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  • The tournament, organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is an all-play-all affair held over 13 rounds on May 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26 and 27, 2008.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

  • The International Cricket Council's rankings, compiled by scorer David Kendix, cannot be perfect because Test cricket is not an all-play-all home-and-away league system.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • NEW DELHI: WIM Kiran Manisha Mohanty of Orissa tasted her first success outside India when she won the 10-player all-play-all by a wide 1. 5-point margin.

    The Times of India 2010

  • Under the present format (home and away, all-play-all), the number of matches from the next season will swell to 94 from the current 60.

    arabnews - frontpage 2010

  • The London Chess Classic consisted of an all-play-all with the 3-point rule and saw a neck to neck race between Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik.

    ChessBase News 2010

  • The first came in an e-mail from Ray Keene, and concerned the Staunton Memorial, the only worthwhile grandmaster all-play-all event left in Britain.

    ChessBase News 2009

  • On the grandmaster side, Wijk includes two additional 14-player all-play-all groups, both of which would be the main attraction in many other chess festivals.

    ChessBase News 2009

  • The all-play-all group was won by Timman, who finished clear first with 7/9, half a point ahead of Cherniaev.

    Chess news by ChessVibes 2009

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