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| Raskolnikov: <offramp> He moved to France like Spassky. |
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Mar-29-06
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| Benzol: His grave is not far away from Alyekhin's according to Sosonko. |
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| Aug-12-06 |
| Bonol: Polugaevsky's was a great chess writer, the best chess book i learned from was his book Grandmaster preperation. One of his quotes is so true, "90% of chess books you can open read page 1 and close the book for ever.". That can't be said for polugaevsky's books, he took other 2 years to write his books, and took has much care. He was meticulous with his opening preperation and a truly great player. |
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Aug-12-06
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| Karpova: "Grandmaster Preparation" is really a great book! You learn about the daily life of one of the best chessplayers of his time, about chess, lev's najdorf-variation and it's also quite entertaining! Never becomes boring and is interesting to read. |
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| Apr-23-07 |
| Maatalkko: I was reading in "Karpov on Karpov" that Polugaevsky was the "World Champion at playing White". He made the first move a big advantage by delivering a slow crush to his opponents. He believed in White's superiority so much that as Black he would play sharply and recklessly (e.g. the Polu Najdorf). He saw Black's position as so hopeless that he strived for complications from move one. Karpov's opinion is quite interesting. Does anyone familiar with Polugaevsky's games have some examples of him being a "White World Champion"? |
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| Apr-23-07 |
| ughaibu: Have a look at the notable games. |
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Apr-23-07
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| tamar: One example with White not on the notable list is
Polugaevsky vs Korchnoi, 1980 which introduced the long-range sacrifice in the Queen's Indian 7 d5 exd5 8 Nh4 A Linares game this year reprised this line, which resists being completely solved. Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2007 |
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Oct-15-07
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| Resignation Trap: On November 20, 2006 (the 72nd anniversary of Polugaevsky's birth) the Samara Chess Museum officially opened in his honor: http://www.riasamara.ru/rus/news/re... . |
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| Dec-27-07 |
| MoonlitKnight: Why is there no picture of Lyova and his curly hair? |
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Dec-27-07
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| Resignation Trap: <MoonlitKnight> Here is one such photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... . My guess is that it was taken during the game Polugaevsky vs I Nei, 1966 , since I can see the game T Van Scheltinga vs Filip, 1966 from the same round on the demonstration board in the background. |
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Feb-02-08
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| talisman: need a picture. |
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| Feb-02-08 |
| MichAdams: Isn't <Resignation Trap>'s avatar a picture of Lev? |
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Feb-02-08
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| Open Defence: no its one the 3 stooges.. but Polugaevsky did look a bit like that :) |
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Feb-04-08
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| brankat: Lev A. Polugaevsky was a handsome man. Had a strong, deep voice, very calm disposition, firm handshake, always looked You straight in the eye. More importantly, a decent and honest person. And a great chess master. It is good to see him being honoured by his compatriots. |
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| Feb-06-08 |
| M.D. Wilson: Polu is one player well worth studying. I have looked at many of his Sicilian games (as black) and always come away with something new, even though I have used the Sicilian as my primary weapon against the King's pawn for years. Along with Geller and Stein, Polu is one of the finest Soviet GMs not to be WC. Perhaps not on the same level as Fischer, Karpov and Petrosian, he was still one of the World's best for years. |
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| Feb-13-08 |
| M.D. Wilson: This guy should really be more well known! |
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Feb-13-08
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| TheAlchemist: A great player, unfortunately it seems he didn't have such a competitive spirit and will to win as his contemporaries and always fell short. |
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Feb-13-08
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| plang: <A great player, unfortunately it seems he didn't have such a competitive spirit and will to win as his contemporaries and always fell short.> I don't understand this comment. As great a player as he was isn't it possible that his match losses to Karpov and Korchnoi were due to him being slightly less great than they were. |
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| Feb-13-08 |
| nescio: plang: <isn't it possible that his match losses to Karpov and Korchnoi were due to him being slightly less great than they were.> As a player, yes, but in his insights on and feeling for chess positions he was probably the equal of all of them, Spassky and Petrosian included. He couldn't prove it at the board, however, due to nerves or lack of drive or whatever, like for example Rubinstein and Boleslavsky before him. I think that is what <TheAlchemist> wanted to say. |
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Feb-14-08
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| brankat: Add to the list: Keres, Bronstein, Nimzowitsch, Schlechter, Stein, Korchnoi, Larsen, Portisch, and many other great masters. Very few were possessed of all necessary Champion-like Qualities. |
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| Feb-14-08 |
| nescio: <brankat> There is no list, so I can't add anyone. Besides I don't agree. I mentioned Rubinstein and Boleslavsky because I think they had superb chess qualities, but I can't imagine them as a Champion, just like Polugaevsky (and probably Ivanchuk, but I don't know enough of him to judge). You may be right about Stein, but with the others it is only the coincidence that there were such strong world champions already and that they were just not good enough. Keres and Bronstein would have gained the title if it weren't for Botvinnik being in their way. Karpov and Kasparov have frustrated the ambitions of many. But I should add this is only my opinion, objection is allowed :) |
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Feb-14-08
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| Red October: some were content to train a future champion like Boleslavsky |
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Feb-14-08
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| brankat: <nescio> <Besides I don't agree.> After reading Your post, I concluded that we are saying the same thing. So, You actually do agree :-) |
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| Feb-23-08 |
| MoonlitKnight: Besides Korchnoi, Polugaevsky and Stein must have been the strongest players from this generation to never reach the summit of chess. Polugaevsky's class was very high. His understanding of the game and ability to calculate variations was that of a world champ. He was probably also the hardest working chess player in the world at one point. He was famous for having the deepest opening preparations of all. What he lacked was the ability to make good practical decisions OTB. That's what made Karpov so much stronger. |
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| Apr-21-08 |
| TheDude: I found some pictures in Google and i must say that he has a similarity with Garry Kasparov. Ok, ok, maybe in 30 years. ;-) |
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He passed away in 1995 in Paris, France from a brain tumour
