Photo courtesy of www.dimitri.org.

Leon Pliester
Number of games in database: 88
Years covered: 1976 to 2009
Last FIDE rating: 2365
Highest rating achieved in database: 2420
Overall record: +19 -42 =27 (36.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (13)      B90 B21 B91 B32 B28  Sicilian Najdorf (5)      B90 B99 B92 B91  Nimzo Indian (4)      E43 E52 E44 E41	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (13)      B90 B22 B82 B67 B81  Queen's Indian (5)      E15 E12 E17  Slav (5)      D17 D11 D12 D10  Sicilian Najdorf (4)      B90 B93

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Alekseev vs L Pliester, 2005 0-1

Search Sacrifice Explorer for Leon Pliester
Search Google for Leon Pliester
FIDE player card for Leon Pliester

LEON PLIESTER (born Aug-20-1954, died Oct-23-2012) Netherlands [what is this?] He was an International Master.

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 88  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Pliester vs Euwe   0-1 30 1976 Holland C29 Vienna Gambit 2. L Pliester vs J Schollmann   1-0 50 1977 NLD (m/ ) C44 King's Pawn Game 3. R C Balinas vs L Pliester   1-0 31 1979 Lloyds Bank Open C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. R Nokes vs L Pliester   0-1 40 1981 Ramsgate op C28 Vienna Game 5. L Pliester vs Timman   0-1 19 1982 Nederland tt A13 English 6. L Pliester vs M Trepp   1-0 37 1982 Politiken Cup E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 7. A Kuligowski vs L Pliester   1-0 41 1982 Amsterdam D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. G Timmerman vs L Pliester   ½-½ 24 1982 Amsterdam C45 Scotch Game 9. L Pliester vs Van der Wiel   0-1 25 1983 Ostende 36/189 B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 10. Timman vs L Pliester   1-0 41 1983 Rotterdam A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation 11. L Pliester vs Nunn   0-1 31 1984 Lugano A04 Reti Opening 12. F Braga vs L Pliester   ½-½ 41 1985 10s, Copenhagen Open C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 13. L Pliester vs R Hartoch   1-0 62 1985 Amsterdam (Netherlands) C26 Vienna 14. M Reinert vs L Pliester   ½-½ 28 1985 It (open) C55 Two Knights Defense 15. Piket vs L Pliester   0-1 76 1985 Amsterdam op D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 16. L Pliester vs Zsuzsa Polgar 1-0 41 1985 It, Amsterdam (Netherlands) C19 French, Winawer, Advance 17. Marjanovic vs L Pliester   ½-½ 44 1986 Amsterdam (Netherlands) C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 18. Illescas Cordoba vs L Pliester 1-0 38 1986 It Holon (ISR) A45 Queen's Pawn Game 19. J Brenninkmeijer vs L Pliester   1-0 40 1987 Dieren op E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 20. L Pliester vs Dreev 0-1 31 1989 It (open) D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. G Welling vs L Pliester   1-0 30 1989 Dutch ch 1/2 finals A07 King's Indian Attack 22. Bisguier vs L Pliester   ½-½ 35 1989 New York 04 E12 Queen's Indian 23. Piket vs L Pliester   1-0 39 1990 Hilversum NED ch D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Van der Wiel vs L Pliester 1-0 26 1990 Nederland (ch) 49/156 B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 25. H P Garcia vs L Pliester   1-0 53 1991 Groningen Open C29 Vienna Gambit  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 88    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Pliester wins | Pliester loses

Jun-27-07    BIDMONFA: Leon Pliester PLIESTER, Leon http://www.bidmonfa.com/pliester_le... _ Aug-11-12    GrahamClayton: Looks like Ron Jeremy's brother! Aug-11-12    Stonehenge: Yes, he's about the same size. Oct-24-12    Gryz: IM Leon Pliester died yesterday, October 23rd 2012, at the age of 58. R.I.P. News at the Dutch Chess Federation website. http://www.schaakbond.nl/2012/leon-... Leon Pliester passed away this morning (23rd October) in Rotterdam. His friends notified us. Pliester suffered from a disease of the liver, which had affected his kidneys too. The IM from Amsterdam had a University degree in Psychology. He died at the age of 58 years. During the last years Pliester played for BSG Bussum. He played his last game against Mart Nabuurs of De Stukkenjagers on September 15th 2012. The game reached a draw after 10 moves. In 1990 he participated at the Dutch Championship in Hilversum. He ended shared 10th out of 11 players with 4 points. In 2005 he played in Group C at the Corus Tournament, and scored 5 out of 12 points. One of his victories there was against strong GM Jevgenji Aleksejev. Oct-24-12    Gryz: A bit more information about Leon Pliester can be found here: http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/d... Oct-24-12    Stonehenge: RIP IM Pliester.

NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, totally anonymous, and 100% free--plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now.

Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, or duplicating posts. No personal attacks against other users. Nothing in violation of United States law. See something which violates our rules? Blow the whistle and inform an administrator. NOTE: Keep all discussion on the topic of this page. This forum is for this specific player and nothing else. If you want to discuss chess in general, or this site, you might try the Kibitzer's Café.

Messages posted by Chessgames members do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors.