Yakov Estrin (upper left) overlooks Fischer and Petrosian play blitz at the Moscow Central Chess Club, 1958. (Associated Press)

Yakov Estrin
Number of games in database: 220
Years covered: 1938 to 1987
Overall record: +64 -79 =77 (46.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (37)      B43 B44 B99 B41 B97  Two Knights (22)      C57 C59 C56 C58 C55  French Defense (18)      C09 C04 C03 C13 C05  French Tarrasch (14)      C09 C04 C03 C05 C07  Caro-Kann (10)      B13 B14 B10 B18  Sicilian Najdorf (9)      B99 B97 B91 B90 B98	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (20)      C78 C74 C86 C72 C82  Sicilian (13)      B80 B36 B83 B46 B81  Nimzo Indian (10)      E55 E51 E53 E30 E52  Grunfeld (8)      D92 D75 D91 D85 D97  Queen's Gambit Declined (8)      D38 D39 D30 D35  English (7)      A18 A15 A16 A13

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Estrin vs Taimanov, 1949 1-0
   Estrin vs J Zapletal, 1972 1-0
   Estrin vs M Weiss, 1971 1-0
   Estrin vs Nunn, 1978 1-0
   S Kurkin vs Estrin, 1966 0-1
   Estrin vs J Boey, 1987 1-0
   Krasinski vs Estrin, 1947 0-1
   Estrin vs Kholmov, 1955 1/2-1/2
   S Nyman vs Estrin, 1965 0-1
   Keres vs Estrin, 1941 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   6th Correspondence World Championship Final by crawfb5

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YAKOV ESTRIN (born Apr-21-1923, died Feb-02-1987) Russia PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Yakov Borisovich Estrin was born in Moscow. After a brief foray into over-the-board play, he turned to correspondence chess in the early 1960's with immediate success (joint first place in the U.S.S.R. Correspondence Championship in 1962). He became a GMC (Correspondence Grandmaster) in 1966, and would go on to compete in the final of the World Correspondence Championship five times. He emerged as champion of the 1972-76 edition of this event. In 1975 he was awarded the OTB title of International Master. Wikipedia article: Yakov Estrin

page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 220  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Estrin vs Y Neishtadt 0-1 11 1938 URS C02 French, Advance 2. Estrin vs Koptev 0-1 18 1941 Moscow (Russia) C55 Two Knights Defense 3. Keres vs Estrin 0-1 27 1941 Moskva C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 4. Estrin vs Libov 1-0 13 1945 Moscow USSR C54 Giuoco Piano 5. Kotov vs Estrin ½-½ 37 1946 Ch Moscow E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 6. Estrin vs Smyslov 0-1 23 1946 Moscow C56 Two Knights 7. Simagin vs Estrin ½-½ 55 1946 Ch Moscow D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. Estrin vs Boleslavsky   0-1 37 1946 RSFSR Ch B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 9. Estrin vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 57 1946 Ch Moscow C55 Two Knights Defense 10. Estrin vs Bronstein 0-1 41 1946 Ch Moscow B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 11. Krasinski vs Estrin 0-1 11 1947 Istra C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 12. Estrin vs Krogius   ½-½ 23 1949 URS-ch sf C56 Two Knights 13. Simagin vs Estrin   1-0 41 1949 Ch Moscow D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 14. Estrin vs Ufimtsev 0-1 51 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) B06 Robatsch 15. Estrin vs Levenfish   1-0 70 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) C59 Two Knights 16. Estrin vs Zamikhovsky   0-1 56 1949 URS-ch sf B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 17. Koblents vs Estrin   ½-½ 19 1949 URS-ch sf D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 18. Randviir vs Estrin 1-0 78 1949 URS-ch sf C45 Scotch Game 19. Estrin vs Konstantinopolsky   ½-½ 29 1949 Moscow-ch B10 Caro-Kann 20. Estrin vs Taimanov 1-0 45 1949 Leningrad C24 Bishop's Opening 21. Y Steinsapir vs Estrin   0-1 34 1949 Moscow C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 22. Estrin vs Aronin   ½-½ 31 1950 Gorky B89 Sicilian 23. Estrin vs Levenfish   0-1 64 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final) C45 Scotch Game 24. Smyslov vs Estrin 1-0 21 1951 Leningrad cs D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 25. Estrin vs L Shamkovich   1-0 36 1951 Ch URS (1/2 final) B50 Sicilian  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 220    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Estrin wins | Estrin loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-06-05    pawn52: <shor> If that last post was meant for me, what do you mean? Feb-06-05    pawn52: <Benzol> <Chess Champ> claims that he was a world correspondence champion up to 2003, but I have no way to confirm it and I have a hard time believing that. Feb-06-05    pawn52: <Benzol> Just a minor correction H Berliner was champion from 1967-1971. As for the 11th World Correspondence Champion, it was Fritz Baumbach from 1981-1984. Take a look for yourself: http://www.ottawachessclub.com/patz... Feb-06-05    shor: in some sites you can send a private message to admins to ask questions and stuff, is there such an option here? Feb-06-05    Benzol: <pawn52> Thanks mate. The Craig Sadler site is very interesting. I got my original info from Tim Harding's book on the first ten correspondence championships. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to play all the games yet. Feb-06-05    pawn52: <shor> You can send messages to the moderators of the FRCEC site, but it isn't "private" because this site doesn't have the features like schemingmind.com has. Btw, do you even know how to play FRC? Feb-06-05    pawn52: <Benzol> Anytime, if you need anymore info, holler and I'll see if I can find it. Feb-06-05    Benzol: <pawn52> Did you volunteer to be a biographer. The only two I know of are <iron maiden> (bless him) and myself. If it is only the two of us it's going to take a bit of time. LOL. :) Feb-06-05    pawn52: <Benzol> No, I didn't. But now I wish I did. Can I still get into it. Feb-06-05    shor: RFC? no, I play magic the gathering. Feb-06-05    Benzol: <pawn52> I don't know if you still can but I would suggest contacting <chessgames.com> by e-mail to see if it's possible. Feb-06-05    TheEyeOfMordor: Who is the Correspondance Champion now? It has been some time since 2002... Feb-06-05    pawn52: <Benzol> I just e-mailed <chessgames.com> about volunteering for the effort. Hopefully I'll hear from them tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm going to hit the sack after I take care of some business on my computer. It's coming up on 2:00 AM Mountain Time. Feb-06-05    pawn52: <Benzol> Btw, I've literally been covered up with so much junk on my computer It's not even funny. But I'll save that story for another day. I am upset that I lost two UCCCT games and my lead in the tournament because of the internet connection problems. Sep-29-05    who: I didn't realize it, but his brief foray into OTB chess includes wins against people like Taimanov. Apr-20-06    BIDMONFA: Yakov Estrin ESTRIN, Yakov B. http://www.bidmonfa.com/estrin_yako... _ May-15-06    refutor: <http://www.ottawachessclub.com/patz... > wow that is still floating around? i figured it would have been relegated to dust in the internet wind by now ;) Apr-21-08    DarthStapler: Estrin's birthday Apr-21-09    whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_... Apr-21-09    whiteshark: "Only by playing gambits will the chessplayer begin to understand that getting active positions, with the possibility of landing combinative shots, will compensate him for the material sacrificed." --Estrin Apr-21-09    WhiteRook48: he's just a bit younger than my deceased grandfather! Apr-21-10    wordfunph: In 1946, Averbakh, then a 24-year-old engineering student in Moscow, discovered an idea in the Vienna Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. It was a neat discovery but the Vienna was falling out of fashion in the 1940s and Averbakh had to wait a long time for an opportunity to use it. The chance finally came against Yakov Estrin, a celebrated opening theoretician, in the 1964 Soviet Championship Semifinals. Estrin walked into the 18-year-old land mine, and the game ended almost immediately on the 17th move. May-22-10    Jonathan Sarfati: <wordfunph>, you mean Averbakh vs Estrin, 1964? Feb-05-11    GrahamClayton: [Event "?"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Estrin, Yakov"] [Black "Zivcov"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f3 c6 3. c4 c5 4. c3 e7 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O d3 7. b4 b6 8. e5 d6 9. g5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. e1 e5 12. xe5 dxe5 13. h5+ d8 14. h4 a5 15. xe5 f8 16. xg8 xg8 click for larger view 17. e8+ xe8 18. xf6+ e7 19. d5+ 1-0 Source: Bill Wall, “500 Italian Miniatures”, Chess Enterprises, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, 1987 Apr-21-12    LoveThatJoker: Happy Birthday, Champ! LTJ < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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