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| Feb-08-04 | | Bitzovich: Surprised that noone kibitzed here before. One of the true artists and original thinkers in chess. He died at a chess board, like a true chessplayer. Here is a link http://www.avlerchess.com/chess-mis... |
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| Aug-06-04 | | acirce: <Many people consider that after Kasparov, Karpov and a few other greats, the remaining players are weak and somehow uninteresting. In fact, amongst grandmasters of the second and third rank, some know how to move their pieces, but do not possess any creative individuality. However, amongst them you do meet true artists with original ideas and profound thoughts, and studying their work is no worse than studying the work of champions. Simagin was one such artist, and I recommend that you study his selected games. For some time it was a standard reference work for me.> -- Mark Dvoretsky |
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| Aug-11-04 | | marekg248: Pity the game No. 11 is missing in the database. 1.Bg5 - what a move!http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/m... |
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| Aug-11-04 | | marekg248: I think it attests to Mark Dvoretsky's words, another such players were Ratmir Kholmov and Viktor Kupreichik. The latter is at 33rd place among players most often making winning sacrifices. ChessGames.com Statistics Page What surprised me is that Mikhail Tal is missing. |
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| Sep-30-04 | | Simagin: Yes he was indeed a great player.
Both Smyslov and Bronstein speaks highly of him. |
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| Jan-31-05 | | MidnightDuffer: Now, this is truly inspirational!
"Why do you play variations no one else uses?" his more cautious friends would ask when he met with defeat in tournaments. He continued persistently along his own road, however, and before long he proved he was right. His analyses of unusual continuations became popular among masters; his tournament success quickly increased." "When Keres, playing White was badly beaten by Botvinnik in one of the games of the 1941 Match-Tournament of the six strongest Soviet players, he cause to regret that he was not familiar with Simagins theoretical studies. In that important game Botvinnik developed an interesting idea put porward by the young Muscovitte." ( see Keres vs Botvinnik, 1941 ) "During the war Vladimir Simagin worked at a Moscow factory, first as a turner and then as a technologist. Big tournaments were rarely held during those yers, yet he continued his persistent studies." - The Soviet School of Chess, Kotov and Yudovich |
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| Jul-19-05 | | who: Does anyone have the score for the chessgame mentioned by <Bitzovich>. Simagin-Bronstein where Simagin wins. It sounds like a beautiful game. |
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| Jul-19-05 | | Resignation Trap: <who> I can't find the complete score to Bronstein-Simagin 1947, but I can produce this diagram:
White: Kc2, Qd2, Bc1, Pawns at a2,b2,c3 and f4.
Black: Kg7, Qh1, Bd6, Pawns at f6 and h5. Bronstein goes for a win with 1...h4?! |
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| Jul-21-05 | | who: Fritz thinks that black is lost in this position no matter what he plays. |
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| Dec-14-05 | | stanleys: This is one of my favourite players:very creative and full of imagination.Unfortunately some of his good games are missing here.I hope that I would be able to complete the database soon |
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| Jan-03-06 | | LancelotduLac: A great artist and pioneer, the legacy of beautiful games created by Simagin deserves to be better known |
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| Jan-03-06 | | larsenfan: Nice to see that such a player is regarded as he deserves. His book "El estilo posicional" - I do not know the english title - teaches quite a lot, particulary interesting are his exchange sacrifices. |
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| Feb-26-06 | | refutor: speaking of exchange sacks
Liublinsky,V - Simagin,V [C46]
Match Moscow, 1939 (from Soviet Chess by Soltis)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nge7 8.Qd2 0-0 9.h4 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.0-0-0 Be6 12.Bh6 Bh8 13.Bxf8 Qxf8 14.a3 Rb8 15.Bd3 c5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Na4 Bd7 18.Qa5 Bxa4 19.Qxa4 Qh6+ 20.f4 Nxf4 21.Rd2 Bxb2+ 22.Kd1 Bc3 23.Rf2 Rb1# 0-1 |
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| Nov-14-06 | | stanleys: <refutor: speaking of exchange sacks Liublinsky,V - Simagin,V [C46]
Match Moscow, 1939 (from Soviet Chess by Soltis)> This was Simagin's first try with Bh8!!? in such positions.Check also:Panov vs Simagin, 1943 |
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| Feb-05-08 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
" A game conducted logically and finished off with a beautiful combination - that is my chess ideal. " -- Simagin |
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| May-28-08 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
<A game conducted logically and finished off with a beautiful combination - that is my chess ideal.> -- Simagin
It looks as if chessgames.com is having only a limited repertoire of quotes. At least it's documentable. :D |
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| Jun-21-08 | | brankat: Died like a true fighter, on the battlefield.
R.I.P. GM Simagin. |
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| Jun-21-08 | | whiteshark: Dvoretsky on Simagin:
" With these examples I am paying tribute to <Vladimir Pavlovitch Simagin>. Many people consider that after Kasparov, Karpov and a few other greats, the remaining players are weak and somehow uninteresting. In fact, among grandmasters of the second and third rank, some know how to move their pieces, but do not possess any creative individuality. However, amngst them you do meet true artist with original ideas and profound thoughts, and studying their work is no worse than studying the work of champions. <Simagin> was one such artist, and I recommend that you study his selected games. For some time it was a standard reference work for me. " Mark Izrailovich Dvoretsky in 'Positional Play' |
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| Jun-21-08 | | sitzkrieg: Unfortunately there is no english language game collection of him, is there? |
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| Jun-21-08 | | Resignation Trap: <<sitzkrieg>> <Unfortunately there is no english language game collection of him, is there?> Wrong! See here: http://www.chesscenter.com/book3.html . I found this caricature of Simagin by I. Sokolov: http://www.dewilligedame.nl/SCHAAKP... . |
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| Jun-21-08 | | sitzkrieg: <Wrong! See here: http://www.chesscenter.com/book3.ht...;
Thanks for the info. Decent prize too.
I believe a caricature like that is also in the German edition of Yudasin's and Kotovs chess in the ussr. |
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| Jun-23-08 | | humangraymatter: There was a beatiful game Smagin made positional queen sac. and achieved an attacking position.And he won the game.Unfortunately I saw it many years ago and dont remember his opponents name.Does anyone knows such a game?He had white pieces |
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| Jun-23-08 | | whiteshark: <humangraymatter>
Maybe it's Simagin vs Chistiakov, 1946
with 
click for larger viewwhere Simagin played <34.Rxd7>. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | stanleys: I don't know why the following brilliancy of Simagin is not included in the databases.Unfortunately don't have the complete score Vladimir Zagorovsky - Simagin
Moscow/1951
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.f3 Qb6 9.Bb3 Ng4 10.Na4 Nxe3 11.Nxb6 
click for larger view11...Bxd4 12.Qe2 Bxb6 13.Kd2 Na5 14.h4 Nxb3+ 15.ab3 d5 16.h5 de4 17.hg6 fg6 18.Ra4 Bf5 19.g4 Rac8 20.c3 ef3 21.Qh2 
click for larger view21...Nf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rcd8+ 23.Ke1 f2+ 24.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 25.Qxf2 Bxg4 
click for larger view26.Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rxg4... and black eventually won the endgame |
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| Jun-29-08 | | humangraymatter: <whiteshark> thanks.I was confused with the names Smagin and Simagin.I found that game: Smagin-Sahovic 1990.Really interesting game, I advice every chessfriend to look at it.Though that is not a subject related to this page it is a good one |
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