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 bishop are chosen only from among the celibate.

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 must provide 30, 000 signatures from at least 15 provinces, or 30 members of a chamber of the legislature, or nomination by a party holding at least one seat in the legislature.

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

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 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 include members of the Wilkes expedition: Jared Elliott, ship's chaplain ; George Elliott, ship's boy ; and Midshipman Samuel Elliott.

Candidates must have been members for the preceding three years but may be nominated by anyone.

* Mike Tuffrey Liberal Democrat Voice members survey on London Mayoral Candidates

Candidates for all awards must be nominated by Academy members, except for the Richard Rodgers awards, for which an application may be submitted.

NASA's administrator, Sean O ' Keefe, in the presence of John Glenn, announced the members of the " 19th group of Astronaut Candidates ", an event which has not been repeated since 1958 when the original group of astronauts was presented to the world.

US congressional elections can pass with some members being elected without opposition, whereas in Canada, parties will normally try to field a full slate of Candidates.

" New members were called " Poor Blind Candidates.

Candidates are selected by a jury of at least seven members.

Candidates ran as individuals in the 2002 elections, but are organised in parliament as members of de facto political parties known as ' political societies '.

Candidates for the Order of Culture are selected from the Persons of Cultural Merit by the Minister for Education, Science, Sports and Culture upon hearing views of all the members of the selection committee for the Persons of Cultural Merit.

Candidates register as student members to undertake the Professional Scheme qualification.

Candidates for election to municipal councils and school boards typically run as individuals, and not as members of political parties.

Candidates and other members of the campaign must bear in mind that only one person should oversee the details of scheduling.

Currently NAS RA three Academicians and NAS RA five Associate members, 36 Doctors of Sciences, and more than 80 Candidates of Sciences are involved in the tutoring process of this Faculty.

Currently 3 NAS RA Academicians, 3 NAS RA Associate members, 22 Doctors of Sciences and more than 100 Candidates are involved in the training process of the faculty.