Sergei Azarov
Number of games in database: 411
Years covered: 1992 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2658
Highest rating achieved in database: 2667
Overall record: +142 -76 =159 (58.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      34 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (99)      B33 B89 B90 B32 B57  Ruy Lopez (42)      C67 C60 C78 C72 C89  Sicilian Najdorf (24)      B90 B96 B92 B99 B97  French Defense (24)      C03 C07 C06 C05 C09  French Tarrasch (23)      C03 C07 C06 C05 C09  Caro-Kann (16)      B11 B18 B12 B10	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (53)      C95 C88 C69 C93 C92  Ruy Lopez, Closed (38)      C95 C88 C93 C92 C91  Queen's Indian (19)      E15 E12 E13 E17 E18  Queen's Gambit Declined (16)      D37 D31 D35 D36  Nimzo Indian (15)      E33 E46 E20 E57 E21  Sicilian (15)      B76 B22 B72 B50 B73

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   S Azarov vs B Predojevic, 2006 1/2-1/2
   S Vokarev vs S Azarov, 2008 1/2-1/2
   S Azarov vs Naiditsch, 2012 1-0
   A Volokitin vs S Azarov, 2008 0-1

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SERGEI AZAROV (born May-19-1983) Belarus [what is this?] Grandmaster (2003). Azarov came second in the 2003 World Junior Championship. He scored 7.5/11 in the 12th European Individual Championship (2011), placing 16th and thereby qualifying for entry to the World Cup (2011) where he defeated Artyom Timofeev in the first round before losing to Vugar Gashimov in the second round. Subsequently he scored 5.5/7 in the European Club Cup and came =2nd with 7/9 in the Chigorin Memorial Tournament. He placed =2nd (10th on tiebreak) at the 13th European Individual Championship (2012) scoring 8/11 and qualifying him for the World Cup 2013. Azarov's rating as at 1 May 2012 was 2658, making him the the top ranked player in Belarus, and number 92 in the world. FIDE player card: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Photo: http://www.bidmonfa.com/azarov_serg...

page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 411  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bacrot vs S Azarov 1-0 29 1992 Ch World (cadets) (under 10) D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 2. Grischuk vs S Azarov   1-0 55 1993 Wch U10 C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 3. Grischuk vs S Azarov   1-0 34 1994 Wch U12 C42 Petrov Defense 4. S Azarov vs Ganguly   0-1 59 1994 WYFWC Szeged B12(9) C55 Two Knights Defense 5. Ponomariov vs S Azarov   1-0 37 1994 Wch U12 C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 6. S Azarov vs Akobian   1-0 44 1995 EU-ch U12 B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 7. Ponomariov vs S Azarov 1-0 44 1995 EU-ch U12 C49 Four Knights 8. Ponomariov vs S Azarov   1-0 32 1995 EU-ch U12 C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 9. S Azarov vs E Alekseev   ½-½ 34 1998 Moscow Kasparov Cup B01 Scandinavian 10. Radjabov vs S Azarov 1-0 26 1998 Moscow Kasparov Cup A06 Reti Opening 11. U Kavcic vs S Azarov   1-0 52 1998 Eu Youth bu18 C30 King's Gambit Declined 12. S Azarov vs Ponomariov   0-1 24 1999 Artek ol U16 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 13. A Wirig vs S Azarov   ½-½ 14 1999 Wch U16 D05 Queen's Pawn Game 14. G Sargissian vs S Azarov   1-0 32 2001 WJun D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 15. Oral vs S Azarov   ½-½ 44 2001 ECC C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 16. S Azarov vs L Ilic   1-0 53 2001 2nd IECC B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 17. S Azarov vs Nijboer   0-1 41 2001 EuTCh B33 Sicilian 18. A Simutowe vs S Azarov   0-1 44 2001 WJun D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. S Azarov vs A Horvath   ½-½ 65 2001 WJun B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 20. Eljanov vs S Azarov   0-1 54 2001 2nd IECC E08 Catalan, Closed 21. J M Weber vs S Azarov   0-1 43 2001 EuTCh D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. S Azarov vs N Mitkov   1-0 46 2001 2nd IECC C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 23. S Azarov vs Veremeichik   ½-½ 58 2001 BLR-ch B32 Sicilian 24. S Azarov vs M Gagunashvili   0-1 66 2001 WJun B33 Sicilian 25. S Azarov vs J D Tisdall   0-1 43 2001 ECC B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 411

Nov-20-05    Eastfrisian: He is a Belarus-citizen and born on 19.05.1983, but all in all not known well. This year he played in Pardubice and finished as third. Feb-23-06    BIDMONFA: Sergei Azarov AZAROV, Sergei http://www.bidmonfa.com/azarov_serg... _ May-19-10    wordfunph: GM Azarov peaked at 2630 though his current card is 2609.. http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev... he may not be as popular as other GMs but his rating can be intimidating.. happy 27th birthday Sergei! Mar-25-12    twinlark: He has improved since then and is right up there on the leader board of the EICC after 7 rounds. Mar-27-12    notyetagm: Azarov has won 5(!) games in a row to take the sole lead at the 13th EICC after 7 rounds with a 6/7 score. 13th European Individual Championship (2012)/Sergei Azarov Mar-27-12    Penguincw: After 7 rounds of play, Azarov is the only lead, with 6 points. Twelve are half a point back. Could he become the first player from Belarus (I assume) to win the tournament? Tomorrow, he has black against Vladimir Malakhov.

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