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Emil Sutovsky
Number of games in database: 889
Years covered: 1990 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2676
Highest rating achieved in database: 2697
Overall record: +333 -166 =373 (59.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      17 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (167) 
    B30 B43 B31 B40 B23
 Ruy Lopez (70) 
    C65 C80 C88 C67 C85
 French Defense (54) 
    C11 C18 C10 C12 C07
 Caro-Kann (42) 
    B12 B17 B18 B19 B11
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (33) 
    C88 C85 C84 C91 C92
 French (31) 
    C11 C10 C12 C00
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (154) 
    B90 B33 B50 B92 B31
 Grunfeld (85) 
    D85 D97 D80 D72 D86
 King's Indian (80) 
    E94 E60 E62 E67 E80
 Sicilian Najdorf (63) 
    B90 B92 B97 B93 B96
 English (29) 
    A15 A10 A16 A12
 Ruy Lopez (11) 
    C80 C90 C88 C83 C67
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Sutovsky vs Smirin, 2002 1-0
   Sutovsky vs I Sokolov, 2005 1-0
   Sutovsky vs Kramnik, 2005 1-0
   Areshchenko vs Sutovsky, 2005 0-1
   Sutovsky vs Sakaev, 2001 1-0
   D Gormally vs Sutovsky, 2005 0-1
   Sutovsky vs E Inarkiev, 2009 1-0
   Sutovsky vs L Pantsulaia, 2008 1-0
   M Solleveld vs Sutovsky, 2001 0-1
   Sutovsky vs Carlsen, 2003 1-0

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EMIL SUTOVSKY
(born Sep-19-1977) Azerbaijan (citizen of Israel)

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Emil Sutovsky was born September 19, 1977 in Baku, and began his chess career there before relocating to Israel in 1991. He was World Junior Champion in 1996 and European Champion in 2001 (following a playoff with Ruslan Ponomariov). In 2004 he raised his FIDE rating to a career-high 2697, but then lost over 30 points after a string of relatively poor tournament showings. He rebounded in February of 2005 by tying for first in two strong open tournaments: the Gibraltar Masters (2005) and the Aeroflot Open (2005). His superior tie-break at the Aeroflot event won him a spot in that summer's super-GM tournament in Dortmund, Germany, where he recorded a win against world champion Vladimir Kramnik.

 page 1 of 36; games 1-25 of 889  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Songulia vs Sutovsky  0-136 1990 juniorsA07 King's Indian Attack
2. Sutovsky vs V Mirumian 1-027 1990 juniorsB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
3. Sutovsky vs V Mirumian  ½-½44 1991 juniorsB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
4. Sutovsky vs A Aleksandrov  0-170 1991 juniorsC77 Ruy Lopez
5. D Rogozenko vs Sutovsky  0-136 1991 juniorsE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
6. Sutovsky vs Gorelov  1-028 1991 Gdynia B30 Sicilian
7. Rublevsky vs Sutovsky  1-047 1991 Alma-AtaA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
8. S Anapolsky vs Sutovsky  ½-½44 1991 juniorsA52 Budapest Gambit
9. S Volkov vs Sutovsky  0-137 1991 juniorsE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
10. Vadasz vs Sutovsky  1-047 1992 AjkaE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
11. Sutovsky vs I Blasovszky  ½-½20 1992 MULTICOOP opC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
12. Sutovsky vs A Ryskin  0-142 1992 AjkaB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
13. K Kozma vs Sutovsky  0-142 1992 AjkaE17 Queen's Indian
14. J Markov vs Sutovsky  ½-½28 1992 MULTICOOP opE70 King's Indian
15. I Almasi vs Sutovsky  0-126 1992 AjkaB33 Sicilian
16. Sutovsky vs P Petran  ½-½30 1992 AjkaC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
17. Y Afek vs Sutovsky  ½-½30 1992 MULTICOOP opB40 Sicilian
18. Sutovsky vs O Kozlov  ½-½62 1992 AjkaB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
19. Y Stisis vs Sutovsky  ½-½43 1992 AjkaB33 Sicilian
20. Sutovsky vs C Csiszar  1-042 1992 AjkaB30 Sicilian
21. Sutovsky vs V Burmakin  1-033 1992 AjkaB10 Caro-Kann
22. Sutovsky vs H A Gretarsson  ½-½45 1993 ChWmU16 Bratislava C53 Giuoco Piano
23. J Teplicki vs Sutovsky  ½-½20 1993 Tel AvivE92 King's Indian
24. H Hamdouchi vs Sutovsky 0-134 1993 HUNE97 King's Indian
25. U Casinathan vs Sutovsky  0-139 1993 ChWmU16 Bratislava B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Oct-12-05   Averageguy: I read in "Interview With A Grandmaster" That he's a singer of some kind or another, I'm not sure which.
Oct-12-05   WMD: Don't ask me either, I don't know my aria from my elbow.
Oct-12-05   Averageguy: What's an aria?
Oct-12-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  AdrianP: <Averageguy> Don't ask <WMD>
Oct-12-05   Averageguy: <AdrianP>In your game collection "175 chess brilliancies" you have only one game. Any Particular reason?
Oct-13-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  AdrianP: <Averageguy> 174 of them weren't that good.

Only kidding - it's a work in progress.

Dec-29-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  iron maiden: Sutovsky is playing at Gibraltar in a month. Partial list of other participants include Shirov, Bologan, Short, Areschenko and Gurevich. http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.c...
Mar-18-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  ahmadov: To my great surprise, Sutovsky's performance in Reykyavik was very poor.
Jul-07-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: Anyone know where Sutovsky is playing next? Thanks.
Jul-09-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: Anyone know what is wrong with Sutovsky's play recently?

In the Oct 1 2004 FIDE rating list Sutovsky had a 2697 rating and was on the verge of breaking into the 2700 club. Now in the July 1 2006 FIDE rating list, his rating has fallen all the way down to 2607 and Sutovsky is out of the Top 100 even! What gives?

Aug-13-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Albertan: After 5 rounds of play at the Montreal Empresa International,Section A, Sutovsky is tied for the lead with GM Eljanov and GM Timofeev (all have 3.5/5). Here are Sutovsky's games from the first five rounds of play:

[Event "Empresa A"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2006.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Charbonneau,P"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[EventDate "2006.08.08"]
[ECO "B97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 h5 11. Be2 h4 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Rhf1 O-O-O 14. Rf3 Ne5 15. Rff1 Nc6 16. Rf3 Ne5 17. Rff1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Empresa A"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2006.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[EventDate "2006.08.08"]
[ECO "B65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Rdf1 Rac8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Kb1 Bh4 18. g3 Be7 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Bb3 a6 21. h3 Be6 22. Qe2 b5 23. Rf3 Qa7 24. Rhf1 Qb7 25. a3 Bd8 26. g4 Bh4 27. Qh2 Qb8 28. Ne3 g6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Ng2 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Bg5 32. h4 Bd2 33. Rd3 Bf4 34. Qh1 Rd8 35. Qd1 Rxd3 36. Qxd3 Qb6 37. Ka2 Qf2 38. Nxf4 Qxf4 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf8 41. Qc8+ Ke7 42. Qc7+ Ke8 43. Qc6+ Ke7 44. Qb7+ Kf6 45. Qa8 Ke7 46. Qa7+ Kf6 47. Qc5 Kf7 48. Qc7+ Ke8 49. Qc6+ Ke7 50. Qxa6 Qxg4 51. Qb7+ Kf6 52. Qb8 Ke7 53. Qc7+ Kf6 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kf8 56. Qxb5 Qxe4 57. a4 Ke7 58. a5 Kd6 59. a6 Kc7 60. a7 Qa8 61. Qxe5+ Kb7 62. Qg7+ Kb6 63. Qxg6 Qd5+ 64. b3 Qa5+ 65. Kb1 Qe1+ 66. Ka2 Qa5+ 67. Kb2 Qe5+ 68. c3 Kxa7 69. Qg1+ Kb7 70. Qg2+ Kc7 71. b4 Qf4 72. Qg7+ Kc6 73. Qd4 Qf5 74. c4 e5 75. Qd5+ Kb6 76. Ka3 Qb1 77. Qb5+ Ka7 78. Qa5+ Kb7 79. Qxe5 Qc1+ 80. Ka4 Qxc4 81. Qb5+ Qxb5+ 82. Kxb5 h5 83. Kc5 Ka6 84. Kc6 Ka7 85. b5 Kb8 86. Kb6 Ka8 87. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Empresa A"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2006.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[EventDate "2006.08.08"]
[ECO "C88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 d6 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Be3 c5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Qh3 g6 21. b4 c4 22. Bd5 Bf6 23. Be4 Qf7 24. Bd5 Qc7 25. Be4 Qf7 26. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Empresa A"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Miton,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[EventDate "2006.08.08"]
[ECO "C43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qh5 Nf6 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Qg3 Qd7 14. h3 Nh5 15. Rxe7 Rxe7 16. Qh4 g6 17. Be5 Be6 18. g4 f6 19. Bh2 Ng7 20. Qxf6 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Bg3 Rae8 23. Qf3 Qg5 24. Qf4 Qh5 25. Nf1 Rf7 26. Qd2 Nf5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Re1 Re4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Ne3 c6 31. Qa5 b6 32. Qa6 Qg6 33. Qc8+ Rf8 34. Qc7 h5 35. Ng2 Rf7 36. Qd8+ Rf8 37. Qe7 Rf7 38. Qd8+ Rf8 39. Qe7 Rf7 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Nf4 Qf6 42. Ne6 Kh6 43. Bf4+ Kg6 44. Be3 Qf5 45. Kf1 Qf3 46. Ke1 1-0

Sep-19-06   BIDMONFA: Emil Sutovsky

SUTOVSKY, Emil
http://www.bidmonfa.com/sutovsky_em...
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Sep-30-06   PhilFeeley: This is a Sutovsky game from a recent tournament in Israel. Can anyone tell me the technique for winning the double rook endgame? Black is up a pawn and I can't see how white wins even with the rooks on the 7th rank.

[Event "3rd Festival"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Zilberman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[ECO "B05"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 N8d7 11. b3 Rb8 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Nd2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. Qd3 d5 20. c5 Nb8 21. b4 Nc6 22. b5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Nxa5 24. Nc7 Rxc7 25. Rxa5 Rd7 26. Rea1 Qc8 27. Nf3 Rdd8 28. Ra7 Bf8 29. Qb5 Ne4 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxb7 f6 32. Raa7 Rc8 33. Nd2 Nxd2 34. Bxd2 e5 35. Bc3 exd4 36. Bxd4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Re4 38. Bb2 Rc4 39. Ba3 h5 40. Rd7 h4 41. c6 Bxa3 42. Rxa3 R4xc6 43. Raa7 g5 44. f3 1-0

Feb-25-07   Plato: I just found a nice comment about Sutovsky on Mig's chessninja forum:

<If Sutovsky would stop trying to achieve the next Immortal Game each round, I suspect that he would zoom past 2700, maybe into the Top 5. He's every bit as creative a tactician as Shirov. It would be nice to see a collection of his best games get published.>

I couldn't agree more. This corresponds exactly to what I had written a few days earlier on the Sutovsky vs Z Andriasian, 2007 page:

<Sutovsky's games remind me of the young Tal... only it's more costly to play that way nowadays, and his intuitive play is often punished. He's an artist, and his games are a pleasure to watch, but I wish he would be more consistent. The immense talent is there. He could establish himself among the 2700+ club if he would reel in his optimism a bit. With a higher rating more people would notice and appreciate this exciting player.>)

Mar-27-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Swapmeet: Sutovsky singing at the closing ceremony of Poikovsky 07:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvpo...

Dec-31-07   cotdt: Sutovsky got knocked out in the first round of the world cup but he redeemed himself later by helping kamsky win it.
May-02-08   Riverbeast: Mr. Sutovsky - Sorry about your loss in the European Championships final round. I'm sure it is disappointing but you played well throughout the tournament and many people (myself included) admire your style.

Here's hoping for many great results from you in the future

May-02-08   metatron2: <Plato: I just found a nice comment about Sutovsky on Mig's chessninja forum: <If Sutovsky would stop trying to achieve the next Immortal Game each round, I suspect that he would zoom past 2700, maybe into the Top 5.>

I couldn't agree more that Sutovsky is in-fact a very exciting talented player, and watching his games is a real thrill. I can even see him pushing towards 2700 in a more stable way (he did get as high as 2697 for a brief period), had he worked harder on his weak points (mainly his over optimism and irresistible desire to create beautiful artistic games).

However, being a real top player required more then that IMO: I think that three main factors separates the real top players from the rest of the real strong players (i.e. 2600 - 2700 players):

1. Their exceptionally strong mental strength that enables them keeping their high level over long periods and make much fewer mistakes over time. I mean, we can see many players that generates master pieces every now and then, but they can loose horribly later on, and with top players this is much less common.

2. Their understanding in chess is simply better in the long run: you can see that in most cases they can make choises that in the long run turn out to be the correct ones in general, especially in endgames. For example: Shirov that was compared with Sutovsky here, is also a great endgame player, and this fact (that is hardly known about him because it is not as sexy as his tactics) is highly important for his 2720-2750 performance.

3. Opening Preparation: Top players are working seriously on their opening preparations without leaving any real "holes", they are always super prepared, which is a key factor to their success.

I don't think Sutovsky has enough of these 3 factors to enter the top of the top, his real strength is probably around 2650, which he can extend probably to around 2700 with hard work, but I don't think that he has more then that.

May-02-08   Riverbeast: I think you're right <metatron2>....At the 2650+ level everybody is talented....And I think Sutovsky is more talented than many other players at his rating level.

What separates 2650 and 2700+, I think, is harder work and more attention to those "little details" you mentioned

Sep-19-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Player of the Day

Bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_S...

-->check out the game of the presented fragment: D Gormally vs Sutovsky, 2005

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_S...

Aug-31-09   jon01: Sutovsky has always started with 1. e4, every single game in this database.
Sep-19-09   WhiteRook48: happy birthday!!
Sep-22-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: An *excellent* endgame grind by Sutovsky.

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[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[EventDate "2009.09.18"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Nc3 Ke8 13. Ne2 h5 14. f3 Be7 15. Nf4 g6 16. Kg2 Be6 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Ke8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. f4 Rh7 23. Rd2 Rh8 24. Rd1 Rh7 25. Bf2 Rh8 26. Kf3 hxg4+ 27. hxg4 Rh2 28. Kg3 Rh7 29. Kg2 Rh8 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Kxh1 Bb4 32. Be3 b5 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Kf3 Ke8 35. Ke4 Be1 36. Kd3 Bb4 37. Bd2 Be7 38. Ke4 Bc5 39. Ba5 Kd7 40. f5 gxf5+ 41. gxf5 exf5+ 42. Kxf5 Bd4 43. c3 Be3 44. e6+ Kd8 45. Kf6 Ke8 46. Bxc7 Bc1 47. b3 Bd2 48. Be5 Be1 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Bf6+ Ke8 51. Ke4 Bf2 52. Bg5 Bg3 53. Bf4 Bh4 54. Bd6 Be1 55. Kd3 Kd8 56. c4 b4 57. Kd4 Bf2+ 58. Ke4 Be1 59. Kf5 Ke8 60. Bc5 Bc3 61. e7 Kf7 62. e8=Q+ Kxe8 63. Ke6
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Sep-26-09   b3wins: Congratulations Emil on winning Inventi!!
As a tribute, I post here a game which Sutovsky won with black with his typical attacking style in 1992 in Israel against Hadas: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.h3 Re8 9.Re1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Nb3 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bd7 13.e5 Rxe5 14.Rxe5 dxe5 15.Bxb7 Bxh3 16.Bxa8 Qxa8 17.f3 e4 18.Kh2? exf3 19.Kxh3 Qc8+ 20.Kh2 Ng4+ 21.Kg1 Qf5 22.Bf4 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 Nf2+ 24.Kh2 Qh5+ 25.Kg1 Nxd1 26.Rxd1 Qh3 0-1
It's surprising I still remember a game which I haven't played myself and hasn't been published, but it somehow got stuck in my memory.

I'm not sure how black planned to answer 18.fxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd5. (anyone out there with an engine can help?) This may be a hole in the combination, which is otherwise quite beautiful. It's nice how after move 21, it's white's turn but he is lost while being a rook up.

Sep-26-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: Great win for Sutovsky.

Anyone know what his new <LIVE RATING> is? He must be getting *really* close to 2700 again.

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