Alexander Volzhin
Number of games in database: 151
Years covered: 1991 to 2005
Last FIDE rating: 2540
Highest rating achieved in database: 2556
Overall record: +52 -28 =70 (58.0%)*
   * 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.

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With the White pieces:  King's Indian (12)      E91 E92 E88 E62 E95  Sicilian (12)      B22 B40 B47 B30 B32  Nimzo Indian (6)      E58 E59 E43 E38  Semi-Slav (5)      D47 D43 D45  English (5)      A15 A17 A13  Queen's Gambit Declined (4)      D37 D31 D30	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (26)      B30 B22 B31 B50 B40  Queen's Gambit Accepted (9)      D27 D20 D21 D23  Caro-Kann (6)      B19 B17 B12  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      D02 E10 E00  King's Indian Attack (4)      A07 A08

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ALEXANDER VOLZHIN (born Feb-02-1971) Russia [what is this?] Grandmaster. Wikipedia article: Alexander Volzhin

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 151  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Volzhin vs Hebden 0-1 30 1991 Hastings Challengers E97 King's Indian 2. M S Tseitlin vs A Volzhin   1-0 27 1991 Hastings (England) C25 Vienna 3. A Volzhin vs Varavin   0-1 17 1991 USSR-ch Voronez C33 King's Gambit Accepted 4. D Norwood vs A Volzhin   1-0 26 1992 London (England) A07 King's Indian Attack 5. A Volzhin vs Kholmov   0-1 24 1992 Orel C02 French, Advance 6. Savon vs A Volzhin   ½-½ 12 1992 Orel A53 Old Indian 7. Barsov vs A Volzhin   1-0 31 1992 Orel D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. D Reinderman vs A Volzhin 0-1 17 1992 Oakham C30 King's Gambit Declined 9. A Volzhin vs M J Freeman   1-0 21 1992 Lloyd's Bank Masters D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. A Volzhin vs J Hurpeau   1-0 28 1994 Metz-op C05 French, Tarrasch 11. A Kogan vs A Volzhin   ½-½ 63 1994 It (cat.8) C55 Two Knights Defense 12. A Volzhin vs Savon   ½-½ 68 1994 Volgograd B22 Sicilian, Alapin 13. A Volzhin vs J Gallagher   ½-½ 22 1994 Metz-op A58 Benko Gambit 14. F Katz vs A Volzhin   0-1 44 1994 Metz-op B30 Sicilian 15. Psakhis vs A Volzhin 1-0 39 1994 Metz-op C78 Ruy Lopez 16. A Volzhin vs D Chevallier   1-0 37 1994 Metz-op B33 Sicilian 17. A Volzhin vs G Luneau   1-0 46 1994 Metz-op B40 Sicilian 18. Kholmov vs A Volzhin   ½-½ 20 1994 Volgograd B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 19. A Volzhin vs N Davies   ½-½ 43 1995 It (open) E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 20. Rublevsky vs A Volzhin 1-0 44 1995 St.Petersburg op B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 21. A Volzhin vs M Brodsky   ½-½ 73 1995 St Petersburg op B22 Sicilian, Alapin 22. A Volzhin vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 16 1995 Novgorod op Tournament RUS D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. Pavasovic vs A Volzhin   0-1 41 1995 Budapest FS11 GM B22 Sicilian, Alapin 24. Sveshnikov vs A Volzhin   ½-½ 28 1996 Yerevan op C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 25. L Totsky vs A Volzhin   1-0 42 1996 Budapest FS03 GM B50 Sicilian  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 151

May-10-09    ray keene: alexander is now living in london and is a vice president of barclays bank-we had lunch together on saturday-so another russian grandmaster living in the uk!

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