Vadim Milov
Number of games in database: 603
Years covered: 1990 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2643
Highest rating achieved in database: 2705
Overall record: +217 -108 =199 (60.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      79 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (95)      E49 E41 E43 E48 E46  Slav (36)      D10 D12 D11 D13 D15  Queen's Pawn Game (24)      A40 A41 A45 A50 E00  Grunfeld (23)      D85 D91 D94 D86 D87  Queen's Gambit Declined (21)      D35 D30 D31 D06 D37  King's Indian (20)      E70 E73 E75 E77	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (111)      B42 B43 B40 B22 B30  Sicilian Kan (54)      B42 B43 B41  King's Indian (34)      E94 E63 E71 E91 E92  Queen's Gambit Declined (27)      D38 D37 D30 D35  Queen's Pawn Game (19)      A40 D02 E10 A45 A46  Nimzo Indian (16)      E32 E51 E56 E58 E42

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Milov vs O Renet, 2002 1-0
   Anand vs V Milov, 2005 0-1
   Korchnoi vs V Milov, 1994 0-1
   V Milov vs J Eriksson, 2000 1-0
   V Milov vs Judit Polgar, 2001 1-0
   Anand vs V Milov, 1997 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Biel 1995 by suenteus po 147
   Biel 1996 by suenteus po 147
   Biel 2000 by suenteus po 147
   Intel Rapid Chess Grand Prix 1994 - Paris by amadeus

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VADIM MILOV (born Aug-01-1972) Russia (citizen of Switzerland) [what is this?] Vadim Milov was born August 1, 1972 in Russia. Following the collapse of the USSR he relocated to Israel, before finally settling in Switzerland in 1996. He has been the highest-rated Swiss player for many years and has been ranked as high as 22nd in the world (on the FIDE rating lists of July and October 2004). Recent tournament successes include joint first places at Santo Domingo 2003, Geneva 2004, and the U.S. Open of 2005. He also won the Corsica Masters International Rapid (2005) by defeating Viswanathan Anand in the finals, and the 2007 Chicago Open after defeating Yury Shulman in an Armageddon tiebreaker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_...

page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 603  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Maljutin vs V Milov   0-1 35 1990 URS-ch U20 B30 Sicilian 2. V Milov vs Kramnik 0-1 35 1990 Ch URS (juniors) D00 Queen's Pawn Game 3. V Milov vs Rublevsky 1-0 41 1990 Sochi D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 4. V Milov vs Bronstein   1-0 40 1991 Rishon le Zion E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line 5. V Milov vs V Beim   0-1 28 1991 Rishon Le Ziyyon B07 Pirc 6. V Milov vs Z Gofshtein   ½-½ 39 1992 ISR-ch B06 Robatsch 7. V Milov vs G Michelakis   0-1 28 1992 Wch U20 E20 Nimzo-Indian 8. V Milov vs E Porper   1-0 40 1992 ISR-ch D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. V Milov vs P H Nielsen   1-0 45 1992 Wch U20 E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 10. Y Stisis vs V Milov   0-1 41 1992 ISR-ch B32 Sicilian 11. E Kahn vs V Milov   0-1 41 1992 Wch U20 D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. B Alterman vs V Milov   0-1 75 1992 ISR-ch D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 13. V Milov vs B Annakov   1-0 66 1992 Wch U20 A81 Dutch 14. V Milov vs A Kveinys   0-1 49 1993 Zillertal op B40 Sicilian 15. Hertneck vs V Milov   1-0 43 1993 Zillertal op D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 16. V Milov vs V Arbakov   1-0 34 1993 Biel MTO op E20 Nimzo-Indian 17. V Milov vs E Magerramov   ½-½ 33 1993 Berliner Sommer E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 18. Z Gofshtein vs V Milov   1-0 40 1993 Oberwart op D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. Pelletier vs V Milov   0-1 67 1993 Biel op D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 20. J Hickl vs V Milov   1-0 36 1993 Zillertal op A00 Uncommon Opening 21. F Braunberger vs V Milov   0-1 50 1993 Ticino op A34 English, Symmetrical 22. V Milov vs Tseshkovsky   1-0 40 1993 Biel MTO op B07 Pirc 23. M Steinbacher vs V Milov   ½-½ 105 1993 Berliner Sommer E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 24. V Milov vs I Radulov   1-0 34 1993 Heraklio op D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 25. A Lein vs V Milov   0-1 69 1993 Berliner Sommer D02 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 603

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-26-05    vonKrolock: <Maroczy> Yes, he has a talent, indeed Euro-Championship in Poland - quick update <1. Nisipeanu, Karjakin - 6; 2-4. Milov, Dreev, Pantsulaia - 5.5> from http://www.chessib.com/ Aug-09-05    stijn: Open letter from this guy at chessbase.com. Seems like he got a really unfair treatment by FIDE. Too bad this had to happen to such a strong grandmaster. Aug-09-05    euripides: <nikolaas> I always thought the sixth line was 'kaum einen Hauch' ? Aug-09-05    euripides: Lessing's reference to the queen suggests he was thinking of the European rather than Arab rules. Nov-06-05    Poisonpawns: Good job from Milov in winning Corsica Masters 2005 and totally destroying Anand in the finals. Nov-06-05    mrbasso: totally destroying Anand? He was totally lost in game 4. 19.Rac1 => finito Nov-06-05    PinkPanther: <mrbasso> The same could be said for Anand about the second rapid game. Nov-06-05    Chnebelgrind: An unbelievable effort of Milov. He not only defeated Anand but also Judit Polgar and the winner of Dortmund 2005 Arkadi Naiditsch. Milov has very strong nerves. I remember a game of the FIDE WC V Milov vs Judit Polgar, 2001 where I didn't believe that he would come through. Nov-06-05    Udit Narayan: It doesn't seem like anything will stand in his way from reaching the 2700 mark. Nov-13-05    DutchDunce: Criminey. Any thoughts of bringing this guy up for Mainz 2006? With a 4-1 lifetime record vs. Vishy, he could be the most dangerous opponent of all. Nov-13-05    ughaibu: DutchDunce: That's a good nostalgic word, thanks. Jul-06-06    BIDMONFA: Vadim Milov MILOV, Vadim http://www.bidmonfa.com/milov_vadim... _ Aug-01-06    Peligroso Patzer: In addition to the tournament successes listed in Milov's bio, he was equal first at the World Open last month but lost a tie-break game to Gata Kamsky. Aug-05-06    WTHarvey: Here is a little collection of crucial positions from Vadim's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/milv.html Oct-01-06    WTHarvey: Vadim Milov jumped from #98 to #47 on the Oct FIDE rating list with a gain of 37 rating points for the quarter. May-29-07    Resignation Trap: Milov won the 2007 Chicago Open this weekend: www.chesstournamentservices.com/chicago after defeating Yury Shulman in an Armaggedon tiebreak game. Aug-01-07    geraldo8187: alright, i do share a birthday with a famous chess player Jun-04-08    jon01: He is apparently going to join the "2700 Club". Jun-05-08    percyblakeney: Milov is around a hundred points ahead of Pelletier even if it was the latter that was given the Swiss Grand Prix spot. Milov shared first with Karpov in Biel 1996 but never plays in top tournaments nowadays. He is a member of the 2700 club at the moment and will maybe get more invitations to strong events. Jul-08-08    waustad: After +1 in the World Open, his rating will take a serious hit. Losses to people rated 300-400 points lower can't help. Jul-11-08    jon01: He was beaten by IM Justin Sarkar in World Open. Sep-17-08    sisyphus: Vadim Milov gave a simul in Arlington, Virginia, yesterday. It was after he finished with the match with Rybka hosted by IM Larry Kaufman. He said he was born in the Urals. There were no good coaches there, and when he left the Soviet Union at 18, he was "not a very good player". He's a quiet guy, a little shy, and sometimes intense. His playing style strikes me as smooth and patient. The word on the street is that he doesn't get along with the Swiss Chess Federation. Maybe that's why Pelletier gets more high-profile invitations. Oct-18-08    Daodejing: Milov won against Rybka (Classic) http://chessok.com/broadcast/live.p... . Oct-26-08    sisyphus: To be fair, Milov won last month's Rybka match 4.5 - 3.5, though most games were handicapped. Rybka scored 1.5/2 (both games with Black) at even strength. GM Milov scored 1.5/2 (both games with White) receiving odds of a pawn. And he scored 2.5/4 receiving Exchange odds. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Aug-01-10    wordfunph: <jon01: He is apparently going to join the "2700 Club".> 2705 during the July 2008 FIDE Rating List.. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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