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Alberto David
A David 
 

Number of games in database: 980
Years covered: 1985 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2466 (2607 rapid, 2517 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2631
Overall record: +349 -190 =401 (58.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 40 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (150) 
    B30 B31 B40 B51 B52
 Ruy Lopez (50) 
    C65 C78 C77 C84 C95
 French Defense (37) 
    C11 C18 C00 C10 C07
 Caro-Kann (31) 
    B12 B18 B10 B13 B11
 King's Indian Attack (28) 
    A07
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (22) 
    C95 C84 C92 C90 C86
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (122) 
    B22 B42 B40 B43 B84
 King's Indian (57) 
    E92 E97 E63 E70 E94
 Caro-Kann (36) 
    B12 B17 B10 B18 B11
 Queen's Pawn Game (35) 
    A45 A46 A40 D02 A50
 Nimzo Indian (31) 
    E32 E54 E58 E53 E21
 Sicilian Kan (21) 
    B42 B43 B41
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Sermier vs A David, 1993 0-1
   Z Almasi vs A David, 2005 0-1
   A David vs Marc Daniel, 2005 1-0
   A David vs Rozentalis, 2008 1-0
   A David vs M Meinhardt, 2007 1-0
   M Kunal vs A David, 2017 0-1
   A David vs T Nedev, 2007 1-0
   J Ashwin vs A David, 2012 1/2-1/2
   A David vs A Das, 2018 1-0
   Sadvakasov vs A David, 2005 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Elista Olympiad (1998)
   Paris Championship (2005)
   2nd Chartres GM (2021)
   Paris Championship (2008)
   Italian Championship (2013)
   European Union Championship (2008)
   Spilimbergo Open (2023)
   5th IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open 2019/20 (2019)
   Delhi Open (2017)
   Yerevan Olympiad (1996)
   18th Delhi Open (2020)
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   Moscow Olympiad (1994)
   Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd (1999)
   European Championship (2006)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Italian Championship
   A David vs V Carnicelli (Dec-07-24) 1/2-1/2
   Brunello vs A David (Dec-06-24) 1/2-1/2
   L Moroni Jr vs A David (Dec-05-24) 1-0
   A David vs P L Basso (Dec-04-24) 1/2-1/2
   M Godena vs A David (Dec-03-24) 1/2-1/2

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ALBERTO DAVID
(born Mar-26-1970, 55 years old) Italy (federation/nationality Luxembourg)

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Alberto David is the first Grandmaster from Luxembourg. In 2003, he was awarded a gold medal for the best individual performance ast Board 1 of the European Team Championship.

He competed for Luxembourg at the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006, playing on the top board each time. In 2002 he won the individual silver medal with a score of 84.6% (+10–1=2). In 2012 he obtained Italian citizenship and transferred to the Italian Chess Federation in July of the same year. He competed for Italy on board 2 at the 2014 Olympiad.

David's tournament victories include the HZ Tournament in Vlissingen in 1999, the 1st NAO Chess Club GM tournament in Paris in 2003,the Paris Chess Championship in 2003 and 2005, and the inaugural Riga Technical University Open in Riga in 2011. David won the Italian Chess Championship in 2012 and 2016 (after winning the playoff against Sabino Brunello)and again in 2019.

Wikipedia article: Alberto David

Last updated: 2025-03-18 04:33:20

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 page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 980  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A David vs J Howell  0-1271985European Junior Championship 1985/86B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
2. P O'Neill vs A David  ½-½401985European Junior Championship 1985/86B25 Sicilian, Closed
3. G Wets vs A David  ½-½401985European Junior Championship 1985/86B22 Sicilian, Alapin
4. A David vs R Djurhuus  1-0601985European Junior Championship 1985/86B44 Sicilian
5. A David vs J Piket  0-1411985European Junior Championship 1985/86B07 Pirc
6. H Erdogan vs A David  ½-½511985European Junior Championship 1985/86A56 Benoni Defense
7. A David vs R Winsnes  1-0411985European Junior Championship 1985/86B53 Sicilian
8. L B Hansen vs A David  ½-½801985European Junior Championship 1985/86A60 Benoni Defense
9. A David vs M R Burgess  0-1531985European Junior Championship 1985/86C10 French
10. N Nikolic vs A David  ½-½711985European Junior Championship 1985/86A20 English
11. F Ribeiro vs A David  0-1361985European Junior Championship 1985/86B33 Sicilian
12. A David vs R Kuczynski  0-1421985European Junior Championship 1985/86B53 Sicilian
13. A David vs K A Hynes  1-0321986European Junior Championship 1985/86C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
14. M Wichmann vs A David  0-1391987Luxembourg OpenC78 Ruy Lopez
15. A David vs P Rossiter  ½-½451987Luxembourg OpenB40 Sicilian
16. N Stull vs A David  ½-½241987Luxembourg OpenA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
17. A David vs D Sertic  1-0331987Luxembourg OpenB32 Sicilian
18. L Gutman vs A David  1-0691987Luxembourg OpenA04 Reti Opening
19. A David vs G Horvath  0-1481988Luxembourg OpenB44 Sicilian
20. A David vs A Hegeler  0-1371988Luxembourg OpenC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
21. A David vs L Sapi  1-0221989Spring OpenA33 English, Symmetrical
22. A David vs Gipslis 0-1311991BardejovA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
23. Van der Wiel vs A David  1-0161991Mondorf Masters OpenC45 Scotch Game
24. A David vs J Lindstedt  1-0291991World Youth U26 Team ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
25. J Costa vs A David  0-1301991World Youth U26 Team ChampionshipE70 King's Indian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-20-06  alexandrovm: this guy have some good results against known players, where is he from?
Mar-20-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Seems to be from Luxembourg. http://chessbase.com/eventarticle.a... and also http://www.olimpbase.org/players/h9...
Mar-20-06  alexandrovm: thanks for the info my friend...
Mar-26-06  BIDMONFA: Alberto David

DAVID, Alberto
http://www.bidmonfa.com/david_alber...
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Nov-07-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: He is born 23 June 1970? GM in 1998. Now rated 2583, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

Biography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert...

Pictures:
http://www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/... http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/... http://www.liverpoolchessinternatio...

Winner of the strong Kavala Open (= Open Greek Championship) in August 2009:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/k...
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr241...

Mar-26-10  wordfunph: <Tabanus: He is born 23 June 1970?>

Mar. 26 1970

his famous scalps include Taimanov, Ljubojevic, Polugaevsky and a draw against Spassky..

happy birthday GM Alberto David!

Jul-29-14  GumboGambit: Wow, this player was dominant in a stretch of three olympiads. Between 1998-2002, he went <+24 -2 =13> on first board for LUX.
Jul-13-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: 2nd seed Alberto David takes the lead after 6 rounds at the Anogia Open. Today, he defeated top seed Tamir Nabaty. Those 2 were tied with 4.5/5. In R7, he'll face Nikolas Theodorou with black.
Jul-16-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Alberto David wins the Anogia Open! He had a stunning 6.5/7 start, and finished with 7.5/9 (+6,-0,=3), half a point ahead of top seed Tamir Nabaty.

What I also found impressive was that he was on rather Board 1 or 2 the entire tournament.

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