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Alexey Suetin
Number of games in database: 1,243
Years covered: 1947 to 2001
Highest rating achieved in database: 2460
Overall record: +413 -300 =530 (54.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (246) 
    B82 B45 B32 B23 B33
 Ruy Lopez (144) 
    C90 C92 C78 C96 C93
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (89) 
    C90 C92 C96 C93 C84
 French Defense (50) 
    C19 C11 C16 C10 C02
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (41) 
    B60 B62 B67 B69 B61
 Caro-Kann (36) 
    B17 B10 B19 B11 B18
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (204) 
    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 A30 A31 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
   Suetin vs Tseshkovsky, 1972 1-0
   Suetin vs Korchnoi, 1951 1-0
   Suetin vs A Bykhovsky, 1958 1-0

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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 1,243  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Suetin vs V Chistyakov 1-026 1947 URSC12 French, McCutcheon
2. Nezhmetdinov vs Suetin 1-029 1947 URSB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
3. G Ilivitsky vs Suetin  0-141 1947 URSD98 Grunfeld, Russian
4. Suetin vs Fedosov  1-027 1948 TulaC49 Four Knights
5. A Poliak vs Suetin  1-040 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final)E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
6. Geller vs Suetin 0-135 1950 Moscow ch-SUC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
7. V Mikenas vs Suetin  1-037 1950 11 MoscowD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. Smyslov vs Suetin 1-048 1950 Soviet ChampionshipD71 Neo-Grunfeld
9. Averbakh vs Suetin  1-033 1950 Ch URSB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
10. Suetin vs Aronin  0-141 1950 URS-ch18 Moscow ,URSB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
11. Suetin vs Petrosian  1-060 1950 Ch URSC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
12. Suetin vs G Iliwitzki  0-143 1950 TulaB56 Sicilian
13. Suetin vs Boleslavsky  ½-½22 1950 Ch URSC11 French
14. Korchnoi vs Suetin  ½-½60 1950 TulaB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
15. Bondarevsky vs Suetin  1-055 1950 URS-ch18 Moscow ,URSE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
16. Suetin vs Keres  ½-½35 1950 Moskva ch-SU (22.11.50)C59 Two Knights
17. Sokolsky vs Suetin  0-135 1950 Ch URSD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
18. Suetin vs Tolush  0-125 1950 Ch URSC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
19. Suetin vs Gusev  1-043 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final)C41 Philidor Defense
20. Suetin vs Alatortsev  ½-½26 1950 Ch URSE41 Nimzo-Indian
21. Suetin vs Lipnitsky  1-048 1950 URS-ch18 Moscow ,URSC78 Ruy Lopez
22. Suetin vs G Borisenko  1-058 1950 Ch URSC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
23. Kasparian vs Suetin  0-142 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final)E61 King's Indian
24. Liublinsky vs Suetin  1-056 1950 Ch URSB32 Sicilian
25. Flohr vs Suetin 1-051 1950 Ch URSE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-10-02   Jaburu: GM Alexey Suetin is one of the deepest thinkers of the chess. The amateur that to get to thoroughly understand what Suetin meant on Kasparov, it is because is also understanding thoroughly the strategy of the chess! See your comment: ... "Today, when the 22-year-old Grandmaster has fully shaped up as chess player, I venture to say that Kasparov resembles only Kasparov and no one else as far as his style is concerned". .... "More than any other chess player of the present day (to say nothing of this predecessors) he constantly (and this is praiseworthy) makes intuitive material sacrifices which are quite real but do not form part of winning combinations". ... "So, on the one hand, I claim that Kassparov is not efficient enought in calculating winning variations. On the other, I speak about his strenght in dynamic positions glutted with acute tactical motifs. And there is no contradiction in my assetions". (Part of article by Alexey Suetin published in the British Chess Magazine apud Smith, K. and Hall, J.; in Modern Art of Attack; pp. 165-166; Chess Digest, Inc.; Dallas 1988).
Jul-27-04   offramp: I have been reading Suetin's "Three Steps to Chess Mastery." It's not a bad book but out of the hundreds of examples from throughout chess history there is not one single mention of Kortschnoi! Obviously it was written when VK was a 'non-person'.
Jul-27-04
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  Gypsy: <...there is not one single mention of Kortschnoi! Obviously it was written when VK was a 'non-person'.> If it is the same book I think it is, <offramp>, then you may find quite a number of game positions without attribution. I suspect that those (or most of those) are Korchnoi.
Oct-28-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  An Englishman: Good Evening: Either that, offramp, or Suetin was upset with how often he lost to Korchnoi. Here is a pretty neat game in which Viktor sacs a pawn in the Scandinavian for a persistent intiative.

Suetin vs Korchnoi, 1960

Apr-26-05   DanielBryant: Wasn't he Petrosian's trainer?
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
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