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A grandmaster from this country lost a 1991 game featuring a notable king walk to Nigel Short and later lost the 1993 FIDE (15[1])(“FEE-day”) Championship to Anatoly Karpov. A chess player from this country (15[1])defeated an alcoholic Alexander Alekhine to become world champion (15[1])in 1935, (15[1]-5[1])and later served (-5[1])as president (-5[1])of FIDE. (15[1])A Sicilian variant named for a town (15[1])in this country (-5[1])sees black (-5[1])build a pawn center on the d6 and (-5[1])e6 squares. An opening named for this country has Leningrad (-5[1])and (*) Stonewall (-5[3])variations. (0[1]-5[3])A tournament hosted in this country, described as the “Wimbledon of Chess”, (-5[1])is sponsored by the Tata Steel company. (0[1])Black (-5[1])responds (-5[1])to (-5[1])1.d4 (-5[1])with f5 in an opening (-5[1])named for this country. For 10 points, what country has been home to Max Euwe (“OO-vuh”), Anish Giri, and the Wijk (10[1])aan Zee (“WIKE on ZAY”) tournament? ■END■ (10[3]0[12])

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