Valerij Zhuravliov
Number of games in database: 58
Years covered: 1962 to 1997
Last FIDE rating: 2378
Highest rating achieved in database: 2398
Overall record: +19 -21 =18 (48.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (8)      B30 B21 B22 B55 B97  French Defense (5)      C18 C16 C00 C02	With the Black pieces:  Caro-Kann (4)      B17 B14 B15 B12  Semi-Tarrasch Defense (4)      D40 D41 D42

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Y Kolobov vs V Zhuravliov, 1965 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   USSR Championship (1967)

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VALERIJ ZHURAVLIOV (born Dec-11-1938) Latvia [what is this?] International Master, Latvian champion in 1980, 1992 and 1994. Aka Valery Ivanovich Zhuravlev. Wikipedia article: Valerij Zhuravliov

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 58  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Osnos vs V Zhuravliov   1-0 44 1962 URS-chT A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky 2. V Zhuravliov vs I Zdanovs   0-1 31 1963 LAT-ch B12 Caro-Kann Defense 3. Gipslis vs V Zhuravliov   1-0 39 1963 ch-Latvia C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 4. Y Kolobov vs V Zhuravliov 0-1 36 1965 Moscow C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 5. Tal vs V Zhuravliov 1-0 41 1967 USSR Championship A14 English 6. V Zhuravliov vs Doroshkievich   0-1 34 1967 USSR Championship B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Polugaevsky vs V Zhuravliov   1-0 37 1967 USSR Championship A35 English, Symmetrical 8. Y Nikolaevsky vs V Zhuravliov   0-1 42 1967 USSR Championship A15 English 9. G Chepukaitis vs V Zhuravliov   0-1 60 1967 USSR Championship A06 Reti Opening 10. V Zhuravliov vs Y Shilov   1-0 50 1967 USSR Championship A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 11. V Zhuravliov vs Vasiukov 0-1 61 1968 URS-chT B02 Alekhine's Defense 12. Taimanov vs V Zhuravliov   1-0 31 1968 Riga A34 English, Symmetrical 13. V Zhuravliov vs G Borisenko   ½-½ 60 1968 URS-chT C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 14. I Nei vs V Zhuravliov   ½-½ 24 1968 URS-chT B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 15. V Zhuravliov vs Suetin   ½-½ 12 1968 Ch URS (team) B30 Sicilian 16. Podgaets vs V Zhuravliov   1-0 39 1971 URS Army-chT D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 17. V Zhuravliov vs Karpov   ½-½ 34 1971 09, Daugavpils ch-SU B30 Sicilian 18. V Zhuravliov vs Bronstein 1-0 47 1974 Ch URS ( 1 liga ) C18 French, Winawer 19. V Tukmakov vs V Zhuravliov   0-1 50 1974 URS-ch sf B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 20. Beliavsky vs V Zhuravliov   0-1 43 1974 URS-ch sf C71 Ruy Lopez 21. V Zhuravliov vs Smyslov 1-0 47 1974 Ch URS ( 1 liga ), Odessa C77 Ruy Lopez 22. Razuvaev vs V Zhuravliov   0-1 62 1974 URS-ch sf E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 23. Balashov vs V Zhuravliov   1-0 38 1974 URS B12 Caro-Kann Defense 24. Tseshkovsky vs V Zhuravliov   0-1 46 1974 URS-ch sf B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 25. Podgaets vs V Zhuravliov   1-0 41 1974 Leningrad Warsaw Pact Army A04 Reti Opening  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 58

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