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Riho Liiva

Number of games in database: 159
Years covered: 1977 to 2018
Last FIDE rating: 2443 (2440 rapid, 2542 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2460
Overall record: +36 -21 =44 (57.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 58 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (38) 
    B22 B52 B25 B40 B30
 Caro-Kann (9) 
    B10 B17 B15 B13
 Vienna Opening (7) 
    C28 C25 C26 C27
 King's Indian Attack (5) 
    A07
 French Defense (5) 
    C01 C02 C00
 Four Knights (4) 
    C48 C49
With the Black pieces:
 Slav (16) 
    D11 D10 D12 D13
 Petrov (14) 
    C42 C43
 Sicilian (9) 
    B30 B32 B90 B93 B33
 Semi-Slav (8) 
    D43 D45 D44 D46 D47
 Queen's Gambit Declined (7) 
    D31 D30
 Scandinavian (5) 
    B01
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Liiva vs U Haavisto, 1993 1-0
   R Liiva vs P Gengler, 2007 1-0
   Shirov vs R Liiva, 2006 0-1
   Oll vs R Liiva, 1998 0-1
   R Liiva vs Andersson, 1997 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Keres Memorial (1997)
   European Team Championship (2007)
   European Junior Championship (1995)
   European Junior Championship (1993)
   Dresden Olympiad (2008)
   Turin Olympiad (2006)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Club Cup
   S Nyysti vs R Liiva (Oct-18-18) 1/2-1/2
   R Liiva vs V Babula Sr (Oct-17-18) 1/2-1/2
   A Ledger vs R Liiva (Oct-16-18) 1/2-1/2
   O Danchevski vs R Liiva (Oct-15-18) 1-0
   R Liiva vs S Chanda (Oct-14-18) 0-1

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RIHO LIIVA
(born Jul-04-1975, 50 years old) Estonia

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He is an IM.

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 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 160  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Shur vs R Liiva  1-0261977Ch URS (team) (juniors)B33 Sicilian
2. R Ahundov vs R Liiva  0-1211992World Championship U18D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
3. R Liiva vs M Jonker  0-1571992World Championship U18B07 Pirc
4. R Liiva vs Shulman  0-1431992World Championship U18A07 King's Indian Attack
5. N Merant vs R Liiva  ½-½521992World Championship U18B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
6. H Theissen vs R Liiva  0-1511992World Championship U18D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
7. D Kumaran vs R Liiva  1-0551992World Championship U18D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. R Liiva vs H M A Kadhi  1-0431992World Championship U18B01 Scandinavian
9. R Liiva vs E David  1-0261992World Championship U18B25 Sicilian, Closed
10. I Fancsy vs R Liiva  ½-½281992World Championship U18A09 Reti Opening
11. P Jaracz vs R Liiva  1-0251992World Championship U18B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
12. R Liiva vs V Danilov  ½-½321992World Championship U18C25 Vienna
13. R Liiva vs U Haavisto 1-0191993Hyvinkaa OpenC25 Vienna
14. K Sorri vs R Liiva  0-1471993Hyvinkaa opB32 Sicilian
15. R Liiva vs R Skrebnevskis 1-0191993European Junior ChampionshipC27 Vienna Game
16. R Liiva vs V Babula Sr  1-0391993European Junior ChampionshipB25 Sicilian, Closed
17. V Georgiev vs R Liiva  ½-½281993European Junior ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
18. R Liiva vs O Danielian  0-1611993European Junior ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
19. V Borovikov vs R Liiva  ½-½521993European Junior ChampionshipD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
20. R Liiva vs R Kempinski  1-0271993European Junior ChampionshipB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
21. C Bauer vs R Liiva  1-0511993European Junior ChampionshipA12 English with b3
22. R Liiva vs P H Nielsen  ½-½331993European Junior ChampionshipB10 Caro-Kann
23. J Aagaard vs R Liiva  0-1331993European Junior ChampionshipA09 Reti Opening
24. P Kiriakov vs R Liiva  1-0341993European Junior ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
25. R Liiva vs Shulman  ½-½621993European Junior ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-26-04  fasting: only 9 games in th database? Seems like a very strong player - who is this?? Beats todays player Oll among other strong GMs
Dec-26-04  iron maiden: Riho Liiva is an International Master from Estonia who recently won a rapid tournament ahead of (among others) Khalifman. http://www.maleliit.ee/modules.php?...
Dec-29-04  fasting: Nice link. - Handicap time, a funny way to run tournaments. Of course it gives better chances to lower rated players! Suddently they can win big tournaments and beat the strong GMs. All though I don't think it is that fair for the game; that because you are higher rated you'll get less time.
Jul-24-06  duu: Riho Liiva is one of the fastest players ever... I mean, I've seen him live playing blitz and what can I say... Wow.
Jul-04-10  wordfunph: Estonian IM with current rating of 2451 and a high of 2460..

his collection includes victories against Oll, Chiburdanidze, Ulf Andersson, Westerinen, Gyimesi, Shirov, Agrest, Arizmendi, Sedlak, Perelshteyn, Sasikiran, Gopal..

Jul-04-10  BIDMONFA: Riho Liiva

LIIVA, Riho
http://www.bidmonfa.com/liiva_riho....
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