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Azmaiparashvili 
 
Zurab Azmaiparashvili
Number of games in database: 1,018
Years covered: 1968 to 2008
Last FIDE rating: 2637
Highest rating achieved in database: 2679
Overall record: +309 -160 =428 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      121 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English, 1 c4 e5 (54) 
    A29 A21 A25 A28 A22
 Nimzo Indian (51) 
    E32 E21 E58 E34 E38
 Slav (48) 
    D11 D12 D10 D13 D17
 King's Indian (46) 
    E92 E90 E97 E60 E70
 English (39) 
    A16 A15 A10 A11 A19
 Queen's Indian (32) 
    E12 E15 E17 E16 E13
With the Black pieces:
 Pirc (120) 
    B08 B07 B09
 Robatsch (100) 
    B06
 Queen's Pawn Game (56) 
    A41 A40 D02 D01 A45
 Sicilian (29) 
    B93 B22 B90 B96 B97
 Grunfeld (23) 
    D85 D73 D97 D91 D94
 Queen's Gambit Declined (17) 
    D37 D35 D31 D06 D30
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Karpov vs Azmaiparashvili, 1983 0-1
   Azmaiparashvili vs J Ye, 1988 1-0
   Azmaiparashvili vs Kurajica, 1995 1-0
   J M Hodgson vs Azmaiparashvili, 1989 0-1
   Ivanchuk vs Azmaiparashvili, 2000 1/2-1/2
   Shirov vs Azmaiparashvili, 2002 0-1
   Azmaiparashvili vs R Montecatine Rios, 1994 1-0
   Korchnoi vs Azmaiparashvili, 1996 0-1
   Gurgenidze vs Azmaiparashvili, 1986 0-1
   Azmaiparashvili vs Kramnik, 1992 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   50th USSR Championship (1983)
   Montecatini Terme (2000)
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   EU-ch 4th (2003)
   European Clubs Cup (Men) (2003)
   Hotel Bali Stars (2003)
   36th Olympiad (2004)
   Pune Super GM (2004)
   European Individual Championships (2007)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Cleared of charges by sneaky pete
   Pirc by Cannon Fodder
   Madrid 1996 by suenteus po 147
   Las Palmas 1993 by suenteus po 147
   Dos Hermanas 2001 by suenteus po 147
   Montecatini Terme 2000 by suenteus po 147

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ZURAB AZMAIPARASHVILI
(born Mar-16-1960) Georgia

[what is this?]
Zurab Azmaiparashvili, born in Georgia (formerly USSR), was awarded the GM title in 1988. In international tournaments he was 1st at Pavlodar in 1982, 1st= at Moscow 1986, 1st at Albena 1986, 1st at Tbilisi 1986, 1st at London (Lloyds Bank Open) in 1989, and 1st at EU-ch 4th (2003). Georgian champion in 1980. He is currently Vice-President of FIDE (the World Chess Federation).

Wikipedia article: Zurab Azmaiparashvili


 page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,018  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. V Vepkhvishvili vs Azmaiparashvili  1-023 1968 Friendly gameE70 King's Indian
2. V Vepkhvishvili vs Azmaiparashvili  ½-½62 1972 Ch Chess ClubD01 Richter-Veresov Attack
3. Azmaiparashvili vs V Vepkhvishvili  0-136 1975 Ch Pioneer PalaceE77 King's Indian
4. V Osnos vs Azmaiparashvili  0-128 1978 Karseladze memD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
5. Azmaiparashvili vs Lutikov  0-145 1978 Karseladze memA04 Reti Opening
6. I Efimov vs Azmaiparashvili ½-½65 1979 SSSR NCP/08\\221B22 Sicilian, Alapin
7. R Klovsky vs Azmaiparashvili 0-178 1979 RUSB23 Sicilian, Closed
8. Azmaiparashvili vs P Nikolic  ½-½71 1979 URSA13 English
9. V Vepkhvishvili vs Azmaiparashvili  0-136 1979 Ch Georgian 40thB25 Sicilian, Closed
10. Azmaiparashvili vs Savon  1-029 1979 MoscowA15 English
11. Azmaiparashvili vs Lutikov  1-031 1979 TbilisiA04 Reti Opening
12. Azmaiparashvili vs Damljanovic  1-035 1979 YUG-URSA28 English
13. T Ernst vs Azmaiparashvili  0-147 1979 GroningenB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
14. P Nikolic vs Azmaiparashvili  ½-½33 1979 URSD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
15. R Levit vs Azmaiparashvili 0-129 1979 Spartakiada URSD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. P Nikolic vs Azmaiparashvili 1-056 1979 URSA30 English, Symmetrical
17. Azmaiparashvili vs A Ivanov ½-½27 1980 UR-chYM Riga ,MCL 05A12 English with b3
18. Z Lanka vs Azmaiparashvili  0-141 1980 URSB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
19. E Vladimirov vs Azmaiparashvili ½-½35 1980 URSB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
20. Azmaiparashvili vs Chekhov  1-040 1980 URSA16 English
21. Chiburdanidze vs Azmaiparashvili  ½-½20 1980 URS-ch U26B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
22. Vasiukov vs Azmaiparashvili  1-031 1980 URS-ch48 sf DnepropetrovskB53 Sicilian
23. M Rivas Pastor vs Azmaiparashvili  ½-½42 1980 juniorsE12 Queen's Indian
24. Azmaiparashvili vs G Franzoni  0-170 1980 European Jr ChppA35 English, Symmetrical
25. Azmaiparashvili vs Damljanovic  1-035 1980 European Jr ChppA28 English
 page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,018  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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May-11-07  protean: <It's against the rules of chess even if your opponent agrees to it, but is it really "cheating"?> Yes it's cheating - by definition.

<Rubion><However Malakhov allowed Azmaiparashvili to take the move back according to his own conception of nobleness (which contradicted to FIDE rules).>http://weekly.convekta.com/ar14.htm

May-11-07  slomarko: if <Malakhov> didnt have a problem with it then its ok i guess.
May-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tomlinsky: The rules...

<4.2 Provided that he first expresses his intention (e.g. by saying "j`adoube" or "I adjust"), the player having the move may adjust one or more pieces on their squares.

4.3 Except as provided in Article 4.2, if the player having the move deliberately touches on the chessboard

a. one or more of his own pieces, he must move the first piece touched that can be moved, or

etc>

Mistakenly touching a piece is still a deliberate motion. Rules aren't defined during the course of a game between the two players even if they are amicable, they are inherently agreed upon before the game commences.

So the point is that, even if the take-back was agreed upon, Azmaiparashvili is a FIDE representative and if he doesn't need to adhere to the rules of FIDE during a FIDE tournament then why should anybody else?

May-11-07  Rubion: Rubion: Well there are always two sides to a story, and they don't come much more different than this:

Nigel Short describing Azmai headbutting a security guard at 37th chess Olympiad(see the bottom of the article): http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

And Azmai's version of events:
http://www.chessbase.com/eventartic...

I don't know what sounds more incredible. Security guards randomly beating up the Vice-President of FIDE at the chess olympiad or a GM headbutting someone! I was amused by this from Short though:

"I was going to write a light-hearted reply to Zurab Azmaiparashvili but, alas, I simply cannot match the unintentional hilarity of a man who proudly cites the head-butting of a Spanish security guard as "proof enough that I do care for the protection of ...(chess players') interests and for the prestige of chess!"

May-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  acirce: As far as I know the version of the Spanish police is, as often, not the one supported by witness testimony. What I do know is that it seems people tend to believe in it because they don't like Azmaiparashvili.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt...

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

May-11-07  Davolni: If I was FIDE's president, I would definetely bring spanish chess federation/organizers/ securities/ police officers/ anybody behind the event to a trial and would pursue to punish them sooooo baddddd.....

Being a VP of FIDE Azmai had every right to go to the stage for ANY reason. PERIOD.!

May-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  jahhaj: <Malakhov didn't mind> I think it more likely that Malakhov realized it was more than his career was worth to offend the vice-president of FIDE.

But who knows? Deliberately breaking the rules is cheating even if your opponent agrees to it.

May-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  jahhaj: Of course since this episode occurred in a tournament, he would need the permission of all the other players in the tournament, no? Haven't they been cheated too? Did he get everyone's permission?
May-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  jahhaj: <Offers to sign the result as a draw> How generous, he plays a losing move, and offers to accept a draw. Doesn't actually do it mind you. But he did feel bad about things, so that's OK.
May-14-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Dim Weasel: <jahhaj> Your avatar's (Steven Seagal?) expression looks great beside your angry posts ;)
Aug-30-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark:
Dunderhead,
Dunderhead,
Dunderhead!!!
Aug-30-07  KamikazeAttack: <Dunderhead,
Dunderhead,
Dunderhead!!!>

ROTFLMAOOOO.

Aug-31-07  aragorn69: What a (bald) DUNDERHEAD indeed!
Jul-02-08  jon01: I awlays wondered how this random player became European champion in 2003.
Jul-03-08  James Demery: I always wondered how old he was when he learned how to spell his last name.
Jul-03-08  percyblakeney: It's only five years ago Azmai was a 2700 player, in July 2003 he had a 2702 rating (just behind Ivanchuk with 2710 but well ahead of Moro with 2679). This when such a rating was enough to be #15 (and not #30 as it is today).
Jul-13-08  ToTheDeath: Excellent interview with Kasparov talking about MGP, in this excerpt he explains how a player as old as Zurab won the European Championship.

http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cach...

Hanon W. Russell: Well this leads me to my next question. You’ve made a comment before about how this generation of players was brought up and learned so much from your matches with Karpov, etc. There is a tendency for many, many young masters and improving players to look at anything that occurred before Fischer as being worthless or not worth studying. What would you say to that?

Garry Kasparov: I think it’s a very stupid assessment. It’s probably, you know… you could find this kind of arrogance in the modern settings of the game of chess. They play Internet, you know, bullet game: one minute, three minutes. So they don’t have time even to concentrate on serious issues. And that’s why one of the greatest weaknesses of all young players is the endgame. When you look at, for instance, Azmaiparashvili winning the European Championship, Zurab is older than I am. So he’s a sort of dinosaur. Endgame… Counter attacks and endgames... And he was very stubborn so that’s… by the way Zurab was my coach in some of these matches, so that’s one of the players that came from that generation, learned from these matches. And even now not being, you know, most involved player, because he’s also FIDE Vice President, he has other things to do. But there’s a class; there is the solid foundation that you cannot disregard.

Mar-16-09  ILikeFruits: cheaters...
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Mar-16-09  Nietzowitsch: <But there’s a class; there is the solid foundation that you cannot disregard.>

IMO his best endgame: R Slobodjan vs Azmaiparashvili, 1997

Mar-16-09  WhiteRook48: who is this?
Mar-16-09  SmotheredKing: <WhiteRook> This is the most honorable Azmaiparashvili, specialist in headbutting security guards at important event, unless he´s an event participant; in which case he plays an especially solid but game of Zurab chess, which is just like normal chess except touch-move doesn´t exist and moves can be taken back.
May-01-09  returnoftheking: lol smotheredking, nice description. I see why he worked with Kasparov-they fit perfectly together in style. Off the board, that is.
Jul-03-09  percyblakeney: Nice win today in the Greek League against an opponent just a few points below 2700 (Miroshnichenko):

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 b4 8. Nb5 Kd8 9. e4 g5 10. e5 Qg7 11. h3 Bb7 12. Qa4 a5 13. O-O-O h5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng5 exd5 16. cxd5 f6 17. Ne6+ dxe6 18. dxe6+ Kc8 19. Na7+ 1-0


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Dec-16-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark:

"A man that will take back a move at chess will pick a pocket."

-- Richard Fenton

Dec-16-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: < whiteshark:

"A man that will take back a move at chess will pick a pocket."

-- Richard Fenton>

What about simultaneous exhibits? I've seen Korchnoi and Spassky do it there.

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