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Boris Grachev
B Grachev 
 

Number of games in database: 1,256
Years covered: 1995 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2586 (2592 rapid, 2501 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2705
Overall record: +311 -97 =455 (62.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 393 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (140) 
    D02 A46 A40 A45 A41
 English (67) 
    A15 A13 A10 A14 A18
 Slav (49) 
    D12 D11 D15 D10 D17
 King's Indian (47) 
    E63 E62 E60 E69 E61
 Nimzo Indian (30) 
    E32 E46 E44 E20 E38
 Queen's Gambit Declined (26) 
    D37 D31 D30 D35 D38
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (220) 
    B46 B40 B48 B47 B45
 Sicilian Taimanov (114) 
    B46 B48 B47 B45 B49
 Queen's Gambit Declined (93) 
    D30 D37 D31 D35 D36
 Semi-Slav (55) 
    D47 D45 D43 D44
 French Defense (35) 
    C11 C10 C03 C07 C02
 Queen's Pawn Game (32) 
    D02 D00 A50 A46 A45
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   C Mangione vs B Grachev, 2015 0-1
   B Grachev vs Kamsky, 2008 1-0
   A Gavrilov vs B Grachev, 2007 0-1
   B Grachev vs P Savosto, 2001 1-0
   B Grachev vs Y Zinchenko, 2010 1-0
   Shirov vs B Grachev, 2011 1/2-1/2
   B Grachev vs Ponomariov, 2010 1-0
   B Grachev vs V Akobian, 2009 1-0
   B Grachev vs Gelfand, 2008 1-0
   V Seliverstov vs B Grachev, 2014 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Moscow Open Young GM (2011)
   European Club Cup (2012)
   London Chess Classic Open (2013)
   9th Mayors Cup Open (2016)
   Chigorin Memorial (2012)
   Voronezh Master Open (2017)
   European Championship (2008)
   European Championship (2009)
   Russian Team Championship (Premier) (2019)
   Chigorin Memorial Classic Open (2010)
   European Championship (2017)
   Russian Team Championship (2011)
   European Championship (2015)
   MrDodgy Invitational 3 (2022)
   European Championship (2013)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   zz08 - London System 2 (A46/A48) by whiteshark
   5. b4 makes Stan snore by Sergio X Garcia
   5. b4 by Chess Guard

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-RUS Premier
   V Zarubitski vs B Grachev (May-05-25) 0-1
   A O Zakharov vs B Grachev (May-04-25) 1/2-1/2
   M Kulaev vs B Grachev (May-02-25) 1/2-1/2
   B Grachev vs M I Gilfanov (Apr-30-25) 1-0
   M Volkov vs B Grachev (Apr-29-25) 0-1

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BORIS GRACHEV
(born Mar-27-1986, 39 years old) Russia
PRONUNCIATION:
[what is this?]
FM (1995); International Master (2002); Grandmaster (2007).

Summary of Career: Grachev became an FM when he was 9 and became the U10 Champion of the World in 1995. He has also been the U10, U16, U18 and U20 Russian champion. He won the Lublin GM (2009) (1) and the Biel Open (2009). (2) 2nd in the II Lublin Union Memorial (Poland) 9-18 May 2010. (3) He qualified for the World Cup (2011) through his results in the European Individual Championships (2010), defeating Evgeny Romanov in the first round, but losing to Vietnamese super-GM Le Quang Liem in the second round. He came 5th in the Moscow Open - A in 2014, half a point from the leaders. (4) His =5th in the European Individual Championship (2015) with 7.5/11 earned him a place in the World Cup (2015) (5) from which he was eliminated after losing to Alexander Motylev in the first round's blitz tiebreakers after the standard games and the two sets of rapid tiebreakers were drawn.

References: Wikipedia article: Boris Grachev; Photo: http://www.bidmonfa.com/grachev_bor...; Playchess handle: guenplen.

Footnotes and sources: (1) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr224...; (2) http://bielchessfestival.ch/en/mast...; (3) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr322...; (4) http://chess-results.com/tnr123307....; (5) Wikipedia article: Chess World Cup 2015


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 page 1 of 51; games 1-25 of 1,256  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B Grachev vs M Nikolov  1-0281995Wch U10B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
2. E Mirzoeva vs B Grachev 1-0561996Kasparov Cup opA07 King's Indian Attack
3. B Grachev vs Khismatullin  0-1301996Volgograd opB40 Sicilian
4. B Grachev vs D Losev  0-1501996Moscow Open ChampionshipB53 Sicilian
5. E Lopatskaya vs B Grachev  1-0301996Moscow Open ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
6. A Dobrotin vs B Grachev  0-1191996Moscow Open ChampionshipC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
7. B Grachev vs A Chudinovskikh  0-1561996Moscow Open ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
8. B Grachev vs V V Khromov  1-0491996Moscow Open ChampionshipB03 Alekhine's Defense
9. Kosteniuk vs B Grachev  1-0611996Moscow Open ChampionshipC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
10. Y Bobrov vs B Grachev  0-1411996Moscow Open ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
11. B Grachev vs V G Afanasiev  1-0231996Moscow Open ChampionshipB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
12. A Verner vs B Grachev  1-0281996Moscow Open ChampionshipA21 English
13. B Grachev vs I Mikhaylova  0-1451996Moscow Open ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
14. V Belov vs B Grachev  1-0431996Kasparov Cup opC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
15. M Kansafarov vs B Grachev  ½-½221996Moscow Open ChampionshipC26 Vienna
16. B Grachev vs Kholmov  0-1261996RUS-Cup2C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
17. B Grachev vs E Vorobiov  0-1421997Moscow-chB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
18. E Alekseev vs B Grachev  1-0411998Moscow Kasparov CupB22 Sicilian, Alapin
19. B Grachev vs A Pashikian  ½-½561998Wch U12C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
20. B Grachev vs S Megaranto  1-0301998Wch U12B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
21. B Grachev vs Radjabov  0-1551998Wch U12C05 French, Tarrasch
22. A Volokitin vs B Grachev  ½-½431999Baku-C U18B83 Sicilian
23. B Grachev vs M Gagunashvili  1-0391999Baku-C U18B33 Sicilian
24. B Grachev vs Radjabov  0-1291999Baku-C U18C05 French, Tarrasch
25. B Grachev vs Kholmov  ½-½412000Moscow Kasparov CupE20 Nimzo-Indian
 page 1 of 51; games 1-25 of 1,256  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-19-06  clocked: Anyone have any info on this player? Rating has not moved in 3 years, but he is the current best on icc's 5-minute list...
Mar-12-06  Dennis Plott: I believe he just won the under 20 championship of Russia.
Feb-18-08  BIDMONFA: Boris Grachev

GRACHEV, Boris
http://www.bidmonfa.com/grachev_bor...
_

Oct-16-08  bauernfresser: And now that he is in the Top 100, still nobody knows nothing about him?
Apr-07-09  notyetagm: <DCP23: GM Boris Grachev (aka Guenplen on Playchess) remains on 100% with 4 points out of 4 games played, and a perfomance rating of 3263, the official site tells us. Of course that figure is next to useless with a 100% result but still -- impressive.>

At the 2009 Russian Team Championship.

Apr-07-09  DCP23: <bauernfresser: And now that he is in the Top 100, still nobody knows nothing about him?>

We know everything about him :) Depends on what do you want to hear.

He is a GM, currently rated 2652 which makes him #75 in the World and #19 in Russia.

Born on March 27, 1986, in Moscow. His dad taught him chess when he was 4. He became World Champion under 10 in 1995, and that tourney (held in Brasil) earned him an FM title. He was 9 years old.

He is Russian Champion under 10, under 16, under 18, and under 20.

He plays on Playchess as 'guenplen'.
He is considered one of the very best in the world at ultra-fast time controls, such as 1+0. Many other GMs, including famous blitz specialists, often ask him for advice on some finer points of Internet blitzing, such as what mouse should they use etc.

He is 6'3" tall, which makes him 2" shorter than Kramnik ;)

Anything else you would like to know?

Jun-06-09  Winter: Congratulations Boris for a convincing win @ Lublin...

Placed a bet on you and I won...

More championships to come...

***

Jun-08-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Troller: Yes, congrats to Boris. Maybe he will be better known a year from now if he continues climbing up the ratings list.
Aug-02-09  malthrope: <DCP23: <bauernfresser: And now that he is in the Top 100, still nobody knows nothing about him?> We know everything about him :) Depends on what do you want to hear. [...]>

Re: GM Boris Grachev

Nice job there <DCP23> - me thinks you covered it quite well. Very impressive resume! :)

Aug-02-09  DCP23: <malthrope: Nice job there <DCP23> - me thinks you covered it quite well. Very impressive resume! :)>

Thanks, <mal>!

Since then, Grachev climbed to 2669 and #60 World, #15 Russia. He's moving in the right direction it seems.

Aug-02-09  malthrope: <DCP23: <malthrope: Nice job there <DCP23> [...]>

Thanks, <mal>!

Since then, Grachev climbed to 2669 and #60 World, #15 Russia. He's moving in the right direction it seems>

He sure is! <moving in the right direction>

^Up^ - ^up^ - ^UP^ and away...

May he have continued success! ;)

Nov-12-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Then 2684, and now 2652. Tournaments wins in 2009:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr224... (Lublin GM) http://bielchessfestival.ch/en/mast... (Biel Open)

Pictures:
http://www.scacchierando.net/public... http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/...

Mar-27-10  wordfunph: GM Boris Grachev's ICC handle is guenplen.

happy birthday Boris!

May-20-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: 2nd today in the II Lublin Union Memorial (Poland) 9-18 May 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr322...

Feb-22-11  notyetagm: An excellent tactic from a Grachev bullet(!) game on ICC:

[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.05.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "MTurov"]
[Black "Vidocq"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[ECO "D52"]
[NIC "SL.01"]
[Time "17:31:08"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. e4 Qc7 14. e5 Nd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 a6 17. Qe2 Qb8 18. Bxa6 Rfe8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nb5 Nb8 21. a3 Nc6 22. b4 Ra8 23. Kf1 Rec8 24. Rc2 Nb8 25. Rec1 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Nd7 27. Nd2 Rc8 28. Nb3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qa6 30. Qd3 Qa4 31. Ke2 Nb8 32. f4 Nc6 33. Kd2 Bxb4+ 34. axb4 Nxb4 35. Nc3 Qxb3 0-1

Jan-05-12  Korifej: Congratulations to Boris Grachev,the winner of Hilton Open and 2705,9 live rating.
Mar-07-12  plimko: Boris Grachev is the top seeded player in 6th Agzamov Memorial in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Official site:
http://uzchess.uz/

on 'Scacchi Internazionali':
http://biker60.wordpress.com/2012/0...

Mar-27-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy Birthday Grachev.
Oct-31-13  falso contacto: elo 2669 and nº79 in the world today.
Mar-27-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to GM Grachev!
Mar-27-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Boris Grachev.
Nov-01-16  sonia91: Grachev won this year's both the Moscow Blitz Championship (on tiebreak from Alexander Morozevich, who didn't show up for the armageddon playoff: http://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/boris...) and the Moscow Rapid Championship (http://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/boris...).
Mar-27-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here's a couple dozen puzzles from Boris's games: http://wtharvey.com/grac.html Find the winning moves.

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