Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu
Number of games in database: 504
Years covered: 1994 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2677
Highest rating achieved in database: 2707
Overall record: +164 -68 =272 (59.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (131)      B90 B22 B33 B92 B87  Ruy Lopez (40)      C78 C67 C69 C91 C89  Sicilian Najdorf (28)      B90 B92 B96  French Defense (21)      C10 C03 C07 C05 C15  Ruy Lopez, Closed (18)      C91 C89 C87 C88 C92  Petrov (17)      C42 C43	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (50)      B48 B47 B81 B40 B80  Nimzo Indian (28)      E32 E21 E54 E44 E47  Caro-Kann (25)      B12 B14 B18 B16 B10  Queen's Pawn Game (22)      E10 A46 E00 A45 A40  Queen's Indian (18)      E15 E12 E14 E16  English, 1 c4 c5 (17)      A30 A31 A33

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Ivanchuk vs Nisipeanu, 2007 0-1
   Nisipeanu vs Ivanchuk, 1999 1-0
   Shirov vs Nisipeanu, 1999 0-1
   C Sandipan vs Nisipeanu, 2004 0-1
   Topalov vs Nisipeanu, 2007 0-1
   Kiril Georgiev vs Nisipeanu, 2006 0-1
   Nisipeanu vs Oral, 2004 1-0
   Nisipeanu vs A Florean, 1995 1-0
   I Ivanisevic vs Nisipeanu, 2003 0-1
   Nisipeanu vs V Babula, 2005 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Lessons from Nisipeanu by Minor Piece Activity
   Sicilian Defence English Attack 6...e5 7.Nde2 by Kwesi

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LIVIU DIETER NISIPEANU (born 1976) Romania [what is this?] Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, born in 1976 in Romania, first came to the attention of the chess world by making the semifinals of the 1999 FIDE World Championship in Las Vegas. A virtual unknown before the event, he eliminated leading players Alexey Shirov and Vassily Ivanchuk, among others, before finally losing to the eventual champion Alexander Khalifman. Nisipeanu took clear first in the 6th European Individual Championship (2005). On the FIDE world ranking list that October, Nisipeanu had a rating of 2707, making him fifteenth overall.

page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 504  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Schwartzman vs Nisipeanu   1-0 34 1994 ROM-ch E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 2. Y Kruppa vs Nisipeanu   1-0 28 1994 EUCup Gr B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 3. Nisipeanu vs Bagirov   1-0 34 1994 Cuxhaven B02 Alekhine's Defense 4. Nisipeanu vs Kupreichik   1-0 25 1995 Bad Woerishofen 63/191 B56 Sicilian 5. Nisipeanu vs D Tyomkin   0-1 25 1995 EU-ch U20 B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 6. Nisipeanu vs A Florean 1-0 19 1995 Rumania C13 French 7. V Malakhov vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 25 1995 EU-ch U20 B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 8. Nisipeanu vs Ponomariov 1-0 69 1996 EU-ch U20 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 9. Bacrot vs Nisipeanu 0-1 23 1996 It (a) A57 Benko Gambit 10. Kulaots vs Nisipeanu   0-1 24 1996 Wch U20 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Sutovsky vs Nisipeanu   1-0 35 1996 COL B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 12. Y Shulman vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 20 1996 Yerevan ol (Men) E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 13. M Appleberry vs Nisipeanu   0-1 55 1996 Budapest FS06 GM E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 14. Nisipeanu vs Hertneck   ½-½ 29 1997 Berliner Sommer 15th E92 King's Indian 15. Nisipeanu vs J Kraai   1-0 29 1998 Bundesliga -9 B83 Sicilian 16. Aronian vs Nisipeanu 0-1 34 1998 Ciocaltea mem A07 King's Indian Attack 17. Nisipeanu vs R Kuczynski   0-1 28 1998 Bundesliga -9 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Nisipeanu vs A Yegiazarian   ½-½ 47 1998 Ciocaltea mem B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 19. P Schmidt vs Nisipeanu   0-1 40 1998 Bundesliga -9 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Nisipeanu vs Ftacnik   ½-½ 16 1998 Ch City, Hamburg (Germany) B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 21. Suetin vs Nisipeanu   1-0 31 1998 Cappelle op B50 Sicilian 22. H Vatter vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 37 1998 Bundesliga -9 B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 23. Leitao vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 45 1999 Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA) E15 Queen's Indian 24. Nisipeanu vs Khalifman   ½-½ 58 1999 wcc elim B32 Sicilian 25. Nisipeanu vs Vaganian 1-0 36 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany C07 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 504

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing > Mar-25-08    eXodus: Incredible,in a modern time dominated by draws,Nisipeanu managed to win his 10-th consecutive Ruy Lopez game as white!Yesterday he defeated Naiditsch.Also Adams,Kasimdzhanov and Sokolov lost in his 10 wins row. Mar-31-08    minasina: <virginmind> or someone else. Do you know how to make Fritz 11 working faster? Fritz (Computer) (direct reply link). Mar-31-08    sallom89: <minasina> you totally rock!!!! :P Mar-31-08    minasina: ..don't know if there's any help, but there appeared to be discussion about <virginmind's> fast Fritz 11 there somewhere Corus (2008) and Morelia-Linares (2008) pages... Mar-31-08    radu stancu: <eXodus> That's one impressive feat! By the way, where can I find the last 4 wins? (I think there were only 6 listed so far in the database) Apr-01-08    virginmind: <minasina> just posted a reply on fritz page Apr-01-08    eXodus: You'll find 2 more wins by Nisipeanu at http://www.chesslive.de/ and another 2 at http://www.palace-heviz.hu/pages/en... Apr-01-08    minasina: <virginmind> yep, Fritz (Computer) page... Apr-09-08    minasina: <virginmind> et al. LIVE GAMES http://www.russiachess.org/online/ , kibitzing here: Russian Team Championship (2008) . Games start daily at 07:00 Eastern Standard Time USA / 13:00 Central European Time (http://www.worldtimezone.com/ ) May-13-08    nisifan: The international chess tournament Foros Aerosvit 2008 will take place in Ukraine 7-20.06.2008 Participants 1. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2765 2. Svidler, Peter RUS 2746 3. Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2740 4. Shirov, Alexei ESP 2740 5. Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2732 6. Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2711 7. Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2711 8. Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2687 9. Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2684 10. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2684 11. Van Wely, Loek NED 2676 12. Onischuk, Alexander USA 2664 Jun-15-08    virginmind: good luck today with carlsen, nisi! Jun-17-08    virginmind: felicitari liviu-dieter pentru victoria de azi impotriva lui shirov! Jun-17-08    allin: bravo bravo bravo Jul-14-08    nolanryan: i don't know why, but this long-haired guy is one of my favorites, in my top 5 of current players for sure. I love his creative opening play. He also seems to be climbing the charts recently. Mar-06-09    allin: The 10th European Individual Chess Championship starts today.Good luck Nisi Mar-19-09    virginmind: very enterprising attacking chess in some of his games at the european championship. nisipeanu managed to qualify for the world cup, by beating kurnosov in the tie-breaks. Apr-13-09    Eyal: <Michael Schwerteck / Beauty in Chess V: Planet Nisipeanu> http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/b... Apr-13-09    whiteshark: Great series of articles! Thanks for pointing out. :D Apr-13-09    PhilFeeley: From that article I found that <CG.com> is missing this game. How is that possible?? Evgeny Bareev (2690) - Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu (2575) [E13] Elista ol (Men)/Elista (3) 1998 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Be2 Nf8 12. Bf2 Ne6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. g3 Nd7 15. Rb1 Kh8 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. d5 Nec5 18. Nf1 Qd8 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. g4 Ng8 21. Qd2 Bc8 22. Bd1 Bd7 23. h4 h5 24. Nf5 hxg4 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. fxg4 g6 27. Ne3 Qf6 28. Qg2 Qf4 29. Kd2 Nf6 30. Rf1 Nxe4+ 31. Kd3 f5 32. Rxf4 exf4 33. Nf1 fxg4 34. Kxe4 f3 35. Qb2 Rae8+ 36. Kd3 Re1 37. Ng3 f2 38. Be2 Rg1 39. Nf1 Bf5+ 40. Kd2 g3 41. Bf3 Bxb1 42. Qxb1 Rxf3 43. Qxg6 g2 1/2-1/2 An interesting queen sac, but it looks like a perpetual at the end. May-14-09    allin: Super-GM tournament in romania with:Teimour Radjabov,Vassily Ivanchuk,Alexei Shirov,Boris Gelfand,Gata Kamsky and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 14-25 june May-14-09    returnoftheking: cool! Although it would be really special when it was a supertournament without Ivanchuk! Jun-14-09    hedgeh0g: He looks like E-Type! Aug-01-09    wordfunph: 1999 FIDE World Chess Championship: GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu received a cheque for $138,000 for reaching the semi-final but 51.Ra7! in game six could have added another $178,000 to his winnings. (Source: BCM October 1999) Oct-15-09    virginmind: next main events in which nisipeanu will participate: european team championship 2009, world cup 2009, corus 2010 (group b) Nov-03-09    allin: Btw Nisipeanu will face Lupulescu in Khanty-Mansiysk first round.nisi and lupu are the only players from romania in world cup 2009. Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 6) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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