Abram Borisovich Poliak
Number of games in database: 36
Years covered: 1929 to 1957
Overall record: +13 -11 =12 (52.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  Vienna Opening (4)      C29 C25	With the Black pieces:

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   Riumin vs A Poliak, 1929 0-1
   N Pavlov-Pianov vs A Poliak, 1929 1/2-1/2

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ABRAM BORISOVICH POLIAK (born Jun-27-1902, died 1996) Russia [what is this?] Abram Poliak was born in Proskurov*. He was champion of Tula in 1942. *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmeln...

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Pavlov-Pianov vs A Poliak   ½-½ 40 1929 USSR Championship D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 2. A Poliak vs Botvinnik 0-1 40 1929 Moscow Educational t D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. A Poliak vs Nenarokov   1-0 52 1929 USSR Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 4. A Poliak vs Ragozin   1-0 35 1929 USSR Championship D95 Grunfeld 5. Riumin vs A Poliak 0-1 17 1929 USSR Championship D05 Queen's Pawn Game 6. Rauzer vs A Poliak   0-1 51 1929 USSR Championship D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. Botvinnik vs A Poliak 1-0 37 1929 USSR Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. E Korchmar vs A Poliak 1-0 23 1931 Ukraine C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 9. Panov vs A Poliak 1-0 31 1934 Moscow C13 French 10. V Makogonov vs A Poliak   1-0 39 1938 URS-ch sf D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. Kasparian vs A Poliak   0-1 41 1938 Ch URS (1/2 final) C28 Vienna Game 12. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A Poliak   0-1 34 1938 URS-ch sf C42 Petrov Defense 13. Botvinnik vs A Poliak   1-0 25 1938 1/2 final D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. Chekhover vs A Poliak   1-0 27 1938 URS-ch sf C53 Giuoco Piano 15. A Poliak vs Gizatullin   0-1 43 1939 Ch \ A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 16. A Poliak vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 81 1942 Sverdlovsk B10 Caro-Kann 17. A Poliak vs Verlinsky   1-0 53 1945 Moscow-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 18. Flohr vs A Poliak   ½-½ 89 1945 Ch Moscow D05 Queen's Pawn Game 19. A Poliak vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 28 1945 Ch URS (1/2 final) C29 Vienna Gambit 20. A Poliak vs Smyslov   ½-½ 40 1945 11, Moscow-ch ;HCL 43 B03 Alekhine's Defense 21. A Poliak vs Bronstein 0-1 66 1945 Ch URS (1/2 final) C25 Vienna 22. Kotov vs A Poliak   ½-½ 46 1945 Moscow-ch+ D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. Ufimtsev vs A Poliak   ½-½ 51 1945 Ch URS (1/2 final) A08 King's Indian Attack 24. A Poliak vs Simagin   1-0 40 1945 Ch Moscow A44 Old Benoni Defense 25. A Poliak vs Verlinsky   1-0 37 1945 URS-sf A34 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36

May-09-12    sfm: Must be one of the strongest "virtually-unheard-of" players in the history of chess. What a score against famous players. May-09-12    whiteshark: Eternalised in <The Ukraine Immortal> E Korchmar vs A Poliak, 1931 Jun-27-12    brankat: Yes, he did produce some great games. R.I.P. master Poliak.

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