Alexander Arulaid
Number of games in database: 33
Years covered: 1942 to 1970
Overall record: +7 -18 =8 (33.3%)*
   * 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 (4)      B27 B92 B88	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (5)      C86 C78 C97 C75  French Defense (5)      C07 C02 C11

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Arulaid vs Dus Chotimirsky, 1949 1-0
   A Arulaid vs Simagin, 1949 1-0

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ALEXANDER ARULAID (born May-24-1924, died Jul-09-1995) Estonia [what is this?] Alexander Arulaid was Estonian champion in 1948, 1955 and 1964.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Keres vs A Arulaid 1-0 36 1942 Tallinn, Est ch E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 2. A Arulaid vs Keres   ½-½ 30 1943 Tallinn, Est ch C49 Four Knights 3. Keres vs A Arulaid   1-0 37 1944 03.12.44 E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 4. Keres vs A Arulaid   1-0 50 1945 Tallinn, Est op ch C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 5. A Arulaid vs Keres   0-1 29 1945 Riga C46 Three Knights 6. A Arulaid vs Dus Chotimirsky 1-0 32 1949 URS-ch sf C77 Ruy Lopez 7. A Arulaid vs Simagin 1-0 53 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) C05 French, Tarrasch 8. A Arulaid vs V Mikenas   0-1 29 1949 1/2 final D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. A Arulaid vs Bannik   0-1 75 1949 URS-ch sf C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 10. A Arulaid vs Chekhover   ½-½ 55 1949 URS-ch sf D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Keres vs A Arulaid 1-0 21 1953 Tartu, Est op ch D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. A Arulaid vs Tal   ½-½ 41 1955 Vilnius C05 French, Tarrasch 13. Vasiukov vs A Arulaid   ½-½ 24 1955 URS-chT sf C78 Ruy Lopez 14. Keres vs A Arulaid   1-0 27 1955 Parnu C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 15. A Arulaid vs Tal 0-1 45 1955 Lugansk B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 16. Vasiukov vs A Arulaid   1-0 42 1955 URS-chT fin C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 17. I Nei vs A Arulaid   1-0 32 1962 EST-ch A00 Uncommon Opening 18. Bagirov vs A Arulaid   ½-½ 32 1964 Kischinev C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 19. B Vladimirov vs A Arulaid   1-0 31 1967 URS-chT E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 20. Stein vs A Arulaid   1-0 48 1969 Tallinn it A07 King's Indian Attack 21. A Arulaid vs Szabo 1-0 47 1969 Tallinn it B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 22. A Arulaid vs U Tarve   1-0 69 1969 Tallinn it D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 23. Gipslis vs A Arulaid   ½-½ 26 1969 Tallinn it C07 French, Tarrasch 24. A Arulaid vs R Etruk   ½-½ 11 1969 Tallinn it A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 25. Book vs A Arulaid   ½-½ 42 1969 Tallinn it A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33

Dec-21-04    Benzol: Alexander Arulaid Born 24th May in 1924 He was Estonian Champion in 1948, 1955 and 1964. May-24-10    whiteshark: <Aleksander Arulaid> † 9th July 1995 RIP May-24-10    DarthStapler: This guy must have gotten laid a lot Oct-09-10    GRANTZIERER: His notable games are great despite his record

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