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Alik Gershon
Number of games in database: 161
Years covered: 1992 to 2008
Last FIDE rating: 2476
Highest rating achieved in database: 2558
Overall record: +65 -36 =60 (59.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (15)      E92 E94 E90  Queen's Gambit Declined (9)      D31 D35 D36 D37  Grunfeld (7)      D97 D92  Slav (7)      D15 D10 D17  Semi-Slav (6)      D43 D44  Sicilian (6)      B47 B33 B27 B45 B40	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (36)      B62 B63 B64 B57 B56  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (14)      B62 B63 B64  Queen's Indian (13)      E12 E15 E14  Nimzo Indian (9)      E46 E20 E55 E58 E32  English, 1 c4 c5 (8)      A33 A36 A32  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      A46 E00

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Gershon vs B Kantsler, 2004 1-0
   A Gershon vs Timman, 2001 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Israeli Championship (2004)
   EU-ch 4th (2003)

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ALIK GERSHON (born Jun-03-1980, 34 years old) Ukraine (citizen of Israel) [what is this?] Grandmaster. He was the World Under-14 champion in 1994 and World Under-16 champion in 1996. Israeli champion in 2000 (=Boris Avrukh). The Guinness Book of Records certified his simultaneous exhibition against 523 opponents as being the largest ever by one player. The result, breaking Iranian GM Morteza Mahjoob 's 2009 world record, was 454 wins 58 draws and 11 losses. The exhibition started on 21 October 2010 and finished the next morning.* This record stood for only a few months until February 2011 before Iranian GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami in turn broke the record. * http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Wikipedia article: Alik Gershon

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 161  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Gershon vs P Stefanek   1-0 22 1992 Ch World (cadets) (under 12) C29 Vienna Gambit 2. V Malakhov vs A Gershon   ½-½ 54 1992 Wch U12 B83 Sicilian 3. Sutovsky vs A Gershon   1-0 48 1993 Tel Aviv B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 4. A Gershon vs Sadvakasov   0-1 50 1993 Wch U14 B40 Sicilian 5. A Gershon vs V Malakhov   0-1 51 1993 Wch U14 B27 Sicilian 6. Bagirov vs A Gershon   1-0 40 1994 Berliner Sommer A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 7. Kasparov vs A Gershon   1-0 46 1994 Tel Aviv ISR A10 English 8. A Gershon vs L Vajda   1-0 37 1994 WYFWC Szeged B14(8) C50 Giuoco Piano 9. A Gershon vs F Jenni   ½-½ 50 1995 Ch World (cadets) (under 16) C52 Evans Gambit 10. A Gershon vs P Simacek   1-0 23 1995 Ch World (cadets) (under 16) C55 Two Knights Defense 11. Lou Meng vs A Gershon 0-1 28 1995 Wch U16 A57 Benko Gambit 12. R Watfe vs A Gershon   0-1 29 1995 Wch U16 B23 Sicilian, Closed 13. A Gershon vs J Klovans   ½-½ 43 1996 It (open) C55 Two Knights Defense 14. Kasimdzhanov vs A Gershon   1-0 32 1997 Wch U20 A43 Old Benoni 15. Sutovsky vs A Gershon   1-0 55 1998 NY Open B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 16. Oral vs A Gershon   ½-½ 25 1998 Karl Wagner mem 5th B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 17. Bacrot vs A Gershon   ½-½ 23 1999 Mermaid Beach Club E12 Queen's Indian 18. A Gershon vs Chandler   1-0 38 1999 Mermaid Beach Club D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 19. A Gershon vs Pelletier   1-0 32 1999 Mermaid Beach Club D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. F Jenni vs A Gershon   1-0 36 2000 World Junior B56 Sicilian 21. A Gershon vs Pinter   0-1 72 2000 Stadt Casino op E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 22. A Gershon vs D Solak   ½-½ 53 2000 World Junior B42 Sicilian, Kan 23. Sutovsky vs A Gershon   1-0 47 2000 ISR-chT A08 King's Indian Attack 24. A Gershon vs N Kabanov   1-0 66 2000 World Junior E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 25. N Illijin vs A Gershon   0-1 39 2000 Stadt Casino op B42 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 161

Jun-03-08    BIDMONFA: Alik Gershon GERSHON, Alik http://www.bidmonfa.com/gershon_ali... _ Oct-15-10    ketchuplover: Good luck on your world record chess simul attempt. Oct-22-10    Whitehat1963: Cool! Gershon sets world record with his 19-hour simul exhibit. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/2010102... Oct-23-10    wordfunph: “Hopefully all our wars against Iran will be on the chessboard.” http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper... congrats GM Gershon! Oct-24-10    ketchuplover: ditto! Nov-11-10    jmi: "Bending the rules".... *cough cough* http://www.vosizneias.com/67891/201... "According to regulations, all players had to be registered members of the local chess association who reached a certain level of playing. However, Yedioth Ahronoth discovered that some 300 of the 525 players were school children, transported to the event on special buses. Most of the children were not members of the chess association, and some supposedly learned the rules of chess only a day before the competition. Some of the students who were approached by Yedioth Ahronoth were unable to answer fundamental questions about chess. On top of it, chess officials reportedly made sure that high-level chess players do not participate in the event. Notably, Gershon needed to win more than 80% of the games in order to break the record." Nov-12-10    eyalbd: The record is Kosher http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Mar-11-11    GrahamClayton: I liked Gershon's comment just before the exhibition - "I will get into the Guinness Book of Records either as the record breaker or the first person to drop dead while giving a simul."

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