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32nd Chess Olympiad, the Glossary

The 32nd Chess Olympiad (32-րդ Շախմատային օլիմպիադա, 32-rd Shakhmatayin olimpiadan), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia.^[1]

116 relations: Agnieszka Brustman, Alex Yermolinsky, Alexander Onischuk, Alexei Shirov, Alexey Dreev, Alisa Galliamova, Anatoly Karpov, Anna Gershnik, Arbiter (chess), Armenia, Arshak Petrosian, Artashes Minasian, Artur Yusupov (chess player), Ashot Anastasian, Bojan Kurajica, Boris Chatalbashev, Boris Gulko, Buchholz system, Chess in Armenia, Chess Olympiad, Christopher Lutz, Corina Peptan, Cristina Adela Foișor, David García Ilundáin, Ela Pitam, Elena Sedina, Elena-Luminița Cosma, Elvira Berend, Emir Dizdarević, Eric Lobron, Evgeny Bareev, Félix Izeta Txabarri, FIDE, Fliura Khasanova, Gabriela Olărașu, Garry Kasparov, Gennadi Zaichik, Giorgi Giorgadze, Gregory Kaidanov, Harriet Hunt, Igor Novikov (chess player), Ildikó Mádl, Inna Gaponenko, International Braille Chess Association, Ivan Sokolov (chess player), Jana Bellin, Jörg Hickl, Joanna Dworakowska, Joel Benjamin, Jon Speelman, ... Expand index (66 more) »
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Agnieszka Brustman

Agnieszka Brustman (born 31 July 1962) is a Polish chess player holding the title of woman grandmaster.

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Alex Yermolinsky

Alex Yermolinsky (translit; born April 11, 1958) is an American chess player.

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Alexander Onischuk

Alexander Onischuk (also known as Alexandr Onyschuk,;; born September 3, 1975) is a Soviet-Ukrainian-American chess player.

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Alexei Shirov

Alexei Shirov (Aleksejs Širovs; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and Spanish chess player.

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Alexey Dreev

Alexey Sergeyevich Dreev (Алексей Сергеевич Дреев, also transliterated as Aleksey or Alexei; born 30 January 1969) is a Russian chess player.

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Alisa Galliamova

Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova (Алиса Михайловна Галлямова, Алисә Михаил кызы Галләмова; born 18 January 1972 in Kazan) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов,; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, ⁣and politician.

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Anna Gershnik

Anna Gershnik (Segal, born 13 September 1975) is a Soviet-born American chess player.

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Arbiter (chess)

In chess tournaments, an arbiter is an official who oversees matches and ensures that the rules of chess are followed.

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Armenia

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia.

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Arshak Petrosian

Arshak B. Petrosian (Արշակ Պետրոսյան; born December 16, 1953) is an Armenian chess player and National Coach.

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Artashes Minasian

Artashes Minasian (also transliterated as Minasyan; Արտաշես Մինասյան; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian chess grandmaster.

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Artur Yusupov (chess player)

Artur Mayakovich Yusupov (Арту́р Маякович Юсу́пов; Artur Majakowitsch Jussupow; born February 13, 1960) is a chess grandmaster and a chess writer.

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Ashot Anastasian

Ashot Anastasian (Աշոտ Անաստասյան; 16 July 1964 – 26 December 2016) was an Armenian chess Grandmaster.

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Bojan Kurajica

Bojan Kurajica (born 15 November 1947) is a Croatian-Bosnian chess grandmaster (GM).

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Boris Chatalbashev

Boris Chatalbashev (Борис Чаталбашев; born 30 January 1974) is a Bulgarian and Danish chess Grandmaster (GM) (1997), four-times Bulgarian Chess Championship winner (1991, 1998, 2007, 2010).

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Boris Gulko

Boris Franzevich Gulko (p; born February 9, 1947) is a Soviet-American Grandmaster in chess.

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Buchholz system

The Buchholz system (also spelled Buchholtz) is a ranking or scoring system in chess developed by Bruno Buchholz (died 1958) in 1932, for Swiss system tournaments.

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Chess in Armenia

Chess has been played in Armenia since the early Middle Ages; however, it was institutionalized during the early Soviet period.

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Chess Olympiad

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. 32nd Chess Olympiad and chess Olympiad are chess Olympiads.

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Christopher Lutz

Christopher Lutz (born 24 February 1971) is a German chess grandmaster and a two-time German Chess Champion.

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Corina Peptan

Corina-Isabela Peptan (born March 17, 1978) is a Romanian chess player holding the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Cristina Adela Foișor

Cristina Adela Foișor (Bădulescu; 7 June 1967 – 22 January 2017).

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David García Ilundáin

David García Ilundáin (2 April 1971 — 18 June 2002) was a Spanish chess Grandmaster (GM).

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Ela Pitam

Ela Pitam (born 10 February 1977, Riga) is an Israeli chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1997).

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Elena Sedina

Elena Sedina (Елена Седина.; Оле́на Се́діна, Olena Sedina; born 1 June 1968 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian-Italian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Elena-Luminița Cosma

Elena-Luminița Cosma (née Radu, also Radu-Cosma; born 22 January 1972) is a Romanian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1994).

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Elvira Berend

Elvira Bayakhmetovna Berend (Sakhatova, born 19 September 1965) is a Kazakhstan-born Luxembourg chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Emir Dizdarević

Emir Dizdarević (born 2 April 1958), is a Bosnian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1988) who was representing Croatia from 2006 to 2008, two-times Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship winner (2011, 2012) and a Chess Olympiad team silver medalist (1994).

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Eric Lobron

Eric Lobron (born 7 May 1960) is a German chess grandmaster.

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Evgeny Bareev

Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev (Евгений Ильгизович Бареев; born 21 November 1966) is a Russian-Canadian chess player, trainer, and writer.

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Félix Izeta Txabarri

Félix Izeta Txabarri (born 3 August 1961) is a Spanish Basque chess grandmaster.

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FIDE

The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.

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Fliura Khasanova

Fliura Khasanova (born December 31, 1964, in Chirchiq) is a Kazakhstani chess player, and a woman grandmaster.

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Gabriela Olărașu

Gabriela Olărașu (née Stanciu, also Stanciu-Olărașu; born 7 November 1964) is a Romanian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1997).

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Garry Kasparov

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer.

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Gennadi Zaichik

Gennadi Zaichik (Геннадий Львович Зайчик; born 11 February 1957) is a Georgian chess and American (from 2002) Grandmaster (GM) (1984), two-times Georgian Chess Championship winner (1977, 1978).

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Giorgi Giorgadze

Giorgi Giorgadze (გიორგი გიორგაძე; born 10 October 1964) is a former Soviet, current Georgian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1993), two-times Georgian Chess Championship winner (1982, 1988), Chess Olympiad individual bronze medalist (1996).

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Gregory Kaidanov

Gregory Kaidanov (Григорий Зиновьевич Кайда́нов, Grigoriy Zinovyevich Kaydanov; born 11 October 1959) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster.

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Harriet Hunt

Harriet Vaughan Hunt (born 4 February 1978 in Oxford) is an English chess player and five-time British Women's Chess Champion (which she most recently won in October 2021, 22 years after her fourth win).

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Igor Novikov (chess player)

Igor Oleksandrovych Novikov (born May 23, 1962) is a Ukrainian-American chess player.

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Ildikó Mádl

Ildikó Mádl (born 5 November 1969 in Tapolca) is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Inna Gaponenko

Inna Gaponenko (also known as Inna Yanovska; born 22 June 1976) is a Ukrainian chess player holding the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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International Braille Chess Association

The International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) is an organization for blind and visually impaired chess players.

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Ivan Sokolov (chess player)

Ivan Sokolov (born 13 June 1968) is a Dutch-Bosnian chess player and writer.

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Jana Bellin

Jana Bellin (née Malypetrová; born 9 December 1947) is a British, formerly Czechoslovak chess player.

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Jörg Hickl

Jörg Hickl (born 16 April 1965) is a German chess grandmaster.

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Joanna Dworakowska

Joanna Dworakowska (21 October 1978 – 13 April 2024) was a Polish chess player.

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Joel Benjamin

Joel Lawrence Benjamin (born March 11, 1964) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).

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Jon Speelman

Jonathan Simon Speelman (born 2 October 1956 in Marylebone, London) is a British chess player and author.

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Jordi Magem Badals

Jordi Magem Badals (born August 24, 1967 in Barcelona) is a Spanish chess Grandmaster.

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Julian Hodgson

Julian Michael "Jules" Hodgson (born 25 July 1963 in London) is a British chess player, grandmaster, and former British chess champion.

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Karen Asrian

Karen Asrian (Կարեն Ասրյան; 24 April 1980 – 9 June 2008) was an Armenian chess player.

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Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant

Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (née Arakhamia; born) is a Georgian (former Soviet Union)-born Scottish Chess Grandmaster.

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Khvicha Supatashvili

Khvicha Supatashvili (ხვიჩა სუპატაშვილი; born 31 March 1969) is a Georgian chess International Master (IM) (1993), Georgian Chess Championship winner (1992).

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Kiril Georgiev

Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev (Кирил Димитров Георгиев; born 28 November 1965 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian and Macedonian chess grandmaster, and seven-time Bulgarian Chess Champion.

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Larry Christiansen

Larry Mark Christiansen (born June 27, 1956) is an American chess player of Danish ancestry.

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Lasha Janjgava

Lasha Janjgava (ლაშა ჯანჯღავა; born 5 May 1970) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1990), two-times Georgian Chess Championship winner (1994, 1996).

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Ludmila Tsifanskaya

Ludmila Tsifanskaya (born 1949) is a chess player holding the title of Woman International Master.

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Ludmila Zaitseva

Ludmila Georgievna Zaitseva (Людмила Георгиевна Зайцева; born 10 February 1956) is a Russian chess player who holds the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1986).

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Maia Chiburdanidze

Maia Chiburdanidze (მაია ჩიბურდანიძე; born 17 January 1961) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster.

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Marta Litinskaya-Shul

Marta Ivanivna Litynska (Марта Іванівна Літинська; Марта Ивановна Литинская, Marta Ivanovna Litinskaya; born 25 March 1949 in Lviv) is a Ukrainian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Marta Michna

Marta Michna (Zielińska; born 30 January 1978) is a Polish-born chess player who won the Polish Women's Chess Championship in 2003.

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Masha Klinova

Masha Klinova (Jarmolinskaya, born 18 November 1968) is an Israeli chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1996).

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Matthew Sadler

Matthew David Sadler (born 15 May 1974) is an English chess grandmaster, chess writer and two-time British Chess Champion.

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Mähri Geldiýewa

Mähri Geldiýewa (Ovezova, born 4 April 1973) is a Turkmen chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Michael Adams (chess player)

Michael Adams (born 17 November 1971) is an English chess grandmaster and is an eight-time British Chess Champion.

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Miguel Illescas

Miguel Illescas Córdoba (born December 3, 1965, in Barcelona) is a Spanish chess grandmaster.

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Mohammed Al-Modiahki

Mohammed Ahmed Al-Modiahki (محمد أحمد المضيحكي; born June 1, 1974) is a chess Grandmaster.

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Monika Soćko

Monika Soćko (née Bobrowska; born 24 March 1978) is a Polish chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Grandmaster (GM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Nana Ioseliani

Nana Ioseliani (ნანა იოსელიანი; born 12 February 1962) is a Georgian chess player.

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Natalia Zhukova

Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova (Наталія Олександрівна Жукова; born 5 June 1979) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and two-time European women's champion.

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Nóra Medvegy

Nóra Medvegy (born 29 March 1977) is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2002) and International Master (IM, 2005).

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Nick de Firmian

Nicholas Ernest de Firmian (born July 26, 1957) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1985.

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Nigel Short

Nigel David Short (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September 2022.

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Nikoletta Lakos

Nikoletta Lakos (born December 14, 1978, in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian chess woman grandmaster.

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Nino Gurieli

Nino Gurieli (ნინო გურიელი; born December 7, 1961) is a Georgian chess player.

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Oleg Romanishin

Oleg Mikhailovich Romanishin (translit; born 10 January 1952) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and former European junior champion.

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Pablo San Segundo Carrillo

Pablo San Segundo Carrillo (born 9 February 1970) is a Spanish chess Grandmaster (GM) (1995), Spanish Chess Championship winner (1997), and a university professor.

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Performance rating (chess)

Performance rating (abbreviated as Rp) in chess is the level a player performed at in a tournament or match based on the number of games played, their total score in those games, and the Elo ratings of their opponents.

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Peter Svidler

Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler (Пётр Вениами́нович Сви́длер; born 17 June 1976), commonly known as Peter Svidler, is a Russian chess grandmaster and commentator who is an eight-time Russian Chess Champion.

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Predrag Nikolić

Predrag Nikolić (born 11 September 1960 in Bosanski Šamac) is a Bosnian Serb chess grandmaster.

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Professional Chess Association

The Professional Chess Association (PCA), which existed between 1993 and 1996, was a rival organisation to FIDE, the international chess organization.

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Rafael Vaganian

Rafael Artemovich Vaganian (Ռաֆայել Արտյոմի Վահանյան, Rrafayel Artyomi Vahanyan, Рафаэль Артёмович Ваганян, Rafael Artemovich Vaganyan; born 15 October 1951) is an Armenian chess player holding the title of grandmaster (GM).

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Revolutions of 1989

The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, were a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world.

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Richard Robinson (chess player)

Richard Robinson was an American and Bermudian chess player, Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (1996).

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Robert Hübner

Robert Hübner (born November 6, 1948) is a German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist.

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Rustem Dautov

Rustem Hazitovich Dautov (Рустем Хазитович Даутов, born 28 November 1965 in Ufa) is a German chess player of Tatar origin who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster.

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Ruth Sheldon

Ruth Sheldon (born 3 May 1980) is an English chess player.

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Saidali Iuldachev

Saidali Iuldachev (script; born January 31, 1968) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (1997).

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Sergei Rublevsky

Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky (Сергей Владимирович Рублевский; born 15 October 1974) is a Russian chess grandmaster (1994).

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Smbat Lputian

Smbat Gariginovich Lputian (also transliterated as Lputyan; Սմբատ Լպուտյան; born 14 February 1958) is an Armenian chess grandmaster.

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Sofia Polgar

Sofia Polgar (Polgár Zsófia,; born November 2, 1974) is a Hungarian and Israeli chess player, teacher, and artist.

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Stanislav Savchenko

Stanislav Savchenko (born 21 January 1967) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (1993).

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Stuart Conquest

Stuart C. Conquest (born 1 March 1967 in Ilford, England) is an English chess Grandmaster, commentator and tournament director.

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Susan Lalic

Susan Kathryn Lalic (née Walker; born 28 October 1965) is an English chess player, holding both International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) titles.

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Susan Polgar

Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster.

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Svetlana Matveeva

Svetlana Vladislavovna Matveeva (Светлана Владиславовна Матвеева; born 4 July 1969) is a Russian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.

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Svetlana Prudnikova

Svetlana Prudnikova (translit; born 18 March 1967) is a Russian-Serbian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Tamara Klink (chess player)

Tamara Klink (Kogan, also Girkiyan-Klink, born 27 April 1967) is a German chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2000).

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Time control

A time control is a mechanism in the tournament play of almost all two-player board games so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed.

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Vasil Spasov (chess player)

Vasil Spasov (sometimes spelled Spassov; Васил Спасов; born 17 February 1971 in Varna) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster.

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Vasyl Ivanchuk

Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk (Василь Михайлович Іванчук; born March 18, 1969), is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Veselin Topalov

Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced; Весели́н Алексáндров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Champion.

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Vladimir Akopian

Vladimir Akopian (Владимир Акопян, Վլադիմիր Հակոբյան; born December 7, 1971) is an Armenian-American chess Grandmaster.

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Vladimir Dimitrov (chess player)

Vladimir Dimitrov (Владимир Димитров; born 11 April 1968) is a Bulgarian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1993).

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Vladimir Georgiev (chess player)

Vladimir Georgiev (Владимир Георгиев; born 27 August 1975 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian-Macedonian chess grandmaster.

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Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Vladimir Malaniuk

Vladimir Pavlovich Malaniuk (21 July 1957 – 2 July 2017) was a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and three-time Ukrainian champion.

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Wang Lei (chess player)

Wang Lei (born February 4, 1975) is a Chinese chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster.

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Wang Pin

Wang Pin (born December 11, 1974) is a Chinese chess player.

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Xie Jun

Xie Jun (born October 30, 1970) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and is the first Asian woman to become a chess grandmaster.

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Yerevan

Yerevan (Երևան; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.

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