The chess games of Pavel Kotsur

Pavel Kotsur
Number of games in database: 278
Years covered: 1991 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2552
Highest rating achieved in database: 2600
Overall record: +97 -45 =101 (60.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      35 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (50)
    B45 B32 B54 B52 B84
English (16)
    A13 A16 A17 A15 A14
Scotch Game (8)
    C45
English, 1 c4 e5 (7)
    A20 A22 A29 A25
Sicilian Taimanov (7)
    B45 B48 B46 B47
King's Indian (6)
    E60 E69 E62 E86 E61

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (50)
    B42 B51 B58 B22 B23
Queen's Pawn Game (16)
    A40 A46 A45 A41 E00
Nimzo Indian (14)
    E38 E43 E21 E32 E20
Sicilian Kan (9)
    B42 B43 B41
Modern Benoni (8)
    A61 A67 A64 A68
Ruy Lopez (8)
    C78 C95 C87 C67 C69

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PAVEL KOTSUR
(born Jan-03-1974) Kazakhstan

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IM in 1993, GM in 1996. Rated 2607 in July 2004. FIDE Arbiter 2009. ICC: Pashket. Played in 6 olympiads 1994-2002 and 2008 Asian Team Ch 1995, 1999 and 2003, and in World Team Ch 1997 (board 1). Knocked out in 1st round of FIDE World Ch four times (1999, 2002, 2004 and 2005). 2nd (shared) in Abu Dhabi Masters 2003, 1st in Kaz/Uzb Zonal 2003, 1st in Pavlodar Open (Kazakhstan) Dec. 2007, 3rd in Parsvnath Open Jan. 2010. The Kazakhstan team chose him for their coach/captain for the 2012 Olympiad and he is also a FIDE Arbiter.

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page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 278

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. P Kotsur vs D Rogozenko	1-0	73	1991	URS-chT	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
2. Glek vs P Kotsur	1-0	54	1991	Azov	B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
3. P Kotsur vs Morozevich	0-1	40	1992	URS-ch U18	E60 King's Indian Defense
4. P Kotsur vs Savon	1-0	58	1993	Kurgan	B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
5. Rublevsky vs P Kotsur	½-½	23	1993	Kurgan	B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
6. P Kotsur vs E Pospelov	1-0	39	1994	Kurgan, RUS	B08 Pirc, Classical
7. P Kotsur vs Ftacnik	½-½	19	1994	Moscow olm KAZ-SVK	B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
8. P Kotsur vs V Predein	1-0	35	1994	Kurgan, RUS	B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
9. A Obukhov vs P Kotsur	½-½	28	1994	Kurgan, RUS	D72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line
10. P Kotsur vs D Chuprikov	1-0	45	1994	Kurgan, RUS	C41 Philidor Defense
11. P Kotsur vs Z Rahman	½-½	43	1994	Moscow ol (Men)	B30 Sicilian
12. P Kotsur vs B Avrukh	½-½	34	1994	Kurgan, RUS	B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
13. Nunn vs P Kotsur	0-1	64	1994	Moscow olm	B27 Sicilian
14. Balashov vs P Kotsur	½-½	50	1994	Kurgan	B23 Sicilian, Closed
15. S Galdunts vs P Kotsur	1-0	54	1994	Kurgan, RUS	B53 Sicilian
16. A Pugachov vs P Kotsur	½-½	9	1994	Kurgan, RUS	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
17. P Kotsur vs Rublevsky	0-1	47	1994	Kurgan, RUS	B40 Sicilian
18. P Kotsur vs B Alterman	½-½	51	1994	Moscow ol (Men)	B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
19. E Mochalov vs P Kotsur	1-0	32	1994	Kurgan, RUS	A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
20. Balashov vs P Kotsur	½-½	63	1995	Kurgan	B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
21. M Saltaev vs P Kotsur	1-0	25	1995	It (open), III	B27 Sicilian
22. Kupreichik vs P Kotsur	0-1	61	1995	Kurgan	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
23. P Kotsur vs Yurtaev	1-0	37	1995	It (cat.10)	C45 Scotch Game
24. P Kotsur vs P Corbin	1-0	29	1996	Yerevan ol (Men)	C40 King's Knight Opening
25. Short vs P Kotsur	½-½	34	1997	4th World Team Ch	B23 Sicilian, Closed


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Mar-09-06		PizzatheHut: I see that GM Kotsur is from Kazakhstan. Pardon my ignorance, but could anyone help me with some other GM's that are from Kazakhstan as well?

Mar-09-06		iron maiden: Darmen Sadvakasov of course. For a list of others, you can check the FIDE site: http://fide.com/ratings/topfed.phtm...

Mar-09-06		PizzatheHut: Thanks man, I appreciate it.

May-02-09		BIDMONFA: Pavel Kotsur KOTSUR, Pavel http://www.bidmonfa.com/kotsur_pave... _

Jan-24-10		Tabanus: GM Pavel Kotsur, Kazakhstan, born 3 January 1974. Now rated 2568, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... IM in 1993. GM in 1996. Rated 2607 in July 2004. FIDE Arbiter 2009. ICC: Pashket Played in the olympiads 1994 (board 3), 1996 (1st reserve), 1998 (bd. 3), 2000 (bd. 1), 2002 (bd. 1) and 2008 (bd. 2, 6.5/10), Asian Team Ch 1995 (bd. 3), 1999 (bd. 2) and 2003 (bd. 2), and in World Team Ch 1997 (board 1). Kazakhstani vice champion 2002 (and more?). Knocked out in 1st round of FIDE World Ch four times (1999, 2002, 2004 and 2005). Placed 4th in Kazakhstan Ch 2003, 2nd (shared) in Abu Dhabi Masters 2003, 1st in Kaz/Uzb Zonal 2003, 6th in Piloo Mody Open (India) Oct. 2004, 10th in Abu Dhabi Open Aug. 2005, 4th in ONGC Cup (India) March 2006, 2nd in in Kazakhstan Ch Aug. 2006, 11th in Dubai Open April 2007, 1st in Pavlodar Open (Kazakhstan) Dec. 2007, 34th in Moscow Open A Feb. 2009, 3rd in Parsvnath Open 14-22 Jan. 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr293... Biographies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_... http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawe%C... (in Polish) Pictures: http://www.arabfide.com/dubaiopen20... http://www.chessbase.de/2005/dubai/... http://iulianceausescu.files.wordpr...

Feb-04-11		Don Cossacks: The Kotsur-Zhou Weiqi game in Moscow Open 2011 was ambiguous.White was obviously winning but it was 0-1 any clarifications? http://open.moschess.ru/eng/Tournam...

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