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There have been two chess matches featuring USSR vs. Rest of the World, in 1970 and 1984, and one match Russia vs. Rest of the World, in 2002. The USSR team won the first two matches and the "Rest of the World" team won the third match.
Besides its use for domestic heating, in winter people may sleep on top of the stove to keep warm: the large thermal mass (a proper Russian stove weighs about two tonnes) and layered design (in many variants the hot flue is separated from the outer brick shell with a layer of sand or pebbles) ensure that the outer surface of the stove is safe ...
Russian Championship may refer to: Russian American Football Championship, the highest level of American football played in Russia; Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, an annual Russian national artistic gymnastics competition; Russian National Badminton Championships, a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Russia
The 1962 Soviet Chess Championship was the 30th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 21 November to 20 December 1962 in Yerevan . The tournament was won by Viktor Korchnoi .
The 1968 Soviet Chess Championship was the 36th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 30 December 1968 to 1 February 1969 in Alma-Ata . The tournament was won by Lev Polugaevsky who defeats Alexander Zaitsev in a play-off match.
Moscow, Russia 800 m: 1:57.47 Natalya Tsyganova: 7 March 1999 World Championships: Maebashi, Japan 1:56.49 X: Yelena Soboleva: 9 February 2008 Moscow, Russia 1000 m: 2:32.16 Yuliya Fomenko: 25 January 2006 Russian Winter Meeting: Moscow, Russia 1500 m: 3:58.28 Yelena Soboleva: 18 February 2006 Russian Championships Moscow, Russia 3:57.71 X: 9 ...
[1] The event programme typically was close to that featured in the Olympic Games athletics competition, though the marathon, road racewalking, and combined track and field events were usually held at separate championships. It was common for there to be both an individual Soviet Championships and a national athletics championship for clubs. [2 ...
The 1948 World Chess Championship was a quintuple round-robin tournament played to determine the new World Chess Champion following the death of the previous champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946. The tournament marked the passing of control of the championship title to FIDE , the International Chess Federation which had been formed in 1924.