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Abdullah (Abdulla) Al-Rakib was born in Bangladesh on December 2, 1980. He became Bangladesh's fourth Grandmaster in September, 2007.
He took 2nd place in the Bangladesh championship in 2003, 2004, and 2006. He won the Bangladesh championship...
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Mohamad Al-Modiakhi, born June 1, 1974, is the first Grandmaster from Qatar and the first Arabian grandmaster. He is the highest rated Arab, with a peak Elo rating of 2588. His current Elo rating is 2563. He is married to fo...
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The Alapin Opening is a uncommon opening. It goes like this: 1.e4 e5 2.Ne2. Seymon Alapin used this opening the most so thats why its named after him. Ne2 blocks the bishop on f1 making it seem weird. White's point is to advance his f pawn to f5. ...
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Semyon Alapin (1856-1923) was a Russian chess master and openings analyst. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. He later settled in St. Petersburg, then Heidelberg, Germany. While studying at St. Petersburg Engineering Institute, he became on...
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Vladimir Alexeyevich Alatortsev (Alatorcev) (1909-1987), pronounced "a LAH tart sev", was a Russian International Master (1950), International Arbiter (1953), and Honorary Emeritus Grandmaster (1983).
He was born in Turki, Saratov oblast...
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Roman Toran-Albero (1931-2005) was a Spanish International Master (1954). He was Spanish Champion in 1951 and 1953. He was a FIDE Deputy President and President of the Spanish Chess Federation from 1984 to 1997.
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Adolf Albin (1848-1920) was a Romanian chess master (born in Bucharest) who learned the game at age 23. In 1872 he authored the first chess book written in Romanian, Amiculu Jocului de Schach. He played in his first international...
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Lev Alburt, born Aug 21, 1945, was a Russian Grandmaster (1977) from Odessa who defected from the USSR to the United States in 1979. He was three-time Ukrainian champion, first winning in 1974. He has won the U.S. Championship 3 t...
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Natalia Vladimirovna Alekhina, born Nov 3, 1954, is a Woman Grandmaster (WGM) from Russia. In 1984, she was awarded the Woman International Master title. She is married to GM Sergey Archipov. In 1997, she won the Moscow champions...
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Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) was the winner of the first Soviet Chess Championship (1920) and the only man to die while holding the world chess championship. He learned chess from his older brother Alexei (1888-1939). He studied law at the S...
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