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Jaan Ehlvest
Ehlvest 
Photography courtesy of United States Chess League.  

Number of games in database: 2,152
Years covered: 1977 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2532 (2468 rapid, 2421 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2640
Overall record: +663 -297 =808 (60.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 384 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (179) 
    B90 B41 B89 B40 B44
 King's Indian (92) 
    E92 E60 E97 E94 E63
 Ruy Lopez (69) 
    C92 C84 C91 C67 C78
 Queen's Indian (59) 
    E15 E12 E17 E14 E18
 English (57) 
    A15 A13 A14 A10 A16
 French Defense (56) 
    C11 C02 C19 C18 C00
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (214) 
    B83 B80 B42 B22 B81
 Sicilian Scheveningen (66) 
    B83 B80 B81 B82 B84
 Queen's Pawn Game (59) 
    A46 A40 A45 A41 D02
 King's Indian (58) 
    E94 E81 E61 E97 E92
 French Defense (57) 
    C07 C11 C02 C10 C16
 Robatsch (55) 
    B06
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Ehlvest vs Andersson, 1988 1-0
   Kramnik vs Ehlvest, 1995 0-1
   Ehlvest vs I Rausis, 1995 1-0
   Ehlvest vs Nakamura, 2009 1/2-1/2
   Ehlvest vs A Beliavsky, 1991 1-0
   Ehlvest vs V Neverov, 2005 1-0
   K Spraggett vs Ehlvest, 1989 0-1
   Ehlvest vs Salov, 1984 1-0
   M Kanep vs Ehlvest, 2003 0-1
   Ehlvest vs Anand, 1989 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2000)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   European Junior Championship 1982/83 (1982)
   Terrassa (1991)
   ESP-URS (1991)
   Zagreb Interzonal (1987)
   New York Open (1994)
   Pula Open (1997)
   USSR Championship (1987)
   URS-ch sf Volgodonsk (1983)
   New York Open (1993)
   URS-ch54 First League Kuybyshev (1986)
   Keres Memorial (1983)
   Kotov Memorial (1984)
   Gibraltar Masters (2007)
   Pro Chess League (2018)
   PRO League Group Stage (2019)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Rotterdam World Cup 1989 by suenteus po 147
   Belfort World Cup 1988 by suenteus po 147
   Reykjavik World Cup 1991 by suenteus po 147
   Tallinn 1985 by Chessdreamer
   Belgrade 1989 by suenteus po 147
   Biel 1996 by suenteus po 147

GAMES ANNOTATED BY EHLVEST: [what is this?]
   Zappa vs Ehlvest, 2005
   Ehlvest vs Zappa, 2005

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Keres Memorial Rapid
   Ehlvest vs O Wartiovaara (Jan-19-25) 0-1, rapid
   T Luukkonen vs Ehlvest (Jan-19-25) 0-1, rapid
   Ehlvest vs C Bauer (Jan-19-25) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   Ehlvest vs M Narva (Jan-19-25) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   Fridman vs Ehlvest (Jan-18-25) 1-0, rapid

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JAAN EHLVEST
(born Oct-14-1962, 62 years old) Estonia (federation/nationality United States of America)

[what is this?]

GM Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest was born in the USSR. He was awarded the IM title in 1982 and the GM title in 1987. He won the European Junior Championship in 1982-83 and was 2nd in the World Junior Championship of 1981. In 1987 he was 3rd= in the 54th USSR Championship, 2nd= at Zagreb, and 1st= at Vrsac. In 1990 he was 1st at Reggio Emilia ahead of Vasyl Ivanchuk and Anatoly Karpov. He also was a World Title Candidate in 1988 but lost his first match (+0, =3, -2) against Artur Yusupov. American Continental Champion at Boca Raton 2008. Placed =2nd at the 2013 Dubai Open.

Wikipedia article: Jaan Ehlvest

Last updated: 2022-08-01 18:37:21

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 page 1 of 87; games 1-25 of 2,152  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Ehlvest vs Kasparov 0-1401977Ch URS (team) (juniors)B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
2. Z Lanka vs Ehlvest  1-0271977Ch URS (team) (juniors)B83 Sicilian
3. A Moldoiarov vs Ehlvest  0-1111977USSR Junior ChampionshipC15 French, Winawer
4. D Gurevich vs Ehlvest  1-0361978Raud MemorialB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
5. N Andrianov vs Ehlvest  0-1271978Match-Tournament(Team)A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation
6. Ehlvest vs M Kozlov  1-0311978Raud MemorialE20 Nimzo-Indian
7. P Kosokin vs Ehlvest  0-1431978USSR Junior ChampionshipB83 Sicilian
8. Ehlvest vs Y Fedoruk  ½-½281978USSR Junior ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
9. O Maiorov vs Ehlvest  0-1431978USSR Junior ChampionshipD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
10. Podolianets vs Ehlvest  0-1361978USSR Team Cup group-2C02 French, Advance
11. Ehlvest vs Y Fedoruk  1-0351978USSR Junior Team ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
12. Ehlvest vs A Ambartsoumian  1-0281978USSR Junior Team ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
13. Kasparov vs Ehlvest 1-0381978USSR Junior Team ChampionshipB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
14. Ehlvest vs A Huzman  0-1271979USSR Junior ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
15. T Khasanov vs Ehlvest  0-1291979USSR Junior ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
16. Ehlvest vs T Khasanov  ½-½631979Junior Selection TournamentE97 King's Indian
17. Ehlvest vs Rozentalis  1-0641979Junior Selection TournamentB10 Caro-Kann
18. Ehlvest vs V Sergeev  ½-½261979Junior Selection TournamentD14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
19. Ehlvest vs Salov  1-0391979Junior Selection TournamentE01 Catalan, Closed
20. A Wojtkiewicz vs Ehlvest  0-1731979Junior Selection TournamentC15 French, Winawer
21. Epishin vs Ehlvest  0-1391979Junior Selection TournamentB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
22. G Toria vs Ehlvest  0-1391979Junior Selection TournamentB83 Sicilian
23. Ehlvest vs A Avshalumov  1-0561979Junior Selection TournamentC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
24. V Bezman vs Ehlvest  0-1271980USSR Junior ChampionshipA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
25. A Wojtkiewicz vs Ehlvest  0-1251980USSR Junior ChampionshipB83 Sicilian
 page 1 of 87; games 1-25 of 2,152  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Apr-04-06  Caissanist: I doubt it, since he's still listed as a foreigner in the USCF list.
Apr-13-06  dakgootje: <Competitive chess (...) is not for women because it is very stressful and harmful to your health.> Uhm...is here someone complaining because he is good in chess? ;-)
Oct-14-06  BIDMONFA: Jaan Ehlvest

EHLVEST, Jaan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/ehlvest_jaa...
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Oct-16-06  Castle In The Sky: I played at the Midwest Class Championship this week in Chicago and Jaan was there playing in the masters. His USCF rating 2666. I am a C player, so I was far far away.
Oct-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <Castle In The Sky> At least you're seated in the same room. With my rating, I'm seated so far away, I'm usually out on the curb playing.
Oct-16-06  Plato: Ehlvest was and continues to be an extremely strong and underestimated Grandmaster.
Nov-10-06  Legend: Ehlvest won the Santo Domingo Open 2006:

http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgat...

Feb-06-07  PhilFeeley: Here's a great game of his from the Carlos Torre Memorial. Milov gets caught out of the oopening with an uncastled king and never recovers. Ehlvest slowly closes the noose and is even able to sac his rook near the end (39...Be6!). The queen and bishops buzz around the king like efficient predators...

[Event "XIX Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2006.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[ECO "E48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Bd6 8. Bd2 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. f3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qb6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Be6 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Kf1 Rac8 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bg1 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qa4 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Rd8 24. Ne2 Bf6 25. g4 Qxb2 26. Bc2 Bd5 27. g5 Bxg5 28. Rg1 Bh6 29. Rg3 b5 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Bd3 Bxa2 32. f4 Qd2 33. Bxb5 Rd8 34. f5 Rd5 35. Qe4 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Bb1 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Rf3 Bxf5 39. Bc4 Be6 40. Bxd5 Qxd5 41. Qa4 Qe5 42. Ng3 Qc5+ 43. Ke2 Bc4+ 44. Ke1 Qe5+ 45. Kf2 Qd4+ 0-1

Feb-27-07  Legend: Interesting Ehlvest - Rybka match coming soon: http://www.rybkachess.com/docs/RYBK...
May-22-07  Knight13: This guy (looking at that photo up there) doesn't look friendly.
Aug-04-07  ahmadov: <Knight13: This guy (looking at that photo up there) doesn't look friendly.> I think this picture was taken before a game with a stronger player...
Aug-10-07  aleister23: Ehlvest ?! come on give me a break!!! even shabalov (!) is better than this guy.....he is like the Claude Debussy of chess Karpov being Mozart of course hahaha
Aug-10-07  apple pi: <aleister23> Karpov's style reminds me more of early Brahms :)
Aug-12-07  aleister23: no no and a thousand times again NO!, if Karpov's game doesnt resemble that of Mozart's music, then at least Richard Wagner should do ...... you know Wagner might even be better than Mozart, and Brahms was just another puppet
Oct-14-07  fictionist: One of my faves!
Jan-24-08  DarthStapler: This guy's name always reminds me of Elvis
May-03-08  dx9293: <aleister23> Ehlvest was once ranked #5 in the World...
Oct-14-08  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Ehlvest!
Oct-14-08  drkodos: Strongest toking player in the US.
Oct-14-08  drkodos: And a snazzy dresser, to boot.
Mar-03-09  jussu: Good to see Jaan back in action.
Mar-31-09  suenteus po 147: A small but very respectable tournament won by Ehlvest himself: Game Collection: Reggio Emilia 1989/90
Apr-21-09  Raisin Death Ray: Ehlvest has left the building!
Apr-21-09  I Like Fish: Ehlvest was...
and still is...
the king...
of rock n roll...
Apr-21-09  Raisin Death Ray: <I Like Fish> No way! Johnny Chasht was way better!
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