His Elo rating shot from 2540 in 1971 to 2660 in 1973, when he shared second in the USSR Chess Championship, and finished equal first with Viktor Korchnoi in the Leningrad Interzonal Tournament, with the latter success qualifying him for the 1974 Candidates Matches, which would determine the challenger of the reigning world champion, Bobby Fischer.

* The top players of the day: world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, and those who had qualified for ( or been seeded into ) the inaugural Candidates Tournament in 1950: Isaac Boleslavsky, Igor Bondarevsky, David Bronstein, Max Euwe, Reuben Fine, Salo Flohr, Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov, Andor Lilienthal, Miguel Najdorf, Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Gideon Ståhlberg, and László Szabó.

# Any player qualifying from the Interzonal tournament to play in the Candidates Tournament, even if he did not play in the Candidates for any reason.

She then confirmed her status as one of the world's leading players, narrowly failing to qualify for the Candidates Tournaments at the rival FIDE and PCA Interzonal tournaments.

In May – June 2007 she played in the Candidates Tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007.

Candidates for an undergraduate degree must also pass oral and written comprehensive exams in their major field of study.

Candidates for members of parliament are voted upon when the prime minister asks the Governor-General to call a national election, a maximum of five years after the previous national election.

Candidates for deputy had to be able to read and write, and have a certain amount of wealth.

Some of political parties from Catalonia, the Valencian Country and the Balearic Islands that follow this idea are the Republican Left of Catalonia, Catalan Solidarity for Independence ( SI ), Rally for Independence and Republican Left of the Valencian Country, Estat Català, Partit Republicà Català, Popular Unity Candidates, Valencian Nationalist Bloc, Bloc per Mallorca, etc.

Candidates for office, like Jill Stein who is running to become the party's 2012 presidential contender, rely on smaller donations to fund their campaigns.

* Warrant officer candidate school, the entry-level training for Warrant Officer Candidates in the United States Army

* Candidates for government office must take civil-service examinations.

Category: Candidates for the Polish elective throne

Category: Candidates for the Polish elective throne

Category: Candidates for the Polish elective throne

Category: Candidates for the Polish elective throne

Category: Candidates for the French presidential election, 2007

Candidates for " safe districts " are determined by the central party office.

Candidates were disqualified for petty reasons such as acts of vandalism against campaign posters.

Candidates could not be nominated by organizations and associations but had to run for district office on the basis of personal qualifications and service to their communities.

Candidates for admission generally must both apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a Member of Congress.

Candidates for the Forbes list were fugitives thought to be dangerous who had " a long history of committing serious crimes ", who had been indicted or charged with a crime in a national jurisdiction or by an international tribunal, and who were involved with a type of criminal activity " with which legal institutions in diverse jurisdictions are grappling ".

Candidates during Holy Orders will also kneel on both before a bishop or archbishop.

Candidates are identified by public or private bodies, by government departments or are nominated by members of the public.

Candidates receive matching funds, up to a limit, when they are outspent by privately-funded candidates, attacked by independent expenditures, or their opponent benefits from independent expenditures.

Candidates for membership in the Hockey Hall of Fame are nominated by an 18-person selection committee.

Candidates for admission are judged on their academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, athletics and character.

Candidates nominated for membership in the Order may include, but are not limited to, current or former faculty, staff, students ( graduate or undergraduate ), alumni and volunteers.

Candidates are recommended by an advisory panel composed of the chief justice of British Columbia, the chief justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the chief judge of the Provincial Court, the president of the Law Society of British Columbia, a Law Society member appointed by the benchers ( directors ) and the deputy attorney general.

) degrees, and 460 are Candidates of Sciences ( Cand. Sc., equivalent to first year of Ph. D .).

Candidates are elected on an individual referendum basis without formal party involvement, though elected assemblies predominantly consist of members of the dominant party alongside non-affiliated candidates.

Candidates are nominated annually by Canada's five broadcasting associations and the executive committee of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (" CAB ").

Candidates make their applications for a specific seat, not to the Académie in general: if several seats are vacant, a candidate may apply separately for each.

Candidates for Kirksville city council are not required to have any party affiliation ( i. e. Republican or Democrat ) in order to run for office.

Whether or not female Candidates are allowed on the Hatching Grounds if there is no gold egg is unknown.

Candidates are required to complete military water survival prior to beginning their flying instruction.

Candidates are also required to become SCUBA qualified for extravehicular training and are required to pass a swimming test.

Candidates are also trained to deal with emergencies associated with hyperbaric and hypobaric atmospheric pressures and are given exposure to the microgravity of space flight.

Candidates for the Gurkha Contingent Singapore Police Force, are also selected at this stage

Candidates are selected by party referendums or electoral organizations.

Candidates were also judged on their skills of deportment, appearance, speech, and level of skill in calligraphy, all of which were subjective criteria that allowed the already wealthy members of society to be chosen over ones of more modest means who were unable to be educated in rhetoric or fanciful writing skills.

Candidates for the Hall of Fame are chosen from the ' modern era ' of American ultras, beginning with the New York Road Runners Club 30 Mile race held in 1958.

* 1977-80 In 1977, Dr. Malerba was chosen by the European Space Agency ( ESA ) as one of four European Payload Specialist Candidates for the first Spacelab mission.

Candidates to the elections of the House of Representatives are chosen from party lists according to a system of proportional representation.

Candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics ; players chosen by the Old-Timers Committee in 1945 marked with an asterisk:

Candidates for this special election were chosen by the party committees because the vacancy had happened too late to set up a primary.

Candidates for Royal Guard training are evaluated for their size, strength, intelligence, and loyalty ; those chosen for training are assessed for their combat reflexes and stamina, and they receive training in a wide range of armed and unarmed combat.

Candidates for the National Assembly are chosen by Candidacy Commissions chaired by local trade union officials and composed of elected representatives of " mass organisations " representing workers, youth, women, students and farmers.

From this position, White may choose to inflict the isolated pawn on Black, accept the weakness himself in return for active piece play, or play 6. a3, with a view to dxc5, followed by b4 and Bb2, aiming for positions in which the extra tempo will come in useful if Black keeps the symmetry ; thus, 6 ... Ne4, once chosen by Bobby Fischer in his Candidates Match with Tigran Petrosian in 1971, gives a different turn.