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Yakov Estrin
Y Estrin 
Yakov Estrin (upper left) overlooks Fischer and Petrosian play blitz
at the Moscow Central Chess Club, 1958. (Associated Press)
 

Number of games in database: 609
Years covered: 1938 to 1983
Overall record: +186 -213 =209 (47.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (128) 
    B43 B32 B62 B96 B99
 French Defense (51) 
    C05 C17 C03 C09 C13
 Sicilian Najdorf (36) 
    B99 B96 B91 B90 B98
 Two Knights (33) 
    C59 C57 C56 C55 C58
 Caro-Kann (29) 
    B14 B13 B15 B18 B10
 French Tarrasch (27) 
    C05 C03 C09 C07 C04
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (58) 
    C78 C77 C82 C92 C84
 Nimzo Indian (44) 
    E55 E51 E46 E53 E44
 English (29) 
    A13 A15 A18 A16 A12
 Sicilian (28) 
    B81 B83 B21 B80 B40
 Queen's Gambit Declined (22) 
    D38 D35 D30 D39
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (18) 
    C84 C92 C86 C89 C94
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Krasinski vs Y Estrin, 1947 0-1
   S Kurkin vs Y Estrin, 1966 0-1
   Y Estrin vs M Weiss, 1971 1-0
   J M Boey vs Y Estrin, 1972 0-1
   Y Estrin vs K Klaman, 1957 1-0
   Y Estrin vs J Zapletal, 1972 1-0
   Y Estrin vs Kholmov, 1955 1/2-1/2
   Y Estrin vs J M Boey, 1978 1-0
   Y Estrin vs Taimanov, 1949 1-0
   Y Estrin vs V Liberzon, 1959 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Chigorin Memorial (1951)
   RSFSR Championship (1973)
   Moscow Championship (1949)
   All-Union Mass Tournament (1956)
   URS-ch sf Baku (1958)
   URS-ch sf Spartak-ch (1962)
   URS-ch sf Baku (1951)
   Moscow Championship (1952)
   Moscow Championship (1961)
   URS-ch sf Vilnius (1960)
   Rubinstein Memorial (1971)
   Moscow Championship (1946)
   Moscow Championship (1964)
   Moscow Championship (1955)
   URS-ch sf Leningrad (1957)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   6th Correspondence World Championship Final by crawfb5
   8th Correspondence World Championship Final by crawfb5
   1975-80 World correspondence chess championship by gauer
   King's gambit by Retarf


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YAKOV ESTRIN
(born Apr-21-1923, died Feb-02-1987, 63 years old) Russia
PRONUNCIATION:
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Yakov Borisovich Estrin was born in Moscow. After a brief foray into over-the-board play, he turned to correspondence chess in the early 1960's with immediate success (joint first place in the U.S.S.R. Correspondence Championship in 1962). He became a GMC (Correspondence Grandmaster) in 1966, and would go on to compete in the final of the World Correspondence Championship five times. He emerged as champion of the 1972-76 edition of this event. In 1975 he was awarded the OTB title of International Master.

Wikipedia article: Yakov Estrin


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 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 610  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Y Estrin vs Y Neishtadt 0-1111938URSC02 French, Advance
2. Y Neishtadt vs Y Estrin  1-0191938MoscowC18 French, Winawer
3. Y Estrin vs Koptev 0-1181941MoscowC55 Two Knights Defense
4. Keres vs Y Estrin 0-1271941SimulC32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
5. Y Estrin vs E Zagoryansky 0-135194424th Ch Moscow (sf-Group 1)B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
6. Y Estrin vs A Konstantinopolsky  0-150194424th Ch Moscow (sf-Group 1)B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
7. Y Estrin vs A Zhivtsov  1-019194525th Ch Moscow (sf-group A)C53 Giuoco Piano
8. Y Estrin vs Libov 1-0131945Moscow USSRC54 Giuoco Piano
9. A Bannik vs Y Estrin  0-1271945URS-ch sf KievC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
10. A Chistiakov vs Y Estrin  ½-½391946Moscow ChampionshipC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
11. Panov vs Y Estrin  1-0491946Moscow ChampionshipC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
12. Y Estrin vs Boleslavsky  0-13719466th Ch RSFSRB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
13. Y Estrin vs M Bonch-Osmolovsky  0-1391946Moscow ChampionshipB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
14. Alatortsev vs Y Estrin  1-0241946Moscow ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. Y Estrin vs G Ravinsky  1-0181946Moscow ChampionshipB15 Caro-Kann
16. Y Estrin vs Y Solntsev  1-0661946Moscow ChampionshipC53 Giuoco Piano
17. Bondarevsky vs Y Estrin  0-1431946Moscow ChampionshipD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. V Baturinsky vs Y Estrin  1-0401946Moscow ChampionshipC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
19. Averbakh vs Y Estrin  0-1711946Moscow ChampionshipC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
20. Y Estrin vs M Kamyshov  0-1241946Moscow ChampionshipB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
21. Y Estrin vs Smyslov 0-1231946Moscow ChampionshipC56 Two Knights
22. Simagin vs Y Estrin ½-½551946Moscow ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. Y Estrin vs Lilienthal  ½-½571946Moscow ChampionshipC55 Two Knights Defense
24. Y Estrin vs Bronstein 0-1411946Moscow ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
25. Kotov vs Y Estrin ½-½371946Moscow ChampionshipE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 610  PGN Download
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Apr-22-02  refutor: 7th World Correspondence Champion. Played a very classical style, as you can tell from his most played openings... Two Knights, King's Gambit Declined - Falkbeer Counter Gambit, Evans Gambit. A very explosive game he played was betwen himself and Berliner in 1965 Estrin vs H Berliner, 1965
Jan-29-04  Benjamin Lau: Who was the greatest correspondence chess player of all time? Who would be candidates for this question?
Jan-29-04  TrueFiendish: Purdy had a good reputation. So did Berliner...
Jan-29-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: World Correspondence Champions

1st 1950 - 1953
CJS Purdy (Aus)

2nd 1956 - 1959
V Ragozin (SU)

3rd 1959 - 1962
A O'Kelly de Galway (B)

4th 1962 - 1965
V Zagorovsky (SU)

5th 1965 - 1968
H Berliner (US)

6th 1968 - 1971
H Rittner (DDR)

7th 1972 - 1976
Y Estrin (SU)

8th 1975 - 1980
J Sloth (DK)
A Sonneborg - Berger tie break had to be used to decide this Championship. Zagorovsky came within an ace of his second title.

9th 1977 - 1983
TO Oim (SU)

10th 1978 - 1984
VV Palciauskas (US)

11th 1983 - ????
?? (??)

12th 1984 - 1990
GA Sanakoev (SU)

If anyone can fill in the gap of the 11th Championship and what followed after the 12th I would be most grateful.

Jan-29-04  ughaibu: 11th was Fritz Baumbach. I dont know after the 12th except for the all-stars won by Umansky.
Jan-29-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <ughaibu> Thanks. I was just looking at the Umansky - Penrose Game you posted. What was the all-stars won by Umansky?
Jan-29-04  ughaibu: It was a tournament contested by all(?) surviving ex-champions. It finished last year so there was some discussion about several of the games.
Jan-30-04  ughaibu: Here7s since the 12th:
15th 1996-02 Gert Timmerman Netherlands
14th 1994-99 Tonu Oim Estonia
13th 1989-98 Mikhail Umansky Russia
Jan-30-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <ughaibu> That's great mate. So Tonu Oim is the first man to win two championships.
Mar-02-04  shr0pshire: A list of the correspondence world champions!

XV 1996-02 Gert Timmerman Netherlands
XIV 1994-99 Tonu Oim Estonia
XIII 1989-98 Mikhail Umansky Russia
XII 1984-90 Grigory Sanakoev USSR
XI 1981-87 Fritz Baumbach East Germany
X 1978-84 Victor Palciauskas USA
IX 1977-83 Tonu Oim USSR (Estonia)
VIII 1975-80 Jorn Sloth Denmark
VII 1972-76 Jakov Estrin USSR
VI 1968-71 Horst Rittner East Germany
V 1965-68 Hans Berliner USA
IV 1962-65 Vladimir Zagorovsky USSR
III 1959-62 Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Belgium
II 1956-59 Viacheslav Ragozin USSR
I 1950-53 Cecil (C.J.S.) Purdy Australia

Dec-19-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Yakov Borisovich Estrin was born 21st April 1923 in Moscow. He was USSR Correspondence Champion (Joint) in 1962. He became a CIM in 1965 and a CGM in 1966. He won the WCC title in 1975 and had been 3rd in 1971. He got his over-the-board IM tile in 1975 and over-the-board GM title in 1984.
Feb-06-05  shor: Hi, i'm kinda new to chess, what is correspondence chess?

-Shor

Feb-06-05  pawn52: <shor> First of all, welcome to this wonderful site. It is a sight to see isn't it? To answer your question, correspondence chess is chess at a much slower pace. Time controls are different too. Rather than have a set number of minutes, you have a set number of days to make your move. Because of that, correspondence chess is only played on the internet. Here are some good sites for you to start off on:

http://www.schemingmind.com
http://www.gameknot.com
http://www.queenalice.com

And, if you like to play Correspondence Fischer Random Chess: http://frced.tripod.com

I definitely recommend this site. I am actually a moderator on this site, so let me know if you would like to join and I can get the paperwork rolling.

Feb-06-05  shor: sure, sorry for the spam, but how do i send a messge to you?
Feb-06-05  pawn52: <shor> If that last post was meant for me, what do you mean?
Feb-06-05  pawn52: <Benzol> <Chess Champ> claims that he was a world correspondence champion up to 2003, but I have no way to confirm it and I have a hard time believing that.
Feb-06-05  pawn52: <Benzol> Just a minor correction H Berliner was champion from 1967-1971. As for the 11th World Correspondence Champion, it was Fritz Baumbach from 1981-1984. Take a look for yourself:

http://www.ottawachessclub.com/patz...

Feb-06-05  shor: in some sites you can send a private message to admins to ask questions and stuff, is there such an option here?
Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <pawn52> Thanks mate. The Craig Sadler site is very interesting. I got my original info from Tim Harding's book on the first ten correspondence championships. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to play all the games yet.
Feb-06-05  pawn52: <shor> You can send messages to the moderators of the FRCEC site, but it isn't "private" because this site doesn't have the features like schemingmind.com has. Btw, do you even know how to play FRC?
Feb-06-05  pawn52: <Benzol> Anytime, if you need anymore info, holler and I'll see if I can find it.
Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <pawn52> Did you volunteer to be a biographer. The only two I know of are <iron maiden> (bless him) and myself. If it is only the two of us it's going to take a bit of time. LOL. :)
Feb-06-05  pawn52: <Benzol> No, I didn't. But now I wish I did. Can I still get into it.
Feb-06-05  shor: RFC?

no, I play magic the gathering.

Feb-06-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <pawn52> I don't know if you still can but I would suggest contacting <chessgames.com> by e-mail to see if it's possible.
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