Wikipedia's first sentence called it “russian–born israeli–swiss grandmaster of chess”. Today it says “swiss chess player who received the fide title of grandmaster”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Swiss grandmaster of chess (born 1972)”. It now reads “Swiss chess grandmaster (born 1972)”.
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Vadim Milov (born 1 August 1972, Russia ) is a Swiss Grandmaster of chess .1Following the collapse of the USSR he moved to Israel in 1991, before finally settling in Switzerland in 1996. He played at the traditional GM Inivitation tournament of Biel in 1996, co-winning with then reigning FIDE World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov , ahead of prominent players such as Jaan Ehlvest , who was sole third, Ulf Andersson , Zoltán Almási , Joël Lautier , Lajos Portisch or Tony Miles who was placed last in a field of twelve players. Recent tournament successes include joint first places at Santo Domingo 2003, Geneva 2004, the 2005 U.S. Open and Gibraltar 2009 (but lost the play-off against Peter Svidler ). He also won the Corsica Masters International Rapid 2005 by defeating Viswanathan Anand in the finals. He has so far played twice in Chess Olympiads . In 1994, at second reserve board in 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+4 –1 =4) for Israel; In 2000, at second board in 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3 –2 =7) for Switzerland.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Following the collapse of the USSR he moved to Israel, before finally settling in Switzerland in 1996. Recent tournament successes include joint first places at Santo Domingo 2003, Geneva 2004, the 2005 U.S. He also won the Corsica Masters International Rapid 2005 by defeating Viswanathan Anand in the finals. He has so far played twice in Chess Olympiads . In 1994, at second reserve board in 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+4 –1 =4) for Israel; In 2000, at second board in 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3 –2 =7) for Switzerland.
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Vadim Milov (born 1 August 1972) is a Swiss grandmaster of chess .FIDE rating history - Vadim Milov OlimpBase
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Swiss grandmaster of chess (born 1972) Vadim Milov (born 1 August 1972) is a Swiss chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1993. FIDE rating history - Vadim Milov OlimpBase
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Swiss chess grandmaster (born 1972) Vadim Milov (born 1 August 1972) is a Swiss chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1993. FIDE rating history - Vadim Milov OlimpBase
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “russian–born israeli–swiss grandmaster of chess”. Today it says “swiss chess player who received the fide title of grandmaster”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Swiss grandmaster of chess (born 1972)”. It now reads “Swiss chess grandmaster (born 1972)”. Read the current article and compare.
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russian–born israeli–swiss grandmaster of chess
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swiss chess player who received the fide title of grandmaster
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