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Manuel Aaron
M Aaron 
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  

Number of games in database: 100
Years covered: 1960 to 1991
Last FIDE rating: 2315
Overall record: +15 -61 =24 (27.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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A47 Queen's Indian (2 games)
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (2 games)
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (2 games)
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)
E60 King's Indian Defense (2 games)

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MANUEL AARON
(born Dec-30-1935, 89 years old) Myanmar (federation/nationality India)

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Manuel Aaron was born in Toungoo, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and grew up in Tamil Nadu, India. He was Indian champion in 1959, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1981. He also won the Tamil Nadu Championship 11 times between 1957 and 1982.

He won the 1961 Asian-Australian Zonal. For that, FIDE made him an International Master, India's first. His victory also qualified him for the Stockholm Interzonal (1962). Although finishing last, he defeated Lajos Portisch and Wolfgang Uhlmann.

He played for the Indian team at the 1960, 1962, and 1964 Olympiads. In his first Olympiad game he defeated former world champion Max Euwe. He became an International Arbiter (IA) in 1986.

Wikipedia article: Manuel Aaron

Last updated: 2023-10-19 09:32:47

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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 100  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Aaron vs Euwe 1-0551960Leipzig Olympiad qual-2A47 Queen's Indian
2. M Aaron vs Botvinnik 0-1541960Leipzig Olympiad qual-2A47 Queen's Indian
3. F Campomanes vs M Aaron  ½-½401960Leipzig Olympiad qual-2D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. M Aaron vs Robatsch 0-1421960Leipzig Olympiad qual-2B06 Robatsch
5. E Contedini vs M Aaron  ½-½231960Leipzig Olympiad qual-2B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
6. M Aaron vs Najdorf  ½-½411960Leipzig Olympiad qual-1E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
7. Sliwa vs M Aaron 1-0381960Leipzig Olympiad qual-2D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. M Aaron vs J Durao  ½-½431960Leipzig Olympiad qual-2A56 Benoni Defense
9. A Kostjoerin vs M Aaron  0-1231960Leipzig Olympiad qual-2B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
10. M Aaron vs A Gudmundsson 0-1521960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
11. Y Porat vs M Aaron  1-0291960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. M Aaron vs Letelier  0-1441960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BD02 Queen's Pawn Game
13. E Jimenez Zerquera vs M Aaron  1-0271960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
14. M Aaron vs K Ojanen  ½-½381960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BE70 King's Indian
15. A Tarnowski vs M Aaron  ½-½471960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
16. M Aaron vs A Nielsen  ½-½271960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
17. A Pomar vs M Aaron  1-0301960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BA95 Dutch, Stonewall
18. M Aaron vs Stahlberg  ½-½321960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
19. S Johannessen vs M Aaron  1-0471960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
20. M Aaron vs A Beni  0-1341960Leipzig Olympiad Final-BE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
21. M Aaron vs Flohr 0-1401961Hastings 1961/62D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted
22. R G Wade vs M Aaron 1-0731961Hastings 1961/62A15 English
23. M Aaron vs J Littlewood  1-0421961Hastings 1961/62D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. Botvinnik vs M Aaron 1-0411961Hastings 1961/62A00 Uncommon Opening
25. M Aaron vs Gligoric 0-1411961Hastings 1961/62A53 Old Indian
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Mar-27-04  asianboy19922002: yo u fool want to battle me? ahahahahhaha
Mar-27-04  ajit: u alrite there mate???
Jun-17-04  chessman6555: This player is from Madras,India.
Sep-15-04  nikolaas: Alright, now some REAL comment.
Aaron, Manuel (1935-   )
India’s first International Master (IM).  He was born in Toungoo, Burma on December 30, 1935 and became an International Master in 1961.  In 1962 he took last place out of 23 players in the Stockholm Interzonal.  He became an International Arbiter in 1986.  His highest FIDE rating was 2420.  He has won the state of Tamil Nadu (Madras) 10 times and the India National Championship 9 times.  These records still stand.  He is the director of the Aaron Chess Academy, India’s first chess academy and the founder and editor of Chess Mate magazine. In 1966 he became also an International chess arbiter.   Aaron - Suer, Varna Chess Olympiad 1962
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.O-O Nc7 9.h3 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Re1 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.Bg4 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bh5 Qd6 18.Qe2 e4 19.f3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.fxe4 fxe4 22.Qxe4 b4 23.Nd1 e6 24.dxe6 Bxe6 25.Ra7 Bf5 26.Qe7 Qd4+? (26...Qxe7) 27.Kh1 Ne8?? (27...Rbc8) 28.Bf7+  (28...Kh8 29.Qxf8 mate; 28...Kg7 29.Bxe8+ Kg8 30.Re5 wins)  1-0
Nov-26-04  kostich in time: Aaron beat Euwe at the Olympiad in Liepzig in 1960..it isnt in this database.
Nov-26-04  nikolaas: Euwe was extremely out of shape by then. In fact, he was the first ever GM to score less than 50% at the olimpiads with only +3 =7 -6.
Jun-14-05  aw1988: Tell me something. How do posts like asianboy's end up on pages like these? This makes absolutely no relevance to the player, and is stupidity.
Jun-14-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  TheAlchemist: <aw1988> That is one for the ages, yes :-)
Dec-21-05  billiejoelover21: this is pretty sweet
Dec-30-05  chesswonders: Happy birthday! Indian chess owes a lot to him!
Dec-30-06  BIDMONFA: Manuel Aaron

AARON, Manuel
http://www.bidmonfa.com/aaron_manue...
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Aug-14-07  whiteshark: Aaron Chess Academy:
http://www.chess-mate.com/
http://www.chess-mate.com/aca.htm
Oct-18-07  whiteshark: A photo from Leipzig 1960 Olympiad, where he showed an ELO 2509 performance:

http://www.chessbase.de/2005/leipzi...

Jun-05-09  myschkin: . . .

Manuel Aaron pioneered the game of chess as a youngster and have played a pivotal role ever since in placing India, as an emerging force in world chess forum. He was the first Indian to earn the title of International Master. While Aaron made a significant contribution to Indian chess in his career as a competitive player, his efforts to increase chess awareness and make the game popular, is dominant till date. He formed many chess groups and convinced players to learn the openings and other formal chess literature, thus helping making the international variety popular in India.

First chess player to be honored with the Arjuna Award (India's highest sports award).

(source: http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/ch...)

Sep-12-09  jerseybob: Aaron finished dead last in the 1962 Interzonal, but check out the two games he did win, against Uhlmann and Portisch (against whom he had a 2-0 lifetime record). They're both very good games, as black in a K.I.D. both times.
Sep-12-09  Raisin Death Ray: I prefer his brother, Henry! :)
Dec-25-09  Benzol: This one is so old it's got cobwebs on it.
Dec-25-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: He wants to invest in 'your country'. Myanmar or India?
Dec-25-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: Scam Spams, thankfully, seem to be deleted. Maybe these now-meaningless posts can be removed as well?
Dec-25-09  whiteshark: Secret messages from one-eyed avatars. Mysterious mysteries at chessgames.com.
Dec-30-09  talisman: happy birthday M.A.
<Raisin Death Ray> ...and Tommy.:)
Dec-30-09  waustad: Wasn't Mir Sultan Khan a chess master in the modern tradition? He started out playing an Indian variety of the game, but became quite proficient at the Western version.
Dec-30-09  Petrosianic: Not sure what "In the tradition" means. I don't think FIDE ever gave him the GM title, making Aaron the first titled Indian player, though I could be wrong about that.

From what I hear, Aaron is still around, and a much respected chess teacher and coach in India.

Dec-30-09  Raisin Death Ray: I prefer his brother Hank!
Oct-10-12  Conrad93: Mir Sultan Khan played chess through natural ability. He had no theoretical knowledge.

This was the first strong player to apply chess knowledge into his games and get a title.

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