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Grischuk 
 
Alexander Grischuk
Number of games in database: 1,124
Years covered: 1992 to 2010
Current FIDE rating: 2760
Overall record: +401 -174 =461 (61.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      88 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (133) 
    B90 B31 B30 B47 B33
 Ruy Lopez (83) 
    C67 C88 C84 C92 C95
 French Defense (50) 
    C02 C11 C10 C05 C17
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (47) 
    C88 C84 C92 C95 C91
 Slav (34) 
    D15 D17 D10 D13 D16
 Sicilian Najdorf (30) 
    B90 B96 B92 B97 B99
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (98) 
    B90 B92 B97 B45 B51
 Ruy Lopez (90) 
    C88 C89 C84 C96 C90
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (69) 
    C88 C89 C84 C96 C90
 Sicilian Najdorf (50) 
    B90 B92 B97 B91 B96
 Nimzo Indian (37) 
    E32 E21 E58 E20 E55
 Slav (34) 
    D10 D16 D15 D11 D12
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Grischuk vs Ponomariov, 2000 1-0
   V Gashimov vs Grischuk, 2010 0-1
   Grischuk vs Rublevsky, 2007 1-0
   Grischuk vs Bareev, 2001 1-0
   Grischuk vs Fressinet, 2000 1-0
   Grischuk vs Judit Polgar, 2007 1/2-1/2
   Grischuk vs Gelfand, 2010 1-0
   Grischuk vs Svidler, 2007 1/2-1/2
   I Cheparinov vs Grischuk, 2008 0-1
   Grischuk vs Svidler, 2003 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)
   FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Match Grischuk! by amadeus
   Cannes World Cup Rapid 2001 by KingG
   Wijk aan Zee Corus 2002 by suenteus po 147
   [Candidate Matches 2007]--Grischuk-Rublevsky by chessmoron
   french advance Qb6 by Sparky123
   Grischuk's Best Games by notyetagm

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ALEXANDER GRISCHUK
(born Oct-31-1983) Russia

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Alexander Grischuk was born October 31, 1983 in Moscow, where he lives to this day. He became quite famous as a junior, reaching the semifinals of the 2000 FIDE world championship when he was only sixteen. Since then he has scored a number of international successes, placing second at the Corus Chess Tournament in 2002. He was also second in the final of the 2004 Russian Championships behind Garry Kasparov. Currently he is ranked seventeenth in the world on the FIDE rating list; his career-best placing so far has been seventh in October of 2003. In 2007, he won Candidates' matches against Vladimir Malakhov and Sergei Rublevsky to qualify for the FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007), but there he finished last out of the eight players. In 2009 he scored his first victory at Linares (2009), finishing in joint first place with Vassily Ivanchuk.

Grischuk has also had many successes at rapid and blitz chess. He is a two-time winner of the Ordix Open and won the World Blitz Chess Championship in 2006.


 page 1 of 45; games 1-25 of 1,124  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. H Geanta vs Grischuk  0-136 1992 Wch U10C02 French, Advance
2. Grischuk vs L Aronov  1-041 1992 Wch U10C50 Giuoco Piano
3. Grischuk vs Bacrot 1-031 1992 Ch World (cadets) (under 10)B01 Scandinavian
4. Grischuk vs G Tatarliev  1-024 1992 Wch U10C10 French
5. Grischuk vs Basim A Mohsin  1-041 1992 Wch U10A07 King's Indian Attack
6. Grischuk vs D Neves  1-030 1992 Wch U10A07 King's Indian Attack
7. Grischuk vs Rudi Simons  1-015 1992 Wch U10C70 Ruy Lopez
8. McShane vs Grischuk  1-034 1992 Wch U10C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
9. L Pliester vs Grischuk  1-027 1992 Leiden opC18 French, Winawer
10. Grischuk vs S Kuliev  0-118 1993 Wch U10C42 Petrov Defense
11. Ganguly vs Grischuk  0-171 1993 Wch U10B08 Pirc, Classical
12. Grischuk vs M Szymanski  1-052 1993 Wch U10C07 French, Tarrasch
13. Grischuk vs Bacrot 0-131 1993 Wch U10C42 Petrov Defense
14. Grischuk vs M Sebenik  1-029 1993 Wch U10B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
15. Grischuk vs S Azarov  1-055 1993 Wch U10C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
16. Q Li vs Grischuk  1-027 1993 Wch U10E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
17. T Purev Dorj vs Grischuk  0-156 1993 Wch U10B06 Robatsch
18. M Nedobora vs Grischuk  1-036 1994 Moscow opE61 King's Indian
19. Z Minjun vs Grischuk  1-025 1994 Wch U12C05 French, Tarrasch
20. Grischuk vs R Markus  1-030 1994 Wch U12C42 Petrov Defense
21. Grischuk vs L Hua  1-068 1994 Wch U12B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
22. Ponomariov vs Grischuk 1-023 1994 Wch U12 Szeged (9)B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
23. Grischuk vs S Azarov  1-034 1994 Wch U12C42 Petrov Defense
24. N J Siegel vs Grischuk  0-151 1994 Wch U12E92 King's Indian
25. Grischuk vs D Bunzmann  0-135 1994 Wch U12B30 Sicilian
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Jan-09-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: <jia: One of the most talented players.>

According to http://chess.liverating.org/, Grischuk's recent stupendous play has brought him to a personal best rating of <2758.7>, #6 in the world.

Outstanding talent.

<HeadCrunch: "Pie Throwing Comments!" I like that expression!

WOW!! What a game Grischuk played against Vugar Gashimov today at the World Team Championships phew - deserves to be published and as it's not as yet on the DB, here it is in all its outlandish glory!>

V Gashimov vs Grischuk, 2010

This Grischuk win is unbe-@#$%* -lievable.

Feb-08-10   kramrich: Grischuk will Linares again and become 2800 by year end....
Feb-14-10   DCP23: <Resignation Trap: Whenever I see a photo of Grischuk, the word "catacomb" pops into my mind. As in "Man, get that cat a comb"!>

Surely not every time?

http://www.chesspro.ru/_images/mate...

Feb-23-10   abscissa: I absolutely love this man. My predictions are coming true. God bless you, Grischuk.
Feb-23-10   abscissa: HOLY F****** SH**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRISCHUK IS AT A F****** LIFETIME HIGH!!!!! 2770! cross Aronian! I know you can do it. Oh my god, I love this man.
Feb-24-10   Udit Narayan: I understand you are in love with Grischuk, but he is married and we do not tolerate such language on this site.

But of course, Grischuk is an amazing player and I hope he wins Linares 2010!!!! He is world champion material definitely.

Feb-25-10   suplexer: anish giri will become world champion before grischuk does
Feb-25-10   Whitehat1963: Implies that Grischuk will one day be world champion. I don't think either one will be. On the other hand, I think it's easy to see Carlsen becoming world champion before he's 25.
Feb-25-10   kurtrichards: <...I think it's easy to see Carlsen becoming world champion before he's 25.> Thumbs up.
Feb-25-10   Refused: <Whitehat1963: Implies that Grischuk will one day be world champion. I don't think either one will be. On the other hand, I think it's easy to see Carlsen becoming world champion before he's 25.>

Quite possible. but one should not underestimate the achievement to become WC. There are so many great <uncrowned> players. Does Carlsen have the potential to become World Champion - no doubt about it. Will he become World Champion, that's another question, time will tell.

I mean there are currently 5 players who all have the ability to become World Champion, Anand (reigning WC), Kramnik (his predecessor), Topalov, Aronian and Carlsen. It's not like any of those can claim the supremacy Kasparov had during the 90s.

I like Grischuk and I think from the pure talent, he could join this group, but he spent some time not really pursuing his chess career, now he is back, but he really needs to get his time management under control and (imho closely connected to it) really work on his opening repertoire. You can't mount a serious title challenge, when you run almost every game in every second tournament into time trouble.

Feb-25-10   alexandrovm: Congrats Alexander; you're back into the best 10 of the world...
Mar-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: Grischuk likes to <TRAP QUEENS>. :-)

Jobava vs Grischuk, 2009

16 ... Rb8-b6 0-1


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Svidler vs Grischuk, 2010

22 ... Rc8-c7


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Mar-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: "The truth is that a few years ago I came to hate chess." (in 2009)

"I spent months studying the Russian Game (Petroff Defense) and couldn't find a refutation."

Quoted GM Alexander Grischuk
(source: Chess Life 2010 March)

Mar-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: <wordfunph: "The truth is that a few years ago I came to hate chess." (in 2009) "I spent months studying the Russian Game (Petroff Defense) and couldn't find a refutation."

Quoted GM Alexander Grischuk
(source: Chess Life 2010 March)>

What's the fuss, just play 1 d2-d4. :-)

Mar-27-10   kurtrichards: <What's the fuss, just play 1. d2-d4. :-)> Grischuk just added 1.d2-d4 in his opening repertoire not so long ago but from time to time he opened up with 1.e2-e4 and ends up facing the hated Petroff Defense. :)
May-07-10   redwhitechess: why this guy not at askratahn grandprix? is he don't want to be world chess champion ???
May-07-10   queener: <redwhitechess> I think the regulations prohibit players from playing in more that four GP tournaments, and Grischuk has already reached that limit.
May-08-10   redwhitechess: ok <queener> , that's mean almost automatically the extra spot in WC to be given to Radjabov???
Jun-07-10   swissfed: I believe Grischuk's raw-talent belongs to the very top. Both Morozevich & Grischuk are WC materials. Russians are so intelligent, no doubt!!!
Jul-14-10   theagenbiteofoutwit: I couldn't imagine a situation in chess that would piss me off more than the hands that got Grischuk eliminated from the WSOP this year.
Jul-27-10   chessgames2010: http://reports.chessdom.com/news-20...

Sasha Grischuk would be a great choice to replace Topalov (if he goes ahead and withdraws)

Jul-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Someone should count the changes made to the cycle, and more are surely coming up... Still, if Topalov won't participate after the latest changes Grischuk is an excellent replacement.
Jul-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Shams: <theagenbiteofoutwit> Is there a writeup on Grischuk's bad beats somewhere?
Jul-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Rolfo: < Someone should count the changes made to the cycle, and more are surely coming up.> I think <slomarko> keeps some record :)

Btw, Grischuk would be a worthy replacement, but I don't think we heard the last from Danailov yet

Jul-28-10   crazybird: http://news.sport-express.ru/2010-0...

Topy playing afterall. Only wary of playing Russians in Russia, not non-Russians in Russia.

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