Edvins Kengis
Number of games in database: 437
Years covered: 1973 to 2006
Last FIDE rating: 2545
Highest rating achieved in database: 2590
Overall record: +127 -74 =221 (56.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      15 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian Attack (35)      A07 A08  Sicilian (23)      B44 B31 B50 B97 B51  Reti System (16)      A04 A06 A05  Ruy Lopez (14)      C73 C84 C92 C77 C80  English (13)      A15 A13 A14 A11  King's Indian (11)      E67 E62 E63 E92 E66	With the Black pieces:  English (59)      A10 A15 A14 A11 A13  Sicilian (53)      B42 B90 B93 B43 B40  Queen's Pawn Game (34)      A40 E00 A46 A45  Alekhine's Defense (32)      B04 B03 B02 B05  Sicilian Kan (19)      B42 B43  Queen's Indian (18)      E15 E12 E17 E13 E14

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Kengis vs Kasparov, 1973 1/2-1/2
   Christiansen vs E Kengis, 1992 0-1
   Sadler vs E Kengis, 1997 1/2-1/2
   Shirov vs E Kengis, 1991 0-1

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   The ...b6 adventures of Edvins Kengis by SwitchingQuylthulg

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EDVINS KENGIS (born Apr-12-1959) Latvia [what is this?] GM Edvins Kengis was born in Cesis, Latvia. He is an eight-time Latvian champion. Wikipedia article: Edv%C4%ABns %C4%B6e%C5%86%C4%A3is

page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 437  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Kengis vs Kasparov ½-½ 54 1973 Vilnius LTU B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 2. Gipslis vs E Kengis   1-0 31 1974 USSR B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. Kasparov vs E Kengis ½-½ 27 1975 Baku B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 4. A Vitolinsh vs E Kengis   1-0 35 1975 LAT-ch B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Kasparov vs E Kengis 1-0 23 1977 Riga A47 Queen's Indian 6. Z Gofshtein vs E Kengis   1-0 31 1978 USSR C11 French 7. G Timoshchenko vs E Kengis   ½-½ 34 1979 URS Spartakiad B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 8. F Sideif-Sade vs E Kengis   1-0 41 1979 Moscow B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 9. E Kengis vs E Domuls   1-0 38 1979 Baltic republics-ch B12 Caro-Kann Defense 10. Yurtaev vs E Kengis   ½-½ 19 1980 Chj-URS B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 11. E Kengis vs Psakhis   ½-½ 42 1980 Riga A30 English, Symmetrical 12. Chekhov vs E Kengis   1-0 42 1980 URS-ch U26 A10 English 13. Dolmatov vs E Kengis   1-0 41 1980 ? B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 14. E Kengis vs Chiburdanidze   ½-½ 40 1980 URS-ch U26 B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 15. E Kengis vs E Vladimirov   1-0 18 1980 URS-ch U26 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 16. Dvoirys vs E Kengis   1-0 38 1981 ? B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 17. E Kengis vs Adorjan   ½-½ 14 1981 It (cat.10) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. E Kengis vs J Klovans   ½-½ 18 1981 It (cat.10) C55 Two Knights Defense 19. Romanishin vs E Kengis   ½-½ 26 1981 Riga E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 20. Tseshkovsky vs E Kengis   1-0 60 1981 ? B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 21. E Vladimirov vs E Kengis   1-0 49 1981 URS-ch YM E91 King's Indian 22. Bagirov vs E Kengis   ½-½ 15 1981 Riga E17 Queen's Indian 23. E Kengis vs Gipslis   ½-½ 19 1981 It (cat.10) C77 Ruy Lopez 24. J Ambroz vs E Kengis   ½-½ 17 1981 Riga B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 25. E Kengis vs Azmaiparashvili   ½-½ 27 1981 URS B32 Sicilian  page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 437

Jan-09-06    EmperorAtahualpa: Kengis currently has the second highest FIDE-rating of his country (2531), behind Daniel Fridman (2559). Feb-16-06    Jim Bartle: Has a Kengis victory ever been the game of the day: e.g. Kengis Can!! Feb-16-06    whatthefat: There was this: E Kengis vs R Djurhuus, 1991 Feb-16-06    Jim Bartle: Ahh, just proves once again that great minds think alike. Feb-16-06    tpstar: It went around the first time as "Kengis Kan" = C Kennaugh vs E Kengis, 2003 Feb-16-06    Jim Bartle: Someday, someday I'm going to come up with an original one. I'm still jealous as heck of the guy who came up with "Michael Rohde Boat Ashore." Apr-12-06    BIDMONFA: Edvins Kengis KENGIS, Edvins http://www.bidmonfa.com/kengis_edvi... _ Apr-12-08    SwitchingQuylthulg: Happy birthday GM Kengis! Feb-17-09    SwitchingQuylthulg: Happy birthday to Player of the Day! Feb-17-09    Open Defence: how was he born in both February and Apr ?? Feb-17-09    SwitchingQuylthulg: It's just one of my funny habits. Whenever one of my favorite players makes PoTD I say "happy birthday" in advance because I'll probably forget on their real birthday. Feb-17-09    SwitchingQuylthulg: Mind you, I'm not the only one. Indeed I see that as recently as this morning you yourself wished Jan Cervenka a Happy Birthday 364 days in advance. Feb-17-09    WhiteRook48: 364 days in advance?! almost never happens Apr-12-09    wordfunph: Trivia: Edvins Kengis and Sigurd Lanka refused to play in international competitions unless the Latvian flag was used at their table in place of the Soviet one. Happy Birthday GM Kengis!!! Apr-12-09    SwitchingQuylthulg: Oh well, I did notice his real birthday. But I very nearly didn't, so the point is valid. Happy real birthday, GM Kengis. Apr-24-11    GrahamClayton: Here is a quick victory by Kengis that is not in the database: [Event "?"] [Site "Luxembourg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Wolff, Stefan"] [Black "Kengis, Edvins"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 f6 2. e5 d5 3. c4 b6 4. c5 d5 5. c3 c6 6. c4 e6 7. e4 b6 8. d6+ xd6 9. cxd6 O-O 10. h5 a6 11. d3 f6 12. f3 b4 13. exf6 xf6 14. g5 f5 0-1 Soure: Bill Wall, 500 Alekhine Miniatures, Chess Enterprises, 1994 Feb-17-12    Sularus: wow! the mighty tal couldn't beat this guy in four games! Feb-17-12    Penguincw: Congratz for POTD. :) Feb-17-12    waustad: Oh well, that pun was too easy. His first name could possibly be used with "Ed Wins" or "Ed Wynn" if somebody sees a way.

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