Nikolai V Krogius
Number of games in database: 331
Years covered: 1945 to 1996
Last FIDE rating: 2485
Overall record: +74 -62 =195 (51.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (26)      B43 B44 B93 B51 B28  King's Indian (16)      E63 E60 E62 E67 E92  Grunfeld (10)      D76 D79 D90 D78 D74  Ruy Lopez (9)      C77 C65 C99 C87 C74  Queen's Indian (8)      E17 E15 E18 E19  French Defense (8)      C07 C09 C05 C17	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (33)      C89 C96 C95 C93 C85  Ruy Lopez, Closed (30)      C89 C96 C95 C93 C85  Sicilian (29)      B45 B81 B95 B89 B64  English (20)      A15 A14 A16 A18 A13  Nimzo Indian (16)      E56 E46 E50 E21 E24  Semi-Tarrasch Defense (10)      D41 D40 D42

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Krogius vs N Aratovsky, 1945 1-0
   Krogius vs Jansa, 1961 1-0
   Krogius vs O Chernikov, 1970 1-0
   Krogius vs A Kuznetsov, 1962 1-0
   A Zaitsev vs Krogius, 1962 1/2-1/2
   Krogius vs Kamyshov, 1949 1-0
   Krogius vs Spassky, 1960 1/2-1/2
   Krogius vs Y Nikolaevsky, 1966 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Hastings 1970/71 by suenteus po 147

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NIKOLAI V KROGIUS (born Jul-22-1930) Russia [what is this?] Nikolai Vladimirovich Krogius was born in Saratov, USSR. Awarded the IM title in 1963 and the GM title in 1964, he became a sports psychologist. In tournaments he was 1st at Varna 1960, 1st at Sochi 1964, 1st= at Sochi 1967, 1st at Varna 1969 and 3rd= at Sochi 1973. He later became President of the USSR Chess Federation. Wikipedia article: Nikolai Krogius

page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 331  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Krogius vs N Aratovsky 1-0 12 1945 ? C41 Philidor Defense 2. Petrosian vs Krogius 1-0 36 1946 Leningrad A16 English 3. Estrin vs Krogius   ½-½ 23 1949 URS-ch sf C56 Two Knights 4. Krogius vs Koblents   1-0 40 1949 URS-ch sf D90 Grunfeld 5. Lisitsin vs Krogius 1-0 11 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) A04 Reti Opening 6. Krogius vs Kamyshov 1-0 22 1949 RSFSR D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. Krogius vs Taimanov   ½-½ 23 1949 Leningrad D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. Ufimtsev vs Krogius   ½-½ 80 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) A16 English 9. Krogius vs Levenfish   1-0 54 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) C77 Ruy Lopez 10. Krogius vs Zamikhovsky   ½-½ 65 1949 URS-ch sf E07 Catalan, Closed 11. V Zagorovsky vs Krogius   0-1 39 1949 URS-ch sf C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. Krogius vs Novotelnov   1-0 32 1951 RUS-ch D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 13. Smyslov vs Krogius 1-0 50 1951 Ch URS (1/2 final), Leningrad (Russia) C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 14. Krogius vs L Shamkovich 1-0 30 1951 Ch Russia E10 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Krogius vs G Borisenko 1-0 20 1953 USSR Team Ch B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Nezhmetdinov vs Krogius   1-0 62 1953 13th RSFSR Ch C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 17. Spassky vs Krogius   1-0 38 1954 ? B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 18. Krogius vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 14 1954 Ch Russia B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 19. Lutikov vs Krogius   ½-½ 28 1954 RSFSR-ch B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 20. L Shamkovich vs Krogius 1-0 37 1954 Ch Russia A15 English 21. M Mukhitdinov vs Krogius   ½-½ 41 1955 URS-ch sf E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 22. Krogius vs B Vladimirov   ½-½ 41 1955 URS-ch sf B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 23. Lutikov vs Krogius   ½-½ 38 1955 URS-ch sf D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 24. Krogius vs Taimanov   ½-½ 24 1955 USSR B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 25. Krogius vs Antoshin   ½-½ 16 1955 URS-ch sf E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 331

Jan-11-03    ughaibu: Krogius was Spassky's psychologist for his winning world championship cycle. He was responsible for Spassky using the Tarrasch Defense. He had decided that Petrosian was not a player of "strict classical profile" and therefore chose a defence that requires classical treatment by white. Presumably he also made the choices for the other matches, Closed Sicilian vs Geller and I dont know what against the other two, (Tal and Korchnoi?). Jul-11-03    JGD: Krogius was an excellent advisor who helped Spassky a number of times, as ughaibu mentioned. He also captained the victorius Soviet team in the famous USSR vs. rest of world match. Nov-21-03    Diggitydawg: I've heard that Krogius was the head of the chess department of the Sports committee in the old Soviet Union. I've also heard that he gave Tal a difficult time in terms of allowing Tal to participate in tournaments outside the Soviet Union. Because of these stories, I associate Krogius with the worst practices of Soviet chess. And yet, according to this article:http://observer.guardian.co.uk/prin... , he ended up in Staten island and was a coach for Irina Krush. Does anyone have any knowledge of how this came about? Jul-23-06    BIDMONFA: Nikolai V Krogius KROGIUS, Nikolai V. http://www.bidmonfa.com/krogius_nik... _ Jul-22-08    brankat: Happy Birthday Nikolai! Aug-07-08    myschkin: . . . <Schachpsychologie> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schach... (sorry, just germans and french go nuts on chess^^) "Zu Hause habe ich mir dann Bücher vom Schachlehrer und Schachpsychologen Nicolai Krogius besorgt: „Schach für Einsteiger“ und „Schach für Aufsteiger“. Der schreibt zum Beispiel sinngemäß: „Beginne mit einer Eröffnung – und lerne aus ihr." (Smudo, Fantastische Vier) http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten... Jul-22-10    independentthinker: Happy Birthday Krogius!!! I have borrowed your surname for the villian as part of the thriller I am writing entitled 'Grandmaster'. Nov-27-11    Infohunter: The game L Laurine vs Krogius, 1935 seems to have been won by Krogius when he was a mere lad of five. However, a kibitzer on that game's page says that this game was played by Ragnar Krogius instead of Nikolai V Krogius. What do you say, <cg>? Jul-22-12    brankat: Happy Birthday GM Krogius!

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