Alexander (Nenashev) Graf
Number of games in database: 459
Years covered: 1978 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2593
Highest rating achieved in database: 2656
Overall record: +191 -107 =157 (59.2%)*
   * 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:  Nimzo Indian (45)      E46 E21 E51 E40 E42  King's Indian (29)      E81 E83 E60 E70 E77  Slav (25)      D13 D15 D12 D10 D11  Grunfeld (19)      D85 D86 D87 D70 D94  Queen's Gambit Declined (12)      D35 D30 D31 D38 D37  English (10)      A15 A13 A16 A11 A10	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (39)      C96 C90 C78 C97 C91  Ruy Lopez, Closed (32)      C96 C90 C97 C91 C95  Sicilian (21)      B81 B40 B80 B47 B46  French Defense (15)      C07 C10 C01 C11 C16  Queen's Pawn Game (14)      A40 A46 A41 E00 D02  Queen's Gambit Declined (13)      D37 D35 D36

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Morozevich vs A Graf, 1994 0-1
   L Espig vs A Graf, 2004 0-1
   A Graf vs Radjabov, 2003 1-0
   A Graf vs Krasenkow, 1991 1-0

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

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ALEXANDER (NENASHEV) GRAF (born Aug-25-1962) Uzbekistan (citizen of Germany) [what is this?] GM Alexander Graf was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 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.

page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 459  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Graf vs G Borisenko   1-0 38 1978 UZB-ch A10 English 2. A Graf vs Kasparov 0-1 32 1978 Baku A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 3. Vasiukov vs A Graf   ½-½ 26 1984 Moscow-ch C49 Four Knights 4. Suetin vs A Graf   0-1 97 1984 Moscow C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. S Smagin vs A Graf   ½-½ 22 1984 URS-ch sf C53 Giuoco Piano 6. A Graf vs Antoshin   0-1 34 1984 Moscow-ch D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. Gulko vs A Graf   ½-½ 56 1984 Moscow D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 8. Vyzmanavin vs A Graf   1-0 27 1984 Moscow (Russia) D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. A Graf vs Kholmov   ½-½ 42 1984 Moscow-ch C77 Ruy Lopez 10. A Graf vs Tseshkovsky   1-0 68 1984 URS-ch sf C00 French Defense 11. S Smagin vs A Graf   0-1 56 1984 Moscow-ch C49 Four Knights 12. A Graf vs Gulko   0-1 48 1984 Barnaul A15 English 13. Krasenkow vs A Graf   0-1 44 1985 Georgia C46 Three Knights 14. A Graf vs Savon   ½-½ 37 1986 URS-ch otbor E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 15. A Graf vs S Smagin   1-0 80 1986 URS-ch otbor E46 Nimzo-Indian 16. A Graf vs Vyzmanavin   ½-½ 24 1986 Minsk (Belarus) D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. Serper vs A Graf   1-0 65 1986 URS-ch otbor C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. A Graf vs Barsov   1-0 38 1987 Tashkent Hodzhaev mem E46 Nimzo-Indian 19. Tseshkovsky vs A Graf   ½-½ 71 1987 Tashkent Hodzhaev mem B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 20. Yermolinsky vs A Graf   1-0 30 1987 Tournament D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. Chekhov vs A Graf   ½-½ 30 1987 URS-ch otbor D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. A Graf vs Vyzmanavin 0-1 47 1987 Ch Armed Forces D89 Grunfeld 23. A Graf vs Khalifman   0-1 36 1987 Ch Armed Forces E60 King's Indian Defense 24. A Graf vs Kamsky   ½-½ 33 1987 Pavlodar A25 English 25. A Graf vs Yermolinsky   ½-½ 30 1987 Ch URS (select) E77 King's Indian  page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 459

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing > Feb-13-04    chessgames.com: Are you saying this is the same person as Alexander Nenashev ? Feb-13-04    aragorn69: Graf means "Count" in German. Does "Nanishev" means anything in Russian ? Feb-13-04    WMD: >>Are you saying this is the same person as Alexander Nenashev?<< I thought this was common knowledge. Feb-13-04    ughaibu: We the members of Chessgames.com specialise in uncommon knowledge. Feb-13-04    tamar: Yes, it is true. He had a German father whose name was Graf, and decided to use his name. Feb-13-04    technical draw: <tamar> How do you "decide" to use your father's name? Isn't it a given? Feb-13-04    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    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    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... _ 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. < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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