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Tal Shaked
Number of games in database: 207
Years covered: 1989 to 1999
Current FIDE rating: 2468
Overall record: +78 -71 =58 (51.7%)*
   * 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 (51) 
    B22 B52 B81 B40 B31
 French Defense (8) 
    C02 C18 C05 C16
 Four Knights (6) 
    C47 C49
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (4) 
    B61 B65 B64 B62
 Two Knights (4) 
    C55
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (33) 
    E63 E76 E97 E90 E92
 Sicilian (25) 
    B33 B31 B22 B30 B23
 French Defense (16) 
    C05 C18 C01 C19 C17
 Queen's Pawn Game (7) 
    A45
 French Winawer (7) 
    C18 C19 C17
 French Tarrasch (5) 
    C05
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Shaked vs Taimanov, 1998 1/2-1/2
   Rublevsky vs Shaked, 1997 1/2-1/2
   K Gvein vs Shaked, 1992 0-1

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TAL SHAKED
(born Feb-05-1978) United States of America

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In 1997 Tal Shaked won the U20 World Youth Championship and was awarded the Grandmaster title. Since 1998 he barely played rated games.

 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 207  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. M Guthrie vs Shaked  0-140 1989 Webb,AZB33 Sicilian
2. Shaked vs D Katzel ½-½15 1989 Webb,AZC02 French, Advance
3. Shaked vs R Stetson  1-027 1989 Webb,AZC26 Vienna
4. R Adamson vs Shaked  1-038 1989 Webb,AZB22 Sicilian, Alapin
5. E Lupkowski vs Shaked 0-129 1990 ?A57 Benko Gambit
6. D Gurevich vs Shaked 1-031 1990 National op Rd.1A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
7. Shaked vs S Boring 0-145 1991 Chicago National opA12 English with b3
8. C Van Tilbury vs Shaked  0-150 1991 USA-op Los Angeles ,A61 Benoni
9. Shaked vs N Raptis 1-024 1991 USA-op Los Angeles ,C05 French, Tarrasch
10. J Schroer vs Shaked  1-034 1991 USA-op Los AngelesA71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5
11. Shaked vs J Kraai  1-050 1991 Los Angeles USA-opB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
12. Shaked vs Leitao  0-142 1992 WchJM U14 DuisburgB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
13. Shaked vs P Jirovsky  1-029 1992 Ch World (cadets) (under 14)B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
14. Shaked vs D Benjamin  1-027 1992 USA Cadet chB32 Sicilian
15. M Chan vs Shaked  ½-½63 1992 WchJM U14 DuisburgB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
16. Shaked vs Fedorowicz  0-141 1992 Las VegasB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
17. S Garber vs Shaked  0-144 1992 USA Cadet chB30 Sicilian
18. Igor Ivanov vs Shaked  1-031 1992 Tuscon opB33 Sicilian
19. J Arizmendi-Martinez vs Shaked  0-123 1992 USA Cadet chB33 Sicilian
20. Shaked vs B Avruh  0-136 1992 WchJM U14 DuisburgB65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4
21. Dao Thien Hai vs Shaked 1-0102 1992 Ch World (cadets) (under 14)E81 King's Indian, Samisch
22. Shaked vs P Rohwer  1-040 1992 USA Cadet chC55 Two Knights Defense
23. Shaked vs R Anderson 0-137 1992 Sands RenoA57 Benko Gambit
24. Z Tkebuchava vs Shaked  0-133 1992 WchJM U14 DuisburgB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
25. Shaked vs J Heger 1-010 1992 Ch World (cadets) (under 14)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 207  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Feb-08-05   Backward Development: 'shaked not stirred'
to continue with our incorrect puns...
Feb-22-05   aw1988: Tal Shaked isn't a name. It's a verb. :)
Feb-23-05   offramp: It is a sentence.

It is also a drink.

May-11-05   soberknight: Sorry to spoil your fun, especially since I live in a Eduard Glass house. Tal is a Hebrew name that means "dew." Shaked is a Hebrew surname pronounced Sha-kaid, which, as I remember, means P Almond.
Jun-10-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knight13: Did Tal got Shaked by something(or someone)?
Jun-10-05   TheSlid: <Knight13> Are you Knight 14 yet?
Jun-10-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knight13: <TheSlid> No, I am still 13 ;)
Jun-10-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Does that mean you can't visit the Beer page?!
Jun-10-05   TheSlid: <Knight13> Did the exams go OK?
Jun-10-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knight13: <TheSlid> What exams?
Jun-10-05   TheSlid: <Knight13> Maybe they were a while ago, you didn't post much and mentioned something about school
Jun-10-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knight13: <TheSlid> I don't remember much.... But I remeber that I got straight "A"s on my report card last grading period. I'm hoping to get at least 5 "A"s and 1 B on this grading period.
Jun-10-05   aw1988: That's great. Good job!
Jun-10-05   aw1988: What nationality is Tal Shaked?
Jun-10-05   mohd rafi fan: American, I believe. I don't know what his origin is, though, if that is what you're looking for.
Jun-10-05   MrSifter: He comes from a Israeli-Jewish background.
Jun-10-05   WMD: Unfortunately his most famous game was a stinker: Shaked vs Kasparov, 1997
Jun-11-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  madlydeeply: Shaked grew up in Tucson Arizona and I think that his parents might have pushed him to play chess. Just a hunch...
Dec-28-05   Jim Bartle: Shaked wrote a fairly long article in Inside Chess about the "learning experience" of his disaster at Tilburg 1997. He sure sounded like a dedicated player, anxious to improve and move up in the world, but he seems to have played very little since. Maybe he went to college and gave up serious chess?
Apr-15-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knight13: <Shaked grew up in Tucson Arizona and I think that his parents might have pushed him to play chess. Just a hunch...> Yeah... But if he was pushed to play chess and he didn't like it much, he wouldn't be rated THIS high. ;)
Apr-15-06   Jim Bartle: Too bad he never played black vs. Mikhail Tal. Then you vs. yourself could have annotated the game.
Jun-09-06   babakova: I remember how Kasparov got pissed about how Shaked was invited to Tilburg in 1997. He really does have a winning personality that Mr. Kimovich.
Jun-09-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Caissanist: <Maybe he went to college and gave up serious chess?> Basically, yes. He's pursuing a PhD in computer science from the University of Washington, although he seems to spend most of his time on leave working for various high tech companies. Last I heard he was at Google, and he's also worked for Microsoft and Intel. He still gives simuls from time to time, but that's all as far as chess is concerned.
Mar-07-08   mistreaver: I only remember this guy for blundering his queen in 1 move against Kasparov
Mar-20-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: His website link is now dead.
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