The chess games of Gaston Needleman

G Needleman

Gaston Needleman
Number of games in database: 49
Years covered: 2001 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2414
Highest rating achieved in database: 2437
Overall record: +19 -15 =14 (54.2%)*
   * 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 (7)
    B32 B92 B84 B34 B70

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (9)
    B47 B48 B21 B44 B30
Sicilian Taimanov (5)
    B47 B48
Modern Benoni (4)
    A57 A70 A56 A58
King's Indian (4)
    E62 E68 E91

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 49

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. G Needleman vs A Diamant	0-1	52	2001	Guaymallen PanAM-chJ U12 Absoluto	B32 Sicilian
2. G Needleman vs R Huertas Soris	½-½	38	2003	Torneo Continental Americano	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
3. G Needleman vs R Costa	1-0	30	2003	Torneo Continental Americano	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
4. B Lugo vs G Needleman	1-0	35	2003	Torneo Continental Americano	B30 Sicilian
5. S Arambel vs G Needleman	½-½	54	2003	Torneo Continental Americano	A20 English
6. G Needleman vs M Ripari	1-0	46	2003	Torneo Continental Americano	B32 Sicilian
7. F Restuccia vs G Needleman	½-½	19	2003	II American Continental	B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
8. G Needleman vs Hector Hernandez	1-0	32	2003	Torneo Continental Americano	A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
9. F Incicco vs G Needleman	0-1	51	2004	79th Argentine Championship	A58 Benko Gambit
10. G Needleman vs M Villanueva	½-½	65	2004	Campeonato Superior	B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
11. M Semprevivo vs G Needleman	½-½	46	2004	79th Argentine Championship	B44 Sicilian
12. G Needleman vs R Cristobal	1-0	55	2004	79th Argentine Championship	C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
13. G Needleman vs G Malbran	0-1	41	2004	79th Argentine Championship	B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
14. J A Rubinetti vs G Needleman	½-½	65	2004	79th Argentine Championship	A48 King's Indian
15. G Needleman vs Julia Ernesto	0-1	54	2004	79th Argentine Championship	B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
16. R Maiques vs G Needleman	0-1	43	2004	79th Argentine Championship	A57 Benko Gambit
17. G Needleman vs P Ricardi	0-1	44	2005	Argentinean Championship	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
18. D Valerga vs G Needleman	½-½	27	2005	American Continental Championship	B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
19. G Needleman vs A Needleman	½-½	10	2005	American Continental	A05 Reti Opening
20. G Needleman vs G Soppe	0-1	36	2005	Argentinean Championship	B02 Alekhine's Defense
21. G Needleman vs Grischuk	0-1	79	2005	FIDE World Cup	C53 Giuoco Piano
22. G Needleman vs A Sorin	1-0	45	2005	American Continental Championship	C50 Giuoco Piano
23. P Lafuente vs G Needleman	½-½	83	2005	Argentinean Championship	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
24. G Needleman vs D Lima	½-½	11	2005	American Continental Championship	B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
25. G Needleman vs J Pierrot	0-1	43	2005	Argentinean Championship	B08 Pirc, Classical


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Sep-21-05		ConLaMismaMano: Time controls: -Karpov 135 min. for first 40 moves + 30 min to finish. -Other 6 players 105 min. for first 40 moves + 30 min. to finish. Apparently Karpov sayed "Ok", extended his hand to Needleman and walked away in anger after his loss. Anatoly didn't attend at the closing ceremony but a while after he came back and apologized.

Sep-21-05		you vs yourself: <walked away in anger> Old man still has some ego.

Sep-21-05		ConLaMismaMano: Here's Gast�n Needleman�s victory over Anatoly Karpov: (2) Karpov,A (2672) - Needleman,G (2242) [E69] Festival Najdorf (1.2), 20.09.2005 1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.d4 c6 7.Cc3 Da5 8.e4 e5 9.h3 Cbd7 10.Te1 exd4 11.Cxd4 Ce5 12.Af1 Ae6 13.Cxe6 fxe6 14.Rg2 Tad8 15.Da4 Db6 16.f4 Cf7 17.Db3 Dc7 18.Ae3 b6 19.Tad1 Rh8 20.Ae2 e5 21.f5 gxf5 22.exf5 Tg8 23.Af3 Ah6 24.Ce4 De7 25.Af2 Tg7 26.Rh2 Tdg8 27.Cxf6 Dxf6 28.Axc6 Dxf5 29.Df3 Dc8 30.Ad5 Cg5 31.Dh5 Tf8 32.Ae3 Tg6 33.Tf1 Tf5 34.Txf5 Dxf5 35.Rg2 Tf6 36.Dg4 Dxg4 37.hxg4 Ce6 38.Af2 Rg7 39.b4 Cd4 40.Axd4 exd4 41.Txd4 a5 42.bxa5 bxa5 43.Te4 Rf8 44.Ac6 Ad2 45.Te8+ Rf7 46.Te2 Ac1 47.Ae4 h6 48.Af5 Rg7 49.Rf3 Aa3 50.Re4 Ac5 51.Rd5 a4 52.Re4 a3 53.Rf4 Ad4 54.g5 Ae5+ 55.Rg4 h5+ 56.Rxh5 Txf5 57.Rg4 Rg6 58.Te3 Txg5+ 59.Rh3 Ab2 60.Te6+ Rf7 61.Txd6 Tc5 62.Rg4 Txc4+ 63.Rf5 Re7 64.Te6+ Rf7 65.Ta6 Tc2 66.Ta7+ Rf8 67.g4 Ac1 68.g5 Txa2 69.g6 Tf2+ 70.Re5 Ab2+ 71.Rd5 Tg2 72.Rc4 Txg6 73.Rb3 Te6 74.Ra2 Te7 75.Ta6 Tb7 76.Ta4 Re7 77.Ta6 Rd7 78.Th6 Rc7 79.Tg6 Tb6 80.Tg5 Rc6 81.Tg6+ Rb5 82.Tg5+ Ra4 83.Tg4+ Tb4 84.Tg8 Tc4 85.Ta8+ Rb4 86.Tb8+ Rc3 87.Ta8 Rc2 88.Tc8 Rd3 89.Td8+ Rc3 90.Ta8 Tc6 91.Ta7 Tc5 Definida por tiempo 0-1

Sep-21-05		810609: Sorry <ConLaMismaMano>, but can you give us, uneducated barbarians, English equvivalents of used symbols? :-) I guess C is knight, A bishop, but... :)

Sep-21-05		ConLaMismaMano: <810609> No problem; A=Bishop, C=Knight, T=Rook, D=Queen and R=King. <Definida por tiempo>=Decided by time

Sep-21-05		810609: <ConLaMismaMano> muchas gracias, ehm, thank you very much!

Sep-21-05		tiburon92: At least Karpov shook Needleman's hand.

Sep-23-05		roni.chessman: <At least Karpov shook Needleman's hand> Haha...Kasparov went Berserk when Radjabov won the "most beautiful game" prize (or was it a different title)

Oct-27-05		vampiero: the point of the spaghetti article was to critisize the catholic church, saying that "He" created everythign we touch and feel and that they have "overwhelming proof" of this. its obviously just a ironic critique of everything that creationistsa are claiming.

Oct-27-05		ChessMan94: Karpov lost a game against Needleman... so what? Karpov should have felt like Capablanca who said something along the lines of: "When I lose a game it is like a millionaire giving a penny to a bum on the streets".

Oct-27-05		jamesmaskell: LOL @ penny to a bum line.

Oct-27-05		likestofork: <cu8sfan> Is this a Franco-American Flying Spaghetti Monster or a Chef Boyardee Flying Spaghetti Monster? Oh, no....is that a schism I smell cooking?

Nov-29-05		Swapmeet: Conspiracy! They obviously paired him against Grischuk to knock him out early and give the rest of the GMs a better chance of winning.

Dec-06-05		malakaboy: can you change the can of tuna into a can of chili beans i am alergic to tuna

Jan-05-06		Karpova: <vampiero: the point of the spaghetti article was to critisize the catholic church, saying that "He" created everythign we touch and feel and that they have "overwhelming proof" of this.> no, they are not criticizing the catholic church but the creationists who are probably in large part not roman-catholic (catholics are outnumbered in the usa). http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005... i don't want to start a debate on evolution (and indeed didn't issue a statement). i just want to rectify a small detail.

Jun-03-06		BIDMONFA: Gaston Needleman NEEDLEMAN, Gaston http://www.bidmonfa.com/needleman_g... _

Oct-23-06		PhilFeeley: Nice win by Needleman over Felgaer recently: [Event "Buenos Aires ARG, Closed GM-A 2006"] [Site "Buenos Aires ARG"] [Date "2006.10.11"] [Round "9"] [White "Needleman, G."] [Black "Felgaer, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2427"] [BlackElo "2591"] [PlyCount "169"] [EventDate "2006.10.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARG"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 a5 9. Rd1 Qb6 10. d5 Nc5 11. Be3 Bg4 12. b3 Kh8 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne1 Nfd7 16. Nd3 h6 17. f3 Rad8 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Rd3 Bh7 22. Rad1 Bg8 23. Kg2 Kh7 24. h4 g6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Kh3 Qc8 27. Ne2 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 h5 29. Ng3 Rd8 30. Qd2 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Kg7 32. Qd2 hxg4+ 33. fxg4 Qd8 34. Qxd8 Bxd8 35. g5 Bh7 36. Kg4 Be7 37. Nf1 Bd8 38. Nd2 Bc7 39. Nf3 Kf8 40. Kg3 Ke7 41. Kf2 Bd6 42. Ke3 Bc7 43. Kf2 Bd6 44. Ke3 Bc7 45. Kd3 Bd6 46. Nd2 f5 47. Nf1 Kf8 48. Ne3 f4 49. Ng4 Bg8 50. Bxg8 Kxg8 51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Kf3 Ke6 53. Nh2 Bc7 54. Kg4 Kf7 55. Nf3 Kg7 56. c4 Bb8 57. h5 Bc7 58. hxg6 Kxg6 59. Nh4+ Kf7 60. Kf5 Kg7 61. Ke6 Bd8 62. Kxe5 Bxg5 63. Nf3 Kg6 64. Kd6 Kh5 65. e5 Kg4 66. Nxg5 Kxg5 67. e6 f3 68. e7 f2 69. e8=Q f1=Q 70. Qe3+ Kg4 71. Kxc6 Qf8 72. Qxc5 Qf3+ 73. Kb5 Qxb3+ 74. Kxa5 Qb8 75. Qb6 Qa8+ 76. Kb4 Kh3 77. c5 Qe4+ 78. Ka5 Qe1+ 79. Ka6 Qe2+ 80. Qb5 Qe6+ 81. c6 Kh2 82. Kb7 Qe4 83. a5 Qe7+ 84. c7 Qe4+ 85. Kb8 1-0

Oct-23-06		ConLaMismaMano: On this recent torunament Needleman was 0.5 points shy of becoming Argentinas youngest GM ever (16 yo), he needed 7.5, but came up second behind Ricardi with 7 points out of 10 rounds (i think).

Nov-22-06		Caissanist: Spanish-language article on the Buenos Aires tournament: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/n....

Jun-28-07		WannaBe: Just saw on the FIDE web-site, he is an IM, (his father just recently joined him as IM too!) Don't recall when the younger Needleman got his IM title.

Jul-10-08		siggemannen: what happened to this guy?

Jul-10-08		myschkin: http://ratings.fide.com/hist.phtml?...

Jul-10-08		zoren: probably ELO leveled off

Jul-10-08		myschkin: some more games 2007: http://www.365chess.com/players/Gas...

Jul-20-08		0o0o0o0o0: <siggemannen> Puberty.

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