Yuri Nikolaevich Sakharov
Number of games in database: 173
Years covered: 1949 to 1979
Overall record: +47 -67 =59 (44.2%)*
   * 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 (23)      B54 B69 B27 B60 B45  French Defense (8)      C04 C18 C05 C16 C17  Ruy Lopez (7)      C72 C79 C95 C67 C98  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (6)      B69 B60 B64 B67  English (6)      A17 A16 A19  Pirc (5)      B08 B07	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (30)      B97 B92 B62 B32 B21  Sicilian Najdorf (14)      B97 B92 B91 B93  Semi-Slav (7)      D45 D48 D43  English (7)      A17 A11 A15  King's Indian (7)      E92 E66 E69 E70 E83  Slav (7)      D17 D13 D11 D19 D12

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Y Sakharov vs Nezhmetdinov, 1957 1-0
   Y Sakharov vs Cherepkov, 1968 1-0
   L Shamkovich vs Y Sakharov, 1960 0-1
   Tal vs Y Sakharov, 1968 1/2-1/2

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YURI NIKOLAEVICH SAKHAROV (born Sep-18-1922, died Sep-26-1981) Ukraine [what is this?] Yuri Nikolaevich Sakharov was awarded the Master title in 1956 and the IMC title in 1971. He was Ukrainian champion in 1966 and 1968, and was 6th in the USSR Championship of 1967. He passed away in Kiev in 1981. Wikipedia article: Yuri Sakharov

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 173  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Korchnoi vs Y Sakharov   1-0 30 1949 Lvov Ch URS D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. Ragozin vs Y Sakharov   1-0 30 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final) C77 Ruy Lopez 3. Y Sakharov vs J Vatnikov 1-0 27 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final) C58 Two Knights 4. Korchnoi vs Y Sakharov   1-0 28 1951 Leningrad B57 Sicilian 5. Y Sakharov vs Y Kotkov   ½-½ 58 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch C18 French, Winawer 6. S Khalilbeili vs Y Sakharov   ½-½ 16 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. Y Sakharov vs Polugaevsky ½-½ 51 1956 Ch URS (1/2 final) E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 8. Y Sakharov vs Gufeld   0-1 41 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 9. A Buslaev vs Y Sakharov   0-1 26 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. Y Sakharov vs Furman   0-1 36 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch C18 French, Winawer 11. J Yuchtman vs Y Sakharov   0-1 35 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch A07 King's Indian Attack 12. Y Sakharov vs Chukaev   ½-½ 18 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch B54 Sicilian 13. T Giorgadze vs Y Sakharov   ½-½ 57 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch B07 Pirc 14. J Yuchtman vs Y Sakharov 1-0 45 1956 URS-ch sf C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 15. Korchnoi vs Y Sakharov   1-0 54 1956 Tbilisi D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. Tal vs Y Sakharov   ½-½ 39 1956 Tbilisi D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. Y Sakharov vs Koblents   ½-½ 41 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 18. Kasparian vs Y Sakharov 1-0 37 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch C00 French Defense 19. Y Sakharov vs V Zurakhov   1-0 40 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 20. Y Sakharov vs Petrosian 0-1 42 1956 Ch URS (1/2 final) C16 French, Winawer 21. Antoshin vs Y Sakharov   0-1 37 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 22. Gurgenidze vs Y Sakharov 1-0 36 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch C00 French Defense 23. Y Sakharov vs Geller   ½-½ 18 1957 Kiev ch-SU B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 24. Sokolsky vs Y Sakharov   ½-½ 41 1957 URS-ch sf A00 Uncommon Opening 25. Boleslavsky vs Y Sakharov   ½-½ 53 1957 URS-ch sf B32 Sicilian  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 173

Jun-19-12    wordfunph: he also served as head coach of Ukrainian youth team, rest in peace IMC Sakharov..

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