page 1 of 1; 12 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Beliavsky vs McShane   ½-½ 33 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 2. A Volokitin vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 32 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada C12 French, McCutcheon 3. Korchnoi vs Beliavsky 1-0 34 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada E15 Queen's Indian 4. McShane vs A Volokitin   ½-½ 43 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada A45 Queen's Pawn Game 5. A Volokitin vs Beliavsky 0-1 46 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 6. McShane vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 58 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada C00 French Defense 7. A Volokitin vs McShane   ½-½ 54 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada B06 Robatsch 8. Beliavsky vs Korchnoi   1-0 58 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 9. Korchnoi vs A Volokitin 0-1 38 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada E10 Queen's Pawn Game 10. McShane vs Beliavsky 1-0 64 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada C55 Two Knights Defense 11. Beliavsky vs A Volokitin   0-1 34 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada E15 Queen's Indian 12. Korchnoi vs McShane 0-1 56 2005 Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada D85 Grunfeld   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Aug-30-05    cade: Well done McShane. He needs to win back some rating points with performances like this. Aug-30-05    jamesmaskell: Its a good comeback to to a certain extent quietening the critics. He was playing some seriously tough players and did a proper job. As for Korchnoi...age catching up with him? Aug-30-05    percyblakeney: Korchnoi started well and was in the lead after half the tournament, but lost his last games, among them this one on time in a close to winning position: Korchnoi vs A Volokitin, 2005 Sep-04-05    Blitz4265: Korchnoi is the best according to me if we compare his age. Sep-05-05    lopium: I only see a crushed Korchnoi. He is very strong for his age, but doesn't do the job against younger people I think. Or not always, such as here. Sep-05-05    Astardis: Korchnoi's problem has always been and still is that he plays for a win. Even in a drawn position - especially against lower rated players - he'd rather play a dubious move than accept a quick draw. This explains his completely disatrious record agains Kasparov, Karpov and some other of the strongest. And this also, next to considering his age, esplains his very mixed results in the last few years. Sep-06-05    lopium: Ahahahzz!! What about Fischer then? Did he always played for a win? I think that I think yes, I've read it too, here by Kibitzerszzz too. He was better than Korchnoi I think, same descrptions as you wrote, but not that bad. Sep-06-05    percyblakeney: <This explains his completely disatrious record agains Kasparov, Karpov and some other of the strongest> At least it was disastrous against Kasparov, against some other modern World Champions it wasn't that bad, not counting draws in this database it's: Korchnoi-Kasparov 1-19 Korchnoi-Karpov 18-33 Korchnoi-Fischer 3-3 Korchnoi-Spassky 20-14 Korchnoi-Petrosian 12-10 Korchnoi-Tal 13-6 Sep-06-05    lopium: Korchnoi seemed strong! ahahaz! He lost a lot by the time, sure of that. Sep-06-05    Astardis: ok, a correction: Korchnoi's record against rather positional players is not that bad, althoug 18-33 against Karpov is still quite clear. it is notable though, that he has an even score with Fischer. Still, I keep saying that he lacks willingnes to draw a game against a weaker opponent. He himself said that referring to his one win facing 19 losses against Kasparov. Sep-06-05    Astardis: not meaning to say that Kasparov was weaker than Korchnoi... Dec-23-05    lopium: Ciutat seems a Catalán word. Sure it was in Spain, region of Barcelona. May I'm wrong.

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