Jusefs Petkevich
Number of games in database: 54
Years covered: 1965 to 2011
Last FIDE rating: 2376
Highest rating achieved in database: 2440
Overall record: +10 -18 =26 (42.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      D02 D05 A41	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (12)      B90 B94 B85 B50 B33  Sicilian Najdorf (6)      B90 B94 B92  King's Indian (5)      E92 E62 E98 E90 E71

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JUSEFS PETKEVICH (born Dec-19-1940) Latvia [what is this?] This GM won the 2002 World Senior Chess Championship. Wikipedia article: Jusefs Petkevich

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Petkevich vs Tal ½-½ 23 1965 Riga B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 2. I Platonov vs J Petkevich   ½-½ 18 1967 Olympiad URS B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. J Petkevich vs I Platonov   0-1 38 1968 Riga Ch Chess Club L A57 Benko Gambit 4. Bronstein vs J Petkevich   1-0 49 1969 Kiev A30 English, Symmetrical 5. Bagirov vs J Petkevich   1-0 33 1970 Witefsk D80 Grunfeld 6. V Tukmakov vs J Petkevich   1-0 22 1972 URS-chT C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line 7. Dzindzichashvili vs J Petkevich   ½-½ 45 1972 Olympiad URS E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 8. I Zaitsev vs J Petkevich   1-0 25 1974 URS-ch qual B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. L Gutman vs J Petkevich   1-0 28 1975 LAT-ch B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 10. J Petkevich vs Alburt   ½-½ 41 1975 Olympiad URS A15 English 11. Vasiukov vs J Petkevich   1-0 45 1976 URS-CupT B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 12. Lutikov vs J Petkevich   ½-½ 31 1977 Yerevan B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. J Petkevich vs M Cojocaru   ½-½ 55 1977 Rzeszow op E92 King's Indian 14. Tseshkovsky vs J Petkevich   1-0 28 1977 Yerevan B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 15. Igor Ivanov vs J Petkevich   ½-½ 32 1977 Tournament A57 Benko Gambit 16. Tseshkovsky vs J Petkevich   ½-½ 45 1979 URS Spartakiad B33 Sicilian 17. Shirov vs J Petkevich   0-1 22 1985 Riga (Latvia) C03 French, Tarrasch 18. J Petkevich vs Shabalov   1-0 34 1985 Riga A30 English, Symmetrical 19. Shirov vs J Petkevich   1-0 31 1987 Riga E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 20. J Petkevich vs Shabalov   0-1 40 1987 Riga D02 Queen's Pawn Game 21. J Petkevich vs M Hawelko   ½-½ 41 1988 It (cat.7) C26 Vienna 22. Wojtkiewicz vs J Petkevich   ½-½ 15 1988 C07,VII E92 King's Indian 23. J Petkevich vs Kholmov   ½-½ 52 1989 Spring op A04 Reti Opening 24. Bronstein vs J Petkevich ½-½ 13 1989 Warsaw op C34 King's Gambit Accepted 25. J Petkevich vs M Golubev   1-0 40 1993 Groningen Chess Festival; GM open E61 King's Indian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54

Dec-19-08    whiteshark: Happy Birthday. Jusefs Petkevich (born 19 December 1940, Riga) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster. Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jusefs... Dec-19-08    whiteshark: He won in Riga Championship in 1967 with fantastic result (13 points from 13 games). He tied for 1st-3rd at Pärnu 1967. He thrice shared 1st in Latvian Chess Championship (1969, 1974, 1985) Petkevich was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1980, and the GM title in 2002 for winning the 12th World Senior Chess Championship at Naumburg 2002. Mar-30-10    DiscoJew: I once spent an evening with this man without even realizing fully who he was. He taught me the Nimzo Indian, Queen's and Bogo Complex as well as the Sicilian Four Knights for black for free, over 3 or 4 hours. I was blown away; we communicated fast and he seen how quickly I grasped his ideas...he was nice enough to share his wisdom and experience with me. Thanks! Dec-19-11    BIDMONFA: Jusefs Petkevich PETKEVICH, Jusefs http://www.bidmonfa.com/petkevich_j... _

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