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Lev Psakhis
Number of games in database: 1,567
Years covered: 1977 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2538
Highest rating achieved in database: 2625
Overall record: +548 -218 =797 (60.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (159) 
    B40 B30 B92 B76 B42
 French Defense (64) 
    C07 C18 C09 C11 C05
 Ruy Lopez (59) 
    C92 C96 C68 C84 C90
 English (41) 
    A10 A15 A13 A17 A16
 Queen's Indian (39) 
    E12 E17 E15 E16
 English, 1 c4 e5 (39) 
    A20 A22 A21 A28 A25
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (122) 
    C07 C11 C18 C16 C01
 Sicilian (103) 
    B81 B42 B80 B40 B82
 Queen's Indian (97) 
    E15 E12 E18 E17 E14
 Queen's Pawn Game (72) 
    E00 A46 E10 A40 A41
 Nimzo Indian (70) 
    E32 E42 E21 E41 E44
 Ruy Lopez (61) 
    C92 C95 C84 C69 C93
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Psakhis vs A Kochyev, 1990 1-0
   Psakhis vs Smirin, 1995 1-0
   Psakhis vs Paunovic, 1986 1-0
   E Piankov vs Psakhis, 1977 0-1
   Psakhis vs Lputian, 1979 1-0
   Psakhis vs E Ragozin, 1994 1-0
   G Zaitshik vs Psakhis, 1980 0-1
   E Prie vs Psakhis, 1990 0-1

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LEV PSAKHIS
(born Nov-29-1958) Russia

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Lev Borisovich Psakhis was born on the 29th of November 1958 in Kalinin, USSR. Awarded the IM title in 1980 and the GM title in 1982 he was joint USSR Champion in 1980-81 and 1981. In tournaments he was 1st= at Sarajevo 1986, 1st at Szirak 1986 and 2nd= at Trnava 1988.

 page 1 of 63; games 1-25 of 1,567  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Romanov vs Psakhis  0-137 1977 IrkutskA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
2. Rashkovsky vs Psakhis  0-138 1977 VolgogradE00 Queen's Pawn Game
3. E Piankov vs Psakhis 0-135 1977 IrkutskA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
4. V N Kozlov vs Psakhis  ½-½23 1977 VolgogradA04 Reti Opening
5. Botvinnik vs Psakhis 1-023 1977 RussiaE10 Queen's Pawn Game
6. Sogto Namgilov vs Psakhis  1-039 1977 RostovA75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4
7. A Zakharov vs Psakhis  0-141 1977 VolgogradA65 Benoni, 6.e4
8. Portnyagin vs Psakhis  ½-½35 1977 KrasnoyarskA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
9. E Riabchonok vs Psakhis 1-025 1977 VolgogradB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
10. Psakhis vs Yusupov  ½-½55 1978 URS-ch U26C42 Petrov Defense
11. Psakhis vs A Noskov  1-049 1978 Alma AtaA92 Dutch
12. E Vladimirov vs Psakhis  ½-½46 1978 TashkentA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
13. Psakhis vs D Kaiumov  ½-½19 1978 Alma AtaA15 English
14. Chekhov vs Psakhis  1-037 1978 Zaitsev memB22 Sicilian, Alapin
15. O Vasilchenko vs Psakhis  ½-½42 1978 TashkentA30 English, Symmetrical
16. Nikitin vs Psakhis  ½-½28 1978 Alma AtaA30 English, Symmetrical
17. Chekhov vs Psakhis  1-030 1978 URS-ch U26C44 King's Pawn Game
18. Psakhis vs E Vladimirov  0-139 1978 URS-ch U26A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
19. Suetin vs Psakhis  1-045 1978 SverdlovskC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
20. Psakhis vs E Magerramov 0-140 1978 USSR 26/55A15 English
21. M Gurevich vs Psakhis  0-150 1978 BakuA34 English, Symmetrical
22. A N Panchenko vs Psakhis 1-027 1978 USSR 25/369B27 Sicilian
23. Antoshin vs Psakhis  0-127 1979 SochiA61 Benoni
24. Psakhis vs Lputian  0-135 1979 BeltsiC07 French, Tarrasch
25. Psakhis vs Mikhalchishin  1-040 1979 Frunze URS sfB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
 page 1 of 63; games 1-25 of 1,567  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-17-04   Gwinnett: What a shame that good old Levvvvy has no kibitzing! =(
Aug-17-04   Kaspy2: contributed novelties in Winawer
Nov-09-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  yoozum: this guy was up against adams in the semi-finals for the EUC championship.
Nov-16-04   Marco65: His books on the French are simply excellent. I complained that they didn't cover all, there was "Advance and other anti-French variations", "French Defence 3.Nd2", and "French Defence 3.Nc3 Bb4". Now I see at Amazon that "French Defence: Steinitz, Classical and Other Variarions" will be issued in March 2005. These 4 books will stay as a reference point for French players for years.
Mar-31-06   SiberianChessFan: Psakhis is a well-known trainer these days. A great website with a large game file, pictures, a few annotated games and some quotes on him can be found here:

http://www.gmsquare.com/Psakhis/ind...

He also plays at the World Chess Network. He apparently learned every game of Fischer's by heart and will challenge people to set up a position from one of Fischer's games and he will remember the name of Fischer's opponent, the year and place it was played.

http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/En...

Here is a recent write up on him:

Lev Psakhis was born in the city of Tver (then called Kalinin) in the former USSR on November 29th, 1958. He studied at the Krasnoyarsk State University’s Faculty of Law. In 1977 he achieved the rank of the Master of Sport of the USSR after winning the RSFSR championship at Volgograd. In 1979 he won the All-Union Championship of Young Masters and was awarded the International Master title the following year. In August 1980 he won a qualification tournament to the USSR Championship that was held in his hometown of Krasnoyarsk. In the ensuing 1980/1 USSR Championship he became the first non-Grandmaster to win the title at his first attempt, sharing 1st place with Alexander Belyavsky. In the 1981 USSR championship he repeated this success when he shared 1st place with Garry Kasparov (whom he defeated in their individual game). In 1982, in Yerevan, he shared 2nd-3rd place in the world championship Zonal tournament. A successful competitor in numerous team competitions, he gained his early experience playing for the sports club ‘Burevestnik’. In 1981 and 1983 he was a member of the USSR team that won the World Student’s Team Championship. In 1983 he was a member of the USSR team that won the European Team Championship. He was also the USSR champion for Active chess in 1982 and 1987. Over the years he has won, or been a prize-winner, in dozens of international tournaments.

In 1990 he immigrated to Israel, becoming national champion in 1997 and sharing 1st-3rd place with Gelfand and Smirin in 1999. He has been a member of the Israeli Olympiad team seven times. In 1997, he led the team of “Herzliya” into the European Club Championship finals. He has also twice been a member of the Israeli team in the European Team Championships, winning a gold medal for best performance on 4th board at Batumi in 1999.

Psakhis has a wealth of training experience having been a pupil at the Botvinnik school and worked with the likes of Kasparov and Yusupov in the late eighties. Since the early 1990’s he has done some highly successful work as a trainer. For some years (1994-1996) he worked with Emil Sutovsky (the World Junior Champion in 1996 and the European Champion of 2001). From 1997 to 2000 he was GM Judit Polgar’s main coach. He also acted as trainer to her older sister, Zsuzsa Polgar, from 1994 up to her win of the Women’s World Championship in 1996. Since 2001 he has trained the young Israeli chess player Maxim Rodshtein - the silver medal-winner of European Junior Championship 2002 and the World Under-16 Champion in 2004. Psakhis is also a member of the FIDE Trainers Committee.

He has written several excellent opening books: The Complete French in 1992 and The Complete Benoni in 1994. Recently he has written a highly acclaimed 4-volume update to his book on the French Defence (French Defence: Steinitz, Classical and Other Variations, French Defence 3Nc3 Bb4, Advance and Other Anti-French Variations, and French Defence 3Nd2).

Apr-03-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eggman: I attended a lecture and simul given by Psakhis in Toronto yesterday (April 2, 2006). Apparently he is going to be training the Canadian Olympiad team, if I understood him correctly.

His lecture consisted of two of his own games, neither of which is included in this database. A shame.

Apr-22-06   Nikita Smirnov: Please chessgames a picture!A new one!
Apr-22-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: Here is a link with a picture of Psakhis. Maybe <chessgames.com> can use it for this page.

http://www.chessbase.de/Nachrichten...

Apr-22-06   blingice: The board in that picture has the coolest colors ever.
Apr-23-06   Nikita Smirnov: Thanks in one of my books I have a old picture from the USSR championships '89 in Klaipedia.I've heard that he is very good at French Defence.
May-12-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: he looks like a thinner version of Pavarotti
Sep-02-06   Nikita Smirnov: I like his reportiore in French he plays the advanced variation against french or the Winawer? I have forgotten.
Open Defence:Very fun a thinner Pavarotti!
Sep-02-06   Albertan: <Nikita Smirnov: I like his reportiore in French he plays the advanced variation against french or the Winawer? I have forgotten. >

No he doesn't. According to my chessbase database Psakhis plays the Tarrasch variation versus the French: 1.e4 e6 2.Nd2

Sep-02-06   Nikita Smirnov: Ok!Well i play the Winawer
Sep-02-06   Albertan: Psakhis plays the French Defense-Winawer variation in 48 games in my chessbase database:

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5

He also plays 3...c5 vrs the Tarrasch variation of the French Defense: 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5

Oct-03-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Apparently a peaceful player, see http://members.aon.at/sfischl/sd.txt and scroll down.

Oct-03-06   AlexandraThess: Lev Psahis is one of the best specialists ,if not the best, in King's Indian Attack and French defence
Nov-29-06   BIDMONFA: Lev Psakhis

PSAKHIS, Lev
http://www.bidmonfa.com/psakhis_lev...
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Jan-31-07   WTHarvey: Here are some winning combinations from Lev's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/psak.html
Feb-02-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  who: <WTHarvey> in http://www.wtharvey.com/d35.html in the game Tal-Kiriakov it should say Qg6+ not Kg6+. Btw that is the best chess website I've seen (well maybe second to chessgames.com).
Nov-29-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: Happy 50th birthday, Lev Borisovich!

See also: http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2008... .

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