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Michael Bezold

Number of games in database: 522
Years covered: 1989 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2469 (2527 rapid, 2501 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2535
Overall record: +140 -91 =193 (55.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 98 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (54) 
    A10 A15 A13 A14 A11
 Nimzo-Larsen Attack (29) 
    A01
 Uncommon Opening (28) 
    A00 B00
 English, 1 c4 e5 (19) 
    A20 A25 A22 A28 A21
 Queen's Pawn Game (18) 
    A46 A45 A40 A41 D02
 Sicilian (17) 
    B30 B40 B22 B51 B50
With the Black pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (55) 
    A41 A40 A46 A45 E10
 Sicilian (46) 
    B42 B43 B40 B28 B22
 Pirc (30) 
    B07 B09 B08
 Sicilian Kan (29) 
    B42 B43 B41
 Uncommon Opening (17) 
    A00 B00
 English, 1 c4 c5 (16) 
    A30 A32 A34 A36 A31
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Ashley vs M Bezold, 1997 0-1
   C Berberich vs M Bezold, 2001 0-1
   M Bezold vs D J Ledger, 2008 1-0
   M Bezold vs M Umansky, 2002 1-0
   M Bezold vs Kharlov, 1992 1-0
   S Bergsson vs M Bezold, 2002 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bad Ragaz Open (1994)
   Rilton Cup 1997/98 (1997)
   2nd Fraenkische Grossmeistertage (2004)
   Wrexham (1994)
   Beautiful Minds (2016)
   Hellir International (1997)
   Politiken Cup (1997)
   World Junior Championship (1992)
   Dresden Open (1994)
   Wuerzburg Open (1996)
   Rilton Cup 2003/04 (2003)
   World Junior Championship (1991)
   New York Open (1995)
   Rilton Cup 1998/99 (1998)
   PRO League Group Stage (2019)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 World Blitz Championship
   M Bezold vs R Samadov (Dec-30-24) 0-1, blitz
   M Bezold vs E Sharshenbekov (Dec-30-24) 1-0, blitz
   J Druska vs M Bezold (Dec-30-24) 1-0, blitz
   G Dudin vs M Bezold (Dec-30-24) 1-0, blitz
   M Bezold vs Carlsen (Dec-30-24) 0-1, blitz

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MICHAEL BEZOLD
(born May-23-1972, 53 years old) Germany

[what is this?]
Grandmaster. Winner of Brünn 1993 and New York 1995.

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 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 531  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Bezold vs A Veingold  0-1581989Budapest Spring OpenA48 King's Indian
2. M Bezold vs B Kohlweyer  ½-½211990Bundesliga 9091A46 Queen's Pawn Game
3. M Grundherr vs M Bezold  ½-½201990Bundesliga 1989/90B06 Robatsch
4. U Rueetschi vs M Bezold  1-0431991Zuerich opB07 Pirc
5. C Pieper-Emden vs M Bezold  ½-½401991Cansys IM-AA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
6. Barsov vs M Bezold  1-0381991Cansys IM-AD33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
7. P H Nielsen vs M Bezold  1-0411991World Junior ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
8. M Bezold vs F Roman  ½-½191991World Junior ChampionshipA09 Reti Opening
9. E Van Beers vs M Bezold  0-1571991World Junior ChampionshipA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
10. M Bezold vs R Livshits  0-1321991World Junior ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
11. M Bezold vs J Gonzalez Garcia  ½-½301991World Junior ChampionshipA10 English
12. S M Hill vs M Bezold  1-0471991World Junior ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
13. D Elliott vs M Bezold  0-1401991World Junior ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
14. C Buckley vs M Bezold  0-1301991World Junior ChampionshipA43 Old Benoni
15. M Bezold vs Tiviakov  0-1781991World Junior ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
16. M Bezold vs M Ceteras  1-0441991World Junior ChampionshipA36 English
17. M Bezold vs Delchev  ½-½91991World Junior ChampionshipA15 English
18. D Vlad vs M Bezold  ½-½651991World Junior ChampionshipB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
19. J Sequera vs M Bezold  0-1661991World Junior ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
20. C Kamp vs M Bezold  ½-½611992Muenster-BD33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
21. M Schoeneberg vs M Bezold  1-0491992Bundesliga 1991/92B40 Sicilian
22. G Tringov vs M Bezold  ½-½551992Muenster-BA00 Uncommon Opening
23. I Stohl vs M Bezold 1-0541992Bundesliga 1991/92A43 Old Benoni
24. M Bezold vs Kharlov 1-0271992Neu Isenburg opA00 Uncommon Opening
25. D Komljenovic vs M Bezold  1-0311992Neu Isenburg opA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Jul-17-05  Knight13: <farrooj: Why here? Why not Ale or Beer?> Because I don't smoke or drink beer or ale or do drug-related stuff. Drugs are bad and they can kill you, you know.
Jul-17-05  Knight13: <Waitzkin kept expecting Blatny to play d4> This is a mistake I just realized! "Blatny" should be changed to "Bezold." Sometimes I get confused by these two. :)
Jul-17-05  farrooj: of course I know... but tradition (as I read) was to celebrate on the Beer page. Oh well, everyone has his preferences
Jul-24-05  Knight13: Here are few pictures of Michael Bezold:

http://www.chessbase-magazin.de/bun...

http://www.bindlach-schach.de/jugen...

http://sf-windheim.de/GM%20Michael%...

http://www.schachfreundedeizisau.de...

May-23-06  BIDMONFA: Michael Bezold

BEZOLD, Michael
http://www.bidmonfa.com/bezold_mich...
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Feb-25-07  IMDONE4: interesting style, i dont think ive really seen another GM play like he does
May-23-07  whiteshark: Alles Gute zum heutigen Geburtstag, Michael !! Mögen noch viele weitere folgen.
May-23-08  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Bezold!
May-23-08  whiteshark: Kinder, nein, wie die Zeit vergeht! Na dann, halt die Ohren steif.
Nov-14-09  Albertan: Check out this game from the Saturday, November,14,2009 Bundesliga match involving the Baden-Baden team and Munich team! Even SuperGM's have their off days over the board!

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Baden-Baden/Germany"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bezold"]
[Black "Shirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator ]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "BAY"]
[BlackTeam "BAD"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 a5 12. Nc3 Na6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. d5 1-0

Dec-22-09  whiteshark: <Player of the Day>

Obviously, I missed something this year. :(

Dec-22-09  swordfish: Wow! the game with Shirov should be added to the database. Sixteen moves!
Dec-22-09  whiteshark: <swordfish> I've uploaded all Bundesliga games played so far (til rd 6) a week ago, so I'll expects them here 2009-2010 Bundesliga sooner or later. :D
Dec-22-09  swordfish: <I've uploaded all Bundesliga games played so far (til rd 6) a week ago, so I'll expects them here 2009-2010 Bundesliga sooner or later. :D>

Good work, thanks!

Mar-01-10  whiteshark: Round 7-9 games on Febr 8, 2010
Round 10+11 games today

There is hope

Mar-01-10  whiteshark: I can wait. The end will be the same, I can wait.
May-23-10  wordfunph: current rating = 2525
peak rating = 2535

http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev...

happy birthday GM Bezold!

Dec-12-10  BobCrisp: <After this, 'Robert J. Fischer, The World Chess Champion' became a wanderer. For a time in the mid-1980s he lived in Germany. Michael Bezold, then just a schoolboy, but later a grandmaster, analysed with him each day for three months. Fischer was still a nocturnal animal, rising in the afternoon, often eating a huge breakfast of cereal, eggs and bread at 5 p.m. According to Bezold, he was obsessed with 'a game in the 1960s, and the question was whether or not to move the pawn to h6. This was the only question. And he said he'd been analysing this game for more than thirty years, and he couldn't figure out whether it's better to play h6 or not. It was fantastic.'>

(<Bobby Fischer Goes To War>, <Edmonds & Eidniow>)

Jun-01-11  Amphryxia: Thats a very uh, concise biography.
Dec-22-12  waustad: Since the pics of the birthday player seem to have expired, here's one: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...
Dec-22-12  Kikoman: So, this is the best game of GM Michael Bezold, holding Black Pieces and a brilliant ♘ sac. Ashley vs M Bezold, 1997
Oct-04-17  clement41: <BobCrisp> : thank you for this interesting anecdote about Fischer's wanderer and obscure era. Further reading led me to establish that Fischer stayed for 3 months between 1990 and 1991 in the " Waischenfelder Pulvermühle" (powder mill), then owned by the Bezold family if I understood correctly.
Mar-08-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: <BobCrisp> Wonder if anyone has found that game? Also, wondering If Michael ever wrote extensively about Fischer befriending him?
Mar-20-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: The have the game at chessbase.com A game played by Smyslov in the USSR Championship in 1947! Conclusion is ...h6 is a losing move!
Sep-23-20  login:

Pulvermühle

Originally 'Schwarzpulver' was produced in the Pulvermühle. After a refusal by the owners to supply the gunpowder to the troops of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, these troops caused an explosion in 1806, after which the building was no longer used until 1875. Since its reconstruction the Pulvermühle was shortly ran as pub and soon after became an family (Bezolds) owned inn for over 140 years.

Franzosenzeit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_o...

Symbolic Image
https://skd-online-collection.skd.m...

How gunpowder was manufactured
http://wiki.historymap.info/Gunpowd...

Images 1967
https://www.gruppe47.de/wp-content/... https://www.gruppe47.de/wp-content/...


Article about Bobby's stay (in German)
https://www.nordbayern.de/region/pe...

by Richard Reinl, Nordbayernkurier, 2019


Homepage https://www.pulvermuehle.de/

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