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Alexander Graf
A Graf 
Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  

Number of games in database: 878
Years covered: 1978 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2520
Highest rating achieved in database: 2656
Overall record: +378 -191 =288 (60.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 21 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Nimzo Indian (78) 
    E46 E42 E43 E21 E51
 King's Indian (59) 
    E81 E60 E84 E92 E70
 Slav (35) 
    D10 D12 D15 D13 D11
 Grunfeld (35) 
    D86 D85 D87 D79 D70
 Queen's Pawn Game (22) 
    E00 D02 E10 A41 A40
 Queen's Gambit Declined (20) 
    D35 D30 D31 D36 D37
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (71) 
    C96 C90 C69 C84 C78
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (51) 
    C96 C90 C84 C91 C95
 Sicilian (35) 
    B81 B40 B46 B47 B83
 French Defense (34) 
    C07 C16 C02 C10 C14
 Queen's Gambit Declined (31) 
    D37 D35 D31 D36
 Queen's Pawn Game (29) 
    A46 A45 A40 D02 E00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Morozevich vs A Graf, 1994 0-1
   T Franke vs A Graf, 2006 0-1
   K Weissenbach vs A Graf, 2008 0-1
   A Graf vs N Guliyev, 2005 1-0
   A Graf vs R Felgaer, 2004 1-0
   A Graf vs Klovans, 1987 1/2-1/2
   A Graf vs Tiviakov, 1997 1-0
   A Graf vs A F Anosheh, 2017 1-0
   H Hintze vs A Graf, 2003 0-1
   A Graf vs Radjabov, 2003 1-0

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

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Soviet Army Championship (1990)
   Skopje Open (2002)
   German Championship (2004)
   Groningen Open (1997)
   European Team Championship (2005)
   Goodricke Open (1996)
   Bishkek Zonal (1993)
   Dresden ZMD Open (2009)
   Bavarian Open (2014)
   Agzamov Memorial (1987)
   Manila Olympiad (1992)
   Corinth Open (1999)
   Bavarian Open (2016)
   Bundesliga 2018/19 (2018)
   Bundesliga 2017/18 (2017)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Bundesliga 2024/25
   A Graf vs Z Jovanovic (Apr-27-25) 1/2-1/2
   V Dinstuhl vs A Graf (Apr-26-25) 0-1
   A Graf vs B Hagner (Apr-25-25) 1/2-1/2
   A Graf vs B Krause (Mar-23-25) 1/2-1/2
   V Babula Sr vs A Graf (Mar-22-25) 1/2-1/2

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ALEXANDER GRAF
(born Aug-25-1962, 62 years old) Uzbekistan (federation/nationality Germany)

[what is this?]

GM (1992) Alexander Yuryevich (Nenashev) Graf was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Nenashev was champion of Uzbekistan in 1989. He expatriated himself to Germany, where his ancestors come from, in 2000 and took his father's surname 'Graf' (he had been formerly named 'Nenashev'). In 2004, he won the German Chess Championship.

Wikipedia article: Alexander Graf

Last updated: 2018-03-06 13:38:48

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 page 1 of 36; games 1-25 of 883  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Graf vs T Khasanov  0-1511978USSR Junior ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
2. K Aseev vs A Graf  1-0341978USSR Junior ChampionshipB68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7
3. A Graf vs Y Fedoruk  1-0251978USSR Junior ChampionshipE18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
4. V Kuporosov vs A Graf  1-0371978USSR Junior ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
5. A Graf vs G Borisenko  1-0381978Uzbekistani ChampionshipA10 English
6. I Ivanov vs A Graf  0-1631978Uzbekistani ChampionshipA10 English
7. A Graf vs Kasparov 0-1321978USSR Junior Team ChampionshipA32 English, Symmetrical Variation
8. B Kantsler vs A Graf  1-0661979USSR Junior ChampionshipB08 Pirc, Classical
9. A Graf vs Smelay  1-0291979USSR Junior ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
10. V Vepkhvishvili vs A Graf  0-1311980Ch SU \\B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
11. V Muratov vs A Graf  1-0181981Central Chess Club ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
12. A Huzman vs A Graf  0-1411981Bukhara JuniorsA37 English, Symmetrical
13. A Graf vs A Sokolov  1-0311981Bukhara JuniorsE15 Queen's Indian
14. A Huzman vs A Graf 1-0381982Junior Teams EventE12 Queen's Indian
15. A Graf vs V Ilinsky  ½-½411984URS-ch sf BarnaulC66 Ruy Lopez
16. A Graf vs A Vaisser  1-0391984URS-ch sf BarnaulA30 English, Symmetrical
17. J Meister vs A Graf  ½-½511984URS-ch sf BarnaulC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
18. A Graf vs E Ubilava  1-0701984URS-ch sf BarnaulD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. S Gorelov vs A Graf  ½-½191984URS-ch sf BarnaulE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
20. A Graf vs V Shaboian  1-0631984URS-ch sf BarnaulD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
21. S Kishnev vs A Graf  1-0361984URS-ch sf BarnaulE12 Queen's Indian
22. A Graf vs Tseshkovsky  1-0681984URS-ch sf BarnaulA07 King's Indian Attack
23. A Graf vs O Dzyuban  ½-½401984URS-ch sf BarnaulE15 Queen's Indian
24. A Graf vs Dvoirys  0-1421984URS-ch sf BarnaulA33 English, Symmetrical
25. A I Petrushin vs A Graf  0-1411984URS-ch sf BarnaulC66 Ruy Lopez
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Feb-13-04  technical draw: <tamar> How do you "decide" to use your father's name? Isn't it a given?
Feb-13-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: There are examples like Kasparov of using the mother's name. The German Chessbase stories in 1999 did not specify, but said when he repatriated to Germany, he decided to use his German father's name.
Feb-13-04  PinkPanther: <chessgames.com>
Yes, I mentioned that on this website quite a while ago.
Feb-13-04  tud: Harry Weinstein did not sound for communist Russia very sexy. Welcome Garry Kasparov.
Feb-13-04  PinkPanther: <tud>
Doesn't sound very sexy to me either. By the way, Vladimir Kramnik's name is actually Sokolov.
Feb-13-04  marcus13: How Vladimir Kramnik name can be solokov???
Feb-14-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: We decided to merge the games from the two player records into one page. Thanks for your info.
Feb-14-04  PinkPanther: <marcus13>
Click on the second link you see.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...
Feb-14-04  marcus13: Thanks strange coincidence isn't it.
Feb-14-04  Bitzovich: Wow, i t has some really PIQUANT info on Kramnik in that interview...
Feb-15-04  Lawrence: PP, if you read the chessbase.com article you will see that Vladimir Kramnik's name was never Sokolov.
Feb-15-04  PinkPanther: No but his dad's name was and therefore his should have been. The name Sokolov "is in his blood", the name Kramnik isn't. It's simply a name his father assumed and passed down to him.
Apr-06-04  Vischer: Vladimir Sokolov?
Jul-29-04  Giancarlo: This guy is the german champ?
Aug-17-04  Kaspy2: and upcoming...
Feb-12-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here are crucial positions from some of Alexander's games not shown here. http://www.wtharvey.com/nena.html
Aug-24-06  BIDMONFA: [unknown player](nenashev)_graf.html

GRAF, Alexander
http://www.bidmonfa.com/graf_alexan...
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Jun-07-07  Autoreparaturwerkbau: Graf looks concerned about the arisen position even before his opponent makes his first move (see the page's 2nd pic).

http://www.chessbase.com/eventartic...

Aug-26-07  whiteshark: <Autoreparaturwerkbau> or simply concentration, that's what I guess.
Aug-31-07  Marmot PFL: <There are examples like Kasparov of using the mother's name.>

I understood that his father's name was Weinstein and his mother's was Kasparian, but that neither sounded as russian as Kasparov. I have also heard rumors that Fischer's father wasn't named Fischer as well.

Aug-17-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: 4th place in the 1st Negroponte Open (Greece) 9-17 August 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr338...

Sep-30-11  nummerzwei: Frank Zeller on Graf:

<Graf is known for employing a wide arsenal of openings. Always striving for creative variety, he is not one of those who specialize in particular variations. With his enormous chess understanding and experience, he is busy making plans early on in every game, at a stage when other grandmasters are simply reeling off their preparations. It is thus only natural for him to get into time-trouble as often as he does. Graf's ambitious approach can be exhausting, but his ascetic appearance illustrates that he is prepared to sacrifice energy in the course of the chess struggle.>

Aug-25-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: His uncle was a count. Graf Graf.
Aug-25-13  JoergWalter: and he married steffie graf...
Apr-17-17  paavoh: Good to see him in action in Grenke Open 2017. I thought he had retired, and indeed there are two gaps without games during 2009-2012 and 2012-2016 in the CG database.
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