Alexander Riazantsev
Number of games in database: 408
Years covered: 1995 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2646
Highest rating achieved in database: 2656
Overall record: +98 -63 =233 (54.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      14 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Indian (34)      E12 E15 E18  Slav (31)      D15 D11 D18 D17 D16  King's Indian (24)      E71 E76 E61 E81 E60  Grunfeld (18)      D90 D91 D85 D93 D83  Queen's Gambit Declined (18)      D30 D31 D37 D38  Semi-Slav (15)      D45 D44 D43 D47	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (36)      C11 C04 C14 C10 C00  Caro-Kann (35)      B12 B19 B14 B10 B18  French (17)      C11 C10 C00 C13  Queen's Indian (15)      E15 E12 E16  Queen's Gambit Declined (15)      D37 D31 D30  Semi-Slav (13)      D45 D43 D47 D48 D44

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Riazantsev vs S Sjugirov, 2009 1-0
   A Shomoev vs A Riazantsev, 2007 0-1
   Yifan Hou vs A Riazantsev, 2007 0-1
   A Riazantsev vs S Ivanov, 2004 1-0

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ALEXANDER RIAZANTSEV (born Sep-12-1985) Russia [what is this?]

page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 408  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Riazantsev vs Navara   1-0 47 1995 EU-ch U10 D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. G Timoshenko vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 17 1996 Yalta op C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 3. A Riazantsev vs Balashov   0-1 39 1996 St.Petersburg Petrov E20 Nimzo-Indian 4. A Yegiazarian vs A Riazantsev   1-0 39 1996 RUS-Cup2 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 5. A Riazantsev vs V Osnos   ½-½ 36 1997 RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 6. A Riazantsev vs Navara   1-0 43 1997 Wch U12 D85 Grunfeld 7. A Riazantsev vs V Akobian   0-1 33 1997 Kasparov Cup A07 King's Indian Attack 8. G Sargissian vs A Riazantsev 0-1 56 1997 Kasparov Cup C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 9. M Brodsky vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 39 1998 RUS-Cup C03 French, Tarrasch 10. A Korotylev vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 19 1999 Ch Moscow, Moscow (Russia) D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. A Riazantsev vs M Turov   ½-½ 31 1999 RUS-ch KO D85 Grunfeld 12. A Riazantsev vs D Hausrath   ½-½ 35 1999 Budapest First Saturday GM04, HUN E81 King's Indian, Samisch 13. A Riazantsev vs O Salmensuu   0-1 29 1999 Budapest First Saturday GM04, HUN A57 Benko Gambit 14. A Riazantsev vs S Beshukov   ½-½ 31 1999 Geller Memorial D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. A Riazantsev vs B Sambuev   ½-½ 50 1999 Ch Moscow, Moscow (Russia) E12 Queen's Indian 16. A Riazantsev vs G Schebler   0-1 85 1999 Budapest First Saturday GM04, HUN A40 Queen's Pawn Game 17. A Riazantsev vs A Nesterov   1-0 29 1999 Ch Moscow, Moscow (Russia) D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. M Turov vs A Riazantsev   1-0 49 1999 RUS-ch KO C00 French Defense 19. V Yemelin vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 66 1999 Geller Memorial C06 French, Tarrasch 20. I Balinov vs A Riazantsev   1-0 44 1999 Budapest First Saturday GM04, HUN C17 French, Winawer, Advance 21. Cherniaev vs A Riazantsev   1-0 53 1999 Ch Moscow, Moscow (Russia) C15 French, Winawer 22. C Horvath vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 15 1999 Budapest First Saturday GM04, HUN A90 Dutch 23. L Seres vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 17 1999 Budapest First Saturday GM04, HUN A84 Dutch 24. A Riazantsev vs V Burmakin   ½-½ 64 1999 Geller Memorial D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 25. A Riazantsev vs M Roeder   ½-½ 13 1999 Budapest First Saturday GM04, HUN E12 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 408

Dec-10-04    von schlepstein: According to chessmetrics.com at age 10 and 11 he was the highest rated for those ages in history. Nov-11-05    WannaBe: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Photo, about 1/2 way down the page, dressed in red T-shirt. Nov-11-05    norami: In the new version of chessmetrics the best eleven year olds were Polgar and Karjakin. Nov-11-05    lopium: And what is the birthdate of such a man? Nov-11-05    Eastfrisian: <lopium>: 12.09.1985. Nov-11-05    lopium: Thanksxz Eastfrisian ! Aug-17-06    tamar: Interesting interview with Riazantsev this month at http://www.chesscafe.com/misha/mish... Riazantsev was a enormously talented junior who chose to pursue his education rather than focus just on chess. A contemporary of Navara, he had two early victories over him in under 10 and under 12 competitions. Sep-10-06    Gypsy: <tamar> Thx for posting the interview; an intelligent young man. Sep-12-06    BIDMONFA: Alexander Riazantsev RIAZANTSEV, Alexander http://www.bidmonfa.com/riazantsev_... _ Feb-05-08    Karpova: GM Riazantsev was Karpov's trainer during GorenjeTournament (2007) Sep-07-09    Knight13: Currently in the lead 62nd Russian Championship Higher League (2009) with 4/4. Impressive. Sep-12-09    Open Defence: <Riazantsev was a enormously talented junior who chose to pursue his education rather than focus just on chess. > and now he has returned to chess full time ?

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