Example Sentences

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Perhaps the most famous example came from the 1970 Palma de Mallorca interzonal against Soviet great GM Efim Geller, who was long a particularly tough opponent for the American.

From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2019

Arguably Fischer was the No 1 from 1967 onwards, and spoilt his chance to prove it by withdrawing from that year’s interzonal when in the lead.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2019

Crushing tournament performances, like Alexander Alekhine’s at San Remo 1930 and Fischer’s interzonal in 1970, are missing.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018

We buy them for 2� marks a package in the British zone, mostly through doctors who get interzonal passes easily and like to make some money; then in Poland we sell them for nine zlotys.

From Time Magazine Archive

After seven years of fruitless negotiation, the Austrians were delighted, and in one town there was dancing in the streets as they tore up their interzonal passes.

From Time Magazine Archive