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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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Sep-06-08
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| just a kid: One of the most least kibitzed great games of Polugaevsky.Polugaevsky vs Kudrin, 1989 |
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| Nov-13-08 |
| Andrijadj: Polu seemed to have good all time scores against GMs of today,beating Short and Polgar for example,and losing to Vishy Anand by a narrow margin...Kasparov beat him 4:0,but I think 2 of that games are from simultaneous exibitions Polu gave... |
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| Nov-13-08 |
| Andrijadj: I think that is because of his opening knowledge,as he was able to match the preparation of younger players... |
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Nov-20-08
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| brankat: R.I.P. Lev. |
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| Dec-26-08 |
| M.D. Wilson: He was a concrete calculator and an openings maven. Widely respected by the USSR chess elite. Very sad he died from a brain tumour. |
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| Jan-18-09 |
| M.D. Wilson: How difficult is it to get a photo of Lev Polugaevsky up on this site? |
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| Mar-03-09 |
| Dredge Rivers: Once you've played a match behind bulletproof glass, nothing else is ever the same! |
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| Jun-28-09 |
| M.D. Wilson: Polugaevsky had a great record against the bane of World Champions: Efim Geller. |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| 19842009: I have his book "The birth of Variation".
There He wrote a lot of Himself.
And my impression is that ... He is a very charming man, very ... (and very honest...)
A Great Man! |
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Nov-20-09
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| Sem: Who has the prerogative of including a picture in a biography on this website? Will chessgames.com upload a photo offered by one of its members? |
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Nov-20-09
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| talisman: happy birthday Lev!
one of the all-time greats.
Rocky got a locker so there is still hope...Lev might get a picture. |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| WhiteRook48: he beat everybody!! |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| SakoTRG22: Happy Birthday to one my favorite classical players, Lev Polugaevsky! |
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He passed away in 1995 in Paris, France from a brain tumour.
