Varlam Vepkhvishvili
Number of games in database: 1,861
Years covered: 1963 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2256
Highest rating achieved in database: 2359
Overall record: +879 -659 =314 (55.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      9 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (265)      B92 B74 B42 B83 B32  Queen's Pawn Game (141)      D02 A46 A45 A40 D01  French Defense (92)      C01 C00 C10 C14 C11  Ruy Lopez (77)      C84 C91 C62 C77 C97  Caro-Kann (58)      B13 B10 B15  French (42)      C00 C10 C11 C12	With the Black pieces:  King's Indian (272)      E80 E92 E97 E76 E75  Ruy Lopez (163)      C99 C77 C85 C69 C84  Ruy Lopez, Closed (103)      C99 C85 C84 C97 C91  Sicilian (99)      B33 B22 B30 B40 B45  Giuoco Piano (49)      C50 C54 C53  Ruy Lopez Exchange (48)      C85 C69 C68

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Vepkhvishvili vs Z Rukhadze, 1965 1-0
   V Vepkhvishvili vs D Gedevanishvili, 1983 1-0
   V Vepkhvishvili vs D Magalashvili, 1966 1-0
   T Gvarjaladze vs V Vepkhvishvili, 1998 0-1
   V Vepkhvishvili vs K Shavgulidze, 1983 1-0

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VARLAM VEPKHVISHVILI (born Mar-15-1953) Georgia [what is this?] FIDE master Varlam Vepkhvishvili was born in what is now Georgia (then part of the USSR). He is the rating officer of the Georgian Chess Federation.

page 1 of 75; games 1-25 of 1,861  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Machaidze vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 23 1963 Friendly game C47 Four Knights 2. V Vepkhvishvili vs T Lomaia   ½-½ 33 1963 Simultaneous C47 Four Knights 3. I Biniashvili vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 25 1964 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C57 Two Knights 4. V Vepkhvishvili vs T Lomaia   ½-½ 61 1964 Simultaneous C41 Philidor Defense 5. V Vepkhvishvili vs Amirzatian   0-1 27 1964 Ch Tbilisi Pupils B72 Sicilian, Dragon 6. V Vepkhvishvili vs D Longurashvili   0-1 25 1964 Ch Tbilisi Pupils B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 7. Asatiani Zaal vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 25 1964 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 8. G Bogveradze vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 52 1964 Ch Tbilisi Pupils B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 9. V Vepkhvishvili vs Konstantinov   1-0 27 1964 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 10. V Vepkhvishvili vs Kvintradze 1-0 19 1964 Simultaneous B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 11. V Vepkhvishvili vs V Khutsishvili   0-1 41 1964 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 12. V Vepkhvishvili vs Kvintradze 1-0 23 1964 Simultaneous B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. V Vepkhvishvili vs A Tsiskaridze   0-1 59 1965 Ch Tbilisi Pupils B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. M Aivazishvili vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 21 1965 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C50 Giuoco Piano 15. Tatulov vs V Vepkhvishvili 1-0 37 1965 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 16. V Khutsishvili vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 42 1965 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 17. R Flores vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 42 1965 Simultaneous A25 English 18. A Oganian vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 60 1965 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C77 Ruy Lopez 19. V Vepkhvishvili vs Melkumov   ½-½ 55 1965 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C02 French, Advance 20. V Vepkhvishvili vs A Liparteliani   1-0 30 1965 Ch Tbilisi Pupils B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. V Vepkhvishvili vs Maishnovsky   ½-½ 44 1965 Friendly Team B06 Robatsch 22. V Vepkhvishvili vs Galustov   1-0 23 1965 Ch Tbilisi Pupils B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 23. V Vepkhvishvili vs I Lapidus   1-0 48 1965 Ch Tbilisi Pupils B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 24. D Ekvtimishvili vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 44 1965 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. Roos vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 39 1965 Friendly Team B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack  page 1 of 75; games 1-25 of 1,861

Sep-17-08    dx9293: Wow...1,860 games in the database of a player I have never heard of! Very long career also! Sep-29-08    whiteshark: He must be new in the <Players which most often make winning sacrifices> ranking. Mar-07-09    blacksburg: i've never heard of this guy. but i've never seen someone that faces the exchange spanish so often as black, and wins over half of his games. Repertoire Explorer: Varlam Vepkhvishvili (black) maybe i should look at this 5...Qf6 move. Mar-25-09    Billy Vaughan: He was going to be the subject of a movie, V for Vepkhvishvili, but the producers decided to change his name to be better understood by American audiences or something. Mar-29-09    ex0duz: Damn, this guy's played a LOT of games. Just some other talented Russian from the "Old School of Soviet Chess" player? Sounds like a Georgian(in no way was this meant to be taken as a serious political statement).. especially with his *vili surname.. But yeah, i guess he wasn't as high ranked as his fellow compatriots, so it's not really that surprising when no one has heard of him, but damn.. 42 years is a long time to be playing! May-07-09    waustad: He was 10 when he played the first games here. He was born in Georgia in 1953. May-13-09    whiteshark: Varlam Vepkhvishvili Birthdate 15-3-1953 Nationality GEO Elo (01-01-2009) FM 2358 FIDE number 13600524 see also: http://www.fide.com/info?task=count... Sep-08-12    waustad: Here's an interesting song by another Varlaam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vik7... Not by the best known singer, but he seems into it. Apr-30-13    sfm: These names are not real, but taken from a Russian alcohol test. Apr-30-13    Abdel Irada: <sfm: These names are not real, but taken from a Russian alcohol test.> Is it possible to pronounce this name correctly *without* sounding as though you just drained a fifth of Stolichnaya? ∞

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