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Roman Pelts

Number of games in database: 200
Years covered: 1961 to 1992
Last FIDE rating: 2417
Overall record: +68 -59 =73 (52.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (20) 
    A15 A14 A12 A11 A16
 Reti System (19) 
    A04 A06 A05
 King's Indian (17) 
    E62 E66 E80 E86 E77
 English, 1 c4 e5 (6) 
    A25 A21 A22 A26
 Queen's Indian (5) 
    E17 E15 E14 E18
 Grunfeld (4) 
    D78 D75
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (34) 
    B83 B40 B48 B89 B96
 King's Indian (21) 
    E88 E92 E76 E70 E77
 Sicilian Scheveningen (11) 
    B83 B82 B81 B84 B80
 Reti System (6) 
    A04 A05
 Scandinavian (6) 
    B01
 Sicilian Taimanov (5) 
    B48 B46 B45
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Dikarev vs R Pelts, 1964 0-1
   R Pelts vs K Spraggett, 1984 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Avangard Championship (1969)
   Toronto Winter Fest (1987)
   Canadian Championship (1981)
   Canadian Championship (1984)
   Avangard Championship (1963)
   Quebec Open (1980)
   Canadian Open (1980)
   Ukrainian Championship (1964)
   Ukrainian Championship (1968)
   URS-ch sf Spartak-ch (1962)
   Ukrainian Championship (1967)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1984)
   Lucerne Olympiad (1982)

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ROMAN PELTS
(born Aug-11-1937, died Oct-10-2022, 85 years old) Ukraine (federation/nationality Canada)

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Roman Shlomovich Pelts. A FIDE Master (1981), he operated his own Roman Pelts Chess Academy and represented Canada at 3 Olympiads (2nd board, 1988; 4th board, 1984 and alternate, 1982), accumulating 18 points in 28 team games.

References: (1) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ches... , (2) http://chess-math.org/private_lesso... , (3) http://www.olimpbase.org/, (4) http://www.chess.ca/, (5) Wikipedia article: Roman Pelts

Last updated: 2023-09-09 17:23:57

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 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 200  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Lilienthal vs R Pelts  1-0371961Spartak ChampionshipE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
2. R Pelts vs V Sherbakov  1-0281961Spartak ChampionshipA19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation
3. A Sokolsky vs R Pelts 1-0411961MinskA00 Uncommon Opening
4. A Cherepkov vs R Pelts  1-0231961Spartak ChampionshipE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
5. A Makarov vs R Pelts  0-1431961Ukrainian Team ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
6. R Pelts vs Lutikov  ½-½361961Spartak ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
7. R Pelts vs V Berezhnoi  1-0441962Spartakiada UkraineE86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6
8. R Pelts vs A Bannik  ½-½341962URS-ch sf Spartak-chE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
9. R Pelts vs S Zhukhovitsky  0-1361962URS-ch sf Spartak-chA25 English
10. B Gurgenidze vs R Pelts  1-0411962URS-ch sf Spartak-chD64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
11. Y Kotkov vs R Pelts  0-1371962URS-ch sf Spartak-chB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
12. Suetin vs R Pelts  1-0391962URS-ch sf Spartak-chB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
13. R Pelts vs A Khasin  0-1521962URS-ch sf Spartak-chE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
14. Y Estrin vs R Pelts  1-0771962URS-ch sf Spartak-chB01 Scandinavian
15. I Platonov vs R Pelts  0-1381962URS-ch sf Spartak-chB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
16. R Pelts vs R Jakhin  ½-½561962URS-ch sf Spartak-chE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
17. M Govbinder vs R Pelts  ½-½421962URS-ch sf Spartak-chB83 Sicilian
18. R Pelts vs A Cherepkov  ½-½241962URS-ch sf Spartak-chE14 Queen's Indian
19. R Pelts vs Kholmov  ½-½591962URS-ch sf Spartak-chD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
20. V Kirillov vs R Pelts  0-1231962URS-ch sf Spartak-chE86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6
21. P Kondratiev vs R Pelts  1-0421962URS-ch sf Spartak-chE98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
22. R Pelts vs V Sergievsky  1-0341962URS-ch sf Spartak-chA56 Benoni Defense
23. R Pelts vs B Katalymov  0-1441962URS-ch sf Spartak-chA00 Uncommon Opening
24. A Zaitsev vs R Pelts  ½-½501962URS-ch sf Spartak-chE77 King's Indian
25. Y Sakharov vs R Pelts  ½-½141963Avangard ChampionshipC49 Four Knights
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-28-05  lopium: Does anybody has his biography?
Dec-28-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: lopium <Roman Pelts was born in the Ukraine on August 11, 1937. One of the world's leading chess trainers, his accomplishments include the title FIDE Master. With over 40 years of teaching experience, he is the premier chess coach in Canada today.

During his early years in the Soviet Union, he gained recognition as a chess player when he placed second in the USSR Young Masters Championship. He later played board one on the Soviet national team that won the 1964 Students' World Championship at Krakow, Poland.

Roman founded a chess school in his hometown of Odessa in 1959. Seven of his early students became grandmasters: Lev Alburt, Sam Palatnik, Vladimir Tukmakov, Valery Beim, Konstantin Lerner, Leonid Yurtaev, and Boris Kantsler. He was official trainer for the 1971 USSR student team on which future world champion Anatoly Karpov and world candidate Alexander Beliavsky played. Because of his successes, the Ukranian government awarded him the title Honoured Chess Coach.

Roman Pelts came to Canada in 1978, bringing with him the material that forms the basis of Comprehensive Chess Course. Published in 1986, this two volume work was written in collaboration with U.S. champion Lev Alburt. It is widely praised as the finest book of instruction available to schools and parents. >

The complete bio can be found in Roman Pelt's own chess site.

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Dec-30-05  lopium: Interesting, thank you very much!
Mar-31-07  gauer: Some other info: http://web.ncf.ca/bw998/canchess.ht...
Dec-03-07  benjinathan: Mr. Pelts is well known in kids chess in Toronto. In some ways it seems a nit of a comedown from what he once was.
Feb-21-08  DarthStapler: I didn't know Romans wore pelts
Aug-28-08  myschkin: . . .

Seven of his early students became grandmasters: Lev Alburt , Semon Palatnik , Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov , Valery Beim , Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner , Leonid Yurtaev, and Boris Kantsler .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_...

The next generation:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/chessacade...

Sep-29-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Photo gallery: http://nungapunga.com/gallery.html
Mar-16-11  wordfunph: According to GM Mr. Kevin Spragett, largest private collection of chess books in Canada belongs to Mr. Roman Pelts (Thornhill, Ontario), with estimated number of over 1,000 and keeps growing.

http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/sho...

Sep-13-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <benjinathan: Mr. Pelts is well known in kids chess in Toronto. In some ways it seems a nit of a comedown from what he once was.>

Not every strong master aspires to become world champion-there are some who enjoy giving back what they got, for which I salute <LMAJ>.

This old master isn't cut out for that sort of thing, so hats off to those who do the job.

Dec-31-19  jerseybob: In the '64 Student Olympiad mentioned by <chancho> Pelts-Lombardy went: 1.d4,Nf6 2.Nf3,g6 3.g3,Bg7 4.Bg2,OO 5.OO,d6 6.c4,Nbd7 7.Qc2,e5 8.Rd1,Re8 9.Nc3,e4??! 10.Ne1,e3 11.Bxe3,Rxe3 12.fxe,Ng4 13.Qe4,Nb6 14.h3!,Nf6 15.Qd3 (1-0, 42)
Dec-22-21  PeterPringle: I played two games against Mr. Pelts in 1992, in a simul. He kicked my butt both times lol
Jan-01-22  siggemannen: Pelts didn't do too well in World Team Student Champs in '64: http://www.olimpbase.org/1964y/1964... but he beat Lombardy

Interestingly, only Savon and i guess Kapengut became "famous" from that team. Also, the team was mostly retained for next couple of years. Perhaps Soviets didn't prioritize these events.
Kapengut made the team in '68 as well, a bit of professional student, that.

Oct-14-22  Volcanus: https://steelesmemorialchapel.com/c...
Jan-04-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: <DarthStapler: I didn't know Romans wore pelts>

In Clapham, on Tremadoc Road, there were three jewish families. The Roses were orthodox. The Harts were non-religious. The Pelcs were orthodox but they had two rebellious boys. The surname was pronounced (by us) as PELK. I'd imagine that at some point the name was Pelć, i.e. Pelts.

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