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Rafael Artemovich Vaganian (Armenian: Ռաֆայել Արտյոմի Վահանյան,
Rrafayel Artyomi Vahanyan, Russian: Рафаэль Артёмович Ваганян,
Rafael Artemovich Vaganyan;...
- Kasparov (URS), 2750 Anatoly Karpov (URS), 2715 Mikhail Tal (URS), 2630 Rafael
Vaganian (URS), 2625 Jon Speelman (ENG), 2625 Artur Yusupov (URS), 2620 Y****er...
- with
Alexander Beliavsky,
behind joint winners Andrei Sokolov,
Rafael Vaganian, and
Artur Yusupov, and once
again – one-half
point short of potentially...
- (unlike the king
being skewered as above).
Short vs.
Vaganian In the game
Nigel Short–Rafael
Vaganian,
Barcelona 1989,
White sacrifices a
bishop to win a...
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including three grandmasters:
Rafael Vaganian,
Smbat Lputian, and
Arshak Petrosian. In the late
Soviet period,
Rafael Vaganian (1989) and
Artashes Minasian (1991)...
- Korchnoi–
Vaganian, Skellefteå 1989, a
similar three-piece
sacrifice might have
enabled Vaganian to save the game. From the
position diagrammed,
Vaganian pla****:...
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Gabriel Sargissian Narek Seferjan Hrair Simonian Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
Rafael Vaganian ****n
Yegiazarian Robert Hovhannisyan Elina Danielian Artur Arustamian...
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Mikhail Botvinnik,
Vasily Smyslov,
Tigran Petrosian,
Leonid Stein,
Rafael Vaganian, L****mir L****jevic,
Gregory Kaidanov, Igor Glek,
Alexander Morozevich...
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enriched by
players from that country, the most
notable of whom is
Rafael Vaganian.
Black maintains the pin on the knight,
which White usually tries to break...
- the top four of the
previous Candidates Tournament (Sokolov, Timman,
Vaganian, and Yusupov)
qualified directly for this tournament. The
Canadian organizers...
