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Alexey Suetin
Suetin 
 

Number of games in database: 1,623
Years covered: 1947 to 2001
Highest rating achieved in database: 2535
Overall record: +570 -369 =681 (56.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 3 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (305) 
    B82 B32 B45 B33 B20
 Ruy Lopez (187) 
    C90 C92 C93 C78 C72
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (111) 
    C90 C92 C93 C95 C96
 French Defense (67) 
    C19 C16 C11 C10 C07
 Caro-Kann (47) 
    B17 B18 B15 B11 B10
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (43) 
    B60 B62 B67 B64 B63
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (246) 
    B47 B46 B48 B44 B42
 King's Indian (74) 
    E94 E63 E81 E67 E80
 Sicilian Taimanov (73) 
    B47 B46 B48 B49
 Modern Benoni (72) 
    A57 A56 A61 A60 A65
 English, 1 c4 c5 (47) 
    A34 A31 A30 A33 A36
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (39) 
    D27 D29 D24 D20 D26
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Suetin vs P Travnicek, 1975 1-0
   Suetin vs Bagirov, 1961 1-0
   Suetin vs Korchnoi, 1962 1-0
   Suetin vs M Ujtelky, 1965 1-0
   I Zilber vs Suetin, 1957 0-1
   Spassky vs Suetin, 1963 0-1
   Suetin vs Gufeld, 1969 1-0
   Suetin vs Tseshkovsky, 1972 1-0
   I Birbrager vs Suetin, 1964 0-1
   Suetin vs Bagirov, 1963 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Capablanca Memorial (1969)
   Sarajevo (1965)
   Czechoslovak Championship (International) (1975)
   URS-ch sf Tallinn (1959)
   Latvian Championship (1962)
   Chigorin Memorial (1977)
   Copenhagen (1965)
   Capablanca Memorial (1968)
   URS-ch sf Moscow (1958)
   URS-ch sf Novgorod (1961)
   URS-ch sf Spartak-ch (1962)
   USSR Championship (1963)
   USSR Championship (1954)
   USSR Championship (1952)
   URS-ch sf Kharkiv (1956)


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ALEXEY SUETIN
(born Nov-16-1926, died Sep-10-2001, 74 years old) Russia
PRONUNCIATION:
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Alexey Stepanovich Suetin was awarded the IM title in 1961 and the GM title in 1965 and became World Senior Champion in 1996.

His best tournament results were in the mid-1960's: 1st at Sarajevo 1965, 1st= with Mark Taimanov and Svetozar Gligoric at Copenhagen 1965 and 1st= with Aleksandar Matanovic at Titovo Uzice in 1966. He played seven USSR championships, with his best results in 1963 and 1965 (4th place, shared, in both).

Suetin made a come back in old age to win the World Senior Championship in 1996, with +7 =3 -1.

He was also an author of note and was married to Kira Zvorykina.

Wikipedia article: Alexey Suetin

Last updated: 2022-08-13 14:14:15

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 page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,623  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Suetin vs V Chistyakov 1-0261947URSC12 French, McCutcheon
2. R Nezhmetdinov vs Suetin 1-0291947RSFSR ChampionshipB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
3. Suetin vs I Lyskov  1-0331947RSFSR ChampionshipB83 Sicilian
4. P Dubinin vs Suetin  ½-½481947RSFSR ChampionshipA55 Old Indian, Main line
5. G Ilivitsky vs Suetin 0-1411947RSFSR ChampionshipD98 Grunfeld, Russian
6. Suetin vs K T Isakov  1-0291947RSFSR ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
7. Suetin vs A Nogovitsyn  1-0461947RSFSR ChampionshipA54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
8. G Sedov vs Suetin  1-0351947RSFSR ChampionshipD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
9. Suetin vs N Aratovsky  0-1441947RSFSR ChampionshipB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
10. Suetin vs Fedosov  1-0271948URS-qf Tula (Masters-Candidate Masters)C49 Four Knights
11. Korchnoi vs Suetin ½-½601950URS-ch sf TulaB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
12. P Dubinin vs Suetin  1-0361950RSFSR Team chC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
13. Suetin vs Lilienthal  1-0421950URS-ch sf TulaC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. Y Polyak vs Suetin  1-0401950URS-ch sf TulaE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
15. Suetin vs N Gusev  1-0431950URS-ch sf TulaC41 Philidor Defense
16. G Kasparian vs Suetin  0-1421950URS-ch sf TulaD80 Grunfeld
17. Suetin vs Aronin  1-0291950RSFSR Team chB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
18. Suetin vs Simagin 1-0231950URS-ch sf TulaB32 Sicilian
19. Suetin vs G Ilivitsky 0-1431950URSB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
20. Suetin vs Petrosian 1-0601950USSR ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
21. Averbakh vs Suetin 1-0331950USSR ChampionshipB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
22. Suetin vs I Lipnitsky 1-0481950USSR ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
23. Smyslov vs Suetin 1-0481950USSR ChampionshipD71 Neo-Grunfeld
24. Suetin vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-1431950USSR ChampionshipC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
25. Geller vs Suetin 0-1351950USSR ChampionshipC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
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Dec-10-02  Jaburu: GM Alexey Suetin is one of the deepest thinkers of the chess. The amateur that to get to thoroughly understand what Suetin meant on Kasparov, it is because is also understanding thoroughly the strategy of the chess! See your comment: ... "Today, when the 22-year-old Grandmaster has fully shaped up as chess player, I venture to say that Kasparov resembles only Kasparov and no one else as far as his style is concerned". .... "More than any other chess player of the present day (to say nothing of this predecessors) he constantly (and this is praiseworthy) makes intuitive material sacrifices which are quite real but do not form part of winning combinations". ... "So, on the one hand, I claim that Kassparov is not efficient enought in calculating winning variations. On the other, I speak about his strenght in dynamic positions glutted with acute tactical motifs. And there is no contradiction in my assetions". (Part of article by Alexey Suetin published in the British Chess Magazine apud Smith, K. and Hall, J.; in Modern Art of Attack; pp. 165-166; Chess Digest, Inc.; Dallas 1988).
Jul-27-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: I have been reading Suetin's "Three Steps to Chess Mastery." It's not a bad book but out of the hundreds of examples from throughout chess history there is not one single mention of Kortschnoi! Obviously it was written when VK was a 'non-person'.
Jul-27-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: <...there is not one single mention of Kortschnoi! Obviously it was written when VK was a 'non-person'.> If it is the same book I think it is, <offramp>, then you may find quite a number of game positions without attribution. I suspect that those (or most of those) are Korchnoi.
Oct-28-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  An Englishman: Good Evening: Either that, offramp, or Suetin was upset with how often he lost to Korchnoi. Here is a pretty neat game in which Viktor sacs a pawn in the Scandinavian for a persistent intiative.

Suetin vs Korchnoi, 1960

Apr-26-05  DanielBryant: Wasn't he Petrosian's trainer?
Apr-26-05  aw1988: Suetin was possibly one of the most intelligent players ever, belonging in the ranks of Lasker, Tal, and Kramnik. His words are always extremely striking.
Apr-26-05  aw1988: <DanielBryant> Yes, Suetin was one of Petrosian's trainers.
Apr-26-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: Boleslavskij, Suetin -- two of the best chess thinkers were ammong Petrosian's coaches.
Apr-26-05  aw1988: And Averbakh, I believe.
Apr-26-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Wasn't there a horror film in the 1950s called 'I Was Petrosian's Trainer'?
Apr-26-05  aw1988: I think it was called "I was Petrosian's Opponent'!
Apr-27-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Was it true that Rona Petrosian slapped Suetin's face when Petrosian was playing his candidates final match with Fischer in 1971?
Apr-27-05
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  Gypsy: <aw1988: And Averbakh, I believe.> A great choice for the adjournement work.
Apr-27-05  aw1988: <Gypsy> That reminds me of an amusing anecdote.

Paul Keres as you all know was quite the unlucky duck. In one Candidates tournament he had to play Pal Benko, whom he had defeated nine times previously. The game was adjourned in a complex endgame, and Benko analyzed it all night, and he won in only six moves later the following day. Korchnoi later asserted "With Petrosian's help!" since Petrosian was leading the tournament and the game was quite important to him.

Apr-27-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: <aw1988> Lol. Well, it maybe a tall story but it sounds plausible. Check out the story of the L Sanchez vs Pachman, 1959 game.
Apr-28-05  Resignation Trap: <aw1988> and <Gypsy> "Korchnoi later asserted "With Petrosian's help!" since Petrosian was leading the tournament and the game was quite important to him."

Pal Benko has a different version of this story. Let me connect a few games with Benko's version of the Saga of Paul Keres at Curacao. Start here: Keres vs Benko, 1962

Apr-28-05  aw1988: <Resignation Trap> Quite interesting.
Apr-29-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: <Resignation Trap> Thanks for weawing the Benko's side of the story with the games. Well done!

It seems to be one of those times where the facts more or less check -- it was Petrosian and Geller who came to help Benko -- but the interpretation differ. Benko claims he kicked them out unceremoniously: <A while later, Petrosian and Geller came to me in secret and offered to help me beat their own countryman! I was disgusted. Telling them that it would be a draw with best play, I demanded that they leave.> Of course, looking at the overall records of the four protagonists, I can see how Korchnoi could have arrived at his interpretation of the events. (And, for that matter, how Keres could have arrived at his.)

The lifetime results amongst the four protagonists are like this:

Benko-Keres +1 -10 =6
Benko-Petrosian +0 -7 =9
Benko-Geller +1 -3 =5

Keres-Petrosian +3 -3 =30
Keres-Geller +9 -7 =21

Petrosian-Geller +3 -5 =35

For the grand totals of:
Keres +22 -11 =57 (56%)
Geller +15 -13 =61 (51%)
Petrosian +13 -14 =74 (49.5%)
Benko +2 -20 =20 (28.5%)

May-12-05  soberknight: It's hot outside. Alexey is Suetin.
May-31-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  jaime gallegos: who is the current World Senior Champion ?
Sep-10-06  BIDMONFA: Alexey Suetin

SUETIN, Alexey S.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/suetin_alex... _

Nov-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: <jaime gallegos> Victor Korchnoi is the Senior World Champion of 2006: https://www.chessbase.com/newsdetai...
Nov-16-06
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  Phony Benoni: Good for Victor! But now we'll have to take him off the list of "Strongest Players Never to Become World Champion."
Nov-16-07  timhortons: suetin is a witness on how chess cheating is done on high level..anyways may you rest in peace...id read that these gentleman die after a game of chess
Jan-24-09  whiteshark: Quote of the Day

< The work of a chess player is similar to a blast furnace process: it is continuous and demands a heated passion for chess.>

-- Alexander Suetin

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