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1740:Yermolinsky
1695:Schwartzman
1665:I. Gurevich
1544:D. Gurevich
899:USchess.org
870:Chess24.com
834:"Pal Benko"
808:, chess.com
503:Reuben Fine
447:Mikhail Tal
376:Reuben Fine
322:Mikhail Tal
311:Skopje 1972
307:Siegen 1970
303:Lugano 1968
299:Havana 1966
212:Grandmaster
125:Grandmaster
2142:Categories
2120:See also:
1972:Naroditsky
1730:Stripunsky
1574:Fedorowicz
1554:De Firmian
1396:FIDE title
1331:PGN format
1283:Chess Life
1263:David Levy
1155:August 28,
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1095:August 28,
1065:August 28,
1035:August 28,
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975:August 28,
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891:"Yearbook"
875:August 27,
850:August 28,
667:References
367:Chess Life
358:Peter Leko
291:Varna 1962
170:Early life
87:1928-07-15
2058:Fernandez
2053:Daggupati
2036:2020–2029
1997:Shankland
1992:Sevillano
1952:Lenderman
1900:2010–2019
1891:Ziatdinov
1886:Zherebukh
1836:Khachiyan
1811:Hernández
1781:Domínguez
1749:2000–2009
1690:Sagalchik
1633:1990–1999
1532:1980–1989
1481:1970–1979
1455:1960–1969
1446:Rossolimo
1441:Reshevsky
1404:1950–1959
1384:American
1342:Pal Benko
1327:Pal Benko
1241:ChessBase
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423:for him:
281:board one
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214:in 1958.
204:Reykjavík
152:Benkő Pál
148:Hungarian
116:, Hungary
39:Pal Benko
27:Benkő Pál
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2073:Jacobson
1942:Hungaski
1856:Nakamura
1806:González
1791:Finegold
1786:Erenburg
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1589:Kaidanov
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1513:Palatnik
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1472:Lombardy
1416:Bisguier
1246:Archived
934:Chess.ca
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449:with it.
411:position
378:'s book
156:composer
114:Budapest
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2048:Brodsky
1927:Chandra
1907:Antipov
1881:Świercz
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1431:Fischer
180:Hungary
64:Country
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2027:Zierk
2017:Xiong
2012:Troff
2002:Smith
1962:Liang
1947:Krush
1932:Checa
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1917:Brown
1841:Kraai
1735:Wolff
1604:Rohde
1564:Dlugy
1508:Gulko
1462:Byrne
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1411:Benko
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465:Books
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415:Some
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121:Title
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2022:Yang
2007:Tang
1937:Holt
1816:Hess
1771:Bhat
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1549:Dake
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