YASSER SEIRAWAN (born Mar-24-1960, 65 years old) Syria (federation/nationality United States of America) [what is this?] Grandmaster (1980) and FIDE Senior Trainer (2004) Yasser Seirawan was born in Damascus, Syria. When he was seven, his family emigrated to Seattle, Washington, USA, where he learned the game at the age of twelve. He is a four-time United States Champion 1981 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... 1986 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... 1989 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... and 2000 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... , won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979, and played in the Candidates events at Montpelier 1985 and Saint John 1988. In July, 1990, he was #10 on the FIDE rating list at 2635. Seirawan is a notable author of instructional and historical works, and was the editor of Inside Chess magazine. In September 1983 he was Cosmopolitan Magazine's "Bachelor of the Month." In 2001 he released a plan to reunite the chess world; Ruslan Ponomariov had gained the FIDE championship in 2003, while Vladimir Kramnik had beaten Garry Kasparov for the Braingames title. Seirawan's plan called for one match between Ruslan Ponomariov and Garry Kasparov, and another between Vladimir Kramnik and the winner of the 2002 Einstein tournament in Dortmund, Peter Leko. The winners of these matches would then play each other to become undisputed World Champion. This plan became the Prague Agreement and was signed by all parties in question. Four years later the unification process was completed, although not under the exact terms dictated by the agreement. He is married to Yvette Nagel. Interview with Ann Matnadze Bujiashvili on 28 October 2011: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... Wikipedia article: Yasser Seirawan Last updated: 2025-03-24 09:03:31

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page 1 of 60; games 1-25 of 1,487  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Seirawan vs R Karch   1-0 41 1973 Seirawan - Karch C55 Two Knights Defense 2. R Karch vs Seirawan   0-1 29 1973 Seirawan - Karch E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 3. Seirawan vs R Karch 0-1 46 1973 Seirawan - Karch C11 French 4. Seirawan vs R Karch   0-1 28 1973 Seirawan - Karch C56 Two Knights 5. R Karch vs Seirawan 0-1 67 1973 Seirawan - Karch D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. R Karch vs Seirawan   0-1 43 1973 Seirawan - Karch D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 7. Seirawan vs Suttles 0-1 25 1973 74th US Open A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 8. Seirawan vs K Fitzgerald   0-1 34 1974 Eugene B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. A Mengarini vs Seirawan 0-1 23 1974 75th US Open B07 Pirc 10. C Madsen vs Seirawan   1-0 64 1974 American Open A40 Queen's Pawn Game 11. D Saxton vs Seirawan   0-1 66 1975 76th US Open A40 Queen's Pawn Game 12. Seirawan vs A Bisguier 1-0 53 1975 76th US Open A28 English 13. J Peters vs Seirawan ½-½ 47 1975 76th US Open B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 14. Benko vs Seirawan 1-0 56 1975 76th US Open B08 Pirc, Classical 15. Miles vs Seirawan 1-0 60 1976 Lone Pine B08 Pirc, Classical 16. Seirawan vs J Meyers ½-½ 100 1976 Lone Pine A34 English, Symmetrical 17. F Street vs Seirawan ½-½ 25 1976 Lone Pine A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 18. Seirawan vs D Berry   0-1 39 1976 Lone Pine A07 King's Indian Attack 19. de Firmian vs Seirawan   ½-½ 28 1976 Lone Pine A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 20. D Fritzinger vs Seirawan   ½-½ 29 1976 Lone Pine B12 Caro-Kann Defense 21. Seirawan vs C Barnes   0-1 30 1976 Lone Pine A25 English 22. Seirawan vs M Diesen   ½-½ 23 1976 United States Championship (Juniors) A28 English 23. de Firmian vs Seirawan 1-0 44 1976 United States Championship (Juniors) B01 Scandinavian 24. Seirawan vs K Regan   1-0 46 1976 United States Championship (Juniors) A10 English 25. M Rohde vs Seirawan 1-0 58 1976 United States Championship (Juniors) B01 Scandinavian  page 1 of 60; games 1-25 of 1,487

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 23 OF 23 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-02-19    saffuna: <Korchnoi said Aronian had infinite more chess talent than Carlsen...lmao> The player with more talent is not necessarily the better player. May-02-19    perfidious: The world is rife with examples of those--and by no means is this true only in chess--with the harder-working of a pair making the most of themselves. May-02-19    saffuna: Not just that--there's mental strength, ability to concentrate, deal with off-the-board factors, etc. May-02-19    beatgiant: <Joshka> <Any other American GM's who can claim these same scalps!??> Kamsky has scalps from Tal, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Carlsen, and Korchnoi. May-02-19    perfidious: <saffuna>, in one of the Baseball Abstracts, James quotes a manager discussing talent in what I considered an incisive way--do not believe he even mentioned the manager's name, but it went something to the effect of 'What the hell is talent? Talent is just doing what you're supposed to do' or some such words. May-02-19    moronovich: <saffuna: Not just that--there's mental strength, ability to concentrate, deal with off-the-board factors, etc.> Things which also can be improved by hard work. May-02-19    keypusher: People think of talent as something you’re born with and hard work, gumption, strong nerves etc as something you do for yourself, but in fact all psychological traits are substantially heritable (see Robert Plomim, Blueprint). It’s not particularly relevant here anyway. I think MC has better nerves and probably superior physical endurance than Aronian, but is that enough to explain his superiority over him? I doubt it. Korchnoi was talking rot. May-02-19    saffuna: Of course the ability to concentrate and hold your nerve during a game could be considered a talent. May-05-19    Helios727: Too bad Bobby chose to belittle him on the radio shows that came later. Jul-23-19    PawnSac: < In July, 1990, he was #10 on the FIDE rating list at 2635. > and today #10 is almost 130 pts higher. talk about rating inflation! But the Yaz is a very fine positional player. I enjoy his live commentary very much, and my pet peeve is when lesser players talk over him. He is very reserved but usually has some excellent observations. Nov-05-19    WorstPlayerEver: Chessbrah uploaded some masterclasses with Seirawan: https://m.youtube.com/user/chessbra... Mar-24-20    edbermac: Happy 60th Birthday Yaz! https://en.chessbase.com/post/congr... Mar-24-20    hansj: Happy Birthday Yasser! Aug-12-20    Dionysius1: I yield to no-one in my respect for the impact Yasser has had, with his negotiating as well as his playing skills. But my goodness, I can't think of anyone who can speak such a high proportion of logically superfluous words! They feel comfortable enough until I begin to catch on and then counting the superfluous to the useful gets obsessive. His books don't have the same drawback - they've quite a strong narrative/analytical thrust. Aug-12-20    harrylime: Gotta say I really warmed to him handling that 9 year old today ... chess youtube chat was toxic with all kinds of sewer garbage ... Respects Yasser x Aug-12-20    Dionysius1: Hear! hear! Sep-07-20    Everett: <memberMay-02-19 beatgiant: <Joshka> <Any other American GM's who can claim these same scalps!??> Kamsky has scalps from Tal, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Carlsen, and Korchnoi.> Kamsky certainly didn’t become great from his time as a US citizen. Nov-02-20    offramp: Here is a poem by James Joyce. He wasn't a very good poet. <Frail the white rose and frail are Her hands that gave Whose soul is sere and paler Than time's wan wave.> See the last two lines?: <Whose soul is <sere> and paler Than time's <wan> wave.> Oct-12-21    suenteus po 147: <offramp> Did you actually read all of Chamber Music, or just that one poem? May-26-23    Mathematicar: Seirewan is the modern-day Capablanca. May-26-23    Mathematicar: <saffuna> Exatcly. I doubt Carlsen is the most talented player out there. Nakamura is more talented and more intelligent, but that is not entirely what is chess about. Jul-22-23    saffuna: I stumbled upon a 1991 issue of "Inside Chess." What a marvelous magazine. In those pre-Internet days I waited for my copy to arrive every two weeks, then inhaled the content. Years later the magazine switched to monthly (due to postage costs) and it wasn't quite the same, was no longer delivering the latest news. It was fun to look at the ads: Chess Laboratories Zarkov 2.5 and Bookup 7, Chess Replay ($49.95), Chessbase KnightStalker, The ChessMachine (1991 Absolute World Microcomputer Chess Champion), "Great New Books from Chess Digest." Dec-17-24    Open Defence: Is his interview with this player? Ann Matnadze Bujiashvili In his bio it says "Unknown player" due to some link error I think Mar-24-25    Stonehenge: Happy 65th birthday :) Mar-24-25    hansj: Happy Birthday Uncle Yaz! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 23) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 23 OF 23 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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