Lutz Espig
Number of games in database: 312
Years covered: 1967 to 2007
Last FIDE rating: 2302
Highest rating achieved in database: 2460
Overall record: +88 -85 =139 (50.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  English (23)      A15 A13 A14 A10  Sicilian (19)      B38 B23 B89 B57 B39  Reti System (18)      A04 A06  English, 1 c4 c5 (12)      A34 A35 A30 A37  King's Indian Attack (10)      A07  Pirc (7)      B08 B07	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (54)      B40 B83 B81 B82 B42  Old Indian (35)      A55 A53 A54  Sicilian Scheveningen (23)      B83 B81 B82 B80  Tarrasch Defense (18)      D34 D32  Queen's Pawn Game (9)      A41 A46 D02 A45  Sicilian Kan (8)      B42 B43 B41

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Uhlmann vs L Espig, 1978 0-1
   Gufeld vs L Espig, 1980 1/2-1/2
   L Espig vs Csom, 1978 1-0

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LUTZ ESPIG (born Jan-05-1949) Germany [what is this?] Lutz Espig was born in Griez, East Germany. He was East German champion in 1969, 1971 and 1988 (= Thomas Paehtz Sr). Espig was awarded the IM title in 1972 and the GM title in 1983. In tournaments he was 1st at Lublin 1970, 1st at Varna 1976, 2nd at Halle 1982, 1st at Varna 1983, 3rd= at Leipzig 1983 and 2nd at the Eger Open in 1987.

page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 312  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Espig vs J Roberts 1-0 32 1967 WchT U26 B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. L Espig vs Sliwa   0-1 70 1967 DSV-Turnier C05 French, Tarrasch 3. L Espig vs V Tukmakov   ½-½ 71 1967 DSV-Turnier B89 Sicilian 4. L Espig vs W Pietzsch 1-0 27 1967 DSV-Turnier B57 Sicilian 5. J Kozma vs L Espig   1-0 50 1967 DSV-Turnier E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O 6. L Espig vs A Hennings   ½-½ 41 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 7. Bronstein vs L Espig   1-0 33 1968 Berlin+++ A46 Queen's Pawn Game 8. L Espig vs Suetin   0-1 63 1968 Berlin Lasker ,MCL 0 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 9. Minic vs L Espig   1-0 36 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 10. L Barczay vs L Espig   ½-½ 14 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 11. M Schoeneberg vs L Espig   ½-½ 24 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 12. R Fuchs vs L Espig   ½-½ 45 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem B40 Sicilian 13. L Espig vs A Zaitsev   ½-½ 58 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem E00 Queen's Pawn Game 14. L Espig vs C Radovici   ½-½ 26 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem A09 Reti Opening 15. Uhlmann vs L Espig 1-0 40 1968 GER A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 16. L Espig vs R Ortega   ½-½ 34 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem A04 Reti Opening 17. L Espig vs L Zinn   0-1 37 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 18. Csom vs L Espig   0-1 46 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem B02 Alekhine's Defense 19. L Espig vs B Malich   ½-½ 21 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem A04 Reti Opening 20. L Espig vs Vasiukov   0-1 26 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem B23 Sicilian, Closed 21. L Espig vs J Sloth   1-0 42 1969 WchT U26 fin-A 16th B23 Sicilian, Closed 22. A Zwaig vs L Espig   0-1 58 1969 Tournament A02 Bird's Opening 23. Plachetka vs L Espig   0-1 34 1969 WchT U26 fin-A 16th B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 24. V Tukmakov vs L Espig   ½-½ 15 1969 WchT U26 fin-A 16th B42 Sicilian, Kan 25. L Espig vs Smejkal   0-1 66 1969 Raach zt B03 Alekhine's Defense  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 312

Dec-29-04    Benzol: Lutz Espig Born 5th January 1949 in Griez An IM in 1972 and GM in 1983 he won the East German championship in 1969 and 1971. Jan-05-06    BIDMONFA: Lutz Espig ESPIG, Lutz http://www.bidmonfa.com/espig_lutz.... _ Aug-28-08    myschkin: . . . Photo: http://www.chessbase.de/2007/lga/1/... in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_E... Jan-05-09    WhiteRook48: doesn't seem to have a good winning percentage... Jan-05-12    Penguincw: Happy 73rd birthday! Jan-05-12    brankat: Happy Birthday GM Espig!

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