Yuri Yakovich
Number of games in database: 439
Years covered: 1985 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2517
Highest rating achieved in database: 2600
Overall record: +130 -77 =217 (56.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      15 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (36)      B72 B89 B58 B36 B56  Nimzo Indian (27)      E20 E25 E32 E54 E21  King's Indian (22)      E73 E70 E75 E63 E97  Queen's Gambit Declined (22)      D31 D35 D38 D37 D39  Grunfeld (11)      D81 D84 D93  Queen's Indian (9)      E12 E14 E17	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (76)      B33 B31 B43 B23 B22  Queen's Gambit Accepted (39)      D27 D20 D21 D24 D29  English, 1 c4 e5 (15)      A20 A28 A22 A29  Nimzo Indian (11)      E32 E43 E21 E29 E27  Queen's Gambit Declined (10)      D39 D37 D31 D30  Semi-Slav (9)      D44 D47 D45 D48 D43

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Y Yakovich vs Bronstein, 1994 1-0
   Y Yakovich vs Geller, 1995 1-0
   Y Yakovich vs V Vorotnikov, 2007 1-0
   Y Yakovich vs K Aseev, 1991 1-0

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YURI YAKOVICH (born Nov-30-1962) Russia [what is this?] Grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer. Wikipedia article: Yuri Yakovich

page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 439  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Y Yakovich vs E Pigusov   1-0 25 1985 URS-ch sf B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Y Yakovich vs E Pigusov   ½-½ 31 1985 URS-ch FL53 B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 3. Y Yakovich vs A Machulsky   ½-½ 67 1985 URS-ch sf C05 French, Tarrasch 4. Y Yakovich vs G Zaitshik   ½-½ 15 1985 URS-ch FL53 E10 Queen's Pawn Game 5. Y Yakovich vs K Lerner   ½-½ 39 1985 URS-ch FL53 B56 Sicilian 6. M Sorokin vs Y Yakovich   0-1 40 1985 ch URS sf C78 Ruy Lopez 7. Chiburdanidze vs Y Yakovich   0-1 30 1985 Ch URS (select) C50 Giuoco Piano 8. Y Yakovich vs E Ubilava   ½-½ 17 1985 URS-ch FL53 B56 Sicilian 9. Y Yakovich vs G Kuzmin   1-0 76 1985 URS-ch FL53 B72 Sicilian, Dragon 10. Chekhov vs Y Yakovich   1-0 42 1985 URS-ch FL53 D29 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 11. Y Yakovich vs Rozentalis   ½-½ 27 1985 URS-ch FL53 C47 Four Knights 12. Psakhis vs Y Yakovich   ½-½ 31 1985 Kharkov URS sf A06 Reti Opening 13. Y Yakovich vs Eingorn ½-½ 30 1985 URS-ch FL53 C07 French, Tarrasch 14. Y Yakovich vs Podgaets   ½-½ 19 1985 URS-ch FL53 C47 Four Knights 15. Y Yakovich vs Vyzmanavin   0-1 25 1985 Ch URS (select) B42 Sicilian, Kan 16. Gavrikov vs Y Yakovich   1-0 60 1986 URS-ch53 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 17. Bareev vs Y Yakovich 1-0 18 1986 ? D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted 18. Y Yakovich vs Gelfand   ½-½ 29 1986 Minsk D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Y Yakovich vs Rashkovsky   ½-½ 20 1986 URS-ch53 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 20. Y Yakovich vs I Novikov   ½-½ 24 1986 Minsk tt B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 21. Razuvaev vs Y Yakovich   0-1 52 1986 Sochi D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 22. Y Yakovich vs Beliavsky   0-1 34 1986 URS-ch53 C05 French, Tarrasch 23. Vaganian vs Y Yakovich   1-0 41 1986 Sochi A09 Reti Opening 24. Y Yakovich vs S Temirbaev   0-1 38 1986 URS-ch otbor E70 King's Indian 25. Yudasin vs Y Yakovich   ½-½ 26 1986 URS-ch53 C42 Petrov Defense  page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 439

Feb-15-07    BIDMONFA: Yuri Yakovich YAKOVICH, Yuri http://www.bidmonfa.com/yakovich_yu... _ May-02-07    masterwojtek: Go Yuri!! Awesome game by an awesome chess player! Sep-26-07    pawnofdoom: This guy deserves a biography! He can beat Kramnik and made it to the 2600's too. Sep-27-07    Eric Schiller: Yes, a very good player. His loss to me was just a blunder, don't hold it against him. May-10-09    Hesam7: Does anyone own his "PLAY THE 4 f3 NIMZO-INDIAN" ? If so what do you think of the book? Mar-13-11    wordfunph: GM Yuri Yakovich is the author of the book "Sicilian Attacks - Powerful Charges & Typical Tactics".. http://www.amazon.com/Sicilian-Atta... Mar-21-11    Marmot PFL: The cover is in very poor taste. Nov-30-12    brankat: Happy Birthday Yuri! Feb-11-13    blazerdoodle: Cool cover, Yuri, lol.

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