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Igor Foygel
Number of games in database: 51
Years covered: 1977 to 2011
Last FIDE rating: 2468
Highest rating achieved in database: 2489
Overall record: +16 -16 =19 (50.0%)*
   * 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 (6)      B40 B31 B76 B53	With the Black pieces:  King's Indian (9)      E61 E87 E94 E71 E70  Robatsch (4)      B06  Sicilian (4)      B50 B40 B23 B93

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   T Provost vs I Foygel, 2001 0-1

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IGOR FOYGEL (born Oct-29-1947) Ukraine (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] International master, correspondence and OTB player, and coach. He immigrated to US in 1991 and continued playing, winning many open tournaments throughout New England. Foygel became Champion of Massachusetts in '92, '97, '00, '01 and most recently in '05, and New England champion in '07. He is currently a professional chess tutor and can be contacted at www.igorfoygel.com.

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Umansky vs I Foygel 1-0 21 1977 URS-ch13 corr7778 E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 2. Psakhis vs I Foygel   0-1 30 1979 Beltsi A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 3. Lutikov vs I Foygel   1-0 26 1980 URS-ch48 sf A56 Benoni Defense 4. I Foygel vs G Timoshchenko   ½-½ 50 1980 URS-ch48 sf Krasnojarsk B40 Sicilian 5. V Petrienko vs I Foygel   1-0 26 1981 Moscow B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 6. I Foygel vs Yurtaev   0-1 37 1981 Ch URS (team) B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 7. I Foygel vs Romanishin   0-1 36 1989 URS-sf Ukraine-ch Kherson A46 Queen's Pawn Game 8. I Foygel vs Khmelnitsky   1-0 27 1989 URS-sf Ukraine-ch Kherson A20 English 9. Y Kruppa vs I Foygel   1-0 31 1989 URS-sf Ukraine-ch B06 Robatsch 10. I Foygel vs Palatnik   0-1 36 1989 ch-URS, semi final A80 Dutch 11. M Brodsky vs I Foygel   0-1 39 1989 URS-sf Ukraine-ch B06 Robatsch 12. I Foygel vs Tseshkovsky   1-0 71 1991 Moscow3 D85 Grunfeld 13. C Hertan vs I Foygel 1-0 60 1992 New England Masters E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 14. I Foygel vs S Young   1-0 29 1998 MetroWest CC October C24 Bishop's Opening 15. I Foygel vs D Tylevich   ½-½ 39 1999 Massachusetts op 68th A53 Old Indian 16. I Foygel vs A Shaw   1-0 14 2000 Monadnock Grand Prix Open C00 French Defense 17. K Leung vs I Foygel   ½-½ 44 2001 US Open A44 Old Benoni Defense 18. I Foygel vs T Karatekin   1-0 32 2001 US Open A15 English 19. T Provost vs I Foygel   0-1 30 2001 US Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 20. I Foygel vs Shabalov   0-1 42 2001 Foxwoods Open D90 Grunfeld 21. Yudasin vs I Foygel   ½-½ 33 2001 US Open B50 Sicilian 22. I Foygel vs A Kaliksteyn   1-0 28 2002 ch-USA A08 King's Indian Attack 23. I Foygel vs G Rey   ½-½ 12 2002 ch-USA A07 King's Indian Attack 24. Christiansen vs I Foygel 1-0 21 2002 ch-USA B06 Robatsch 25. Kaufman vs I Foygel   ½-½ 61 2002 ch-USA E94 King's Indian, Orthodox  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Foygel wins | Foygel loses

Jul-18-05    chancho: Igor Foygel winner of the Massachusetts open several times. He received his IM title late in his career. when he lived in The former Soviet Union, he helped as a chess coach. The man is a real gentleman, he also has a site out there for those interested in receiving chess lessons. Apr-25-09    Tabanus: Igor Foygel was born in Kiev in 1947. He represented the republic of Ukraine in national youth chess competitions. He became a master in 1974 and later became an International Master of Correspondence Chess. He immigrated to the United States in 1991. He won the championship of Massachusetts in 1992, 1997, 2000, and 2001. He is an International Master with a maximum 2483 Elo rating. http://www.geocities.com/siliconval... Jan-18-10    wolfmaster: Fogle? From Superbad? :)

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