Grigory Serper
Number of games in database: 368
Years covered: 1982 to 2009
Last FIDE rating: 2522
Highest rating achieved in database: 2628
Overall record: +99 -76 =184 (53.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      9 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  English, 1 c4 e5 (30)      A20 A29 A26 A28  English (23)      A10 A13 A15 A16 A14  Sicilian (19)      B33 B74 B23 B58 B30  King's Indian (18)      E70 E73  Ruy Lopez (13)      C90 C68 C60 C67 C77  Nimzo Indian (12)      E32 E33 E48 E39 E34	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (66)      B42 B43 B62 B66 B22  Sicilian Kan (24)      B42 B43 B41  Queen's Gambit Declined (24)      D38 D31 D35  Semi-Slav (14)      D43 D45 D48 D44 D46  Nimzo Indian (14)      E39 E20 E41 E51 E21  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (13)      B62 B66 B63

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993 1-0
   Serper vs Barsov, 1988 1-0
   Serper vs D Ippolito, 2003 1-0
   Serper vs Balashov, 1991 1-0
   Serper vs E Lobron, 1993 1/2-1/2
   Serper vs R Djurhuus, 1991 1-0
   Smyslov vs Serper, 1992 1/2-1/2

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GRIGORY SERPER (born Sep-14-1969) Uzbekistan (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] Gregory Serper was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union (present Uzbekistan). At age 6, he learned to play chess from his grandfather. In 1985, at age 16, he started studies at Moscow's famous Botvinnik-Kasparov Chess School. In 1992, as a grandmaster member of the Uzbekistan team, Serper won the silver medal in the 30th Chess Olympiad. In January 1996 he moved with his family to the United States. In 1999, Serper won the World Open tournament after drawing an Armageddon playoff game as Black against Boris Gulko, who had been one of nine players who had tied with Serper in the main event. In the same year, he advanced to the finals of the U.S. Chess Championship by defeating Alex Yermolinsky in the semifinals, but lost in the finals to Gulko. Wikipedia article: Gregory Serper

page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 368  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Serper vs J Nesterov   0-1 44 1982 Jurmala B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 2. Serper vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 25 1985 URS C05 French, Tarrasch 3. Serper vs Ivanchuk 0-1 24 1985 Leningrad B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 4. Serper vs V Egin   0-1 29 1985 Tashkent C41 Philidor Defense 5. Serper vs Balashov   ½-½ 26 1986 URS-FL Irkutsk C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. G Timoshchenko vs Serper   ½-½ 29 1986 URS-ch FL54 A50 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Ivanchuk vs Serper 1-0 29 1986 Minsk B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 8. Smirin vs Serper   ½-½ 38 1986 URS C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. Serper vs Goldin   ½-½ 21 1986 URS-ch FL54 C48 Four Knights 10. Kholmov vs Serper   ½-½ 44 1986 URS-ch otbor B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 11. Serper vs M Brodsky   1-0 33 1986 USSR B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 12. Kupreichik vs Serper   ½-½ 50 1986 Pinsk 42/469 A15 English 13. Salov vs Serper 1-0 65 1986 Ch URS (1 liga) A53 Old Indian 14. Razuvaev vs Serper   1-0 42 1986 URS-ch FL54 A50 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Serper vs Krasenkow   1-0 39 1986 Minsk B30 Sicilian 16. Serper vs Psakhis   ½-½ 23 1986 URS-FL Irkutsk C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line 17. Serper vs K Grigorian   ½-½ 46 1986 URS-ch otbor B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. Serper vs Vyzmanavin   ½-½ 32 1986 Minsk (Belarus) B42 Sicilian, Kan 19. Ivanchuk vs Serper 1-0 34 1986 URS-FL Irkutsk C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. Serper vs A Graf   1-0 65 1986 URS-ch otbor C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Vyzmanavin vs Serper   1-0 39 1986 Ch URS (1 liga) A53 Old Indian 22. Serper vs Ivanchuk 0-1 25 1986 Sochi E10 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Serper vs Romanishin ½-½ 121 1986 Irkutsk C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Serper vs Dreev 1-0 34 1986 Sochi (Russia) B03 Alekhine's Defense 25. Serper vs Y Kruppa   ½-½ 42 1986 URS-ch FL54 C60 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 368    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Serper wins | Serper loses

Apr-24-04    Jim Bartle: I don't know much about Serper, except for a great game in 93 against NIkolaidis, filled with sacrifices. I think Larry Christiansen rated it second or third best attacking games of the 90s, after Kasparov-Topalov 99. Unfortunately I don't see that game included here. Jun-07-04    MoonlitKnight: I have now uploaded the famous game from '93 where he sacrifices all (!) his pieces, and another very interesting game between the same two players that occured the next year. Jun-07-04    poktirity: Which two players? Jun-07-04    poktirity: Well I know Serper is one of them =) Jun-07-04    ruylopez900: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Thanks <Moonlit>, I was just looking for that game =D. <poktirity> The game was played against Nikolaidis. Jun-07-04    poktirity: I can't find them here :/ Jun-07-04    MoonlitKnight: <potktirity> All the uploaded games must be approved by the administration at chessgames.com first. The games should appear within a week. Jun-08-04    ruylopez900: <Moonlit><pok> As of today it has been uploaded. Sep-14-06    BIDMONFA: Grigory Serper SERPER, Grigory http://www.bidmonfa.com/serper_grig... _ Feb-03-08    DarthStapler: This guy plays on ICC sometimes I think Dec-12-08    freeman8201: Serper, won the WA State Championship in 2008. I believe he lives in Washington now Sep-02-09    kramputz: He's got the shortest bio. It that all? Sep-02-09    whiteshark: <kramputz> It's reduced to the max. :D Sep-02-09    whiteshark: <MoonlitKnight> It's Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993 !!! Sep-14-10    wordfunph: Dortmund 1993: Game between GMs Vladimir Kramnik and Gregory Serper ended on the 27th move. "I should have resigned on the 18th move but was afraid that spectators wouldn't understand." Serper was quoted. Sep-14-12    Llawdogg: Happy Birthday! Sep-23-12    blade2012: What an injustice! An interesting (and sad)article by Grigory Serper: http://www.chess.com/article/view/a...

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