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Slim Bouaziz
S Bouaziz 
 

Number of games in database: 357
Years covered: 1965 to 2015
Last FIDE rating: 2253 (2257 rapid, 2262 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2420
Overall record: +80 -125 =145 (43.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 7 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (67) 
    B56 B42 B28 B97 B83
 Ruy Lopez (27) 
    C69 C84 C78 C64 C95
 Sicilian Najdorf (12) 
    B97 B90 B99 B91 B96
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (12) 
    C84 C91 C95 C93 C99
 French Defense (9) 
    C19 C10 C03 C01 C16
 Sicilian Scheveningen (8) 
    B83 B82 B84
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (43) 
    B92 B93 B87 B90 B99
 King's Indian (39) 
    E63 E98 E90 E92 E85
 Sicilian Najdorf (26) 
    B92 B93 B90 B99 B97
 Modern Benoni (15) 
    A76 A79 A65 A71 A57
 King's Indian Attack (12) 
    A07
 Queen's Pawn Game (11) 
    A45 A40 E10 A46 A41
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   S Bouaziz vs Tukmakov, 1982 1/2-1/2
   S Bouaziz vs J Tarjan, 1979 1-0
   S Bouaziz vs F Trois, 1979 1-0
   S Bouaziz vs B Ziska, 1990 1-0
   S Bouaziz vs Karpov, 1983 1/2-1/2
   Tal vs S Bouaziz, 1979 1/2-1/2
   Browne vs S Bouaziz, 1982 0-1
   S Bouaziz vs Anand, 1990 1-0
   S Bouaziz vs H van Riemsdijk, 1979 1/2-1/2
   Ljubojevic vs S Bouaziz, 1979 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship Final-B (1969)
   Siegen Olympiad qual-1 (1970)
   World Junior Championship qual-5 (1969)
   2nd Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1978)
   Imperia Open (1968)
   Copenhagen Open (1979)
   Lugano Open (1984)
   Riga Interzonal (1979)
   FRG-ch International (1983)
   Siegen Olympiad Final-C (1970)
   Lugano Olympiad Final-C (1968)
   Torcy Open-A (1991)
   Lucerne Olympiad (1982)
   Novi Sad Olympiad (1990)
   Turin Olympiad (2006)

RECENT GAMES:
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   S Bouaziz vs S Matsenko (Dec-14-15) 0-1

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SLIM BOUAZIZ
(born Apr-16-1950, 75 years old) Tunisia

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FIDE awarded Slim Bouaziz the IM title in 1975 and the GM title in 1993. He was Arab champion in 1986 and 1991. He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer and an International Organizer.

Bouaziz participated in five Interzonals. He finished last at the Sousse Interzonal (1967). He tied for 14th-16th at the Riga Interzonal (1979). He tied for 11th-13th at the Las Palmas Interzonal (1982). He withdrew from the Tunis Interzonal (1985) after six rounds, having scored just half a point. He finished 17th at the Szirak Interzonal (1987).

In the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999), he lost in the first round to Vasilios Kotronias.

Bouaziz participated in many international chess tournaments, finishing first or equal first at Belgrade 1977 and Bucharest 1992.

He represented the Tunisian team at the Chess Olympiad 16 times (1966-1970, 1974, 1978–1986, 1990–1996, 2000, and 2004–2006); at the World Team Championship (1989) ; and thrice at the World Student Chess Championship (1963 and 1965–1966).

Wikipedia article: Slim Bouaziz

Last updated: 2022-11-01 01:00:23

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 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 357  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Bouaziz vs A Zwaig  0-1371965Wch U20 q-3C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
2. P M Jamieson vs S Bouaziz  ½-½191965Wch U20 q-3A48 King's Indian
3. S Bouaziz vs R Brent  1-0241965Wch U20 f-CB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
4. B Brinck-Claussen vs S Bouaziz 0-1421966Orebro Stud olm prelim5A30 English, Symmetrical
5. S Bouaziz vs J Kolbak  0-1341966Orebro Stud olm prelim5B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
6. S Bouaziz vs G Stefanov  ½-½371966Orebro Stud olm prelim5B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
7. N Spiridonov vs S Bouaziz  1-0261966Orebro Stud olm prelim5A05 Reti Opening
8. S Bouaziz vs R Verstraeten  1-0411966Orebro Stud olm prelim5A43 Old Benoni
9. R Wostyn vs S Bouaziz  ½-½271966Orebro Stud olm prelim5C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
10. S Bouaziz vs G Lebredo Zaragoitia  ½-½461966Orebro Stud olm fBB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
11. S Bouaziz vs J Rodriguez Cordoba  1-0431966Orebro Stud olm fBA43 Old Benoni
12. D Rivera vs S Bouaziz 1-0441966Orebro Stud olm fBB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
13. E Whiteside vs S Bouaziz  0-1461966Orebro Stud olm fBE73 King's Indian
14. S Bouaziz vs H MacGrillen  1-0411966Orebro Stud olm fBE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
15. P M Jamieson vs S Bouaziz  1-0481966Orebro Stud olm fBD25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
16. D Levy vs S Bouaziz  1-0431966Orebro Stud olm fBC44 King's Pawn Game
17. S Bouaziz vs R Verstraeten  ½-½311966Orebro Stud olm fBE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
18. F Nordstrom vs S Bouaziz  1-0481966Orebro Stud olm fBE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
19. S Bouaziz vs T Bjornsson  ½-½411966Orebro Stud olm fBA07 King's Indian Attack
20. S Bouaziz vs J Thor  1-0381966Orebro Stud olm fBC70 Ruy Lopez
21. S Bouaziz vs H Illi  ½-½381966Orebro Stud olm fBC71 Ruy Lopez
22. P Hohler vs S Bouaziz  ½-½281966Orebro Stud olm fBB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
23. S Bouaziz vs J Rodriguez Gonzalez  0-1581966Havana Olympiad qual-6C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
24. S Bouaziz vs G Villarroel  1-0231966Havana Olympiad qual-6C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
25. S Bouaziz vs F Cornelis  0-1491966Havana Olympiad qual-6C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
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Sep-25-06  sneaky pete: On the other hand, we Dutchies know he isn't Dom.
Jun-11-08  Xeroxx: Will the real Slim Bouaziz please stand up.
Oct-26-08  rjfsworstnightmare: According to the FIDE page, He's an IGM @ 2338...
Nov-29-08  ILikeFruits: they call him...
the slim faze...
Mar-02-09  sallom89: <Xeroxx: Will the real Slim Bouaziz please stand up.>

LOL.

May-16-09  myschkin: . . .

Four: http://www.olimpbase.org/1966y/img/...

Decades: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1435...

Timeline: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/...

Oct-17-09  waustad: <nightmare>He is almost 60. It gets harder as one ages. Look at Karpov's game now compared to 30 years ago.
Apr-16-10  wordfunph: Bouaziz's handle in ICC is Gentelman..

happy 60th birthday Slim!

Nov-25-11  alshatranji: Interesting spelling of the name. It makes it sound Anglo-American. A spelling more accurate to the Arabic pronunciation would be something like Saleem, Seleem, or, especially in North Africa, Sleem.
Jun-25-12  Abdel Irada: <A Tunisian named "Slim"?>

Not to rain on the pun parade, but Mr. Bouaziz's sobriquet as shown on this page is likely the result of confounding romanization.

When Maghribi (North African) Arabic is transliterated into the Latin alphabet, short vowels are often omitted, and the phonetic system used is French (thanks to the colonial history) rather than English. Therefore, Bouaziz's first name is almost certainly really Salim (which we sometimes write as Saleem), and means "peaceful."

Jun-25-12  kasputine: Bouaziz first name is "Salim" which means "healthy, in good shape", however Tunisians pronounce it "Slim" and transcribe it that way also with latin letters.
Jun-25-12  Abdel Irada: <kasputine>: You are essentially correct: The Tunisian pronunciation would be phonetically represented in English as "Sleem." However, the meaning is "peaceful," as shown on this page (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meani...) among others.
Jun-25-12  King Death: His play doesn't look too peaceful though! There's a lot of fight in his games.
Jun-25-12  Abdel Irada: Except for the odd 10-move draw. :-D
Jun-25-12  kasputine: <Abdel Irada>
The meaning provided in the website above is not correct. "Salim" or "Saleem" means "healthy", they're probably confusing it with "Salam" which means "peace". I know what I'm talking about, arabic is my native language :)
Jun-25-12  kasputine: Both tunisian GMs are Slim :))
The other one being Slim Belkhodja
Jun-26-12  Abdel Irada: <kasputine>: Kalima li-'l-hakim:

I also know a bit of Arabic, and "salim/saleem" does indeed mean "peaceful." The putative "confusion" with "salaam" is actually a real etymological relationship, since "salim" is the adjectival form of "salaam."

Now, it is quite possible that "salim" has a secondary definition corresponding to your interpretation. Arabic is a rich language -- at least as much so as English -- and it is hardly uncommon for words to have multiple meanings. It is therefore not implausible that we are both right.

Jun-26-12  kasputine: The word for "peaceful" in arabic is "silmi" or "musalim" derived from the nouns "silm" or "salam".

I definitely assure you that "salim" does not mean "peaceful".

Check it out:
http://online.ectaco.co.uk/main.jsp...

Jun-27-12  Abdel Irada: <kasputine>: Mea culpa. I have been mistaken all this time.

I couldn't get the page from the link you supplied to work with my browser, but I did look up the name on Wikipedia, which shows it as meaning "safe," from the verbal root "salima": "to be safe."

I am now interested, however, in the etymology of that root as it pertains to "salam," since both appear to use the same triliteral, s-l-m. Do you happen to know anything more about that connection, if any?

Jun-28-12  kasputine: There are actually two different arabic words that can be transcribed as "salim":

1- "Salim" with a long "a" and a short "i" --> "Saalim" with the meaning "safe"

2- "Salim" with a short "a" and a long "i" --> "Saleem" with the meaning "healthy" or "in good shape"

You are correct, all these words as well as silm, silmi, mussalim, salama, sallama, aslama, islam, muslim, etc... are derived from the verbal root s-l-m (salima: to become safe). They all either reflect health, safety, peace or surrender.

Jun-28-12  Benzol: It must have been an incredible experience being a teenager playing with and watching the legends like Gligoric, Geller, Korchnoi, Larsen and Fischer at the Sousse interzonal in 1967.
Nov-09-13  Azazel11: Oh yeh what a brillant player . he is my contryman and i beated him in one game ...
Apr-30-20  Chesgambit: lowest rated GM played aganist Ibrahimoglu but lose
Nov-23-22  lonchaney: Beating a world champion (twenty years old Anand) : S Bouaziz vs Anand, 1990
Nov-23-22  lonchaney: Other memmorable games against IM's & GM's
B Brinck-Claussen vs S Bouaziz, 1966 Glenn C Flear S Bouaziz vs F Trois, 1979 S Bouaziz vs Tarjan, 1979 Browne vs S Bouaziz, 1982 S Bouaziz vs I Rogers, 1984
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