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Stein 
 
Leonid Stein
Number of games in database: 694
Years covered: 1951 to 1973
Highest rating achieved in database: 2620
Overall record: +280 -79 =332 (64.5%)*
   * 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 (68) 
    C91 C93 C92 C96 C95
 Sicilian (67) 
    B44 B32 B92 B47 B42
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (48) 
    C91 C93 C92 C96 C95
 French Defense (26) 
    C19 C05 C07 C11 C16
 English (25) 
    A15 A17 A16 A14 A10
 King's Indian Attack (24) 
    A07 A08
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (104) 
    B27 B57 B61 B60 B31
 King's Indian (90) 
    E92 E82 E80 E62 E69
 Grunfeld (33) 
    D90 D93 D79 D94 D87
 Modern Benoni (21) 
    A56 A57 A64 A79 A75
 Ruy Lopez (21) 
    C92 C95 C89 C96 C78
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (16) 
    C92 C95 C89 C96 C98
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Krogius vs Stein, 1960 0-1
   Gligoric vs Stein, 1962 0-1
   Stein vs Portisch, 1962 1-0
   Stein vs Smyslov, 1972 1-0
   Stein vs Tal, 1971 1-0
   Stein vs Petrosian, 1961 1-0
   Stein vs R Hartoch, 1969 1-0
   Stein vs V Lepeshkin, 1965 1-0
   Poltoranov vs Stein, 1955 0-1
   Stein vs Korchnoi, 1964 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Leonid Stein - Master of Risk Strategy by jakaiden
   Leonid Stein - Master of Attack by Kasekrainer
   Guess-the-Move Chess: 1960-1979 (Part 1) by Anatoly21
   Leonid Stein's Best Games by KingG
   Nikki KIA by reurbz
   Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors Vol. 3 by Anatoly21

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LEONID STEIN
(born Nov-12-1934, died Jul-04-1973) Ukraine (citizen of Russia)

[what is this?]
Leonid Zakharovich Stein was born in (the) Ukraine in 1934. He became a master at the age of twenty-four--unusually late for one who goes on to become a player of his caliber. Three years later he qualified for the Soviet Championship for the first time, placing third and gaining the International Grandmaster title. In the 1960's, he signaled his arrival among the world's elite with a string of strong tournament victories, including three U.S.S.R. Championships 1963 [rusbase-1], 1965 [rusbase-2] and 1966/7 [rusbase-3]. Although he never qualified for the Candidates, he came extremely close in 1962 and 1964 (when he would have qualified if not for a rule restricting the number of candidates from one country) and again in 1967 (where he was eliminated after drawing a tie-break playoff with Vlastimil Hort and Samuel Reshevsky due to the latter's better tiebreaks).

Stein might have qualified in the 1973 cycle, but as he was preparing to leave for Bath, he collapsed of an apparent heart attack in the Rossiya Hotel in Moscow, only 38 years old.

Garry Kasparov wrote that Stein "went beyond the bounds of Botvinnik-Smyslov harmony, expanding the limits of our understanding of the game, changing our impressions of the correlation of material and quality of position, of situations with disrupted material and strategic balance, and created the grounds for the emergence of modern, ultra-dynamic chess". (My Great Predecessors Vol. 3, p. 231)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid...


 page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 694  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. E Lazarev vs Stein  0-134 1951 Ukrainian Junior ChC05 French, Tarrasch
2. Poltoranov vs Stein 0-125 1955 Ch Armed ForcesA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
3. V Liublinsky vs Stein 0-134 1955 Ch Armed ForcesC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
4. L Goltsov vs Stein 0-133 1955 TournamentE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
5. Stein vs V Soloviev  1-036 1956 Ch Armed ForcesB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
6. E Zagorjansky vs Stein  0-150 1956 Ch Moscow (1/2 final)E70 King's Indian
7. Stein vs B Vladimirov  ½-½29 1957 RUS-UKR mB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
8. Lilienthal vs Stein 1-028 1957 Kiev, USSRE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
9. M Usachyi vs Stein 0-134 1957 Ch UkraineA85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
10. Stein vs Flohr 0-134 1957 Ch UkraineB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
11. B Vladimirov vs Stein  0-157 1957 RUS-UKR mA56 Benoni Defense
12. Stein vs I Nei 1-062 1959 URS-ch sf playoffA06 Reti Opening
13. Stein vs Y Krutikhin  ½-½44 1959 Olympiad URSB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
14. Remeniuk vs Stein 1-019 1959 Kharkov (Ukraine)B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
15. Stein vs Zamikhovsky  1-050 1959 UKR-chD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. Stein vs Furman 1-041 1959 Olympiad URSB44 Sicilian
17. I Nei vs Stein  1-032 1959 URS-ch sf playoffA35 English, Symmetrical
18. L Shamkovich vs Stein  ½-½73 1959 Olympiad URSE70 King's Indian
19. Stein vs Kliavin 1-034 1959 Olympiad URSB42 Sicilian, Kan
20. Stein vs I Nei  0-141 1959 URS-ch sf playoffB22 Sicilian, Alapin
21. Savon vs Stein  ½-½13 1959 UKR-chE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
22. Stein vs M Shishov  ½-½48 1959 Olympiad URSC44 King's Pawn Game
23. I Nei vs Stein  ½-½20 1959 URS-ch sf playoffD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
24. Gufeld vs Stein  ½-½53 1959 UKR-chC44 King's Pawn Game
25. Bannik vs Stein  0-166 1959 UKR-chE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
 page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 694  PGN Download
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Aug-16-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Strongest Force: Stein was a bad mother...... if I could bring him back in a time machine he would be Russian champ again.
Sep-18-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  theodor: <<Richard Taylor>: It's not good to see him smoking - probably bad eating habits, drinking and smoking killed him.> my first impression and reaction were the same; I was about to post a warning to young people, frequenting this site. my second thought was the kgb factor: totalitarian countries hated to lose talanted people, acting against them later!(especially in the 'rossia' hotel - a place where all foreigners resided, where even the lowest staff was 'engaged'!) remember Korchnoy, Spassky?-and this in the eighties. what about seventies. do you remember the 'loyal' Karpov and the 'bad guy' Kasparov?(he still is!) the slaves have a slave mentallity: ''we must keep together, if not, you're a traitor!'' one cant have a different point of vew! it's disgusting! at the end: - this guy is very tough - stats shows that by themselves;what a pity he passed away so young!honour to you Stein, Steinitz would be proud of you!
Sep-18-11
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  talisman: <theodor> how stein died is not hard to figure out or find out...it's here on the pages...if this was a game of CLUE the answer would be...'it was in the bedroom and he was not alone and he was heterosexual'....some say he had a smile on his face when he said bye bye.
Nov-12-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: L.Stein's much premature death was certainly a great loss to chess, to all players and fans.

Hard to believe it's been 38 years already.

Dec-23-11  dinekum: Fischer-Stein, best game in 60MG
Dec-23-11  M.D. Wilson: Definitely one of the best.
Feb-06-12  AlphaMale: <Garry Kasparov wrote that Stein "went beyond the bounds of Botvinnik-Smyslov harmony, expanding the limits of our understanding of the game, changing our impressions of the correlation of material and quality of position, of situations with disrupted material and strategic balance, and created the grounds for the emergence of modern, ultra-dynamic chess".>

<<Everett: I find Kasparov's quote above puzzling. He said nearly the same exact thing about Bronstein, and who knows what he said about Tal.>>

Well, that quote from <OMGP III> was talking generally about the trio of Stein, Tal and Spassky.

Apr-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Octavia: This discussion is amazing - starting in 2003 ! & such a long one considering he died before the discussion began!

I've become interested because of Nigel Davies "The Power Chess Program: Book 2" where he said that "...is one of my own favourite players" & he devoted a ch to him.

Apr-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: <Octavia> and sadly the victim of the "only 3 Russians" rule of the interzonals. <died before the discussian began!> and he died with a smile on his face.
Apr-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  parisattack: <Octavia: This discussion is amazing - starting in 2003 ! & such a long one considering he died before the discussion began! I've become interested because of Nigel Davies "The Power Chess Program: Book 2" where he said that "...is one of my own favourite players" & he devoted a ch to him.>

Stein is also featured in Colin Crouch's Chess Secrets: Great Attackers (along with Tal and Kasparov).

Apr-07-12  King Death: < parisattack: <Blockpants: Can't remember where I read about this, but to keep you conspiracy theories burning brightly, wasn't Stein assasinated in error by the KGB?> Interesting - I had not heard that theory. I heard he was having a little roll-in-the-hay and stroked out, ala Rockefeller.>

These are both new to me, I'd read (according to Chess Life and Korchnoi) that Stein had a heart attack.

Good old Megan Marshack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_...

Apr-07-12  King Death: <M.D. Wilson: Rubinstein should have been given the opportunity, but WW1 really threw a spanner in the works...>

I don't think so, the problem started because he couldn't get the money together before the war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiba_... Then came St. Petersburg where he didn't make the finals. His prewar record of 5 straight wins in 1912 was a great feat but those events didn't have Lasker or Capablanca in any of them.

Apr-07-12  King Death: < Petrosianic: <LEEUHHNID STYYYUN.with feeling now!> Actually, I think his name was prounounced like Shtain, rather than Stine.>

It was and I've even seen books in English where it's translated as "Shtein" or "Bronshtein".

Apr-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  parisattack: <King Death: ...Good old Megan Marshack.>

Also the story I heard; Stein sent to i9 whilst having a little tryst...Megana Marshackskova.

Apr-07-12  King Death: <parisattack> The girl got around!
Apr-07-12  Everett: All these rumors of his death, I'll repeat the one that he went out a la Carradine.
Apr-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  parisattack: LOL! I guess once she was able to get out from under Rocky she ran back to the USSR!

But all seriousness, shame on Leonid. Never had particularly good fortune otherwise certainly was WC candidate material. I love his style combination of power player with a hypermodern touch.

Apr-07-12  King Death: <parisattack> If Stein couldn't qualify from Stockholm why did FIDE have him in the playoff, instead of letting Gligoric and Benko play a match with the winner getting a ticket to Curacao? Stein 3, Benko 2, and Gligoric 0 and he still goes home.
Apr-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  harrylime: Swatting up on c4 stuff and I came across Stein v Leynghal where Stein wins blacks queen on move 20 or so in mid board ! lol

Stein was a very great player..

Stein was around in an age where there were so many 'world champions' ..

Apr-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: <King Death> on stein's death...Raymond Keene was at the tournament when Stein died and confirmed(by that i mean on this site) that Stein was not alone in the room when he had his heart attack. He doesn't want or like talking about it and i hope he doesn't read this post.
Apr-07-12  King Death: <talisman> Thanks and I hope he doesn't either. Maybe he found the magic button for me and that would be good this time!
Apr-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: <King Death> you're welcome. There was a lil campaign here for Stein awhile back to get him on the drop down button list and CG to their everlasting credit did so. anyway Stein is one of my favorites and on my bio i mention 4 players and he is one of them.
Apr-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  harrylime: Nobody care to comment on my Stein game above?! lol

Obviously not ..

Cliques and forums lol

Stein fought against cliques..

Sad .. lol

Apr-07-12  Jim Bartle: Makes it a little tougher to comment when you spell Lengyel (in this DB at least) wrong.

Stein vs L Lengyel, 1971

Apr-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  harrylime: Thanks for putting the game up Jim and I raise my hat to you ..

It's an impressive and beautiful game..Jeez it's been consumed in 'openings theory' now tho..

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