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Jan Timman — OHRA Chess Tournament, 1986-07-28

1986-07-28 At the Board

Jan Timman

OHRA Chess Tournament

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Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi — Tilburg Chess Tournament, 1986-10-21

1986-10-21 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov · Viktor Korchnoi

Tilburg Chess Tournament

North Brabant, Tilburg

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Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman — Tilburg Chess Tournament, 1986-10-24

1986-10-24 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov · Jan Timman

Tilburg Chess Tournament

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Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman — Tilburg Chess Tournament, 1986-10-24

1986-10-24 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov · Jan Timman

Tilburg Chess Tournament

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Alexander Beliavsky and Jan Timman — Tilburg Chess Tournament, 1986-10-27

1986-10-27 At the Board

Alexander Beliavsky · Jan Timman

Tilburg Chess Tournament

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Alexander Beliavsky and Viktor Korchnoi — Tilburg Chess Tournament, 1986-11-03

1986-11-03 At the Board

Alexander Beliavsky · Viktor Korchnoi

Tilburg Chess Tournament

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Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman — Tilburg Chess Tournament, 1986-11-03

1986-11-03 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov · Jan Timman

Tilburg Chess Tournament

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Alexander Beliavsky — Tilburg Chess Tournament, 1986-11-06

1986-11-06 At the Board

Alexander Beliavsky

Tilburg Chess Tournament

North Brabant, Tilburg

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Jan Timman — At-the-Board, 1986-12-14

1986-12-14 At the Board

Jan Timman

Hilversum

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Jesús Nogueiras — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1987, 1987-01-16

1987-01-16 At the Board

Jesús Nogueiras

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1987

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

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Anatoly Karpov — Max Euwe Memorial Tournament, 1987-05-11

1987-05-11 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov

Max Euwe Memorial Tournament

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Jan Timman — OHRA Chess Tournament, 1987-08-03

1987-08-03 At the Board

Jan Timman

OHRA Chess Tournament

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Jan Timman — OHRA Chess Tournament, 1987-08-10

1987-08-10 At the Board

Jan Timman

OHRA Chess Tournament

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Boris Gulko — OHRA Chess Tournament, 1987-08-13

1987-08-13 At the Board

Boris Gulko

OHRA Chess Tournament

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Mikhail Tal — Glenrothes 1988, 1988

1988 At the Board

Mikhail Tal

Glenrothes 1988

Glenrothes, Scotland

Photograph © Douglas Griffin · Used with permission (noncommercial)

Simen Agdestein — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-01-08

1988-01-08 At the Board

Simen Agdestein

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1988

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

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Curt Hansen — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-01-08

1988-01-08 At the Board

Curt Hansen

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1988

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

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Anatoly Karpov — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-01-12

1988-01-12 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1988

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Anatoly Karpov and Ljubomir Ljubojević — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-01-20

1988-01-20 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov · Ljubomir Ljubojević

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1988

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

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Garry Kasparov — Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-05-13

1988-05-13 At the Board

Garry Kasparov

Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Garry Kasparov — Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-05-17

1988-05-17 At the Board

Garry Kasparov

Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov — Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-05-17

1988-05-17 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov · Garry Kasparov

Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Garry Kasparov and Jan Timman — Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-05-19

1988-05-19 At the Board

Garry Kasparov · Jan Timman

Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov — Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-05-19

1988-05-19 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov · Garry Kasparov

Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov — Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-05-27

1988-05-27 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov · Garry Kasparov

Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov — Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-05-27

1988-05-27 At the Board

Anatoly Karpov · Garry Kasparov

Optiebeurs Chess Tournament 1988

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Viktor Korchnoi — OHRA Chess Tournament, 1988-08-02

1988-08-02 At the Board

Viktor Korchnoi

OHRA Chess Tournament

Amsterdam, North Holland

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John Nunn — OHRA Chess Tournament 1988, 1988-08-08

1988-08-08 At the Board

John Nunn

OHRA Chess Tournament 1988

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Viktor Korchnoi — OHRA Chess Tournament, 1988-08-11

1988-08-11 At the Board

Viktor Korchnoi

OHRA Chess Tournament

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Jan Timman — At-the-Board, 1988-12-21

1988-12-21 At the Board

Jan Timman

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Jan Timman and Mikhail Tal — At-the-Board, 1988-12-23

1988-12-23 At the Board

Jan Timman · Mikhail Tal

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István Csom — International Chess Tournament, 1989-01-04

1989-01-04 At the Board

István Csom

International Chess Tournament

Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Tsvika Israeli / Government Press Office · Used with permission (GPO terms)

Jan Timman — At-the-Board, 1989-03-17

1989-03-17 At the Board

Jan Timman

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Mikhail Gurevich and Julian Hodgson and John Nunn and Valery Salov — European Team Chess Championship 1989, 1989-12-01

1989-12-01 At the Board

Mikhail Gurevich · Julian Hodgson · John Nunn · Valery Salov

European Team Chess Championship 1989

Haifa, Israel

Photograph © Douglas Griffin · Used with permission (noncommercial)

John Nunn and Alexander Khalifman and Alexander Chernin — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1991, 1991-01-21

1991-01-21 At the Board

John Nunn · Alexander Khalifman · Alexander Chernin

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1991

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

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Viktor Korchnoi — Korchnoi–Sax Candidates Match 1991, 1991-01-23

1991-01-23 At the Board

Viktor Korchnoi

Korchnoi–Sax Candidates Match 1991

Netherlands (archive: IJmuiden; discovery: Wijk aan Zee)

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Viktor Korchnoi and Gyula Sax — Korchnoi–Sax Candidates Match 1991, 1991-01-23

1991-01-23 At the Board

Viktor Korchnoi · Gyula Sax

Korchnoi–Sax Candidates Match 1991

Netherlands (archive: IJmuiden; discovery: Wijk aan Zee)

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Vladimir Epishin — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1992, 1992-01-10

1992-01-10 At the Board

Vladimir Epishin

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1992

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

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Vladimir Kramnik and Alexei Shirov — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1998, 1998-01-21

1998-01-21 At the Board

Vladimir Kramnik · Alexei Shirov

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1998

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

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Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1998, 1998-01-27

1998-01-27 At the Board

Vladimir Kramnik · Veselin Topalov

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1998

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

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Garry Kasparov and Jan Timman — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1999, 1999

1999 At the Board

Garry Kasparov · Jan Timman

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1999

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Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov and Jeroen Piket — Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1999, 1999-01-25

1999-01-25 At the Board

Viswanathan Anand · Vladimir Kramnik · Garry Kasparov · Jeroen Piket

Hoogovens Chess Tournament 1999

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

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Magnus Carlsen — At-the-Board, 2007-03-03

2007-03-03 At the Board

Magnus Carlsen

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Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand — At-the-Board, 2007-03-04

2007-03-04 At the Board

Magnus Carlsen · Viswanathan Anand

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Alexander Morozevich — At-the-Board, 2007-03-05

2007-03-05 At the Board

Alexander Morozevich

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Veselin Topalov — At-the-Board, 2008-09-02

2008-09-02 At the Board

Veselin Topalov

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Viswanathan Anand — At-the-Board, 2009-08-29

2009-08-29 At the Board

Viswanathan Anand

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Magnus Carlsen — At-the-Board, 2010-05-28

2010-05-28 At the Board

Magnus Carlsen

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