Eduard A Mnatsakanian
Number of games in database: 126
Years covered: 1957 to 2008
Last FIDE rating: 2154
Highest rating achieved in database: 2425
Overall record: +19 -58 =49 (34.5%)*
   * 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 (31)      B80 B95 B41 B45 B32  Caro-Kann (6)      B17 B12 B14 B19  Four Knights (5)      C47  Sicilian Taimanov (5)      B45 B47 B46 B48  Sicilian Najdorf (5)      B95 B97 B99  French Defense (5)      C18 C16 C10 C04 C19	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (17)      B29 B23 B28 B47 B20  Slav (7)      D15 D10 D11 D19 D17  Ruy Lopez (4)      C96 C77

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Mnatsakanian vs J Banas, 1979 1-0
   I Nei vs E Mnatsakanian, 1965 1/2-1/2
   E Mnatsakanian vs A Zaitsev, 1962 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   USSR Championship (1962)
   Yerevan (1965)

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EDUARD A MNATSAKANIAN (born Dec-06-1938) Armenia [what is this?] Eduard Andronikovich Mnatsakanian is an International Master. Armenian champion in 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, and 1967.

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 126  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Antoshin vs E Mnatsakanian   1-0 25 1957 URS-ch sf D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 2. E Mnatsakanian vs Suetin   ½-½ 35 1957 Leningrad B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 3. K Klaman vs E Mnatsakanian   1-0 41 1957 URS-ch sf D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 4. E Mnatsakanian vs Taimanov   0-1 48 1957 Tbilisi B41 Sicilian, Kan 5. Krogius vs E Mnatsakanian   1-0 49 1957 USSR ch sf A21 English 6. E Mnatsakanian vs Bagirov   ½-½ 42 1957 Tbilisi B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 7. E Mnatsakanian vs Taimanov 0-1 34 1957 Leningrad B41 Sicilian, Kan 8. Ragozin vs E Mnatsakanian   1-0 45 1957 Ch URS C77 Ruy Lopez 9. Tal vs E Mnatsakanian   ½-½ 53 1959 Moscow A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 10. Spassky vs E Mnatsakanian 1-0 23 1959 Moscow D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. E Mnatsakanian vs Kholmov   0-1 46 1960 USSR Team Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 12. E Mnatsakanian vs Petrosian 0-1 24 1961 Team Events of the Spartak Sports Society B12 Caro-Kann Defense 13. Stein vs E Mnatsakanian   ½-½ 35 1962 USSR Championship C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 14. E Mnatsakanian vs Y Kots   ½-½ 46 1962 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 15. Suetin vs E Mnatsakanian   ½-½ 38 1962 USSR Championship B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 16. Tal vs E Mnatsakanian   1-0 34 1962 USSR Championship E12 Queen's Indian 17. E Mnatsakanian vs M Mukhitdinov   ½-½ 33 1962 URS-chT C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 18. E Mnatsakanian vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 26 1962 USSR Championship B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 19. E Mnatsakanian vs Spassky   0-1 37 1962 USSR Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 20. E Mnatsakanian vs A Korelov 0-1 41 1962 USSR Championship C52 Evans Gambit 21. Taimanov vs E Mnatsakanian   ½-½ 41 1962 USSR Championship A60 Benoni Defense 22. Krogius vs E Mnatsakanian   1-0 62 1962 USSR Championship D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 23. E Mnatsakanian vs A Zaitsev 1-0 19 1962 USSR Championship B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 24. I Zaitsev vs E Mnatsakanian   ½-½ 30 1962 USSR Championship B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 25. Aronin vs E Mnatsakanian   1-0 41 1962 USSR Championship C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 126

Aug-26-05    sitzkrieg: Anyone who can draw Tal, Stein and Kholmov deserves a short bio. Who is this? Sep-15-05    Resignation Trap: Eduard Andronikovich Mnatsakanian was born December 6, 1938 in Yerevan Armenia (former USSR). He won the Armenian Championship five times (1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, and 1967). He played in the USSR Championship finals twice. In 1962 he scored 6.5/19 and in the 1967 event (a Swiss system) he finished 8-5 for 18th-26th place in a field of 126 players. He was awarded the International Master title in 1978. He is still active. At a recent event in Yerevan in August 2005, he scored 7.5/9 at a tournament for players 60 and over, second place behind Gagik Hakobian. Sep-15-05    sitzkrieg: Nice!

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