| Aug-29-03 |
| Tecumseh: One of the leading figures in Latvian chess for years and an important player for the theory of Alekhine's defence. I read somewhere that he died at the board in 2000 during an arduous game. Does anyone know if this is true? |
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Aug-29-03
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| ughaibu: http://www.geocities.com/chesschamp... |
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| Dec-14-03 |
| Benjamin Lau: Wow, he's a very unorthodox player! He plays the Nimzo-Larsen opening, can you believe it? |
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| Sep-08-04 |
| Giancarlo: Unorthodox indeed. The Nimzo-Larsen, and the Alekhine's defense as his #1 lines. |
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Feb-15-05
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| Mating Net: Is Bagirov the best player nobody has ever heard of? I think he's pretty awesome and I definitely want to learn more about him. Many of his combinations are Spassky like. |
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| Jun-09-05 |
| DanRoss53: Incredible! Bagirov's record with the Nimzo-Larsen was +49 =32 -7 (73.86%); his record as white with all other openings was +196 =324 -72 (60.47%) which makes me wonder why he didn't use it exclusively. (He also won 18 of his last 22 games and drew the other four with the Nimzo-Larsen for an amazing 90.91%). I wonder if only a small portion of his games are shown here. |
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Jun-09-05
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| suenteus po 147: <DanRoss53> I wouldn't call 1,300+ games a small portion...but maybe you're right and there are more games missing. |
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| Jun-09-05 |
| DanRoss53: Fair enough...instead of "small portion" perhaps I should have said "select number". |
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| Jul-12-05 |
| aw1988: I love his last name. "Bugger off". |
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| Jul-21-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Vladimir Bagirov BAGIROV, Vladimir K.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/bagirov_vla...
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Aug-16-07
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| keypusher: Here's to the POTD and the patron saint of Alekhine's Defense! |
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Aug-16-07
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| Harvestman: Bagirov scores +54 =76 -28, or 58.2% with Alekhine's Defence as black. If you believe some people on this site 1.e4 Nf6 is virtually a forced loss for black! Not for Bagirov. Of course, he's a bit better than most of us... |
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| Jan-10-08 |
| Jesspatrick: Vladimir Bagirov was a brilliant and imaginitive chessplayer. Some of his games astound me. Here's one of my favorites: Bagirov vs N Radev, 1976 |
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| Aug-16-08 |
| ravel5184: Happy Bee-day! |
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Apr-09-09
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| Peligroso Patzer: <Mating Net: Is Bagirov the best player nobody has ever heard of? *** > Bagirov may be under-appreciated, but he is by no means unknown. He is perhaps best known for being the losing player in this famous game: Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973 . |
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| Apr-09-09 |
| Poisonpawns: Study Bagirov,Kengis,Alburt,Shabalov if you want to really get into Alekhines defense |
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Oct-29-09
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| alexmagnus: <I read somewhere that he died at the board in 2000 during an arduous game.> He died the next day after the game. The game itself had to be aborted though because of heart attack. |
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Jun-30-10
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| wordfunph: GM Vladimir Bagirov, the leading proponent of Alekhine's Defense, took up the defense after Alexander Alekhine appeared in a dream and urged Bagirov to rehabilitate his eponymous defense. (Source: King's Gambit - A Son, A Father and the World's Most Dangerous Game by Paul Hoffman) |
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Aug-11-10
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| wordfunph: GM Vladimir Bagirov's pension in Riga was paltry. Winning the World Senior Championship in 1998 brought Bagirov not only moral satisfaction: the prize, although nothing special, was more than two years of his pension. (Source: The Reliable Past by Genna Sosonko) |
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Aug-11-10
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| wordfunph: "You must understand. I can't manage without chess. Without chess, there is no reason for me to live…" - GM Vladimir Bagirov |
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Aug-11-10
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| wordfunph: When Vladimir Bagirov became a Grandmaster late in life, at the age of 42, "When he phoned home, he was crying with happiness," recalls his widow Iraida Bagirova. "At last I am a
Grandmaster! I am a Grandmaster!" he kept repeating.
(Source: The Reliable Past by Genna Sosonko) |
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