May-04-13 Women Grand Prix Geneva (2013) 
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HSOL: HeMateMe: I think the most likely explanation is that the mini-matches format makes the probability of upsets quite big, we got Khalifman, Kasimdzhanov and Ponomariov among the champions in the men's event.
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| | Apr-30-13 Topalov vs Karjakin, 2013
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HSOL: SteinitzLives: Although not at this level, but didn't Topalov finish equal 1st in his previous GP tournament?
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| | Apr-20-13 Kamsky vs Topalov, 2013
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HSOL: I reckon Topalov could claim to be at least equal to the best in the world for a couple of years, while it is debatable who out of Anand and Topalov were the best the years prior to Topalov's defeat vs Kramnik.
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| | Apr-10-13 Biographer Bistro
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HSOL: Phony Benoni: That's why I suggested it should be changed to V. in the database, since I agree the name used in crosstables should be the same as in the player database if possible. I reckon middle names (or rather initials) should only be used if necessary to identify which player it ...
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| | Apr-06-13 Zsuzsa Polgar
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HSOL: MMan:
365chess.com seems to have the following competitions more or less complete from those years:
Elekes mem-A 1983
Leipzig BKL 1984
Tatran Cup 1984
Elekes mem op 9th 1984
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| | Apr-05-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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HSOL: jair: I agree it was substandard time management by Carlsen in the last round, which only partly (at most) can be excused of needing to win in a very drawish position. But overall I reckon it's surprisingly often world elite chess players get into severe time trouble.
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| | Apr-04-13 Montreal (1979)
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HSOL: Overall, I find these historical tournaments are a nice improvement of chessgames.com.
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| | Mar-02-13 S Jablon vs V Magnusdottir, 2013
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HSOL: Although it "only" wins a pawn after 20.- Rxd5 21.Qxd5 Bxe1 22.Rxe1.
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| | Mar-01-13 Garry Kasparov
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HSOL: tzar: I reckon the failure had more to do that Kasparov had no worthy adversary. Commercial interest will wane severely if the winner is obvious. Absentee: I'm not saying it was successful, but if the current World Champion and the qualified challenger refuse to play under FIDE flag. ...
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| | Feb-28-13 Lyudmila Rudenko
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HSOL: I assume the WGM title was introduced in the 70s, because otherwise it seems weird she won the World Championship title but wasn't awarded the WGMs title until 26 years later.
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