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Viktor Baturinsky

Number of games in database: 52
Years covered: 1933 to 1973
Overall record: +16 -28 =8 (38.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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VIKTOR BATURINSKY
(born Jun-27-1914, died Dec-22-2002, 88 years old) Russia
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Viktor Davidovich Baturinsky was an International Correspondence Master.

Last updated: 2022-02-19 14:47:23

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Nessler vs V Baturinsky  0-1291933Trade Unions Team championshipA04 Reti Opening
2. V Baturinsky vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-1361935Trade Unions Championship sfC00 French Defense
3. V Baturinsky vs Kvitnitsky  0-1331935Trade Unions Championship sfA50 Queen's Pawn Game
4. V Baturinsky vs I Kan  ½-½411935Ch Sud i prokuraturaE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
5. V Baturinsky vs S Tikhenko  1-0341935Ch Sud i prokuraturaB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
6. B Blumenfeld vs V Baturinsky 0-1351935Ch Moscow (1/2 final)C07 French, Tarrasch
7. Capablanca vs V Baturinsky ½-½271935SimulB83 Sicilian
8. V Baturinsky vs Panov 0-1321936Moscow RUSB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
9. V Baturinsky vs Panov  0-1321937Thematic tournamentB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
10. V Zak vs V Baturinsky  1-0301937Ch Trade Unions (1/2 Final)B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack
11. V Baturinsky vs Alekseev  1-0221937Ch Trade Unions (1/2 Final)B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
12. V Baturinsky vs Agarev  0-1361937Ch Trade Unions (1/2 Final)B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
13. V Baturinsky vs A S Sergeev  1-041193818th Ch MoscowB50 Sicilian
14. V Baturinsky vs S Kogan 0-151193818th Ch MoscowB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
15. V Baturinsky vs Smyslov 0-134193818th Ch MoscowC45 Scotch Game
16. V Baturinsky vs A Chistiakov  1-030193818th Ch MoscowC11 French
17. V Baturinsky vs A Polyak  1-0371938Ch Trade Unions (team)C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. V Baturinsky vs V Lyublinsky  0-1401943Ch Moscow (1/2 final)C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
19. I Kan vs V Baturinsky  ½-½431945URS-sf MoscowA54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
20. V Baturinsky vs E Zagoryansky  ½-½411945URS-sf MoscowC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
21. M Kamyshov vs V Baturinsky  1-0431945URS-sf MoscowB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
22. V Baturinsky vs Aronin  1-0431945URS-sf MoscowB58 Sicilian
23. A Budo vs V Baturinsky  ½-½431945URS-sf MoscowE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
24. A Chistiakov vs V Baturinsky  1-0321945URS-sf MoscowE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
25. Bronstein vs V Baturinsky 1-0401945URS-sf MoscowC07 French, Tarrasch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-01-05  MidnightDuffer: Viktor Baturinsky was once the Vice President of the USSR Chess Federation and former director of Moscow's Chess Club. He headed up Karpov's delegation in '78 & '81. A former Secret Police official and the author of a number of chess books, Colonel Baturinsky passed away 12-21-2002.

Apparently, the 1978 World Championship had some; how should I say, had some odd twists to it, perhaps circus atmosphere would be a proper description.

http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/78k... This link may take you to some information on that championship when Baturinsky was in charge of Karpov's delegation.

May-07-05  Catfriend: Baturinski was the head of Karpov's delegations in the matches 1974-1984. He wrote about it a book, highly biased and often riddiculous but giving Karpov's point of view.
May-12-05  Hesam7: Was not Baturinsky who had a fight with Spassky before the 1972 match? I think that he worked with Spassky for a long time.
May-13-05  Catfriend: I think you're confusing him with somebody else, but perhaps he was reluctant to mention Spassky's name in an official Soviet book after Spassky decided not to return to the USSR.
Oct-28-06  Benzol: Wasn't his nickname "Cuddles"?

I remember reading that Spassky lost confidence in Baturinsky just before the 1972 against Fischer.

May-02-09
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  stoy: I understand that Viktor Davidovich was a military prosecutor in the Stalin era who sent many men to their deaths. He was not a nice guy.
Jun-27-13  brankat: Mr.Baturinsky did a lot for the Soviet chess.

R.I.P. Victor Davidovich.

Feb-29-24
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  HeMateMe: Wasn't Baturinsky a despised communist, a guy who found a way to grab power within the Russian chess/sports system? He was also an informant and backstabber.

I was surprised, reading this, that he was a strong player in his own write. I remember reading about how the Korchnoi camp hated him, figured he was just some sleazy bureaucrat.

Feb-29-24  Granny O Doul: Korchnoi once opined that Baturinsky should be "hung, drawn, and quartered" for his role during the Stalin era.

I think some here are confusing him with Bondarevsky.

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