Alexander Motylev
Number of games in database: 583
Years covered: 1995 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2695
Highest rating achieved in database: 2710
Overall record: +209 -89 =282 (60.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (141)      B90 B48 B33 B56 B42  Ruy Lopez (46)      C67 C95 C69 C78 C92  Sicilian Najdorf (36)      B90 B97 B92 B99  French Defense (26)      C11 C02 C10 C07 C09  Sicilian Taimanov (24)      B48 B46 B45 B49  Ruy Lopez, Closed (20)      C95 C92 C89 C97 C96	With the Black pieces:  Petrov (48)      C42 C43  Sicilian (41)      B22 B52 B63 B51 B31  King's Indian (36)      E92 E97 E71 E94 E63  Slav (30)      D12 D17 D19 D11 D10  Semi-Slav (25)      D45 D43 D44 D47  Caro-Kann (17)      B12 B18 B14 B11 B10

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Motylev vs A Iljushin, 2000 1-0
   Motylev vs Bareev, 2005 1-0
   Motylev vs Shirov, 2009 1-0
   H Grooten vs Motylev, 2003 0-1
   Van Wely vs Motylev, 2007 0-1
   Motylev vs B Savchenko, 2007 1-0
   Motylev vs M Roiz, 2005 1-0
   Motylev vs Efimenko, 2005 1-0
   M Al-Modiahki vs Motylev, 2005 0-1
   J Werle vs Motylev, 2009 0-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

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ALEXANDER MOTYLEV (born Jun-17-1979) Russia [what is this?] Born in Yekaterinburg, Motylev learned to play chess when he was 4 and became a Candidate Master by the time he was 11. He has won the Russian under 16 and under 18 championships. Motylev won the 2001 Russian Championship and the Corsican Open at Bastia in 2003. In 2005, Motylev was equal first with Emil Sutovsky (who won on countback) at the Aeroflot Open (2005), second at the 2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup (behind Pentela Harikrishna). In 2006, he was the joint winner of the Corus "B" Tournament at Wijk aan Zee with Magnus Carlsen (http://www.coruschess.com/crosstabl...).

page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 583  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kasimdzhanov vs Motylev   1-0 50 1995 Wch U16 A04 Reti Opening 2. M Turov vs Motylev   1-0 51 1996 RUS-ch U20 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 3. Motylev vs J Stocek   ½-½ 58 1996 Komercni Banka op B22 Sicilian, Alapin 4. Motylev vs V Malakhov 1-0 31 1996 RUS-ch U20 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 5. Motylev vs V Malakhov 0-1 31 1997 RUS-ch U20 B01 Scandinavian 6. Razuvaev vs Motylev   1-0 44 1997 RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 7. M Turov vs Motylev   0-1 43 1997 RUS-ch U20 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 8. Motylev vs Ulibin ½-½ 43 1998 RUS-ch C06 French, Tarrasch 9. V Malakhatko vs Motylev   ½-½ 42 1998 Swidnica op rap E97 King's Indian 10. K Landa vs Motylev   ½-½ 21 1998 RUS-ch A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 11. A Rustemov vs Motylev   1-0 46 1998 RUS-ch E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 12. I Yagupov vs Motylev   ½-½ 29 1998 RUS-ch B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 13. K Aseev vs Motylev   1-0 42 1998 RUS-ch E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 14. Motylev vs Tiviakov   0-1 40 1998 RUS-ch B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 15. P Tregubov vs Motylev   1-0 43 1998 RUS-ch E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 16. Motylev vs Grischuk   0-1 29 1998 RUS-ch B30 Sicilian 17. M Turov vs Motylev   0-1 65 1998 RUS-ch U20 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 18. Motylev vs A Karpatchev   ½-½ 54 1998 RUS-ch C45 Scotch Game 19. Motylev vs P Jirovsky   1-0 29 1998 Wch U26 (Men) B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 20. Motylev vs Danil Kuzuev   1-0 49 1998 RUS-ch B40 Sicilian 21. A Potapov vs Motylev   0-1 42 1998 RUS-ch E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 22. Motylev vs S Vokarev   0-1 38 1999 Geller Memorial B27 Sicilian 23. S Yuferov vs Motylev   0-1 43 1999 Geller Memorial (Cup Russia) A45 Queen's Pawn Game 24. S Iskusnyh vs Motylev   ½-½ 28 1999 Geller Memorial E97 King's Indian 25. Motylev vs A Moiseenko   ½-½ 26 1999 Geller Memorial (Cup Russia) C45 Scotch Game  page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 583

Dec-09-04    fasting: Motylev did pretty well in the 57th Russian Championship. 1 Kasparov 7.5 2 Grischuk 6.0 3 Dreev 5.5 4 Motylev 5.0 5 Svidler 5.0 6 Morozevich 5.0 7 Bareev 5.0 8 Korotylev 4.5 9 Epishin 4.5 10 Timofeev 4.5 11 Tseshkovsky 2.5 with a win against Svidler with the black pieces in a Ruy Lopez Apr-19-05    sharkbenjamin: Motylev. What a name! Kasparov-Motylev 1/2-1/2 2004. This was a fight to the the finish. Hard fought games that end in a draw are just as exciting as well fought decisive games. Apr-19-05    WTHarvey: Here are some diagrams of wins and mates in Alexander's chess games (with solutions). http://www.wtharvey.com/moty.html Apr-19-05    JohnSilver: Alexander Motylev comes from Ekaterinburg/Swerdlowsk. It is a city in Ural, on the borderline Europe/Asia. Just now he is playing for MaxVen at Russian Team Championship http://www.chessliga.ru/online/. May-11-05    Hesam7: There is a nice interview with Alexander Motylev: http://www.chesscafe.com/misha/mish... Jan-27-06    BIDMONFA: Alexander Motylev MOTYLEV, Alexander http://www.bidmonfa.com/motylev_ale... _ Jan-04-07    Bobak Zahmat: Poor guy. He is participating in the A group of the Corus Tournament, and for almost a year nobody has kibitzed on his page. Jan-04-07    Rolfo: Did he participate in the latest Russian Championship? Jan-04-07    suenteus po 147: <Rolfo> He did, but he only scored 4.5/9 which wasn't good enough to send him on to the Russian SuperFinal. You can see his games here: 59th Russian Championship (2006)/Alexander Motylev Jan-04-07    Rolfo: <suentus> Understand, I read an interview by Svidler taken after San Luis where he appreciated Motylev's competence as second. Last year in Corus he tied with Carlsen for first in B group, not bad at all.. Jan-04-07    suenteus po 147: <Rolfo> I'm not saying Motylev isn't any good or doesn't deserve to be at Corus. He earned his spot fair and square. I'm just saying that his recent performance hasn't been inspiring. Jan-04-07    Rolfo: Of course he deserves his invitation, great for him. Jan-21-07    sitzkrieg: If my memory is correct he ended above Carlsen (not on points but on individual score or SB or something) and the organisers decided to give a wildcard to Carlsen for the A group anyway. Jun-05-09    returnoftheking: Motylev in the lead in the Karpov tournament. He won a miniature against MTEL winner Shirov. Jun-09-09    frogbert: unofficially, motylev is above 2700 after today's win - i think that's a first for him. congratulations! for full list, see http://chess.liverating.org/toplist... Jun-12-09    tamar: Bon Mot! Jun-13-09    stanleys: Motylev singing (with Efimenko) http://russiachess.org/images/stori... Jun-17-09    Raskolnikov: Happy birthday, Alexander! Jun-17-09    wordfunph: Happy birthday, Alexander! Jun-17-09    swordfish: Yes, what a happy 30th this must be for Motylev, coming off his win at the Karpov tournament. I wonder why he's not player of the day. Jun-17-09    Raisin Death Ray: Congrats for winning the Karpov tournament! BTW, who are you? :) Jun-29-09    frogbert: and now i can congratule motylev with <officially breaking 2700> in the july list, as poikovsky has been included and rated just before the release of the new list. congratulations! :o) Sep-06-09    percyblakeney: Motylev isn't doing well in the Russian Championship. He is 2710 but has a minus score after five rounds (two losses with white), in spite of only playing opponents rated in the 2500s.

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