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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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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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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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israeli chess grandmaster
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israeli chess player
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