The chess games of Alexandre Lesiege

Lesiege

Alexandre Lesiege
Number of games in database: 173
Years covered: 1986 to 2004
Last FIDE rating: 2528
Highest rating achieved in database: 2613
Overall record: +61 -48 =64 (53.8%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Nimzo Indian (19)
    E42 E41 E53 E45 E55
King's Indian (13)
    E90 E94 E67 E92 E77
Semi-Slav (7)
    D44 D47 D43
Orthodox Defense (6)
    D58 D52 D66 D50
Queen's Pawn Game (4)
    A40 A41 A45
Grunfeld (4)
    D85 D73 D76

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (30)
    B90 B84 B50 B22 B96
Queen's Gambit Accepted (15)
    D27 D26 D20 D29
Sicilian Najdorf (10)
    B90 B96 B99 B95
Semi-Slav (9)
    D45 D47
Sicilian Scheveningen (9)
    B84 B80 B85 B82 B83
King's Indian (6)
    E69 E94 E75 E91

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Lesiege vs Zsofia Polgar, 1995 1-0
   Lesiege vs Z Kozul, 1990 1-0
   B Socko vs Lesiege, 2002 0-1
   Lesiege vs K Moutousis, 1993 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   World Open: Open Section (2003)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Canadian Games by ruylopez900

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ALEXANDRE LESIEGE
(born Aug-18-1975) Canada

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Grandmaster Alexandre Lesičge was born in Montreal on August 18, 1975. He has won three Canadian championships and represented Canada in World Championship qualifying events. He accumulated 28 points in 50 team Bled Olympiad (2002) games (other olympiads attended: 1992, 1998-2002 - the 2 most latter as high as 1st board).

A chess prodigy, Alexandre was first introduced to the game at age six. He began playing in local events organized by the educational organization Chess 'N Math, and had a Candidate Master rating by age 11. His first important successes were in 1987-8, when he tied for 1st-2nd with Serge Gagnon in the Canadian Cadet Championship with 8/9, repeating in the year following (1988) with the same score for sole share of 1st. At age 14, he was winning the Canadian Junior Championship in 1989, and in 1991, he scored 8.5/9 in his 3rd win of a Canadian Cadet Championship.

At age 16 he won the 1992 Canadian Chess Championship at Kingston, Ontario, defeating grandmaster Kevin Spraggett in the key game, and this made him the second-youngest Canadian champion ever, after Daniel Abraham Yanofsky, who was also 16 when he won in 1941. He was awarded the IM title, and qualified for the 1993 Interzonal Tournament at Biel, Switzerland.

Lesiege won the Canadian title again in 1999 at Brantford and in 2001 at Montreal with a tie-break match held in Brantford. He earned his third GM norm at the 1999 Quebec Open in Montreal, making him the first Canadian Francophone to earn the highest title in chess. He represented Canada in Olympiad Team chess events, twice on top board, with success.

In recent years, Lesiege has virtually retired from competitive chess.

References: http://www.olimpbase.org/ (Olympiad & team chess chronological archives), http://www.chess.ca/ (Canadian zone site), Wikipedia article: Alexandre Lesiege (player summary in wikipedia).

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. I Zalys vs Lesiege	1-0	42	1986	Quebec-ch qual. 1	C77 Ruy Lopez
2. Igor Ivanov vs Lesiege	½-½	67	1988	Ch. Invitation	E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
3. Lesiege vs Deep Thought	0-1	54	1988	Long Beach	B02 Alekhine's Defense
4. Lesiege vs J Bonin	½-½	46	1989	New York op 12	C07 French, Tarrasch
5. Ashley vs Lesiege	1-0	51	1989	Ch New York ( open )	A16 English
6. Wojtkiewicz vs Lesiege	½-½	67	1989	Philadelphia World op	E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
7. Lesiege vs L Shamkovich	0-1	42	1989	It (open)	B42 Sicilian, Kan
8. Nickoloff vs Lesiege	1-0	29	1990	Croatia int	E91 King's Indian
9. Lesiege vs Vaganian	0-1	48	1990	Toronto	E20 Nimzo-Indian
10. J Benjamin vs Lesiege	1-0	69	1990	Mississauga (Canada)	E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
11. Lesiege vs Z Kozul	1-0	61	1990	Croatia Club International	D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3
12. Lesiege vs V Kovacevic	½-½	54	1990	Toronto (02) ;CBM 20	D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. V Tukmakov vs Lesiege	0-1	42	1990	Toronto1	E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
14. Lesiege vs K Spraggett	1-0	42	1992	Ch. Canada, Kingston	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
15. Lesiege vs Hort	0-1	29	1992	Manila olm	D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
16. Alburt vs Lesiege	1-0	42	1992	It (open)	E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
17. Lesiege vs Svidler	½-½	38	1992	open	A52 Budapest Gambit
18. Lesiege vs Oll	1-0	28	1992	Manila ol (Men)	A22 English
19. Degraeve vs Lesiege	1-0	35	1992	Parthenay op	B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
20. Lesiege vs Sherzer	½-½	80	1992	Budapest (Hungary)	E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
21. Lesiege vs L Day	1-0	54	1992	ch CAN Kingston CAN	A53 Old Indian
22. R Klovsky vs Lesiege	0-1	11	1993	New York (USA)	D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. P Moulin vs Lesiege	0-1	33	1993	New York Marshall CC	B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
24. Lesiege vs A Frolov	1-0	52	1993	Biel izt	E41 Nimzo-Indian
25. B Kreiman vs Lesiege	0-1	48	1993	New York Enhance	B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5


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Apr-02-04		electricknight: Charbonneau will be the next Gm :) How do Players do it with the expenses and all I mean hotel fees travel fare the expenses of making ends meet to survive? and still have the energy to concentrate on Chess? Do all these top Players have sponsors or deep pockets?

Apr-03-04		ruylopez900: Canadian players for sure don't have sponsors. and most don't make that much money...so they probably pay for expenses from their own pocket, though the CFC reimburses their travel costs for select tournaments.

Oct-16-04		ruylopez900: Does anyone know if LeSiege is playing on Canada's Olympiad team this year? Just wondering since neither he or Spraggett played in the first round (though we did win the match 4-0).

Oct-17-04		refutor: accordign to http://www.ottawachessclub.com he was late getting his passport so as of the today (second round) he wasn't there. canada beat albania 3˝-˝ today and has a score of 7˝ and will likely take on a terrific team next round

Oct-17-04		ruylopez900: Alright, thanks refutor.

Oct-17-04		tldr3: GM Spraggett left the team for "health reasons" 2wks. ago. GM LeSeige will not be playing either. He has been replaced by captain IM Brian Hartman.

Oct-17-04		ruylopez900: <tldr3> Thanks for the info. Kinda sad, but we've got plently of stars waiting to take over! :)

Jan-07-05		MonsieurL: Is Lesiege living in Montreal right now? I'd love to get some lessons in French AND chess! :)

Jan-09-05		refutor: i believe he is

Feb-09-05		TheWhiteRider: I read that Lesiege's favorite game was against Zdenko Kozul in 1990 in Mississauga (Canada). "chessgames.com" doesn't have that game. Would anybody have that game?

Feb-09-05		vonKrolock: <TheWhiteRider>: Lesiege vs Kozul 1990 place? 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 b5 9. Re1 a6 10. e5 Nd5 11. a4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Ng5 Bd5 15. e6 f5 16. Nf7 Rxf7 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Bg5+ Bf6 20. Qe2+ Kf8 21. Bh6+ Bg7 22. Qe5 Bxh6 23. Bxd5 Bd2 24. Bxa8 Bxc3 25. Rd1 Nd7 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxh7+ Kd6 28. Qxg6+ Qf6 29. Qg8 Qe6 30. Qg5 Kc7 31. Qf4+ Kb6 32. Qf3 Bb2 33. Bd5 Qd6 34. Re1 Qb4 35. Re6+ Ka5 36. Qf4 Nb6 37. Bf3 Qc3 38. d5 Qc1+ 39. Qxc1 Bxc1 40. d6 b4 41. Re5+ Ka4 42. d7 Nxd7 43. Bc6+ Kb3 44. Bxd7 c3 45. Bxf5 Bd2 46. Ra5 c2 47. Bxc2+ Kxc2 48. Rxa6 b3 49. Rb6 Ba5 50. Rb5 b2 51. f4 Kc3 52. Rxb2 Kxb2 53. Kf2 Kc3 54. Ke3 Kc4 55. Ke4 Kc5 56. Ke5 Kc6 57. Ke6 Kc7 58. f5 Kd8 59. Kf7 Bc7 60. g4 Bf4 61. h4 1-0

Feb-09-05		IMlday: It was played in Mississauga, Ontario, at the Croatia Club.

Feb-12-05		TheWhiteRider: Thank you for this game vonKrolock, I looked it up and found it very interesting. Chessgame should add it to their database. I believe it could even be in Lesičge notable games.

Feb-16-05		vonKrolock: <TheWhiteRider> merci for chesslab.com - <IMlday> Thanks for the detailed information!

May-25-05		WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Alexandre's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/lesi.html

Mar-24-06		vesivialvy93: WHERE IS HE RIGHT NOW ????? No game since 2003 in this database and he left the game for poker !!!! WHY ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

May-07-06		refutor: <WHY????????????????????????????????> more money in poker

May-07-06		Jim Bartle: "more money in poker" And much of it your own, which you just may lose.

Jun-17-06		Avion: Nah, that dude can play poker as he plays chess....

May-01-07		lentil: why does the 'biography' not mention (at least) that lesiege is a GM?

May-01-07		nummerzwei: Because it isn´t a biography at all, but just a name and a date of birth?

Aug-18-08		ravel5184: Hipy papy bthuthdth thuthda bthuthdy!

Sep-18-08		BIDMONFA: Alexandre Lesiege LESIEGE, Alexandre http://www.bidmonfa.com/lesiege_ale... _

Mar-08-10		PhilFeeley: <lentil: why does the 'biography' not mention (at least) that lesiege is a GM?> If he's a GM even FIDE doesn't know about it. He's been removed from the Canadian list there. Strange. He worked really hard to earn it then disappeared from the chess scene altogether.

Jun-02-11		perfidious: <Jim Bartle: "more money in poker" And much of it your own, which you just may lose.> Or not. Can't wait to get back at it, once the government moralists/haters wake up and realise it will be another source of income. <PhilFeeley: <lentil: why does the 'biography' not mention (at least) that lesiege is a GM?> If he's a GM even FIDE doesn't know about it.> Come again? FIDE awarded him the title, as stated in his bio. <He's been removed from the Canadian list there. Strange. He worked really hard to earn it then disappeared from the chess scene altogether.> Lesiege is by no means the only GM I've known who's done this. Little things such as a more lucrative career (Ilya Gurevich, to name only one) go a long way. It's idealistic and all to be willing to well nigh starve for one's art, but I don't blame anyone for giving up chess for something else.

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