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Alexander Potapov
A Potapov 
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Number of games in database: 539
Years covered: 1990 to 2018
Last FIDE rating: 2410 (2325 rapid, 2325 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2530
Overall record: +224 -154 =153 (56.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 8 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (43) 
    E71 E90 E61 E70 E60
 Queen's Pawn Game (28) 
    E00 A40 A41 A46 D02
 Nimzo Indian (26) 
    E20 E59 E43 E41 E53
 Slav (18) 
    D10 D12 D15 D11 D17
 Orthodox Defense (18) 
    D58 D52 D67 D50 D55
 Sicilian (17) 
    B50 B53 B23 B47 B32
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (55) 
    C78 C69 C77 C68 C74
 Dutch Defense (49) 
    A81 A87 A85 A89 A86
 Sicilian (14) 
    B22 B95 B52 B87 B25
 Reti System (13) 
    A04 A06
 Scotch Game (13) 
    C45
 Caro-Kann (13) 
    B12 B18 B10 B13 B14
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Potapov vs D Kelgiorgis, 2000 1-0
   K Soukos vs A Potapov, 2001 0-1
   C Pantaleoni vs A Potapov, 2010 0-1
   A Potapov vs V Karlik, 2002 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   RUS-chT Siberian Zone (2001)
   Mlada Boleslav Open (1995)
   Corinth Open (2000)
   Korinthos Open (2001)
   Pardubice Open-A (2006)
   Czech Open (1999)
   Komercni Banka Open (2002)
   Russian Championship (1994)
   Czech Open-A (2005)
   European Championship (2007)
   European Championship (2010)
   Czech Open A (2009)
   Aeroflot Open-B (2006)
   23rd Czech Open A (2012)
   Pardubice Open-A (2018)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Pardubice Open-A
   A Potapov vs Debashis Das (Jul-28-18) 0-1
   R Hasangatin vs A Potapov (Jul-27-18) 1/2-1/2
   A Potapov vs I Caspi (Jul-26-18) 1-0
   L Jarmula vs A Potapov (Jul-25-18) 1-0
   A Potapov vs A Kislinsky (Jul-24-18) 1-0

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ALEXANDER POTAPOV
(born Jan-05-1969, 56 years old) Russia

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GM (2004) Alexander Yuryevich Potapov. He is also a National Arbiter.

Note: there's another Alexander Potapov, he was born on Dec/11/1961.

Last updated: 2023-12-29 14:14:44

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 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 542  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Deysh vs A Potapov  1-0541990Moscow Festival-BA43 Old Benoni
2. A Potapov vs R Hasangatin  ½-½451992RUS-chTD82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4
3. O Chernikov vs A Potapov  0-1501992RUS-chTA10 English
4. A Potapov vs T Poghosyan  1-0551992RUS-chTE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
5. A Potapov vs E Shevelevich  0-1211992RUS-chTE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
6. A Potapov vs A Cherniaev  0-1241992RUS-chTA10 English
7. E Solozhenkin vs A Potapov  ½-½81992RUS-chTA90 Dutch
8. S Shipov vs A Potapov  1-0551992RUS-chTA55 Old Indian, Main line
9. O Ivanov vs A Potapov  1-0611992RUS-chTA87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation
10. A Kekov vs A Potapov  ½-½651992RUS-chTC77 Ruy Lopez
11. A Potapov vs V Nevostrujev  1-0281992RUS-chTE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
12. A Potapov vs A Rustemov  ½-½651992RUS-chTA80 Dutch
13. E Kalegin vs A Potapov ½-½631993UfaC78 Ruy Lopez
14. A Potapov vs V Karagodin  1-0671993RUS-sfA04 Reti Opening
15. A Terentiev vs A Potapov ½-½801993RUS-sfC47 Four Knights
16. A Potapov vs R N Vasiliev  ½-½101993UfaD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
17. D Berkovich vs A Potapov  ½-½441993UfaA83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
18. A Bezgodov vs A Potapov  1-0411993UfaC78 Ruy Lopez
19. N Tolstikh vs A Potapov  ½-½81993Minsk opC42 Petrov Defense
20. A Potapov vs L Voloshin  1-0421993UfaE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
21. I Ibragimov vs A Potapov  ½-½491993UfaA81 Dutch
22. V Golod vs A Potapov  ½-½231993UfaC45 Scotch Game
23. A Potapov vs S Fer  1-0371993RUS-sfD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. A Potapov vs B Annakov  0-1291993UfaA89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6
25. A Potapov vs A Kozirev  ½-½111993UfaD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-07-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Alexander Potapov, Russia, born 5 January 1969. Current rating 2451, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

GM in 2004. Rating peak 2530 in 2004-2005. Director of the Anatoly Karpov Polar Chess School in Salekhard, Yamal Russia (however perhaps not any more). Possibly related to (father of?) IM Pavel Potapov who is from the same area, cf. e. g. http://yamalchess.ru/htmls/turobzor....

There is also another Alexander Potapov born 1961 and rated 2175, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

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