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  • A longtime nemesis of tournament officials for his tantrums and phobias, he failed in 1975 to agree to terms for a title defense against Anatoly Karpov, and was stripped of his crown by FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Echecs).

    Five People Born on March 9 | myFiveBest 2010

  • Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE), when he attended a

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • The sequels to the mythological miniatures of the Roman de la Rose and of the Echecs amoureux are the psychomachies painted for Isabella d'Este by Perugino and Mantegna: the

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas JEAN SEZNEC 1968

  • -- Bibliothèque du Jeu des Echecs, by E.M. OETTINGER. 8vo.

    Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

  • In part two of a three-part discussion with the French chess magazine Europe Echecs the Ukrainian top grandmaster talks (with GM Robert Fontaine) about his interests and hobbies, his chess preparation, seconds, the Anand-Topalov match, Karpov for FIDE President and his preferred World Championship form.

    RO.RSS 2010

  • The Fédération Internationale des Echecs (FIDE), the World Chess Federation, comprising 162 countries and headed by President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, despatched grandmaster Buhmann to Guyana based on the sudden explosion of activity in chess here during the last two years.

    Stabroek News 2009

  • Three students hold the International Master rank, two hold the Women International Master rank, and one holds the rank of Federation Internationale des Echecs, or FIDE, Master.

    Brownsville Herald : 2009

  • Buhmann presented Dr Anthony with a digital chess clock and calculator on behalf of the Fédération Internationale des Echecs (FIDE), and the Minister in turn gave the grandmaster a book about Guyana.

    Stabroek News 2009

  • It was attended by a large number of internationally known players (see the first Europe Echecs video report below).

    ChessBase Neuheiten 2008

  • It was attended by a large number of internationally known players (see the first Europe Echecs video report below).

    ChessBase Neuheiten 2008

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