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Alexander Konstantinopolsky
A Konstantinopolsky 
 

Number of games in database: 393
Years covered: 1928 to 1983
Overall record: +146 -93 =154 (56.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Reti System (30) 
    A06 A04 A05
 Sicilian (26) 
    B76 B80 B40 B91 B70
 Ruy Lopez (23) 
    C97 C89 C83 C92 C99
 English (22) 
    A15 A13 A14
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (11) 
    C97 C89 C92 C84 C99
 Queen's Pawn Game (10) 
    A46 D02 E00
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (30) 
    B10 B16 B13 B14 B15
 Orthodox Defense (18) 
    D63 D51 D60 D50 D61
 Ruy Lopez (17) 
    C77 C79 C87 C97 C83
 Sicilian (16) 
    B40 B84 B24 B58 B93
 Queen's Pawn Game (11) 
    A41 A46 A45 A40 D02
 Old Indian (10) 
    A54 A53 A55
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Keres vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1948 0-1
   A Konstantinopolsky vs Frank, 1935 1-0
   Levenfish vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1947 0-1
   E Zagoryansky vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1943 0-1
   A Konstantinopolsky vs I Lipnitsky, 1950 1-0
   I Kan vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1943 1/2-1/2
   A Konstantinopolsky vs Panov, 1936 1-0
   A Konstantinopolsky vs Bronstein, 1945 1/2-1/2
   A Konstantinopolsky vs L Abramov, 1947 1-0
   A Konstantinopolsky vs Tolush, 1936 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Leningrad Master Tournament (1936)
   URS-ch sf Moscow (1947)
   Moscow Championship (1954)
   Moscow Championship (1966)
   USSR Championship (1937)
   All-Union Young Masters (1936)
   URS-sf (1940)
   Moscow Championship 1944/45 (1945)
   USSR Championship (1945)
   USSR Championship (1950)
   USSR Championship (1948)
   Trade Unions Championship (1936)
   Leningrad / Moscow training (1939)
   URS-ch sf Kiev (1938)
   USSR Championship (1952)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 188 by 0ZeR0


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ALEXANDER KONSTANTINOPOLSKY
(born Feb-19-1910, died Sep-21-1990, 80 years old) Ukraine

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Alexander Markovich Konstantinopolsky was born in Zhitomir, Ukraine. USSR Correspondence Champion in 1951, he was awarded the titles of IM in 1950, IMC in 1966 and honorary (emeritus) GM in 1983. He helped train David Bronstein for a World Championship match. One of his many opening contributions was: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3, the Konstantinopolsky Opening.

reference: The Oxford Companion to Chess, 2nd edition.

Wikipedia article: Alexander Konstantinopolsky


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 page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 393  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Zamikhovsky vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-1551928Ch KievE17 Queen's Indian
2. V Rauzer vs A Konstantinopolsky  1-0361930Ch KievE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
3. A Zamikhovsky vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-1411931Ch KievA47 Queen's Indian
4. A Konstantinopolsky vs V Rauzer  1-02719316th Ch UkraineA06 Reti Opening
5. Botvinnik vs A Konstantinopolsky 0-1791931URS-ch sf4 7thA84 Dutch
6. A Konstantinopolsky vs A Khodzhaev  0-1371931URS-ch sfE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
7. V Nenarokov vs A Konstantinopolsky  1-0391932Kiev-LeningradD03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation)
8. A Konstantinopolsky vs V Rauzer  ½-½221932LeningradD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. A Konstantinopolsky vs Samychowsky  0-1471932Kiev-LeningradA06 Reti Opening
10. A Konstantinopolsky vs A Zamikhovsky  1-0311933Kiev championshipD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. Gostishchev vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-12419331st Category tournamentB07 Pirc
12. V Rauzer vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-1411933Ch UkraineB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
13. A S Grinberg vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-1321933Kiev championshipA04 Reti Opening
14. Kmoch vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-1351934TbilisiD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
15. A Konstantinopolsky vs I Pogrebissky  1-0401934Kiev Training tournamentC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
16. A Konstantinopolsky vs Razdolsky  ½-½241934Vinnitsa Region championshipC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
17. A Konstantinopolsky vs A Akshanov 1-0511934Vinnitsa Region championshipB95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
18. A Konstantinopolsky vs Lisitsin  ½-½371935Trade Unions Championship sfB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
19. A Konstantinopolsky vs V Rauzer 1-0191935corrC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
20. A Konstantinopolsky vs Frank 1-0281935Trade Unions Championship sfA04 Reti Opening
21. A Konstantinopolsky vs A Chistiakov  1-0321935URS Masters corrB64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
22. A Konstantinopolsky vs A Zamikhovsky  1-0331935Kiev championshipC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
23. V Baturinsky vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-1361935Trade Unions Championship sfC00 French Defense
24. L Grigoriev vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-1371936Kiev championship finalD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
25. A Konstantinopolsky vs O Rubtsova 1-0441936Trade Unions ChampionshipA15 English
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Jan-03-06  Gypsy: <Can anyone tell me anything about this openning? I can't find much info on it.>

'Debut Konstantinopolsky' 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 <3.g3> ... It plays/feels rather like a type of KIA after 1.e4 e5.

Jan-09-06  whoopsi: Thanks Gypsy.
Feb-02-06  AlexandraThess: Long live for the greek city of Konstantinoupolis!!!
Mar-08-06  BIDMONFA: Alexander Konstantinopolski

KONSTANTINOPOLSKY, Alexander M.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/konstantino...
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Mar-29-06  EmperorAtahualpa: <Long live for the greek city of Konstantinoupolis!!!>

<AlexandraThess> You might want to see the Greek movie "Politiki Kouzina".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378897/

Mar-30-06  AlexandraThess: Thanks <EmperorAtahualpa> . Indeed i have watched it not less than 6 times:)
Mar-30-06  AlexandraThess: Probably Alexander Konstantinopolski is the greatest greek player for all times!
Mar-30-06  Appaz: Interesting movie tip <EmperorAtahualpa>, I'll bookmarked it to look for (and at) it later.

I must admit I've have never heard about this player. Maybe his bio should be made more extensive if he is to be considered "the greatest greek player", as one gets the impression that he is all Ukrainian.

Also about the bio: did he really become a GM 73 years old? If so, it must be close to a world record.

Apr-03-06  EmperorAtahualpa: <Thanks <EmperorAtahualpa> . Indeed i have watched it not less than 6 times:)>

<AlexandraThess> It's a shame this movie is not known internationally! I'm sure I'm one of the very few Dutchmen to own a DVD of this movie. I've watched it twice now.

By the way, does "Thess" in your name stand for Thessaloniki?

Apr-03-06  EmperorAtahualpa: <Interesting movie tip <EmperorAtahualpa>, I'll bookmarked it to look for (and at) it later.>

<Appaz> I hope you will find this movie though, it's hard to find abroad!

Apr-04-06  AlexandraThess: <EmperorAtahualpa> By the way, does "Thess" in your name stand for Thessaloniki? Yep nice guess!
Apr-22-06  Whitehat1963: A contender for most syllables in a name?
Apr-22-06  walker: < AlexandraThess > Do you have a Greek GM? I have never heard of one. Sorry for my incompetence. I love Greek resorts and food, tho.
Aug-15-06  Karpova: <walker>, Vasilios Kotronias
Jan-16-08  Knight13: So he's that freakin' strong soviet player that never got publicized in the western world, huh.
Aug-09-08  Helios727: How did he become a grandmaster at age 73?
Aug-09-08  pawn to QB4: Given it as an honorary title, and IMHO well worth it. He finished in the top six of the Soviet Championship four times; one of the world's top players in the 40s; especially noted as the trainer of Bronstein and Boleslavsky. So his group displaced Smyslov and Keres as Botvinnik's closest challengers in the early 50s, and made terrific imaginative contributions in the openings and middlegame. Their revival of the King's Indian alone was worth GM titles all round, after the QGD stodge of earlier times. Pity we never saw Alekhine play their systems, for or against, for instance.
Feb-19-09  WhiteRook48: I would think that someone who played from 1931 to 1983 would have more than 300 games.
Jul-22-09  myschkin: . . .

".. During the late 1930s, Alexander Konstantinopolsky trained young players and amateurs in Kiev, at the Palace of Young Pioneers. He was widely regarded as a friendly and kindly man. .."

Bio (in English): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexan...

Feb-19-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy Birthday!
Feb-19-12  Xeroxx: Awesome name for a player
Feb-19-12  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Konstantinopolsky.
Feb-22-13  Yopo: Konstantinopolsky was only 41 years old when he saw his pupil at chess, Bronstein, contest for the world title. Thing to proud any couch, though it must have been difficult to "Konstantino" motivate yourself to keep playing. He must had been even more stunned when he read the book Bronstein wrote on the 1953 candidates tournament. How good lessons the teacher should have learnt from the student!
Jul-08-13
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  offramp: I always project his name as Stromboli did in Pinocchio.
Apr-07-14  madlydeeply: kolty broke Alekhine's blindfold record once, that should be in the biography, jyez?
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