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What is a hauptturnier in chess?
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Hauptturnier is a tournament term: german word that is freely translated as "candidates tournament". In the early part of the 20th century, it was necessary for the ambitious European amateur to win a succession of prizes in small tournaments, to progress to a higher level of competition. This affects how games are organized, scored, paired, or decided.
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