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Larisa Volpert

Number of games in database: 102
Years covered: 1954 to 1967
Overall record: +48 -21 =33 (63.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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LARISA VOLPERT
(born Mar-30-1926, died Oct-01-2017, 91 years old) Russia

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Larisa Ilinichna Volpert was born in Leningrad, USSR. Awarded the WIM title in 1954 and the WGM title in 1977, she was USSR Women's Champion in 1954, 1958 (she won the tiebreak vs Kira Zvorykina) and 1959.

Wikipedia article: Larissa Volpert

Last updated: 2017-10-02 03:19:09

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 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 102  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Volpert vs M Lauberte  1-0431954USSR Championship 1/2 final (women)B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
2. L Volpert vs V Lobanova  1-05519542nd Soviet Team CupC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
3. E Alfeevskaja vs L Volpert  0-13019542nd Soviet Team CupA48 King's Indian
4. L Volpert vs E Kakabadze  ½-½4119542nd Soviet Team CupA50 Queen's Pawn Game
5. N Ivashina vs L Volpert  1-04519542nd Soviet Team CupC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
6. L Volpert vs B Vaisberg  1-08519542nd Soviet Team CupA53 Old Indian
7. V Tikhomirova vs L Volpert  1-06019542nd Soviet Team CupA07 King's Indian Attack
8. L Volpert vs R Esterkina  1-03919542nd Soviet Team CupD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
9. Z Nakhimovskaya vs L Volpert  ½-½4619542nd Soviet Team CupA48 King's Indian
10. L Volpert vs N Rusinkevich  1-04219542nd Soviet Team CupB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
11. V Timofeeva vs L Volpert  0-15119542nd Soviet Team CupA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
12. O Rubtsova vs L Volpert  0-1221954USSR Championship (Women)D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
13. K Zvorykina vs L Volpert  0-1311954USSR Championship (Women)B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
14. L Volpert vs K Radzikowska  1-0531955Candidates Tournament (Women)E61 King's Indian
15. A Ivanova vs L Volpert  0-1341955Candidates Tournament (Women)D94 Grunfeld
16. L Volpert vs E Keller-Herrmann  ½-½181955Candidates Tournament (Women)E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
17. F Heemskerk vs L Volpert  0-1651955Candidates Tournament (Women)A08 King's Indian Attack
18. L Volpert vs V Borisenko  ½-½291955Candidates Tournament (Women)A15 English
19. J Gurfinkel vs L Volpert  ½-½231955Candidates Tournament (Women)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
20. L Volpert vs O Rubtsova  1-0411955Candidates Tournament (Women)D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
21. O Ignatieva vs L Volpert  ½-½141955Candidates Tournament (Women)A34 English, Symmetrical
22. L Volpert vs B Carrasco Araya  1-0481955Candidates Tournament (Women)C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
23. L Volpert vs K Zvorykina  ½-½161955Candidates Tournament (Women)D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
24. C Chaude de Silans vs L Volpert  ½-½411955Candidates Tournament (Women)D71 Neo-Grunfeld
25. L Volpert vs V Nedeljkovic  1-0341955Candidates Tournament (Women)B54 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-30-10  whiteshark: Wiki-Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larisa...

around 1950: http://xeque.net/imagens/imgsnovas/... more recently: http://www.ajakiri.ut.ee/153527

Jul-28-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chessical: Volpert is a Professor of Philology at Tartu University specialising in French and Russian literature, and especially Pushkin and Lermontov and their relationship to French literature. This took precendence over her chess career.
Oct-02-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: She died yesterday:

http://rus.postimees.ee/4261839/ume...

Oct-18-17  whiteshark: <Larissa Volpert's best pawn endgame> by Siegfried Hornecker http://en.chessbase.com/post/lariss...

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