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Sergei Movsesian
Number of games in database: 1,335
Years covered: 1985 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2723
Overall record: +523 -165 =561 (64.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      86 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (278) 
    B90 B56 B30 B50 B43
 French Defense (81) 
    C02 C17 C10 C11 C16
 Ruy Lopez (62) 
    C91 C77 C78 C88 C65
 Caro-Kann (49) 
    B12 B18 B10 B11 B17
 Sicilian Najdorf (47) 
    B90 B91
 Sicilian Taimanov (32) 
    B47 B48 B45 B46 B49
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (267) 
    B22 B30 B43 B42 B80
 Slav (107) 
    D15 D11 D10 D12 D14
 King's Indian (89) 
    E94 E91 E69 E68 E62
 Sicilian Scheveningen (53) 
    B80 B81 B85 B83 B84
 Sicilian Kan (46) 
    B43 B42 B41
 Sicilian Taimanov (44) 
    B48 B47 B46 B45 B49
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   K B Stein vs Movsesian, 2001 0-1
   Movsesian vs U Boensch, 1999 1-0
   Movsesian vs Z Gyimesi, 2001 1-0
   Movsesian vs S Gramlich, 2005 1-0
   Movsesian vs V Babula, 1996 1-0
   Movsesian vs Jozef Veselsky, 1995 1-0

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   Sicilicide Ideas beating the Sicilian by tak gambit

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SERGEI MOVSESIAN
(born Nov-03-1978) Armenia (citizen of Slovakia)

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GM Movsesian won Corus (Group B) (2008) one point ahead of Nigel Short and Etienne Bacrot.

 page 1 of 54; games 1-25 of 1,335  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Movsesian vs G Kuzmin 1-020 1985 ?D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
2. Movsesian vs J Svatos  1-039 1992 Pardubice opB01 Scandinavian
3. Rublevsky vs Movsesian  ½-½50 1992 PardubiceA48 King's Indian
4. Movsesian vs P Jacek 1-023 1992 Mlada Boleslav opB30 Sicilian
5. Jiri Nun vs Movsesian  1-042 1992 Pardubice opB22 Sicilian, Alapin
6. Movsesian vs A Scetinin  0-139 1992 Mlada Boleslav opC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
7. M Zurek vs Movsesian  1-042 1992 Mlada Boleslav opA45 Queen's Pawn Game
8. Movsesian vs A G Panchenko  ½-½26 1992 Pardubice opB30 Sicilian
9. I Sotnikov vs Movsesian  ½-½35 1992 Mlada Boleslav opD14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
10. Movsesian vs J Martin 1-020 1992 Mlada Boleslav opB30 Sicilian
11. M Zurek vs Movsesian  0-134 1992 Pardubice opA45 Queen's Pawn Game
12. Movsesian vs S Chloupek  ½-½34 1992 Mlada Boleslav opB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
13. Movsesian vs A Raetsky 1-037 1992 Pardubice opC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
14. V Buturin vs Movsesian  1-038 1992 Mlada Boleslav opA48 King's Indian
15. Movsesian vs Jansa  ½-½44 1992 Hamburg 56/139 [Jansa,V]B08 Pirc, Classical
16. Movsesian vs P Freisler  ½-½41 1992 Pardubice opB03 Alekhine's Defense
17. A Zdenek vs Movsesian  0-120 1992 Mlada Boleslav opB86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
18. Movsesian vs R Kirilov  1-033 1992 Pardubice opB03 Alekhine's Defense
19. Z Gyimesi vs Movsesian  0-139 1993 Wch U16D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
20. A Pugachov vs Movsesian  1-021 1993 Mlada Boleslav opA53 Old Indian
21. Movsesian vs G Bonstingl  1-030 1993 Wch U16B30 Sicilian
22. Movsesian vs Bosboom-Lanchava  1-048 1993 Mlada Boleslav opB07 Pirc
23. Movsesian vs P Balogh  1-050 1993 Wch U16B10 Caro-Kann
24. Miroslav Pinc vs Movsesian  0-129 1993 Mlada Boleslav opA55 Old Indian, Main line
25. M Luna vs Movsesian  0-146 1993 Wch U16E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
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Kibitzer's Corner
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May-26-07   DUS: In 37th Bosna Chess Tournament, page 19, <adair 10> has given the following link where you can find a very interesting open letter of Movsesian to Kasparov.

http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twi...

<For your information, I'm not ex-, I always was, I am and I would be Armenian and I'm proud of this, and, unlike others, I never changed my name and nationality, trying to adapt to concrete circumstances and concrete people.

Sergei Movsesian
>

Kettce Sergei Movsesian!

May-28-07   DUS: Congratulations to GM Sergei Movsesian for clear victory of 37th Bosna Chess Tournament! (Ahead of several strong players including GM Morozevich.)
Oct-08-07   DUS: So far in European Club Cup 2007 Sergei Movsesian has 3 victories. Today he won (with blacks) against GM Areshchenko. Congrats to GM Movsesian!
Jan-27-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  pawnofdoom: Winner of the B group in corus this year! I guess that means he will be going onto the A group next year. I wonder how well he will do there. I'm not so sure..
Jan-27-08   DUS: <pawnofdoom> thanks. I was afraid I am the only one posting in this page. But fortunately you are here too. Yes he indeed will play next year in Corus A.

I think being the winner of B group in Corus is great success. Congrats to GM Movsesian!

Jan-28-08   Larsker: Movsesian, I'm quite convinced, will do well in next year's Corus A. As a player, he's much more seasoned than Eljanov. I'd expect him to finish in the middle of the standings next year.
Feb-02-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: New interview with Movsesian (in Russian): http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2008... .
Feb-13-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: And here's a photo of a very happy Movsesian in 1990: http://www.e3e5.com/upload/articles... .
Feb-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Davolni: Thanks <Resignatioan Trap> for the interview and the photo:)
Mar-07-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: GM Movsesian annotates the following two of his <Italian Game> wins at Corus B 2008 in the latest issue of New In Chess Magazine (2008/2):

Movsesian vs E L'Ami, 2008
Movsesian vs Krasenkow, 2008

Apr-07-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  AdrianP: Movsesian is now +9 =9 -0 in 2008, according to my counting. Not too bad at all.
Apr-07-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: If it were possible this would be a good pic for this player's page:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...

Apr-07-08   Mameluk: <AdrianP> +13 =15 according to my counting, after today´s game. Still he was not losing more often than is necessary I think.
Apr-27-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: Here is Movsesian's 6th round <Giuoco Piano> win.

31 Bf4-c7: look at Movsesian's (White's) outstanding <PIECE COORDINATION> after he has -totally- outplayed his 2581-rated GM opponent.

Position after 31 Bf4-c7


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36 Bc7xb6! <BLOCKADERS DO NOT DEFEND> Movsesian ends the game with the tactical blow that had hung in the air ever since 26 a5-a6.

Position after 36 Bc7xb6! 1-0


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[Event "9th European Individual Ch (m) round 6"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. O-O g5 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. a4 Ng6 11. d4 g4 12. Ne1 c6 13. Nd3 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Bc2 Be7 20. a5 c5 21. Rad1 h5 22. Ba4+ Kf8 23. Bd7 Bg6 24. Rd5 Rd8 25. Red1 b6 26. a6 Kg7 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. c4 f5 29. Bf4 Rbd8 30. e6 Bf6 31. Bc7 Rdg8 32. Bb5 Rh7 33. Rd7+ Kh8 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. Rd7+ Rg7 36. Bxb6 1-0

Apr-28-08   Vakus: Yeah, Sergei is really great this year, already +15 with no defeat yet. I guess nicknaming him a "chess tourist" was a big blunder for his compatriot Kasparov :)
May-09-08   russep: According to the fide website sergei will add 21 points to his rating which is currently 2695.
May-09-08   hovik2003: Keep on doing the good job Sergei, you deserve to be among the best, I bet Kasparov is pretty upset now that you joined the 2700 club, the guy who called you names now turned into wandering ghost who couldn't belong to anywhere no more!

Next step is the World Cup itself, Good Luck!

May-18-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: It Looks like GM Sergei Movsesian has benefited greatly from his living in Slovakia.
May-19-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: <brankat: It Looks like GM Sergei Movsesian has benefited greatly from his living in Slovakia.> Actually, he lives in Kladno, Czech Republic; he plays for Slovakia.
May-20-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: <Gypsy> Thanks for the correction.

Frankly, I didn't know any of this at all. The only reason why I took a guess and then posted it, was to respond to the unbridled and misplaced "patriotism" of the kibitzer right above my previous post.

I'm sure You have seen some of these great patriots posting "objective"' analyses of "their" players, usually on tournament pages, forgetting that just about all of them had left their countries and have been living/playing abroad.

Not that any of this really matters, but on occasion this kind of "patriotism" does go on my nerves.

May-20-08   Mameluk: I guess Sergei is from Pardubice (stupid patriotism). And the players in Sarajevo 2008 are Morozevich, Movsesian, Dominguez, Sokolov I., Timofeev and Predojevic.
May-21-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: <Pardubice> How did I turn it into Kladno?

<Not that any of this really matters, but on occasion this kind of "patriotism" does go on my nerves. >

The little dirty secret of human history is that patriotism was invented as a tool for recruiting free soldiers. The wars were getting too expensive when you had to pay all those professional soldiers.

May-21-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: <Gypsy> <How did I turn it into Kladno?>

The spelling is similar :-)

Re "patriotism". No wonder there have been more and more countries with an increased degree of it :-)

But, costly wars are not the only reason.

May-27-08   DUS: <It Looks like GM Sergei Movsesian has benefited greatly from his living in Slovakia.>

<For your information, I'm not ex-, I always was, I am and I would be Armenian and I'm proud of this,...

Sergei Movsesian
>

May-27-08   supertimchan: http://lousyatchess.blogspot.com/20...
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