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- noun Alternative capitalization of
Olympiad
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To win gold medals at any chess olympiad, you need exceptional performances of at least two players, who know how to take risks and collect points.
Lubomir Kavalek: Ukraine Wins Chess Olympiad Lubomir Kavalek 2010
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In the Women's olympiad, Russia 1, led by the Kosintseva sisters, Tatiana and Nadezhda, and by the women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, grabbed first place, winning all 11 matches, collecting 22 points.
Lubomir Kavalek: Ukraine Wins Chess Olympiad Lubomir Kavalek 2010
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At the chess olympiad in Buenos Aires in 1978, Donner lost to a Chinese master Liu Wenzhe.
Lubomir Kavalek: Chess in Clouds of Smoke Lubomir Kavalek 2012
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To win gold medals at any chess olympiad, you need exceptional performances of at least two players, who know how to take risks and collect ...
Lubomir Kavalek: Ukraine Wins Chess Olympiad Lubomir Kavalek 2010
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Tal won the first seven games at the Student olympiad in Uppsala, Sweden, and during that streak he produced an astonishing miniature against a Polish player.
Lubomir Kavalek: When Bobby Fischer Played Chess Like Misha Tal Lubomir Kavalek 2011
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At the chess olympiad in Buenos Aires in 1978, Donner lost to a Chinese master Liu Wenzhe.
Lubomir Kavalek: Chess in Clouds of Smoke Lubomir Kavalek 2012
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She describes the bitter disappointment she felt as a middle-schooler after placing first in an Arabic language olympiad -- only to be barred from the next, nationwide round.
Sohrab Ahmari: "Why Shouldn't a Baha'i Study?" Sohrab Ahmari 2011
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She describes the bitter disappointment she felt as a middle-schooler after placing first in an Arabic language olympiad -- only to be barred from the next, nationwide round.
Sohrab Ahmari: "Why Shouldn't a Baha'i Study?" Sohrab Ahmari 2011
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Bobby Fischer created the "game of the century" in 1956 against Donald Byrne and he almost beat the world champion Mikhail Botvinnik at the 1962 olympiad in Varna, Bulgaria, with the Grunfeld defense.
Lubomir Kavalek: The Most Treacherous Defense in Chess Lubomir Kavalek 2011
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In the Women's olympiad, Russia 1, led by the Kosintseva sisters, Tatiana and Nadezhda, and by the women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, grabbed first place, winning all 11 matches, collecting 22 points.
Lubomir Kavalek: Ukraine Wins Chess Olympiad Lubomir Kavalek 2010
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