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Viacheslav Osnos

Pavel Kondratiev and Vyacheslav Osnos, 1965.

Number of games in database: 485
Years covered: 1956 to 2003
Last FIDE rating: 2384

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (41)      E71 E60 E62 E69 E67  Nimzo Indian (20)      E40 E55 E20 E45 E54  Grunfeld (19)      D72 D78 D75 D70 D74  Queen's Indian (15)      E16 E15 E14 E19 E18  English (14)      A17 A10 A12 A15 A13  Slav (12)      D11 D19 D16 D18 D13	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (102)      B46 B44 B65 B40 B54  Nimzo Indian (24)      E46 E20 E49 E58 E59  Sicilian Taimanov (20)      B46 B48 B47  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (16)      B65 B63 B64 B66 B67  Bogo Indian (15)      E11  English (13)      A17 A14 A15 A13

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Osnos vs G Ustinov, 1960 1-0
   V Osnos vs Geller, 1967 1-0
   V Osnos vs Aronin, 1956 1-0
   Simagin vs V Osnos, 1960 0-1
   V Osnos vs A Shagalovich, 1967 1-0
   V Osnos vs A Lein, 1968 1-0
   V Osnos vs G Zaichik, 1979 1-0
   V Osnos vs Y Sakharov, 1968 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   USSR Championship (1965)
   USSR Championship 1964/65 (1964)
   USSR Championship 1968/69 (1968)
   USSR Championship (1967)
   USSR Championship 1966/67 (1966)
   USSR Championship (1963)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Osnos' best games by Imohthep

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VIACHESLAV OSNOS (born Jul-24-1935, died Aug-27-2009, 74 years old) Russia [what is this?] Viacheslav Vulfovich Osnos was born on the 24th of July 1935 in the USSR. Awarded the IM title in 1965, he played in the Soviet championships from 1963 to 1968 and was two time Leningrad Champion, in 1971 and 1980. He placed first in the international tournament in Debretsen (Hungary) of 1969. He acted as a trainer and second to Viktor Korchnoi in his 1968 Candidates Match against Mikhail Tal, and again in his 1974 Candidates Match against Anatoly Karpov. He also was an author, writing opening books: A Reti Debut (1990) and The Attack of Rauzer-Richter (1998). Osnos was a frequent contributor to New in Chess. Wikipedia article: Vyacheslav Osnos Last updated: 2018-06-17 21:49:39

page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 485  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Osnos vs Spassky 1-0 51 1956 URS-ch sf A60 Benoni Defense 2. Geller vs V Osnos   ½-½ 22 1956 URS-ch sf E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 3. V Osnos vs Aronin 1-0 114 1956 URS-ch sf D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 4. V Osnos vs I Slepoy   ½-½ 44 1956 URS-ch sf D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. Byvshev vs V Osnos   ½-½ 22 1956 URS-ch sf B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 6. J I Zilber vs V Osnos   1-0 45 1956 URS-ch sf D90 Grunfeld 7. V Mikenas vs V Osnos   ½-½ 42 1956 URS-ch sf B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 8. V Osnos vs D Rovner   1-0 40 1956 URS-ch sf A07 King's Indian Attack 9. Petrosian vs V Osnos   ½-½ 28 1956 Moscow-ch B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 10. Tolush vs V Osnos   1-0 44 1956 URS-ch sf B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 11. Lisitsin vs V Osnos   ½-½ 41 1956 URS-ch sf A46 Queen's Pawn Game 12. V Osnos vs K Klaman   0-1 24 1956 URS-ch sf D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 13. V Osnos vs Y Neishtadt   1-0 52 1956 URS-ch sf A07 King's Indian Attack 14. E S Stoliar vs V Osnos   ½-½ 41 1956 URS-ch sf A16 English 15. Kotov vs V Osnos   1-0 41 1956 URS-ch sf E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 16. V Osnos vs A Khasin   ½-½ 18 1956 URS-ch sf E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 17. Ragozin vs V Osnos   0-1 38 1956 URS-ch sf B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 18. P Kondratiev vs V Osnos   ½-½ 18 1956 URS-ch sf B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 19. V Osnos vs Novotelnov   ½-½ 41 1956 URS-ch sf D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 20. V Osnos vs G Goldberg   ½-½ 26 1956 URS-ch sf D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O 21. V Tarasov vs V Osnos   ½-½ 32 1958 URS-ch sf B06 Robatsch 22. V Osnos vs Kholmov   ½-½ 22 1958 URS-ch sf A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 23. Byvshev vs V Osnos   1-0 49 1958 URS-ch sf E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 24. V Osnos vs A Grushevsky   1-0 41 1958 URS-ch sf E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 25. Simagin vs V Osnos   1-0 40 1958 URS-ch sf B22 Sicilian, Alapin  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 485    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Osnos wins | Osnos loses

Jul-24-08    brankat: Happy Birthday Viacheslav! Jul-24-08    jperr75108: Happy Birthday indeed! Aug-28-09    ROADDOG: Thoughts and prayers for the Osnos family today. His contributions to the chess world will be remembered. Aug-28-09    whiteshark: Rest in Peace, V.Osnos. Aug-28-09    Eastfrisian: R.I.P. Aug-28-09    Sem: I saw him once during one of the youth world championships in Groningen (Holland), late 70's. He sat in the analysis room, going through a game of one of his pupils, with a fellow Russian. Aug-28-09    WhiteRook48: he died yesterday?!?! Aug-28-09    Jason Frost: R.I.P Sep-20-09    siggemannen: RIP Viacheslav, I liked your Reti-book a lot! Nov-17-10    stanleys: <<siggemannen:>> <I liked your Reti-book a lot!> Me too!I keep playing Reti,following Osnos' recommandations and my results are good. Some positions from Osnos'games (in Russian): http://e3e5.com/article.php?id=1593 May-12-11    myschkin: . . . Photo (~1965): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... with his teacher Pavel E Kondratiev Aug-28-12    BIDMONFA: Viacheslav Osnos OSNOS, Vyacheslav http://www.bidmonfa.com/osnos_vyach... _ Dec-23-15    jerseybob: The picture up top has the names reversed; it's Osnos on the left.

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