ALEXANDER BELIAVSKY (born Dec-17-1953, 71 years old) Ukraine (federation/nationality Slovenia) PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] International Master (1973); Grandmaster (1975); FIDE Senior Trainer (2004). Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky was born in Lviv, in what is now Ukraine. He now lives in Slovenia and plays for its Olympiad team. He is noted for his uncompromising style of play and for his classical opening repertoire, including openings such as the Queen's Gambit, Ruy Lopez and French Defence. He shares with Paul Keres and Viktor Korchnoi the record for defeating the most undisputed world champions (nine), having beaten every world champion from Vasily Smyslov (7th) through Magnus Carlsen (16th) except for Robert James Fischer. Beliavsky won the World Junior Championship in 1973, thereby automatically earning the title of International Master. Just a year later, he won the USSR Championship (1974) with Mikhail Tal (1). He won the USSR Championship thrice more, winning the 48th USSR Championship (1980) (2), USSR Championship (1987) (winning the USSR Championship playoff (1987) against Valery Salov), and winning the USSR Championship (1990) on tiebreak over Leonid Yudasin, Evgeny Bareev and Alexey Vyzmanavin (3). Beliavsky placed second to Garry Kasparov at the 1982 Moscow Interzonal, but lost their Candidates Match (1983) in the first round of the cycle by 3-6 (+1 -4 =4). He finished second to Artur Yusupov at the Tunis Interzonal (1985), but placed seventh in the Montpellier Candidates (1985) (a point behind the tournament winners, and outside the top four needed to qualify for the Candidates Matches). (4) Beliavsky placed =1st (4th on tiebreak) in the European Championship (2013) to qualify for the World Cup (2013), where he lost to Chinese GM Yangyi Yu in the tiebreaker of the first round match. Beliavsky achieved a perfect score (13-0), virtually unheard of in modern high-level chess, at Alicante 1978, defeating among others four GMs and two IMs. He finished first at Frunze (1979), equal first (with Boris Spassky) at Baden (1980), first at Interpolis 5th (1981), equal first (with Viktor Korchnoi) at Hoogovens (1984), first at the 9th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1985), first at Munich (1990), and first at Amsterdam OHRA (1990). Beliavsky won the Vidmar Memorial tournament four times: in 1999, 2001, 2003 (with Emil Sutovsky) and 2005. He finished third at Linares (1991), behind Vasyl Ivanchuk and Garry Kasparov. At the second USSR vs. Rest of the World (1984) match, he was the top scorer for the Soviet team, defeating Yasser Seirawan 2–0 and Bent Larsen 1½–½. His dominant performance enabled the Soviets to win the match 21-19. Wikipedia article: Alexander Beliavsky (1) [rusbase-1]; (2) [rusbase-2]; (3) [rusbase-3]; (4) http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc... Last updated: 2023-12-17 07:25:27

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page 1 of 121; games 1-25 of 3,017  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Vladimirov vs A Beliavsky   0-1 53 1967 Leningrad CC-ch D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. A Beliavsky vs Vaganian   0-1 62 1968 USSR Junior Championship B02 Alekhine's Defense 3. Dvinianinov vs A Beliavsky   0-1 30 1968 USSR Junior Championship C45 Scotch Game 4. G Fedorov vs A Beliavsky 1-0 31 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup B89 Sicilian 5. A Beliavsky vs V Akimov 1-0 48 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup D02 Queen's Pawn Game 6. L Zolotonos vs A Beliavsky   0-1 40 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 7. A Beliavsky vs G Barenboim   1-0 43 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 8. V Lipman vs A Beliavsky   0-1 43 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup C44 King's Pawn Game 9. V Vorobiev vs A Beliavsky   0-1 53 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 10. A Beliavsky vs Koolmeister   1-0 41 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 11. Kupreichik vs A Beliavsky   1-0 43 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup C77 Ruy Lopez 12. A Beliavsky vs V Gusev   ½-½ 42 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup A57 Benko Gambit 13. K Peebo vs A Beliavsky 1-0 80 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup B06 Robatsch 14. A Beliavsky vs D Kudischewitsch   1-0 90 1968 6th Soviet Team Cup D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 15. A Beliavsky vs B Gendler   1-0 24 1969 URS U18-ch A07 King's Indian Attack 16. Z Gofshtein vs A Beliavsky   0-1 38 1969 URS-chT U18 A14 English 17. A Verner vs A Beliavsky 1-0 46 1969 URS-chT B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 18. A Beliavsky vs A Panchenko   0-1 33 1969 URS-chT A50 Queen's Pawn Game 19. Romanishin vs A Beliavsky   0-1 39 1969 Beltsy B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 20. B Dikarev vs A Beliavsky   0-1 40 1969 Avangard Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. A Beliavsky vs I Kurass   ½-½ 37 1969 Avangard Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. B M Kogan vs A Beliavsky   1-0 45 1969 Avangard Championship E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 23. A Beliavsky vs V Lainburg   ½-½ 17 1969 Avangard Championship D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 24. E Lazarev vs A Beliavsky   ½-½ 45 1969 Avangard Championship A46 Queen's Pawn Game 25. A Beliavsky vs R Pelts   1-0 40 1969 Avangard Championship D94 Grunfeld  page 1 of 121; games 1-25 of 3,017

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-17-09    I play the Fred: It is stunning, the number of great chess players from Ukraine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego... Mar-05-10    Tabanus: Beliavsky recently won the tournament Gotth' Art Cup (Hungary): http://www.chess-results.com/tnr305..., congratulations. Mar-05-10    tud: I remember in 1984 Karpov was playing Kasparov and Soviet Union did not have the number 1 and number 1 for Olympics. And Beliavski took over number 1 board and one the gold medal for board 1 and for Soviet Union. He was one of the best by then. Mar-06-10    HeMateMe: In that Olympiad, both Ks were missing? A grand opportunity for the USA, we did not win? Mar-06-10    Tabanus: <HeHateMe> For the olympiads, why not check http://www.olimpbase.org/. Now click on "Men's Olympiads" (upper left) and select 1984. This should take you here: http://www.olimpbase.org/1984/1984i... and clicking on "Final group standings" should take you here: http://www.olimpbase.org/1984/1984f... - USA ended third. Mar-06-10    HeMateMe: tx, <Tabanus>, most informative. Those were the days--USA included Nick DeFirmian (bronze medal), Dzindzi, and Walter Browne. Spassky drew 12 of 14 games, the end of Boris as a relevant tournament player. Mar-06-10    dx9293: I'm guessing that Beliavsky is the answer to the new ChessBase "Guess Who?" quiz! <http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...; -It would have to be an "old" grandmaster (to beat people like Smyslov, Tal, and Petrosian) -Who is STILL very strong (to beat people like Anand, Ponomariov, Topalov) -Probably from the Soviet School, to be trained by Spassky and Kasparov -Who emigrated elsewhere (to have recently been the highest rated player in his country). Beliavsky plays for Slovenia. Mar-06-10    HeMateMe: Makes sense, but most of the players think it is nigel Short. Its an old photo of Short that has appeared before. Aug-09-10    suenteus po 147: Beliavsky wins his second consecutive title at the OHRA "Kroon" event here: Game Collection: Amsterdam OHRA 1990 Jan-20-11    wordfunph: In his book Uncompromising Chess, GM Alexander Beliavsky related his first meeting with Botvinnik that took place in his flat in Moscow. After examining his games, Botvinnik subjected them to such scathing criticism that Beliavsky went out to the street and was so mortified and burst out crying. May-09-11    LIFE Master AJ: http://www.echesspedia.com/?page_id... (Possibly a good bio for Beliavsky - not my work, in case you are wondering.) Nov-22-11    siggemannen: Great picture of Beliavsky, Karpov and Tal! Dec-17-11    brankat: Happy Birthday GM Beliavsky! Jun-25-12    Open Defence: he needs an updated bio Nov-08-12    Gottschalk: In Venezuela GM Beliasky won the 1st Libertador Simon Bolivar, sharing the first place with GM Andres Rodriguez Vila from Uruguay. More information with photos: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/n... http://www.chessdom.com/beliavsky-a... http://ajedrez1.com.ve/sitio/2012/1... PGN list to download: http://ratings.fide.com/view_pgn.ph... PGN Viewer: http://www.tabladeflandes.com/visor... ranking initial: http://chess-results.com/tnr81770.a... Congratulations old Beliavsky! Dec-17-12    lost in space: Happy Birthday, Mr . Beljavski. I wish you a very big celebration next year :-) Dec-17-12    Kikoman: Happy Birthday GM Beliavsky! Best Wishes! :D Dec-17-12    talisman: happy birthday to one of the greats. Dec-17-12    brankat: Best wishes for Your Birthday! May-17-13    hellopolgar: So both Alexander Beliavsky and Anna Muzychuk are Ukrainian that emigrated to Slovenia. It seems that Slovenia is a lot richer than Ukraine. (GDP Per capita is 22,192 vs 7,598) Dec-17-13    waustad: He's the only one left in the top 100 (he's now tied for 100-101) who was born before I started school and one of the few left who was born before I started college. With baseball the last MLB player who was older than I was turned out to be Charlie Hough. In chess the last top 100 player older than me was Victor Korchnoi, but he was that for a lot of people. Time passes. Happy 60th! Dec-17-13    HeMateMe: A man of the Karpov era? Apr-12-14    Benzol: If they ever do a movie about him actor Orest Blajkevitch should be the one to play the part. :) May-06-14    Zugzwangovich: I always wondered why Yasser Seirawan frequently called him "Big Al" in the pages of Inside Chess. In a photo of the USSR team at the 1982 Olympiad he looked rather slender and not very tall; only the diminutive Tal was shorter. Dec-17-14    kamagong24: happy birthday! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 6) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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