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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...
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avoid capture,
White can take the rook.
Short vs.
Vaganian In the game
Nigel Short–Rafael
Vaganian,
Barcelona 1989,
White sacrifices a
bishop to win a...
- the top four of the
previous Candidates Tournament (Sokolov, Timman,
Vaganian, and Yusupov)
qualified directly for this tournament. The
Canadian organizers...
- 2655 Predrag Nikolić (BIH), 2652 Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2651 Rafael
Vaganian (ARM), 2650 Xu Jun (CHN), 2646 Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2642 Sergei...
- ****ociation.
Notable parti****nts included: Anatoly Karpov (URS), 2715 Rafael
Vaganian (URS), 2625 Y****er Seirawan (USA), 2595 Jaan Ehlvest (URS), 2585 Bent...
- 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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Mikhail Botvinnik,
Vasily Smyslov,
Tigran Petrosian,
Leonid Stein,
Rafael Vaganian, L****mir L****jevic,
Gregory Kaidanov, Igor Glek,
Alexander Morozevich...
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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)...
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Alexander Beliavsky 2655 1988-07 11 L****mir L****jević 2645 1983-01
Rafael Vaganian 2645 1986-01
Andrei Sokolov 2645 1987-01
Jonathan Speelman 2645 1988-07...
