Igor Alexandre Nataf
Number of games in database: 404
Years covered: 1992 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2548
Highest rating achieved in database: 2603
Overall record: +104 -80 =209 (53.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      11 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (76)      B96 B47 B97 B33 B40  Scotch Game (31)      C45  French Defense (30)      C01 C11 C10 C13 C15  Caro-Kann (20)      B12 B17 B18 B14 B19  French (15)      C11 C10 C13  Sicilian Najdorf (14)      B96 B97 B94	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (101)      B30 B32 B33 B23 B22  King's Indian (64)      E92 E97 E67 E70 E90  English (7)      A10 A15  Queen's Pawn Game (6)      A45 A46 D02  English, 1 c4 e5 (5)      A26 A25  Grunfeld (5)      D78 D79

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Nunn vs I A Nataf, 1999 0-1
   I A Nataf vs Chabanon, 2005 1-0
   I A Nataf vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2006 1/2-1/2
   I A Nataf vs Wang Yue, 2004 1-0
   I A Nataf vs A Hauchard, 2001 1/2-1/2
   M Turpanov vs I A Nataf, 1993 0-1
   I A Nataf vs Lautier, 2001 1/2-1/2
   Short vs I A Nataf, 2000 1/2-1/2

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IGOR ALEXANDRE NATAF (born May-02-1978) France [what is this?] Nataf was born in Paris. He is a Grandmaster and an IMC.

page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 404  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Leko vs I A Nataf 1-0 48 1992 Rimavska Sobota B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 2. A Obodchuk vs I A Nataf 1-0 43 1993 Groningen Chess Festival; GM open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. A Maric vs I A Nataf   ½-½ 20 1993 Groningen Chess Festival; GM open E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 4. M Turpanov vs I A Nataf 0-1 48 1993 Bratislava WchJM-U16 B03 Alekhine's Defense 5. I A Nataf vs Conquest   1-0 41 1995 FRA Team Ch A45 Queen's Pawn Game 6. I A Nataf vs A Houriez   1-0 27 1996 Cannes Martinez Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 7. I A Nataf vs E Dizdarevic   1-0 28 1997 Solin B12 Caro-Kann Defense 8. K Spraggett vs I A Nataf   0-1 36 1997 It, Enghien FRA B03 Alekhine's Defense 9. I A Nataf vs D Anic   ½-½ 38 1997 2nd Enghien Les Bains C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 10. Bagirov vs I A Nataf   ½-½ 24 1997 II Open, Ubeda ESP E90 King's Indian 11. I A Nataf vs Bacrot ½-½ 60 1997 It, Enghien FRA B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 12. Kasparov vs I A Nataf   1-0 30 1998 Internet blitz 5' A26 English 13. I A Nataf vs Taimanov   0-1 40 1998 Generations, Cannes FRA B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. I A Nataf vs Gligoric   ½-½ 31 1998 Cannes Generations C45 Scotch Game 15. I A Nataf vs Kasparov   0-1 25 1998 Internet blitz 5' B06 Robatsch 16. Kasimdzhanov vs I A Nataf   ½-½ 19 1998 Linares Anibal op 5th E97 King's Indian 17. I A Nataf vs Kasparov 0-1 13 1998 Internet blitz 5' B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 18. I A Nataf vs Kasparov   0-1 38 1998 Internet blitz 5' B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 19. Taimanov vs I A Nataf 0-1 24 1998 Generations, Cannes FRA A04 Reti Opening 20. D Barua vs I A Nataf   1-0 28 1998 Linares Anibal op 5th B32 Sicilian 21. Gligoric vs I A Nataf   1-0 47 1998 Cannes Generations E97 King's Indian 22. S Volkov vs I A Nataf   1-0 33 1999 Cappelle la Grande E92 King's Indian 23. Pinter vs I A Nataf   ½-½ 24 1999 EU-chT (Men) E77 King's Indian 24. I A Nataf vs P Haba   ½-½ 22 1999 MK Cafe Cup-A B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 25. L Schandorff vs I A Nataf   0-1 37 1999 Rilton Cup E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 404

Oct-11-04    checkpat: Vive la France et l Est Indienne!!! Nov-03-04    cu8sfan: He looks like the villain in "There's Something About Mary". (-: http://www.36chessolympiad-daily.co... Nov-03-04    aw1988: Dun dun dun dun........... Feb-08-05    WTHarvey: Here are some crucial positions from Igor's earlier games: http://www.wtharvey.com/nata.html Feb-08-05    GufeldStudent: Somebody ought to put the score up from Nunn-Nataf: The game that won the informant best game prize. May-02-05    cu8sfan: Here's another birthday on May 2nd. Happy birthday, Igor! Mar-11-07    BIDMONFA: Igor Alexandre Nataf NATAF, Igor http://www.bidmonfa.com/nataf_igor.... _ May-02-09    wordfunph: Only one kibitz in 4 years? Cheers on your birthday French GM Igor Nataf! Jul-19-09    whiteshark: Player of the Day Bio: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor-A... notable game: Nunn vs I A Nataf, 1999 May-02-10    wordfunph: can't find his name in FIDE list, anyone with info on him? May-02-10    Tabanus: The FIDE ratings site has been down for a day or so. It's up again now: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

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