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Isay Golyak

Number of games in database: 79
Years covered: 1949 to 2005
Last FIDE rating: 2189
Highest rating achieved in database: 2279
Overall record: +25 -36 =18 (43.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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A00 Uncommon Opening (6 games)
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (5 games)
B06 Robatsch (4 games)
B32 Sicilian (4 games)
B07 Pirc (4 games)
B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (3 games)
C16 French, Winawer (3 games)
C41 Philidor Defense (3 games)
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
C13 French (2 games)

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ISAY GOLYAK
(born Dec-09-1931, 93 years old) Kazakhstan (federation/nationality United States of America)

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Isay Grigorievich Golyak is a FIDE Master.

Last updated: 2022-03-31 10:04:26

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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 79  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. I Golyak vs Gaiduk 1-0281949USSR Junior Team ChampionshipC19 French, Winawer, Advance
2. I Golyak vs V Tarasov  ½-½691953Ch URS (team) (1/2 final)B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation
3. Antoshin vs I Golyak  1-0271953Ch URS (team) (1/2 final)E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
4. I Golyak vs G Ravinsky  0-13419554th Soviet Team-ch prelimD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
5. Y Shersher vs I Golyak  1-0391956URS-ch qf FrunzeE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
6. I Golyak vs M Govbinder  1-0311958URS-ch qfB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
7. I Golyak vs N Gusev  1-0211958URS-ch qfB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
8. I Golyak vs E Mukhin  1-0281958URS-ch qfB32 Sicilian
9. I Golyak vs A Ufimtsev  0-1401958URS-ch qfB06 Robatsch
10. I Golyak vs Y Usmanov  1-0371958URS-ch qfC16 French, Winawer
11. B Katalymov vs I Golyak  1-0401958URS-ch qfE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
12. I Golyak vs M Mukhitdinov  1-0191958Ch URS (Team) (II Group)B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
13. I Golyak vs Gusev  0-15919585th URS-chT Republics final BC49 Four Knights
14. I Golyak vs A Cherepkov  ½-½271959URS-ch sf ChelyabinskB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
15. M Usachy vs I Golyak  1-0151959URS-ch sf ChelyabinskB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
16. I Golyak vs V Zurakhov  0-1321959URS-ch sf ChelyabinskA00 Uncommon Opening
17. I Golyak vs Gufeld  0-1381959URS-ch sf ChelyabinskB72 Sicilian, Dragon
18. I Golyak vs G Bastrikov  0-1241959Masters-Candidate MastersB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
19. G Ustinov vs I Golyak  1-0351959URS-ch sf ChelyabinskC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
20. R Nezhmetdinov vs I Golyak 1-0251959Masters-Candidate MastersC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
21. I Golyak vs J Klavins  0-13519592nd Soviet Spartakiad qual-3B32 Sicilian
22. V Makogonov vs I Golyak 1-03119592nd Soviet Spartakiad Final-BE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
23. Veresov vs I Golyak  0-15319592nd Soviet Spartakiad Final-BB07 Pirc
24. Kholmov vs I Golyak  1-0391961AshkhabadB30 Sicilian
25. I Golyak vs R Etruk  0-13419639th Soviet Team Championship qual-3B07 Pirc
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-17-04  dac1990: I had no idea Isay would be in here. My chess instructor.
Oct-03-04  Resignation Trap: Is this the same player as the one at Askkhabad, 1961? http://www.geocities.com/al2055mag/...
Oct-31-04  dac1990: No, he isn't.
Aug-23-09  jrofrano: Isay's openings are all over the place, what makes him such a dynamic player is that he plays just about everything. He is close to impossible to prepare for. Isay plays 1. b4 and try as they might strong players are only able to take away a draw. He recently played Bryan G Smith with this same opening, and had a winning position although with some oversights lost this game. He has also played this twice against Laszlo Binet Tapaszto (recently) and got two draws. (Much to laszlo's chagrin). He told me once that Tal (Mikhail Tal) came over to his house in Russia long ago to play blitz, and in the first game isay played 1. b4 and crushed him! Although he laments that he lost the next 6 games...but he won the last one. So +2-6=0 (as far as i know) against tal in blitz...not so bad.

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