Iivo Nei
Number of games in database: 619
Years covered: 1946 to 2001
Current FIDE rating: 2376
Highest rating achieved in database: 2500
Overall record: +186 -148 =285 (53.1%)*
   * 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 (43)      B20 B52 B81 B80 B21  Queen's Pawn Game (29)      A45 A41 A40 D01 D02  English (27)      A10 A17 A16 A19 A18  English, 1 c4 e5 (24)      A28 A22 A29 A27 A21  King's Indian (24)      E92 E61 E70 E77 E81  English, 1 c4 c5 (16)      A34 A35 A30 A31	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (53)      C92 C91 C88 C68 C70  Sicilian (33)      B22 B40 B94 B23 B90  Ruy Lopez, Closed (30)      C92 C91 C88 C98 C86  Semi-Slav (27)      D45 D48 D47 D43 D49  Queen's Gambit Declined (24)      D31 D30 D06 D37 D35  French Defense (22)      C16 C02 C11 C00 C17

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Nei vs Petrosian, 1960 1-0
   Bagirov vs I Nei, 1963 0-1

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IIVO NEI (born Oct-31-1931) Estonia [what is this?] Iivo Nei was born on the 31st of October 1931. An IM he has been Estonian Champion on eight occasions - 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1971 and 1974. He was a second for Boris Spassky during his World Championship Match against Robert James Fischer in 1972.

page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 619  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Nei vs Petrosian 0-1 28 1946 URS-ch U18 E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 2. Tolush vs I Nei   ½-½ 41 1952 URS ch sf D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Chekhover vs I Nei   1-0 50 1952 URS ch sf D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. I Nei vs I Veltmander   0-1 48 1952 URS ch sf A04 Reti Opening 5. E Chaplinsky vs I Nei ½-½ 42 1952 URS ch sf A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 6. I Nei vs Ragozin   1-0 48 1952 Riga (Latvia) B72 Sicilian, Dragon 7. I Nei vs J Klavins   1-0 44 1952 URS ch sf C44 King's Pawn Game 8. I Nei vs Kan   0-1 37 1952 URS ch sf B72 Sicilian, Dragon 9. I Nei vs V Mikenas   ½-½ 32 1952 URS ch sf A28 English 10. Nikitin vs I Nei   1-0 30 1952 URS ch sf B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 11. G Fridstein vs I Nei 1-0 29 1952 URS ch sf E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 12. Koblents vs I Nei   1-0 41 1952 URS ch sf D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. I Nei vs Ravinsky   ½-½ 25 1952 URS ch sf E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 14. I Nei vs G Ilivitsky   0-1 40 1952 URS ch sf B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 15. I Nei vs E Terpugov   0-1 79 1952 URS ch sf D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. M Pasman vs I Nei   0-1 39 1952 URS ch sf E70 King's Indian 17. Cherepkov vs I Nei   1-0 53 1952 URS ch sf E41 Nimzo-Indian 18. I Nei vs Bannik   1-0 63 1952 URS ch sf C34 King's Gambit Accepted 19. I Nei vs Keres   ½-½ 40 1953 Tartu ,Est op ch (22.03.53) E61 King's Indian 20. Keres vs I Nei   1-0 62 1955 Parnu (30.07.55) D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. I Nei vs Simagin   1-0 37 1955 URS-chT fin B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 22. I Nei vs V Saigin   1-0 43 1955 URS-chT fin E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line 23. Randviir vs I Nei   ½-½ 19 1955 URS-ch sf B22 Sicilian, Alapin 24. Tal vs I Nei   ½-½ 32 1955 Vilnius C16 French, Winawer 25. I Nei vs Chukaev 1-0 40 1955 URS-chT fin B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack  page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 619

Jan-09-05    dac1990: This guy was on Spassky's 1972 team. He wasn't there for his chess talent --he was only an IM -- and instead was there for his talent with a tennis racket. He was Spassky's "physical trainer". Jan-09-05    MoonlitKnight: I didn't know Spassky hung out with patzers. Jul-02-05    aw1988: Nei! Nei! Nei! Nei! Jul-02-05    farrooj: Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnni! I meant to say Nei but it came out wrong. is 2500, really "patzer"? He might have some good psychological advice. You can always learn new things from just about anybody Jul-05-05    Honza Cervenka: <Spassky hung out with patzers> Nei tied for the first place with Keres at Beverwijk Hoogovens tournament in 1964 (11,5/15), ahead of crowd included Larsen, Ivkov, Portisch, Filip or Parma. In 1960s and early 1970s he was in 100 or even 50 best in the world. To call him "patzer" is a little bit inept. Oct-31-06    WannaBe: We are the Iivo who says Nei! Oct-31-06    BIDMONFA: Iivo Nei NEI, Livo http://www.bidmonfa.com/nei_livo.htm _ Oct-31-06    Legend: <BIDMONFA> His name is Iivo, not Livo. Oct-27-07    PAWNTOEFOUR: well if 2500's a patzer,i guess i'm only half a patzer then Aug-18-08    myschkin: . . . Photo: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2005/... Aug-18-08    Jason Frost: The best coach/second isn't always the best player, e.g. Dvoretsky was an IM. Mar-02-09    eternaloptimist: <Jason Frost The best coach/second isn't always the best player, e.g. Dvoretsky was an IM.> That's definitely true. Except that Dvoretsky still IS an IM. Dvoretsky probably could have become a GM eventually, but he wanted to concentrate on being a trainer. I don't know what the case w/ IM Nei never becoming a GM is. Maybe he wasn't good enough tactically or didn't have quite enough drive. These are probably the 2 most common reasons for an IM never becoming a GM. There must have been some good reasons for Spassky choosing Nei as a second...perhaps for his knowledge of the openings, strategy? I'm not sure. Also, <myschkin> that's a cool picture of Nei & Karpov by a bust of Keres in Estonia. Thanks for the link! Apr-20-09    Raisin Death Ray: I come from Alabama with a banjo on my Nei! Apr-20-09    blacksburg: this guy has more than twice as many vowels than consonants in his name. that's gotta be some kind of record. almost as many vowels as Max Euoeuoeoeuowe. Apr-20-09    Calli: I met his sisters Sequoia and Eunoia. :-> Apr-20-09    Jim Bartle: Then maybe they should meet Lilit Mkrtchian

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