Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia
Number of games in database: 173
Years covered: 1987 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2472
Highest rating achieved in database: 2478
Overall record: +35 -43 =93 (47.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (37)      B80 B90 B67 B62 B43  French Defense (11)      C17 C12 C02 C03 C07  Ruy Lopez (10)      C69 C60 C97 C99 C68  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (9)      B67 B62 B66  Sicilian Scheveningen (8)      B80  King's Gambit Accepted (6)      C39 C34	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (17)      C17 C06 C00 C05 C18  Grunfeld (6)      D85 D97 D91 D76  French Winawer (6)      C17 C18 C15  English, 1 c4 c5 (6)      A34  Reti System (6)      A04 A06  Sicilian (6)      B29 B30 B23 B21 B45

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J M De La Villa Garcia vs J Fernandez Garcia, 1990 1/2-1/2
   J M De La Villa Garcia vs D Taboas Rodriguez, 2005 1-0
   D Cruz Alvarez de Ron vs J M De La Villa Garcia, 2006 0-1

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JESUS MARIA DE LA VILLA GARCIA (born Jun-30-1958) Spain [what is this?] Jesus de la Villa Garcia was born in Palencia, Spain. He was Spanish champion in 1985 and 1988. He has achieved the FIDE grandmaster title in 1999. Wikipedia article: Jes%C3%BAs de la Villa

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 173  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J M De La Villa Garcia vs Portisch ½-½ 61 1987 Szirak B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 2. J M De La Villa Garcia vs D Allan   1-0 42 1987 Szirak izt C60 Ruy Lopez 3. Christiansen vs J M De La Villa Garcia   ½-½ 61 1987 Szirak (Hungary) D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 4. J M De La Villa Garcia vs I Morovic   ½-½ 28 1987 Santa C07 French, Tarrasch 5. S Mariotti vs J M De La Villa Garcia   ½-½ 29 1987 Andorra A15 English 6. Nunn vs J M De La Villa Garcia   1-0 52 1987 Szirak (izt) 44/392 (Nunn,J) C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 7. Illescas Cordoba vs J M De La Villa Garcia ½-½ 27 1987 USA B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 8. G Milos vs J M De La Villa Garcia   1-0 46 1987 Szirak (Hungary) E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 9. J M De La Villa Garcia vs J Benjamin   0-1 44 1987 Izt B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 10. M Todorcevic vs J M De La Villa Garcia   1-0 39 1987 Szirak izt A04 Reti Opening 11. Ulf Andersson vs J M De La Villa Garcia   ½-½ 42 1987 Szirak A04 Reti Opening 12. Salov vs J M De La Villa Garcia 1-0 26 1987 Izt A46 Queen's Pawn Game 13. J M De La Villa Garcia vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 54 1987 Szirak 13 B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 14. M Marin vs J M De La Villa Garcia   ½-½ 40 1987 Szirak izt A52 Budapest Gambit 15. J M De La Villa Garcia vs Adorjan   ½-½ 14 1987 Szirak B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 16. J M De La Villa Garcia vs M Rivas Pastor   ½-½ 36 1988 Leon C34 King's Gambit Accepted 17. J M De La Villa Garcia vs S Estremera Panos   ½-½ 40 1988 ch-E/SW,41,15 C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 18. J M De La Villa Garcia vs Christiansen   0-1 64 1989 It (open) B06 Robatsch 19. Miles vs J M De La Villa Garcia   1-0 39 1989 New York op A21 English 20. Tal vs J M De La Villa Garcia 1-0 72 1989 Sevilla D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 21. J M De La Villa Garcia vs Zsofia Polgar   0-1 63 1989 Leon A45 Queen's Pawn Game 22. J M De La Villa Garcia vs Illescas Cordoba   ½-½ 49 1989 It Alicante (ESP) B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 23. J M De La Villa Garcia vs Suba   ½-½ 59 1989 New York op B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 24. J M De La Villa Garcia vs Monpo   1-0 32 1989 Alicante C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 25. Kudrin vs J M De La Villa Garcia   ½-½ 30 1989 Salamanca (Spain) C55 Two Knights Defense  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 173

Dec-27-04    Benzol: Jesus De La Villa Garcia Born 30th August 1958 in Palencia Spanish champion in 1985. Apr-03-06    BIDMONFA: Jesus De La Villa Garcia DE LA VILLA, Jesús http://www.bidmonfa.com/de_la_villa... _ Aug-30-06    spirit: Hippi birthday jeez! Aug-30-06    Panic At The Disco: Jesus De La Villa! Aug-30-07    lopium: Feliz cumpleaños. Aug-30-08    lopium: ¡Feliz cumpleaños! Aug-30-08    Peligroso Patzer: Jesus de la Villa is the author of the recently released "100 Endgames You Must Know" (New in Chess 2008). Despite a few flaws, I have found it to be an excellent book. As far as the flaws are concerned, in addition to a few typographical errors, there is the curious statement on page 57 that the author has "never seen [King + Knight Checkmate (versus King on a- or h-file in front of its own advanced pawn)] in an actual game ...". He is apparently unaware of this example from the Cuban Championship several years ago: J Nogueiras vs M Gongora, 2001. Aug-30-08    artyom2008: Happy birthday!!!!!!!! Aug-30-08    Peligroso Patzer: I have one additional comment re: de la Villa's "100 Endgames". On page 203, Position 12.42 is as follows: click for larger view (White to move) De la Villa gives the winning breakthrough with 1. h6! Ke6 2. g6 Of this breakthrough, de la Villa remarks that it "has caught out many players, among them Capablanca." The only similar position involving Capablanca known to me is I-106 (Capablanca - Ed. Lasker, London Simul 1913) from page 42 of the 2nd Edition of Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual: click for larger view (Black to move) The game continuation was 1. ... Ke5?? 2. h6! and White wins. Dvoretsky points out that "The draw would have been assured after 1. ... Ke6! 2. Kxd4 f4 3. Ke4 f3 4. Kxf3 Kf5 5. g6 hg 6. hg Kf6=." Does anyone know of the instance alluded to by de la Villa where Capablanca fell victim to this breakthrough? Aug-30-09    wordfunph: Feliz cumpleaños GM Jesus De La Villa Garcia! Aug-30-10    kramputz: Could we come up with a few more names for him. This one is not long enough... "Little boy in the second chair; how do you spell your name." Aug-30-11    Wild Bill: Feliz cumpleaños, señor de la Villa. Aug-30-11    ildum: Su libro 'Desmontando la siciliana' es muy interesante para aprender como jugar la siciliana con blancas. --- His book 'Dismantling the Sicilian' is very interesting to learn how to play the sicilian as white.

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