The chess games of Konstantin Sakaev

Konstantin Sakaev
Number of games in database: 488
Years covered: 1986 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2649
Highest rating achieved in database: 2672
Overall record: +156 -64 =264 (59.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, blitz games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Slav (39)
    D15 D11 D12 D17 D13
Queen's Indian (26)
    E15 E12 E18 E13 E17
King's Indian (24)
    E81 E97 E94 E92 E60
Queen's Gambit Declined (24)
    D37 D38 D30 D31 D35
Nimzo Indian (20)
    E20 E32 E39 E25 E38
Semi-Slav (19)
    D43 D44 D45 D47

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (67)
    B90 B92 B22 B23 B51
Sicilian Najdorf (30)
    B90 B92 B97 B93
Slav (30)
    D15 D12 D19 D17 D11
Nimzo Indian (14)
    E32 E46 E48 E52 E34
French Defense (14)
    C02 C14 C11 C01 C03
Queen's Pawn Game (11)
    D02 D00 D01 A46 A45

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Sakaev vs Kramnik, 1989 1-0
   A Volokitin vs Sakaev, 2001 0-1
   Sakaev vs Kramnik, 1991 1/2-1/2
   Sakaev vs D Mastrovasilis, 2004 1/2-1/2

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KONSTANTIN SAKAEV
(born Apr-13-1974) Russia

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page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 488

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Shirov vs Sakaev	1-0	35	1986	Sochi (Russia)	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
2. Sakaev vs M Brodsky	1-0	23	1989	URS-chT U18	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
3. Sakaev vs Kramnik	1-0	21	1989	Ch URS	A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
4. Smirin vs Sakaev	1-0	57	1989	URS-chT U18	B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical
5. Sakaev vs Zsofia Polgar	1-0	48	1990	Indonesien	D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. Rublevsky vs Sakaev	½-½	13	1990	Sochi	D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
7. Romanishin vs Sakaev	1-0	32	1990	Gyor	A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
8. Topalov vs Sakaev	½-½	33	1990	A.Kotov memorial	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
9. Kramnik vs Sakaev	½-½	16	1990	Sochi (Russia)	B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical
10. Sakaev vs Kharlov	½-½	49	1991	URS-ch U26	D85 Grunfeld
11. Sakaev vs G Timoshenko	½-½	32	1991	URS-ch U26	E20 Nimzo-Indian
12. Sakaev vs Kramnik	½-½	16	1991	Ch URS (young masters)	C11 French
13. Kharlov vs Sakaev	0-1	61	1991	Sao Paulo op	C02 French, Advance
14. Y Kruppa vs Sakaev	0-1	65	1991	URS-ch U26	B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
15. Sakaev vs Dreev	½-½	53	1991	Ch URS	D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
16. Sakaev vs Kramnik	½-½	11	1991	Ch World (juniors) (under 18)	B07 Pirc
17. Zsofia Polgar vs Sakaev	0-1	40	1991	Brasilien	B83 Sicilian
18. Tal vs Sakaev	½-½	29	1991	URS ch 53/93 [Sakaev,K]	A04 Reti Opening
19. Sakaev vs A Rodriguez	1-0	35	1991	Guarapuava wch U18	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
20. Sakaev vs M Brodsky	1-0	39	1991	URS-ch U26	E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
21. Sakaev vs Savon	1-0	30	1992	Alekhine op	E20 Nimzo-Indian
22. Sakaev vs Rublevsky	½-½	14	1992	WchJM-U18 Duisburg ,TD 92\06	D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
23. Sakaev vs Blatny	½-½	19	1992	Brno	E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
24. Sakaev vs Korchnoi	½-½	14	1992	Brno	D85 Grunfeld
25. Sakaev vs Dreev	½-½	20	1992	Brno (Czech Republic)	D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav


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Sep-15-03		PinkPanther: This guy disgusts me, look at how many extremely short draws he's been getting recently.

Sep-15-03		Sylvester: It says that 36.77% of the games in the database are draws. Does anyone know about what the percentage is for tournament games with players in the 1400-2100 range?

May-22-05		skakmiv: Sakaev is number 30 on the FIDE rating list. Now who is this guy?

May-22-05		Ziggurat: <Now who is this guy?> There is a recent interview with Sakaev at http://www.chesscafe.com/text/misha....

Jul-10-05		WTHarvey: Here are some mates and wins from Konstantin's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/saka.html

Jul-10-05		Knight13: I'm gonna call this guy the "Drawmaster" since he gets lots of dang ol' draws.

Jul-10-05		Rocafella: How clever <\|o:>

Dec-07-05		PinkPanther: Who is going to make a webpage about Sakaev?? LOL

Feb-14-06		dimradil: isn't he the same GM that gives live commentary on e3e5.com during major events ? i like his comments, they're very clear/instructive

Apr-12-06		Halldor: Easy puzzle - White (Sakaev) to play. Solution below. click for larger view 36. ? I saw this puzzle in the Danish Skakbladet magazine (2004/1) and found the position interesting. I was first looking for something deep but then the solution came as a surprise... - as I said, easy! This could well be added to the chess puzzles from the games of Konstantin Sakaev at http://www.wtharvey.com/saka.html See the solution in the game: [Event "Bundesliga 0304"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2003.11.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Sakaev, Konstantin"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D86"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bc3 O-O 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bb3 e6 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxd5 f6 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. h3 Rfd8 24. Qe3 Kh8 25. Qb6 Be8 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Rfc1 Rd6 28. Qb2 Ne5 29. Rc3 Bc6 30. Bxc6 Nxc6 31. Nd5 Qxe4 32. Nxf6 Qe5 33. Ne4 Re6 34. Ng5 Re7 35. Nf3 Qf6 36. Rxc6 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Rd8 38. Rcb6 1-0 The text is the first move I considered, but the tricky thing is to see that Black can't win back the piece by taking on c6 after the exchange of queens so White wins a piece.

Apr-13-06		BIDMONFA: Konstantin Sakaev SAKAEV, Konstantin http://www.bidmonfa.com/sakaev_kons... _

Apr-22-06		Nikita Smirnov: I am reading his book he did in 2003 with Semko Semkov "The Queens Gambit Accepted" and I really like this book very much.I like Sakaev's style of analysing the position.When I am reading I always remmember Botvinnik.

Apr-21-08		DarthStapler: The modern day Schlecter?

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