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Tunisia Chess Olympiad - Skopje September 25, 1972 The 20th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE, took place between September 18 and October 13, 1972 in Skopje, Yugoslavia. Tunisia was one of the 63 teams in the preliminary tournaments.  |
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Argentina The 23rd Chess Olympiad October 7, 1978 The 23rd Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE, took place between October 25 and November 12, 1978, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The stamp design shows the official logo of the tournament.  |
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Uruguay Chess Olympiad - Buenos Aires April 29, 1979 The 23rd Chess Olympiad took place between October 25 and November 12, 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A total of 65 nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament.  |
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Montenegro Chess Olympiad Dresden June 18, 2008 The 38th Chess Olympiad took place between November 12 and 25, 2008 in Dresden, Germany. There were 146 teams in the open event and 111 in the women's event.  |
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Singapore 2016 Board Games - Chinese Chess, Diamond Checkers, Aeroplane Chess, Checkers, Snakes and Ladders.  |
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Bulgaria Bulgarian Culture - Chess July 12, 2016 Ivan Gazdov designed the souvenir sheet.  |
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Georgia Georgian Women Chess Team July 21, 1997 The two souvenir sheets celebrate the Georgian Women Chess Team winning World Chess Champions and Vice-Champions and the World Chess Olympiads. The design includes the members of the team and their accomplishments.  |
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United Arab Emirates The 27th Chess Olympiad, Dubai November 4, 1986 A set of three stamps, two features ancient tapestry with the theme of chess games.  |
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Here is an image of a stamp honoring Estonian chess grandmaster Paul Keres (1916-1975), designed by Boris V. Ilyukhin, printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) on January 7, 1991, Scott No. 5964, Zagorski No. 6219, plus an image of a photograph of Paul Keres. Note: Many chess historians consider Keres the strongest player never to become world champion and one of the greatest players in history. Bonus: Signature. - nethryk   |
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Azerbaijan European Chess Championship 2013 January 16, 2014 Azerbaijan won the 19th European Team Chess Championship 2013 Open Section.  |
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Algeria 80th Anniversary of the World Chess Federation July 20, 2004 The World Chess Federation (FIDE), founded in Paris in 1924, is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition. The stamp design features a chess board with chess pieces at the opening.  |
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Argentina Miguel Najdorf - Chess November 12, 2011 Miguel Najdorf (1910 – 1997) was a Polish-Argentine chess grandmaster. He was a leading world player in the 1940s and 1950s.  |
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Armenia Three-time Olympic Chess Champion November 6, 2013 The Armenia chess team won the 40th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey in 2012.  |
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Moldova World Chess Championship September 29, 2007 The stamp marks the World Chess Championship 2007 held from September 12 to 30 in Mexico City.  |
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Slovenia Chess Olympiad September 19, 2002 The stamp set commemorates the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia between between October 25 and November 11.  |
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