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Aleksander Arulaid

Number of games in database: 101
Years covered: 1942 to 1976
Overall record: +31 -49 =21 (41.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (16) 
    B27 B92 B88 B90 B29
 Orthodox Defense (5) 
    D50 D52 D61 D68
 Ruy Lopez (4) 
    C99 C77 C82 C95
 Sicilian Najdorf (4) 
    B90 B92
With the Black pieces:
 Nimzo Indian (12) 
    E40 E26 E25 E21 E33
 Ruy Lopez (9) 
    C86 C78 C97 C75 C91
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (7) 
    C86 C89 C99 C91 C97
 French Defense (5) 
    C07 C02 C11
 Grunfeld (4) 
    D90 D85 D94 D75
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Arulaid vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1949 1-0
   A Arulaid vs Simagin, 1949 1-0
   A Arulaid vs I Szabo, 1969 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Estonian Championship (1961)
   URS-ch qf Tallinn (1956)
   Tallinn (1969)
   URS-ch sf Tallinn (1959)
   URS-ch sf Vilnius (1949)


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ALEKSANDER ARULAID
(born May-24-1924, died Jul-09-1995, 71 years old) Estonia

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Aleksander Arulaid was Estonian champion in 1948, 1955 and 1964.

In 1944/45 Aleksander Arulaid ranked third in the Estonian and Latvian strongest players tournament in Riga after Paul Keres and Alexander Koblencs. After World War II he was one of the leading chess players in Estonia. In 1945 Arulaid won a tournament in Tallinn. In 1948 he was second place in Baku tournament.

Arulaid was the winner of Tallinn Chess Championships in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1968. In 1954 and 1967 he won the traditional National Tournament in Pärnu. He played in Soviet Chess Championships semifinals three times (1949, 1955, 1964) and played for Estonia in the Soviet Team Chess Championships five times (1953, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1967).

Wikipedia article: Aleksander Arulaid

Last updated: 2022-03-25 15:56:14

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 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 101  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Keres vs A Arulaid 1-0361942EST-chE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
2. A Arulaid vs Keres  ½-½301943EST-chC49 Four Knights
3. Keres vs A Arulaid 1-037194403.12.44E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
4. A Arulaid vs Keres 0-1291945Latvia/Estonia tournamentC46 Three Knights
5. Keres vs A Arulaid  1-0501945Ch Estonia (open)C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
6. J Turn vs A Arulaid  0-1231945Ch- Baltic RepublicsC59 Two Knights
7. Koblents vs A Arulaid  1-0271945Ch- Baltic RepublicsE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
8. V Saigin vs A Arulaid  0-14019481st Soviet Team-ch prelimE17 Queen's Indian
9. A Sokolsky vs A Arulaid  ½-½361949URS-ch sf VilniusA19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation
10. A Arulaid vs F Duz-Khotimirsky 1-0321949URS-ch sf VilniusC77 Ruy Lopez
11. A Arulaid vs V Chekhover  ½-½551949URS-ch sf VilniusD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. A Arulaid vs G Bastrikov  0-1541949URS-ch sf VilniusB08 Pirc, Classical
13. N Kopaev vs A Arulaid  ½-½641949URS-ch sf VilniusE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
14. A Arulaid vs I Vistaneckis  ½-½461949URS-ch sf VilniusC19 French, Winawer, Advance
15. V Kirillov vs A Arulaid  ½-½231949URS-ch sf VilniusD90 Grunfeld
16. Furman vs A Arulaid  1-0381949URS-ch sf VilniusE26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
17. N Aratovsky vs A Arulaid  1-0371949URS-ch sf VilniusE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
18. I Vatnikov vs A Arulaid  1-0381949URS-ch sf VilniusD75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5
19. A Arulaid vs B Ratner  1-0431949URS-ch sf VilniusD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
20. D Rovner vs A Arulaid  ½-½321949URS-ch sf VilniusD85 Grunfeld
21. G Podolny vs A Arulaid  0-1601949URS-ch sf VilniusD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
22. A Arulaid vs Simagin 1-0531949URS-ch sf VilniusC05 French, Tarrasch
23. A Arulaid vs A Bannik  0-1751949URS-ch sf VilniusC99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
24. A Arulaid vs V Mikenas  0-1291949URS-ch sf VilniusD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. A Arulaid vs V Byvshev  0-1441949URS-ch sf VilniusB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-21-04  Benzol: Alexander Arulaid
Born 24th May in 1924
He was Estonian Champion in 1948, 1955 and 1964.
May-24-10  whiteshark: <Aleksander Arulaid> † 9th July 1995 RIP
May-24-10  DarthStapler: This guy must have gotten laid a lot
Oct-09-10  GRANTZIERER: His notable games are great despite his record

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