Alexey Aleksandrov
Number of games in database: 521
Years covered: 1987 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2639
Highest rating achieved in database: 2679
Overall record: +199 -94 =221 (60.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      7 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (70)      E48 E55 E41 E46 E44  King's Indian (32)      E73 E70 E75 E92 E71  Semi-Slav (25)      D47 D45  Slav (24)      D10 D11 D12 D15 D16  Queen's Gambit Declined (23)      D35 D31 D37 D30 D36  Queen's Pawn Game (21)      A45 A41 E00 A40 D02	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (68)      C67 C60 C65 C97 C85  Queen's Gambit Declined (57)      D38 D31 D37 D30  Giuoco Piano (19)      C53 C50 C54  Nimzo Indian (18)      E32 E58 E55 E20 E51  English (16)      A13 A18 A11  Scotch Game (14)      C45

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Aleksandrov vs Wojtkiewicz, 1992 1-0
   Kramnik vs A Aleksandrov, 1991 1/2-1/2
   Morozevich vs A Aleksandrov, 2000 0-1
   A Aleksandrov vs Kramnik, 1991 1/2-1/2

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

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ALEXEY ALEKSANDROV (born May-11-1973) Belarus [what is this?] Grandmaster (1997) from Belarus.

page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 521  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Aleksandrov vs Smirin   0-1 54 1987 BLR-ch E73 King's Indian 2. Romanishin vs A Aleksandrov   1-0 33 1990 Pula 49/568 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 3. J Klovans vs A Aleksandrov   0-1 49 1990 URS-chT C67 Ruy Lopez 4. A Vitolinsh vs A Aleksandrov 1-0 23 1990 Riga C42 Petrov Defense 5. N Gaprindashvili vs A Aleksandrov   0-1 33 1990 Pula (Croatia) D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 6. A Andreev vs A Aleksandrov   0-1 36 1990 URS-chT Podolsk C54 Giuoco Piano 7. R Sherbakov vs A Aleksandrov   1-0 47 1991 URS-ch58 A13 English 8. Y Kruppa vs A Aleksandrov   0-1 43 1991 URS-ch U26 C67 Ruy Lopez 9. A Aleksandrov vs A Kovacevic   ½-½ 57 1991 URS-YUG U20 E90 King's Indian 10. I Zaitsev vs A Aleksandrov   0-1 54 1991 URS-ch58 C67 Ruy Lopez 11. M Brodsky vs A Aleksandrov   1-0 49 1991 URS-ch58 C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 12. A Aleksandrov vs Dvoirys   0-1 72 1991 URS-ch58 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 13. A Aleksandrov vs Svidler   1-0 18 1991 Chj-URS Alma-Ata D02 Queen's Pawn Game 14. A Aleksandrov vs A Lukin   ½-½ 19 1991 URS-ch58 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 15. A Aleksandrov vs G Timoshenko   1-0 39 1991 URS-ch U26 E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 16. M Brodsky vs A Aleksandrov   1-0 60 1991 URS-ch U26 C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 17. A Aleksandrov vs Kramnik ½-½ 18 1991 Ch URS (juniors) D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Rublevsky vs A Aleksandrov 1-0 54 1991 Jurmala C45 Scotch Game 19. Y Dokhoian vs A Aleksandrov   1-0 33 1991 URS-ch58 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 20. A Aleksandrov vs Kharlov   0-1 29 1991 URS-ch U26 D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. Sutovsky vs A Aleksandrov   0-1 70 1991 juniors C77 Ruy Lopez 22. A Aleksandrov vs Novik   1-0 45 1991 URS-ch58 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Y Meister vs A Aleksandrov   0-1 24 1991 USSR-ch58 Moscow C25 Vienna 24. Kramnik vs A Aleksandrov ½-½ 12 1991 Ch World (juniors) (under 18) D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 25. A Aleksandrov vs Rublevsky 1-0 35 1991 Alma-Ata D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 521

Jun-19-03    Anonymous3637: I admit I haven't looked yet, but does anyone know the criteria for a game's being posted on here? I was looking for Morozevich vs. Aleksandrov which was a King's Gambit Accepted won by black--but, no luck. Jun-19-03    Shadout Mapes: The database is not 100% complete. If you have the game, go to the front page, and scroll down to find the PGN Upload Utility to submit games. Jul-03-03    Anonymous3637: Oh, didn't know I could submit games (then again, I never looked). I think it's so incomplete so as to render the opening statistics (white wins, draws, etc.) useless. Jul-03-03    Benjamin Lau: Inaccurate is more probable than "useless." Opening statistics will stay basically unchanged even as more games are added. As long as there are a fairly high number of games already, the statistics should be accurate enough for usage. You do not need 50 thousand games to confirm or repeat what is already established by a thousand or more- that the King's Gambit is unsound. A fun opening of course, but developed in a more romantic era. The sacrifice of the f pawn is dangerous for white because it sheds the king's cover. This reason is also why the Queen's Gambit is so successful- the c pawn is sacrificed but no harm comes of it because the king is not there. In fact, sacrificing the pawn is helpful because it opens up a file for your queenside rook. Jul-20-03    Anonymous3637: Well with most of the openings here you're right; I was talking about openings with under 400 games or so because the margin of error will be too high. Also, these statistics could also change over time as new ideas are introduced--e.g., when the Yugoslav Attack became popular, "weak players even beat grandmasters with it" (Fischer). The page for the opening of Morozevich-Aleksandrov (C37) says that white wins 57.1% of the time, even with 357 games in the database. This is higher than, for example, the closed Ruy Lopez (C83), even when you factor in draws--but I don't think this will convince people to go in for the Muzio Gambit instead of the Spanish after 1 e4 e5. Last of all I think saying a line is definitely sound or unsound is almost always a mistake--otherwise nobody would be playing the Sicilian Sveshnikov, Najdorf Poisoned Pawn, Modern Benoni, etc. Apr-30-05    WTHarvey: Here are some diagrams of wins and mates from Alexey's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/alka.html Sep-02-05    blackjacki2: Why are his draws vs Kramnik considered notable games? Sep-02-05    alexandrovm: This GM was in the same team as Kasparov last year. The team didn't made a good score, and this GM didn't made good results May-10-06    BIDMONFA: Alexey Aleksandrov http://www.bidmonfa.com/aleksandrov... _ Aug-30-09    wordfunph: Congrats GM Aleksandrov for winning the 18th Abu Dhabi Int'l Chess Festival 2009.. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

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