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Alexander Morozevich
Number of games in database: 1,127
Years covered: 1990 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2751
Highest rating achieved in database: 2788
Overall record: +342 -197 =295 (58.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      293 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (181)      B90 B30 B40 B31 B33  Ruy Lopez (53)      C77 C78 C65 C88 C89  French Defense (41)      C11 C00 C18 C10 C02  Caro-Kann (38)      B12 B10 B13 B17 B18  French (31)      C11 C00 C10 C12 C13  Sicilian Najdorf (31)      B90 B95 B92	With the Black pieces:  Slav (83)      D11 D17 D15 D10 D19  French Defense (78)      C11 C03 C10 C01 C12  Sicilian (71)      B90 B83 B45 B48 B44  Ruy Lopez (49)      C92 C78 C70 C61 C67  French (45)      C11 C10 C12 C00 C13  Queen's Pawn Game (33)      D02 A40 A46 A41 D00

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004 1-0
   Morozevich vs Anand, 1995 1-0
   Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2008 1-0
   I Sokolov vs Morozevich, 2005 0-1
   Morozevich vs E Alekseev, 2004 1-0
   Morozevich vs Korchnoi, 2004 1-0
   Van Wely vs Morozevich, 2001 0-1
   Judit Polgar vs Morozevich, 2000 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
   Morozevich in KO championship by slomarko
   Transcripts by Nodreads
   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
   Wijk aan Zee Corus 2000 by suenteus po 147
   g-dama d-chigorin by aepp
   Wijk aan Zee Corus 2002 by suenteus po 147
   Sarajevo 2000 by suenteus po 147
   Fast Morozevich Wins. by Akavall
   Morozevich vs. Kramnik by percyblakeney
   Morozevich playing blindfolded in Amber 2006 by EdgeFor15

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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 46; games 1-25 of 1,127  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Morozevich vs Kulaots 0-1 37 1990 Ch Yuniors B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 2. Macenis vs Morozevich   ½-½ 53 1990 Ch Yuniors Leningrad C03 French, Tarrasch 3. Emelin vs Morozevich 1-0 54 1990 Ch Yuniors Leningrad C05 French, Tarrasch 4. V Arbakov vs Morozevich ½-½ 66 1991 Ch Central Chess Clu E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 5. Morozevich vs L Cherniak   ½-½ 19 1991 Ch Central Chess Clu B06 Robatsch 6. L Golovin vs Morozevich   ½-½ 42 1991 Ch Central Chess Clu A07 King's Indian Attack 7. Minogina vs Morozevich   0-1 44 1991 Moscow7 op E92 King's Indian 8. Balashov vs Morozevich   1-0 41 1991 Moscow7 op C78 Ruy Lopez 9. Morozevich vs Savchenko 0-1 21 1991 Festival Club T.Petr B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 10. Morozevich vs V Zvjaginsev   ½-½ 19 1991 Moscow GM C78 Ruy Lopez 11. V Anokhin vs Morozevich   0-1 52 1991 Ch Central Chess Clu E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 12. Morozevich vs I Lempert   0-1 38 1991 Moscow7 op B40 Sicilian 13. A Petrosian vs Morozevich ½-½ 31 1991 Moscoop E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 14. Morozevich vs S Sturzesecher   1-0 36 1991 Moscow7 op B54 Sicilian 15. A Hamgokov vs Morozevich   1-0 63 1991 Ch Central Chess Club Moscow E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 16. Morozevich vs J Hohn 1-0 34 1991 Moscoop B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 17. B Zlotnik vs Morozevich 1-0 44 1991 Moscow7 op E92 King's Indian 18. A Filipenko vs Morozevich   0-1 38 1992 RUS B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 19. Morozevich vs Khenkin   ½-½ 46 1992 Cappelle op 8th B40 Sicilian 20. P Tregubov vs Morozevich   0-1 31 1992 Ch RUS Orel E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 21. A Gavrilov vs Morozevich   1-0 46 1992 RUS-ch D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. Morozevich vs A Gelman   1-0 45 1992 juniors C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Morozevich vs A A Arustamian   0-1 71 1992 juniors B32 Sicilian 24. Morozevich vs A Mitenkov   1-0 30 1992 Moscow-ch B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 25. A Petrosian vs Morozevich 1-0 41 1992 RUS E73 King's Indian  page 1 of 46; games 1-25 of 1,127    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Morozevich wins | Morozevich loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 145 OF 145 ·  Later Kibitzing > Feb-14-09    slomarko: <WhiteRook48: does he have any wins against Anand?> you should check this collection of mine: Game Collection: Moro beating Anand Feb-14-09    WhiteRook48: oh, thanks, but I found a game like that some time afterward Feb-22-09    schroedingers cat: is there a game collection of moro's best games with the slav ? Mar-04-09    whiteshark: "Welcome to "Weirdsville" - Population: one, Alexander "Weird Al" Morozevich!" -- John Henderson :D Mar-14-09    Anzer: Good win today at Amber Mar-16-09    ILikeFruits: good day... to you... sir... Mar-16-09    schroedingers cat: <"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> Interresting, Drawnik enjoys active chess ;) Mar-21-09    DCP23: <WhiteRook48: does he have any wins against Anand?> Morozevich has classical wins vs Anand, rapid wins vs Anand, blitz wins vs Anand, blindfold wins vs Anand, White wins vs Anand, Black wins vs Anand, a win vs Anand in a World Championship (!!!) no less, and on top of all that he beat Anand with a King's Gambit! Mar-21-09    Appaz: <DCP23> Nice summary, he-he You make it sound like Moro is totally <dominating> Anand, not going into trivial details :) Mar-21-09    DCP23: <Appaz: <DCP23> Nice summary, he-he You make it sound like Moro is totally <dominating> Anand, not going into trivial details :)> Well my point was that Moro does indeed have <any> wins vs Anand so you can pick a few favorites among those :D Trivial details being, Anand got more wins still? Yes. So what? This is, well, trivial :) According to CG.com database (incomplete, missing some blitz games for sure, perhaps other games too) Morozevich is: +9 -14 =11 vs Anand +7 -12 =12 vs Kramnik +11 -12 =6 vs Topalov So anyone who thinks Moro can't beat these guys is clearly either mistaken or in a state of denial. Mar-26-09    hellopolgar: i love moro. Apr-02-09    Turbaczyk: Morozevich has as Black a great score in the French, especially in tthe variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3. Here, he played 2 times against Svidler, one of the greatest experts of this line on the White side 7..a6 8.Qd2 b5... And won beutifully both games! However, I'm wonder why Svidler didn't play 9.dxc5, considered to be better for White for some opening books. I play the French myself as Black; can anyone tell me: has the Black something better in this variation than 9..Bxc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qf2 Qb6 with a slightly White's advantage? Help me, please! Apr-16-09    no proof: so what is the next event he's gonna take part in, anyone knows? May-01-09    no proof: i wonder what does this silence mean - nobody knows or nobody just appears here? May-01-09    returnoftheking: hi no proof..Terrible that your first and only post is neglected like this... I don't know what event is next. Maybe <slomarko> knows, he is a big fan. May-03-09    no proof: thank you for caring, returnoftheking! it is quite frustrating not getting any answer. and thanks for a hint! although i'm not sure if one can contact users here. i guess i'll just wait till <slomarko> - or anyone else who is aware of the next event - appears here. May-04-09    slomarko: sorry i don't know whats Moro's next event. usually during this time he plays in team competitions but i don't know. he'll play in the Biel supertourney where Invachuk, Gelfand and Caruana will play too however thats in July. May-06-09    aspiringwriter: By the way, it looks like Chessbase posted a wrong pic here. Shown above is GM Kurnosov and not GM Morozevich. ;) May-06-09    slomarko: yeah its hard to say coz the picture is not that clear. it might be Elvis or Amelia Earhart. May-06-09    inderhinder: Morozevizh is The Magnificent Wizard of modern chess, the Tal of 2000!! May-06-09    inderhinder: This game is Sick!! Morozevich,A (2732) - Bologan,V (2665) [B12] RUS-chT Sochi (2), 21.04.2004 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bf4 Ne7 6.Qd3 b6 7.Nge2 Ba6 8.Qe3 0-0 9.0-0-0 c5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Bxe2 12.Bxe2 c4 13.h4 b5 14.Qe1 Nbc6 15.h5 Qd7 16.g4 f6 17.Bf1 Rad8 18.Bh3 dxe4 19.fxe4 Nxd4 20.g5 f5 21.Kb1 Qc6 22.h6 fxe4 23.Qc3 e3 24.Rxd4 Qxh1+ 25.Ka2 Qxh3 26.Rxd8 gxh6 27.gxh6 Qg4 28.Qh8+ 1-0 The alternative winning line 26...Nf5 27.Qe5! Qh5 28.Q:e6+ Qf7 29. Q:f7+ K:f7 30. g6+! h:g6 31. R:f8+ K:f8 32. h7 was Calculated by Morozevich during the game!! Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004 May-18-09    slomarko: Biel field announced: Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Alekseev, Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana May-18-09    rogge: Biel really is Moro's pet tourney! Caruana will have a tough time, and Ivanchuk gets an excellent opportuity to join the 2600+ club. May-25-09    kc1968: morozevich will have a rapid event in June 5-7. with carlsen, ivanchuk and wang yue in leon, spain http://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/l... http://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/l... http://www.advancedchessleon.com/ Jun-21-09    praddy06: The most in-active players in top 10 - Morozevich and Kramnnik Both preservig their rankings for WCC Jump directly to page #   (enter number from 1 to 145) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 145 OF 145 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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