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Ehlvest 
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Jaan Ehlvest
Number of games in database: 1,086
Years covered: 1977 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2607
Highest rating achieved in database: 2640
Overall record: +359 -202 =489 (57.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      36 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (89) 
    B90 B44 B41 B32 B40
 King's Indian (50) 
    E92 E63 E60 E97 E91
 Ruy Lopez (42) 
    C92 C67 C84 C78 C91
 French Defense (37) 
    C11 C02 C18 C00 C19
 Slav (33) 
    D11 D15 D10 D12 D17
 Queen's Indian (29) 
    E15 E12 E14 E17 E18
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (121) 
    B81 B90 B83 B42 B40
 Queen's Indian (39) 
    E12 E15 E17 E19 E13
 Sicilian Scheveningen (35) 
    B81 B83 B82 B85 B80
 Nimzo Indian (32) 
    E32 E48 E52 E46 E55
 King's Indian (31) 
    E94 E97 E60 E91 E92
 French Defense (30) 
    C07 C11 C10 C18 C16
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Ehlvest vs T Coleman, 2004 1-0
   Ivanchuk vs Ehlvest, 2000 0-1
   Kramnik vs Ehlvest, 1995 0-1
   S Shankland vs Ehlvest, 2009 1/2-1/2
   Dzindzichashvili vs Ehlvest, 1990 0-1
   Ehlvest vs Radjabov, 2001 1-0
   Ehlvest vs Zappa, 2005 1/2-1/2
   Y Shulman vs Ehlvest, 1994 0-1
   Karpov vs Ehlvest, 1996 1/2-1/2
   Kanep vs Ehlvest, 2003 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Reykjavik World Cup 1991 by suenteus po 147
   Rotterdam World Cup 1989 by suenteus po 147
   Belfort World Cup 1988 by suenteus po 147
   Reggio Emilia 1989/90 by suenteus po 147
   Horgen 1995 by suenteus po 147
   Novgorod 1995 by suenteus po 147

GAMES ANNOTATED BY EHLVEST: [what is this?]
   Zappa vs Ehlvest, 2005
   Ehlvest vs Zappa, 2005

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JAAN EHLVEST
(born Oct-14-1962) Estonia

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Jaan Ehlvest was born on the 14th of October 1962 in the USSR. He was awarded the IM title in 1982 and the GM title in 1987. He won the European Junior Championship in 1982-83 and was 2nd in the World Junior Championship of 1981. In 1987 he was 3rd= in the 54th USSR Championship, 2nd= at Zagreb, and 1st= at Vrsac. After this in 1990 he was 1st at Reggio Emilia ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk and Anatoli Karpov. He also was a World Title Candidate in 1988 but lost his first match (+0, =3, -2) against Artur Yusupov.

 page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,086  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Ehlvest vs Kasparov 0-140 1977 MoskvaB10 Caro-Kann
2. Kasparov vs Ehlvest 1-038 1978 BakuB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
3. T Khasanov vs Ehlvest  0-129 1979 URS-ch U20B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
4. Ehlvest vs Krasenkow  1-043 1980 URS-ch U20C67 Ruy Lopez
5. Chekhov vs Ehlvest  1-042 1980 URS-ch48 sf TallinnE97 King's Indian
6. Ehlvest vs Chiburdanidze  ½-½60 1980 URS-ch48 sf TallinnA48 King's Indian
7. V Osnos vs Ehlvest  ½-½41 1980 URS-ch48 sf TallinnA61 Benoni
8. A Kremenetsky vs Ehlvest  ½-½52 1980 URS-ch48 sf TallinnB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
9. Wojtkiewicz vs Ehlvest  1-039 1980 URS 29/346B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
10. Ehlvest vs Bronstein  ½-½30 1980 Tallinn ch-URS sfD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
11. Wojtkiewicz vs Ehlvest 0-118 1980 URSB83 Sicilian
12. V Kuporosov vs Ehlvest  0-150 1981 Bukhara U20B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical
13. Ehlvest vs Salov  1-041 1981 Ch World Yunior's ( under 20 )E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6
14. Ehlvest vs Huzman  1-047 1981 BukharaB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
15. Ehlvest vs A Kuzmin  1-063 1981 Bukhara U20E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
16. Chiburdanidze vs Ehlvest  ½-½41 1981 URS-ch YMB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
17. D King vs Ehlvest  ½-½25 1982 EU-ch U20D90 Grunfeld
18. Ehlvest vs Salov  0-144 1982 It (cat.11)E16 Queen's Indian
19. Salov vs Ehlvest  ½-½40 1982 Ch URS (select)E10 Queen's Pawn Game
20. Ehlvest vs Vasiukov  ½-½31 1982 URS-ch sfA58 Benko Gambit
21. Ehlvest vs A Kakageldyev 1-026 1982 URS-ch sfB06 Robatsch
22. S Makarichev vs Ehlvest  1-034 1982 USSRB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
23. M Kivisto vs Ehlvest  1-052 1983 WchT U26B20 Sicilian
24. Kholmov vs Ehlvest 0-140 1983 URS-ch sfC08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed
25. Ehlvest vs Polugaevsky  0-133 1983 Tby OpB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
 page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,086  PGN Download
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Oct-14-06   BIDMONFA: Jaan Ehlvest

EHLVEST, Jaan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/ehlvest_jaa...
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Oct-16-06   Castle In The Sky: I played at the Midwest Class Championship this week in Chicago and Jaan was there playing in the masters. His USCF rating 2666. I am a C player, so I was far far away.
Oct-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <Castle In The Sky> At least you're seated in the same room. With my rating, I'm seated so far away, I'm usually out on the curb playing.
Oct-16-06   Plato: Ehlvest was and continues to be an extremely strong and underestimated Grandmaster.
Nov-10-06   Legend: Ehlvest won the Santo Domingo Open 2006:

http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgat...

Feb-06-07   PhilFeeley: Here's a great game of his from the Carlos Torre Memorial. Milov gets caught out of the oopening with an uncastled king and never recovers. Ehlvest slowly closes the noose and is even able to sac his rook near the end (39...Be6!). The queen and bishops buzz around the king like efficient predators...

[Event "XIX Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2006.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[ECO "E48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Bd6 8. Bd2 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. f3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qb6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Be6 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Kf1 Rac8 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bg1 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qa4 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Rd8 24. Ne2 Bf6 25. g4 Qxb2 26. Bc2 Bd5 27. g5 Bxg5 28. Rg1 Bh6 29. Rg3 b5 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Bd3 Bxa2 32. f4 Qd2 33. Bxb5 Rd8 34. f5 Rd5 35. Qe4 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Bb1 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Rf3 Bxf5 39. Bc4 Be6 40. Bxd5 Qxd5 41. Qa4 Qe5 42. Ng3 Qc5+ 43. Ke2 Bc4+ 44. Ke1 Qe5+ 45. Kf2 Qd4+ 0-1

Feb-27-07   Legend: Interesting Ehlvest - Rybka match coming soon: http://www.rybkachess.com/docs/RYBK...
May-22-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knight13: This guy (looking at that photo up there) doesn't look friendly.
Aug-04-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  ahmadov: <Knight13: This guy (looking at that photo up there) doesn't look friendly.> I think this picture was taken before a game with a stronger player...
Aug-10-07   aleister23: Ehlvest ?! come on give me a break!!! even shabalov (!) is better than this guy.....he is like the Claude Debussy of chess Karpov being Mozart of course hahaha
Aug-10-07   apple pi: <aleister23> Karpov's style reminds me more of early Brahms :)
Aug-12-07   aleister23: no no and a thousand times again NO!, if Karpov's game doesnt resemble that of Mozart's music, then at least Richard Wagner should do ...... you know Wagner might even be better than Mozart, and Brahms was just another puppet
Oct-14-07   fictionist: One of my faves!
Jan-24-08   DarthStapler: This guy's name always reminds me of Elvis
May-03-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: <aleister23> Ehlvest was once ranked #5 in the World...
Oct-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Ehlvest!
Oct-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  drkodos: Strongest toking player in the US.
Oct-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  drkodos: And a snazzy dresser, to boot.
Mar-03-09   jussu: Good to see Jaan back in action.
Mar-31-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  suenteus po 147: A small but very respectable tournament won by Ehlvest himself: Game Collection: Reggio Emilia 1989/90
Apr-21-09   Raisin Death Ray: Ehlvest has left the building!
Apr-21-09   I Like Fish: Ehlvest was...
and still is...
the king...
of rock n roll...
Apr-21-09   Raisin Death Ray: <I Like Fish> No way! Johnny Chasht was way better!
Apr-21-09   Jim Bartle: But not rock and roll.
Apr-21-09   Raisin Death Ray: <Jim Bartle> Maybe not, but I'M not telling him that! :)
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