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Viktor Gavrikov

VIKTOR GAVRIKOV (born Jul-29-1957, died Apr-27-2016, 58 years old) Lithuania [what is this?] Viktor Nikolayevich Gavrikov was awarded the GM title in 1984 when he also entered the ranks of the world's top 100 players. He remained in top 100 for thirteen years until July 1997 and was still #6 overall in Lithuania at the time of his death. Championships <Age> Gavrikov was equal second to Alexander Nikolayevich Panchenko at the 1978 Soviet U26 Championship and won the same event with a round to spare in 1983. (1) <National> He first competed in the qualifiers for the Soviet championship in 1978, making it to the semi final tournament in that year. A regular competitor in this arena, he became USSR champion in 1985 (and therefore Zonal Champion qualifying for the Interzonal, (2) sharing first place with Mikhail Gurevich and Alexander Chernin) (3), and finished equal second in the 1986 event behind Vitaly Tseshkovsky. Gavrikov was Lithuanian champion in 1978 (=Gintautas Albertas Piesina) and Swiss champion in 1996. <World> His best result in the World Championship cycle was equal fourth place in the Tunis Interzonal in 1985, narrowly missing qualification for the Montpellier Candidates (1985). (4) Tournaments Gavrikov's best results included winning the Goglidze memorial tournament (staged in Tbilisi) in 1983 with a couple of rounds to spare (5) and the Nałęczów tournament in 1984 with a round to spare. (6) He also won at Biel in 1990 and 1994 (ahead of Rafael Vaganian in the latter). Gavrikov won the 2nd Principe de Asturias rapid in 1992, with 9.5/11. He was outright second behind Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev at the Paul Keres Memorial held in Tallinn in January 2001 and equal first alongside Sergey Leonidovich Kalinitschew at the Nibelungen Open held in Worms, Germany in September/October 2004. Team <Leagues> Gavrikov first played top level team chess for the Rural Societies team which won team bronze in the 1976 Soviet Team Cup; he subsequently played for the same team in 1978, 1980 and 1982. He represented the Moldavan SSR at the Soviet Spartakiad ("Soviet Olympiad") of 1979 and the Lithuanian SSR at the Spartakiad of 1983. (7) He played for CSHK-Moscow in the USSR Team Championship of 1990. (8) He also played in the Estonian Club Cups of 2001 & 2002, the Swiss Leagues of 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006, both the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga East in 2004-2005, the Oberliga Ost in 2005 & 2006, and the East Bundesliga in 2007, 2008 and 2009. His last rated game was a draw in round nine of the 2009 East Bundesliga against Wilfrid Wernert. Ratings and Rankings Gavrikov's peak rating was 2605 in July 1996 (when he was ranked world #55), and his peak ranking was world #19 in the latter half of 1985 when he was rated 2570. (9) Sources and References <Reference> Wikipedia article: Viktor Gavrikov <Sources> (1) http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... (2) http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zon... ; (3) [rusbase-1] (4) http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/858... (5) http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... (6) http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... (7) [rusbase-2] (8) [rusbase-3] (9) http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player... Last updated: 2018-03-27 13:04:03

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page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 852  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gavrikov vs Z Einoris   0-1 27 1975 USSR Junior Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 2. G Zaichik vs Gavrikov   0-1 30 1976 9th Soviet Team Cup A56 Benoni Defense 3. Gavrikov vs A Kochyev   ½-½ 59 1976 9th Soviet Team Cup E91 King's Indian 4. A Vitolinsh vs Gavrikov ½-½ 32 1977 Collective Farmers Championship B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. A I Zakharov vs Gavrikov   0-1 44 1977 USSR Championship qualification A22 English 6. J Vetemaa vs Gavrikov   0-1 32 1977 All-Union Tournament (Farmers) B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 7. Gavrikov vs V Timofeev   1-0 33 1977 All-Union Tournament (Farmers) B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 8. I Ivanov vs Gavrikov   0-1 36 1977 Collective Farmers Championship A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 9. A Ivanov vs Gavrikov   1-0 30 1977 USSR Championship qualification B07 Pirc 10. Gavrikov vs V Muratov   1-0 58 1977 USSR Championship qualification C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 11. Gavrikov vs Kupreichik   0-1 68 1977 USSR Championship qualification C55 Two Knights Defense 12. Gavrikov vs O Averkin   0-1 28 1977 Moldovan Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 13. Gavrikov vs A Kakageldyev   0-1 56 1978 Ch URS (farming team) D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 14. Gavrikov vs G Rastenis   1-0 32 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship B42 Sicilian, Kan 15. Gavrikov vs A V Kharitonov   1-0 80 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 16. Gavrikov vs A Yusupov   ½-½ 31 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 17. A Mikhalchishin vs Gavrikov   0-1 41 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. G Agzamov vs Gavrikov   ½-½ 47 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 19. Gavrikov vs A Machulsky   ½-½ 58 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 20. V Chekhov vs Gavrikov   ½-½ 31 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 21. A Panchenko vs Gavrikov   ½-½ 30 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship B33 Sicilian 22. Gavrikov vs G Zaichik   ½-½ 27 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship B08 Pirc, Classical 23. A Ivanov vs Gavrikov   ½-½ 71 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship B33 Sicilian 24. Gavrikov vs Vladimirov   1-0 34 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship C50 Giuoco Piano 25. Gavrikov vs A Petrosian   ½-½ 55 1978 USSR Young Masters Championship D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 852

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Nov-04-04    Catfriend: He's famous mainly by his loss in this great game: Kasparov vs Gavrikov, 1981 Dec-30-04    Benzol: Viktor Nikolayevich Gavrikov Born 29th September 1957 Awarded the GM title in 1984 he was also USSR Champion in 1985. Dec-26-05    offramp: He may be most famous as being the luckiest-ever winner of the USSR CH. In 1985 there was a 3-way tie for first. There was a play-off but all the games were drawn. The official committee spent some time wondering what to do next, but a journalist told people that Gavrikov was going to be made champion on tie-break with no further games. The committee was annoyed at that but decided not to rock the boat. So they declared Gavrikov champion. Jul-29-06    BIDMONFA: Viktor Gavrikov GAVRIKOV, Viktor N. http://www.bidmonfa.com/gavrikov_vi... _ Apr-18-09    smurph: Lucky USSR champion?? Aug-02-10    whiteshark: Strange decision, if the story is true. Aug-02-10    whiteshark: His website: http://www.viktorgavrikov.net/ Nov-11-11    ketchuplover: He's apparently instructing a member of chessforums.org Jan-07-12    ketchuplover: or try http://www.chess-viktorgavrikov.co.... Apr-27-16    stanleys: Very sad news: GM Gavrikov has died today.May he rest in peace! (published by David Llada on Twitter) - https://twitter.com/davidllada May-01-16    diagonal: Obituary: http://www.chessdom.com/gm-viktor-g... Viktor Gavrikov, former USSR National Champion 1957-07-29, died 2016-04-27 USSR, Lithuania, Switzerland, Bulgaria GM since: 1984 Best ELO rating: 2605 in 1995 and 1996 Best ELO ranking: <=19th of the World in July-December 1985> (from mid-1980s to mid-1990s, a solid top hundred player) <Lithuanian Champion> in 1978 (shared title with Gintautas Piesina), <National Champion of USSR> in 1985 (1st-3rd Soviet Championship, shared titles), <National Champion of Switzerland> in 1996, and joint winner of Lithuanian National championship in 2000 (title awarded to Viktorija Čmilytė). Finest international achievements: Winner at Biel (Open) 1990, and Biel GM Invitation 1994 (ahead of Vaganian). In 1985 at Interzonal in Tunis, Gavrikov missed the Candidates narrowly, losing the play-off against Alexander Chernin: http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/858... (then there was a following triangular "reserve play-off" at London for Montpellier, won by Speelman ahead of Gavrikov, it didn't change anything because nobody had withdrawn). In December 1988, Gavrikov battled Karpov again and again (achieving a 4-4 in the final, followed by a 1-1, Karpov then declared winner on better prior tie-break, the prize money was shared) in a Rapid (that time called 'Actice chess') contest at Mazatlan, Mexico, sometimes referred as inofficial World Rapid Championships (61 players, including veteran Larsen and the young three Polgar sisters): http://www.365chess.com/tournaments.... Honoured Trainer of Georgia, Trainer of Canadian U16 World Youth Olympiad team 2015 His coaching also helped to obtain an IM/GM-title for Yannick Pelletier and WGM/IM-title for Viktorija Čmilytė (later also GM). R.I.P., Viktor Gavrikov http://windsorchess.org/gm-lesson.php http://www.gavrikov.byethost9.com/i... May-01-16    diagonal: picture: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (Chernin, then Gavrikov, portrait photos from Chess Notes 9590 by Edward Winter) May-05-16    ketchuplover: Condolences to those whose lives he touched May-16-16    luftforlife: Here is a worthy and worthwhile recollection by Riccardo Del Dotto, entitled "Addio Viktor," published on SoloScacchi on May 14, 2016: http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?.... May-17-16    diagonal: Yannick Pelletier honouring Viktor Gavrikov: <Viktor Gavrikov passed away. He would have turned 59 in a few months. He was a strong grandmaster, but his talent and understanding should have made him achieve more. Should I owe my GM title to one person only, it would be him. He was my trainer from 1994 until he left Switzerland in 1997. Thanks to him, I got a glimpse of what the Soviet school of chess really was. His knowledge was immense, and his phenomenal memory was backed with the old card index system. With him, it felt like computers existed already. I have kept all copies of the lessons he gave me. Though the ink on the fax paper has long started to vanish, the content of the lectures is permanently stored in my mind. Such is his memory.> <http://www.modern-chess.com/en/bull...> Jul-28-17    Eagle41257: The 52nd USSR Chess Championship was held from January 22 to February 19, 1985 in Riga. In an additional match-tournament of three winners (Vilnius, December 1985) all the games ended in a draw, and M. Gurevich was declared the champion of the USSR (for the best coefficient of the main tournament).

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