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Berliner 
 
Hans Berliner
Number of games in database: 61
Years covered: 1945 to 2003
Overall record: +27 -11 =22 (63.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Nimzo Indian (9) 
    E30 E31 E27
 Grunfeld (5) 
    D86 D85 D87
 King's Indian (5) 
    E81 E89 E77 E85
 Queen's Gambit Declined (4) 
    D36 D06 D35
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (7) 
    E80 E62 E98 E70 E97
 Alekhine's Defense (6) 
    B04 B03
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Estrin vs Berliner, 1965 0-1
   Berliner vs A Rott, 1956 1-0
   Berliner vs G Sanakoev, 2003 1/2-1/2
   Berliner vs J Sloth, 2003 1-0
   Berliner vs G Borisenko, 1965 1-0
   Berliner vs Fischer, 1957 1/2-1/2

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   US Championship 1957/58 by suenteus po 147

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HANS BERLINER
(born Jan-27-1929) Germany (citizen of United States of America)

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Hans Jack Berliner was born in Berlin in 1929, but when he was eight years old he moved with his family to America. He learned chess at age thirteen and went on to play in several U.S. Championships and earn a spot on his country's Olympiad team in 1952. However, he is remembered most for his feats in correspondence play, most notably his victory in the 5th World Correspondence Championship with the score of 14/16. His book The System describes his rigorous and scientific approach to chess analysis. He currently lives in Florida, and has worked to help develop chess computers such as Hitech (Computer) in his later years.

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 61  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Koltanowski vs Berliner  1-039 1945 SimulD04 Queen's Pawn Game
2. Berliner vs S E Almgren 1-035 1946 US OpenC11 French
3. G Kramer vs Berliner  ½-½44 1946 US Open prelimD23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
4. M Aleman Dovo vs Berliner  1-021 1946 US Open prelimC11 French
5. R Byrne vs Berliner 1-053 1946 PittsburghC34 King's Gambit Accepted
6. Berliner vs Mengarini 1-026 1949 RochesterC36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense
7. F Zita vs Berliner  ½-½29 1952 Helsinki ol (Men)A04 Reti Opening
8. Berliner vs K Burger  1-022 1954 New OrleansE85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation
9. C Pilnick vs Berliner  1-048 1954 USA-chB25 Sicilian, Closed
10. Berliner vs Bisguier  ½-½39 1954 New Orleans-WchE27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
11. Rossolimo vs Berliner  0-123 1954 New Orleans-WchC07 French, Tarrasch
12. Lombardy vs Berliner  ½-½37 1956 CAN-opD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. Berliner vs A Rott 1-012 1956 1st Canadian Open CHD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. Berliner vs J Sherwin  ½-½41 1957 US ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
15. Lombardy vs Berliner  ½-½27 1957 USA-chE70 King's Indian
16. Bisguier vs Berliner  0-140 1957 US ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
17. A Turner vs Berliner  ½-½74 1957 US ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
18. Berliner vs Fischer ½-½57 1957 New York ch-USE89 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Main line
19. G Kramer vs Berliner  0-136 1957 US ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
20. Berliner vs Seidman  ½-½86 1957 US ChampionshipE30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
21. Reshevsky vs Berliner  1-041 1957 US ChampionshipD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
22. Berliner vs A Di Camillo  1-061 1957 US ChampionshipA55 Old Indian, Main line
23. Berliner vs Mednis  ½-½20 1957 US ChampionshipE81 King's Indian, Samisch
24. Berliner vs S Bernstein  1-040 1957 US ChampionshipE30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
25. Denker vs Berliner  1-035 1957 US ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 61  PGN Download
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May-18-08   ateixeira: Hi to all! I'm new here and am trying to learn how to play better chess.

I tried to check <Poisonpawns> link but it didn't work. I guess the page is off. So does anybody know a way I can still see it? Or did anybody take notes of Berliner's analysis?

Thanks

May-18-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: < ateixeira >

I found a limited discussion of the 12..Qa3 line here at page 14

ftp://ajec-echecs.org:45000/CCN/ccnews32.pdf

but other Berliner lines are discussed there

May-18-08   ateixeira: <Open Defence> Thanks for the pdf. It also has some more discussion on other links so I guess it'll be helpful to me.
Oct-08-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: John Watson thoroughly reviews Hans Berliner's "The System" (Gambit Publications, 1999): http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_re...
Oct-08-08   Jim Bartle: Thoroughly "trashes" is more like it...
Jan-27-09
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  Sneaky: The System is one of the most brilliant chess books of the modern era. I'll match "The System" up against "My System" any day. That's a strong statement, I know.

Happy 80th birthday to one of the greatest chess minds of the 20th century, I hope he lives to be 100, when he can witness the world finally catch up to his ideas which were so vastly far ahead of his time.

Jan-27-09
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  whiteshark: I'd like to join in every word <sneaky> wrote!!

Many happy returns, Mr. Berliner!!

Jan-27-09   WhiteRook48: Mr. Berliner, why haven't you played from 2004 to 2008?
Feb-14-09   WhiteRook48: seems like this guy is NOT returning to active chess play :(
Mar-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: <Computer experts vastly underestimate the time required to beat the World Champion. <Chess experts, on the other hand, vastly overestimate the time involved.>>

--Hans Berliner

Mar-14-09   Ed Trice: I sat next to Hans Berliner for what turned out to be Hi Tech's last tournament. It won the event, 5-0, at the Pennsylvania State Chess Championship that year. My program, The Sniper (http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMa...), had 2 wins and 3 draws to finish tied for 10th with like a zillion others.

We only had a few conversations, but I found a great deal of his insights to be very illuminating.

Mar-14-09
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  whiteshark: I hope one day I could do an in-depth analysis of his book.
Mar-14-09   Jim Bartle: I haven't seen "The System" and have no opinion either way about it.

But I wonder if the people who think it's great have read the jeremy silman link above, and if so, what they think of Watson's "call out" of a review.

Mar-15-09
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  whiteshark: <Karpova> I wouldn't call it <thoroughly>. He simply wrote a damning review.
Mar-15-09   Ed Trice: Berliner's credibility has to be respected, and Silman's review has to be at least suspect. After all, it would be a "conflict of interest", would it not, for him to tout a book by another fellow chess author?

I remember reading somewhere that Berliner had something like a 99-1 record as correspondence player on the path to becoming World Champion of correspondence.

That's saying something, isn't it?

Mar-15-09   Jim Bartle: "After all, it would be a "conflict of interest", would it not, for him to tout a book by another fellow chess author?"

Under that standard you could toss out most of the New York Time Book Review every week. The reviewers are people who know about the subject of the book in question, and they're often fellow writers on the same or similar subjects.

Mar-15-09   Jim Bartle: I keep thinking how ridiculous the "conflict of interest' statement concerning book reviewing is, I mean, it's truly monumental.

I read the New Yorker, and John Updike reviewed fiction there for thirty years, mostly very positive reviews. But he's suspect because he's also a novelist?

And in chess, John Donaldson, Jeremy Silman and many others have reviewed new chess books, including many, many positive reviews. I guess they're suspect as well. John Watson has written glowingly of many chess books (I see them at chesscafe); he just didn't like "The System," and tried to rip it to shreds.

OK, today's NY Times Book Review:

"Cheever: A Life," biography reviewed by biographer Geoffrey Wolff.

"Sowing Crisis," a book on US policy in the Middle East, is reviewed by political writer James Traub.

"1848: Year of Revolution," a history book, is reviewed by historian and author Gary Bass.

A novel, "The Cradle," is reviewed by novelist Dean Bakopoulos.

The novel "Coventry" is reviewed by novelist Adam Haslett.

And those are just from the featured reviews on the front page of today's book review. Sheesh.

Mar-15-09   MaxxLange: 1. f3: the ideal first move
Apr-21-09
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  SirChrislov: In Andrew Soltis' masterpiece the 100 best chess games of the 20th century,ranked,from 1900 to 2000 this game is ranked # 1, and the names are not even famous!!! or the game! number 2 is an otb game by polugayevsky. you know which one.
Apr-21-09   Jim Bartle: Sorry, but which game are you referring to, SirChrislov?
Apr-21-09   Sicilian Dragon: <JB, my buddy>
This is the brilliant masterpiece!!!

Estrin vs Berliner, 1965

Sep-30-09   GrahamClayton: What do chessgames members think of Berliner's value of the pieces in "My System", eg

Pawn = 1
Knight = 3.2
Bishop = 3.3
Rook = 5.1
Queen = 8.8

The values are also affected by positional factors as well.

Sep-30-09   AnalyzeThis: I think these numbers are affected somewhat by your choice of opening. For Berliner's openings, they were probably right on the money.
Sep-30-09   DrCurmudgeon: Bah, humbug! All that stuff means is that if you win the queen but have to give up a rook, 2/3 of a bishop and 1/2 of a knight, you'd better have some other compensation up your sleeve or else file for Chapter 11.
Sep-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  sisyphus: It's much like the numbers Larry Kaufman determined and published in Chess Life some years ago. From memory: P=1, N=3.25, B=3.25, R=5, Q=9.5. In addition, he gave an extra half-pawn for having a bishop pair.

It's useful for evaluating certain exchanges, such as (1) two pieces are better than a rook and a pawn, and (2) sacrificing a rook for a piece and a pawn gives up less in material than some people think, and can be more easily justified by other compensation.

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