The chess games of Alexander Fishbein

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Alexander Fishbein

Number of games in database: 190
Years covered: 1985 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2455 (2478 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2529

Overall record: +67 -58 =49 (52.6%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 16 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (48)
    B58 B72 B84 B83 B92
Ruy Lopez (11)
    C91 C84 C85 C67 C80
Sicilian Scheveningen (10)
    B84 B83
Sicilian Najdorf (9)
    B92 B90 B99
Ruy Lopez, Closed (7)
    C85 C91 C84 C95
French Defense (7)
    C01 C00 C09

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (31)
    B63 B64 B52 B58 B89
King's Indian (25)
    E94 E81 E92 E60 E73
Sicilian Richter-Rauser (14)
    B63 B64
Ruy Lopez (8)
    C80 C81 C77 C65 C69
English (5)
    A15
Ruy Lopez, Open (4)
    C80 C81

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Shirov vs Fishbein, 1991 0-1
   Fishbein vs Adams, 1987 1/2-1/2
   Fishbein vs Kasparov, 1988 1/2-1/2
   Fishbein vs I A Novikov, 2006 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   US Championship 2006 (2006)
   Chessmaster US Championship 2005 (2004)
   US Championship 2003 (2003)
   Millionaire Chess (2015)
   112th US Open (2011)
   41st Annual World Open (2013)
   Millionaire Chess (2014)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 PRO League Group Stage
   Fishbein vs O Barbosa (Feb-15-17) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   Yudasin vs Fishbein (Feb-15-17) 1-0, rapid
   R Pruijssers vs Fishbein (Feb-11-17) 1-0, rapid
   Fishbein vs G Szabo (Feb-01-17) 0-1, rapid
   Fishbein vs B Cheng (Feb-01-17) 0-1, rapid

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ALEXANDER FISHBEIN (born May-08-1968, 50 years old) United States of America	[what is this?]
He is a GM (1992). Wikipedia article: Alexander Fishbein

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Zsuzsa Polgar vs Fishbein	0-1	36	1985	New York Open	E81 King's Indian, Samisch
2. P Cramling vs Fishbein	1-0	29	1985	New York Open	C80 Ruy Lopez, Open
3. Fishbein vs L Shamkovich	0-1	41	1986	New York	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. Fishbein vs T Southam	0-1	35	1987	Philadelphia	C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
5. Fishbein vs Sherzer	1-0	40	1987	USA-ch U18	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
6. Fishbein vs Adams	½-½	99	1987	Hastings 1987/88	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
7. B Izumikawa vs Fishbein	0-1	45	1987	USA-J	C55 Two Knights Defense
8. Fishbein vs I E Morovic-Fernandez	½-½	43	1987	New York op	C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
9. Fishbein vs Sherzer	1-0	39	1987	New York Open	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
10. K Burger vs Fishbein	½-½	60	1987	New York Open	A15 English
11. Ivkov vs Fishbein	1-0	39	1987	New York Open	A15 English
12. John Dozier vs Fishbein	0-1	21	1987	88th US Open	C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
13. Fishbein vs Browne	½-½	33	1987	88th US Open	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
14. Fishbein vs Weeramantry	1-0	31	1987	88th US Open	B08 Pirc, Classical
15. D Kopec vs Fishbein	½-½	35	1987	88th US Open	C77 Ruy Lopez
16. Timothy Pellant vs Fishbein	½-½	27	1987	American op	A57 Benko Gambit
17. Deep Thought vs Fishbein	1-0	81	1988	Long Beach	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
18. J Brown vs Fishbein	0-1	38	1988	World op	C26 Vienna
19. Fishbein vs Alburt	0-1	56	1988	16th World Open	B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
20. D B Gurevich vs Fishbein	1-0	56	1988	USA 46/44 (Gurevich,D)	A30 English, Symmetrical
21. L Day vs Fishbein	0-1	45	1988	St John op-1	C30 King's Gambit Declined
22. Fishbein vs Rohde	½-½	51	1988	National Open	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
23. Fishbein vs D Kopec	1-0	42	1988	US op	B58 Sicilian
24. Fishbein vs Miles	0-1	48	1988	?	A04 Reti Opening
25. Suba vs Fishbein	1-0	62	1988	St John op-1	A15 English


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Dec-09-06		thegoodanarchist: I once spoke to GM Fishbein at a tournament. I asked him "What should I study to become a grandmaster?" His reply? "Everything." How true!

Dec-09-06		thegoodanarchist: Fishbein-Jellison, White to play and win: click for larger view

Mar-15-08		whiteshark: <Whalebone>? What a name! There must be a story behind it.

May-08-08		whiteshark: I still have a bone to pick with you. :D

May-08-10		wordfunph: GM Alex Fishbein always has his King's knight face right and his Queen's knight face left when he plays white. When he plays black, both knights point to the right. When asked by GM Andy Soltis why, "I don't know." the New Jersey GM said. (Source: Chess Life Magazine)

Apr-06-11		wordfunph: GM Fishbein looks at draw offers as psychological ploys. He goes as far as to suggest that "sometimes, when playing for a win, offering a draw is the best move you can make" (!). His rationale is that stirred by the offer of a draw, one's opponent tends to become overconfident and starts playing for a win. (in the book Surprise in Chess by Amatzia Avni)

Apr-06-11		TheFocus: That only backfires if they accept!!

May-08-13		talisman: happy birthday!!!

Jul-05-13		waustad: By beating Lazaro Bruzon in the third round of the World Open, GM Fishbein joins Ray Robson and Parimarjan Negi with 3/3. Here is the URL for the tournament: http://chesstournamentservices.com/...

Nov-07-13		thegoodanarchist: See the quote from GM Fishbein that I posted in 2006. It is the best chess advice I ever received.

May-08-16		eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to GM Fishbein!

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