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Gregory Kaidanov
Number of games in database: 409
Years covered: 1979 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2596
Highest rating achieved in database: 2695
Overall record: +145 -83 =180 (57.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, blitz game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (32) 
    B90 B50 B89 B33 B88
 King's Indian (17) 
    E73 E74 E75 E92 E81
 Semi-Slav (14) 
    D47 D43 D45 D44 D49
 Catalan (13) 
    E05 E04 E06 E08 E01
 Slav (12) 
    D15 D19 D10 D13 D11
 Nimzo Indian (11) 
    E54 E28 E45 E40 E43
With the Black pieces:
 Semi-Slav (43) 
    D45 D43 D47 D44 D48
 Ruy Lopez (37) 
    C80 C78 C77 C65 C82
 Ruy Lopez, Open (15) 
    C80 C82
 Queen's Gambit Declined (13) 
    D30 D31 D37 D35
 French Defense (13) 
    C02 C11 C18 C01 C05
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (12) 
    D27 D24 D21 D20
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kaidanov vs Wojtkiewicz, 1994 1-0
   Kaidanov vs Anand, 1987 1-0
   Taimanov vs Kaidanov, 1988 0-1
   B Finegold vs Kaidanov, 2003 0-1
   Kaidanov vs Bareev, 1987 1-0
   Kaidanov vs Piket, 1988 1-0

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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 17; games 1-25 of 410  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. Chekhov vs Kaidanov  ½-½19 1983 URS-ch sfD85 Grunfeld
6. Kaidanov vs Tseshkovsky  ½-½17 1983 URS-ch sfA15 English
7. Kaidanov vs E Vladimirov  0-135 1983 URS-ch sfA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
8. Kaidanov vs Glek  1-035 1984 Vilnius URS ch ymB06 Robatsch
9. S Terentiev vs Kaidanov  0-133 1984 USSR club ChC29 Vienna Gambit
10. Azmaiparashvili vs Kaidanov  ½-½30 1984 young mastersD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
11. Yermolinsky vs Kaidanov  ½-½21 1984 Vilnius URS ch ymA00 Uncommon Opening
12. Yermolinsky vs Kaidanov  ½-½21 1984 Vilnius (Lithuania)A00 Uncommon Opening
13. Dreev vs Kaidanov  1-042 1985 Moscow (Russia)A43 Old Benoni
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. Tseshkovsky vs Kaidanov  1-027 1985 Moscow-BC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
17. Dreev vs Kaidanov  ½-½47 1985 Lvov (Ukraine)C53 Giuoco Piano
18. Kaidanov vs Glek  ½-½22 1985 LvovE90 King's Indian
19. Vyzmanavin vs Kaidanov  1-055 1985 Lvov (Ukraine)A43 Old Benoni
20. Kaidanov vs Khalifman  0-138 1985 Lvov (Ukraine)E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
21. Romanishin vs Kaidanov  ½-½29 1986 TbilisiA07 King's Indian Attack
22. Tal vs Kaidanov  ½-½18 1986 TbilisiA13 English
23. Kaidanov vs Yermolinsky  ½-½19 1986 Ch URS (1 liga)B89 Sicilian
24. Kupreichik vs Kaidanov  1-050 1986 Kuibyshev URS sfC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
25. Kholmov vs Kaidanov  1-050 1986 SmolenskC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
 page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 410  PGN Download
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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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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   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)
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