Vitali Golod
Number of games in database: 391
Years covered: 1988 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2570
Highest rating achieved in database: 2606
Overall record: +148 -46 =186 (63.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      11 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (38)      E32 E36 E37 E20 E39  King's Indian (29)      E94 E97 E92 E60 E91  Slav (20)      D11 D12 D15 D17 D10  Queen's Gambit Declined (15)      D37 D35 D38 D30 D39  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      A40 E10 A45 A46 E00  Semi-Slav (12)      D45 D47	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (32)      C77 C80 C99 C95 C90  Sicilian (30)      B32 B30 B22 B28 B40  King's Indian (14)      E60 E92 E77 E97 E93  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      D02 A45 E00 A40 D00  Ruy Lopez, Closed (13)      C99 C95 C90 C91 C97  Semi-Tarrasch Defense (11)      D41 D40 D42

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Ciuksyte vs V Golod, 2003 0-1
   I Sidorenko vs V Golod, 2004 0-1
   V Golod vs R N Vasiliev, 1993 1/2-1/2
   V Golod vs A Kozirev, 1993 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bad Wiessee (2003)
   20th European Club Cup (2004)
   Israeli Championship (2004)
   21st European Club Cup (2005)
   National Open (2006)
   Spring North American FIDE Invitational (2006)
   Cappelle la Grande (2006)
   European Individual Championships (2007)
   Isle of Man International (2007)
   Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary (2009)
   Gibtelecom (2009)
   39th World Open (2011)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
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VITALI GOLOD (born Jun-23-1971) Israel [what is this?] Grandmaster who was born in Lviv (Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union). He was Ukrainian champion in 1991 and Israeli champion in 2010. Wikipedia article: Vitali Golod

page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 391  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Golod vs Khmelnitsky   ½-½ 80 1988 Ch Ukraine A46 Queen's Pawn Game 2. V Golod vs M Brodsky   ½-½ 19 1988 UKR-ch A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 3. Y Kruppa vs V Golod   1-0 71 1988 UKR-ch B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 4. V Golod vs Y Shulman   1-0 28 1989 Bankia op A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 5. L Totsky vs V Golod   1-0 48 1990 Ch Armed Forces C55 Two Knights Defense 6. L Totsky vs V Golod   1-0 54 1991 Moscow (Russia) C55 Two Knights Defense 7. V Golod vs Suba   ½-½ 44 1992 Olanesti 56/241 B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 8. Igor Ivanov vs V Golod   0-1 60 1992 Forli op E92 King's Indian 9. O Cvitan vs V Golod   ½-½ 24 1992 Forli E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 10. V Golod vs Suetin   1-0 29 1993 It (cat.9) E90 King's Indian 11. V Golod vs E Kalegin   1-0 47 1993 Ufa E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 12. V Yandemirov vs V Golod   ½-½ 27 1993 Ufa B40 Sicilian 13. V Golod vs A Bezgodov   ½-½ 14 1993 Ufa A53 Old Indian 14. I Ibragimov vs V Golod   1-0 44 1993 Ufa E81 King's Indian, Samisch 15. V Golod vs D Berkovich   ½-½ 21 1993 Ufa B53 Sicilian 16. Gipslis vs V Golod   ½-½ 34 1993 It (cat.9) B30 Sicilian 17. J Lechtynsky vs V Golod   1-0 58 1993 Ceske Budejovice op A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 18. V Golod vs R N Vasiliev   ½-½ 62 1993 Ufa D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 19. V Golod vs A Potapov   ½-½ 23 1993 Ufa C45 Scotch Game 20. I Stohl vs V Golod   ½-½ 15 1993 Mlada Boleslav D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. Fedorov vs V Golod   0-1 41 1993 Ufa C55 Two Knights Defense 22. V Golod vs Y Kruppa   0-1 43 1993 Minsk E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 23. V Golod vs A Kozirev 1-0 101 1993 Ufa D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. B Annakov vs V Golod   0-1 35 1993 Ufa E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System 25. R Biolek vs V Golod   0-1 21 1994 It (open) C56 Two Knights  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 391

Jul-09-04    shr0pshire: I was looking at the world open results, and it says Golod is rated 2788 USCF!?!. Clearly I thought this could not be, so I went and checked on USchess.org and at 12-03 his rating was 2612 USCF. In less than three months later 02-04 he had a rating of 2788 USCF. http://www.64.com/uscf/ratings/1289... Does anyone know anything about this? I checked his fide rating, and it is only 2538. How did his USCF rating get to be 250 points higher than his fide rating so quickly? Jul-09-04    AgentRgent: Because his rating is still provisional... http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlTn... Jul-09-04    shr0pshire: Okay thanks. That makes sense. Jul-09-04    Sneaky: I don't know if they still do it this way, but when I signed up the provisional rating was calculated by making a list of the first 20 rated people you played. You added 400 points to every rating that you beat, and you subtract 400 points from every rating that beat you. Then you take the average and that's your intiial rating. I could easily see a GM getting 2800+ in the USCF system if he got off to a good start. Jan-30-06    BIDMONFA: Vitali Golod GOLOD, Vitali http://www.bidmonfa.com/golod_vital... _ Jan-30-06    whatthefat: vitaligolod, golodvitaligolod, vitali. Golod? Oct-17-06    Albertan: Golod was awarded the prize for playing the most brilliant game at the Men's European Club Cup. Here is the game in pgn format: [Event "ECU Club Cup 2006"] [Site "Feugen"] [Date "2006.10.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Golod, Vitali"] [Black "Akopian, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteELO "2576"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackELO "2713"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Source "MonRoi"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7 9.Bg2 dxc4 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.Qxc4 O-O 12.O-O e5 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Qb3 Rab8 15.d5 Nc5 16.Qc2 cxd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 e4 19.Bd2 f5 20.Bb4 b6 21.Rad1 Rbd8 22.R1d4 Kh7 23.Qd1 Bc7 24.Bf1 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Rd8 26.Bc4 Rxd5 27.Qxd5 Qd8 28.Qf7 Be5 29.Kg2 Bxb2 30.h4 Kh6 31.Bxc5 bxc5 32.Qxa7 g5 33.Qxc5 g6 34.hxg5 Kxg5 35.a4 Bc3 36.Bd5 Be1 37.Kf1 Bb4 38.Qxb4 Qxd5 39.Qd4 Qa8 40.Kg2 Kh6 41.a5 Kh7 42.Qb6 Qd5 43.a6 Qd1 44.Qc7 Kg8 45.Qf4 1-0 Jan-31-09    WhiteRook48: and that is one weird name. No arguments there Jan-31-09    whiteshark: oh my golod Apr-12-10    Tabanus: 4th in Agzamov Memorial (UZB) 23-31 March 2010: http://uzchess.uz/uploads/Champions... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Jul-31-10    Tabanus: 6th place in Biel Masters (Switzerland) 17-30 July 2010: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/... Jan-31-12    Penguincw: Not his birthday, but congratz for POTD.

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