Andrey Zontakh
Number of games in database: 125
Years covered: 1993 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2579
Highest rating achieved in database: 2582
Overall record: +39 -14 =65 (60.6%)*
   * 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:  Sicilian (30)      B33 B90 B32 B48 B31  King's Indian (9)      E97 E92 E91 E90 E94  Sicilian Najdorf (7)      B90  Slav (4)      D18 D15 D16 D17	With the Black pieces:  Caro-Kann (12)      B18 B14 B12 B10 B19  French Defense (8)      C11 C01 C07 C02  Sicilian (8)      B58 B83 B51 B22 B97  English (5)      A13 A17 A16 A19  French (4)      C11  Nimzo Indian (4)      E21 E54 E20 E32

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Zontakh vs S Yuferov, 2006 1-0

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page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Zontakh vs Velimirovic   ½-½ 38 1993 Belgrade Beopromet B32 Sicilian 2. Zontakh vs B Ivanovic   0-1 36 1993 Podgorica B32 Sicilian 3. Matulovic vs Zontakh   ½-½ 20 1993 Arandjelovac B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 4. Tringov vs Zontakh ½-½ 15 1993 Arandjelovac B58 Sicilian 5. Zontakh vs Velimirovic   ½-½ 28 1993 Arandjelovac B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 6. Zontakh vs G Timoshchenko   ½-½ 22 1994 Sala op B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 7. Zontakh vs Y Kruppa   ½-½ 14 1994 Werfen op-A B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 8. A Vospernik vs Zontakh   0-1 40 1995 Portoroz op B20 Sicilian 9. Psakhis vs Zontakh   ½-½ 12 1995 Portoroz op B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 10. Zontakh vs Movsesian   0-1 40 1995 Sala op B42 Sicilian, Kan 11. Zontakh vs Matulovic   1-0 46 1995 Pozarevac B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 12. Kholmov vs Zontakh   ½-½ 65 1995 Policka op B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 13. Zontakh vs Ivkov   ½-½ 8 1995 it Pozarevac (Yugos E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 14. Zontakh vs Velimirovic   ½-½ 75 1995 Pozarevac B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 15. G Timoshchenko vs Zontakh   ½-½ 10 1995 Werfen op-A D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. Oral vs Zontakh   0-1 29 1995 Sala op D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. Zontakh vs Matulovic   ½-½ 39 1996 Belgrade B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. Velimirovic vs Zontakh   0-1 38 1998 YUG-chT E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 19. Zontakh vs Y Shulman   1-0 58 1998 Novak Nikolic mem 1st E97 King's Indian 20. V Malakhatko vs Zontakh   ½-½ 40 1998 Donetzk zt D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 21. Zontakh vs Y Kruppa ½-½ 30 1998 Donetzk zt C16 French, Winawer 22. Zontakh vs V Malakhatko   ½-½ 54 1998 Krakow op-A B33 Sicilian 23. Matulovic vs Zontakh   0-1 40 1998 Serbian-ch 29th B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 24. B Ivanovic vs Zontakh   ½-½ 33 1998 YUG-chT B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 25. I Balinov vs Zontakh   ½-½ 14 1999 Budapest First Saturday GM04, HUN D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125

Oct-10-05    WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Andrey's games not given here: http://www.wtharvey.com/zont.html Oct-10-05    AlexanderMorphy: Why does this databse choose these type of players as player of the day..i mena the guy might be good but why don't they put up more players like Fisher, Capa, Tal, Kasparov etc? Oct-10-05    ughaibu: How long could Chessgames.com keep selecting a 'player of the day' if they stuck to the players everybody's familiar with? And what's the point of having someone famous as player of the day? If you want to look at the games of Tal or Fischer use the search button. Oct-10-05    Benzol: I wonder how many kibitzers actually look at the Player Of The Day's games if it isn't somebody well known? Oct-10-05    AlexanderMorphy: <Benzol> exactly...i don;t mean a famous player everyday...but at least once a week a chess great to be named the player of the day. People who are new to chess and the site can learn about this player and look for his games! Oct-10-05    IMlday: <Benzol> Often the less well-known the better (psychostrategically;) imo. <ughaibu> If you don't take membership at CG you miss some excellent features, like the full 'openings explorer', which would show you why Zontak is interesting. Club players who hold their own against GM's will always be interesting. Oct-10-05    Benzol: Do kibitzers look at the Birthday list? There is a good selection today. <WTHarvey> is great at finding puzzles that aren't in the database. e.g. Ortvin Sarapu was the Player Of The Day on the 4th of October and there were two games postions that are not in the database yet. One was against FM Bruce Watson ( who was playing in the North Shore Open this last weekend BTW ) and the other I can't remember seeing before. But apart from Mr Harvey only <Granite> actually commented on one of Ortvin's games ( one of his wins against Cecil John Seddon Purdy from their 1952 Match ). Oct-10-05    lopium: Anyway, when does Zontakh was born? Oct-10-05    atripodi: <Anyway, when does Zontakh was born?> 1970 according to FIDE. Also, could you give a brief explanation of Zontakh's style IMlday? Oct-11-05    lopium: Thanksxz atripodi. Nov-04-06    BIDMONFA: Andrey Zontakh ZONTAKH, Andrey http://www.bidmonfa.com/zontakh_and... _

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