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Emil Sutovsky

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli chess grandmaster”. Today it says “israeli chess player”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli chess player (born 1977)”. It now reads “Israeli chess grandmaster (born 1977)”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023

Emil Sutovsky (born 19 September 1977) is an Israeli chess player.1 He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1996. Sutovsky is the FIDE CEO since 2022. Previously he served as FIDE Director-General (2018-22).

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli chess grandmaster”. Today it says “israeli chess player”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli chess player (born 1977)”. It now reads “Israeli chess grandmaster (born 1977)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

israeli chess grandmaster

Now

israeli chess player

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