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Alexey Suetin
Number of games in database: 1,246
Years covered: 1947 to 2001
Highest rating achieved in database: 2460
Overall record: +413 -302 =530 (54.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (248) 
    B82 B45 B32 B23 B50
 Ruy Lopez (144) 
    C90 C92 C78 C93 C96
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (89) 
    C90 C92 C93 C96 C84
 French Defense (50) 
    C19 C11 C16 C10 C02
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (41) 
    B62 B60 B67 B69 B65
 Caro-Kann (36) 
    B17 B10 B19 B11 B18
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (205) 
    B48 B47 B42 B44 B46
 Sicilian Taimanov (63) 
    B48 B47 B46 B49
 King's Indian (63) 
    E63 E94 E90 E81 E69
 Modern Benoni (47) 
    A56 A57 A61 A71 A65
 English, 1 c4 c5 (40) 
    A34 A31 A30 A33 A37
 Sicilian Kan (37) 
    B42 B43 B41
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Suetin vs P Travnicek, 1975 1-0
   Suetin vs Bagirov, 1961 1-0
   Suetin vs Korchnoi, 1962 1-0
   Suetin vs Ujtelky, 1965 1-0
   Geller vs Suetin, 1950 0-1
   Suetin vs Tseshkovsky, 1972 1-0
   Suetin vs Polugaevsky, 1963 1-0
   Tal vs Suetin, 1958 1/2-1/2
   Suetin vs Korchnoi, 1951 1-0
   Suetin vs A Bykhovsky, 1958 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   USSR Championship 1954 by suenteus po 147

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ALEXEY SUETIN
(born Nov-16-1926, died Sep-10-2001)

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Alexey Stepanovich Suetin was born in 1926 in the USSR. He was awarded the IM title in 1961 and GM title in 1965 and became World Senior Champion in 1996. His best tourament results were in the 1960's, 1st at Sarajevo 1965, 1st= with Mark Taimanov and Svetozar Gligoric at Copenhagen 1965 and 1st= with Aleksandar Matanovic at Titovo Uzice in 1966. He was also an author of note.

 page 1 of 50; games 1-25 of 1,246  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. G Ilivitsky vs Suetin  0-141 1947 URSD98 Grunfeld, Russian
2. Suetin vs V Chistyakov 1-026 1947 URSC12 French, McCutcheon
3. Nezhmetdinov vs Suetin 1-029 1947 URSB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
4. Suetin vs Fedosov  1-027 1948 TulaC49 Four Knights
5. Suetin vs Keres  ½-½35 1950 Moskva ch-SU (22.11.50)C59 Two Knights
6. Sokolsky vs Suetin  0-135 1950 Ch URSD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
7. Suetin vs Tolush 0-125 1950 Ch URSC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
8. Suetin vs Gusev  1-043 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final)C41 Philidor Defense
9. Suetin vs Alatortsev  ½-½26 1950 Ch URSE41 Nimzo-Indian
10. Suetin vs Lipnitsky  1-048 1950 URS-ch18 Moscow ,URSC78 Ruy Lopez
11. Suetin vs G Borisenko 1-058 1950 Ch URSC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
12. Kasparian vs Suetin  0-142 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final)E61 King's Indian
13. Liublinsky vs Suetin  1-056 1950 Ch URSB32 Sicilian
14. Suetin vs Konstantinopolsky  0-143 1950 URS-ch18 Moscow ,URSC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
15. Flohr vs Suetin 1-051 1950 Ch URSE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
16. A Poliak vs Suetin  1-040 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final)E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
17. Geller vs Suetin 0-135 1950 Moscow ch-SUC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
18. V Mikenas vs Suetin  1-037 1950 11 MoscowD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. Smyslov vs Suetin 1-048 1950 Soviet ChampionshipD71 Neo-Grunfeld
20. Averbakh vs Suetin  1-033 1950 Ch URSB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
21. Suetin vs Aronin  0-141 1950 URS-ch18 Moscow ,URSB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
22. Suetin vs Petrosian  1-060 1950 Ch URSC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
23. Suetin vs G Iliwitzki  0-143 1950 TulaB56 Sicilian
24. Suetin vs Boleslavsky  ½-½22 1950 Ch URSC11 French
25. Korchnoi vs Suetin  ½-½60 1950 TulaB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
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Apr-26-05   aw1988: Suetin was possibly one of the most intelligent players ever, belonging in the ranks of Lasker, Tal, and Kramnik. His words are always extremely striking.
Apr-26-05   aw1988: <DanielBryant> Yes, Suetin was one of Petrosian's trainers.
Apr-26-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: Boleslavskij, Suetin -- two of the best chess thinkers were ammong Petrosian's coaches.
Apr-26-05   aw1988: And Averbakh, I believe.
Apr-26-05   offramp: Wasn't there a horror film in the 1950s called 'I Was Petrosian's Trainer'?
Apr-26-05   aw1988: I think it was called "I was Petrosian's Opponent'!
Apr-27-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Was it true that Rona Petrosian slapped Suetin's face when Petrosian was playing his candidates final match with Fischer in 1971?
Apr-27-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: <aw1988: And Averbakh, I believe.> A great choice for the adjournement work.
Apr-27-05   aw1988: <Gypsy> That reminds me of an amusing anecdote.

Paul Keres as you all know was quite the unlucky duck. In one Candidates tournament he had to play Pal Benko, whom he had defeated nine times previously. The game was adjourned in a complex endgame, and Benko analyzed it all night, and he won in only six moves later the following day. Korchnoi later asserted "With Petrosian's help!" since Petrosian was leading the tournament and the game was quite important to him.

Apr-27-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: <aw1988> Lol. Well, it maybe a tall story but it sounds plausible. Check out the story of the L Sanchez vs Pachman, 1959 game.
Apr-28-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: <aw1988> and <Gypsy> "Korchnoi later asserted "With Petrosian's help!" since Petrosian was leading the tournament and the game was quite important to him."

Pal Benko has a different version of this story. Let me connect a few games with Benko's version of the Saga of Paul Keres at Curacao. Start here: Keres vs Benko, 1962

Apr-28-05   aw1988: <Resignation Trap> Quite interesting.
Apr-29-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: <Resignation Trap> Thanks for weawing the Benko's side of the story with the games. Well done!

It seems to be one of those times where the facts more or less check -- it was Petrosian and Geller who came to help Benko -- but the interpretation differ. Benko claims he kicked them out unceremoniously: <A while later, Petrosian and Geller came to me in secret and offered to help me beat their own countryman! I was disgusted. Telling them that it would be a draw with best play, I demanded that they leave.> Of course, looking at the overall records of the four protagonists, I can see how Korchnoi could have arrived at his interpretation of the events. (And, for that matter, how Keres could have arrived at his.)

The lifetime results amongst the four protagonists are like this:

Benko-Keres +1 -10 =6
Benko-Petrosian +0 -7 =9
Benko-Geller +1 -3 =5

Keres-Petrosian +3 -3 =30
Keres-Geller +9 -7 =21

Petrosian-Geller +3 -5 =35

For the grand totals of:
Keres +22 -11 =57 (56%)
Geller +15 -13 =61 (51%)
Petrosian +13 -14 =74 (49.5%)
Benko +2 -20 =20 (28.5%)

May-12-05   soberknight: It's hot outside. Alexey is Suetin.
May-31-06   jaime gallegos: who is the current World Senior Champion ?
Sep-10-06   BIDMONFA: Alexey Suetin

SUETIN, Alexey S.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/suetin_alex... _

Nov-16-06   WTHarvey: <jaime gallegos> Victor Korchnoi is the Senior World Champion of 2006: https://www.chessbase.com/newsdetai...
Nov-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: Good for Victor! But now we'll have to take him off the list of "Strongest Players Never to Become World Champion."
Nov-16-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: suetin is a witness on how chess cheating is done on high level..anyways may you rest in peace...id read that these gentleman die after a game of chess
Jan-24-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Quote of the Day

< The work of a chess player is similar to a blast furnace process: it is continuous and demands a heated passion for chess.>

-- Alexander Suetin

Jan-24-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Pyke: Hey <Sharky>, good to see you're still around. I just marked your post, because I put the same quote on my own forum ... but as usual, it turns out you were faster than me ... :-)
Jul-24-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: <Pyke> Yet, again! :D
Nov-26-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: < The work of a chess player is similar to a blast furnace process: it is continuous and demands a heated passion for chess.>

As this was written in the USSR, it can be seen as part of the propaganda effort to depict chess as industrial work. If written in the USA, it might be an appeal for sponsorship aimed at a smelting company. And in England it would be a begging letter to the rock group Blast Furnace & The Heatwaves, asking them to play for free at the post-match party.

Nov-26-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Early bird <Ddl>, you've posted that at 04:37 hrs CET. :D
Nov-27-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: <Sharky> True. But on this occasion I was a late bird who hadn't gone to bed yet.
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