The chess games of Jaan Eslon

Jaan Eslon
Number of games in database: 68
Years covered: 1973 to 1997
Highest rating achieved in database: 2445
Overall record: +11 -27 =27 (37.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Ruy Lopez (4)
    C86 C76 C84 C60

With the Black pieces:

Ruy Lopez (10)
    C99 C75 C67 C66 C71
Ruy Lopez, Closed (4)
    C99 C95

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JAAN ESLON (born Mar-04-1952, died Sep-24-2000) Sweden	[what is this?]
Jaan Eslon was born in 1952 in Falkoping, Sweden. He was awarded the IM title in 1977.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Timman vs J Eslon	1-0	49	1973	London op	C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
2. J Eslon vs G Clarke	1-0	10	1973	Islington	C60 Ruy Lopez
3. M Albano vs J Eslon	1-0	20	1974	Imperia	C71 Ruy Lopez
4. K Janetschek vs J Eslon	½-½	40	1975	Barcelona zt	B02 Alekhine's Defense
5. J Eslon vs Filip	1-0	41	1975	EU-chT sf	C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation
6. J Eslon vs Keene	½-½	26	1975	Barcelona zt	E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
7. Filip vs J Eslon	½-½	40	1975	EU-chT sf	E14 Queen's Indian
8. O Jakobsen vs J Eslon	1-0	68	1975	Barcelona zt	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
9. J Eslon vs Sosonko	0-1	40	1975	Barcelona zt	E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
10. J Eslon vs M Czerniak	½-½	47	1976	Biel SUI	C03 French, Tarrasch
11. Van der Sterren vs J Eslon	1-0	41	1977	Hoogovens-B	C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
12. J Eslon vs Z Krnic	½-½	71	1977	Hoogovens-B	B44 Sicilian
13. J Eslon vs R Hartoch	½-½	14	1977	Hoogovens-B	B06 Robatsch
14. J Eslon vs J M Bellon Lopez	1-0	25	1977	Hoogovens-B	B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
15. Christiansen vs J Eslon	1-0	41	1977	Wijk aan Zee II	A07 King's Indian Attack
16. F Van der Vliet vs J Eslon	½-½	72	1977	Hoogovens-B	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
17. R Witt vs J Eslon	1-0	35	1977	Hoogovens-B	A16 English
18. Kupreichik vs J Eslon	1-0	43	1977	Wijk aan Zee II	C45 Scotch Game
19. J Eslon vs J Szmetan	0-1	39	1977	Hoogovens-B	C45 Scotch Game
20. J Eslon vs Keene	0-1	60	1977	Alicante	A04 Reti Opening
21. J Eslon vs L Popov	½-½	73	1977	Hoogovens-B	A04 Reti Opening
22. J Eslon vs R Jamieson	½-½	30	1977	Hoogovens-B	A04 Reti Opening
23. F J Ochoa De Echaguen vs J Eslon	½-½	73	1978	Linares	B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
24. Korchnoi vs J Eslon	1-0	37	1979	Linares	A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
25. Keene vs J Eslon	½-½	47	1982	Madrid	A56 Benoni Defense


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Mar-02-06		BIDMONFA: Jaan Eslon ESLON, Jaan http://www.bidmonfa.com/eslon_jaan.... _

Feb-21-07		Thrajin: This guy won the first-ever Linares tournament in 1978.

May-11-07		Knight13: So what he sucks. Every Linares is supposed to be filled with like 2700 rated players and this guy's like 2400.

May-13-07		Thrajin: Still, it's a distinction he holds, and it's good chess trivia. By the way, saying a 2400 player "sucks" seems a bit exaggerated...

May-14-07		Knight13: <By the way, saying a 2400 player "sucks" seems a bit exaggerated...> Just saying that 2400 winning a supposed-to-be-a-super-strong tournament shouldn't deserve that much credit. He won't stand a chance against those 2700 rated players that walked in later on.

May-15-07		Thrajin: No argument there. Trivia, my friend, it's all about chess trivia.

May-15-07		Legend: He was from Estonia.

Mar-31-11		perfidious: <Knight13: So what he sucks. Every Linares is supposed to be filled with like 2700 rated players and this guy's like 2400.> The original Linares event in no way resembled the lineups to come in the early 1980s, much less the superstar-studded events which followed. Have a go at the link below for more information: http://www.endgame.nl/linares.htm <CG.com> Eslon died 24.9.2000 in Las Palmas. In the mid 1980s, he was involved in the tournament bulletins during another of the Linares events, and when two players agreed a short draw, he referred to them as 'cabrones', believing this meant 'weak-willed individuals', but received a rude awakening when informed as to its correct definition ('cabron' is the Spanish word for cuckold).

Dec-07-11		GrahamClayton: Photo of Eslon receiving the trophy for his victory at Linares in 1978: http://www.endgame.nl/Lin1978.jpg Eslon died from injuries received in a car accident.

Feb-04-12		King Death: < Knight13: So what he sucks. Every Linares is supposed to be filled with like 2700 rated players and this guy's like 2400.> One more thing to add to the reply by <perfidious>, back in 1978 you couldn't have filled the Linares tournament with 2700 players because Karpov was the only player that was over 2700 on the FIDE list. On Chessmetrics, well that's another story.

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