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Nicholas Ernest de
Firmian (born July 26, 1957) is an
American chess player who
received the FIDE
title of
Grandmaster (GM) in 1985. He is a three-time...
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Firmian may
refer to: Karl
Joseph von
Firmian (1716–1782),
Austrian noble,
Plenipotentiary of
Lombardy to the Austrio-Hungarian
Empire Leopold Anton...
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Leopold Anton Eleutherius Freiherr von
Firmian (11
March 1679 – 22
October 1744) was
Bishop of
Lavant 1718–24,
Bishop of
Seckau 1724–27 and Prince-Archbishop...
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famously claimed that the
Vienna Game led to a
forced win for White. Nick de
Firmian concludes in the 15th
edition of
Modern Chess Openings, however, that the...
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museums based at six
different locations:
Firmian, Juval, Dolomites, Ortles, Ripa and Corones. MMM
Firmian at
Sigmundskron Castle near
Bozen is the centerpiece...
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fourth violinist in the
musical establishment of
Count Leopold Anton von
Firmian, the
ruling Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. Four
years later, he married...
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Leopold Ernst von
Firmian (September 22, 1708 – 13
March 1783) was an
Austrian bishop and cardinal. He was
Bishop of
Seckau from 1739 to 1763, campaigning...
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centre often includes pawns on c4, d4, e5, and f4.
Grandmaster Nick de
Firmian observes of Alekhine's
Defence in MCO-15 (2008), "The game immediately...
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Leopold Maximilian Graf von
Firmian (11
October 1766,
Trento – 29
November 1831, Vienna) was
Auxiliary Bishop in P****au and
Titular Bishop of Tiberias...
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usually followed by 2.Bg2,
fianchettoing the bishop. Nick de
Firmian writes that 1.g3 "can, and
usually does,
transpose into
almost any other...