| Sep-19-03 |
| Tecumseh: "One of the hardest of King's Indian Hard men."
-Graham Burgess |
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| Feb-18-04 |
| WMD: Graham Burgess writing in Kingpin magazine, No. 25, Winter 1995: Our final theme is a striking one: the sacrifice of a queen for two minor pieces, a bit of centralisation and...well, not much else, it seems. Yurtaev is a major protagonist here; it seems he is only happy once he is a queen down. Those have memorised Informator 43 will recall the following game:Huzman vs Yurtaev, 1987 Well, he's been at it again; look at this one: A Graf vs Yurtaev, 1993 The world has been understandably slow to recognise the merits of these queen sacrifice ideas. [...] I once heard a rumour that Kasparov offered Yurtaev a lot of money for his opening files. The following game suggests that Gazza has more than a passing interest in his work: Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994
Of course anything can happen in a five-minute game, but later GM encounters showed that Black's idea had a lot going for it. [Mention is made of the games Gulko vs Van Wely, 1994 and L B Hansen vs Van der Wiel, 1995 ] |
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| Jun-06-05 |
| chesswonders: <WMD>
<I once heard a rumour that Kasparov offered Yurtaev a lot of money for his opening files. The following game suggests that Gazza has more than a passing interest in his work:Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 >
Wow, what a game...seeing the queen sac in this game, it certainly occurs Gazza is atleast influenced by Yurtaev's queen sac ideas in King's Indian! |
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| Jun-06-05 |
| WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Leonid's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/yurt.html |
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Jul-26-05
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| Manus: There's been a question asked whether chess should be called art, science or sports. Lasker said once that it was before anything else a struggle, but with some players like Leonid Yurtaev it becomes an adventure, both to players and kibitzers. |
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| May-01-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Leonid Yurtaev YURTAEV, Leonid
http://www.bidmonfa.com/yurtaev_leo...
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May-11-07
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| ganstaman: So, it's been a while since this topic seems to have been visited. Is there a new word on the soundness of this man's Q for 2 minors exchange/sac? Has anyone tried it for themselves? |
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May-01-09
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| wordfunph: <WMD: I once heard a rumour that Kasparov offered Yurtaev a lot of money for his opening files.> How true? Happy Birthday GM Yurtaev! |
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May-01-09
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| whiteshark: Picture: http://www.newinchess.com/Common/Im... |
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May-01-09
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| Open Defence: he looks a bit like James T Kirk
I was born in his time and in Russia... well..I would pay him a visit :) |
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May-01-09
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| whiteshark: <Open Defence..I was born in his time..> He's celebrating his 50th birthday today, and I'm a bit confused now regarding you age <Old Defence> ... :D |
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May-01-09
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| Open Defence: well he is a generation older :) still he's got the looks ;-p |
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Sep-20-09
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| Albertan: Wow Leonid Yurtaev has quite a record against some of top players in chess.According to my chessbase database he has 3.5/4 points against Gulko in their games. Playing white he has wins against Romaninshin, Tal, Beliavsky, Ehlvest,Ivanchuk,Shabalov, and Khalifman. Playing black he has wins against Kasparov (U18 USSR Champ),Gulko,Tukmakov,Curt Hansen,Hjartarson, and Malaniuk. GM Yurtaev, take a bow on your "day" at CG!! |
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| Sep-20-09 |
| WhiteRook48: this guy actually beat Beliavsky (!!) |
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