Vladimir A Savon
Number of games in database: 1,693
Years covered: 1959 to 2004
Last FIDE rating: 2443
Highest rating achieved in database: 2570
Overall record: +486 -312 =891 (55.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (141)      B44 B33 B81 B93 B32  King's Indian (71)      E92 E62 E60 E82 E67  Ruy Lopez (64)      C92 C85 C93 C96 C61  English (45)      A15 A13 A17 A16 A10  Queen's Indian (36)      E15 E12 E14 E18 E17  Ruy Lopez, Closed (36)      C92 C85 C93 C96 C95	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (214)      B92 B90 B22 B93 B52  Sicilian Najdorf (85)      B92 B90 B93 B99 B97  Nimzo Indian (65)      E32 E20 E41 E38 E47  Ruy Lopez (65)      C69 C93 C91 C96 C80  English (57)      A15 A16 A13 A14 A17  Queen's Indian (48)      E15 E12 E17 E18 E14

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Reshevsky vs Savon, 1973 0-1
   Savon vs Polugaevsky, 1971 1-0
   Savon vs V Brond, 1971 1-0
   A Lein vs Savon, 1961 0-1
   Spassky vs Savon, 1973 0-1
   Tal vs Savon, 1970 0-1
   Savon vs V Mencinger, 1992 1-0
   Savon vs Dzindzichashvili, 1971 1-0
   Savon vs Tal, 1969 1-0
   Savon vs E Mnatsakanian, 1962 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1972 by suenteus po 147

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VLADIMIR A SAVON (born Sep-26-1940, died Jun-01-2005) Ukraine [what is this?] Vladimir Andreyevich Savon was born in Chernigov, Ukraine (formerly USSR). He learned chess at the age of 11 from his father. Awarded the IM title in 1967 and the GM title in 1973, he was USSR Champion in 1971 [rusbase-1] where he finished ahead of Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Anatoli Karpov and Leonid Stein amongst others. In international competition his best results were 1st at Debrecen 1970, 1st= at Vilnius zonal 1975, 2nd= at Portoroz 1977 and 2nd= at Kiev 1978. He passed away in Kharkov in 2005. Wikipedia article: Vladimir Savon

page 1 of 68; games 1-25 of 1,693  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Kwiatkowski vs Savon   ½-½ 20 1959 UKR-ch E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System 2. Savon vs N Levin   1-0 26 1959 UKR-ch A56 Benoni Defense 3. Feldman vs Savon 0-1 15 1959 UKR-ch A15 English 4. I Pogrebissky vs Savon ½-½ 61 1959 UKR-ch B50 Sicilian 5. Savon vs Stein   ½-½ 13 1959 UKR-ch E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 6. Savon vs A Izvozchikov   ½-½ 39 1959 URS-chT B01 Scandinavian 7. Savon vs A Voltschok 1-0 31 1959 UKR-ch D85 Grunfeld 8. Kostiuchenko vs Savon   ½-½ 15 1959 UKR-ch B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 9. Savon vs V Shiyanovsky   ½-½ 13 1959 UKR-ch A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky 10. Savon vs Geller   ½-½ 24 1959 UKR-ch C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. M Levin vs Savon   0-1 39 1959 UKR-ch B06 Robatsch 12. Lutskan vs Savon   ½-½ 42 1959 URS-chT B15 Caro-Kann 13. Zamikhovsky vs Savon   1-0 33 1959 UKR-ch E81 King's Indian, Samisch 14. Savon vs B Korsakov   ½-½ 40 1959 UKR-ch E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 15. Savon vs A Makarov   ½-½ 23 1959 UKR-ch A84 Dutch 16. V Zurakhov vs Savon   ½-½ 26 1959 UKR-ch B08 Pirc, Classical 17. Savon vs M Usachyi   1-0 33 1959 UKR-ch C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. Myers vs Savon 1-0 7 1959 Manhattan blitz A00 Uncommon Opening 19. A Genin vs Savon   1-0 28 1959 URS-chT B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 20. E Poliak vs Savon   0-1 42 1959 UKR-ch A15 English 21. Y Nikolaevsky vs Savon   ½-½ 20 1959 UKR-ch D69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de 22. Savon vs J Rotstein   ½-½ 42 1959 UKR-ch C16 French, Winawer 23. Gufeld vs Savon   ½-½ 14 1959 UKR-ch B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 24. V Chernyh vs Savon   1-0 30 1959 URS-chT E73 King's Indian 25. Savon vs Y Sakharov   0-1 35 1959 UKR-ch A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation  page 1 of 68; games 1-25 of 1,693

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-03-04    Eggman: Savon is best remembered for his stunning upset at the 1971 USSR championship, taking first place, undefeated, 1.5 points ahead of a 21-player field that included Smyslov, Tal, Karpov, Stein, Bronstein, Polugaevsky, Taimanov, and Geller. Dec-17-04    kostich in time: Savons victory at the 71 championship was one of the all-time chess upsets. However, judging by his results before and since,it was also a bit of a fluke. Savon is alos famous for Reshevskys infamous superblunder against him at Petropolis 73. One quote on Savon, from Keene and Levy's excellent book on the 72 Olympiad. "The Soviet team was handicapped by the presence of their 71 Champion, Savon" Savons wek play almost helped the Soviets lose their firsat olymiad ever. Jun-01-05    Tigran Petrosian: This guy just died. Jun-01-05    Akavall: <Tigran Petrosian> Sorry, but your post looks kinda odd. Jun-01-05    Benzol: <Tigran Petrosian> Will you supply more details please. Jun-06-05    offramp: "GM Vladimir Savon (1940-2005) has died in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Vladimir Savon won the 1971 USSR Championship ahead of players such as Bronstein, Geller, Karpov, Polugaevsky, Smyslov, Stein, Taimanov, and Tal." Jun-07-05    Mameluk: Anyone else finds it strange and sad, that even TWIC doesn´t mention this?? Jun-07-05    Benzol: <Mameluk> Yes, I do too. Wonder where <Tigran Petrosian> and <offramp> heard about it? Jun-07-05    offramp: I heard about it on a chess newsgroup; I posted it here exactly as I saw it there. I'll bet that that's where TP saw it as well. I doubt that it's a hoax. We get signal. Jun-09-05    aw1988: What ! Jun-12-05    offramp: There is an obituary by Malcolm Pein here, http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:... Jun-12-05    TheAlchemist: May he rest in peace. Nov-14-05    pazzed paun: <Knight13> there has been some significant inflation in elo ratings since the early 1970"s a median rating of 2500 back then would have been quite respectable ,back then no more than ten players were rated over 2600! A story- a patzer says to Grandmaster are you a weak G.M. OR a strong GM- he replies -some elephants are big some not so big-the end! Dec-19-05    PizzatheHut: On www.ebay.com, I actually just ordered 13 older tournament books complete with all of the games. Both the 1971 Soviet Championship and Petropolis 1973 are included. I can't wait until they arrive! Dec-19-05    greyfox: someone here playing at chessmaniac.com??? i cant view the site anymore and i certainly dont know why.. i will lose my games if i cant link there until 6am.. please if someone here also playing there and does know something about my frustration you can reply to this message now or send me message via e-mail at greyfox_24@yahoo.com.. any reply is highly appreciated.. Dec-20-05    PizzatheHut: I see that Savon won the 1971 Soviet Championship, but does anyone know what years were his prime years? I assume that '71 would be the peak, but I'm curious as to when he rose to the upper ranks. Sep-26-06    BIDMONFA: Vladimir A Savon SAVON, Vladimir A. http://www.bidmonfa.com/savon_vladi... _ Sep-26-06    Caissanist: <Did you ever see a grandmaster that played bad? (In general, not in particular games. I know Benkö used to blunder away a rook some times.)> Nowadays yes, most famously the 2588-rated Alexandru Crisan. Back when Savon got his title, no. Sep-26-06    positionalgenius: "Did you ever see a GM that played bad?" Well yes every once in awhile.Anand at Dortmund 2001,he scored 3/10. Sep-26-07    brankat: Topalov & Leko in 2007 Linares tied for last spot :-) Sep-26-07    Manic: How about Shirov's 0.5/9 in that rapid tourney? That must've hurt. Oct-25-07    Peligroso Patzer: <kostich in time: *** Savon is [also] famous for Reshevsky[']s infamous superblunder against him at Petropolis 73. *** >: Reshevsky vs Savon, 1973 Oct-18-08    sleepkid: Savon was a very good player, but he was also famous for his nervous temperament, which led to his very uneven results. At his best, he was a dangerous opponent, and of world class caliber. However, he often lacked the mental stamina for demanding positions and long tournaments, and thus never really achieved his full potential. Jan-16-09    WhiteRook48: hmm... 55.3% wins... not bad. And his wins seem to be spectacular. Sep-26-12    LoveThatJoker: GM Savon, today you are remembered! LTJ < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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