Vadim Ruban
Number of games in database: 91
Years covered: 1984 to 1996
Last FIDE rating: 2545
Highest rating achieved in database: 2555
Overall record: +20 -28 =43 (45.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (8)      E97 E94 E60 E92 E76  Queen's Gambit Declined (6)      D37 D30 D35  Queen's Indian (5)      E15 E14  Dutch Defense (5)      A81 A90  Queen's Gambit Accepted (4)      D22 D26 D20	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (23)      B62 B57 B51 B80 B66  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (8)      B62 B66  Semi-Tarrasch Defense (6)      D40 D41  Queen's Gambit Declined (5)      D35 D31 D37

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Ruban vs A Poluljahov, 1994 1-0

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VADIM RUBAN (born Jun-13-1964) Russia [what is this?] Vadim Nikolaevich Ruban is a Grandmaster.

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Ruban vs Khalifman   ½-½ 56 1984 Cup URS E92 King's Indian 2. V Ruban vs V Vorotnikov   0-1 29 1985 USSR D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Baburin vs V Ruban   0-1 53 1986 Tournament (team) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. A Vaulin vs V Ruban   1-0 42 1986 Smolensk B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 5. G Timoshchenko vs V Ruban   1-0 44 1987 URS-ch otbor D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 6. V Ruban vs Kholmov   1-0 67 1987 URS-ch otbor E14 Queen's Indian 7. S Smagin vs V Ruban   0-1 42 1987 URS-ch otbor D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. V Ruban vs Baburin   ½-½ 18 1988 Ch Russia D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. V Ruban vs Miles 0-1 26 1988 Beograd 46/19 A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 10. V Ruban vs Kholmov   0-1 53 1988 RSFSR-ch E14 Queen's Indian 11. V Ruban vs Marjanovic   ½-½ 33 1988 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 12. Antoshin vs V Ruban   0-1 43 1988 RSFSR-ch A02 Bird's Opening 13. V Ruban vs Balashov   ½-½ 24 1988 URS-OT56 Uzhgorod E15 Queen's Indian 14. Kholmov vs V Ruban   0-1 60 1989 Spring op B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 15. Shirov vs V Ruban   ½-½ 15 1989 It (cat.9) C53 Giuoco Piano 16. Chiburdanidze vs V Ruban   0-1 29 1989 Sochi-A B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 17. V Ruban vs Kholmov   ½-½ 59 1989 Sochi-A E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 18. Jiri Nun vs V Ruban   0-1 51 1989 Sochi-A B22 Sicilian, Alapin 19. G Timoshenko vs V Ruban ½-½ 42 1989 Tiblisi B83 Sicilian 20. Vyzmanavin vs V Ruban 1-0 31 1989 Sochi (Russia) D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 21. Razuvaev vs V Ruban   1-0 37 1989 Sochi-A A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 22. V Ruban vs Dreev   0-1 80 1989 Tbilisi (Georgia) D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 23. Shabalov vs V Ruban   ½-½ 41 1989 Tbilisi 47/249 [Shabalov,A] B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 24. V Ruban vs Uhlmann   1-0 72 1989 Budapest C18 French, Winawer 25. V Ruban vs Geller   ½-½ 23 1989 Sochi D37 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91

Oct-06-09    Tabanus: GM Vadim Ruban, Russia, born 13 June 1964. Current rating 2545, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... but no FIDE rated games since 1996. Russian (RSFSR) champion 1988 (shared with Ratmir Kholmov). IM in 1989, GM in 1991. Rating peak 2595 in 1993 (world no. 54). What became of him? Dec-19-10    BIDMONFA: Vadim Ruban RUBAN, Vadim http://www.bidmonfa.com/ruban_vadim... _ Jun-16-11    SvetlanaBabe: Why haven't I heard of this chessplayer before? He seems to be a very strong player. Aug-09-11    whiteshark: Between 1990 and mid 1993 he was within top 100 league: http://www.schachchronik.de/ratings... Sep-24-11    siggemannen: So, what happened to Vadim?

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