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Bachar Kouatly
B Kouatly 
Illustration courtesy of Eric Petit.  

Number of games in database: 416
Years covered: 1974 to 2001
Last FIDE rating: 2453 (2455 rapid, 2436 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2515
Overall record: +116 -118 =178 (49.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 4 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Nimzo Indian (30) 
    E30 E32 E20 E31 E39
 Modern Benoni (28) 
    A57 A69 A67 A56 A70
 King's Indian (24) 
    E76 E94 E77 E92 E91
 Queen's Pawn Game (20) 
    E10 A40 A41 E00 A46
 Queen's Gambit Declined (14) 
    D31 D38 D36 D30 D06
 Orthodox Defense (11) 
    D55 D54 D63 D56 D50
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (90) 
    B33 B45 B31 B32 B22
 Grunfeld (60) 
    D85 D86 D91 D97 D76
 English (25) 
    A15 A16
 Sicilian Taimanov (16) 
    B45
 English, 1 c4 e5 (7) 
    A22 A20 A29 A21
 Queen's Pawn Game (6) 
    D02 A45
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Kouatly vs J Piket, 1990 1-0
   B Kouatly vs The World, 2001 1-0
   B Kouatly vs E Preissmann, 1983 1-0
   Ftacnik vs B Kouatly, 1984 1/2-1/2
   T Yilmaz vs B Kouatly, 1984 1/2-1/2
   G Andruet vs B Kouatly, 1988 0-1
   Kasparov vs B Kouatly, 1988 1/2-1/2
   B Kouatly vs Portisch, 1982 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Noviki-B (1987)
   Augsburg 1988/89 (1988)
   Regency Masters B (1979)
   Marseille (1988)
   French Championship (1991)
   Marseille (1987)
   Berlin U20 1975/76 (1976)
   Tirnavia (1986)
   Haringey Masters (1988)
   World Junior Championship (1975)
   World Junior Championship 1976/77 (1976)
   World Junior Championship (1977)
   Caorle Open (1981)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1984)
   Manila Olympiad (1992)

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BACHAR KOUATLY
(born Mar-03-1958, 67 years old) Syria (federation/nationality France)

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Bachar Kouatly was born in Damascus, Syria. Awarded the IM title in 1975 and the GM title in 1989, he was French Champion in 1979. In tournaments he was 2nd= at Marseille in 1988 and 2nd= at Geneva 1988.

Wikipedia article: Bachar Kouatly

Last updated: 2019-02-14 11:36:55

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 page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 416  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B Kouatly vs H Gruenberg  ½-½311974Unofficial World Cadets Championship (u18)A58 Benko Gambit
2. P Thipsay vs B Kouatly  1-0421975World Junior ChampionshipB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
3. B Kouatly vs S Al Attar  ½-½331975World Junior ChampionshipE41 Nimzo-Indian
4. C Hoi vs B Kouatly  1-0531975World Junior ChampionshipD80 Grunfeld
5. O I Barkan vs B Kouatly  ½-½521975World Junior ChampionshipB61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2
6. B Kouatly vs A Slimani  1-0431975World Junior ChampionshipD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. C Ghysels vs B Kouatly  0-1411975World Junior ChampionshipB25 Sicilian, Closed
8. B Kouatly vs S Vincent  ½-½311975World Junior ChampionshipE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
9. B Kouatly vs E Rayner  ½-½351975World Junior ChampionshipD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
10. V Gaspar vs B Kouatly  ½-½401975World Junior ChampionshipA16 English
11. B Kouatly vs A Pablo Marin  0-1361975World Junior ChampionshipE77 King's Indian
12. B Kouatly vs D Taruffi  ½-½151975World Junior ChampionshipE56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6
13. Petursson vs B Kouatly  0-1261975World Junior ChampionshipA15 English
14. B Kouatly vs Chandler  1-0531975World Junior ChampionshipD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
15. D Goodman vs B Kouatly  ½-½161975Berlin U20 1975/76D90 Grunfeld
16. B Kouatly vs T Raupp  1-0281975Berlin U20 1975/76A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
17. B Kouatly vs R Ekstrom  0-1481975Berlin U20 1975/76E16 Queen's Indian
18. B Kouatly vs S Lahtela  1-0211975Berlin U20 1975/76A81 Dutch
19. A Bartmann vs B Kouatly  0-1371975Berlin U20 7576+D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
20. B Kouatly vs N J Fries-Nielsen  0-1421976Berlin U20 1975/76D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. J Fleck vs B Kouatly  0-1381976Berlin U20 1975/76B33 Sicilian
22. B Kouatly vs P Ammann  ½-½581976Berlin U20 1975/76A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
23. W Hartmann vs B Kouatly  1-0121976Berlin U20 1975/76B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
24. B Kouatly vs M Diesen  ½-½161976World Junior Championship 1976/77E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line
25. T Klauner vs B Kouatly  0-1491976World Junior Championship 1976/77A16 English
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-01-04  Knight13: This guy beat the world! What a strong player!
Sep-03-06  Manic: Lol nice picture
Sep-03-06  Benzol: He looks like a Bank President or a Movie Mogul.
Sep-03-06  EmperorAtahualpa: <chessgames.com> The link to Eric Petit's website does not work!
Feb-28-07  Themofro: Love that picture.
Mar-23-08  wolfmaster: That picture looks a tiny bit more like a drawing than a photo... Anyone know whether it's a photo or a drawing?
Aug-05-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: This photo would be adequate:

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2007/...

Jun-10-09  hedgeh0g: Ah...the resemblance is uncanny.
Aug-15-11  wordfunph: "He sometimes seems to want to invent chess anew right from the first opening moves."

- GM John van der Wiel (on IM Bachar Kouatly in the 1985 Brussels tournament)

Mar-03-12  wordfunph: nice pic, that's my type of hair --- flat top! :)

happy birthday GM Kouatly!

Jul-05-12  kasputine: Here's a photo with beard:

http://www.perlukafarinn.is/skaksam...

For instance Bachar Kouatly is the editor-in-chief of the famous french chess magazine "Europe Echecs"

Jul-05-12  kasputine: Kasparov-Karpov 1990 WCh match by Bachar Kouatly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUqx...

Jul-05-12  kasputine: Bachar Kouatly emigrated to France after he became IM in 1975 and became in 1989 the first ever french GM !
Mar-03-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Bachar Koualty.

Please give this guy a photo instead of a cartoon.

Dec-13-16  Nina Myers: Not my president
http://www.chessdom.com/bachar-koua...
Feb-14-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Nice picture!

Anyway, Koualty was on hand with FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich and IM Sophie Milliet to "promote FIDE's bid for Olympic inclusion".

https://www.insidethegames.biz/arti...

Mar-03-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Bon anniversaire to Bachar Koualty!

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