Jan Gustafsson
Number of games in database: 268
Years covered: 1994 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2631
Highest rating achieved in database: 2634
Overall record: +70 -32 =165 (57.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (18)      E32 E21 E20 E33 E38  King's Indian (14)      E94 E97 E60 E91 E92  Semi-Slav (13)      D44 D43 D45  Slav (13)      D11 D16 D15 D14 D13  Queen's Gambit Declined (12)      D30 D37 D35 D31 D38  Grunfeld (8)      D85 D86 D87 D89 D90	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (26)      C89 C69 C88 C96 C84  Ruy Lopez, Closed (17)      C89 C88 C96 C84 C91  Sicilian (16)      B47 B22 B33 B30 B40  Semi-Slav (11)      D47 D43 D45 D44 D48  Slav (11)      D11 D12 D10 D19  Caro-Kann (7)      B19 B12 B18 B10 B11

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Naiditsch vs J Gustafsson, 2007 0-1
   J Gustafsson vs Naiditsch, 2008 1-0
   J Gustafsson vs M Prusikin, 2004 1-0
   Van Wely vs J Gustafsson, 2008 0-1

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JAN GUSTAFSSON (born Jun-25-1979) Germany [what is this?] GM Gustafsson was born in Hamburg, Germany and he learned the rules of chess at the age of 10. He won the German Youth Championships in 1994 (U15) and in 1996 (U17). Gustafsson became an IM in 2002 and a GM in 2003.

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 268  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Gustafsson vs C Wisnewski   ½-½ 42 1994 Bad Bevensen-ch U15 D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 2. R Storm vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 85 1995 Oberliga Nord N 9596 B23 Sicilian, Closed 3. J Gustafsson vs P Backwinkel   0-1 29 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany A44 Old Benoni Defense 4. Mikhalchishin vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 14 1999 Bled open A04 Reti Opening 5. J Gustafsson vs Pavasovic   ½-½ 25 1999 Bled op 20th D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. D Hennig vs J Gustafsson 1-0 22 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany A45 Queen's Pawn Game 7. M Cebalo vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 120 1999 Bled open E12 Queen's Indian 8. J Gustafsson vs K Bischoff   ½-½ 35 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany A10 English 9. Barsov vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 17 1999 Dieren op D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 10. S Atalik vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 42 1999 Bled open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 11. R Sandkamp vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 15 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany A04 Reti Opening 12. J Gustafsson vs I Farago   ½-½ 18 1999 Bled open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 13. Bacrot vs J Gustafsson   1-0 41 2000 Bundesliga 0001 D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 14. Plachetka vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 18 2000 Mitropa Cup B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 15. J Gustafsson vs Csom   ½-½ 19 2001 XXVI Elekes Mem GM A46 Queen's Pawn Game 16. N Coenen vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 55 2001 ECC B33 Sicilian 17. C Navrotescu vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 12 2001 XXVI Elekes Mem GM D85 Grunfeld 18. J Gustafsson vs G Seul   1-0 39 2001 Bundesliga 2000-1 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 19. B Avrukh vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 18 2001 Lost Boys Open D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 20. S Kindermann vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 20 2001 Tch-AUT 2000-01 C78 Ruy Lopez 21. J Gustafsson vs I Hernandez   ½-½ 34 2001 5th Pablo Gorbea Mem Open D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 22. J Gustafsson vs T Fogarasi   ½-½ 27 2001 XXVI Elekes Mem GM A58 Benko Gambit 23. Bacrot vs J Gustafsson   1-0 41 2001 Bundesliga 2000-1 E60 King's Indian Defense 24. J Gustafsson vs J Van Mil   1-0 58 2001 Tch-NED B06 Robatsch 25. Bosboom-Lanchava vs J Gustafsson   ½-½ 41 2001 Lost Boys Open D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 268

Feb-22-05    fasting: Gustafsson is german right? Feb-22-05    Albertan: Yes Fasting you are correct.Here is Gustafsson's player card: http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph... Apr-07-07    BIDMONFA: Jan Gustafsson GUSTAFSSON, Jan http://www.bidmonfa.com/gustafsson_... _ Apr-11-07    capablancakarpov: Great win today in the Euro Championships against Naiditsch with a Marshall Attack. Dec-10-07    Bent Bexley: I guess we can add "professional kiwi eater" to GM Gustafsson's bio (if he had a bio here that is). The third video down: http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=1444 Mar-21-08    percyblakeney: Gustafsson may be the least kibitzed about player ever to participate in Dortmund. His player page doesn't have too many posts and less than ten of his games have comments, but that will soon change. Gustafsson is the same age as Leko and turns 30 next year. He will lose a few points on the next rating list after his latest tournament and will be somewhere around number 150 on the world ranking. Especially Kramnik, Leko, Mamedyarov and Ivanchuk will be a tough test for him in Dortmund. Jun-25-08    brankat: Happy birthday GM Gustafsson! Jun-27-08    whiteshark: Belated happy birthday, Jan, and good luck in Dortmund!! Jun-27-08    ahmadov: <percyblakeney: Gustafsson may be the least kibitzed about player ever to participate in Dortmund.> Yeah, I think it was a bit interesting to find his name in the list of Dortmund participants... However, I also hope that next Dortmund will be a turning point in his chess career... Good luck to him! Jun-27-08    whiteshark: Bio pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Gu... http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Gu... Funny little Kiwi gig Jun-29-08    keypusher: <ahmadov: <percyblakeney: Gustafsson may be the least kibitzed about player ever to participate in Dortmund.> Yeah, I think it was a bit interesting to find his name in the list of Dortmund participants... However, I also hope that next Dortmund will be a turning point in his chess career... Good luck to him!> Well, he looked pretty good today against Naiditsch.... Jul-02-08    ahmadov: I hope this guy will continue leading the field in Dortmund... Jul-02-08    DukeAlba: He's become my favorite at Dortmund... Let's see if he can get through and win it! Jul-02-08    DukeAlba: If you notice in the database, Gustafsson hasn't lost a match as white since 2006... at least according to CG. He seems pretty consistent as white. Jul-02-08    Refused: <Yeah, I think it was a bit interesting to find his name in the list of Dortmund participants... However, I also hope that next Dortmund will be a turning point in his chess career... Good luck to him!> I doubt it, since "Gusti" is usually spending more time on playing poker these days. He is one of those numerous Chess players that decided to become a poker pro. Afaik he quit University some years ago (he used to study law), eventhough he might still be immatriculated (which I doubt), he had not attend a course or a lecture there in ages. Jul-04-08    Kasputin: I usually cheer for the underdog, and even if he doesn't win Dortmund, it is refreshing to see a different name on the leader board. Obviously a great player but not in the stratisphere of 2750+. I am glad that chess can still hold surprises, that a player can get on a roll and beat others despite a signficant difference in ratings. I don't want to take anything away from the top rated players. They deserve the respect and attention garnered by their excellent play. Still it is nice to see that chess isn't always predictable. Jul-15-08    myschkin: "... Auch nach 1. d4 d5 können sehr scharfe Varianten entstehen, gerade in Slawisch und Halbslawisch, das hat man ja in den Partien gegen Ivanchuk und Naiditsch gesehen. Aber eins ist natürlich richtig: Ich bin von Natur aus kein „Totschläger“, der aus der Eröffnung heraus zu gewinnen versucht. Normalerweise stelle ich mich erst mal solide hin und versuche dann in Spielstile überzulenken, die ich gerne mag..." http://dresden2008.de/deutsch/index... Aug-05-08    myschkin: . . . "Ich bin schon ein sehr alter Mann" http://entwicklungsvorsprung.de/?pa... (bewegte Bilder auf Deutsch) Oct-11-08    GrahamClayton: Gustafsson would have to be one of the tallest GM's of all time.

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