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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Paul Keres
		Paul Keres (born January 7, 1916, in Narva, Estonia; died June 5, 1975, in Helsinki, Finland) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and one of the strongest chess players of all time, apart from the World chess champions.
		Paul Keres was ranked among the top 10 players in the world for close to 30 years, between approximately 1936 and 1965, and overall he had one of the highest winning percentages of all grandmasters in history.
		Paul Keres was one of the most important figures in the history of chess; he is loved and respected by his fellow countrymen not only because of his great talent but also because he shared the fate of his fatherland in reaching the world arena.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Paul-Keres (3268 words)

	Paul Keres
		Paul fue un gran jugador de ajedrez por correspondencia, en 1933 se inscribió en varios torneos postales (donde destacó) llegando a jugar a la vez 150 partidas (podéis ver alguna de ellas en esta web).
		Keres fue también un gran escritor, publicó muchos artículos en revistas especializadas (dirigió la revista de ajedrez "Eesti Male"), compuso geniales estudios artísticos y escribió varios libros de mucho éxito que hoy en día son leídos por miles de ajedrecistas.
		Keres fue enterrado en Estonia y a su entierro acudieron 100.000 personas.
	www.portalajedrez.com /jugadores/Keres.php (570 words)

	Paul Keres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul Keres (born January 7, 1916, in Narva, Estonia; died June 5, 1975, in Helsinki, Finland) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and one of the strongest chess players of all time, apart from the World chess champions.
		Keres won the strong USSR Chess Championship three times (1947, 1950 and 1951), and finished as first runner-up in the Candidates Tournament four times (Zurich 1953, Amsterdam 1956, Yugoslavia 1959 and Curacao 1962), never qualifying for a world championship match.
		Paul Keres was ranked among the top 10 players in the world for close to 30 years, between approximately 1936 and 1965, and overall he had one of the highest winning percentages of all grandmasters in history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Keres (1470 words)

	Välisministeerium : PAUL KERES - Chess player
		Paul Keres was one of the most important figures in the history of chess; he is loved and respected by his fellow countrymen not only because of his great talent but also because he shared the fate of his fatherland in reaching the world arena.
		Paul Keres was born in Narva on 7 January 1916.
		Paul Keres was one of the greatest players in chess history, a leading contender for the World Championship for a third of a century, and perhaps the strongest player to have never played a match for the World Championship.
	www.vm.ee /est/kat_29/3921.html (1030 words)

	Keres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Keres (mythology) - female death-spirits in Greek mythology
		Keres people - Pueblo peoples in New Mexico
		Keres) - languages or dialects spoken by Keres peoples
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keres (106 words)

	Paul Keres - Chesspedia, the free chess encyclopedia Pushedpawn.org
		It was supposed that the winner of this tournament would be the challenger for the World champion title, but the outbreak of the Second World War brought negotiations with the current champion, Alekhine, to an end.
		Upon the Soviet invasion of Estonia in 1944 his attempt to flee the country failed, and as a consequence he was harassed by the Soviet authorities and feared for his life.
		Keres won the strong USSR Chess Championship three times (1947, 1950 and 1951), and finished a runner-up in the Candidates Tournament four times, never qualifying for a world championship match.
	pushedpawn.org /test6/Paul_Keres.htm (1078 words)

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		The case of Paul Keres and Mikhail Botvinnik is a chess equivalent of the John F. Kennedy assassination: an unsolved historical mystery full of dark implications, about which conflicting opinions and theories abound.
		Keres' failure in 1948 gave rise to speculation that he was forced by Soviet authorities to throw games to Botvinnik, who as a native Russian and loyal Communist, was a more desirable world champion by Party standards than the non-Russian, politically tainted Keres.
		Yet Evans insists that Keres "left a trail in his first four losses [in 1948] for those who are knowledgeable enough to follow it to an inescapable conclusion." Apparently British GM John Nunn, generally considered a stronger player than Evans, is not "knowledgeable enough".
	www.chesscafe.com /text/kb1.txt (2867 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Remembering Paul Keres
		Paul Keres was a top-class grandmaster, the strongest player never to have played for the world championship title.
		At the AVRO tournament Paul Keres was the only undefeated player and finished in first place, ahead of four world champions (we count Botvinnik as a future world champion).
		Keres had participated in German tournaments during the war, and when the Red Army liberated the country, Soviet authorities planned initially to execute him.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=983 (708 words)

	Keres Tourneys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Paul Keres was one of the Greatest thinkers in chess of all time.
		Keres is the only chess person in the world who has his picture on a banknote.
		In his books Keres proves many times over how it is possible to turn a dead or almost lost postion into to a win by pressing your opponent into difficult postions, thus paving the way to errors and perhaps victory.
	www.maxmetodi.fi /max/maxii.html (445 words)

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		Paul Keres first appeared in the international chess arena in the mid-1930s, and remained a prominent figure there for years.
		In 1975, the great Estonian grandmaster Paul Keres died suddenly at the age of 59.
		In Museum of Paul Keres of Paul Keres Chess House was dedicated Paul Keres wax figure.
	www.maleliit.ee /turniirid/arhiiv/2006/keres/?lang=eng (272 words)

	Anand rounds off year with another title
		Paul Keres was the most popular chess celebrity from Estonia.
		The Keres musuem is a chess connoisseur's paradise where chess players still play, inspired by their of their chess star.
		Paul Keres is the only chess player to have his portrait on the country's national currency, the Estonian Kroon.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/nov/29chess.htm (384 words)

	Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond - Competitie Klasse 3C
		Erik Janssen 2043 - Sebastiaan van Westerop 1909 0 - 1 Paul Keres 3 1948 - HSG 2 2004 4 - 4 1.
		Paul van der Kooij 1999 - Herman van Engen 2126 0 - 1 2.
		Paul Keres 3 1943 - Kijk Uit 1962 3½ - 4½ 1.
	www.schaakbond.nl /comp/knsb04a/3c.htm (7257 words)

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		The Keres-Botvinnik Case: A Survey of the Evidence by Taylor Kingston Part II The case of Paul Keres and Mikhail Botvinnik is a chess equivalent of the John F. Kennedy assassination: an unsolved historical mystery full of dark implications, about which conflicting opinions and theories abound.
		Perhaps Keres had the forgiving nature of a saint, or Botvinnik was a very artful liar, a disinformation artist on a par with Felix Derzhinsky or Josef Goebbels.
		He believes that Keres made inferior moves without Botvinnik's knowledge, and that possibly Botvinnik was fed advance information about Keres' planned opening repertoire from duplicitous seconds (a tactic Vukcevic says was once used against himself, in a Russian tournament, and which has been alleged in some recent world title matches).
	www.chesscafe.com /text/kb2.txt (3302 words)

	Famous Fixed Games of Chess - Keres vs. Botvinnik - World Championship 1948
		One of the Soviets was Keres of Estonia.
		Keres had tied for first with Fine in AVRO 1938, which was the strongest chess tournament ever played.
		Since Keres had thrown the first four games to Botvinnik, Botvinnik was obliged to throw one back to make the final result of 4-1 in favor of Botvinnik look more reasonable and to give Keres a share of third-place prize money.
	www.ishipress.com /keres-bo.htm (1245 words)

	The chess games of Paul Keres
		Paul Keres was born in 1916 in Estonia, where he would reside his entire life.
		He was very active in correspondence chess throughout his youth, and soon began to make a name for himself at over-the-board play as well with a series of tournament victories culminating with a win at AVRO 1938.
		Keres is called the eternal second for his 4 consecutive 2nd places in candidates' final not chessmetric statistics.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=21922 (1400 words)

	PRACTICAL CHESS ENDING + COMPUTER ANALYSIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Keres burst on the international scene leading Estonia in the Olympiad at Warsaw 1935.
		Keres became a Soviet citizen due to Estonia becoming part of the USSR during World War II.
		Paul Keres was one of the greatest players in chess history, but sadly he was never destined to play a match for the World Championship.
	members.aol.com /brigosling/psitn293.htm (404 words)

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		PAUL KERES LETTER Paul Keres was one of the most respected chessplayers in the world.
		In the following letter, written shortly after Fischer's withdrawl from the Sousse Interzonal, Keres shares his thoughts on Fischer, FIDE and an incident at the Winnipeg tournament in which he had just played.
		The recipient is Burt Hochberg, who was then the editor of "Chess Life." (#5073) From: Paul Keres To: Burt Hochberg Date: February 2, 1968 Dear Mr.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/keres.asc (1525 words)

	Chessville - The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia - Archive Seven
		Keres' most "famous" game from this period is his loss to Menke in 1933.
		Due to increasing over-the-board commitments, Keres had to abandon the correspondence games that he was playing for Estonia in the final of the 1st IFSB Olympiad, which went from 1937 to1939.
		Keres had represented Estonia in the 1930's prior to the country's annexation by the USSR in 1940.
	chessville.com /misc/History/Mad_Aussie_Trivia_Archive_Seven.htm (1383 words)

	Chess Archaeology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The main attraction for the audience at the event would be the presence of Paul Keres, the Estonian grandmaster, a player generally recognized since AVRO 1938 as a candidate for the world chess championship.
		The war’s destiny for Keres (1916-1975) and his small homeland was one of bitter restraint and difficult circumstance.
		Comrade Majer then introduced the world championship candidate, Paul Keres, who during the past seven years has successfully participated in international tournaments, and who reached a place in the first rank of internationally known chess masters.
	www.chessarch.com /excavations/0020_keres/keres.shtml (2379 words)

	Denkschach - Schachgrößen - Paul Keres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Der Spielstil von Paul Keres war besonders attraktiv.
		Der allerseits beliebte Keres war langjähriger Anwärter auf die Weltmeisterschaft, zum Titel hat es aber leider nie gereicht.
		Platz, was ihm den Beinamen der "ewige Zweite" einbrachte.
	www.denkschach.de /keres.htm (227 words)

	The Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament - History and Coming Events
		Paul Leblanc won the Under 2000 section, and Brian Bowes was first under 1600.
		Vladimir Epishin won the Open Section of the 2000 Paul Keres Memorial.
		Jonathan Berry provided daily coverage of the 25th Paul Keres Memorial, and he also wrote an article for Inside Chess.
	keresmemorial.chessbc.ca (629 words)

	The 25th Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament
		Keres had been retained by John Prentice, chess lover and Canada's FIDE representative, to give seminars to Canada's top players.
		Keres even made duplicate copies of his scoresheets, perhaps fearing for the permanence of the new-fangled no-carbon-required copies.
		The 2000 Paul Keres Memorial took place at Totem Park, UBC, site of original event (though the precise room where the Open took place has now been turned into a weight room), from May 13th to 22nd, at a rate of one game per day.
	keresmemorial.chessbc.ca /icekeres.html (2523 words)

	Paul Keres: Quest for Perfection - USCF Sales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This volume picks up the story from 1950, when Keres was at the height of his powers, to his death in 1975.
		Seven times World Champion Candidate Keres offers inspiration and instruction to chess players of all levels with his friendly, honest commentaries, and John Nunn has selected and annotated the finest of Keres' games from 1962-1975.
		This book charts the development and games of one of the greatest players in chess history, and you can judge for yourself whether it was Keres' open, friendly character or Soviet politics that prevented him from reaching the summit of the chess world.
	uscfsales.com /item.asp?cID=6&PID=701 (230 words)

	A game of great delight, (Euwe-Keres; 1939.) {text}
		Keres said he liked this move, which was simple and gave Black's somewhat cramped position, a little relief (through exchanges).
		Keres responds by reinforcing his overall control of the key light squares.
		Keres only gives this move one exclam here, but that is far too stingy, at least in my own {humble?} opinion.
	www.lifemasteraj.com /great_chs-gms/gcg_keres-g01_euwe-k1939.html (2155 words)

	News
		The NIIT Mind Champion Anand was in the scenic city Estonia with the twin purpose of playing the Keres memorial and also to promote chess in the country.
		The Paul Keres musuem is a chess conneisour’s paradise where chess players still play, inspired by their of their chess star.
		Paul Keres is the only chess player to have his potrait on his country’s national currency, the Estonian Kroon.
	www.niit.com /niit/vishy/news/nov29-04-1.htm (432 words)

	Game 2
		Paul Keres (1916-1975) was a Russian grandmaster that was among the very best for 20-30 years.
		He wrote one of my favorite chess books, "Keres' Complete Games", which contains perhaps 70 of his most interesting games (Bronstein's 1953 Zurich tournament book is probably my favorite).
		At the 64th move, fl has R+P vs. B superiority, but must sacrifice his remaining pawn to achieve a winning position: in fact, the identical position occurs in a 1943 study of Keres, with fl to play and win.
	faculty.tcu.edu /snollet/games/game2.html (131 words)

	PRACTICAL CHESS ENDING + COMPUTER ANALYSIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1939 Keres was in fine form at the traditional Easter tournament at Margate.
		Keres won the match by the margin of one point but his chances of a title match disappeared with the outbreak of War.
		Golombek vs Keres, Margate, 1939 is the ending in question and this was indeed the case as the analysis will show.
	members.aol.com /brigosling/psitn324.htm (660 words)

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