The chess games of Stefano Tatai

Stefano Tatai
Number of games in database: 394
Years covered: 1958 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2341
Highest rating achieved in database: 2495
Overall record: +102 -123 =169 (47.3%)*
   * 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 (49)
    B43 B31 B44 B89 B29
Ruy Lopez (25)
    C69 C95 C98 C96 C60
French Defense (13)
    C01 C03 C07 C16 C10
Ruy Lopez Exchange (10)
    C69 C68
Sicilian Kan (10)
    B43 B42 B41
Pirc (9)
    B08 B09 B07

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (60)
    B93 B90 B92 B96 B99
Sicilian Najdorf (40)
    B93 B90 B92 B96 B99
Queen's Pawn Game (19)
    A46 E10 A45 E00 D05
King's Indian (18)
    E92 E81 E69 E70 E91
Nimzo Indian (15)
    E58 E54 E51 E48 E21
Ruy Lopez (14)
    C72 C96 C95 C87 C90

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Wotulo vs S Tatai, 1973 0-1
   S Tatai vs Najdorf, 1973 1-0
   S Tatai vs Kavalek, 1973 1-0

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STEFANO TATAI (born Mar-23-1938) Italy	[what is this?]
Stefano Tatai was born on the 23rd of March 1938 in Rome, Italy. Awarded the IM title in 1966 he was Italian Champion in 1962, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1979 and 1983.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A C Sacconi vs S Tatai	1-0	24	1958	Roma	A04 Reti Opening
2. S Tatai vs A M Giustolisi	0-1	48	1961	ch Italia San Benede	A04 Reti Opening
3. S Tatai vs Filip	1-0	52	1962	Reggio Emilia 6263	D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
4. E Paoli vs S Tatai	0-1	44	1962	Reggio Emilia 6263	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
5. Gligoric vs S Tatai	1-0	34	1963	Enschede zt	D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted
6. Filip vs S Tatai	½-½	41	1963	Enschede zt	D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
7. K Darga vs S Tatai	1-0	48	1963	Enschede zt	C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
8. E Paoli vs S Tatai	0-1	36	1965	Reggio Emilia 6566	B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
9. S Tatai vs Ujtelky	0-1	47	1965	Reggio Emilia 6566	A43 Old Benoni
10. S Tatai vs Parma	0-1	49	1965	Reggio Emilia (Italy)	B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
11. Schmid vs S Tatai	1-0	43	1966	Venice	C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
12. Ivkov vs S Tatai	1-0	24	1966	Venice	A15 English
13. W Heidenfeld vs S Tatai	½-½	29	1966	Havana ol final-C	B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
14. Antoshin vs S Tatai	½-½	41	1966	Venice	D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted
15. S Tatai vs L Lengyel	½-½	41	1966	Venice	B42 Sicilian, Kan
16. S Tatai vs Larry Evans	0-1	36	1967	Venice it	B08 Pirc, Classical
17. J B Bednarski vs S Tatai	0-1	45	1967	Palma de Mallorca	B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4
18. S Tatai vs E Jimenez-Zerguera	1-0	29	1967	Palma de Mallorca	B89 Sicilian
19. Smyslov vs S Tatai	1-0	39	1967	Mallorca	A00 Uncommon Opening
20. J H Donner vs S Tatai	1-0	46	1967	Venice it	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
21. Portisch vs S Tatai	½-½	22	1967	Palma de Mallorca	D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
22. Matulovic vs S Tatai	1-0	33	1967	Palma de Mallorca	B98 Sicilian, Najdorf
23. A Magrin vs S Tatai	0-1	33	1967	Venice it	E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
24. S Tatai vs O'Kelly	0-1	40	1967	Palma de Mallorca	B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
25. Janosevic vs S Tatai	1-0	37	1967	Venice it	B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4


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Mar-11-05		Karpova: Stefano Tatai was born on 3/23/1938 in Rome. He became IM in 1966. this guy managed to beat larsen with the black pieces! but he is famous for his loss to karpov in 1977

Dec-29-05		BIDMONFA: Stefano Tatai TATAI http://www.bidmonfa.com/tatai_stefa...

Mar-23-07		laskereshevsky: there's a mistake in the BIO, the 1971 championship was won by GM Mariotti.... and for complete it, TATAI also won the 1985 - 1990 - 1991 - 1994/95 national title.... TATAI STEFANO (TATAI ISTVAN) have both the Italian and the Hungarian citizenship...he spended his life jumping from those two countryes....in fact, even if his big part of life was in ITALY, "TATAI" is an Hungarian surname.... As i know, his family was a well-off one.. they ownered same hotels between ROME and BUDAPEST..(and maybe VENICE too...but im not shore about it..) he was a very smart and culturated person...well know in the tournaments circuit for his good manners.... always well suited.... a kind of chess-gentleman. as i listened, now he's living his retirement in the Canarian Islands with the family......

Mar-23-08		brankat: I believe Mr.Tatai won 11 Italian national titles. Happy Birthday Stefano!

Mar-23-08		nescio: <I believe Mr.Tatai won 11 Italian national titles> I respect your beliefs of course, but on the following page I count no less than 12: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italia...

Mar-23-08		brankat: <nescio> I believe You are right :-) Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), when it comes to posts dealing with the matters of Chess History I'm usually too lazy to check available documents/data. Mostly I rely on my memory. Which is still in quite a good shape, and it also helps my chess play. But, of course, it can also be a double edged sword, so, on occasion, I cut myself :-)

Mar-23-08		Prugno: Unless Fabiano Caruana decides to keep on playing in Italian Championships even though clearly stronger than all his opponents (which seems unlikely), I can't imagine anyone breaking Stefano Tatai's record of 12 national titles. Tanti auguri, maestro e campione!

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