Vladimir Epishin
Number of games in database: 813
Years covered: 1980 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2603
Highest rating achieved in database: 2675
Overall record: +284 -111 =384 (61.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      34 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (55)      E97 E94 E61 E62 E60  Queen's Indian (48)      E15 E17 E12 E18 E13  Queen's Gambit Declined (42)      D37 D38 D31 D35 D30  Slav (41)      D11 D15 D12 D10 D17  Semi-Slav (33)      D45 D46 D47 D44  Nimzo Indian (30)      E46 E42 E48 E22 E47	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (113)      B42 B43 B40 B22 B82  Sicilian Kan (63)      B42 B43 B41  Caro-Kann (61)      B18 B17 B12 B14 B10  Queen's Indian (30)      E12 E15 E17 E14 E16  Grunfeld (29)      D85 D91 D97 D79 D92  Queen's Pawn Game (28)      E00 A46 A50 A45 A40

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Adams vs Epishin, 1992 0-1
   Epishin vs Gheorghiu, 1993 1-0
   Beliavsky vs Epishin, 1991 0-1
   Epishin vs Polugaevsky, 1993 1-0
   R Kempinski vs Epishin, 2001 1/2-1/2
   Adams vs Epishin, 1993 0-1
   Epishin vs M Carrabeo Garcia, 2002 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   USSR Championship 1990 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1992 by suenteus po 147
   Reggio Emilia 1990/91 II by suenteus po 147
   Ter Apel Klooster 1992 by suenteus po 147

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VLADIMIR EPISHIN (born Jul-11-1965) Russia [what is this?] Born in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Vladimir Epishin was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1990. He won the St. Petersburg championship twice. In 1989, he won the U.S. Open and in 2002 he won the Neckar International Open. He was one of Anatoly Karpov 's seconds from 1987 to 1996. A variation of the Benko Gambit is named the Epishin Variation after him: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.Rb1: click for larger view Wikipedia article: Vladimir Epishin

page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 813  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Genin vs Epishin   0-1 49 1980 Leningrad Zenit C02 French, Advance 2. A Shashin vs Epishin   1-0 47 1980 Leningrad-ch E00 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Oll vs Epishin   0-1 37 1983 Yaroslavl U20 C15 French, Winawer 4. Epishin vs S Zagrebelny   1-0 42 1983 Yaroslavl U20 E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 5. Epishin vs I Naumkin   1-0 21 1985 Omsk-ch E17 Queen's Indian 6. Epishin vs Vyzmanavin   1-0 32 1985 Omsk-ch E15 Queen's Indian 7. Barsov vs Epishin   1-0 46 1986 Agzamov mem D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 8. Dreev vs Epishin 0-1 26 1986 Tallinn (Estonia) D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 9. Ivanchuk vs Epishin 1-0 70 1986 Tallinn E00 Queen's Pawn Game 10. Epishin vs Yermolinsky   ½-½ 19 1986 Memorial G.Agzamov D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Epishin vs Y Dokhoian 0-1 37 1986 USSR A08 King's Indian Attack 12. Epishin vs Dreev   ½-½ 44 1986 Sevastopol A13 English 13. Epishin vs Y Kruppa   ½-½ 46 1986 URS-ch sf D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Vaisser vs Epishin   0-1 40 1986 URS-ch sf A52 Budapest Gambit 15. Azmaiparashvili vs Epishin   ½-½ 40 1986 It cat 8 D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 16. Epishin vs Yurtaev 0-1 38 1986 Memorial G.Agzamov B50 Sicilian 17. Epishin vs Glek   1-0 57 1986 Tallinn A04 Reti Opening 18. G Timoshchenko vs Epishin   ½-½ 77 1987 Tashkent Hodzhaev mem D98 Grunfeld, Russian 19. Yermolinsky vs Epishin   ½-½ 17 1987 Tashkent E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 20. Epishin vs Gelfand   ½-½ 30 1987 Uzhgorod A53 Old Indian 21. Epishin vs Y Kruppa   ½-½ 26 1987 Uzhgorod E15 Queen's Indian 22. Krasenkow vs Epishin   1-0 40 1987 Ch-URS ,1 02 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 23. E Vladimirov vs Epishin 1-0 29 1987 ? B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 24. Taimanov vs Epishin   ½-½ 35 1987 Leningrad A52 Budapest Gambit 25. Tseshkovsky vs Epishin   0-1 27 1987 Tashkent Agzamov mem B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation  page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 813

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-13-05    WTHarvey: Here are some crucial positions from Vladimir's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/epis.html Mar-04-06    Bobak Zahmat: Vladimir Epishin is a truly great player. I saw him playing during an Open in Netherlands. He was very impressive. Mar-10-06    Bobak Zahmat: Check his game against the Legend, Epishin vs Kasparov, 2004 a real great game! Mar-21-06    BIDMONFA: Vladimir Epishin EPISHIN, Vladimir http://www.bidmonfa.com/epishin_vla... _ Mar-30-06    Bobak Zahmat: <BIDMONFA> Nice website, but isn't this a bit waste of time since chessgames.com has great content? Mar-30-06    offramp: Also part of a second's duty is to go to the board, stop the clocks and say, "Okay. I think my boy's had enough." Mar-31-06    Bobak Zahmat: What are you talking about? Sep-27-06    RonB52734: This evidently is a picture of Epishin: I wonder if acirce actually saw this face in his dream? :)http://www.newinchess.com/Archives/... Jun-12-07    midknightblue: Epishin was at the HB Global a couple years ago. He is a very large man. Perhaps the worlds expert on the sicilian Kan. I am always interested in his lates Kan games. I noticed he was in an OKELLY just yesterday Jul-11-08    whiteshark: Happy Birthday, GM Epishin! Mar-23-09    slomarko: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Mar-23-09    JoseMacuteJr: GM Epishin plays sicilian Kan. Is Kan similar to Paulsen? Anybody? Mar-23-09    slomarko: yes similar Mar-24-09    JointheArmy: There's a story a I heard on the now defunct website WCN. I vaguely remember this, so it's not entirely accurate, but here it is. My friend was playing at the Canadian Open and goes outside at night in the cold only to see GM Epishin. He's smoking and asks him if he knew who won the FIDE KO tournament in Libya. When my friend told him Kasimdzhanov won and Adams was one move away from winning, he said, <Kasimdzhanov is World Champion?> Then he shook his head, put out his cigarette and walked away. Mar-24-09    JoseMacuteJr: I find it quite confusing in Kan and Paulsen openings. Up to the 10th move they are becoming similar to Taimanov and Scheveniningen, then we have the new one - svesnikov. American books mentioned Paulsen while most of those from europe mention Kan. ??? Mar-25-09    jetskyindian: Per Chessbase: "Epishin called the arbiter while pressing on his side of the clock. Anish tried to press down on the lever, but did not have a chance against the burly Russian GM." Nice behavior Mr. Epishin, using your size against a little kid. Were you abused as a child? If I were arbiter I would disqualify you and ban your rear end so fast it would make your head spin. I would also report the incident to police - though they probably couldn't do anything - and write a letter to FIDE and recommend the strictest disciplinary action possible. I hope you never get invited to another chess event in your life. You have absolutely zero place in the public chess world. Do us all a favor and GET OUT. Mar-25-09    lorker: well, if he was really such a bad guy as <jetskyindian> and chessbase would like us to believe, why would Epishin agree a draw when his opponent only had 14 seconds left. People shouldn't believe the biased reports coming from chessbase. Epishins behavior doesnt seem so bad if you think about it, and it was only a blitz tournament, and his opponent had been moving in an unsporting manner. Jul-11-10    wordfunph: GM Vladimir Epishin's Quotes.. "Top players do not play gambits because they are too risky. Top players prefer safe draws." "Anand is stronger than Kamsky, but Anand has psychological problems." "GM Vladimir Kramnik is a hard worker, but his problem is that he enjoys having fun, including a preference to drink." "One should spend three times as much time studying one's own games than that of others since there are simply too much information around nowadays to study other people's games." "Karpov is quite capable of winning the world title back from Kasparov." happy birthday GM Epishin! Jul-11-10    wordfunph: "Epishin, even with his rating of 2667, was the kind of man I felt an instinctive pity for: he was a step beyond plump, his hair was disheveled, his clothes were old and unwashed, and his heavy glasses slid down his nose like wax on a candle." - J.C. Hallman Jul-11-10    talisman: happy birthday vladimir..."we want more quotes". Jul-11-10    whiteshark: Epishins Erben --> http://www.epishin.de/ Jul-19-10    Remizatorul: Nice pics gallery here... http://onlychess.weebly.com/2/post/... and here too... http://remizatorul.weebly.com/13/po... Nov-10-10    SvetlanaBabe: My favourite chess player. Jul-30-12    whiteshark: Vladimir Epishin is the winner of the third edition of the Festival “Land of the Elimi”, which was held in Erice (TP) July 25 to 29, 2012. The Russian GM lost only half a point in seven rounds and claimed the gold with 6,5/7. http://www.chessdom.com/vladimir-ep... Nov-04-12    alexmagnus: http://whychess.com/en/node/4116 < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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