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Victor Andreevich Vasiliev

Number of games in database: 85
Years covered: 1935 to 1949
Overall record: +22 -27 =36 (47.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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VICTOR ANDREEVICH VASILIEV
(born 1916, died 1950, 34 years old) Russia
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Victor Andreevich Vasiliev was born and passed away in Leningrad, USSR. He played in five USSR Championship semifinals.

Last updated: 2025-01-27 15:26:44

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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 85  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V A Vasiliev vs Capablanca 1-0521935Clock simul, 10bC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
2. V Rauzer vs V A Vasiliev  1-0421936Leningrad ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
3. A Budo vs V A Vasiliev  ½-½301936Leningrad ChampionshipE16 Queen's Indian
4. G Goldberg vs V A Vasiliev  ½-½261936Leningrad ChampionshipE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
5. V A Vasiliev vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky  0-1211936Leningrad ChampionshipC11 French
6. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs V A Vasiliev  1-0391936Leningrad ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
7. I Rabinovich vs V A Vasiliev  1-0411936Leningrad ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
8. Ragozin vs V A Vasiliev  1-0651936Leningrad ChampionshipA16 English
9. V A Vasiliev vs G Goldberg  ½-½761936Leningrad ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
10. V A Vasiliev vs I Rabinovich  ½-½501936Leningrad ChampionshipD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
11. V A Vasiliev vs V Rauzer  1-0411936Leningrad ChampionshipD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
12. V A Vasiliev vs Levenfish  ½-½351936Leningrad ChampionshipD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. Levenfish vs V A Vasiliev 1-0261936Leningrad ChampionshipB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
14. V A Vasiliev vs Ragozin  0-1401936Leningrad ChampionshipB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
15. V A Vasiliev vs A Budo  ½-½221936Leningrad ChampionshipE22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation
16. V A Vasiliev vs K Klaman  1-0501937Ch Trade Unions (1/2 Final)D64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
17. V A Vasiliev vs Agarev  1-0281937Ch Trade Unions (1/2 Final)E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
18. M Kamyshov vs V A Vasiliev  1-0321938Trade Unions ChampionshipE36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
19. B Levitas vs V A Vasiliev 1-0391938Trade Unions ChampionshipE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
20. P N Troitsky vs V A Vasiliev  0-1331938Trade Unions ChampionshipE00 Queen's Pawn Game
21. V A Vasiliev vs D Rovner 1-0651938Trade Unions ChampionshipE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
22. Lisitsin vs V A Vasiliev  0-1661938Trade Unions ChampionshipC15 French, Winawer
23. E Zagoryansky vs V A Vasiliev  ½-½451938Trade Unions ChampionshipE18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
24. V A Vasiliev vs Tolush  1-0581938Trade Unions ChampionshipC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
25. S Gotthilf vs V A Vasiliev  0-1491938Trade Unions ChampionshipE26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-16-06  stanleys: A very strong Soviet player with a tragic destiny.I'm searching for some articles about him;as soon as I find something I'll post it here
Nov-20-06  stanleys: In 1940 he shares the 2nd place in the very strong Leningrad's championship:http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables1... (the last table)

Dec-28-06  Karpova: Can you tell us more about his destiny?
Jul-22-07  stanleys: Unfortunately couldn't find the score of the following game (perhaps somebody knows this opening line?)

Sokolsky - Vasiliev
Leningrad/1947


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The game continues:

15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bc4 Bxc4! 17.Rxd8 Raxd8! 18.Qxc4 Rd2 19.b4? (19.Re1 would have been a better choice) 19...Rfd8 20.Re1 b5! 21.Qxb5 Rc8 white resigned

Jul-22-07  nescio: <stanleys> According to the following PGN it isn't Victor Andreevich.

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolsky,Alexey"]
[Black "Vasiljev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "D58"]
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.Qc2 c5 9.0-0-0 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bb7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Kb1 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Rxd8 Raxd8 18.Qxc4 Rd2 19.b4 Rfd8 20.Re1 b5 21.Qxb5 Rc8 0-1

Jul-22-07  stanleys: <nescio:> Thank you very much!I believe it's the same person,but have to prove it
Jul-22-07  Benzol: I think this sort thing has arisen before. BTW why does the bio say died -50 when it's filled in correctly as 1950 in the editors bio block?
Jul-24-07  stanleys: More successes in Leningrad's championships: in 1946 he shares the third place. It was a particularly strong tournament,won by Tolush; Levenfish was second.Klaman,Taimanov,Chekhover,Lisitsyn,Furman,Kopyl- ov,Stoliar also played there http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables 17.htm

In 1949 the championship was even stronger (Bondarevsky,Shamkovich,Zhukhovitsky,Borisenko played too) - Vasilev tied for the second place http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables 20.htm

Oct-25-24  stone free or die: < Виктор Андреевич Васильев >

His wiki page (in Russian):

<
Multiple prize winner of Leningrad championships [ 1 ] . Two-time champion of the VFSO Dynamo.

As part of the Leningrad team, he won silver in the USSR team championship in 1948.

After the war began, he volunteered for the Leningrad militia. He was seriously wounded in a battle on the outskirts of Leningrad. He lost an arm and a leg. He was treated in the Omsk evacuation hospital.

After the war he returned to Leningrad. He was engaged in coaching activities. He worked with young chess players. Among his students was the future grandmaster L. I. Volpert [ 2 ] .

He died from the consequences of his injury [ 1 ] .
>

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9...

Oct-25-24  stone free or die: It's unfortunate that <CG> doesn't allow submissions to be done via the comment section, as <nescio>'s game belongs in the db.

Victor Andreevich Vasiliev (kibitz #5)

Here's what wiki has to say about it (including the PGN once more)...

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V. A. Vasiliev is best known for his game with master A. P. Sokolsky . Sokolsky played the opening riskily and then went for a pawn win, underestimating his opponent's countercombination. Sokolsky later included this game in the section of his book "Modern Chess Openings" devoted to the Queen's Gambit . The game with Sokolsky's annotations was later reprinted in an article about Vasiliev, included in the collection "Chess is Fighting" [ 17 ] .

Sokolsky - V. Vasiliev

Semi-final of the 16th USSR Championship, Leningrad, 1947

The Queen's Gambit

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 b6 8. Qc2 c5 9. 0-0-0 cd 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cd ed 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6. (See diagram)


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15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Rxd8 Rax d8 18. Qxc4 Rd2 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Re1 b5 21. Qxb5 Rc8.

The whites surrendered.

>

Oct-25-24  stone free or die: I think a picture of him can be found here:

http://volpert.reifman.ru/articles/...

but since the PDF isn't OCR'ed, I'm having trouble translating the article.

Could somebody please confirm?

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