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.

Liverpool finished equal with Arsenal on both points and goal difference, but lost the title on total goals scored when Arsenal scored the final goal in the last minute of the season.

If the first two teams finished on equal points then goal average would decide who was placed first and second.

Häkkinen finished the season in equal 15th alongside Satoru Nakajima and Martin Brundle.

Another disappointment for Spassky came at the qualifier for the next Interzonal, the Soviet final, played in Moscow 1961, where he again lost a crucial last-round game, this to Leonid Stein, who thus qualified, as Spassky finished equal fifth with 11 / 19, while Petrosian won.

In February – March 1973, Spassky finished equal third at Tallinn with 9 / 15, three points behind Tal ; he tied for first at Dortmund on 9½ / 15 (+ 5 − 1 = 9 ) with Hans-Joachim Hecht and Ulf Andersson.

During 1975, Spassky played two events, the first being the annual tournament at Tallinn, where he finished equal second with Fridrik Olafsson, scoring 9½ / 15 (+ 5 − 1 = 9 ), one point behind Keres, the last international event won by the latter before his sudden death in June 1975.

In Sparta, all male citizens were given the title of equal if they finished their education.

Nine years later the Press issued the first volumes of the freshly edited complete works of Shakespeare, a project of nearly equal scope that was not finished until 1966.

Both drivers finished the season with equal number of points but having won seven races to the Scotsman's three decided the title in the Colombian's favor.

His decision was met with equal parts curiosity, skepticism, and derision from industry insiders and outsiders alike, and the finished result met with a similar reception.

At the end of the season the team finished equal 4th in the constructors championship.

Following the addition of Selanne, the Mighty Ducks pushed for a playoff spot, winning 12 of their final 15 games, but finished the season ninth place in the West ( the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs ); they had an equal 78 points to the eighth-ranked Jets, but finished a spot below them by virtue of having less wins.

Keres finished second or equal second in four straight Candidates ' tournaments ( 1953, 1956, 1959, 1962 ), making him the player with the most runner-up finishes in that event.

These included the minor tournament at the great Hastings 1895 tournament, where he finished equal second, behind Géza Maróczy, and was awarded the Newnes Cup for the best result by a British amateur.

Often polling well in the Brownlow Medal counts, Wallace finished equal third in 1982 and equal sixth in 1983.

# Until the master plan is finished, the facilities must be maintained and operated at a level that is equal to or greater than that provided by the City of Nanaimo.

In 2003 Wanganeen was favourite to once again win the Brownlow ( he finished equal second ).

In 1993 he finished equal first ( with Viswanathan Anand ) in the Groningen Interzonal tournament to determine challengers for the PCA World Chess Championship 1995.

He finished in equal sixth – seventh place, with a score of 5½ out of 14.

Abroad, his best results included first equal with Savielly Tartakower at Kecskemét ( B Final, 1927 ) and fifth at San Remo ( the strongest tournament of 1930 ), when he finished ahead of Spielmann, Vidmar and Tartakower.

With new players and Chapman's system, Huddersfield were transformed – they finished third in 1922 – 23 and then went on to win their first ever League title in 1923 – 24, by the narrowest of margins – equal on points with Cardiff City, Huddersfield won by a difference of 0. 024 ( 1. 818 to 1. 794 ) in goal average.

After he had finished the first two volumes of his Lincoln, Sandburg went to work assembling a book of songs out of hobo and childhood days and from the memory of songs others had taught him.

On his first trip to the finished structure he boasted that he had built a temple grander than Solomon's in Jerusalem.

Then I plan my attack: the parts I will finish first, the range of values, the accenting of minor details -- all in all, mechanics of producing the finished job with a maximum of crispness.

Karpov finished first in his first international tournament in Třinec several months later, ahead of Viktor Kupreichik.

AZ therefore qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history, but only took four points from six matches and finished bottom of their group.

In the first primary contest, the Iowa caucus, Clinton finished a distant third to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.

During the first American League season in 1901, they finished last ( 8th place ) with a record of 48 – 89.

The team finished last for the first time since their 1988 season.

The Orioles finished the first half of the 2012 season with a winning record for only the second time since 1998, with a record of 45-40 before the All-Star break.

During Selig's tenure as club president, the Brewers participated in postseason play in 1981, when the team finished first in the American League East during the second half of the season, and in 1982, when the team made it to the World Series, under the leadership of future Hall of Famers Robin Yount and Paul Molitor.

Behind a potent offense that featured Graham, Groza, Motley, Lavelli and running back Dub Jones, the Browns finished the 1950 regular season with a 10 – 2 record, tied for first place in their conference.

The team finished the regular season with 11 wins and a single loss in the first game of the season.

The team finished its first season with a 3 – 11 record.

Cleveland finished 2 games ahead of Chicago and 3 games ahead of the Yankees to win its first pennant, led by Speaker's. 388 hitting, Jim Bagby's 30 victories and solid performances from Steve O ' Neill and Stan Coveleski.

The Indians finished with a 96 – 66 record tied with the Red Sox for best in baseball, their seventh Central Division title in 13 years and their first post-season trip since 2001.

Some historians think Kling's absence was significant enough to prevent the Cubs from also winning a third straight title in 1909, as they finished 6 games out of first place.

Although they had their best season in decades at 92 – 70, they lost key games against the Mets and finished the season a disappointing eight games out of first place while the Mets exploded past them by winning 39 of their last 50 games.

The team was unable to make another serious charge, and finished at 88 – 74, five games behind both Houston and St. Louis, who tied for first.

Perhaps not surprisingly given the injury to Walker and the trading of two of the team's most popular players, the Rockies finished third in the National League in attendance in 2000, marking the first time in club history that it did not lead the league in attendance.

They also finished ahead of the Dodgers in the division for the first time in franchise history.

Backup Steve Beuerlein took over and the Cowboys and finished 11-5, then defeated the Bears for the Cowboys ' first playoff win since 1982.

Star receiver Michael Irvin was suspended by the league for the first five games of 1996 following a drug-related arrest ; he came back after the Cowboys started the season 2-3 ; they finished 10-6 and won the NFC East title, but were eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs 26-17 by the second-year Carolina Panthers.

The second part of Cervantes ' Don Quixote, finished as a direct result of the Avellaneda book, has come to be regarded by some literary critics as superior to the first part, because of its greater depth of characterization, its discussions, mostly between Quixote and Sancho, on diverse subjects, and its philosophical insights.