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Yakov Estrin
Number of games in database: 183
Years covered: 1938 to 1987
Overall record: +50 -68 =65 (45.1%)*
   * 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 (29) 
    B43 B44 B29 B67 B97
 Two Knights (21) 
    C57 C59 C56 C58 C55
 French Defense (13) 
    C09 C13 C04 C05 C16
 French Tarrasch (9) 
    C09 C04 C05 C07
 Caro-Kann (8) 
    B13 B14 B18 B10
 Sicilian Najdorf (7) 
    B97 B99 B91 B90 B93
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (13) 
    C82 C92 C88 C86 C78
 Sicilian (11) 
    B80 B83 B81 B40 B34
 Nimzo Indian (8) 
    E55 E53 E30 E52 E56
 English (7) 
    A18 A15 A16 A13
 King's Gambit Declined (7) 
    C32 C31
 Queen's Gambit Declined (7) 
    D38 D39 D30 D35
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Estrin vs M Weiss, 1971 1-0
   S Kurkin vs Estrin, 1966 0-1
   Estrin vs Taimanov, 1949 1-0
   Krasinski vs Estrin, 1947 0-1

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YAKOV ESTRIN
(born Apr-21-1923, died Feb-02-1987) Russia

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Yakov Borisovich Estrin was born April 21, 1923 in Moscow. After a brief foray into over-the-board play, he turned to correspondence chess in the early 1960's with immediate success (joint first place in the U.S.S.R. Correspondence Championship in 1962.) He became a CGM (Correspondence Grandmaster) in 1966, and would go on to compete in the final of the World Correspondence Championship five times. He emerged as champion of the 1972-76 edition of this event, and in 1984, he was awarded the "over the board" grandmaster title.

 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 183  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Estrin vs Neistadt 0-111 1938 URSC02 French, Advance
2. Estrin vs Koptev 0-118 1941 Moscow (Russia)C55 Two Knights Defense
3. Keres vs Estrin 0-127 1941 MoskvaC32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
4. Kotov vs Estrin ½-½37 1946 Ch MoscowE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
5. Estrin vs Bronstein 0-141 1946 Ch MoscowB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
6. Estrin vs Lilienthal  ½-½57 1946 Ch MoscowC55 Two Knights Defense
7. Estrin vs Smyslov 0-123 1946 MoscowC56 Two Knights
8. Simagin vs Estrin ½-½55 1946 Ch MoscowD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. Krasinski vs Estrin  0-111 1947 IstraC32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
10. Estrin vs Ufimtsev 0-151 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final)A00 Uncommon Opening
11. Estrin vs Konstantinopolsky  ½-½29 1949 Moscow-chB10 Caro-Kann
12. Estrin vs Zamikhovsky  0-156 1949 URS-ch sfB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
13. Yu Steinsapir vs Estrin 0-140 1949 MoscowC32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
14. Estrin vs Taimanov 1-045 1949 LeningradC24 Bishop's Opening
15. Randviir vs Estrin 1-078 1949 URS-ch sfC45 Scotch Game
16. Estrin vs Krogius  ½-½23 1949 URS-ch sfC56 Two Knights
17. Simagin vs Estrin  1-041 1949 Ch MoscowD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
18. Steinsapir vs Estrin  0-134 1949 MoscowC32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
19. Estrin vs Levenfish  1-070 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final)C59 Two Knights
20. Estrin vs Levenfish  0-164 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final)C45 Scotch Game
21. Estrin vs Aronin  ½-½31 1950 GorkyB89 Sicilian
22. Lutikov vs Estrin  0-133 1951 LeningradC35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham
23. Levenfish vs Estrin  0-173 1951 Ch URS (1/2 final)E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
24. Estrin vs Spassky 0-119 1951 RigaC44 King's Pawn Game
25. Smyslov vs Estrin  1-021 1951 Leningrad csD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
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Jan-30-04   ughaibu: Here7s since the 12th:
15th 1996-02 Gert Timmerman Netherlands
14th 1994-99 Tonu Oim Estonia
13th 1989-98 Mikhail Umansky Russia
Jan-30-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <ughaibu> That's great mate. So Tonu Oim is the first man to win two championships.
Mar-02-04   shr0pshire: A list of the correspondence world champions!

XV 1996-02 Gert Timmerman Netherlands
XIV 1994-99 Tonu Oim Estonia
XIII 1989-98 Mikhail Umansky Russia
XII 1984-90 Grigory Sanakoev USSR
XI 1981-87 Fritz Baumbach East Germany
X 1978-84 Victor Palciauskas USA
IX 1977-83 Tonu Oim USSR (Estonia)
VIII 1975-80 Jorn Sloth Denmark
VII 1972-76 Jakov Estrin USSR
VI 1968-71 Horst Rittner East Germany
V 1965-68 Hans Berliner USA
IV 1962-65 Vladimir Zagorovsky USSR
III 1959-62 Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Belgium
II 1956-59 Viacheslav Ragozin USSR
I 1950-53 Cecil (C.J.S.) Purdy Australia

Dec-19-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Yakov Borisovich Estrin was born 21st April 1923 in Moscow. He was USSR Correspondence Champion (Joint) in 1962. He became a CIM in 1965 and a CGM in 1966. He won the WCC title in 1975 and had been 3rd in 1971. He got his over-the-board IM tile in 1975 and over-the-board GM title in 1984.
Feb-06-05   shor: Hi, i'm kinda new to chess, what is correspondence chess?

-Shor

Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  pawn52: <shor> First of all, welcome to this wonderful site. It is a sight to see isn't it? To answer your question, correspondence chess is chess at a much slower pace. Time controls are different too. Rather than have a set number of minutes, you have a set number of days to make your move. Because of that, correspondence chess is only played on the internet. Here are some good sites for you to start off on:

http://www.schemingmind.com
http://www.gameknot.com
http://www.queenalice.com

And, if you like to play Correspondence Fischer Random Chess: http://frced.tripod.com

I definitely recommend this site. I am actually a moderator on this site, so let me know if you would like to join and I can get the paperwork rolling.

Feb-06-05   shor: sure, sorry for the spam, but how do i send a messge to you?
Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  pawn52: <shor> If that last post was meant for me, what do you mean?
Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  pawn52: <Benzol> <Chess Champ> claims that he was a world correspondence champion up to 2003, but I have no way to confirm it and I have a hard time believing that.
Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  pawn52: <Benzol> Just a minor correction H Berliner was champion from 1967-1971. As for the 11th World Correspondence Champion, it was Fritz Baumbach from 1981-1984. Take a look for yourself:

http://www.ottawachessclub.com/patz...

Feb-06-05   shor: in some sites you can send a private message to admins to ask questions and stuff, is there such an option here?
Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <pawn52> Thanks mate. The Craig Sadler site is very interesting. I got my original info from Tim Harding's book on the first ten correspondence championships. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to play all the games yet.
Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  pawn52: <shor> You can send messages to the moderators of the FRCEC site, but it isn't "private" because this site doesn't have the features like schemingmind.com has. Btw, do you even know how to play FRC?
Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  pawn52: <Benzol> Anytime, if you need anymore info, holler and I'll see if I can find it.
Feb-06-05
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  Benzol: <pawn52> Did you volunteer to be a biographer. The only two I know of are <iron maiden> (bless him) and myself. If it is only the two of us it's going to take a bit of time. LOL. :)
Feb-06-05
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  pawn52: <Benzol> No, I didn't. But now I wish I did. Can I still get into it.
Feb-06-05   shor: RFC?

no, I play magic the gathering.

Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <pawn52> I don't know if you still can but I would suggest contacting <chessgames.com> by e-mail to see if it's possible.
Feb-06-05   TheEyeOfMordor: Who is the Correspondance Champion now? It has been some time since 2002...
Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  pawn52: <Benzol> I just e-mailed <chessgames.com> about volunteering for the effort. Hopefully I'll hear from them tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm going to hit the sack after I take care of some business on my computer. It's coming up on 2:00 AM Mountain Time.
Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  pawn52: <Benzol> Btw, I've literally been covered up with so much junk on my computer It's not even funny. But I'll save that story for another day. I am upset that I lost two UCCCT games and my lead in the tournament because of the internet connection problems.
Sep-29-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  who: I didn't realize it, but his brief foray into OTB chess includes wins against people like Taimanov.
Apr-20-06   BIDMONFA: Yakov Estrin

ESTRIN, Yakov B.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/estrin_yako...
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May-15-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  refutor: <http://www.ottawachessclub.com/patz... > wow that is still floating around? i figured it would have been relegated to dust in the internet wind by now ;)
Apr-21-08   DarthStapler: Estrin's birthday
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