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Alexander Zaitsev
A Zaitsev 
 

Number of games in database: 325
Years covered: 1952 to 1971
Highest rating achieved in database: 2530
Overall record: +103 -80 =139 (53.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 3 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (19) 
    E61 E77 E60
 Nimzo Indian (18) 
    E21 E24 E54 E40 E46
 Sicilian (14) 
    B27 B97 B84 B21 B92
 Modern Benoni (13) 
    A67 A56 A57 A69 A68
 Grunfeld (12) 
    D93 D90 D78 D80 D85
 Queen's Pawn Game (11) 
    D02 A46 A40 E10 A41
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (33) 
    B45 B32 B27 B23 B21
 Caro-Kann (20) 
    B17 B15 B13 B14 B10
 Orthodox Defense (15) 
    D59 D50 D55 D60 D63
 Sicilian Taimanov (11) 
    B45
 Queen's Gambit Declined (10) 
    D35 D30
 Ruy Lopez (9) 
    C81 C82 C63 C77 C85
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Y Rokhlin vs A Zaitsev, 1954 0-1
   A Zaitsev vs Furman, 1967 1-0
   A Zaitsev vs Tal, 1962 1/2-1/2
   A Zaitsev vs Adorjan, 1971 1-0
   A Bisguier vs A Zaitsev, 1971 1/2-1/2
   Kotov vs A Zaitsev, 1967 0-1
   A Zaitsev vs Polugaevsky, 1969 1/2-1/2
   A Zaitsev vs Bronstein, 1969 1/2-1/2
   A Zaitsev vs J Szily, 1969 1-0
   A Zaitsev vs V Shiyanovsky, 1962 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   USSR Championship 1968/69 (1968)
   Chigorin Memorial (1967)
   Russian Championship (1968)
   Russian Championship (1964)
   URS-ch sf Spartak-ch (1962)
   Chigorin Memorial (1965)
   Buesum (1969)
   Tallinn (1971)
   USSR Championship (1967)
   Lasker Memorial (1968)
   Rubinstein Memorial (1971)
   Maroczy Memorial (1970)
   Chigorin Memorial (1963)
   USSR Championship (1962)
   USSR Championship (1969)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   USSR Championship 1968/69 by suenteus po 147
   Alexander Zaitsev's games by zzzzzzzzzzzz


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ALEXANDER ZAITSEV
(born Jun-15-1935, died Oct-31-1971, 36 years old) Russia

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Alexander Nikolayevich Zaitsev was born in Vladivostok, Russia (formerly the USSR). Awarded the IM title in 1965 and the GM title in 1967, he finished 1st= with Lev Polugaevsky in the 1968-69 USSR Championship but lost the play-off. He shared 1st place at Sochi in 1967.

Sadly he died from a thrombosis after an operation to correct a limp in 1971.

Wikipedia article: Alexander Zaitsev (chess player)

Last updated: 2016-11-01 04:31:59

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 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 325  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Shumakher vs A Zaitsev  ½-½321952URS-ch02 corr5255C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
2. Y Rokhlin vs A Zaitsev 0-1171954YaroslavlC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
3. A Zaitsev vs V Shcherbakov  ½-½201958Ch Russia (1/2 final)B97 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. V Skotorenko vs A Zaitsev  ½-½691958Ch Russia (1/2 final)C77 Ruy Lopez
5. A Zaitsev vs Y Kotkov  0-1501958Ch Russia (team 1/2 final)B41 Sicilian, Kan
6. Gaiduk vs A Zaitsev 0-1171958VladivostokD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
7. A Zaitsev vs I Vasiliev  0-1251958Ch Russia (team 1/2 final)A57 Benko Gambit
8. Leibov vs A Zaitsev  1-0181958Ch Russia (team 1/2 final)A04 Reti Opening
9. Lutikov vs A Zaitsev  1-0451958Ch Russia (1/2 final)B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
10. G Borisenko vs A Zaitsev  1-0221958Ch Russia (team 1/2 final)A96 Dutch, Classical Variation
11. A Zaitsev vs Kagan  0-1321959Ch Russia (1/2 final)E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
12. M Shakhov vs A Zaitsev  0-1481959Ch Russia (1/2 final)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
13. A Zaitsev vs V Toprover  0-1301959Ch Russia (1/2 final)E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
14. A Zaitsev vs Shamkovich  0-1331959Ch Russia (1/2 final)B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
15. A Zaitsev vs Y Shaposhnikov  ½-½221960Ch Russia (1/2 final)C15 French, Winawer
16. G Ilivitsky vs A Zaitsev  ½-½171960Ch Russia (1/2 final)D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. Y Kotkov vs A Zaitsev  1-0401960Ch Russia (1/2 final)B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
18. A Zaitsev vs L Maslov  1-0311961Spartak Team ChampionshipD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. A Zaitsev vs A Vitolinsh  0-1321962Masters-Candidate MastersE77 King's Indian
20. A Zaitsev vs A Kapengut  0-1331962Masters-Candidate MastersC05 French, Tarrasch
21. A Kapengut vs A Zaitsev  1-0281962Masters-Candidate MastersC14 French, Classical
22. A Zaitsev vs A Volovich  0-1401962MatchB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
23. A Zaitsev vs Dzindzichashvili  1-0281962Masters-Candidate MastersA67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
24. A Volovich vs A Zaitsev  0-1561962MatchA96 Dutch, Classical Variation
25. B Levitas vs A Zaitsev 0-1331962LeningradA04 Reti Opening
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Apr-24-09  stanleys: Another pic of him:
http://www.e3e5.com/upload/articles...
Jun-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: Just for the record, <BIDMONFA>'s picture of Zaitsev is actually one of Salo Flohr.
Jun-13-09  myschkin: . . .

plus <BID> should submit his pic via the the Spanish fed a tiempo!

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

Jun-13-09  WhiteRook48: <DeepBlade> doesn't the Zaitsev continue 9...Bb7 10 d4 Re8?
Jun-15-09  WhiteRook48: player of the day again?!
Jun-15-10  mercurio3: Jun-15-06 BIDMONFA: Alexander Zaitsev
ZAITSEV, Alexander
http://www.bidmonfa.com/zaitsev_ale...

En efecto, la foto no es de Zaitsev, sino de Flohr.

Nov-28-10  I play the Fred: Eugene Torre is cited as the first Asian GM but the distinction should rightfully go to Zaitsev, born and raised in Vladivostok, in Asian Russia.
Nov-28-10  BobCrisp: He could have been born in a stable, but that wouldn't have made him a horse.
Nov-28-10  I play the Fred: So a person from Asia wasn't Asian then, Bob? I don't understand how Zaitsev doesn't count.
Nov-28-10  BobCrisp: Does he look Asian to you? http://www.e3e5.com/upload/articles... (assuming that's him).
Nov-28-10  I play the Fred: No, but I don't think that his appearance has anything to do with his point of origin.

If they had called Zaitsev the first black GM, well, that would be nonsense. But he <is> from Asia.

Nov-28-10  BobCrisp: He's from Asia but he's not Asian.
Nov-28-10  I play the Fred: I see what you're saying, but I read the phrase "Asia's first GM" as referencing the region, not the player's ethnic background. I suppose <chessgames.com> decides this by ethnicity, not regionally.
Nov-28-10  BobCrisp: Is <Nakamura> America's first Asian GM?
Nov-28-10  I play the Fred: I don't know. But the bio wasn't phrased "Torre is the Phillipine's first Asian GM" - it only stated Asian, which to me implies the entire continent.
Jun-15-12  brankat: R.I.P. GM Zaitsev.
Feb-12-16  ughaibu: <He's from Asia but he's not Asian.>

Here's a page of images of Vladivostok natives: https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=v... Are we really supposed to believe that whether any particular native is Asian or not, is decided by some arbitrary notion based on their looks?

What then, apply the standard to Americans? So, Fischer was European. Sorry yanks, maybe you'll have a world champion from the Cherokee, some time.

May-02-16  Howard: The May issue of "Chess Monthly" has a letter from someone in Toledo pointing out that Alexander Zaitsev--not Torre, as an earlier issue stated--was Asia's first grandmaster.
Sep-30-16  Howard: And "Chess Monthly" just repeated the error in its latest issue!

They at least ran a letter that I wrote to them about it, in their May issue.

Oct-31-16  TheFocus: Rest in peace, Alexander Zaitsev.
Apr-15-17  Howard: Zaitsev was Asia's first grandmaster---not Torre!

This myth has been going on for way too long!

Apr-15-17  joeyj: I think it is more of FIDE designation to what Zone a country belongs. We have ZONAL events and as far as Asian Chess Championship is concerned: The Asian Chess Championship is a chess tournament open to all players from Asian chess federations (FIDE zones from 3.1 to 3.7).

And Russia (Zone 1.6) where Alexander Zaitsev belongs is not a member of Asian Chess but of Europe or European Chess Union. Europe do have European Chess Championships where Russian players participates.

http://web.archive.org/web/20080103...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europ...

Apr-15-17  joeyj: And how will you contest it when FIDE itself confirms that ... "Asia’s first Grandmaster, GM Eugene Torre of the Philippines, will be given a special “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his dedication and commitment to chess and his stellar record."

https://www.fide.com/component/cont...

Jun-15-19  Ironmanth: Taken far too soon. RIP Alexander Zaitsev.
Jun-15-20  spektrowski: Zaitsev's chess player friends tried to convince him to undergo the operation in Moscow. But he insisted he'd do everything in Vladivostok, and it turned out tragic...
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