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The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess World Cup tournament.^[1]

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Abhijeet Gupta

Abhijeet Gupta (born 16 October 1989) is an Indian chess player with the title of Grandmaster (GM).

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African Chess Championship

The first African Chess Championship was played in 1998.

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Ahmed Adly

Ahmed Adly (أحمد عدلي, born 18 February 1987) is an Egyptian chess Grandmaster.

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Aleksei Pridorozhni

Aleksei Vladimirovich Pridorozhni (born 27 August 1981) is a Russian chess player.

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Alexander Grischuk

Alexander Igorevich Grischuk (born October 31, 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Alexander Ivanov (chess player)

Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov (born May 1, 1956) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster.

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Alexander Moiseenko

Alexander Moiseenko (Олександр Моісеєнко, Oleksandr Moiseyenko; born 17 May 1980) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and the 2013 European champion.

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Alexander Morozevich

Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich (translit; born July 18, 1977) is a Russian chess player.

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Alexander Motylev

Alexander Anatolyevich Motylev (Александр Анатольевич Мотылёв; born 17 June 1979) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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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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Alexander Riazantsev (chess player)

Alexander Riazantsev (Russian: Александр Рязанцев; born 12 September 1985) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Alexandr Fier

Alexandr Hilário Takeda Sakai dos Santos Fier (born 11 March 1988) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster.

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Alexei Bezgodov

Alexei Mikhailovich Bezgodov (Алексей Михайлович Безгодов; born 30 June 1969) is a Russian chess grandmaster and writer.

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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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Anton Filippov

Anton Filippov (born 6 December 1986 in Tashkent) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (2008).

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Anton Korobov

Anton Sergiyovych Korobov (Антон Сергійович Коробов; born 25 June 1985) is a Ukrainian chess player.

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Arman Pashikian

Arman Pashikian (Արման Փաշիկյան; born 28 July 1987, Irkutsk, Russia) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.

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Artyom Timofeev (chess player)

Artyom Timofeev (Артём Тимофеев; born January 6, 1985) is a Russian chess player.

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Asian Chess Championship

The Asian Chess Championship is a chess tournament open to all players from Asian chess federations (FIDE zones from 3.1 to 3.8).

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Étienne Bacrot

Étienne Bacrot (born 22 January 1983) is a French chess grandmaster, and as a child, a chess prodigy.

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Baadur Jobava

Baadur Jobava (ბაადურ ჯობავა; born 26 November 1983) is a Georgian chess grandmaster and three-time Georgian champion (2003, 2007, 2012).

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Barış Esen

Barış Esen (born November 3, 1986) is a Turkish chess grandmaster.

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Bartosz Soćko

Bartosz Soćko (born 10 November 1978) is a Polish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).

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Boris Gelfand

Boris Gelfand (בוריס אברמוביץ' גלפנד; Barys Abramavič Heĺfand; Boris Abramovich Gel'fand; born 24 June 1968) is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player.

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Boris Grachev

Boris Pavlovich Grachev (Борис Павлович Грачёв; born 27 March 1986) is a Russian chess player.

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Bu Xiangzhi

Bu Xiangzhi (born December 10, 1985) is a Chinese chess player.

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Canadian Chess Championship

This is the list of all the winners of the Canadian Chess Championship, often referred to as the Canadian Closed Championship to distinguish it from the annual Canadian Open tournament.

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Chess

Chess is a board game for two players.

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The Chess Federation of Russia, known until 2018 as the Russian Chess Federation, is the governing body for chess in Russia, and the officially recognized arm of the FIDE in Russia. Chess World Cup 2011 and chess Federation of Russia are chess in Russia.

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Chess World Cup

The FIDE World Cup is a major chess event organized by FIDE, the international governing body.

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Chess World Cup 2009

The Chess World Cup 2009 was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 20 November and 14 December 2009, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Chess World Cup 2011 and Chess World Cup 2009 are chess World Cup, chess in Russia, international sports competitions hosted by Russia and Sport in Khanty-Mansiysk.

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Chess World Cup 2013

The Chess World Cup 2013 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, played between 11 August and 2 September 2013, in the hotel Scandic Tromsø in Tromsø, Norway. Chess World Cup 2011 and chess World Cup 2013 are chess World Cup.

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Constantin Lupulescu

Constantin Lupulescu (born 25 March 1984) is a Romanian chess grandmaster and a five-time Romanian Chess Champion.

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Daniel Fridman

Daniel Fridman (Daniels Fridmans; born February 15, 1976) is a Latvian-German chess player.

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Darcy Lima

Darcy Gustavo Machado Vieira Lima (born 22 May 1962) is a Brazilian chess player.

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David Navara

David Navara (born 27 March 1985) is a Czech chess grandmaster, the highest-ranked of his country.

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Diego Di Berardino

Diego Rafael Di Berardino (born 29 July 1987, in Rio de Janeiro) is a chess International Master.

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Ding Liren

Ding Liren (born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion.

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Dmitry Andreikin

Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin (Дмитрий Владимирович Андрейкин, born 5 February 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster, World Junior Chess Champion in 2010 and two-time Russian Chess Champion (2012 and 2018).

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Dmitry Jakovenko

Dmitry Olegovich Jakovenko (Дмитрий Олегович Яковенко; born 29 June 1983) is a Russian chess player.

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Elshan Moradi

Elshan Moradi Abadi (الشن مرادی ابدی., born 22 May 1985) is an Iranian-American chess grandmaster.

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Emil Sutovsky

Emil Sutovsky (born 19 September 1977) is an Israeli chess player.

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Eric Hansen (chess player)

Eric Hansen (born May 24, 1992) is a Canadian chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer.

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Ernesto Inarkiev

Ernesto Inarkiev (Эрнесто Инаркиев; born 9 December 1985) is a Russian chess grandmaster, the first ever from Kalmykia.

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Essam El-Gindy

Essam El-Gindy (also known as Essam El-Gendy and Esam Mohamed Ahmed Nagib; born 14 July 1966) is an Egyptian chess Grandmaster and FIDE Trainer.

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European Individual Chess Championship

The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union.

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Evgeny Alekseev (chess player)

Evgeny Vladimirovich Alekseev (Евгений Владимирович Алексеев; born 28 November 1985) is a Russian chess grandmaster and Russian champion in 2006.

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Evgeny Postny

Evgeny Postny (born 3 July 1981) is an Israeli chess player.

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Evgeny Romanov (chess player)

Evgeny Anatolyevich Romanov (Евге́ний Анато́льевич Рома́нов; born November 2, 1988) is a Russian chess player who represents North Macedonia.

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Evgeny Tomashevsky

Evgeny Yuryevich Tomashevsky (Евгений Юрьевич Томашевский; born 1 July 1987) is a Russian chess player.

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Evgeny Vorobiov

Evgeny Evgenievich Vorobiov (Russian: Евгений Евгеньевич Воробьёв) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian and American chess grandmaster who is the reigning three-time United States Chess Champion.

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Fast chess

Fast chess, also known as speed chess, is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than classical chess time controls allow.

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Ferenc Berkes

Ferenc Berkes (born 8 August 1985) is a Hungarian 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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FIDE titles

FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) for outstanding performance.

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Fidel Corrales Jimenez

Fidel Corrales Jimenez (born July 7, 1987) is an American chess Grandmaster.

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Francisco Vallejo Pons

Francisco Vallejo Pons (born 21 August 1982) is a Spanish chess grandmaster.

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Frank De La Paz Perdomo

Frank De La Paz Perdomo (born 24 May 1975) is a Cuban chess player.

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Gata Kamsky

Gata Kamsky (italics; Гата Камский; born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion.

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Grandmaster (chess)

Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.

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Hatim Ibrahim

Hatim Ibrahim, born 1975) is an Egyptian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 2011. Ibrahim qualified for the Chess World Cup 2011, where he was defeated by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the first round.

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Henry Robert Steel

Henry Robert Steel (born 10 July 1989) is a South African chess player.

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Hikaru Nakamura

Christopher Hikaru Nakamura, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, December 7, 2022 (born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion.

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Hou Yifan

Hou Yifan (born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Shenzhen University.

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Ian Nepomniachtchi

Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi (a; born 14 July 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Igor Lysyj

Igor Ilyich Lysyj (Игорь Ильич Лысый; born 1 January 1987) is a Russian chess player and writer.

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Ildar Khairullin

Ildar Khairullin (born 22 August 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Indian Chess Championship

The National Premier Chess Championship is the annual national chess championship of India.

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Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez

Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (born 30 March 1985 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban chess grandmaster.

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Ivan Ivanišević

Ivan Ivanišević (Иван Иванишевић; born 23 November 1977) is a Serbian chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster in 2000.

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Iván Salgado López

Iván Salgado López (born 29 June 1991) is a Galician Spanish chess player, who attained the rank of Grandmaster in 2008.

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Jorge Cori

Jorge Moisés Cori Tello (born 30 July 1995) is a Peruvian chess grandmaster.

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Judit Polgár

Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time.

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Khanty-Mansiysk

Khanty-Mansiysk (Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. Khanty-Mansi Town; Khanty: Ёмвоҷ, Jomvoćś; Mansi: Абга, Abga) is a city in west-central Russia.

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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (Кирса́н Никола́евич Илюмжи́нов,; Kalmyk: Үлмҗин Кирсән, Ülmcin Kirsən,; born 5 April 1962) is a Russian oligarch, administrator and politician.

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Laurent Fressinet

Laurent Fressinet (born 30 November 1981 in Dax) is a French chess grandmaster.

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Lázaro Bruzón

Lázaro Bruzón Batista (born 2 May 1982 in Holguín) is a Cuban-American chess grandmaster.

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Lê Quang Liêm

Lê Quang Liêm (born 13 March 1991) is a Vietnamese chess grandmaster, the top-ranked of his country.

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Leinier Domínguez

Leinier Domínguez Pérez (born September 23, 1983) is a Cuban and American chess grandmaster.

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Levon Aronian

Levon Grigori Aronian (Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian-American chess grandmaster.

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Li Chao (chess player)

Li Chao (born 21 April 1989 in Taiyuan, Shanxi) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster and Asian champion in 2013.

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Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (born 1 August 1976) is a Romanian chess grandmaster.

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London Chess Classic

The London Chess Classic is a chess festival held at the Olympia Conference Centre, West Kensington, London.

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Magnus Carlsen

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.

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Manuel León Hoyos

Manuel León Hoyos (born February 10, 1989) is a Mexican chess Grandmaster.

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Mark Bluvshtein

Mark Bluvshtein (born 20 April 1988) is a Soviet-born Canadian chess player.

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Mark Paragua

Mark Callano Paragua (born March 29, 1984) is a Filipino chess grandmaster.

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Markus Ragger

Markus Ragger (born 5 February 1988) is an Austrian chess grandmaster.

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Maxim Rodshtein

Maxim Rodshtein (מקסים רודשטיין, translit; born 19 January 1989) is an Israeli chess grandmaster.

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (born 21 October 1990), often referred to by his initials, MVL, is a French chess grandmaster who is a former World Blitz Champion.

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Mejdi Kaabi

Mejdi Kaabi (9 June 1961 - 28 June 2019) is a Tunisian chess player.

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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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Mikhail Kobalia

Mikhail Robertovich Kobalia (Михаил Робертович Кобалия; born May 3, 1978) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1997).

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Mircea Pârligras

Mircea-Emilian Pârligras (born 28 December 1980) is a Romanian chess grandmaster and a two-time Romanian Chess Champion.

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Murtas Kazhgaleyev

Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Mūrtas Mūratūly Qajyğaliev; born 17 November 1973) is a Kazakhstani chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1998.

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Namig Guliyev

Namig Guliyev (Namiq Quliyev; born 13 February 1974) is an Azerbaijani chess player.

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Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn

Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (born 23 February 1990) is a Vietnamese chess player.

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Ni Hua

Ni Hua (born May 31, 1983 in Shanghai) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the national team captain.

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Nikita Vitiugov

Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov (Никита Кириллович Витюгов; born 4 February 1987) is a Russian chess grandmaster who internationally represents England.

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Nikolai Kabanov

Nikolai Kabanov (born 1980) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Parimarjan Negi

Parimarjan Negi (born 9 February 1993) is an Indian chess grandmaster.

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Pavel Eljanov

Pavel Eljanov (translit; born 10 May 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Pentala Harikrishna

Pentala Harikrishna (born 10 May 1986) is an Indian chess grandmaster.

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Peter Heine Nielsen

Peter Heine Nielsen (born 24 May 1973) is a Danish chess trainer and player.

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Peter Leko

Peter Leko (Lékó Péter; born September 8, 1979) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and commentator.

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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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Radosław Wojtaszek

Radosław Wojtaszek (born 13 January 1987) is a Polish chess grandmaster.

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Rauf Mamedov

Rauf Mamedov (Rauf Məmmədov; born 26 April 1988) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster and a three-time national champion.

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Ray Robson

Ray Robson (born October 25, 1994) is an American chess player.

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Rinat Jumabayev

Rinat Jumabayev (Ринат Жұмабаев (Rinat Jūmabaev), also spelled Rinat Dzhumabaev; born 23 July 1989) is a Kazakhstani chess player.

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Robert Gwaze

Robert Gwaze (born 1982) is a Zimbabwean chess player.

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Rubén Felgaer

Rubén Felgaer (born 4 April 1981) is an Argentine chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2002.

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Ruslan Ponomariov

Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov (Русла́н Оле́гович Пономарьо́в; born 11 October 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Rustam Kasimdzhanov

Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion (2004-05). He was Asian champion in 1998.

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Salem Saleh (chess player)

Salem Abdulrahman Mohamed Saleh (born 4 January 1993) is an Emirati chess grandmaster.

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Sam Shankland

Samuel L. Shankland (born October 1, 1991) is an American chess grandmaster.

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Sandro Mareco

Sandro Fabio Mareco (born 13 May 1987) is an Argentine chess player.

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Sébastien Feller

Sébastien Feller (born 11 March 1991) is a French chess grandmaster.

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Sergei Azarov

Sergei Nikolayevich Azarov (Серге́й Николаевич Азаров; Сяргей Мікалаевіч Азараў, Siarhiej Mikalajevič Azaraŭ; born 19 May 1983) is a Belarusian chess player.

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Sergei Movsesian

Sergei Movsesian (Սերգեյ Մովսիսյան; born 3 November 1978) is an Armenian chess player.

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Sergei Zhigalko

Sergei Zhigalko (Сяргей Жыгалка, Syarheĭ Zhyhalka; born March 28, 1989) is a Belarusian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster.

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Sergey Karjakin

Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin (born 12 January 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Shahriyar Hamid oghlu Mammadyarov (Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985), known internationally as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Stelios Halkias

Stelios Halkias (born 11 April 1980) is a Greek chess player.

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Susanto Megaranto

Susanto Megaranto (born 8 October 1987) is an Indonesian chess player.

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Teimour Radjabov

Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov; Teymur Boris oğlu Rəcəbov,; born 12 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

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US Chess Championship

The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion.

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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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Victor Bologan

Victor (Viorel) Bologan (born 14 December 1971) is a Moldovan chess player and author.

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Viorel Iordachescu

Viorel Iordachescu (born 20 April 1977) is a chess grandmaster from the Republic of Moldova, member of the Olympic Team of the Republic of Moldova, FIDE Senior Trainer, commentator, the President of the, and politician.

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Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former five-time World Chess Champion and a record two-time Chess World Cup 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 Genba

Vladimir Genba (born August 12, 1976) is a Russian chess player.

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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 Malakhov (chess player)

Vladimir Malakhov (Владимир Малахов; born 27 November 1980) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Vladimir Potkin

Vladimir Potkin (Владимир Поткин; born 28 June 1982) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2001) and a former European champion.

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Vlastimil Babula

Vlastimil Babula (born 2 October 1973 in Uherský Brod) is a chess grandmaster from the Czech Republic who was Czech Champion in 1993 and second at the World Junior Championship of 1993.

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Vugar Gashimov

Vugar Gasim oghlu Hashimov (Vüqar Qasım oğlu Həşimov; 24 July 1986 – 11 January 2014), known internationally as Vugar Gashimov, was an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

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Wang Hao (chess player)

Wang Hao (born August 4, 1989) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.

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Wang Yue (chess player)

Wang Yue (born 31 March 1987) is a Chinese chess player.

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Wesley So

Wesley Barbossa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino and American chess grandmaster, a three-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the first World Fischer Random Chess Champion.

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Women's World Chess Championship 2010

The Women's World Chess Championship 2010 took place in Antakya, Turkey from December 2 through 24, 2010.

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World Chess Championship 2013

The World Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the World Chess Champion.

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World Junior Chess Championship

The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

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Yaroslav Zherebukh

Yaroslav Volodymyrovych Zherebukh (Яросла́в Володи́мирович Жеребу́х; born July 14, 1993, in Lviv) is a Ukrainian-American chess Grandmaster (2009).

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Yu Yangyi

Yu Yangyi (born 8 June 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.

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Yuniesky Quesada

Yuniesky Quesada Pérez (born July 31, 1984) is a Cuban-American chess player.

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Yuri Drozdovskij

Yuri Drozdovskij (born 22 May 1984 in Odesa) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster.

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Yury Shulman

Yuri Shulman (Юрый Маркавіч Шульман, Ю́рий Ма́ркович Шу́льман; born April 29, 1975, in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR) is a Belarusian American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).

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