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Gregory Kaidanov
Number of games in database: 441
Years covered: 1979 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2583
Highest rating achieved in database: 2695
Overall record: +152 -91 =196 (56.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (35) 
    B90 B50 B40 B88 B87
 King's Indian (18) 
    E73 E75 E92 E81 E74
 Semi-Slav (15) 
    D47 D43 D45 D44 D49
 Queen's Pawn Game (15) 
    E00 A40 A41 D02 A50
 Catalan (13) 
    E06 E04 E01 E08 E05
 Slav (12) 
    D15 D19 D10 D16 D13
With the Black pieces:
 Semi-Slav (47) 
    D45 D43 D47 D44 D46
 Ruy Lopez (42) 
    C80 C78 C77 C68 C82
 Ruy Lopez, Open (17) 
    C80 C82
 French Defense (16) 
    C02 C11 C18 C16 C00
 Queen's Gambit Declined (15) 
    D30 D31 D37 D35
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (12) 
    D27 D24 D21 D20
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kaidanov vs Anand, 1987 1-0
   Kaidanov vs Wojtkiewicz, 1994 1-0
   Taimanov vs Kaidanov, 1988 0-1
   B Finegold vs Kaidanov, 2003 0-1
   Kaidanov vs E Perelshteyn, 2008 1-0
   Kaidanov vs Bareev, 1987 1-0
   Kaidanov vs Piket, 1988 1-0
   K Burger vs Kaidanov, 1993 0-1

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   Kaidanov's quickest wins by littleshiva
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GREGORY KAIDANOV
(born Oct-11-1959) Ukraine (citizen of United States of America)

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Gregory S Kaidanov was born on the 11th of October 1959 in Berdichev, Ukraine. Awarded the IM title in 1987 and the GM title in 1988 he has won 1st prizes at Moscow 1987, Lvov 1988, Hastings 1990 and New York 1990. He immigrated to the United States in 1991 and the following year won both the U.S. Open and World Open tournaments. He has represented America at Olympiads on several occasions and is currently living in Kentucky.

 page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 441  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Kaidanov vs Plachetka  ½-½41 1979 DubnaB88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
2. Kaidanov vs Razuvaev  0-135 1979 DubnaC02 French, Advance
3. Glek vs Kaidanov  ½-½24 1981 KuibyshevA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
4. Psakhis vs Kaidanov  ½-½27 1983 IrkutskB83 Sicilian
5. Kaidanov vs E Vladimirov  0-135 1983 URS-ch sfA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
6. Kaidanov vs Tseshkovsky  ½-½17 1983 URS-ch sfA15 English
7. Chekhov vs Kaidanov  ½-½19 1983 URS-ch sfD85 Grunfeld
8. Kaidanov vs Glek  1-035 1984 Vilnius URS ch ymB06 Robatsch
9. Yermolinsky vs Kaidanov  ½-½21 1984 Vilnius (Lithuania)A07 King's Indian Attack
10. S Terentiev vs Kaidanov  0-133 1984 USSR club ChC29 Vienna Gambit
11. Azmaiparashvili vs Kaidanov  ½-½30 1984 young mastersD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
12. Yermolinsky vs Kaidanov  ½-½21 1984 Vilnius URS ch ymA07 King's Indian Attack
13. Tseshkovsky vs Kaidanov  1-027 1985 Moscow-BC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
14. Kaidanov vs Ehlvest  1-069 1985 URS-ch U26D89 Grunfeld
15. Kaidanov vs Khalifman  ½-½14 1985 Moscow (Russia)E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
16. Dreev vs Kaidanov  1-042 1985 Moscow (Russia)A43 Old Benoni
17. Kaidanov vs Khalifman  0-138 1985 Lvov (Ukraine)E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
18. Vyzmanavin vs Kaidanov  1-055 1985 Lvov (Ukraine)A43 Old Benoni
19. Dreev vs Kaidanov  ½-½47 1985 Lvov (Ukraine)C53 Giuoco Piano
20. Kaidanov vs Glek  ½-½22 1985 LvovE90 King's Indian
21. Romanishin vs Kaidanov  ½-½29 1986 TbilisiA07 King's Indian Attack
22. Kaidanov vs Azmaiparashvili  0-134 1986 TbilisiB08 Pirc, Classical
23. Kaidanov vs Kholmov  ½-½31 1986 URS-ch otborE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
24. Kaidanov vs Azmaiparashvili  0-134 1986 TbilisiB08 Pirc, Classical
25. Kaidanov vs Vasiukov  ½-½22 1986 Moscow-BE77 King's Indian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-04-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  zapzowie: This guy won about every tournament there was in 1992.
May-16-04   Tigran Petrosian: He has won 25(!) international tournaments in his carrear.
Jul-17-04   nikolaas: Here is his homepage: http://www.kaidanov.8m.com/index.html
Jul-17-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  refutor: here's an impressive win over anand Kaidanov vs Anand, 1987
Jul-17-04   stormflyer: I played in a simultaneous exhibition against Kaidanov last November, and I lost quite quickly. Plus, I think he was playing at least 70 or 80, quite possibly 100 (!) other participants.
Jul-17-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: Was reading an article by Shabalov, believe it was in "New In Chess"...he says Gregory would even be STRONGER if he would not give so many lessons! Shabalov also said Gregory plays very safe chess too, unlike himself, and if he was willing to be a little riskier, he'd win more tourneys this way as well!:-)....
Dec-11-04   PinkPanther: Just out of curiosity, is Kaidanov a Jew?
Feb-14-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  suenteus po 147: This guy is the top rated American confirmed so far for Aeroflot 2005. It also looks like he was about to break 2700 at one time. It will be interesting to see how he represents USA at this tournament.
Feb-14-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  iron maiden: They haven't put up the round 1 pairings yet, despite the fact that the tournament starts in just a few hours.
Feb-14-05   WillC21: what time(EST) does the tourney start and how can we watch it live?
Feb-15-05   hintza: <WillC21> You can watch 60 games live here: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/online....

The first round begins at 15:00 Moscow time, which I believe is 07:00 EST.

<iron maiden> The pairings have been put up now. You can find them at http://www.aeroflotchess.com/result....

Apr-18-05   WTHarvey: Here are some chess diagrams of winning combinations in Gregory's games. http://www.wtharvey.com/kaid.html
Jan-29-06   BIDMONFA: Gregory Kaidanov

KAIDANOV, Gregory S.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_...
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Oct-03-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: <Kramnik goes into an endgame where he's worse, and there is nothing you can do about it.>

Today's quote is really hilarious! Thanks <chessgames.com>!

Oct-03-06   jackmandoo: so does this quote mean that you're going to lose even though you have the advantage? Just because he is so good?
Oct-03-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  hitman84: <jackmandoo>It means you cannot lock everything in the world or maybe Kaidanov aided by fritz made the comment while playing against Kramnik.
Oct-03-06   ARTIN: <jackmandoo> It means that although Kramnik's position is "worse", the opponent cannot get more than a draw.

Of course, objectively speaking there are no "worse" endgames. There are won, drawn and lost endgames. The quote is praising Kramnik's ability to be able to distinguish which seemingly "worse" endgames are lost and which are drawn.

Oct-11-06   BIDMONFA: Gregory Kaidanov

KAIDANOV, Gregory
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kaidanov_gr...
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Sep-13-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: Kaidanov's greatest accomplishment no doubt was winning the very first Aeroflot Open held in 2002, ahead of 81 other GMs.
Apr-16-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Wild Bill: Congratulations to Greg Kaidanov for winning the Gausdal Classic today.

Way to go, guy.

Apr-22-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knight13: Except that this guy dropped like 100 rating points. (99, if you wanna cut somebody's head off for being too general)
Sep-29-08   zoren: He absolutely nuked in SPICE cup... probably out of practice being a full time coach.
Oct-11-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  just a kid: Happy Birthday Kaidanov!
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