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Emanuel Basta

Number of games in database: 41
Years covered: 1956 to 1982
Overall record: +18 -16 =7 (52.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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EMANUEL BASTA
(born Jan-17-1915, 110 years old) Australia
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Emanuel Adolph Basta went to Australia in 1949 or 1950.

Last updated: 2017-06-06 08:43:49

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Basta vs G Koshnitsky  ½-½541956Australian Championship 1956/57D85 Grunfeld
2. M Kuszelansky vs E Basta  0-1471956Australian Championship 1956/57B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
3. E Basta vs O Sarapu  0-1361956Australian Championship 1956/57A60 Benoni Defense
4. E Basta vs J R Phillips  1-0341958Australian Championship 1958/59A45 Queen's Pawn Game
5. L Steiner vs E Basta  1-0241958Australian Championship 1958/59D02 Queen's Pawn Game
6. E Basta vs W Poder  1-0611958Australian Championship 1958/59D02 Queen's Pawn Game
7. K Ozols vs E Basta  ½-½781959Australian Championship 1958/59A06 Reti Opening
8. E Basta vs B Kondra  1-0291959Australian Championship 1958/59D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
9. O Weber vs E Basta  0-1451959Australian Championship 1958/59B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
10. E Basta vs M Wotulo  0-1431959Australian Championship 1958/59E61 King's Indian
11. J Hanks vs E Basta  1-0361959Australian Championship 1958/59D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
12. E Basta vs C Purdy  0-1471959Australian Championship 1958/59E00 Queen's Pawn Game
13. G Koshnitsky vs E Basta  1-0471959Australian Championship 1958/59A30 English, Symmetrical
14. L Awdiew vs E Basta  0-1381959Australian Championship 1958/59B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
15. E Basta vs F Campomanes  1-0601959Australian Championship 1958/59A45 Queen's Pawn Game
16. E Basta vs A Bachtiar  1-0391959Australian Championship 1958/59A45 Queen's Pawn Game
17. B Berger vs E Basta  1-0351959Australian Championship 1958/59B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
18. A Cuntala vs E Basta 0-1251960Australian ChampionshipB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
19. Averbakh vs E Basta  1-0541960Australian ChampionshipD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. E Basta vs E Malitis 1-0241968Vic-chB27 Sicilian
21. J Hanks vs E Basta 0-1581969Australian Championship 1968/69D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. Browne vs E Basta 1-0341969Australian Championship 1968/69C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
23. E Basta vs P J Sanders  1-0431971Australian Championship 1971/72A15 English
24. D Hamilton vs E Basta  1-0641971Australian Championship 1971/72B10 Caro-Kann
25. E Nagels vs E Basta  0-1441971Australian Championship 1971/72B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-17-16  TheFocus: Happy 101st birthday, Emanuel Basta!!
Nov-05-16  optimal play: Emanuel Basta finished in a three-way tie for 7th in the 1969 Australian Championship.

This game is from round 6...

[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "1969.01.03"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Hanks, John Nugent"]
[Black "Basta, Emanuel Adolph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1968.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rd1 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. a3 Qa5 11. Nd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nd4 Qd8 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. O-O Be6 19. h3 Rc8 20. Qb3 Nc6 21. Nce2 a6 22. Bd3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rc7 25. f4 Qf6 26. f5 Bc8 27. Bb1 Rc4 28. Qe3 Bd7 29. b3 Rc6 30. Rf3 Re8 31. Qf2 Rec8 32. Qd2 Qg5 33. Rf4 Rc3 34. h4 Qg3 35. f6 g6 36. Rdf1 Bb5 37. Re1 Rxb3 38. h5 g5 39. Rf2 Rbc3 40. Bf5 Re8 41. Rxe8+ Bxe8 42. Re2 Bb5 43. Re7 Rf3 44. Qc1 Qf2+ 45. Kh2 Qh4+ 46. Bh3 Rxf6 47. Rxb7 Qf4+ 48. Qxf4 Rxf4 49. Bd7 Bc4 50. g4 Rxd4 51. a4 Be2 52. Kg3 Rf4 53. Rb6 Kg7 54. Rd6 d4 55. Bc8 d3 56. a5 Ra4 57. Bxa6 Rxa5 58. Bc8 Ra2 0-1


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1st Walter Shawn Browne 13/15 [+11/=04/-00]

=2nd Douglas Gibson Hamilton 11/15 [+09/=04/-02]

=2nd Alfred Flatow 11/15 [+08/=06/-01]

4th Paul Dozsa 10/15 [+06/=08/-01]

=5th Otto Weber 8½/15 [+06/=05/-04]

=5th Karlis Alexander Ozols 8½/15 [+05/=07/-03]

=7th Emanuel Adolph Basta 8/15 [+06/=04/-05]

=7th Willem Johannes Geus 8/15 [+05/=06/-04]

=7th Peter Johnson 8/15 [+04/=08/-03]

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