MIGUEL ILLESCAS (born Dec-03-1965, 59 years old) Spain [what is this?] llescas was a highly skilled player as a youngster and became junior champion of Catalonia at the age of 12. A trained computer scientist, chess remained his real passion and continued progress brought him an International Master title in 1986, followed by the Grandmaster title in 1988. Illescas rapidly became Spain's strongest and most consistent player over many years, registering his country's highest ever Elo rating (2620) in 1993, making him at the time, world number 26. His 1993 match with Ljubomir Ljubojević ended 4-4, with all eight games drawn. As a young man, Illescas' tournament results were noteworthy; 1st= Las Palmas 1987 and 1988, 1st Oviedo 1991, 1st= Pamplona 1991/92 (with Leonid Yudasin), 2nd= Leon 1992 (after Boris Gulko), 3rd Chalkidiki 1992 (after Vladimir Kramnik and Joël Lautier), 1st Lisbon Zonal 1993 and 2nd Wijk aan Zee 1993 (after Anatoly Karpov). He kept winning during the latter part of the nineties also; 1st Linares (MEX) 1994, 1st Linares (ESP) Zonal 1995, 1st= Madrid 1996 (with Veselin Topalov) and 1st= Pamplona 1997/98 (with Ulf Andersson). More recently he finished 1st= at Pamplona in 2003, this time sharing victory with Luke McShane and Emil Sutovsk. So far, he has won the Spanish national championship of 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2010. In team competition, he has represented his country at many Olympiads from 1986 onwards and won an individual bronze medal at Turin in 2006. In 1997, he was appointed to the IBM-led team that prepared the super-computer Deep Blue in the build up to a second match with Garry Kasparov. Working with Joel Benjamin, Nick DeFirmian and John Fedorowicz. Consequently, he was a logical choice to join Kramnik as a second for his world championship clash with Kasparov in 2000. Kramnik became champion and the winning partnership was restored for the 2004 defence against Peter Leko and the 2006 reunification match with Topalov (Topalov chose Illescas' compatriot Francisco Vallejo Pons for his own team of seconds). Illescas sees himself as part coach and part guru in these situations, involving himself with not just the chess analysis, but also the thought process and personality traits of the opponent. Wikipedia article: Miguel Illescas https://www.buscabiografias.com/bio... https://www.edami.com/ Last updated: 2021-12-03 02:02:11

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page 1 of 59; games 1-25 of 1,475  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Illescas vs NN 1-0 14 1978 corr C37 King's Gambit Accepted 2. M Illescas vs Gheorghiu 0-1 40 1982 Badalona Open A04 Reti Opening 3. Kasparov vs M Illescas 1-0 44 1984 sim A57 Benko Gambit 4. M Illescas vs J Eslon 1-0 33 1984 ESP C44 King's Pawn Game 5. M Illescas vs A Magen   1-0 44 1986 Holon Open 1986/87 C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 6. H Volman vs M Illescas   ½-½ 25 1986 Holon Open 1986/87 C11 French 7. J Levitt vs M Illescas   0-1 38 1986 Holon Open 1986/87 A56 Benoni Defense 8. M Illescas vs Y Kosashvili 1-0 33 1986 Holon Open 1986/87 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 9. Y Kraidman vs M Illescas   0-1 71 1986 Holon Open 1986/87 A56 Benoni Defense 10. M Illescas vs V Liberzon   ½-½ 37 1986 Holon Open 1986/87 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 11. M Illescas vs J Murey   0-1 25 1986 Holon Open 1986/87 C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 12. M Illescas vs L Pliester 1-0 38 1986 Holon Open 1986/87 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 13. T Georgadze vs M Illescas   1-0 34 1986 26th Costa del Sol A56 Benoni Defense 14. Granda Zuniga vs M Illescas 1-0 33 1986 Matalascanas Open A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 15. J Rush vs M Illescas 0-1 35 1986 Dubai Olympiad B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 16. S Mirza vs M Illescas   0-1 37 1986 Dubai Olympiad A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 17. M Illescas vs Ribli   ½-½ 49 1986 Dubai Olympiad B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 18. S Skembris vs M Illescas   ½-½ 31 1986 Dubai Olympiad E10 Queen's Pawn Game 19. A Sznapik vs M Illescas   ½-½ 62 1986 Dubai Olympiad C05 French, Tarrasch 20. C McNab vs M Illescas   0-1 39 1986 Dubai Olympiad A13 English 21. M Illescas vs Panno   ½-½ 36 1986 Dubai Olympiad B42 Sicilian, Kan 22. P Nikolic vs M Illescas 0-1 34 1986 Dubai Olympiad D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 23. M Illescas vs Nunn 1-0 40 1986 Dubai Olympiad C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 24. J Fedorowicz vs M Illescas 1-0 52 1986 Dubai Olympiad A56 Benoni Defense 25. A Sokolov vs M Illescas   ½-½ 17 1986 Dubai Olympiad B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3  page 1 of 59; games 1-25 of 1,475

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Sep-12-04    meloncio: Last month Illescas won the Spanish Chess Championship celebrated in Sevilla, my hometown. Congratulations Miguel! http://www.campeonatoajedrez.com/ (in spanish) Sep-29-04    shr0pshire: Illescas is one of the three listed chess coaches for Kramnik for the 2004 world championships. Impressive that Kramnik chose him and two other russians. Very interesting! Dec-30-05    BIDMONFA: Miguel Illescas-Cordoba ILLESCAS Champion Spain Championship Campeón de España http://www.bidmonfa.com/historial_e... May-28-06    BIDMONFA: Miguel Illescas-Cordoba ILLESCAS, Miguel http://www.bidmonfa.com/illescas_mi... _ Dec-03-09    blackburne: The best game of Illescas Illescas-Cordoba vs Morozevich, 1996 ----- Sep-19-10    Ezzy: Is the new Spanish champion 2010. His 8th Spanish title I think!! Feb-07-12    GrahamClayton: Illescas was involved in an unusual incident in the final round of the 2011 Spanish Championship. He was playing Olga Alexandrova, who happens to be his wife. A win for either would have won them the title, but might have raised suspicions of a "fixed" game. On the other hand, playing a long game while waiting to see how other games finished would also be a little dodgy, so Illescas and Alexandrova agreed on a 10-move draw. Illescas finished =1st with Alvar Alonso Rosell, but lost the title on a tie-break. Nov-09-12    tzar: Sr. Illescas: if you ever read this post I would like to hear your opinion, as one of the people who helped to programme Deep Blue, about Kasparov's allegations of cheating...how he got to this conclusion and if in your opinion his allegations were founded or excuses of a bad looser....Gracias por anticipado...

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