Shukhrat Safin
Number of games in database: 93
Years covered: 1988 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2472
Highest rating achieved in database: 2538
Overall record: +30 -24 =39 (53.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Indian (7)      E17 E14 E15 E12 E16  Semi-Slav (5)      D45 D46 D47  Nimzo Indian (5)      E41 E38 E42 E46  Sicilian (4)      B40 B31 B91	With the Black pieces:  King's Indian (11)      E92 E97 E64 E63 E61  Ruy Lopez (9)      C75 C69 C68 C76 C65  Slav (6)      D15 D19 D10 D14

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   Fedorov vs S Safin, 2001 1/2-1/2

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page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 93  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Shirov vs S Safin   0-1 34 1988 Dimitrovgrad (Yugoslavia) E97 King's Indian 2. S Safin vs Gelfand   0-1 49 1989 URS-chTJ E10 Queen's Pawn Game 3. A Andreev vs S Safin   0-1 17 1989 Simferopol C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 4. S Safin vs Dreev   ½-½ 40 1989 Ch URS (team) (juniors) D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. S Safin vs Barsov   0-1 36 1992 Tashkent E14 Queen's Indian 6. Yurtaev vs S Safin   0-1 83 1993 Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 7. S Safin vs R Barcenilla   ½-½ 57 1996 Olympiad C55 Two Knights Defense 8. S Safin vs Oral   0-1 37 1998 Elista ol (Men) D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 9. S Safin vs G Timoshenko   ½-½ 40 1999 Cappelle op 15th E17 Queen's Indian 10. Miles vs S Safin   1-0 41 1999 Cappelle la Grande E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 11. S Safin vs Barsov   1-0 35 1999 Abu Dhabi Masters op D97 Grunfeld, Russian 12. P Motwani vs S Safin   1-0 40 2000 34th Olympiad D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. S Safin vs Yurtaev   ½-½ 21 2000 34th Olympiad E90 King's Indian 14. Jacimovic vs S Safin   ½-½ 24 2000 34th Olympiad E92 King's Indian 15. Nijboer vs S Safin   ½-½ 50 2000 34th Olympiad C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 16. E Vladimirov vs S Safin   1-0 46 2000 Commonwealth-ch D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. S Safin vs K Haznedaroglu   ½-½ 37 2000 34th Olympiad D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 18. S Safin vs Macieja   ½-½ 39 2000 34th Olympiad E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 19. S Safin vs D Barua   ½-½ 41 2000 34th Olympiad D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. P Charbonneau vs S Safin   0-1 37 2000 34th Olympiad C45 Scotch Game 21. S Safin vs Barsov   0-1 39 2001 ADCF Masters C11 French 22. S Safin vs Shariyazdanov   0-1 36 2001 open B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 23. P Thipsay vs S Safin   ½-½ 26 2001 Asian Championships C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 24. S Safin vs P Nikolic   ½-½ 41 2001 /2002 World Chess Cha E41 Nimzo-Indian 25. S Safin vs M Ali   1-0 22 2001 ADCF Masters D30 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 93

Sep-24-09    stanleys: GM Safin died 4 days ago :( http://uzchess.uz/ R.I.P Sep-24-09    DCP23: GM Shukhrat Safin died on 20 September 2009 of blood cancer. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Sep-24-09    MaxxLange: My sympathies to his family, friends, and chess friends. Blood Cancer! What a bizzare death. I did not know that cancer of the blood was possible. Sep-24-09    Jason Frost: RIP A very strong player in his prime, who played some wonderful games which will live on, but he will be sorely missed. Sep-25-09    siggemannen: Well, isn't that just another word for leukemia? Anyways, RIP Shukhrat. Sep-25-09    ketchuplover: May he RIP Sep-25-09    DCP23: <MaxxLange: Blood Cancer! What a bizzare death. I did not know that cancer of the blood was possible.> <siggemannen: Well, isn't that just another word for leukemia?> That's correct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia <Leukemia (British English: leukaemia) (Greek leukos, "white"; aima, "blood") is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow> Sep-25-09    Eastfrisian: As I know, his birthday was on April 3, 1970. Sep-25-09    wordfunph: Rest in peace GM Shukhrat Safin..

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