The chess games of Alexey Selezniev

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Alexey Selezniev

A Selezniev

Number of games in database: 126
Years covered: 1908 to 1961

Overall record: +32 -46 =48 (44.4%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Queen's Pawn Game (11)
    D02 A46 D00 A40 A45
Ruy Lopez (8)
    C68 C92 C61 C67 C99
Orthodox Defense (6)
    D54 D55 D67 D69 D52
Slav (6)
    D10 D13 D12

With the Black pieces:

Ruy Lopez (10)
    C68 C77 C86 C87 C66
French Defense (7)
    C01 C10 C00 C16
Queen's Gambit Declined (6)
    D37 D30 D35
Vienna Opening (6)
    C25 C28
Ruy Lopez, Closed (5)
    C97 C88 C84 C86 C87
Queen's Pawn Game (4)
    A46 D02

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Selezniev vs Von Bardeleben, 1920 1-0
   D Oistrakh vs A Selezniev, 1931 0-1
   A Selezniev vs H Fahrni, 1916 1-0
   A Selezniev vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1924 1-0
   A Selezniev vs Euwe, 1923 1-0
   A Selezniev vs Rubinstein, 1924 1/2-1/2
   A Selezniev vs Lasker, 1923 1/2-1/2
   Tarrasch vs A Selezniev, 1923 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Maehrisch-Ostrau (1923)
   Merano (1924)
   USSR Championship (1924)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Mährisch-Ostrau 1923 by JoseTigranTalFischer
   Mährisch-Ostrau 1923 by suenteus po 147

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ALEXEY SELEZNIEV
(born 1888, died Jun-1967, 79 years old) Russia

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Selezniev was born in Tambov, Russia, into a wealthy merchant Russian family, and was a graduate from Moscow University's law faculty. He played in a number of pre-revolutionary tournaments at the Moscow Chess Club. He tied for 8-10th at Vilna 1912 (7th RUS-ch, B tourn, Karel Hromadka won). In 1913, he tied for 1st-2nd, tied for 4-5th, and tied for 5-6th in Moscow.

In July–August 1914, he played in Mannheim (19th DSB Congress), and tied for 6-10th in interrupted tournament (Hauptturnier A). After the declaration of war against Russia, eleven "Russian players" (Alexander Alekhine, Efim Bogoljubov, Alexander Flamberg, Koppelman, Boris Maliutin, Rabinovich, Peter Romanovsky, Saburov, Alexey Selezniev, Weinstein) from the Mannheim tournament were interned by Germany. In September 1914, four of them (Alekhine, Bogatyrchuk, Saburov, and Koppelman) were freed and allowed to return home through Switzerland. The Russian internees played eight tournaments, the first in Baden-Baden (1914) and all the others in Triberg im Schwarzwald (1914–1917). Selesniew tied for 4-5th at Baden-Baden 1914 (Alexander Flamberg won), and took 5th at Triberg 1914 (Efim Bogoljubow won). He took 4th, tied for 2nd-3rd, took 2nd, and took 3rd at Triberg 1915 (all tournaments Bogoljubov won). He tied for 2nd-3rd at Triberg 1916 (Ilya Rabinovich won). He won (jointly with Rabinovich) in the Triberg chess tournament in 1917.2

Selezniev played several matches. In 1916, he drew with Hans Fahrni in Triberg (+2 –2 =2); in 1917 lost to Bogoljubow in Triberg (+2 –3 =3); in 1920 won against Curt von Bardeleben in Berlin (+2 –0 =4), in 1921 won against Richard Teichmann in Berlin (+1 –0 =1).

After World War I, in 1919, he won in Berlin (Quadrangular), and took 2nd, behind Bogoljubow. In 1920, he won in Berlin, and took 14th in Göteborg (Richard Réti won). In 1921, he tied for 3rd-4th (Pentagonal, Alexander Alekhine won) and took 4th (Quadrangular, Akiba Rubinstein won) in Triberg. In 1922, he tied for 14-15th in Piešťany (Pistyan) (Bogoljubow won). In 1923, he took 4th in Maehrisch-Ostrau (Emanuel Lasker won). In 1924, he tied for 4-5th in Meran (Ernst Grünfeld won).

He and Bogoljubov had careers that followed similar paths. Both players were interned in Germany for the duration of World War I, and decided to stay there until 1924. That year, both players were sent invitations to participate in the third USSR Championship, and somehow Nikolai Krylenko convinced them to play and stay in the Soviet Union.

Selezniev participated in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth USSR Championships (1924, 1925, 1927, and 1929), but had only mediocre results each time. He tied for 6-8th at Moscow 1924 (Bogoljubov won), took 14th at Leningrad 1925 (Bogoljubov won), tied for 15-17th at Moscow 1927 (Fedor Bogatyrchuk and Peter Romanovsky won). Selezniev won, ahead of Vsevolod Rauzer, at Poltava 1927 (4th UKR-ch, off contest), and tied for 3rd-4th at Odessa 1928 (5th UKR-ch, Yakov Vilner and Vladimir Kirillov won). He was eliminated in the quarter-final of play at Odessa 1929 (6th USSR-ch). He tied for 4-6th in the semi-final of 7th USSR-ch in 1931. He took 10th at Leningrad 1935 (Vasily Panov won).6 He was living in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk when it was overrun by Nazis. Bogoljubov helped him get transferred to Triberg, and he eventually made his way to France.

After World War II, he took 4th at Oldenburg 1948 (Povilas Tautvaišas won).

Wikipedia article: Alexey Selezniev

Last updated: 2022-03-20 15:28:05

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. D N Pavlov vs A Selezniev		1-0	28	1908	Moscow Chess Club Autumn t	D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. A Selezniev vs Alekhine		½-½	20	1908	Moscow Chess Club Autumn t	C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
3. A Selezniev vs Levenfish		½-½	33	1911	Moscow-St Petersburg	C66 Ruy Lopez
4. V A Pereltsveig vs A Selezniev		0-1	38	1913	Moscow Championship	C01 French, Exchange
5. Duras vs A Selezniev		1-0	36	1913	Moscow International Tournament	C01 French, Exchange
6. I Rabinovich vs A Selezniev		1-0	26	1914	Triberg 1415	C10 French
7. I Rabinovich vs A Selezniev		1-0	31	1914	Triberg 1415	C28 Vienna Game
8. I Rabinovich vs A Selezniev		1-0	24	1914	Triberg 1415	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
9. A Selezniev vs Bogoljubov		0-1	25	1915	Triberg	A45 Queen's Pawn Game
10. Bogoljubov vs A Selezniev		1-0	25	1916	Triberg	C41 Philidor Defense
11. A Selezniev vs H Fahrni		1-0	34	1916	Triberg	B06 Robatsch
12. Bogoljubov vs A Selezniev		1-0	30	1917	Triberg	B56 Sicilian
13. I Rabinovich vs A Selezniev		0-1	26	1917	Triberg tournament	E41 Nimzo-Indian
14. Bogoljubov vs A Selezniev		½-½	37	1919	Berlin	C77 Ruy Lopez
15. A Selezniev vs Reti		½-½	45	1919	Berlin	C67 Ruy Lopez
16. A Selezniev vs Spielmann		½-½	33	1919	Berlin	C01 French, Exchange
17. A Selezniev vs Bogoljubov		½-½	20	1919	Berlin	C82 Ruy Lopez, Open
18. Reti vs A Selezniev		½-½	36	1919	Berlin	C30 King's Gambit Declined
19. Spielmann vs A Selezniev		½-½	38	1919	Berlin	C10 French
20. A Selezniev vs Von Bardeleben		1-0	39	1920	Berlin	A00 Uncommon Opening
21. G Marco vs A Selezniev		½-½	45	1920	Gothenburg	C44 King's Pawn Game
22. A Selezniev vs Spielmann		½-½	15	1920	Gothenburg	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
23. Rubinstein vs A Selezniev		1-0	70	1920	Gothenburg	E20 Nimzo-Indian
24. A Selezniev vs Nimzowitsch		½-½	34	1920	Gothenburg	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
25. Kostic vs A Selezniev		1-0	71	1920	Gothenburg	C66 Ruy Lopez


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Jan-03-06		matthiaspfau: Who is A. Selezniev a.k.a. Seleznev?

Jan-03-06		WMD: Is this a quiz question? Anyway, it seems unlikely he played Taimanov in the Soviet Union in 1960.

Jan-04-06		matthiaspfau: I was just wondering if anyone here can tell me anything about his bio or achievements? I couldn't find a source on the internet, well except maybe the ones in russian which didn't do me much good. So no it is not a quiz question.

Jan-05-06		Gypsy: < Aleksey Selesniev (1888-1967) was both a player of master strength and a gifted endgame composer. He played in a number of pre-revolutionary tournaments at the Moscow Chess Club when Alekhine was beginning to make a name for himself. He was a member of the delegation of Russian players that played in the ill fated Mannheim Tournament and who found themselves interned for the duration of the First World War. (Except for Alekhine who somehow managed to escape.) After the war Selesniev along with some of the other masters decided to stay in Germany. In 1920 he was honoured by the then World Champion, Em Lasker who edited a book of his studies. ( 35 Endspielstudie von Schachmeister A. Selesnieff, by Em. Lasker ) In 1923 he had his best OTB result when he came 4th at Moravska Ostrava tournament ahead of a host of world class players. A year later Seleniev returned home to a country that had radically changed in his absence. By the late 20's he seemed to drop out of the chess scene. Many chess authorities never mention him or tell of his fate.> From http://members.aol.com/brigosling/p... Chessmetrics rank him as #15 in the 1919/20 season, with top rating of 2619. It seems that he played two short matches, drawing Bogolubov in 1917 and defeating Teichmann in 1921

Jan-06-06		Resignation Trap: This player's name has been spelled so many different ways that perhaps even Viktor Korchnoi would be envious. Apart from the spelling on this page, I've found Seleznyov, Seleznyev, Selesniev, Selesnieff, Selesniew and Selesnev. There are probably more! Selezniev was born in the Russian city of Tambov in 1888. The son of wealthy merchants, he was a graduate from Moscow University's law faculty. He and Efim Bogoljubov had careers that followed similar paths. Both players were interned in Triberg Germany for the duration of World War I, and decided to stay there until 1924. That year, both players were sent invitations to participate in the third USSR Championship, and somehow Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko convinced them to play and stay in the USSR. Selezniev had his best results in Germany in the 1920's, and became recognized as a master to all. Selezniev participated in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth USSR Championships (1924, 1925, 1927 and 1929), but had only mediocre results each time. In the 1929 event, he was eliminated in the quarter-final of play. After this last event, his active playing career ended. He was living in the Ukranian city of Donetsk when it was overrun by Nazis. Bogoljubov helped him get transferred to Triberg, and he eventually made his way to France. He died, half-forgotten in Bordeaux in June 1967.

Jul-14-08		rjfsworstnightmare: Count me in the half who'll never forget him, since I read that 1960 book by Chernev. Kasparian wrote of his '100 Chess Studies,' written in 1940; Emanuel Lasker wrote of 35 of them. I've looked for both and found neither; anytime any publisher wants to reissue them, just let me know. If you know where I can get them or would burn off a copy at the nominal fee for me... A somewhat Russian database lists 78 of his games from 1907 onwards, if you're interested. God bless Bogo!

Dec-30-08		whiteshark: More biographical material: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey...

Jan-03-16		Jonathan Sarfati: Russian: Алексе́й Серге́евич Селезнёв, so the most helpful English transliteration is Seleznyov.

Jan-25-18		zanzibar: So many versions - Often <Selesneff> in the old literature. Also <Selezneff>, <Selesniev>, <Selezniev>, <Selesnjev>, <Selesniew> ...

Jan-26-18		Retireborn: Chessbase, as here, uses Selezniev; I assume that's the French transliteration and may have been his official name after WWII.

Jan-26-18		zanzibar: Never met a Selesneff I didn't like.

Oct-11-21		ventura07: A good biography can be found at http://www.arves.org/arves/index.ph...

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