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Leonid Yurtaev
Number of games in database: 603
Years covered: 1975 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2476
Highest rating achieved in database: 2543
Overall record: +217 -164 =222 (54.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (114) 
    B40 B33 B30 B93 B89
 French Defense (34) 
    C07 C18 C00 C10 C11
 Ruy Lopez (33) 
    C92 C77 C78 C96 C76
 Sicilian Najdorf (16) 
    B93 B95 B92 B90
 Caro-Kann (14) 
    B14 B10 B17 B13
 Reti System (14) 
    A04 A05 A06
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (118) 
    E67 E94 E92 E90 E81
 Sicilian (43) 
    B33 B76 B70 B31 B72
 Ruy Lopez (24) 
    C89 C84 C69 C88 C78
 Sicilian Dragon (20) 
    B76 B70 B72 B39 B78
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (16) 
    C89 C84 C88 C85 C96
 English (13) 
    A15 A10 A16
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Yurtaev vs Gulko, 1994 1-0
   T Kosintseva vs Yurtaev, 2002 0-1
   Psakhis vs Yurtaev, 1980 0-1
   Kasparov vs Yurtaev, 1975 0-1

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LEONID YURTAEV
(born May-01-1959) Kyrgyzstan

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 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 603  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Yurtaev vs Ballyev  1-049 1975 Olympiad URSB40 Sicilian
2. Kasparov vs Yurtaev 0-144 1975 BakuB39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
3. Sveshnikov vs Yurtaev  1-043 1975 Olympiad URSB22 Sicilian, Alapin
4. V Mordvintsev vs Yurtaev  0-160 1975 Olympiad URSA10 English
5. Yurtaev vs Lputian  ½-½24 1975 Olympiad URSC00 French Defense
6. Tsamriuk vs Yurtaev  ½-½44 1975 Olympiad URSA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
7. V Vorotnikov vs Yurtaev  0-136 1975 LatviaB06 Robatsch
8. Y Nikitin vs Yurtaev  1-036 1975 Olympiad URSA67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
9. Yurtaev vs Kasparov 0-146 1976 TbilisiB22 Sicilian, Alapin
10. Yusupov vs Yurtaev  1-030 1976 Moscow (Russia)B33 Sicilian
11. Yurtaev vs A Kochyev  0-169 1976 URS 21/353B89 Sicilian
12. Yurtaev vs Chekhov  1-043 1977 Ch URS (select)A05 Reti Opening
13. Kasparov vs Yurtaev 1-030 1977 URSSA65 Benoni, 6.e4
14. Lutikov vs Yurtaev  0-134 1977 URS-ch otborA68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack
15. Osnos vs Yurtaev  ½-½35 1977 Ch URS (select)A04 Reti Opening
16. Yurtaev vs Karasev  ½-½43 1977 URS 24/188B08 Pirc, Classical
17. Yurtaev vs Zhukhovitsky  1-029 1977 Ch URS (select)A07 King's Indian Attack
18. Yurtaev vs S Begun  1-053 1977 OS Riga B10 Caro-Kann
19. S Yuferov vs Yurtaev  1-031 1977 selectA45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. Kudriashov vs Yurtaev  ½-½59 1978 Daugavpils (Latvia)B06 Robatsch
21. Zlotnik vs Yurtaev  1-044 1978 Daugavpils (Latvia)A40 Queen's Pawn Game
22. V Malaniuk vs Yurtaev  1-041 1978 Ch URS (select)B06 Robatsch
23. Yurtaev vs G Zaitshik  0-157 1978 Daugavpils (Latvia)B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
24. Gavrikov vs Yurtaev  1-029 1978 Daugavpils (Latvia)A15 English
25. Yurtaev vs Igor Ivanov  0-147 1978 Daugavpils (Latvia)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 603  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-19-03   Tecumseh: "One of the hardest of King's Indian Hard men."

-Graham Burgess

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 ]

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!

Jun-06-05   WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Leonid's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/yurt.html
Jul-26-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  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.
May-01-06   BIDMONFA: Leonid Yurtaev

YURTAEV, Leonid
http://www.bidmonfa.com/yurtaev_leo...
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May-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  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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