The chess games of Emanuel Berg

Emanuel Berg
Number of games in database: 474
Years covered: 1992 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2594
Highest rating achieved in database: 2623
Overall record: +203 -110 =152 (60.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      9 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (103)
    B90 B33 B77 B42 B47
Ruy Lopez (39)
    C92 C88 C78 C67 C95
French Defense (33)
    C18 C11 C10 C12 C00
Sicilian Najdorf (24)
    B90 B99 B97 B96 B98
Ruy Lopez, Closed (22)
    C92 C88 C95 C89 C84
French (17)
    C11 C10 C12 C00

With the Black pieces:

French Defense (75)
    C05 C06 C18 C01 C02
French Tarrasch (31)
    C05 C06
Sicilian (25)
    B90 B92 B43 B96 B42
French Winawer (24)
    C18 C16 C17 C15
Nimzo Indian (22)
    E39 E40 E46 E38 E32
Queen's Indian (15)
    E15 E12 E13

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Berg vs Bareev, 2005 1-0
   N Kosintseva vs E Berg, 2007 0-1
   E Berg vs Leko, 1995 1-0
   E Berg vs C C Buhr, 2001 1-0
   S Gordon vs E Berg, 2009 0-1
   S Atalik vs E Berg, 2006 0-1

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EMANUEL BERG (born Dec-28-1981) Sweden	[what is this?]
Grandmaster (2004). In 2007, he won the Nordic championship.

page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 474

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. E Berg vs Blatny	0-1	36	1992	Gausdal	B07 Pirc
2. J D Tisdall vs E Berg	1-0	34	1995	Hallsberg /6	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
3. E Berg vs Petursson	0-1	40	1995	It op	B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
4. E Berg vs Leko	1-0	28	1995	Canarias	C47 Four Knights
5. Anders Nylen vs E Berg	1-0	28	1997	SWE-ch (open)	E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
6. Razuvaev vs E Berg	1-0	41	1997	Viking op	A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
7. C F Johansson vs E Berg	0-1	25	1997	SWE-ch (open)	E20 Nimzo-Indian
8. E Berg vs E Dizdarevic	0-1	97	1999	EU-chT (Men)	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
9. G Sargissian vs E Berg	0-1	24	1999	Wch U20	A80 Dutch
10. T Kiroski vs E Berg	1-0	67	1999	EU-chT (Men)	C06 French, Tarrasch
11. E Berg vs G Mohr	0-1	57	1999	EU-chT (Men)	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
12. E Berg vs Fressinet	1-0	56	1999	EU-chT (Men)	B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
13. D Solak vs E Berg	1-0	37	1999	EU-chT (Men)	C05 French, Tarrasch
14. E Berg vs Navara	1-0	49	2000	EU-ch U20	B72 Sicilian, Dragon
15. E Berg vs A Iljushin	½-½	38	2000	World Junior	C11 French
16. E Berg vs Oral	1-0	41	2000	Rilton Cup	B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
17. A Matros vs E Berg	1-0	30	2000	Scandic Hotels GM	A81 Dutch
18. E Berg vs Radjabov	½-½	43	2000	EU-ch U20	C11 French
19. V Malakhatko vs E Berg	0-1	30	2000	Bydgoszcz Bank Pocztowy op	A80 Dutch
20. E Berg vs T Wedberg	½-½	52	2000	Scandic Hotels GM	C47 Four Knights
21. E Berg vs P Blehm	½-½	34	2000	World Junior	C45 Scotch Game
22. G Sargissian vs E Berg	½-½	48	2000	Wch U20	A17 English
23. K Kachiani vs E Berg	0-1	42	2000	Bundesliga 1999-	A81 Dutch
24. Z Pengxiang vs E Berg	0-1	40	2000	World Junior	C00 French Defense
25. R H Fyllingen vs E Berg	1-0	63	2001	Nordic Championships	A46 Queen's Pawn Game


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Jul-06-09		acirce: http://www.schacksm2009.se/ http://elitserien.schack.se/SM/tfd....

Jul-06-09		waustad: Tack so mycket!

Jul-07-09		Ziggurat: <acirce> Ser fr�n din f�rsta l�nk att de i �r arrangerar "Chock-SM" - l�ter intressant. Chock har ju alltid spelats vid sidan om i (skol-, kadett- osv) SM och jag vill minnas fr�n min egen skol-SM-tid att Stefan Solbrand var n�rmast oslagbar i det (oavsett partner!). Han verkade d� som en talang i paritet med Jonas Barkhagen (eller Johan Hellsten, som inte var s� outstanding p� den tiden) men har nog f�rsvunnit fr�n schacket eftersom han inte ens har en egen sida p� cg.com! Det verkar som om han blev �nnu b�ttre p� bridge och spelade p� h�g niv� tillsammans med Olle Wademark, som ocks� �r gammal schackspelare. Urs�kta utsv�vningen ...

Jul-07-09		acirce: Hehe. Jag minns inte n�r jag spelade chock senast. Kanske skulle vara kul att prova p� igen. Har �ven bara vaga minnen fr�n min egen skol-SM-tid, (utom fr�n debuten 1989 f�rst�s ;-) ) L�rde f�r �vrigt k�nna Emanuel och hans far Bo lite grand runt den tiden, men det var f�rst�s l�nge sedan.

Jul-07-09		Ziggurat: Ja, jag s�g idag n�r jag letade efter resultattabeller att en Ulf H. hade vunnit 1989! Sj�lv kom jag fyra 2ggr och sjua en g�ng, om jag inte minns fel. Debut�ret 1984 kom jag mycket n�ra att vinna - jag m�tte Peter Bergstr�m i sista ronden i ett parti d�r segraren skulle ta hem pokalen. (Tror att han �ven skulle ha vunnit vid remi.) Pressen blev f�r h�rd f�r mitt tio�riga nervsystem och i slutspelet missade jag en springargaffel som skulle ha vunnit dam (och d�rmed parti). Bergstr�m knackade triumferande p� gaffelrutan efter att jag gjort mitt drag och lyckades inte bara r�dda slutspelet utan �ven vinna det. OK, nu ska jag f�rs�ka h�lla mig on topic, som du ju lyckades g�ra i din post ovan ...

Jul-07-09		acirce: D�r ser man, det var s� n�ra �ven f�r dig allts�. Hur som helst var det f�rst�s h�jdpunkten i min schackliga karri�r, sedan dess har det g�tt stadigt utf�r ;) Yeah, and maybe we should return to English as well before this turns to the Wesley So page, or at least to what it used to be.. although we have some way to go until we reach the same number of pages.

Jul-11-09		waustad: Congratulations on winning the Championship.

Jul-11-09		acirce: Yes, he secured victory with a short draw in the final round. 9.5/13 in all. Grattis!

Jul-12-09		whiteshark: Gratulationer till m�sterskapet vann!

Jul-12-09		acirce: Btw, I think it is -- surprisingly enough -- the first time he wins the title, so it must have felt particularly welcome. He's certainly had his share of 2nd places.

Jul-21-09		BoardLord: GM Emanuel Berg will participate in Arctic Chess Challenge 2009 in Troms�, Norway with start 1st of August. In connection with this I have written a profile of him that you can read at my blog Sjakkfantomet. It's in English: http://sjakkfantomet.blogg.no/12482...

Jul-30-09		Pennypacker: Berg also won the Politiken Blitz tourney. There's some nice videos from the semi and the final here: http://ksu.dk/politiken_cup/default...

Aug-04-09		zarg: Looking at the final position in today's game WGM Natalia - GM Berg at Arctic Chess Challenge: click for larger view draw agreed, but it appears Berg had a nice mating attack with 44... Qa1+

Aug-04-09		slomarko: line please

Aug-04-09		slomarko: Qa1 Kg2 Qg1 Kh3 and then what?

Aug-04-09		zarg: I was thinking Qf1+, Rg2, g4+

Aug-04-09		slomarko: you are correct, it's an easy win, are you sure the result is correct? i doubt a GM can miss such a variation in a slow game.

Aug-04-09		slomarko: zarg the score of the game is clearly not correct, they have white playing Qa8 on move 43 which is absurd.

Aug-04-09		zarg: you can check the final position here http://www.sjakk-live.com/

Aug-04-09		slomarko: zarg please replay the last few moves of the game. IMO for example already 42.Qa5 is probably not correct because its a stupid move and black could mate with Rb1. almost certainly 42.f7 or 42.Rb3 was played.

Aug-04-09		zarg: <slo>, when playing through those moves... I fully agree that it look like a transmission error, and I also think you are quite right by assuming that the final position given isn't correct either. Berg had a very long game yesterday, so it wouldn't be too surprising if that had an effect today though.

Aug-05-09		zarg: Indeed it was quite some errors in that transmission! The PGN from the official site gives [Event "Arctic Chess Challenge 2009"] [Site "Scandic Hotel, Troms�"] [Date "2009.08.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Zdebskaja, Natalia"] [Black "Berg, Emanuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2412"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. c4 a5 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd6 18. f3 f5 19. Qe3 Rc7 20. Rae1 Rf6 21. Bd3 Rcf7 22. Bc2 Rh6 23. f4 e4 24. g3 Qb6 25. Re2 Be7 26. g4 Bf6 27. Qb3 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Qd8 29. gxf5 Rb6 30. Qa3 Rxb2 31. Rxe4 b5 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. Qxc4 Rb4 34. Qa6 Rf6 35. Qe2 Qxd5 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. f6 g6 38. f5 g5 39. Rg4 Kh8 40. Be4 Qe5 41. Qa6 Qxf6 42. Qxa5 Rfb8 43. Rb3 Bf2 44. Rxb4 Rxb4 45. Qa8+ Kg7 46. Qa7+ Kh6 47. Qd7 Rb6 48. Qd2 Rb2 49. Qd5 Re2 50. Qe6 Bd4 51. Qxf6+ Bxf6 52. Bd5 Kg7 53. a4 h5 54. Rg2 Re5 55. Be6 Re1+ 56. Rg1 Re4 57. Rc1 Rxa4 58. Rxc5 Ra1+ 59. Kg2 Bd4 60. Rc7+ Kf6 61. h3 Rg1+ 62. Kh2 Re1 63. Rc2 Be5+ 64. Kg2 Re3 65. Rc6 Rg3+ 66. Kf2 Rxh3 67. Bd5+ Kg7 68. Rg6+ Kf8 69. Rxg5 Bf6 70. Kg2 Rd3 71. Rg8+ Ke7 72. Bf3 Kf7 73. Ra8 1/2-1/2 and when replaying the moves 39-47, it appears Berg had a nice advantage (which slipped away), but no mating attack.

Aug-05-09		slomarko: the only moment i think he had a good advantage is here: click for larger view he played Rfb8 but Qe5 seems much better and white would have to find the Qa6-Qh6 idea to keep his head out of the water.

Aug-06-09		zarg: Yup. We did figure it out, and it was all confirmed in phantom's blog: <Emanuel Berg could have got excellent winning chances by the strong centralizing Queen-move 42...Qe5! with a threat of Rb2 among other things. When he didn't find this he didn't get more chances and it ended up in a hard fought draw on move 72. With some 200 moves in the last 2 games for GM Berg it will be interesting to see how much fighting spirit the Swedish Champion can show up with in the next rounds. PS: The LIVE-stream of this game got corrupt after move 41. As broadcasted Emanuel Berg could have mated with a nice Qa1+, with a long forced mate-sequence as several observers saw. This position was never at the board so Berg did never have such a mating attack... > http://sjakkfantomet.blogg.no/

Nov-15-09		Tabanus: Swedish Championship 2009 final standings (crosstable): http://www.schacksm2009.se/Resultat...

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