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Old 08-25-2010, 05:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Superbear View Post
The 1994 edition of Linares appears special in the sense that it had an average of Elo rating of average of 2685, the highest ever at that time probably.
The year before Nigel Short beat Karpov and won the right to play Kasparov for the World Chess Championship.
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