The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was a chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the World Chess Champion.
Read more about FIDE World Chess Championship 1996: Background, 1993 Interzonal Tournament, 1994-96 Championship Tournament, 1996 Championship Final
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—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
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—Edmund H. North, British screenwriter, and Lewis Gilbert. Admiral Lutjens (Karel Stepanek)
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