The chess games of Boris Grachev

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Boris Grachev

Number of games in database: 936
Years covered: 1996 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2608 (2606 rapid, 2625 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2705

Overall record: +237 -73 =381 (61.9%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 245 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Queen's Pawn Game (92)
    D02 A46 A40 A45 D00
English (45)
    A13 A15 A10 A14 A18
Slav (43)
    D12 D11 D15 D10 D17
King's Indian (35)
    E63 E62 E60 E69 E67
Nimzo Indian (23)
    E32 E20 E44 E46 E42
Grunfeld (21)
    D85 D76 D79 D78 D80

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (168)
    B46 B48 B47 B40 B22
Sicilian Taimanov (93)
    B46 B48 B47 B45 B49
Queen's Gambit Declined (68)
    D30 D37 D31 D35 D36
Semi-Slav (49)
    D47 D45 D43 D44
French Defense (26)
    C11 C10 C03 C07 C01
Slav (23)
    D11 D12 D10 D17 D18

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Gavrilov vs B Grachev, 2007 0-1
   B Grachev vs Kamsky, 2008 1-0
   B Grachev vs Akobian, 2009 1-0
   B Grachev vs P Savosto, 2001 1-0
   C Mangione vs B Grachev, 2015 0-1
   B Grachev vs I Iljiushenok, 2014 1-0
   Shirov vs B Grachev, 2011 1/2-1/2
   B Grachev vs M Kobalia, 2013 1-0
   B Grachev vs Gelfand, 2008 1-0
   B Grachev vs Ponomariov, 2010 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   10th European Individual Championship (2009)
   London Chess Classic Open (2013)
   European Club Cup (2012)
   Aeroflot Open (2008)
   European Individual Championship (2008)
   Moscow Open (2015)
   Chigorin Memorial (2012)
   Russian Championship Higher League (2008)
   European Individual Chess Championship (2017)
   Russian Team Championship (Premier) (2019)
   Moscow Open (2007)
   Russian Team Championship (2011)
   European Individual Championship (2010)
   European Individual Championship (2015)
   European Individual Championship (2013)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   zz08 - London System 2 (A46/A48) by whiteshark
   5. b4 by Chess Guard
   5. b4 Compiled by Chess Guard by fredthebear

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 World Blitz Championship
   Sarin Nihal vs B Grachev (Dec-30-19) 1-0, blitz
   B Grachev vs M M Kazhgaleyev (Dec-30-19) 1-0, blitz
   R Castellanos Rodriguez vs B Grachev (Dec-30-19) 1/2-1/2, blitz
   B Grachev vs M Kobalia (Dec-30-19) 1-0, blitz
   Zubov vs B Grachev (Dec-30-19) 1-0, blitz

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BORIS GRACHEV (born Mar-27-1986, 33 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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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. V Belov vs B Grachev		1-0	43	1996	Kasparov Cup op	C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
2. E Mirzoeva vs B Grachev		1-0	56	1996	Cup G.Kasparov	A07 King's Indian Attack
3. M Kanzafarov vs B Grachev		½-½	22	1996	Ch Moscow (open)	C26 Vienna
4. B Grachev vs Kholmov		0-1	26	1996	RUS-Cup2	C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
5. E Alekseev vs B Grachev		1-0	41	1998	Moscow Kasparov Cup	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
6. B Grachev vs Radjabov		0-1	55	1998	Wch U12	C05 French, Tarrasch
7. B Grachev vs Radjabov		0-1	29	1999	Baku-C U18	C05 French, Tarrasch
8. B Grachev vs Kholmov		½-½	41	2000	Moscow Kasparov Cup	E20 Nimzo-Indian
9. B Grachev vs P Savosto		1-0	79	2001	White Nights	D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
10. E Inarkiev vs B Grachev		½-½	45	2001	White Nights	D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
11. B Grachev vs Kuporosov		½-½	19	2001	White Nights	D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
12. A Anjuhin vs B Grachev		½-½	47	2001	White Nights	B23 Sicilian, Closed
13. B Grachev vs I Zakharevich		0-1	58	2001	White Nights	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
14. Potkin vs B Grachev		½-½	20	2001	White Nights	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
15. B Grachev vs I Akimov		1-0	21	2001	White Nights	E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
16. S Klimov vs B Grachev		1-0	44	2001	White Nights	D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
17. B Grachev vs A V Kharitonov		½-½	45	2001	White Nights	A80 Dutch
18. B Grachev vs J Redpath		1-0	36	2001	EYCC B16	E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
19. J Wegerle vs B Grachev		½-½	37	2001	EYCC B16	D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. B Grachev vs S Chapar		1-0	28	2001	EYCC B16	D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
21. M Nemeth vs B Grachev		1-0	22	2001	EYCC B16	B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
22. J Smeets vs B Grachev		0-1	51	2001	EYCC B16	B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
23. B Grachev vs S Porat		1-0	39	2001	EYCC B16	E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
24. N Mamedov vs B Grachev		1-0	40	2001	EYCC B16	B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
25. B Grachev vs N Maiorov		1-0	40	2001	EYCC B16	E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line


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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		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		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		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		Penguincw: Happy Birthday Grachev.

Oct-31-13		falso contacto: elo 2669 and n�79 in the world today.

Mar-27-15		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		WTHarvey: Here's a couple dozen puzzles from Boris's games: http://wtharvey.com/grac.html Find the winning moves.

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