Leonid Stein
Number of games in database: 691
Years covered: 1951 to 1973
Highest rating achieved in database: 2620
Overall record: +280 -78 =331 (64.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (67)      C91 C93 C92 C96 C95  Sicilian (67)      B44 B32 B47 B92 B42  Ruy Lopez, Closed (47)      C91 C93 C92 C96 C95  French Defense (26)      C19 C05 C07 C11 C16  English (25)      A15 A17 A16 A14 A10  King's Indian Attack (24)      A07 A08	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (103)      B27 B57 B61 B31 B60  King's Indian (89)      E82 E92 E80 E62 E69  Grunfeld (33)      D90 D93 D79 D87 D86  Modern Benoni (21)      A56 A79 A57 A64 A75  Ruy Lopez (21)      C92 C95 C89 C96 C98  Ruy Lopez, Closed (16)      C92 C95 C89 C96 C98

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Krogius vs Stein, 1960 0-1
   Gligoric vs Stein, 1962 0-1
   Stein vs Portisch, 1962 1-0
   Stein vs Smyslov, 1972 1-0
   Stein vs R Hartoch, 1969 1-0
   Stein vs Tal, 1971 1-0
   Stein vs Petrosian, 1961 1-0
   Poltoranov vs Stein, 1955 0-1
   Stein vs Golombek, 1968 1-0
   Keene vs Stein, 1967 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Leonid Stein - Master of Risk Strategy by jakaiden
   Leonid Stein - Master of Attack by Kasekrainer
   Leonid Stein's Best Games by KingG
   Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors Vol. 3 by Anatoly21
   USSR Zonal 1964 by Phony Benoni

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LEONID STEIN (born Nov-12-1934, died Jul-04-1973) Ukraine (citizen of Russia) [what is this?] Leonid Zakharovich Stein was born in the Ukraine in 1934. He became a master at the age of twenty-four--unusually late for one who goes on to become a player of his caliber. Three years later he qualified for the Soviet Championship for the first time, placing third and gaining the International Grandmaster title. In the 1960's, he signaled his arrival among the world's elite with a string of strong tournament victories, including three U.S.S.R. Championships. Although he never qualified for the Candidates, he came extremely close in 1962 and 1964 (when he would have qualified if not for a rule restricting the number of candidates from one country) and again in 1967 (where he was eliminated after drawing a tie-break playoff with Vlastimil Hort and Samuel Reshevsky due to the latter's better tiebreaks). Stein might have qualified in the 1973 cycle, but as he was preparing to leave for Bath, he collapsed of an apparent heart attack in the Rossiya Hotel in Moscow, only 38 years old. Garry Kasparov wrote that Stein "went beyond the bounds of Botvinnik-Smyslov harmony, expanding the limits of our understanding of the game, changing our impressions of the correlation of material and quality of position, of situations with disrupted material and strategic balance, and created the grounds for the emergence of modern, ultra-dynamic chess." (My Great Predecessors Vol. 3, p. 231)

page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 691  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Lazarev vs Stein   0-1 34 1951 Ukrainian Junior Ch C05 French, Tarrasch 2. L Goltsov vs Stein 0-1 33 1955 Tournament E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 3. Poltoranov vs Stein 0-1 25 1955 Ch Armed Forces A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 4. Liublinsky vs Stein   0-1 34 1955 Ch Armed Forces C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 5. Stein vs V Soloviev   1-0 36 1956 Ch Armed Forces B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 6. E Zagorjansky vs Stein   0-1 49 1956 Ch Moscow (1/2 final) E70 King's Indian 7. M Usachyi vs Stein 0-1 34 1957 Ch Ukraine A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 8. B Vladimirov vs Stein   0-1 57 1957 RUS-UKR m A56 Benoni Defense 9. Stein vs Flohr 0-1 33 1957 Ch Ukraine B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 10. Stein vs B Vladimirov   ½-½ 29 1957 RUS-UKR m B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 11. Savon vs Stein   ½-½ 13 1959 UKR-ch E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 12. Shamkovich vs Stein   ½-½ 73 1959 Olympiad URS E70 King's Indian 13. I Nei vs Stein   ½-½ 20 1959 URS-ch sf playoff D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 14. Stein vs Kliavin 1-0 34 1959 Olympiad URS B42 Sicilian, Kan 15. Gufeld vs Stein   ½-½ 53 1959 UKR-ch C44 King's Pawn Game 16. Bannik vs Stein   0-1 66 1959 UKR-ch E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 17. Stein vs I Nei 1-0 62 1959 URS-ch sf playoff A06 Reti Opening 18. Stein vs M Shishov   ½-½ 48 1959 Olympiad URS C44 King's Pawn Game 19. Stein vs V Osnos 1-0 24 1959 Ch URS (1/2 final) B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 20. Stein vs Averbakh   ½-½ 48 1959 Olympiad URS C44 King's Pawn Game 21. Stein vs Spassky ½-½ 18 1959 USSR club Ch C21 Center Game 22. I Nei vs Stein   1-0 32 1959 URS-ch sf playoff A35 English, Symmetrical 23. Stein vs Y Krutikhin   ½-½ 44 1959 Olympiad URS B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 24. Remeniuk vs Stein 1-0 19 1959 Kharkov (Ukraine) B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 25. Stein vs Zamikhovsky   1-0 50 1959 UKR-ch D31 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 691    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Stein wins | Stein loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing > May-07-09    parisattack: Actually, he WAS on it at one time - now gone... There are many 'lessor lights' on the list, Stein definately deserves inclusion, IMHO. I have found quite a few Stein games in old Shakmatnyi Byulletins and CCCPs not in the CG database or either of the two English language Stein tomes. As I get time I will post as a collection. Perhaps my mentor <Chessman95> will assist? May-07-09    talisman: <kamalakanta> Hi!... he's back! <parisattack> i agree with everything. Dissapointed is the word. limited to one year??? why? May-07-09    HeMateMe: that book of his, the tactical puzzles, is very tough, very useful if you want to beef up your tactical vision. May-07-09    Shams: Chessgames, once again you have stripped Leonid Stein from the home page drop-down menu. You have some kind 'a pree-de-lick-shun? May-11-09    kamalakanta: Hi! Stein is available in the drop-down menu, if you change your preferences and choose a "longer list of players on home-page". Then he becomes visible. May-31-09    RickN: I think it was a great "lost" for the world of chess players : Leonid died at 39 years old : (excuse me for my english :I live in Belgium). I began to interest me to the career of Leonid Stein (I was 34 years). I don't say why, but I am sure that he would to become a "top 10" in the circle of GMI's world ! Claude (Belgium). (PS : game 5 of Petrossian - Botvinnik (0/1), 1963, is one of my "prefered" games : domination of bishop by a "magic" knight) Jul-17-09    totololo: A lot of rumors I heard at that time around his death.... Any conspiracy theory? Documents?.... Jul-17-09    talisman: <totololo> naw...just friends being discreet. he wasn't... alone. Sep-17-09    tivrfoa: see guys. people need to stop to smoke. mainly chess players, because it's not a dynamic activity. =) Sep-21-09    returnoftheking: <talisman> out of curiosity; how do you know this ? Oct-05-09    returnoftheking: picture of stein vs. Kanko at the student olympiads, a game not in the database. http://www.olimpbase.org/1961y/img/... Oct-05-09    parisattack: We were all young, once! Scheveningen Sicilian - Stein won in 25. Oct-05-09    returnoftheking: Eyewitness?? If you are interested there are a lot more pictures at the main site. Oct-05-09    parisattack: No, its in Chesslab.com. ;) Thanks, I will take a look. Oct-16-09    parisattack: There are eight well-annotated Stein games in: Chess Secrets - Great Attackers. FYI the other Great Attackers are Tal and Kasparov. I would have placed Stein in the Power Play volume of this series but happy to see more of his games annotated. The only Stein tomes I know are: Leonid Stein, Master of Attack (Keene) and Leonid Stein, Master of Risk Strategy (Gufeld, Lazarev). Oct-21-09    Richard Taylor: It's not good to see him smoking - probably bad eating habits, drinking and smoking killed him. Oct-21-09    FHBradley: A pretty standard cause of death, then. Oct-21-09    Richard Taylor: Avoidable, and thus quite unnecessary, though, and if he could have lived longer, as he died quite young: who knows what else he may have done? Korchnoi doesn't smoke or drink , and hasn't done for years. This benefited his play greatly and his life. The photo of him smoking fills me with disgust. Nov-15-09    vonKrolock: Many photos of the young Stein, in the new online article with commented games <"Леонид Штейн. Молодые годы"> or 'LS. Youth Years' by A. Michalchishin http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2009... Nov-16-09    JIRKA KADLEC: Vladislav SHIYANOVSKY - Leonid STEIN - Ukraine Team Ch.1950: 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Se2 g6?! (7...Be7) 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Bg5 Bf6?! ( 9...Qd7) 10.Bh6 Nc6 11.Nbd2 (11.Nc3; 11.Re1) 11...Qe7 12.c5?! ( 12.Re1 0-0-0 13 h3 Bd7? 14. Bf1! ) 12...dxc5 13.dxc5 Nd7 14.Qa4?! ( 14.Bb5! Qxc5 15.Qa4 Qh5 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qxc6 Rb8 18.Rae1 Be6 19. Rxe6! fxe6 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Bg5 ; 14...Nce5 15. Bxd7 ; 14...Bxb2 15.Rb1 Be5 16. Qa4 ; 14...Nxc5 15.b4 Ne6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qa4 ) 14...Be6? ( 14...0-0-0! )15.Bb5! / Qxc5 (15...Nce5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Rae1 f6 18.Rxe5! ; 17...c6 18.Bxc6! ) 16.Ne4 Qf5 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qxc6 Rb8 20.Rad1 Rb6 21.Qxc7 Qd8 22.Qxa7 Qb8 23.Rxd7! Bxd7 24.Re1+ Kd8 (24...Be6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Qg7) 25.Qa5 Kc8 26.Bf4! Qb7 27.Qc3+ - 1:0. Nov-18-09    JIRKA KADLEC: GOLEMBO - STEIN (Lviv 1948,Tournam.IV.cat.): 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 exf4 4.d4 d6 5.Bxf4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.0-0 0-0 9.d5 Nb8 10.Bd3 c6 11.e5?! ( 11. Qd2 ) 11...dxe5 12. dxc6?! ( 12.Bxe5= ) 12...Nxc6?! ( 12...exf4! / ) 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Qb6+?! ( 14...Ng4 ) 15. Kh1 Bd6?? ( 15...Be6 ) 16. Bxf6 ( 16.Rxf6! ) 16...gxf6 17.Rxf6? ( 17.Qh5 1:0 ) 17...Qc7 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Rxd6? (19. Qh5+ 1:0 ) 19...Rad8? (19...Bf5! / ) 20.Qh5+ Kg7 21. Qg5+ - 1:0 Nov-18-09    parisattack: <JIRKA KADLEC:> Thanks for these? Source, please? Bulletins? Nov-19-09    JIRKA KADLEC: <parisattack:> Shiyanovsky - S: Автор: Э. Е. Гуфельд, Е. М. Лазарев Год: 1980 Golembo - S: http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2009... Comment.: J.K. Nov-19-09    Benzol: <JIRKA KADLEC> Have you uploaded these games into the database? Nov-19-09    returnoftheking: thanks krolock, kadlec! Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 13) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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