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Alexander Morozevich
Number of games in database: 1,204
Years covered: 1990 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2750
Highest rating achieved in database: 2788
Overall record: +405 -250 =332 (57.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      217 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (189) 
    B90 B30 B40 B31 B33
 Ruy Lopez (53) 
    C77 C78 C65 C88 C89
 French Defense (42) 
    C11 C00 C18 C10 C02
 Caro-Kann (40) 
    B12 B10 B13 B17 B18
 French (32) 
    C11 C00 C10 C12 C13
 Sicilian Najdorf (32) 
    B90 B92 B95
With the Black pieces:
 Slav (83) 
    D11 D17 D15 D10 D19
 French Defense (82) 
    C11 C03 C10 C01 C12
 Sicilian (82) 
    B90 B83 B45 B44 B48
 Ruy Lopez (50) 
    C92 C78 C70 C61 C67
 French (49) 
    C11 C10 C12 C00 C13
 Queen's Pawn Game (36) 
    D02 A40 A46 A41 D00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004 1-0
   Morozevich vs Anand, 1995 1-0
   Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2008 1-0
   Morozevich vs E Alekseev, 2004 1-0
   I Sokolov vs Morozevich, 2005 0-1
   Morozevich vs Korchnoi, 2004 1-0
   Judit Polgar vs Morozevich, 2000 0-1
   Van Wely vs Morozevich, 2001 0-1
   Morozevich vs A Volokitin, 2006 1-0
   Morozevich vs Sakaev, 2007 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2001)
   FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005)
   FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Moro French (Non-Tarrasch) by kavkid
   Transcripts by Nodreads
   Morozevich in KO championship by slomarko
   French Defense by builttospill
   WCC Index [FIDE 2005 World Championship] by iron maiden
   Alexander Morozevich by MoonlitKnight
   Wijk aan Zee Corus 2001 by suenteus po 147
   g-dama d-chigorin by aepp
   Wijk aan Zee Corus 2000 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Corus 2002 by suenteus po 147
   Morozevich playing blindfolded in Amber 2006 by EdgeFor15
   Morozevich vs. Kramnik by percyblakeney
   Fast Morozevich Wins. by Akavall
   Sarajevo 2000 by suenteus po 147

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ALEXANDER MOROZEVICH
(born Jul-18-1977) Russia

[what is this?]
Alexander Morozevich was born on July 18, 1977 in Moscow. He was a student of a known Moscow coach Yurkov. Some of his early victories include Lloyds-bank (1994) with 9.5 points out of 10, Kishenev (1998) with 8.5/9, and Pamplona (1999) with 8/9. After an unsuccessful tournament at Dortmund in 2002, Morozevich announced his desire to leave professional chess, but this didn't happen. He went on to take an easy victory at the Biel International Chess Festival (2003) with eight points from ten games, then tied Peter Svidler for first in the 56th Russian Championships (2003).

The first part of 2004 was even better for Morozevich: he won the 13th Amber Blindfold (2004) and tied Vladimir Kramnik for first in the overall standings. At the Russia Team Championship (2004) he scored 6.5/8 for a 2900 performance rating, then stormed to a second consecutive victory at the 37th Biel International Chess Festival (2004). On the October FIDE rating list Morozevich was ranked fourth in the world, but then after a series of relatively poor performances he slipped back out of the top ten. He did, however, achieve an even score in the 2005 FIDE World Championship tournament in San Luis, Argentina. This result qualified him to play in the FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007) two years later in Mexico City, but he was less successful there, ending up in joint sixth out of eight players. He won the 60th Russian Championship (Superfinal) 2007 a full point ahead of the runner-up.

"Morozevich is a bright player; I like how he plays. This is active chess: only forward! Sometimes luck is on his side, sometimes it is not. It is not boring to watch his games." - Kramnik


 page 1 of 49; games 1-25 of 1,204  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Macenis vs Morozevich  ½-½53 1990 Ch Yuniors LeningradC03 French, Tarrasch
2. V Yemelin vs Morozevich 1-054 1990 Ch Yuniors LeningradC05 French, Tarrasch
3. Morozevich vs Kulaots 0-137 1990 Ch YuniorsB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
4. L Golovin vs Morozevich  ½-½42 1991 Ch Central Chess CluA07 King's Indian Attack
5. Minogina vs Morozevich  0-144 1991 Moscow7 opE92 King's Indian
6. Balashov vs Morozevich  1-041 1991 Moscow7 opC78 Ruy Lopez
7. Morozevich vs Savchenko 0-121 1991 Festival Club T.PetrB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
8. Morozevich vs I Lempert  0-138 1991 Moscow7 opB40 Sicilian
9. Morozevich vs V Zvjaginsev  ½-½19 1991 Moscow GMC78 Ruy Lopez
10. Morozevich vs S Sturzesecher  1-036 1991 Moscow7 opB54 Sicilian
11. V Anokhin vs Morozevich  0-152 1991 Ch Central Chess CluE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
12. A Petrosian vs Morozevich ½-½31 1991 MoscoopE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
13. A Hamgokov vs Morozevich  1-063 1991 Ch Central Chess Club MoscowE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
14. Morozevich vs J Hohn 1-034 1991 MoscoopB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
15. B Zlotnik vs Morozevich 1-044 1991 Moscow7 opE92 King's Indian
16. V Arbakov vs Morozevich ½-½66 1991 Ch Central Chess CluE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
17. Morozevich vs L Cherniak  ½-½19 1991 Ch Central Chess CluB06 Robatsch
18. Morozevich vs V Nevostrujev  1-091 1992 Ch RUSB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
19. Morozevich vs Laurent Bruneau  1-038 1992 Hyeres opB01 Scandinavian
20. Kharlov vs Morozevich  ½-½38 1992 Tal Memorial MoscowB07 Pirc
21. A Nikitin vs Morozevich  0-154 1992 URS-ch U18C53 Giuoco Piano
22. Morozevich vs Karpov 0-130 1992 It (active)B10 Caro-Kann
23. Morozevich vs G Tunik  ½-½62 1992 Ch RUS OrelB41 Sicilian, Kan
24. Morozevich vs M Mukhutdinov  ½-½28 1992 Tal Memorial MoscowB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
25. Morozevich vs Sergey Zhurov  1-036 1992 Moscow-chC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
 page 1 of 49; games 1-25 of 1,204  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Aug-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Moro just won with black against Karjakin and with three rounds to go he is second, but still one point behind the unbeatable Grischuk (+13 -0 =5).
Aug-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  malthrope: <percyblakeney: Moro just won with black against Karjakin and with three rounds to go he is second, but still one point behind the unbeatable Grischuk (+13 -0 =5).>

Yeah, I just saw that set of tweets appear! :) Looks like it's Grischuk's Blitz tourney to win and Moro's Blitz event to take.... But, which one? We'll know the answer to that soon enough! ;)

Aug-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Grischuk has +14 and Morozevich +13 after 20 games, the last round will decide the winner.
Aug-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: The last round must have been nervous, both Grischuk and Morozevich lost, so Grischuk once again wins the Moscow blitz.
Aug-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  malthrope: Hehehe... Once again proving the old adage - it ain't over till it's over! ~lol~ ;)
Aug-30-09   DCP23: Oh. Looks like I've missed it all.
Aug-30-09   DCP23: Ok, at least there's something I can add to what was covered by that blog on twitter.

There was a sideline blitz tourney among chess journalists/analysts/commentators, with almost as many participants as the main event, and the top three finishers are:

1. GM Sergei Shipov (http://www.crestbook.com/)

2. FM Pavel Dvalishvili

3. GM Andrei Devyatkin (http://chesspro.ru/)

Aug-30-09   DCP23: <percyblakeney: The last round must have been nervous, both Grischuk and Morozevich lost, so Grischuk once again wins the Moscow blitz.>

Interestingly, Moro lost with white to Jakovenko. It is actually the first EVER victory for Jako over Moro at ANY time control, not counting the forfeit in the famous 'oversleeping' game ;)

Aug-30-09   DCP23: WFM Valentina Gunina is the new Moscow Women's Blitz Champ.

To be fair, though the competition in the women's event was quite strong too, the proud World Champ GM Alexandra Kosteniuk played in the men's event, or otherwise Gunina wouldn't have been at the top. With the level of competition in the men's section however, Kosteniuk got mauled pretty badly. Note that she just returned from USA where she actually won the MEN's Blitz Open, with male GMs.

Aug-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  malthrope: <DCP23: Oh. Looks like I've missed it all.>

To which I'll gladly add...

We missed <YOU> more! :D

In the end this appear to be the final results (based on 22 competitors playing):

________________________________________

<"Moscow Blitz 2009" // August 30, 2009>

<1st // Grischuk // 17-5

2nd-3rd // Morozevich & Karjakin // 16Ѕ-5Ѕ

4th-5th // Malakhov & Kobalia // 14-8

6th-7th // Jakovenko & Savchenko // 13-9

8th-9th // Riazantsev & Amonatov // 12Ѕ-9Ѕ

10th // Dlugy // 11Ѕ-10Ѕ

11th // Korotylev // 11-11

12th-13th // Najer & Zvjagintsev // 10Ѕ-11Ѕ

14th // Dragomaretsky // 10-12

15th // Grachev // 9-13

16th // Vlasov // 8Ѕ-13Ѕ

17th-18th // Kalinichev & Kastaneda // 6-16

19th-21st // Kosteniuk, Vorobiov & Mesropov // 5-17

22nd // Vasiukov // 4-18>

________________________________________

We owe this 'twitter' a debt of gratitude (124 tweets were made with round-by-round results and real-time updates):

<"For you worked the grand master Vladimir [Dobrov]. I desire successes and success!">

I'm guessing this would be GM Vladimir Dobrov <grin>

Thanks <DCP23> for all that extra stuff you added! :))

Go GM Shipov! Go Valentina! Go Moro! Go Karjakin!

Finally, Congrats to Gris!! :D

- Mal

PS: The Twitter thread (generously supplied by <percyblakeney>) where this info was retrived is: https://twitter.com/chessmoscow#/ch...

Aug-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  malthrope: Whoops! ~lol~

This always happen when my comp is totally fried and Mal starts to worry that I'll lose something! o-O

Here are the correct scores from Moscow (I forgot to deduct 1 point from the negative side of the tally to equal 21 points not 22 points).

Duh! :P

______________________________

<"Moscow Blitz 2009" // August 30, 2009>

<1st // Grischuk // 17-4

2nd-3rd // Morozevich & Karjakin // 16Ѕ-4Ѕ

4th-5th // Malakhov & Kobalia // 14-7

6th-7th // Jakovenko & Savchenko // 13-8

8th-9th // Riazantsev & Amonatov // 12Ѕ-8Ѕ

10th // Dlugy // 11Ѕ-9Ѕ

11th // Korotylev // 11-10

12th-13th // Najer & Zvjagintsev // 10Ѕ-10Ѕ

14th // Dragomaretsky // 10-11

15th // Grachev // 9-12

16th // Vlasov // 8Ѕ-12Ѕ

17th-18th // Kalinichev & Kastaneda // 6-15

19th-21st // Kosteniuk, Vorobiov & Mesropov // 5-16

22nd // Vasiukov // 4-17>

______________________________

Now all is good again! :D

Don't forget -- Yuri Vasilyev's report to follow shortly in Chesspro on the Moscow Blitz 2009 event! :))

- Mal

PS: Thanks also to <returnoftheking> for spreading the Blitz news around here: Sergey Karjakin ...and here: Alexander Grischuk ~lol~ on his last post! ;)

Aug-31-09   DCP23: <malthrope: <DCP23: Oh. Looks like I've missed it all.> To which I'll gladly add...

We missed <YOU> more! :D>

Thanks <mal>, you're just the nicest poster around here! :D

<<"For you worked the grand master Vladimir [Dobrov]. I desire successes and success!">

I'm guessing this would be GM Vladimir Dobrov >

Yeah, that's him all right, but what follows (<Желаю успехов и удачи!>) is of course <My wishes of success and luck to you! (the readers, that is)> and not what you got from that machine translation ;) See, that's why I'm always wary of those ;)

<Thanks <DCP23> for all that extra stuff you added! :))>

My pleasure!

Oct-31-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: is moro participating in the world cup?
Oct-31-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eyal: <is moro participating in the world cup?>

Yes (surprisingly enough...) - you can see the full list of the 128 participants here: http://tournaments.chessdom.com/che...

Nov-02-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  kellmano: The chess world cup is always a great event. I am glad Moro will be playing. The line up is phenomenal, but it's traditionally over the Christmas period, so I am on holiday.

And in general, drunk.

Nov-06-09   KamikazeAttack: Moro could surprise tomorrow by giving his pal Kramnik a good old kicking.

Very unpredictable this guy..

Nov-09-09   cannibal: On the rest day in Moscow, and on a cold autumn day, here's something to cheer <slomarko> up:

There now follows the list of participants in the Tal Memorial that don't have a life-time plus score against Morozevich (classical games, extracted from this database, so no final guarantees). Anyway.
Ready?
All right, here we go:

. . . . . . . . .

Gelfand.

Alright, that's it for today, see you around here the same time tomorrow.

Nov-09-09   moronovich: <cannibal> I dont think <slomarko> needs any enemies as long as he has got friends like you :)
Nov-09-09   KamikazeAttack: Will Moro end his career without winning a major?

That would be sad. Maybe not, I dont think he cares.

Nov-11-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Appaz: <siamesedream> posted this link on the Tal Memorial (2009), but this might be a better place.

http://interviews.chessdom.com/alex...

"You know, I will tell you my own, totally personal point of view. I myself do not miss Topalov here in Moscow, or in any other tournament. Granted, millions of chess fans certainly have different opinion on this matter."

Nov-12-09   szachista: Does anyone know why Morozevich doesn't like Topalov? Maybe it is because of Topalov's behaviour during the famous match in Elista?

Some time ago I've read an interview with Moro, who said that his relations with Topalov are not good. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Nov-12-09   KamikazeAttack: <Does anyone know why Morozevich doesn't like Topalov?>

During the Elista scandal, Topalov insulted Russsia as a nation, this offended Moro a lot.

Nov-12-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: <szachista> 1) In 2005, after Topalov won San Luis, 64.ru asked Morozevich to nominate three players for the annual Chess Oscar. His reply: "1. Rybka 2. Hydra 3. Danailov." This has been interpreted as a sly accusation about Topalov using computer assistance, but I haven't heard anything else more specific.

2) Before Elista 2006, there was concern from the Russian delegation about cheating precautions (specifically contact between Topalov and Danailov) and a few comments about Topalov's implanted chip, but nothing from Moro himself (AFAIK).

3) Moro refused to shake hands with Topalov after Elista 2006 = Topalov vs Morozevich, 2007

Nov-12-09   szachista: Thank you, <KamikazeAttack> and <tpstar>.
Nov-12-09   TylerD: Sigh... Once more, and nowadays as expected, M has not been able to do good in a supertournament... Sure, he had a good Linares the other year - and he did rather well in Mexico (the WC-tournament), but in general he fails when faced with a field of top 10 players. I always hope for him to surprise, but I have ceased to believe that it will actually ever happen.

This said, it does not really matter, of course:) He has his own important role to play in the chess world:)

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