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Tomas Oral
Number of games in database: 895
Years covered: 1989 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2541
Highest rating achieved in database: 2555
Overall record: +394 -185 =312 (61.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, blitz games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (194) 
    B40 B52 B51 B31 B30
 French Defense (58) 
    C06 C07 C05 C03 C04
 French Tarrasch (55) 
    C06 C07 C05 C03 C04
 Ruy Lopez (34) 
    C69 C63 C67 C61 C60
 Caro-Kann (24) 
    B14 B15 B13 B12 B17
 Ruy Lopez Exchange (19) 
    C69 C68
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (115) 
    B47 B48 B32 B30 B40
 Grunfeld (65) 
    D85 D91 D86 D80 D94
 King's Indian (61) 
    E63 E92 E60 E98 E97
 Sicilian Taimanov (47) 
    B47 B48 B49 B46
 Pirc (28) 
    B07 B08 B09
 Reti System (21) 
    A04 A05
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Oral vs Navara, 2003 1-0
   Oral vs M Kantorik, 2000 1-0
   Oral vs P Jelen, 1995 1-0
   Oral vs Kasparov, 2001 1-0

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 page 1 of 36; games 1-25 of 895  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. V Babula vs Oral  1-036 1989 CZE-ch U16E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
2. Oral vs D Gross 0-126 1989 CZE-ch U16C50 Giuoco Piano
3. M Pribyl vs Oral  1-039 1989 CZE-ch U16A46 Queen's Pawn Game
4. Oral vs P Cech  ½-½15 1989 CZE-ch U16C06 French, Tarrasch
5. Oral vs M Horak  ½-½16 1989 CZE-ch U16B33 Sicilian
6. M Jirovsky vs Oral  1-051 1989 CZE-ch U16A96 Dutch, Classical Variation
7. P Belaska vs Oral  1-054 1989 CZE-ch U16C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
8. Votava vs Oral  0-128 1989 CZE-ch U16C30 King's Gambit Declined
9. Oral vs V Rasik  0-139 1989 CZE-ch U16B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
10. Pavel Jirovsky vs Oral  1-038 1989 CZE-ch U16E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
11. Oral vs T Polak  ½-½35 1989 CZE-ch U16B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4
12. Hybl vs Oral  0-126 1990 Sumperk opD59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
13. S Bjarnason vs Oral  1-042 1990 Bratislava Slovan opD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
14. S Labutin vs Oral 1-062 1990 Sumperk opC46 Three Knights
15. Josef Kourek vs Oral  1-040 1990 CSR-chT 9091D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
16. K Petrik vs Oral  1-032 1990 Bratislava Slovan opC44 King's Pawn Game
17. Oral vs J Sorsak Jr  1-039 1990 Bratislava Slovan opC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
18. Z Choleva vs Oral  ½-½42 1990 CSR-chT 9091A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
19. V Karlik vs Oral  ½-½33 1990 CSR-chT 9091A48 King's Indian
20. Oral vs J Hudecek  0-162 1990 Bratislava Slovan opB03 Alekhine's Defense
21. V Talla vs Oral  ½-½37 1990 CSR-chT 9091E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
22. Oral vs J Stodola  1-060 1990 Bratislava Slovan opB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
23. M Muron vs Oral  0-158 1990 CSR-chT 9091C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
24. Oral vs F Korenek  1-026 1990 Bratislava Slovan opB32 Sicilian
25. Oral vs Subrt Jaroslav  ½-½56 1990 CSR-chT 9091C43 Petrov, Modern Attack
 page 1 of 36; games 1-25 of 895  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-02-04   Jesuitic Calvinist: He's a good man, is Tomas - I particularly like the way he plays the Bb5 lines against the Sicilian.
Jul-02-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  meloncio: <Jesuitic Calvinist> I like your nickname :-D
Jul-14-04   Jesuitic Calvinist: Thanks, Meloncio: it is a long (and confused) story.

I see from your CV that are from Spain, the home of the Jesuits (as well as home of the early chess greats like Ruy Lopez, of course).

I am also very interested in chess history, particularly the very old players like Greco, Philidor and Morphy.

Dec-10-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: http://www.stuttgarter-schachfreund...

He became a hero after beating Kasparov (see notable games) in a clock simul against the czech team: <Tomas Oral, nearly 300 rating points less than Garry could have secured a draw after 20 moves by repeating the position three times, instead he decided to keep Garry busy and continued the game in order to help his compatriots. He would soon regret his decision as Garry built up a promising advantage.> <Down to his last two opponents, the Czech team was optimistic. Garry had erred badly on board four and with a flourish Oral had netted Garry's Queen for Rook and Knight! Perhaps the Czech's would manage 2-2? It wasn't to be. Babula got his Rook trapped on the a5-square and in a Bishop's of opposite colored position Garry played magnificently to score his second victory. This meant that all the pressure was on Oral to save the day. Garry held steady, doing his best to create a fortress of Rook and Knight versus Queen. Well into the sixth hour of play the experts were mixed in their view. GM Seirawan opined that Garry should win it as White but hold it as Black. "Kasparov didn't become the World's number one player by losing worse positions!" he said.

In the end, GM Seirawan was surprised. Oral earned an impressive victory to make the day a respectable 2 1/2 - 1 1/2 result.>

<Tomas Oral was the big hero for the Czechs after he defeated Kasparov in the first encounter between the world’s highest rated player and the Czech National Team. The board four player was clearly enjoying the attention that came with the success, despite the Czech team losing the first round by the narrowest of margins. Garry took his loss gracefully. He joined former prime minister Vaclav Klaus, Bessel Kok, Terrence Valeski CEO of Eurotel and a few other distinguished guests for a specially organized dinner in the museum of Antonin Dvorak> http://www.pocketfritz.com/newsdeta...

Garry won 5.5-2.5

Dec-10-06   slomarko: Garry erred with 27...d5
Jan-01-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Why haven't I ever heard of him?
May-15-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Let's talk about ... toothpaste, Tomas Oral.
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