of Fame
1254:Chess Olympiad Nice 1974
1226:Burgess, Graham (1999).
941:World Cadet Championship
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2610:Queen and pawn vs queen
1230:. Gambit Publications.
753:USSR Chess Championship
2476:RichterâVeresov Attack
2464:Queen's Indian Defence
886:Tournament is held in
793:(tied third on 8½/14).
3077:20th century in chess
2737:Candidates Tournament
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2595:King and pawn vs king
2546:List of chess gambits
2449:King's Indian Defence
2127:Isolated Queen's Pawn
1651:List of chess players
1593:Top player comparison
1392:Internet chess server
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809:Dragoljub Velimirovic
803:with 12/14, ahead of
583:The meteoric rise of
2454:Nimzo-Indian Defence
2350:Scandinavian Defense
2311:Semi-Italian Opening
2216:King's Indian Attack
2105:first-move advantage
1758:Threefold repetition
1683:Bobby Fischer Center
1568:Charlemagne chessmen
1562:GĂśttingen manuscript
1367:Correspondence chess
981:(USSR), followed by
939:wins the first ever
818:Mikhail Tal wins at
774:, both having 10/15.
107:Association football
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2321:Two Knights Defense
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1463:Dubrovnik chess set
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1068:Mohamad Al-Modiahki
945:Pont-Sainte-Maxence
884:Capablanca Memorial
768:Ljubomir LjubojeviÄ
746:Alexander Beliavsky
578:Chess news in brief
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2459:Old Indian Defense
2369:Accelerated Dragon
2241:Alekhine's Defence
1973:Checkmate patterns
1842:symbols in Unicode
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1468:Staunton chess set
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1998:Discovered attack
1718:Cheating in chess
1555:Versus de scachis
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1026:Konstantin Sakaev
911:U.S. Championship
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693:Vladimir Tukmakov
617:Palma de Mallorca
526:Mikhail Botvinnik
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2534:List of openings
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2444:GrĂźnfeld Defence
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937:Jonathan Mestel
905:. It is won by
813:David Bronstein
757:Rafael Vaganian
697:Vlastimil Jansa
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2687:Wrong bishop
2539:theory table
2513:Torre Attack
2496:Slav Defence
2404:Colle System
2379:Scheveningen
2338:Pirc Defence
2281:Italian Game
2276:Giuoco Piano
2221:RĂŠti Opening
2144:Piece values
2132:MarĂłczy Bind
2093:the exchange
2083:Compensation
2013:Interference
2003:Double check
1777:Time control
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1738:by agreement
1666:grandmasters
1610:South Africa
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1529:Score sheets
1475:Chess pieces
1382:Online chess
1328:Chess titles
1323:Chess theory
1256:. Batsford.
1253:
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1211:. Batsford.
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1190:the original
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1147:Abram Khavin
1092:Ziaur Rahman
1038:Sofia Polgar
987:endgame play
919:Wijk aan Zee
877:LĂĄszlĂł SzabĂł
824:Rainer Knaak
670:Ivan Radulov
625:Robert Byrne
554:Soviet Union
537:Soviet Union
520:Soviet Union
486:Soviet Union
469:Soviet Union
452:Soviet Union
435:Soviet Union
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358:Table tennis
269:Orienteering
209:Field hockey
189:Dance sports
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2702:Tournaments
2561:Fool's mate
2326:Vienna Game
2316:Scotch Game
2149:Prophylaxis
2065:Zwischenzug
2050:Undermining
2018:Overloading
1978:Combination
1827:descriptive
1522:Chess table
1517:Chess clock
1333:Grandmaster
1250:Levy, David
1104:Ryan Palmer
1074:Artur Kogan
1062:Qin Kanying
1014:Gata Kamsky
1003:is printed.
927:Bent Larsen
901:is held in
852:(9/13) and
828:Jan Smejkal
762:The annual
720:Mikhail Tal
660:Bent Larsen
560:Bent Larsen
441:Mikhail Tal
391:Top players
321:Rugby union
291:Racquetball
254:Mind sports
214:Flying disc
3066:Categories
3009:joke chess
2962:Chess club
2650:opposition
2112:Middlegame
2100:Initiative
2023:Pawn storm
1988:Deflection
1859:Key square
1849:Fianchetto
1782:Fast chess
1766:En passant
1458:chessboard
1201:References
1129:Henri Grob
956:Asenovgrad
954:. Held at
943:, held in
897:The first
862:Jan Timman
799:is won by
764:Las Palmas
738:Tony Miles
668:is won by
654:excels at
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
2992:Stockfish
2982:Deep Blue
2977:AlphaZero
2885:paintings
2677:Tablebase
2641:Strategy
2551:Irregular
2306:Ruy Lopez
2266:Open Game
2033:Sacrifice
1993:Desperado
1896:connected
1869:Open file
1864:King walk
1822:algebraic
1753:Stalemate
1728:Checkmate
1453:Chess set
1445:Equipment
983:Chess 4.0
975:Stockholm
923:Lone Pine
882:The 11th
797:ReykjavĂk
751:The 42nd
685:Amsterdam
637:Leningrad
387:in 1974;
368:Triathlon
122:Badminton
112:Athletics
3051:Category
3004:glossary
2665:Zugzwang
2645:fortress
2582:Endgames
2491:Declined
2486:Accepted
2164:Openings
2122:Hedgehog
2088:Exchange
2075:Strategy
2055:Windmill
1906:isolated
1891:backward
1713:Castling
1656:amateurs
1549:Timeline
1423:Variants
1377:Glossary
1360:software
1345:glossary
1252:(1975).
1056:Wang Pin
969:The 1st
903:Winnipeg
888:CamagĂźey
836:Novi Sad
787:Solingen
707:Olympiad
629:San Juan
325:Snooker
311:Speedway
284:Shooting
244:Korfball
229:Handball
163:Cricket
147:Climbing
127:Baseball
2952:Arbiter
2945:Related
2802:Solving
2792:Amateur
2374:Najdorf
1956:Battery
1943:Tactics
1918:Swindle
1901:doubled
1881:Outpost
1812:Blunder
1627:Armenia
1541:History
1387:Premove
1355:engines
1350:matches
1315:Outline
915:Chicago
662:(9/14).
571:Denmark
503:Hungary
334:1974â75
329:1973â74
301:Sailing
204:Esports
184:Cycling
177:1974â75
167:1973â74
2890:poetry
2880:novels
2855:CaĂŻssa
2787:Senior
2777:Junior
2365:Dragon
2360:Alapin
2045:Skewer
1911:passed
1854:Gambit
1661:female
1622:Europe
1605:Africa
1500:Knight
1495:Bishop
1260:
1248:&
1234:
1215:
1111:Deaths
1008:Births
979:Kaissa
846:Venice
832:Lublin
716:Skopje
712:Siegen
656:Manila
633:Odessa
623:beats
619:, and
611:beats
599:beats
568:
551:
534:
517:
500:
483:
466:
449:
432:
415:
363:Tennis
353:Squash
306:Skiing
2837:WCSCC
2782:Youth
2772:Blitz
2767:Rapid
2757:Women
2720:Women
2672:Study
2527:Other
2060:X-ray
1983:Decoy
1968:Block
1923:Tempo
1886:Pawns
1804:Terms
1723:Check
1705:Rules
1639:India
1632:Spain
1617:China
1510:Fairy
1485:Queen
1416:norms
1307:Chess
1172:Notes
820:Halle
779:Sochi
385:chess
194:Darts
142:Chess
2875:film
2832:WCCC
2827:TCEC
2817:CSVN
2762:Team
2732:List
2008:Fork
1933:Trap
1733:Draw
1505:Pawn
1490:Rook
1480:King
1428:List
1397:list
1372:FIDE
1258:ISBN
1232:ISBN
1213:ISBN
992:The
921:and
871:The
860:and
834:and
811:and
714:and
704:Nice
702:The
695:and
676:and
645:FIDE
573:2620
556:2625
539:2630
522:2640
505:2650
488:2650
471:2655
454:2660
437:2660
420:2780
396:FIDE
219:Golf
172:1974
157:Sumo
68:1977
63:1976
58:1975
52:1974
46:1973
41:1972
36:1971
2812:CCC
2028:Pin
1832:PGN
913:in
627:in
615:in
603:in
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691:,
607:,
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1299:e
1292:t
1285:v
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