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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 in 1935, (-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 e6 squares. An opening named for this country has Leningrad and (*) Stonewall variations. A tournament hosted in this country, described as the “Wimbledon of Chess”, (-5[1])is sponsored by the Tata Steel company. Black (-5[1])responds to 1.d4 with f5 in an opening named for this country. For 10 points, what country has been home to Max Euwe (“OO-vuh”), Anish Giri, and the Wijk aan Zee (“WIKE on ZAY”) tournament? ■END■ (10[2])

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