Miguel Illescas Cordoba
Number of games in database: 910
Years covered: 1978 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2620
Highest rating achieved in database: 2640
Overall record: +244 -188 =435 (53.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      43 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (79)      B84 B58 B83 B33 B62  English (47)      A17 A15 A13 A14 A16  King's Indian (45)      E92 E94 E60 E62 E90  Slav (22)      D15 D11 D19 D10 D17  Semi-Slav (21)      D47 D45 D49 D43 D46  English, 1 c4 c5 (18)      A30 A34 A35 A33	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (125)      B33 B47 B40 B44 B30  Semi-Slav (44)      D47 D45 D43 D44 D48  Sicilian Taimanov (36)      B47 B46 B48 B45 B49  Tarrasch Defense (34)      D34 D32  Slav (23)      D10 D15 D12 D11 D17  Modern Benoni (22)      A56 A57 A70 A71 A60

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Illescas Cordoba vs J M Bellon Lopez, 1992 1-0
   Kasparov vs Illescas Cordoba, 1996 1/2-1/2
   Illescas Cordoba vs Adams, 1992 1-0
   Illescas Cordoba vs Shirov, 1996 1-0
   Illescas Cordoba vs Miles, 1995 1-0
   Illescas Cordoba vs D Garcia Ilundain, 1991 1-0
   Illescas Cordoba vs Nakamura, 2003 1-0
   Leko vs Illescas Cordoba, 1998 1/2-1/2
   Gelfand vs Illescas Cordoba, 1996 0-1
   Beliavsky vs Illescas Cordoba, 1990 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Linares 1988 by suenteus po 147
   Madrid 1997 by suenteus po 147
   Madrid 1994 by suenteus po 147
   Madrid 1996 by suenteus po 147
   Dos Hermanas 2001 by suenteus po 147
   Dos Hermanas 1999 by suenteus po 147
   Madrid 1998 by suenteus po 147
   Dos Hermanas 1996 by suenteus po 147
   Dos Hermanas 1995 by suenteus po 147

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MIGUEL ILLESCAS CORDOBA (born Dec-03-1965) Spain [what is this?] Miguel Illescas Cordoba was awarded the GM title in 1988 and is an eight time Spanish champion. In tournaments he was 1st= at the Las Palmas Open 1987 and 4th at Montpellier 1988. Wikipedia article: Miguel Illescas

page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 910  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Illescas Cordoba vs NN 1-0 14 1978 cr C37 King's Gambit Accepted 2. Illescas Cordoba vs Gheorghiu   0-1 40 1982 Badalona A04 Reti Opening 3. Illescas Cordoba vs J Eslon 1-0 33 1984 ESP C44 King's Pawn Game 4. Kasparov vs Illescas Cordoba 1-0 44 1984 sim A57 Benko Gambit 5. Sznapik vs Illescas Cordoba   ½-½ 62 1986 ol Dubai C05 French, Tarrasch 6. Illescas Cordoba vs Murey   0-1 25 1986 Holon ISR C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 7. Illescas Cordoba vs V Liberzon   ½-½ 37 1986 It Holon (ISR) A45 Queen's Pawn Game 8. P Nikolic vs Illescas Cordoba   0-1 34 1986 Ol D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 9. Reshevsky vs Illescas Cordoba   ½-½ 29 1986 Holon Open A56 Benoni Defense 10. Hjartarson vs Illescas Cordoba   1-0 47 1986 Ol A90 Dutch 11. Illescas Cordoba vs Nunn 1-0 40 1986 Dubai ol 42/377 C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 12. Illescas Cordoba vs A Magen   1-0 44 1986 Holon op C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 13. A Sokolov vs Illescas Cordoba   ½-½ 17 1986 ol Dubai B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 14. J Rush vs Illescas Cordoba 0-1 35 1986 ol Dubai B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 15. Fedorowicz vs Illescas Cordoba 1-0 52 1986 Dubai A56 Benoni Defense 16. C McNab vs Illescas Cordoba   0-1 39 1986 Ol A13 English 17. Illescas Cordoba vs L Pliester 1-0 38 1986 It Holon (ISR) A45 Queen's Pawn Game 18. T Georgadze vs Illescas Cordoba   1-0 34 1986 ESP A56 Benoni Defense 19. Illescas Cordoba vs Panno   ½-½ 36 1986 ol Dubai B42 Sicilian, Kan 20. Illescas Cordoba vs Ribli   ½-½ 49 1986 United Arab Emirates B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 21. Chiburdanidze vs Illescas Cordoba ½-½ 9 1987 Bilbao B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 22. M Sisniega vs Illescas Cordoba   0-1 26 1987 Santa A34 English, Symmetrical 23. K Shirazi vs Illescas Cordoba   0-1 49 1987 New York op B40 Sicilian 24. Karpov vs Illescas Cordoba   1-0 48 1987 Illescas Cordoba,M Bilbao 43/490 D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 25. Illescas Cordoba vs I Morovic   0-1 26 1987 Santa C07 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 910

Sep-12-04    meloncio: Last month Illescas won the Spanish Chess Championship celebrated in Sevilla, my hometown. Congratulations Miguel! http://www.campeonatoajedrez.com/ (in spanish) Sep-29-04    shr0pshire: Illescas is one of the three listed chess coaches for Kramnik for the 2004 world championships. Impressive that Kramnik chose him and two other russians. Very interesting! Dec-30-05    BIDMONFA: Miguel Illescas-Cordoba ILLESCAS Champion Spain Championship Campeón de España http://www.bidmonfa.com/historial_e... May-28-06    BIDMONFA: Miguel Illescas-Cordoba ILLESCAS, Miguel http://www.bidmonfa.com/illescas_mi... _ Dec-03-09    blackburne: The best game of Illescas Illescas-Cordoba vs Morozevich, 1996 ----- Sep-19-10    Ezzy: Is the new Spanish champion 2010. His 8th Spanish title I think!! Feb-07-12    GrahamClayton: Illescas was involved in an unusual incident in the final round of the 2011 Spanish Championship. He was playing Olga Alexandrova, who happens to be his wife. A win for either would have won them the title, but might have raised suspicions of a "fixed" game. On the other hand, playing a long game while waiting to see how other games finished would also be a little dodgy, so Illescas and Alexandrova agreed on a 10-move draw. Illescas finished =1st with Alvar Alonso Rosell, but lost the title on a tie-break. Nov-09-12    tzar: Sr. Illescas: if you ever read this post I would like to hear your opinion, as one of the people who helped to programme Deep Blue, about Kasparov's allegations of cheating...how he got to this conclusion and if in your opinion his allegations were founded or excuses of a bad looser....Gracias por anticipado...

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