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Iosif Vatnikov

Number of games in database: 95
Years covered: 1949 to 1998
Last FIDE rating: 2316
Overall record: +34 -41 =20 (46.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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IOSIF VATNIKOV
(born Feb-16-1923, died May-08-2013, 90 years old) Russia (federation/nationality United States of America)

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Iosif Efimovich Vatnikov was an International Master.

Last updated: 2022-01-21 11:22:41

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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 95  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Simagin vs I Vatnikov  ½-½561949URS-ch sf VilniusC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
2. I Vatnikov vs G Podolny  ½-½521949URS-ch sf VilniusD76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
3. I Vatnikov vs Furman 0-1281949URS-ch sf VilniusA15 English
4. I Vistaneckis vs I Vatnikov  0-1541949URS-ch sf VilniusD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. I Vatnikov vs N Kopaev  0-1391949URS-ch sf VilniusA07 King's Indian Attack
6. I Vatnikov vs A Sokolsky  0-1331949URS-ch sf VilniusE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
7. V Mikenas vs I Vatnikov  1-0411949URS-ch sf VilniusD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. I Vatnikov vs D Rovner  0-1361949URS-ch sf VilniusB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
9. V Kirillov vs I Vatnikov  1-0401949URS-ch sf VilniusD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. I Vatnikov vs N Aratovsky  0-1441949URS-ch sf VilniusA99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3
11. V Byvshev vs I Vatnikov  1-0641949URS-ch sf VilniusB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
12. B Ratner vs I Vatnikov  1-0321949URS-ch sf VilniusD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
13. I Vatnikov vs A Bannik  ½-½421949URS-ch sf VilniusE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
14. V Chekhover vs I Vatnikov  1-0321949URS-ch sf VilniusA10 English
15. F Duz-Khotimirsky vs I Vatnikov 1-0351949URS-ch sf VilniusA06 Reti Opening
16. I Vatnikov vs A Arulaid  1-0381949URS-ch sf VilniusD75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5
17. Y Sakharov vs I Vatnikov 1-0271950URS-ch sf KievC58 Two Knights
18. I Vatnikov vs I Lipnitsky  0-1411950URS-ch sf KievA15 English
19. Geller vs I Vatnikov 1-0171950URS-ch sf KievB89 Sicilian
20. I Vatnikov vs Panov  1-0461950URS-ch sf KievC71 Ruy Lopez
21. I Vatnikov vs A Khasin  1-0401954Moscow ChampionshipA12 English with b3
22. I Vatnikov vs Levenfish  0-1531954Moscow ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
23. V Zagorovsky vs I Vatnikov  1-0241954Moscow ChampionshipA44 Old Benoni Defense
24. I Vatnikov vs G Ravinsky  0-1351954Moscow ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
25. I Vatnikov vs G Uusi  1-0381954Moscow ChampionshipA09 Reti Opening
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-29-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: Obituary:

http://obits.masslive.com/obituarie...

May-29-15  whiteshark: <Josef's site>: http://chess.vatnikov.com/default.asp

<The essay on chess> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV8U...

May-29-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Vatnikov was Steven Winer 's coach in the late 1990s.
Dec-25-17  whiteshark: Josef was an obscure international chess master whom my readers can be forgiven if they had never heard of. I certainly had never heard of Vatnikov before this weekend (except perhaps for a Geller-miniature where Josef was crushed in 17-moves Geller vs J Vatnikov, 1950). But Vatnikov was much more than a mere chess player, he was a multi-talented individual. Born in the Ukraine, he enlisted in the Red Army at age 18 and fought as a paratrooper.

Surviving the war, Josef became a Doctor of Law. A journalist. For more than a quarter of a century he was also the Chief Coach at the Moscow State University before moving to the ‘States. Josef’s rich legacy is an amazing website and an equally amazing book, ESSAY ON CHESS which deals with episodes from his colourful life…

Kevin Praggett
http://www.spraggettonchess.com/jfk...

Dec-25-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Until Vatnikov moved to western Massachusetts and became, as noted above, Steven Winer's coach, the only way I knew of him was the miniature he lost to Geller, mentioned by Botvinnik in his 1947-70 collection of games.

We met in the 1993 Vermont championship, my only loss in that event, in an Advance French.

Jan-21-20  dav1243: here is his website.
http://chess.vatnikov.com/

I am his grandson who's pictured in the about section :)

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