✴️ #Vasiukov_chess_quotes_001
▪️ Evgeni Vasiukov
▪️ Russian-Soviet chess Grandmaster and Trainer
@unitychess
▪️ Evgeni Vasiukov
▪️ Russian-Soviet chess Grandmaster and Trainer
@unitychess
✴️ #about_Vasiukov
▪️ Evgeni Vasiukov
▪️ Russian-Soviet chess Grandmaster and Trainer
♦️Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov was a Russian chess Grandmaster. During his career, he won the Championship of Moscow on six occasions and scored many victories in international tournaments, such as Belgrade Open 1961, Moscow International 1961, East Berlin 1962, and Manila 1974.
Full name: Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov
Country: Russia
Born: March 5, 1933
Moscow
Died: May 10, 2018 (aged 85)
Title: Grandmaster
FIDE rating: 2400 (May 2018)
Peak rating: 2580 (January 1976)
♦️GM Evgeni Vasiukov, a strong Russian grandmaster and a blitz specialist, died at the age of 85 Thursday morning in a Moscow hospital.
♦️ Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov was born on March 5, 1933 in Moscow from a simple family. During the Second World War, when he was eight years old, he was evacuated to Tula.
Vasiukov started a technical education, but didn't finish school. From the age of 15 he was caught with a "chess fever" that would never leave him.
Only seven years after learning the rules of the game, he won his first Moscow city championship in 1955, ahead of Salo Flohr, Viacheslav Ragozin and Andor Lilienthal. He would win this tournament five more times, in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1972, and 1978.
Vasiukov became Master of Sports of the USSR in 1954 and earned the international master title in 1958. In 1961 he became a grandmaster, after winning the Belgrade Open (alone) and the Moscow International (tied with Smyslov) in that year.
He twice won the World Students Championship, in 1955 (Lyon, France) and 1956 (Uppsala, Sweden.
He was never at the same level of players such as Efim Geller, Viktor Kortchnoi, Tigran Petrosian or Leonid Stein, but nonetheless everyone took him for a very strong player. He reached the final of the Soviet or Russian championship no fewer than 13 times between 1959 and 1996, with a shared fourth place in 1961 (behind Spassky, Polugaevsky and Bronsten) and a shared third place in Kharkiv 1967 (behind Tal and Polugaevsky) as his best results.
Vasiukov won over 50 tournaments, including Polanica Zdroj 1965, Reykjavik 1968 (tied with Taimanov), Skopje 1970 (again tied with Taimanov) Manila 1974, Zalaegerszeg 1977, Dnepropetrovsk 1980, Moscow (B tournament) 1986, Athens 1987, Budapest 1989, and Graested 1990.
♦️ A memorable game by Vasiukov👇🏼
🔸 Evgeni Vasiukov vs Mark Taimanov
🔸 USSR Championship (1965), Tallinn URS, rd 5, Nov-29
🔸 Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess
▪️ Evgeni Vasiukov
▪️ Russian-Soviet chess Grandmaster and Trainer
♦️Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov was a Russian chess Grandmaster. During his career, he won the Championship of Moscow on six occasions and scored many victories in international tournaments, such as Belgrade Open 1961, Moscow International 1961, East Berlin 1962, and Manila 1974.
Full name: Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov
Country: Russia
Born: March 5, 1933
Moscow
Died: May 10, 2018 (aged 85)
Title: Grandmaster
FIDE rating: 2400 (May 2018)
Peak rating: 2580 (January 1976)
♦️GM Evgeni Vasiukov, a strong Russian grandmaster and a blitz specialist, died at the age of 85 Thursday morning in a Moscow hospital.
♦️ Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov was born on March 5, 1933 in Moscow from a simple family. During the Second World War, when he was eight years old, he was evacuated to Tula.
Vasiukov started a technical education, but didn't finish school. From the age of 15 he was caught with a "chess fever" that would never leave him.
Only seven years after learning the rules of the game, he won his first Moscow city championship in 1955, ahead of Salo Flohr, Viacheslav Ragozin and Andor Lilienthal. He would win this tournament five more times, in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1972, and 1978.
Vasiukov became Master of Sports of the USSR in 1954 and earned the international master title in 1958. In 1961 he became a grandmaster, after winning the Belgrade Open (alone) and the Moscow International (tied with Smyslov) in that year.
He twice won the World Students Championship, in 1955 (Lyon, France) and 1956 (Uppsala, Sweden.
He was never at the same level of players such as Efim Geller, Viktor Kortchnoi, Tigran Petrosian or Leonid Stein, but nonetheless everyone took him for a very strong player. He reached the final of the Soviet or Russian championship no fewer than 13 times between 1959 and 1996, with a shared fourth place in 1961 (behind Spassky, Polugaevsky and Bronsten) and a shared third place in Kharkiv 1967 (behind Tal and Polugaevsky) as his best results.
Vasiukov won over 50 tournaments, including Polanica Zdroj 1965, Reykjavik 1968 (tied with Taimanov), Skopje 1970 (again tied with Taimanov) Manila 1974, Zalaegerszeg 1977, Dnepropetrovsk 1980, Moscow (B tournament) 1986, Athens 1987, Budapest 1989, and Graested 1990.
♦️ A memorable game by Vasiukov👇🏼
🔸 Evgeni Vasiukov vs Mark Taimanov
🔸 USSR Championship (1965), Tallinn URS, rd 5, Nov-29
🔸 Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess
On this day, May 11, GM Ludek Pachman (1924-2003), was born in 1924 in what is now the Czech Republic. On May 11, 1997 Kasparov lost his match with Deep Blue IBM computer in New York. Kasparov won 1, drew 3, and lost 2.
@UnityChess
@UnityChess
Paravyan finds a tactical way to secure a draw.
25. Ng5 f6 26. Nde4 Bb7 27. Qh5 fxg5 28. Nxg5 g6 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Qe6+
Kh8 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qh3+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2
25. Ng5 f6 26. Nde4 Bb7 27. Qh5 fxg5 28. Nxg5 g6 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Qe6+
Kh8 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qh3+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2
27.R×h7??
White should have played 27.Nd1 as a prophylactic move first, to prevent Black from playing ...Rb2.
27...d5 28.e×d5 e×d5 29.Ne3 Rb2 30.Nb1 Rdb8! 31.f5 R×b1 32.f6 R×h1 33.R×h1 Rb2 34.Rc1 R×d2+ -+
White should have played 27.Nd1 as a prophylactic move first, to prevent Black from playing ...Rb2.
27...d5 28.e×d5 e×d5 29.Ne3 Rb2 30.Nb1 Rdb8! 31.f5 R×b1 32.f6 R×h1 33.R×h1 Rb2 34.Rc1 R×d2+ -+
13.Ncd5!
Artemiev sacrifices a pawn and then an exchange to exploit the weak dark squares in Black's camp.
13...B×b2 14.d4! B×a1 15.Nf6+ Kh8 16.Q×a1 Qa5 17.Qd1 Ng8 18.N4d5! Be6 19.N×g8 R×g8 20.Bg5! Rg7 21.Bf6 +/-
Artemiev sacrifices a pawn and then an exchange to exploit the weak dark squares in Black's camp.
13...B×b2 14.d4! B×a1 15.Nf6+ Kh8 16.Q×a1 Qa5 17.Qd1 Ng8 18.N4d5! Be6 19.N×g8 R×g8 20.Bg5! Rg7 21.Bf6 +/-