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Alex Yermolinsky
Number of games in database: 1,080
Years covered: 1973 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2528
Highest rating achieved in database: 2699
Overall record: +413 -178 =485 (60.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (73) 
    E71 E94 E90 E97 E92
 English (46) 
    A15 A17 A13 A11 A14
 Queen's Gambit Declined (43) 
    D30 D37 D31 D35 D38
 Queen's Pawn Game (32) 
    A46 D02 E10 A45 A40
 Reti System (30) 
    A04 A06
 King's Indian Attack (28) 
    A07 A08
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (171) 
    B67 B22 B57 B62 B32
 King's Indian (54) 
    E94 E60 E76 E81 E73
 Grunfeld (53) 
    D85 D86 D76 D97 D91
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (45) 
    B67 B62 B66 B65
 Queen's Pawn Game (37) 
    A50 A45 A40 D05 A46
 English, 1 c4 c5 (29) 
    A30 A31 A34 A37 A35
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Yermolinsky vs E Tate, 2001 1-0
   Yermolinsky vs Kaidanov, 1993 1-0
   A Anastasian vs Yermolinsky, 1987 0-1
   Kasparov vs Yermolinsky, 1975 0-1
   Kasparov vs Yermolinsky, 1975 0-1
   Yermolinsky vs Christiansen, 1999 1-0
   P Nikolic vs Yermolinsky, 1997 1/2-1/2
   Dzindzichashvili vs Yermolinsky, 1993 0-1
   Wojtkiewicz vs Yermolinsky, 2000 0-1
   P Gilruth vs Yermolinsky, 2000 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1997 by suenteus po 147

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ALEX YERMOLINSKY
(born Apr-11-1958) Russia (citizen of United States of America)

[what is this?]
Alex Yermolinsky was born in the former Soviet Union. After leaving it he spent a short time in Italy before moving to the USA.

Awarded the IM title in 1990 he became a GM in 1992. He has won the US Championship twice, in 1993 (shared with Alexander Shabalov) and in 1996. He's also played on the US Olympiad team.

He has several books in print and works as a chemist for a pharmaceutical company in California.


 page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,080  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Smyslov vs Yermolinsky ½-½40 1973 Moscow ttA35 English, Symmetrical
2. Kasparov vs Yermolinsky 0-148 1975 LeningradB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
3. Kasparov vs Yermolinsky 0-148 1975 BakuB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
4. Yermolinsky vs V Malaniuk  0-145 1975 URS-CupT BurevestnikD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. Yermolinsky vs Kasparov 0-168 1977 LeningradB40 Sicilian
6. Kasparov vs Yermolinsky ½-½20 1977 URSB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
7. V Osnos vs Yermolinsky  0-142 1977 LeningradA52 Budapest Gambit
8. K Klaman vs Yermolinsky  1-037 1979 Leningrad-chA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
9. M S Tseitlin vs Yermolinsky  1-036 1980 URS-46chB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
10. Tseshkovsky vs Yermolinsky  ½-½70 1980 URS-ch48 sfB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
11. V Didishko vs Yermolinsky  1-029 1980 MinskA52 Budapest Gambit
12. Yermolinsky vs Gavrikov  1-038 1980 USAA30 English, Symmetrical
13. A Shvedchikov vs Yermolinsky 0-118 1981 OdessaE81 King's Indian, Samisch
14. Novopashin vs Yermolinsky  ½-½42 1981 Ch URS (1 liga)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
15. Yermolinsky vs Dorfman  ½-½26 1981 Ch URS (1 liga)D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. Yermolinsky vs Gipslis  0-132 1981 TskhaltubaA30 English, Symmetrical
17. Rashkovsky vs Yermolinsky 1-063 1981 Ch URS (1 liga)E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
18. Chekhov vs Yermolinsky  1-058 1981 URS SpartakiadE92 King's Indian
19. Yermolinsky vs Podgaets  ½-½65 1981 USSRD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. V Moskalenko vs Yermolinsky 0-115 1981 OdessaD97 Grunfeld, Russian
21. Gufeld vs Yermolinsky  ½-½13 1981 Ch URS (1 liga)C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
22. Yermolinsky vs Gurgenidze ½-½87 1981 Ch URS (1 liga)A04 Reti Opening
23. Yermolinsky vs Dorfman 1-037 1981 Ch URS (select)A13 English
24. G Timoshenko vs Yermolinsky ½-½41 1981 Ch URS (1 liga)E60 King's Indian Defense
25. Gulko vs Yermolinsky  ½-½28 1981 VolgodonskD97 Grunfeld, Russian
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Dec-23-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <EmperorAtahualpa> I offered 2 methods to <chessgames.com> one was to directly save them from my web-site. The other was for me to e-mail it to them. The only reply I got so far was thanks for the offer. =)
Jan-12-06   BIDMONFA: Alex Yermolinsky

YERMOLINSKY, Alex
http://www.bidmonfa.com/yermolinsky...
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Jan-31-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  midknightblue: Yermo's book is supposed to be excellent. On the down side, all the games he plays as white are based on d4, i am still trying to learn the open games better. In follow up to the reference to Yernmo's feelings about classical, sound openings, he has made a few enemies with posts at Chessninja.com where some Hikaru fans were debating 2.Qh5 and had taken offense to yermo's blunt comment that the move is "crap." Anyway, it probably is crap, although I am not really strong enough to say - I will leave that to the grandmasters to debate.
Mar-10-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  BishopBerkeley: GM Yermo and GM Aleksander Wojtkiewicz lock horns over the FischerRandom table. (The game annotation is Yermo's: "Playing FischerRandom is like taking a journey back to some pre-historic times. No theory to help one out is available. How to open the game? In my opinion, two issues must be addressed: the development of the bishops and obtaining adequate control of the center. White should also remember his obligation to be the aggressor...."):

http://www.chessclub.org/FischerRan...

All rather fun!

(: B Bishop Berkeley B :)

Mar-20-06   TaricHall: We should have a bio for the Yermonator... How do we put one up?
Mar-21-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <TaricHall> You write it! =) Bios here are written by members.
Jun-26-06   PhilFeeley: Yermolinksy quote from Chessville (don't know where he said/wrote it):

"Generally speaking, most chess players are boring, self-centered, money-oriented, poorly educated overgrown adolescents I couldn't care less about. With some exceptions, that includes the Linares crowd and all of the world's top twenty."

Yikes! Don't be shy about expressing your opinion! Maybe this is another reason why he hasn't played much internationally.

Jun-26-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: If chessplayers were <money-oriented>, wouldn't they do something more lucrative, like picking lettuce or busking?
Jun-26-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: Poker takes one tenth the brains and makes 1000 times the money.
Aug-29-06   DoxaVita: Does anyone have his book: The Road To Chess Improvement, in .pdf that is willing to share with me? :-)
Aug-29-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: <Doxavita> Buy it. Yermo needs the money!
Aug-29-06   DoxaVita: IŽll buy it anyways, but i find that having it in the computer is much easier and confortable for me :-) , helps with analysis too
Oct-11-06   Chess Carnival: Here's a good picture of Yermo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:...

Apr-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiskeyrebel: Happy B-day Yermo. Here is a true free spirit and iconoclast of modern chess. Just when you think you have all the answers, Yermolinsky changes the questions.
Apr-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  gambitfan: PLOD We 11/04/2007
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Apr-11-07   Dr.Lecter: Happy birthday, yermonator!
May-24-07   IMDONE4: Its unfortunate that Yermo has not had any success in tournaments recently; can you contribute that to his age or the obvious rust of his play? I dont believe he studies chess theory much at home anymore.
Sep-20-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <I have heard good things about Yermolinsky's book "The Road to Chess Improvement".

Did anyone read it? Would you recommend me to buy it?

Thanks!>

It's a wonderful book, even if you don't play his openings (I don't). Quite apart from instructional value, it's just a joy to read.

Sep-20-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  plang: It is an excellent book. Yermolinsky is a very good writer. He is an adherent of Tals (and Keres) writing style in that he mixes analysis with explanatory prose.
Apr-11-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Fifty years young today!

Happy Birthday Alex!

Jun-03-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: When did GM Yermo changed his address?! He is now listed as South Dakota, for the longest time, he was in California!!
Aug-25-08   siamesedream: You can find the Yerminator youtube lecture here: http://iwijetunge.googlepages.com/y...

Dec-13-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Richard Taylor: I've got a book by Yermolinsky called - "The Road to Chess Improvement" - he seems an interesting character and I liked the idea of have a book on chess by someone who was or is not a "Super" GM as such and had more or less to fight his way up as he says...

[Yes - the book is certainly worth buying I would say]

He's played some great games here it seems also.

Apr-11-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: In 1996 Yerevan Chess Olympiad, Lithuania's Woman board 1 Camilla Baginskaite met American GM Alex Yermolinsky. A year after, they married and lived in US. They are now blessed with two sons.

Happy Birthday GM Yermolinsky!!!

Oct-13-09   muwatalli: could anyone describe yermolinsky's style of playing to me?
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