Vladimir Bagirov
Number of games in database: 1,321
Years covered: 1957 to 2000
Highest rating achieved in database: 2482
Overall record: +409 -203 =708 (57.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, blitz game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo-Larsen Attack (90)      A01  King's Indian (76)      E90 E61 E71 E69 E83  Nimzo Indian (69)      E30 E32 E42 E39 E41  Sicilian (47)      B44 B60 B38 B32 B40  Grunfeld (40)      D94 D80 D91 D85 D70  Queen's Gambit Declined (39)      D35 D31 D37 D36 D30	With the Black pieces:  Alekhine's Defense (158)      B05 B02 B03 B04  Caro-Kann (76)      B19 B13 B14 B18 B10  Slav (60)      D11 D10 D15 D12 D19  Semi-Slav (57)      D47 D43 D45 D44 D48  French Defense (41)      C18 C05 C00 C11 C12  Queen's Pawn Game (37)      D02 A40 A41 D00 A45

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Bagirov vs K Grigorian, 1976 1-0
   Z Radojevic vs Bagirov, 1973 0-1
   Bagirov vs M Markovic, 1988 1-0
   Bagirov vs Taimanov, 1977 1-0
   G Szilagyi vs Bagirov, 1969 0-1
   Bagirov vs R Mainka, 1991 1-0
   Bagirov vs J Graf, 1990 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   it's Bagirov to play and win with the NLA by willyfly
   Makagonov's Gruenfeld by Jesspatrick
   b3 by Trelous
   Why did Black play that funny Knight move? by Mating Net

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VLADIMIR BAGIROV (born Aug-16-1936, died Jul-20-2000) Azerbaijan [what is this?] Vladimir Konstantinovich Bagirov was born in the USSR in 1936. Awarded the IM title in 1963 and the GM title in 1978 he was a trainer and author of note. He helped to train Garry Kasparov in his early years. In the 1970's Bagirov moved to Latvia. He was 1st= with Eduard Gufeld at Tbilisi 1971, 2nd= at Erevan 1982 and 1st at Cascais 1986. He passed away whilst at a tournament in Finland in 2000.

page 1 of 53; games 1-25 of 1,321  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Ilivitsky vs Bagirov   ½-½ 30 1957 Sverdlovsk A36 English 2. B Vladimirov vs Bagirov   ½-½ 40 1957 10, Sverdlovsk E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 3. Bagirov vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 16 1957 Sverdlovsk C10 French 4. Lutikov vs Bagirov   0-1 49 1957 16, Sverdlovsk D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. Bagirov vs Kikiani Tamaz   ½-½ 21 1957 Tbilisi B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 6. Bagirov vs L Kalashian 1-0 53 1957 01, Tbilisi ch URS D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 7. T Prokhorovich vs Bagirov   1-0 50 1957 5, Sverdlovsk D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 8. Zhukhovitsky vs Bagirov   1-0 34 1957 Tbilisi B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 9. S Khalilbeili vs Bagirov   ½-½ 22 1957 01, Tbilisi ch URS C10 French 10. Averbakh vs Bagirov   1-0 41 1957 Sverdlovsk A37 English, Symmetrical 11. K Khanov vs Bagirov   0-1 34 1957 1, Sverdlovsk C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 12. Bagirov vs Kholmov   ½-½ 49 1957 Sverdlovsk B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 13. Bagirov vs G Borisenko   ½-½ 18 1957 15, Sverdlovsk C50 Giuoco Piano 14. Bagirov vs A Blagidze   ½-½ 24 1957 Tbilisi B32 Sicilian 15. Bagirov vs Demuria   1-0 34 1957 01, Tbilisi ch URS E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 16. Bagirov vs Yuchtman   ½-½ 21 1957 4, Sverdlovsk B08 Pirc, Classical 17. E Sardarov vs Bagirov   1-0 22 1957 Tbilisi C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 18. Baile vs Bagirov   ½-½ 23 1957 01, Tbilisi ch URS C01 French, Exchange 19. Bagirov vs M Mukhitdinov   1-0 54 1957 9, Sverdlovsk E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 20. Taimanov vs Bagirov   1-0 44 1957 01, Tbilisi ch URS E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 21. Bagirov vs Gipslis   ½-½ 17 1957 Sverdlovsk B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 22. Gurgenidze vs Bagirov   1-0 23 1957 14, Sverdlovsk C00 French Defense 23. Bagirov vs A Buslaev   ½-½ 43 1957 Tbilisi E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 24. Bagirov vs Aronin   1-0 58 1957 01, Tbilisi ch URS E90 King's Indian 25. Bagirov vs Y Kots   ½-½ 11 1957 17, Sverdlovsk C48 Four Knights  page 1 of 53; games 1-25 of 1,321

Aug-29-03    Tecumseh: One of the leading figures in Latvian chess for years and an important player for the theory of Alekhine's defence. I read somewhere that he died at the board in 2000 during an arduous game. Does anyone know if this is true? Aug-29-03    ughaibu: http://www.geocities.com/chesschamp... Dec-14-03    Benjamin Lau: Wow, he's a very unorthodox player! He plays the Nimzo-Larsen opening, can you believe it? Sep-08-04    Giancarlo: Unorthodox indeed. The Nimzo-Larsen, and the Alekhine's defense as his #1 lines. Feb-15-05    Mating Net: Is Bagirov the best player nobody has ever heard of? I think he's pretty awesome and I definitely want to learn more about him. Many of his combinations are Spassky like. Jun-09-05    DanRoss53: Incredible! Bagirov's record with the Nimzo-Larsen was +49 =32 -7 (73.86%); his record as white with all other openings was +196 =324 -72 (60.47%) which makes me wonder why he didn't use it exclusively. (He also won 18 of his last 22 games and drew the other four with the Nimzo-Larsen for an amazing 90.91%). I wonder if only a small portion of his games are shown here. Jun-09-05    suenteus po 147: <DanRoss53> I wouldn't call 1,300+ games a small portion...but maybe you're right and there are more games missing. Jun-09-05    DanRoss53: Fair enough...instead of "small portion" perhaps I should have said "select number". Jul-12-05    aw1988: I love his last name. "Bugger off". Jul-21-06    BIDMONFA: Vladimir Bagirov BAGIROV, Vladimir K. http://www.bidmonfa.com/bagirov_vla... _ Aug-16-07    keypusher: Here's to the POTD and the patron saint of Alekhine's Defense! Aug-16-07    Harvestman: Bagirov scores +54 =76 -28, or 58.2% with Alekhine's Defence as black. If you believe some people on this site 1.e4 Nf6 is virtually a forced loss for black! Not for Bagirov. Of course, he's a bit better than most of us... Jan-10-08    Jesspatrick: Vladimir Bagirov was a brilliant and imaginitive chessplayer. Some of his games astound me. Here's one of my favorites: Bagirov vs N Radev, 1976

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