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| May-16-05 | | WorldChampeen: Gurgenidze is credited with the provocative b4 move in the Caro Kann; ex. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/nph-... although the games in the database do not reflect a lot of success with this move; it certainly looks interesting. Usually, Gurgenidze would play this after 3. Nc3 according to Suetin. |
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| Jul-10-05 | | lentil: the july 2005 FIDE rating list has gurgenize rated 2208. |
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| Jul-10-05 | | lentil: there is also a 'gurgenidze system' in the rat (arbitrarily misnamed 'the modern defense' by botteril and keene, who had no authority to do so, the punters!). it consists of putting all the pawns on the white squares... h5, g6, f7, e6, d5, c6, b7. (oh, alright, and a7), chained with White pawns on the black squares (at least f4, e5 and d4). The rat bishop often redeploys to f8. it has a very different 'feel' from the rest of the rat lines. |
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Jul-10-05
 | | Eric Schiller: <lentil> Since the Rat is defined by 1...d6, a Gurgenidze can't be part of the Rat. The Gurgenidze is defined by the c6, g6, and d5 against a d4/e4 setup by White. It is close to a Caro-Kann than anything else, and the Soviets called it the "New Caro-Kann". The bishop sometimes redeploys at f8, and sometimes never gets to g7 at all. It is seen most often against the Nc3 Caro-Kann, but the lines with Nd2 and c3 are nothing special for White, and it can be used against 3.Nd2 as well.
When White advances to e5, Black gets good use of the f5-square. The positions tend to remain closed for a long time. |
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| Jul-12-05 | | lentil: pardon me, but i'm from vancouver, where the name originated, and 'the rat' is defined by 1..g6. (might it be a corruption of 'robastch'?) in fact, the name refers to the 'rat bishop', whose hole is at g6. (the other prelate, when developed via ..b6 and ..Bb7, is sometimes called the 'mouse bishop') |
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| Jul-12-05 | | Kangaroo: <lentil> and <Eric Schiller>: Are you guys talking about the opening introduced by <Bukhuti Ivanovich Gurgenidze> in the Caro-Kann that includes the moves <<1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 b5> - with the idea <4. exd5 b4>> - or (as I suspect) are arguing about his invention in the hybrid (<Caro-Kann> + <Robach>) <<1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6>> - with the continuation similar to Fischer vs Petrosian, 1970 ?
Anyway, I could not find what kind of a rat you were talking about - what does chess have to do with animal control? |
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| Jul-16-05 | | lentil: <kangaroo> 'The Rat' is the canadian name for 1. any, g6. The Gurgenidze system can be reached from the Caro-Kann, I suppose, but also by 1. e4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. f4 c6?! Nf3 4. Nc3 d5 and various permutations. |
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| Jul-16-05 | | Kangaroo: <<TO> lentil>:
Thanks for the explanations. Perhaps, in the state of Texas where I live, the proper translation of the canadian "rat" would be a "cockroach"! More seriously, like many others, I practiced the <1. <any move> g6> opening myself. Still have no clear advice on what black should do if white avoids <3. c4> after <1. e4 d6 2. d4 Bg7> and opts for something like <3. Nc3> or <3. Nf3>. The response <3 ... c6> or <3 ... d6> both look a little bit too passive, <3 ... c5> transforms into sicilian (why not play <1 ... c5> then?) - that is how I moved to Alekhine Defense and French... . |
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| Aug-06-07 | | whiteshark: The Rat Pack, quasi |
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| May-24-08 | | Resignation Trap: Sad to say, Gurgenidze died in Tbilisi earlier today. <RIP> |
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May-24-08
 | | Benzol: <Resignation Trap> That is sad to hear. |
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| May-25-08 | | stanleys: Rest in peace GM Gurgenidze! |
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| May-25-08 | | The Chess Player: May there be chess to play, wherever you are. |
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| May-26-08 | | Karpova: Article by chessbase regarding his death:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
They cal him <one of the most original and striking players of the Soviet era.> |
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| May-26-08 | | whiskeyrebel: This is sad news. Gurgenidze developed a cool system. I've switched from the Modern to the Caro Kann, but as Eric Schiller pointed out an alert CK player can use it against certain setups. Over the years I've seen GM David Norwood on ICC wielding it in blitz games to good effect. |
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| May-26-08 | | brankat: RIP GM Gurgenidze! |
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| May-26-08 | | mack: Aw, a great shame. His Caro-Rat was much fun. |
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| May-26-08 | | BIDMONFA: Bukhuti Gurgenidze GURGENIDZE, Bukhuti I.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/gurgenidze_...
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May-27-08
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Not too many players have had two variations of the same defense named after them, but Gurgenidze was one of them: 1.e4,c6; 2.d4,d5; 3.Nc3,g6 and 3...b5 are both his. What's odd is that the latter has a surprisingly good result in the CG database. |
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| May-27-08 | | deadlysin: this guy recently died :( |
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| May-27-08 | | ArKheiN: Nobody talk here, even in the little biography, of the Gurgenidze system of the accelerated dragon against the Maroczy, one of the soundest and most solid system of the whole system as Black? 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4! Qxd4 8.Bg7 the starting position of the Gurgenidze. Very respected and played at it's best by Malakhov and Tiviakov, the 2 big specialists of the system. |
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| May-27-08 | | Alphastar: RIP Gurgenidze. |
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| May-27-08 | | hedgeh0g: Yes, R.I.P.
And give the guy some credit...his rating is still 2108! |
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| May-27-08 | | nummerzwei: May Mr Gurgenidze rest in peace. It seems that he has invented a lot of opening variations- and he a strong player too,obviously. |
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| May-27-08 | | Pyke: "The Georgian Champion Bukhuti Gurgenidze has for a long time shown himself to be one of the strongest masters in his country. It should be mentioned that in his games, as a rule, the creative element predominates over the practical. Whatever his result in competitions, be plays a number of interesting games, and in practically every tournament he tries out at times dubious, at times even paradoxical ideas, which, however, he upholds with great success. (Mikhail Tal pp. 382, Life and Games of Mikhail Tal) When reading those lines by Tal, you get the idea that Gurgenidze was a true lover and romantic of chess. Simply put: a great player. |
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