Yakov Estrin
Number of games in database: 186
Years covered: 1938 to 1987
Overall record: +52 -68 =66 (45.7%)*
   * 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 (30)      B43 B44 B97 B29 B99  Two Knights (22)      C57 C59 C56 C58 C55  French Defense (14)      C09 C04 C13 C05 C16  French Tarrasch (10)      C09 C04 C05 C03 C07  Caro-Kann (8)      B13 B14 B10 B18  Sicilian Najdorf (7)      B97 B99 B91 B90 B93	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (13)      C82 C92 C64 C88 C74  Sicilian (11)      B80 B83 B46 B81 B40  Nimzo Indian (8)      E55 E53 E30 E52 E51  English (7)      A18 A15 A16 A13  King's Gambit Declined (7)      C32 C31  Queen's Gambit Declined (7)      D38 D39 D30 D35

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Estrin vs Taimanov, 1949 1-0
   Estrin vs M Weiss, 1971 1-0
   S Kurkin vs Estrin, 1966 0-1
   Krasinski vs Estrin, 1947 0-1

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YAKOV ESTRIN (born Apr-21-1923, died Feb-02-1987) Russia [what is this?] 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 186  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Estrin vs Neistadt 0-1 11 1938 URS C02 French, Advance 2. Estrin vs Koptev 0-1 18 1941 Moscow (Russia) C55 Two Knights Defense 3. Keres vs Estrin 0-1 27 1941 Moskva C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 4. Simagin vs Estrin ½-½ 55 1946 Ch Moscow D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. Kotov vs Estrin ½-½ 37 1946 Ch Moscow E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 6. Estrin vs Bronstein 0-1 41 1946 Ch Moscow B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 7. Estrin vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 57 1946 Ch Moscow C55 Two Knights Defense 8. Estrin vs Smyslov 0-1 23 1946 Moscow C56 Two Knights 9. Krasinski vs Estrin   0-1 11 1947 Istra C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 10. Estrin vs Ufimtsev 0-1 51 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) B06 Robatsch 11. Estrin vs Konstantinopolsky   ½-½ 29 1949 Moscow-ch B10 Caro-Kann 12. Estrin vs Zamikhovsky   0-1 56 1949 URS-ch sf B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 13. Randviir vs Estrin 1-0 78 1949 URS-ch sf C45 Scotch Game 14. Yu Steinsapir vs Estrin 0-1 40 1949 Moscow C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 15. Estrin vs Taimanov 1-0 45 1949 Leningrad C24 Bishop's Opening 16. Estrin vs Krogius   ½-½ 23 1949 URS-ch sf C56 Two Knights 17. Simagin vs Estrin   1-0 41 1949 Ch Moscow D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 18. Steinsapir vs Estrin   0-1 34 1949 Moscow C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 19. Estrin vs Levenfish   1-0 70 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) C59 Two Knights 20. Estrin vs Levenfish   0-1 64 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final) C45 Scotch Game 21. Estrin vs Aronin   ½-½ 31 1950 Gorky B89 Sicilian 22. Nezhmetdinov vs Estrin 1-0 30 1951 USSR C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Lutikov vs Estrin   0-1 33 1951 Leningrad C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 24. Levenfish vs Estrin   0-1 73 1951 Ch URS (1/2 final) E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 25. Estrin vs Spassky 0-1 19 1951 Riga C44 King's Pawn Game  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 186

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing > Dec-19-04    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    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    pawn52: <shor> If that last post was meant for me, what do you mean? Feb-06-05    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    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    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    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    pawn52: <Benzol> Anytime, if you need anymore info, holler and I'll see if I can find it. Feb-06-05    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    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    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    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    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    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... _ May-15-06    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 Apr-21-09    whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_... Apr-21-09    whiteshark: "Only by playing gambits will the chessplayer begin to understand that getting active positions, with the possibility of landing combinative shots, will compensate him for the material sacrificed." --Estrin Apr-21-09    WhiteRook48: he's just a bit younger than my deceased grandfather! < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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