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Alexander Fominyh

Number of games in database: 414
Years covered: 1984 to 2016
Last FIDE rating: 2167 (2390 rapid, 2349 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2594
Overall record: +149 -77 =188 (58.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (43) 
    E60 E63 E62 E67 E91
 Queen's Pawn Game (28) 
    E10 D02 A40 A46 E00
 Slav (21) 
    D11 D12 D15 D10
 English (16) 
    A15 A13 A10 A11 A17
 Queen's Indian (15) 
    E15 E17 E16
 Catalan (15) 
    E04 E06 E08
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (87) 
    B47 B30 B44 B40 B42
 Sicilian Taimanov (32) 
    B47 B46 B48 B49
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (31) 
    D25 D20 D27 D24 D29
 Modern Benoni (17) 
    A57 A58 A59 A56
 English, 1 c4 c5 (16) 
    A30 A34 A32 A36
 Benko Gambit (16) 
    A57 A58 A59
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Fominyh vs Z Rahman, 2004 1-0
   A Fominyh vs Sveshnikov, 1995 1-0
   Tkachiev vs A Fominyh, 1997 1/2-1/2
   A Fominyh vs Yurtaev, 1995 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Russian Club Championship (1999)
   Balassagyarmat (1990)
   Bela Crkva Open (1990)
   Russian Championship (1995)
   Ubeda Open (2001)
   Budapest Spring Open (1990)
   Russian Championship (1996)
   Czech Open (1993)
   Chigorin Memorial Open (2000)
   Russian Championship (2000)
   Petrov Memorial Open (2000)
   Czech Open (1994)
   Oberwart Open (1991)
   Valle d'Aosta Open (2001)
   Katowice Fibak Open (1993)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Ikh Nuudel GM
   A Fominyh vs R Khusnutdinov (Sep-27-16) 1/2-1/2
   A Fominyh vs B Munguntuul (Sep-25-16) 1/2-1/2
   A Fominyh vs S Golubov (Dec-08-14) 1/2-1/2
   A David vs A Fominyh (Dec-13-12) 1-0
   A Fominyh vs G N Gopal (Dec-12-12) 1/2-1/2

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ALEXANDER FOMINYH
(born Jun-15-1959, 66 years old) Russia

[what is this?]
Alexander Ivanovich Fominyh is a Grandmaster (1993). He was born in Novosibirsk*.

*Wikipedia article: Novosibirsk


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 page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 414  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Fominyh vs V Zhuravliov  0-1411984Soviet Army Team ChampionshipE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
2. Dvoirys vs A Fominyh  ½-½321988RSFSR ChampionshipB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
3. A Fominyh vs V Doroshkievich  0-1361988RSFSR ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. J Meister vs A Fominyh  ½-½621988RSFSR ChampionshipA81 Dutch
5. R Gabdrakhmanov vs A Fominyh  1-0431988RSFSR ChampionshipA22 English
6. Kholmov vs A Fominyh  ½-½321988RSFSR ChampionshipB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
7. A Fominyh vs A Baburin  ½-½541988RSFSR ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
8. Gleizerov vs A Fominyh  1-0211988RSFSR ChampionshipA92 Dutch
9. Pigusov vs A Fominyh  ½-½261988RSFSR ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
10. A Raetsky vs A Fominyh  ½-½551988RSFSR ChampionshipD24 Queen's Gambit Accepted
11. A Budnikov vs A Fominyh  1-0211988RSFSR ChampionshipA97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
12. A Fominyh vs M Sorokin  0-1251988RSFSR ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. A Fominyh vs V Ruban  0-1241988RSFSR ChampionshipE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
14. A Fominyh vs Yakovich  0-1331988RSFSR ChampionshipD22 Queen's Gambit Accepted
15. A Fominyh vs V Yandemirov  0-1601988RSFSR ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
16. A Fominyh vs V Zilberstein  ½-½591988RSFSR ChampionshipD72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line
17. Antoshin vs A Fominyh  0-1621988RSFSR ChampionshipB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
18. Tseshkovsky vs A Fominyh  1-0381989Budapest Spring OpenB49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
19. A Fominyh vs R Gocheva  1-0281989Budapest Spring OpenA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
20. A Fominyh vs V Moskalenko  1-0361990Budapest HerbstlichA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
21. O Barishev vs A Fominyh  0-1461990Bela Crkva OpenB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
22. A Fominyh vs V Zhelnin  0-1441990Bela Crkva OpenE60 King's Indian Defense
23. A Fominyh vs Gleizerov  0-1371990Bela Crkva OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
24. A Fominyh vs Lengyel  1-0411990Budapest HerbstlichA07 King's Indian Attack
25. A Fominyh vs M Kruskic  1-0391990Bela Crkva OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-12-06  BIDMONFA: Alexander Fominyh

FOMINYH, Alexander
http://www.bidmonfa.com/fominyh_ale...
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Jan-06-09  WhiteRook48: he started his career pretty late in my opinion
Jun-15-09  wordfunph: He earned his GM title in 1993..

Happy Birthday GM Alexander Fominyh!

Jan-06-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Not much of a bio.
Jun-15-12  brankat: "Brevity is the soul of Wit." :-)

Happy Birthday GM Fominyh!

Oct-12-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Winner of the 2012 Ram Prasad Gautam Memorial International Chess Tournament in Nepal, which was the first international tournament held in the country.
Jun-15-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to GM Fominyh!
Jun-17-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here are some mates and combinations from Fominyh's games: http://wtharvey.com/fomi.html Find the winning move.

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