ALEXANDER BELIAVSKY (born Dec-17-1953, 71 years old) Ukraine (federation/nationality Slovenia) PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] International Master (1973); Grandmaster (1975); FIDE Senior Trainer (2004). Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky was born in Lviv, in what is now Ukraine. He now lives in Slovenia and plays for its Olympiad team. He is noted for his uncompromising style of play and for his classical opening repertoire, including openings such as the Queen's Gambit, Ruy Lopez and French Defence. He shares with Paul Keres and Viktor Korchnoi the record for defeating the most undisputed world champions (nine), having beaten every world champion from Vasily Smyslov (7th) through Magnus Carlsen (16th) except for Robert James Fischer. Beliavsky won the World Junior Championship in 1973, thereby automatically earning the title of International Master. Just a year later, he won the USSR Championship (1974) with Mikhail Tal (1). He won the USSR Championship thrice more, winning the 48th USSR Championship (1980) (2), USSR Championship (1987) (winning the USSR Championship playoff (1987) against Valery Salov), and winning the USSR Championship (1990) on tiebreak over Leonid Yudasin, Evgeny Bareev and Alexey Vyzmanavin (3). Beliavsky placed second to Garry Kasparov at the 1982 Moscow Interzonal, but lost their Candidates Match (1983) in the first round of the cycle by 3-6 (+1 -4 =4). He finished second to Artur Yusupov at the Tunis Interzonal (1985), but placed seventh in the Montpellier Candidates (1985) (a point behind the tournament winners, and outside the top four needed to qualify for the Candidates Matches). (4) Beliavsky placed =1st (4th on tiebreak) in the European Championship (2013) to qualify for the World Cup (2013), where he lost to Chinese GM Yangyi Yu in the tiebreaker of the first round match. Beliavsky achieved a perfect score (13-0), virtually unheard of in modern high-level chess, at Alicante 1978, defeating among others four GMs and two IMs. He finished first at Frunze (1979), equal first (with Boris Spassky) at Baden (1980), first at Interpolis 5th (1981), equal first (with Viktor Korchnoi) at Hoogovens (1984), first at the 9th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1985), first at Munich (1990), and first at Amsterdam OHRA (1990). Beliavsky won the Vidmar Memorial tournament four times: in 1999, 2001, 2003 (with Emil Sutovsky) and 2005. He finished third at Linares (1991), behind Vasyl Ivanchuk and Garry Kasparov. At the second USSR vs. Rest of the World (1984) match, he was the top scorer for the Soviet team, defeating Yasser Seirawan 2–0 and Bent Larsen 1½–½. His dominant performance enabled the Soviets to win the match 21-19. Wikipedia article: Alexander Beliavsky (1) [rusbase-1]; (2) [rusbase-2]; (3) [rusbase-3]; (4) http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc... Last updated: 2023-12-17 07:25:27

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page 1 of 120; games 1-25 of 2,996  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Vladimirov vs A Beliavsky   0-1 53 1967 Leningrad CC-ch D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. A Beliavsky vs Vaganian   0-1 62 1968 USSR Junior Championship B02 Alekhine's Defense 3. Dvinianinov vs A Beliavsky   0-1 30 1968 USSR Junior Championship C45 Scotch Game 4. G Fedorov vs A Beliavsky 1-0 31 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup B89 Sicilian 5. A Beliavsky vs V Akimov 1-0 48 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup D02 Queen's Pawn Game 6. L Zolotonos vs A Beliavsky   0-1 40 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 7. A Beliavsky vs G Barenboim   1-0 43 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 8. V Lipman vs A Beliavsky   0-1 43 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup C44 King's Pawn Game 9. V Vorobiev vs A Beliavsky   0-1 53 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 10. A Beliavsky vs Koolmeister   1-0 41 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 11. Kupreichik vs A Beliavsky   1-0 43 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup C77 Ruy Lopez 12. A Beliavsky vs V Gusev   ½-½ 42 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup A57 Benko Gambit 13. K Peebo vs A Beliavsky 1-0 80 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup B06 Robatsch 14. A Beliavsky vs D Kudischewitsch   1-0 90 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 15. A Beliavsky vs B Gendler   1-0 24 1969 URS U18-ch A07 King's Indian Attack 16. Z Gofshtein vs A Beliavsky   0-1 38 1969 URS-chT U18 A14 English 17. A Verner vs A Beliavsky 1-0 46 1969 URS-chT B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 18. A Beliavsky vs A Panchenko   0-1 33 1969 URS-chT A50 Queen's Pawn Game 19. Romanishin vs A Beliavsky   0-1 39 1969 Beltsy B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 20. B Dikarev vs A Beliavsky   0-1 40 1969 Avangard Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. A Beliavsky vs I Kurass   ½-½ 37 1969 Avangard Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. B M Kogan vs A Beliavsky   1-0 45 1969 Avangard Championship E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 23. A Beliavsky vs V Lainburg   ½-½ 17 1969 Avangard Championship D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 24. E Lazarev vs A Beliavsky   ½-½ 45 1969 Avangard Championship A46 Queen's Pawn Game 25. A Beliavsky vs R Pelts   1-0 40 1969 Avangard Championship D94 Grunfeld  page 1 of 120; games 1-25 of 2,996

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-04-06    Whitehat1963: Hilarious that this guy's rating is higher than Spassky's and Tal's ever were! May-05-06    Karpova: This would not be hilarious. Only someone who never heard of Beliavsky would think that way. I doubt that Beliavsky ever achieved a rating of 2710. The ratings were generally lower than today at the time of his peak. May-05-06    acirce: Beliavsky was 2710 on the July 1997 list according to http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint...., http://www.chess.gr/eso/elo/2_97int..., http://members.fortunecity.com/njur... May-05-06    Karpova: thank you very much, <acirce>! Quite interesting to see that Beliavsky actually made it. May-05-06    Whitehat1963: <Karpova>, my comment wasn't intended to take anything away from Beliavsky, who is obviously an excellent player, but rather to point out that rating inflation is out of control. Was Tal ever rated above 2700? Was he a better player than some who are currently rated above 2700? May-05-06    Karpova: I found this post from <Maatalkko> on Jan Timman 's page: <BTW Mihail Tal had one freak year in 1979 when he won two major tournaments that were FIDE rated. His rating went from 2610 to 2705, making him the third player ever to be over 2700 (after Fischer and Karpov). They only updated ratings once a year back then, so for all of 1980 he was over 2700. However, he bombed most of his tournaments that year, so he crashed from 2705 to 2550 at the end of the year, the largest drop in a single rating update that I know of.> Dec-17-06    JointheArmy: We share the same birthday. Sagitarrius' rule. Apr-05-07    Deceptor: 53 years old and rated 2648. Could Beliavsky be new Korchnoi? Apr-11-07    JointheArmy: Brilliant game by Beliavsky today. 18. Nxb5!! click for larger view Point being if axb5 Ra7 [Event "European Individual 2007"] [Site "Dresden Germany"] [Date "2007.04.11"] [Round "8"] [White "GM Beliavsky, Alexander G(SLO)"] [Black "GM Agrest, Evgenij(SWE)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2561"] [Annotator "Gary_Suffield"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. a4 a6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Nc5 20. Qa1 Nb3 21. Bxb7+ Qxb7 22. Rxb7 Nxa1 23. Rxf7 Nb3 24. Rxf6 Kd7 25. h4 b4 26. Re1 Ra8 27. Bf4 Nxd4 28. Be5 Nc2 29. Rd1+ Ke7 30. Rf4 Rhc8 31. Bd6+ Ke8 32. Rf8+ Kd7 33. Bb8+ 1-0 Apr-11-07    Ron: I am glad that <JointheArmy> posted this game. It seems that 18. Nxb5!! is to open the 'a' file. Note how the rook subsequently gobbles material. May-16-08    zdigyigy: USSR Champ in 74' and again in 90'?? you gotta be kidding me. If you looked up the definition of what a chess grandmaster is, you might find the name and games of Alexander Beliavsky. Jun-02-08    notyetagm: From <Chess Today CT-2763>, the daily chess periodical which I -highly- recommend. <A. Beliavsky "Korolkov - 100", 2008 click for larger view Can you find a forced win in the end of this beautiful study? 1.Qf5+!! Kxf5 2.Ne7+!! Rxe7 White has only the knight against Black's superior forces, and it is placed rather passively on the 1st rank. However... 3.Ne3+ Kf6 4.Nxd5+ Kf5 5.Nxe7+ Kf6 6.Nxg8+ Kf5 7.Ne7+ Kf6 8.Nd5+ Kf5 9.g4# Wonderful, isn't it!!> Jun-02-08    notyetagm: click for larger view End of above Beliavsky study in <FEN> diagrams. click for larger view click for larger view click for larger view click for larger view click for larger view click for larger view click for larger view click for larger view click for larger view Aug-27-08    GrahamClayton: Belyavsky is one of only 3 players to have won 3 or more USSR Championships without becoming World Champion - Stein and Keres are the other two players to achive this unusual feat. Aug-28-08    GrahamClayton: Beliavksy has also represented 3 different countries in Chess Olympiads - USSR, Ukraine and Slovenia. Dec-17-08    brankat: Happy Birthday Alexander! Feb-02-09    paavoh: A great start for Beliavsky in the Gibtelcom tournament with 5.5/6! Mar-27-09    WhiteRook48: <notyetagm> quite a bit of an endgame study Sep-20-09    diagonal: "Big Al", former World Junior Champion, World Championship Candidate and a four-time (shared) Soviet Champion, is now - after Anatoli Karpov (currently world's no. 140) dropped out - the oldest player in the Top 100 ELO-List (september 2009, it seems that FIDE is recalculating now every second month). Beliavsky (born 1953), is far from semi-retired as other players of this age and continues to work very hard as he always did with his legendary uncompromising chess - go ahead! <GrahamClayton: Beliavsky is one of only 3 players to have won 3 or more USSR Championships without becoming World Champion - Stein and Keres are the other two players to achive this unusual feat.> Korchnoi was a four-time (always unshared) USSR chess champion, reaching his best years maybe after defecting... Dec-17-09    BIDMONFA: Alexander Beliavsky BELIAVSKY, Alexander http://www.bidmonfa.com/beliavsky_a... _ Dec-17-09    WhiteRook48: he's a totally awesome attacker! Dec-17-09    SirChrislov: He's Russian and his name is Alexander? no way!? Happy b-day to Mr. Beliavsky. Dec-17-09    paulalbert: A good name. My son is named Alexander, but not after Belyavsky or Aljechin. I highly recommend Belyavsky's book "Uncompromising Chess". Resignation Trap has all the games in a game collection on Chessgames. Unfortunately, I have never had the chance to meet him. I am not sure whether he has ever played in the U.S. Paul Albert Dec-17-09    talisman: happy birthday to a former #3 in the world! Dec-17-09    TheAlchemist: <SirChrislov> He was born in Lvov, Ukraine <paulalbert> I'm sure he has many times, he plays in a lot of tournaments, I remember he played in a big tournament in Minneapolis in 2005, where he was close to winning, but lost in the last round. 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