Oleg Romanishin
Number of games in database: 1,967
Years covered: 1966 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2510
Highest rating achieved in database: 2615
Overall record: +687 -366 =914 (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 A40 D02 A41  Ruy Lopez (74)      C93 C77 C78 C72 C80  King's Indian (70)      E63 E60 E64 E62 E92  English (63)      A15 A14 A13 A10 A17  Reti System (57)      A04 A06	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (231)      C96 C69 C85 C87 C91  Ruy Lopez, Closed (169)      C96 C85 C87 C91 C84  Queen's Indian (110)      E15 E12 E17 E16 E14  Sicilian (83)      B46 B44 B40 B27 B22  Nimzo Indian (77)      E44 E38 E34 E41 E32  English (71)      A17 A13 A15 A11 A16

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Romanishin vs Ivanchuk, 1986 1-0
   Romanishin vs Marjanovic, 1972 1-0
   Romanishin vs Petrosian, 1975 1-0
   Romanishin vs K Mueller, 1992 1-0
   Ribli vs Romanishin, 1982 1/2-1/2
   L Barczay vs Romanishin, 1982 0-1
   Mikhalchishin vs Romanishin, 1981 0-1
   Romanishin vs Plaskett, 1977 1-0
   Romanishin vs Polugaevsky, 1974 1-0
   Romanishin vs Karpov, 1976 1/2-1/2

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   USSR Championship 1974 by suenteus po 147
   USSR Championship 1975 by Phony Benoni
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1985 by suenteus po 147
   Tilburg Interpolis 1979 by suenteus po 147
   Reggio Emilia 1985/86 by suenteus po 147
   Black - Ruy Lopez: Exchange by gaborn

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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 79; games 1-25 of 1,967  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Romanishin vs M Steinberg 0-1 21 1966 Ukraine C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. Romanishin vs V Kirpichnikov   0-1 60 1968 Riga C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 3. Romanishin vs P Sangla   ½-½ 30 1968 Riga B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 4. Karpov vs Romanishin 1-0 40 1968 09, Riga tt D00 Queen's Pawn Game 5. Romanishin vs Cihelashvili 0-1 38 1968 Riga B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 6. Romanishin vs Popov   0-1 33 1968 Riga A25 English 7. Reimann vs Romanishin   1-0 38 1968 Riga E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 8. Romanishin vs V Zurakhov 1-0 32 1968 URS B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 9. Romanishin vs B Nisman   0-1 34 1968 Riga C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 10. G Piesina vs Romanishin   1-0 29 1968 Riga C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 11. Lutikov vs Romanishin   1-0 27 1968 URS B30 Sicilian 12. Romanishin vs I Miklyaev   ½-½ 41 1968 Riga C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 13. A Lisenko vs Romanishin   ½-½ 21 1968 Riga A12 English with b3 14. M Steinberg vs Romanishin   ½-½ 14 1968 Riga D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 15. S Makarichev vs Romanishin   0-1 67 1969 Beltsy C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 16. Z 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 Lutikov   ½-½ 34 1971 URS-ch sf C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 21. M Czerniak vs Romanishin   0-1 71 1971 Goteborg C46 Three Knights 22. E Mukhin vs Romanishin   ½-½ 22 1971 Vilnius C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 23. O Kinnmark vs Romanishin   0-1 56 1971 Goteborg C77 Ruy Lopez 24. Romanishin vs A Pomar-Salamanca   ½-½ 19 1971 Goteborg A12 English with b3 25. Romanishin vs Vaganian 0-1 56 1971 USSR 11/185 C19 French, Winawer, Advance  page 1 of 79; games 1-25 of 1,967

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing > 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. :) Aug-03-08    wolfmaster: Kramnik, "Back to the drawing board." Aug-03-08    wolfmaster: Mamedyarov, "Shak through the heart." Aug-03-08    wolfmaster: Mickey Adams goes to the capital, "Mr. Adams Goes to Washington." Aug-05-08    wolfmaster: Another Kramnik, "Who's your Vladdy?" Aug-08-08    wolfmaster: Ok, movies... "To Kill a Mocking Bird" Synopsis: After being goaded by Henry Bird after one of his painful defeats to Bird, Morphy lashes out and it wasn't pretty. Aug-08-08    wolfmaster: "You Don't Mess with the Roman" Synopsis: Dzindi explains about why people can't spell his name. Aug-08-08    wolfmaster: "No Country For Old Men" Synopsis: Smyslov is mistakenly invited to the World Junior Championship. Aug-08-08    wolfmaster: "21" Synopsis: A documentary of the 1972 WCC and why they only played 21 games. Oct-04-08    Xeroxx: The dark knight. Oct-10-08    blacksburg: <"Searching for Bobby Fischer" The sad tale of a self-seeking father who exploits both his son and Fischer to make a name for himself.> ouch. Dec-05-08    tamar: "GM From Another Planet" Jig is up for alien when arch-nemesis FIDE proscribes a mandatory drug test. Super-powers desert him as he tries to kick over pillar supporting building, and he barely escapes to waiting space ship. Rated R for Ukrainian cursing. Dec-07-08    tamar: "Quantum of Soltis" "The name is Soltis. Andrew Soltis." So greets the suave chess journalist as he confronts Edward Winter and exposes his true identity, forever vindicating his reputation from the "No Source Soltis" slur. Jan-02-09    WhiteRook48: "The great wall" A film about Bill Wall building walls of pawns. Jan-10-09    brankat: Best wishes for Your Birthday Oleg! Jan-10-09    Open Defence: No Legs Romancin... Jan-10-09    Open Defence: Romanishin the Slav Jan-10-09    Open Defence: Romanishin et Judit Jan-10-09    Open Defence: Where art Thou O Romanishin Jan-19-09    notyetagm: <Open Defence: Where art Thou O Romanishin> A nice win by Romanishin from Round 1 of Corus C 2009. Romanishin vs A Bitalzadeh, 2009 Feb-19-09    WhiteRook48: what a punny name. Break an Oleg! Jump directly to page #   (enter number from 1 to 13) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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