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Nikolai Gusev
N Gusev 
 

Number of games in database: 54
Years covered: 1949 to 1970
Overall record: +19 -28 =7 (41.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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NIKOLAI GUSEV
(born Oct-18-1922, 102 years old) Russia

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Nikolai Nikolaevich Gusev was awarded the Soviet Master of Sport title in 1961.

Last updated: 2025-04-27 08:24:01

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. N Gusev vs L Sherbakov  0-1331949RostovC34 King's Gambit Accepted
2. Lilienthal vs N Gusev  ½-½281950URS-ch sf TulaD25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
3. N Gusev vs G Kasparian  1-0521950URS-ch sf TulaD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. Simagin vs N Gusev  ½-½491950URS-ch sf TulaE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
5. Suetin vs N Gusev  1-0431950URS-ch sf TulaC41 Philidor Defense
6. N Gusev vs Averbakh  ½-½421950URS-ch sf TulaD95 Grunfeld
7. G Borisenko vs N Gusev  1-0351950URS-ch sf TulaD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
8. A Ufimtsev vs N Gusev  1-0311951URSA21 English
9. V Strekalovski vs N Gusev  1-0321952Ch URS (1/4 final)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
10. A Lein vs N Gusev  0-1221953Ch URS (team) (1/2 final)D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
11. N Krogius vs N Gusev  0-1751954Leningrad Masters & Candidate MastersE03 Catalan, Open
12. N Gusev vs A Geller  0-1411954Leningrad Masters & Candidate MastersA16 English
13. N Gusev vs D Rovner  0-1481954Leningrad Masters & Candidate MastersA13 English
14. N Gusev vs Polugaevsky 0-1351954Leningrad Masters & Candidate MastersA19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation
15. Spassky vs N Gusev 1-0371954Leningrad Masters & Candidate MastersB27 Sicilian
16. N Gusev vs I Birbrager  1-0451955URS-ch qf StalinabadA15 English
17. U Elbekov vs N Gusev  1-0611955URS-ch qf StalinabadB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
18. N Gusev vs Alekhin  ½-½451955URS-ch qf StalinabadA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
19. N Gusev vs A Ufimtsev  0-1281955URS-ch qf StalinabadA10 English
20. K Khanov vs N Gusev  0-1201955URS-ch qf StalinabadD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
21. M Mukhitdinov vs N Gusev  0-1391955URS-ch qf StalinabadB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
22. N Gusev vs Y Krutikhin  ½-½611956URS-ch qf FrunzeA26 English
23. K Khanov vs N Gusev  1-0321956URS-ch qf FrunzeB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
24. Korchnoi vs N Gusev 1-0301956URS-ch qf FrunzeD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. B Nazarov vs N Gusev  1-0501956URS-ch qf FrunzeB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
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Oct-18-17  brainzugzwang: Wow, pretty sketchy bio so far for someone who is still living after 95 years, and just 16 games listed, although those include wins over Ragozin and Polugaevsky (twice with Black). Hope someone can fill in more. But since no one else has jumped in, I'll say it -- Happy 95th Birthday, N. Gusev.
Oct-18-17  gars: Happy Birthday, Nikolay Nicolaevich! This is what I found about you : https://chesstempo.com/gamedb/playe...
Oct-20-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knighthawkmiller: When Nikolai Nikolaevich Gusev was born in 1882, his father, Nikolai Gusev, was 27 and his mother, Mrs. Guseva, was 22. He died in 1967, at the age of 85. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/...
Oct-20-23
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  MissScarlett: How do you square this with the claim he was born in 1922? You must show your working out.
Oct-23-23
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  Honza Cervenka: According to Russian wiki Gusev was a teacher by profession. Since 1946 to 1961 he lived and worked in Tajikistan and during that period he won the championship of Tajik SSR for eleven times. Later he moved to Kazakhstan, where he played for sporting club Dinamo Alma-Ata. In 1964 he tied for the first place together with Noskov and Nikitin in Kazakh championship but then he lost in play-off and Noskov became the champion. He was also quite successful chess trainer, who trained Aida Muslimova among others.
Apr-22-25  Olavi: Worth adding to the database: if anybody ever had a notable game, this surely qualifies. From the database that <gars> provided (I also have a contemporaneous source): [Event "Moscow"][Round "1"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[White "Gusev, Nikolay N"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.O-O Be6 9.f4 Rc8 10.f5 Bd7 11.g4 Ne5 12.g5 Ng8 13.Nd5 f6 14.Be3 b6 15.Nd4 Kf7 16.c3 Qe8 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.fxe6+ Kf8 19.Nxf6 Nxf6 20.gxf6 Bxf6 21.Bh6+ Kg8 22.Rxf6 exf6 23.Qxd6 Rc6 24.Qxe5 fxe5 25.Rf1 Rc8 26.Bd1 Rc4 27.Bb3 b5 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.b3 a5 30.bxc4 Qe7 31.Kg2 Qa3 32.Rf2 Qe7 33.Rf1 g5 34.Rf5 g4 35.c5 Qd8 36.c6 Qe7 37.c7 1-0

Apr-22-25
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  Sally Simpson: Yes Olavi, a smashing game.

Anyone who sees this position...


click for larger view

...cannot help but to get sucked in to play over it.

I've added the Site and Source Tags and submitted it.

Apr-26-25
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  Sally Simpson: <Olavi> I did submit this game not long after the above post. Still in a queue?
Apr-26-25
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  Stonehenge: There's a bug, atm your submissions can only be processed by User: jnpope.
Apr-26-25  Chessdreamer: The game is in the database, Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946
Apr-26-25
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  Sally Simpson: Thanks chessdreamer, it is there with 7 pages of comments. They have spelt Yuri Averbakh as E Auerbach.

I'll send a correction slip.

Apr-26-25
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  Stonehenge: https://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_dso/... has:

E Auerbakh, with <Shahmaty v SSSR 5-1972, p.17> as the source.

Apr-26-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: I was curious about the Gusev Countergambit. I could only find one game in the database he played it, and he was crushed by Korchnoi. Other sites haven't been useful either.

Korchnoi vs N Gusev, 1956

Apr-26-25
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  OhioChessFan: Edward Winter likewise appeals to Shamaty v SSSR

https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...

Apr-26-25
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  Stonehenge: Thanks.

(it really should be here: Yuri Gusev).

Apr-27-25  Olavi: The game was given as Gusev vs. Yuri Averbakh by Euwe in Losbladige in 1951, with detailed analysis by Euwe. So that is the probable source of the mistake.
Apr-27-25  Olavi: It is in Losbladige 25.11.1951, and it is Yuri Gusev there, I didn't look.

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