Oleg Romanishin
Number of games in database: 1,919
Years covered: 1966 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2514
Highest rating achieved in database: 2615
Overall record: +670 -356 =893 (58.2%)*
   * 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 (121)      B23 B40 B50 B52 B30  Queen's Pawn Game (88)      A46 E00 D02 A40 A41  Ruy Lopez (73)      C77 C93 C80 C72 C92  Reti System (72)      A04 A05  King's Indian (70)      E63 E60 E64 E62 E66  English (60)      A15 A14 A13 A10 A17	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (226)      C96 C69 C85 C87 C77  Ruy Lopez, Closed (166)      C96 C85 C87 C91 C90  Queen's Indian (107)      E15 E12 E17 E16 E14  Sicilian (81)      B46 B44 B40 B27 B22  Nimzo Indian (75)      E44 E34 E38 E41 E32  English (70)      A17 A13 A15 A11 A16

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Romanishin vs Ivanchuk, 1986 1-0
   Ribli vs Romanishin, 1982 1/2-1/2
   Romanishin vs Marjanovic, 1972 1-0
   Romanishin vs Plaskett, 1977 1-0
   Romanishin vs Petrosian, 1975 1-0
   Romanishin vs K Mueller, 1992 1-0
   Romanishin vs Anikaev, 1973 1-0
   L Barczay vs Romanishin, 1982 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   50th USSR Championship by Benzol
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1985 by suenteus po 147
   Tilburg Interpolis 1979 by suenteus po 147
   Black - Ruy Lopez: Exchange by gaborn
   Lone Pine USA (Louis D. Statham Tournament ) by wanabe2000

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OLEG ROMANISHIN (born Jan-10-1952) Ukraine [what is this?] Oleg Mikhailovich Romanishin was born on the 10th of January 1952 in Lvov, then in the USSR. Awarded the IM title in 1973 and the GM title in 1976 he was European Junior Champion in 1972-73. A pupil of Viktor Emmauelovich Kart (born 1929) he has achieved some fine tournament results such as Leningrad 1977 1st=, Tilburg 1979 2nd, Sochi 1982 3rd=, Moscow 1985 1st and Reggio Emilia 1985-86 1st= but has never qualified as a Candidate. He is reputed to have said "Draws make me angry" and remains a strong GM with an aggressive style just a level below the top rank. He is also a leading chess opening theorist.

page 1 of 77; games 1-25 of 1,919  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Romanishin vs M Steinberg 0-1 21 1966 Ukraine C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. M Steinberg vs Romanishin   ½-½ 14 1968 Riga D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 3. A Lisenko vs Romanishin   ½-½ 21 1968 Riga A12 English with b3 4. Romanishin vs V Kirpichnikov   0-1 60 1968 Riga C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 5. Romanishin vs P Sangla   ½-½ 30 1968 Riga B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 6. Romanishin vs Cihelashvili 0-1 38 1968 Riga B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 7. Romanishin vs Popov   0-1 33 1968 Riga A25 English 8. Romanishin vs V Zurakhov 1-0 32 1968 URS B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 9. Reimann vs Romanishin   1-0 38 1968 Riga E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 10. Romanishin vs B Nisman   0-1 34 1968 Riga C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 11. Lutikov vs Romanishin   1-0 27 1968 URS B30 Sicilian 12. G Piesina vs Romanishin   1-0 29 1968 Riga C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 13. Romanishin vs I Miklyaev   ½-½ 41 1968 Riga C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 14. Karpov vs Romanishin 1-0 40 1968 09, Riga tt D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 15. S Makarichev vs Romanishin   0-1 67 1969 Beltsy C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 16. L Gofshtein vs Romanishin   1-0 66 1969 Beltsy E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 17. Romanishin vs Beliavsky   0-1 39 1969 Beltsy B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 18. G Piesina vs Romanishin   ½-½ 34 1969 Beltsy B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 19. V Tukmakov vs Romanishin   ½-½ 41 1970 URS-ch U18 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 20. Romanishin vs Vaganian 0-1 56 1971 USSR 11/185 C19 French, Winawer, Advance 21. Romanishin vs A Pomar-Salamanca   ½-½ 19 1971 Goteborg A12 English with b3 22. I Bilek vs Romanishin   ½-½ 50 1971 Goteborg A12 English with b3 23. Romanishin vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 39 1971 Goteborg (Sweden) C16 French, Winawer 24. Romanishin vs Krogius   0-1 36 1971 URS B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 25. Romanishin vs J Jansson   1-0 35 1971 Goteborg B07 Pirc  page 1 of 77; games 1-25 of 1,919

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 12 ·  Later Kibitzing > Sep-13-07    whiteshark: Svidler on the Roof Sep-13-07    whiteshark: An American in Paris Sep-13-07    whiteshark: There's No Business Leko Show Business Sep-13-07    Calli: What the ?!@ is going on here.. "My Cousin Botvinny" Sep-13-07    Gypsy: "The Guns of Navara." Sep-13-07    savagerules: Romanishin must be an angry man, in the bio it says he hates draws, yet he has about 50 percent draws in his stats. Go figure. Sep-14-07    dehanne: "Tkachiev in the Rye" Sep-14-07    cu8sfan: Cool, at last this thread has awoken again! Sep-14-07    whiteshark: Sponge Bot Sep-14-07    technical draw: Pretty good puns for mere amateurs. Here's how a pro does it: De Firmian Let's get Harikrishna. U.S. Marshalls Licence to Dreev Samich Time Next year. Plus 150 more Sep-14-07    dehanne: "The madness of King Gheorghiu" Sep-14-07    xeroxmachine: Euwerassic Park Sep-14-07    Akavall: Romanishin is often credited with 3...Be7!? against both 3. Nc3 and 3. Nd2. Even though 3...Be7 is rare against the former; it is common against the later. Sep-14-07    whiteshark: "I don't Keres long as you sing." Sep-14-07    ughaibu: "Amosquito bite burns." Sep-14-07    dehanne: "Bacrot to the future" Sep-14-07    cicero1974: "Svidler on the Roof"? Sep-14-07    whiteshark: Flash in the Panno Sep-14-07    whiteshark: A little Bird told me. Sep-14-07    dehanne: "Bruzon Almighty" Sep-16-07    xeroxmachine: Anandstasia. Available in two versions one from 1956 with ingrid bergman as anandstacia. And an animated version from 1997 directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman featuring the voices of Meg Ryan and John Cusack Mar-13-08    hedgeh0g: Dry skin? Try Veselin. Mar-13-08    hedgeh0g: ...or Extreme Championship Veselin :P Mar-13-08    Pianoplayer: ?? HOnestly whats going on with these lame puns? Mar-13-08    Benzol: <Pianoplayer: ?? HOnestly whats going on with these lame puns?> You'd expect someone to talk about being "lame" on a forum with a name "O-Leg" wouldn't you. :) Jump directly to page #   (enter number from 1 to 12) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 12 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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