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Viacheslav Osnos

Pavel Kondratiev and Vyacheslav Osnos, 1965.

Number of games in database: 486
Years covered: 1956 to 2003
Last FIDE rating: 2384

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (42)      E60 E71 E62 E69 E67  Nimzo Indian (20)      E40 E55 E51 E20 E54  Grunfeld (17)      D72 D78 D74 D70 D71  Queen's Indian (15)      E16 E15 E14 E19 E12  Slav (14)      D11 D15 D18 D16 D14  English (14)      A17 A15 A10 A13 A12	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (99)      B44 B46 B65 B40 B48  Sicilian Taimanov (24)      B46 B48 B45 B47  Nimzo Indian (23)      E46 E21 E20 E59 E38  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (16)      B65 B63 B64 B67 B62  Bogo Indian (15)      E11  English (14)      A17 A14 A15 A13 A16

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Osnos vs G Ustinov, 1960 1-0
   V Osnos vs D Komarov, 1986 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 Lein, 1969 1-0
   V Osnos vs Y M Nikitin, 1969 1-0
   V Osnos vs Vasiukov, 1969 1-0
   V Osnos vs Piesina, 1979 1-0
   V Osnos vs G Zaichik, 1979 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 486  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Mikenas vs V Osnos   ½-½ 42 1956 URS-ch sf B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 2. V Osnos vs D Rovner   1-0 40 1956 URS-ch sf A07 King's Indian Attack 3. Petrosian vs V Osnos   ½-½ 28 1956 Moscow-ch B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 4. Tolush vs V Osnos   1-0 44 1956 URS-ch sf B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 5. Lisitsin vs V Osnos   ½-½ 41 1956 URS-ch sf A46 Queen's Pawn Game 6. V Osnos vs K Klaman   0-1 24 1956 URS-ch sf D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 7. V Osnos vs Y Neishtadt   1-0 52 1956 URS-ch sf A07 King's Indian Attack 8. E S Stoliar vs V Osnos   ½-½ 41 1956 URS-ch sf A16 English 9. Kotov vs V Osnos   1-0 41 1956 URS-ch sf E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 10. V Osnos vs A Khasin   ½-½ 18 1956 URS-ch sf E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 11. Ragozin vs V Osnos   0-1 38 1956 URS-ch sf B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 12. V Osnos vs Novotelnov   ½-½ 41 1956 URS-ch sf D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. P Kondratiev vs V Osnos   ½-½ 18 1956 URS-ch sf B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 14. V Osnos vs G Goldberg   ½-½ 26 1956 URS-ch sf D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O 15. V Osnos vs Spassky 1-0 51 1956 URS-ch sf A60 Benoni Defense 16. Geller vs V Osnos   ½-½ 22 1956 URS-ch sf E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 17. V Osnos vs Aronin 1-0 114 1956 URS-ch sf D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 18. V Osnos vs I Slepoy   ½-½ 44 1956 URS-ch sf D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Byvshev vs V Osnos   ½-½ 22 1956 URS-ch sf B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 20. J I Zilber vs V Osnos   1-0 45 1956 URS-ch sf D90 Grunfeld 21. V Osnos vs Bastrikov   1-0 42 1958 URS-ch sf E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 22. Y Shaposhnikov vs V Osnos   ½-½ 21 1958 URS-ch sf B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 23. Gufeld vs V Osnos   ½-½ 27 1958 URS-ch sf B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 24. V Osnos vs I Rubel   1-0 37 1958 URS-ch sf E16 Queen's Indian 25. Gipslis vs V Osnos   1-0 36 1958 URS-ch sf B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 486    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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