The chess games of Manuel Rivas Pastor

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Manuel Rivas Pastor

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Number of games in database: 875
Years covered: 1977 to 2011
Last FIDE rating: 2541
Highest rating achieved in database: 2559

Overall record: +313 -225 =328 (55.1%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 9 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

King's Indian (49)
    E90 E70 E81 E73 E60
English (34)
    A10 A13 A16 A17 A12
Sicilian (32)
    B40 B20 B51 B22 B30
Queen's Gambit Declined (26)
    D30 D31 D37 D38
English, 1 c4 e5 (24)
    A28 A22 A21 A25
Queen's Indian (24)
    E12 E15 E16 E18 E14

With the Black pieces:

Queen's Pawn Game (53)
    A41 A40 A46 D02 A45
French Defense (44)
    C03 C16 C11 C10 C02
Pirc (38)
    B07 B09 B08
Sicilian (33)
    B28 B56 B22 B50 B86
Ruy Lopez (30)
    C92 C60 C67 C91 C84
Queen's Indian (24)
    E15 E12 E16 E14 E13

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Sosonko vs Rivas Pastor, 1978 0-1
   Rivas Pastor vs Suba, 1980 1-0
   Rivas Pastor vs A J Mestel, 1982 1-0
   Rivas Pastor vs Psakhis, 1982 1-0
   Spassky vs Rivas Pastor, 1985 1/2-1/2
   Rivas Pastor vs Lautier, 1993 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Las Palmas (1987)
   9th European Junior Championship 1979/80 (1979)
   Dos Hermanas-B (2001)
   Madrid (1993)
   Hastings 1981/82 (1981)
   Linares (1985)
   Amsterdam Zonal (1978)
   Minsk (1982)
   7th European Junior Championship 1977/78 (1977)
   Valletta Olympiad (1980)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1984)
   Buenos Aires Olympiad (1978)
   EUR-chT (Men) 9th (1989)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)
   EUR-chT (Men) 10th (1992)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Hastings (1981/82) by Chessical

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MANUEL RIVAS PASTOR
(born Jul-13-1960, 61 years old) Spain

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He grew up in southern Spain, mostly in Seville. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Manuel Rivas Pastor was one of Spain's leading chess players. He has competed many times in the finals of the Spanish Chess Championships, played every year in a different location in Spain. He has won it outright four times: 1978, 1979, 1981 (played in Seville), and 1991. His first international success was in 1977, when he shared 7th place in the U20 World Junior Chess Championships in Innsbruck. Manuel Rivas Pastor achieved another significant result at the turn of 1979 and 1980 in Groningen, where he shared the 4th place (with Zurab Azmaiparashvili and James Plaskett) in the European Junior Chess Championship in the same age category.

Manuel Rivas Pastor has achieved several successes in international chess tournaments, including in Medina del Campo (1980, 2nd place), Torremolinos (1983, 1st place), Isla de Santa Catalina (1987, shared 1st place), Salamanca (1989, shared 1st place), Albacete (1989, shared 1st place), Lorca (2005, 1st place), Malaga Open (2006, 2nd place), Almería (2006, 2nd place; 2007, 1st place), Ourense (2008, shared 2nd place), San Cristóbal de La Laguna (2008, shared 2nd place), Seville (2009, 1st place) and in Paul Keres Memorial Tournament (Vancouver, 2010, shared 1st place).

Manuel Rivas Pastor played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads:

In 1978, at second reserve board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+2, =2, -1), In 1980, at fourth board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+5, =4, -3), In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+2, =4, -1), In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4, =6, -1), In 1992, at first board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+2, =6, -3). Manuel Rivas Pastor played for Spain in the European Team Chess Championships:

In 1989, at first board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa (+4, =0, -3), In 1992, at first board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen (+2, =4, -2)

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Last updated: 2021-12-03 04:53:42

page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 865

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Yusupov vs Rivas Pastor	½-½	43	1977	Wch U20	A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
2. Rivas Pastor vs N Ristic	1-0	45	1977	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	A37 English, Symmetrical
3. Groszpeter vs Rivas Pastor	1-0	20	1977	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	C60 Ruy Lopez
4. Rivas Pastor vs G Franzoni	½-½	81	1977	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. Skembris vs Rivas Pastor	½-½	65	1977	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
6. O Foisor vs Rivas Pastor	1-0	57	1977	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	A44 Old Benoni Defense
7. Rivas Pastor vs V Freund	1-0	47	1977	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
8. T Yilmaz vs Rivas Pastor	½-½	41	1977	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	B33 Sicilian
9. Rivas Pastor vs C Schubert	0-1	38	1977	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
10. Van der Wiel vs Rivas Pastor	0-1	36	1977	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	B32 Sicilian
11. F J Sanz Alonso vs Rivas Pastor	½-½	19	1978	Montilla	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
12. Rivas Pastor vs V Ciocaltea	½-½	30	1978	Montilla	B06 Robatsch
13. L Haritver vs Rivas Pastor	0-1	23	1978	Montilla	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
14. Rivas Pastor vs Bellon Lopez	0-1	34	1978	Montilla	B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
15. Rivas Pastor vs F Visier Segovia	½-½	42	1978	Montilla	B40 Sicilian
16. Rivas Pastor vs J Santos	½-½	42	1978	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	A16 English
17. C Bjork vs Rivas Pastor	½-½	34	1978	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	C60 Ruy Lopez
18. Rivas Pastor vs L Roos	0-1	34	1978	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	A12 English with b3
19. P Busuttil vs Rivas Pastor	0-1	19	1978	7th European Junior Championship 1977/78	B23 Sicilian, Closed
20. Gligoric vs Rivas Pastor	1-0	50	1978	Montilla-Moriles	D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
21. Rivas Pastor vs Spassky	½-½	15	1978	Montilla-Moriles	A37 English, Symmetrical
22. Hort vs Rivas Pastor	1-0	37	1978	Montilla-Moriles	D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
23. Miles vs Rivas Pastor	1-0	65	1978	Montilla-Moriles	D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
24. Emilio Cruz Lorenzana vs Rivas Pastor	0-1	27	1978	Buenos Aires Olympiad	D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
25. Rivas Pastor vs V Inkiov	½-½	74	1978	Buenos Aires Olympiad	B50 Sicilian


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Aug-15-03		pawntificator: Heck of a rating. Too bad about his record in the database...I guess that's what happens when you only play the best of the best. And when you only have your games against the bestest of the best in the database. Poor guy. Three cheers for Pastor! Hip hip! Hooray!

Aug-15-03		Sylvester: Who is he? Where is he from?

Aug-15-03		Ribeiro: <Sylvester> GM Manuel Rivas Pastor is from Spain.

Aug-15-03		Sylvester: Thanks, Ribeiro.

Aug-15-03		Ribeiro: <Sylvester> You are welcome!

Aug-04-04		meloncio: GM Manuel Rivas got his top level in early 80's. He's Sevillian like me, and I remember when he got the 1981 Spanish Championship in Sevilla (!), when he was only 21 years old, and after that had several good years. Today, I know almost nothing about him, except the list on the FEDE site.

May-29-06		BIDMONFA: Manuel Rivas-Pastor RIVAS, Manuel http://www.bidmonfa.com/rivas_manue... _

Jul-13-08		brankat: Happy Birthday Manuel!

Oct-02-08		Ezzy: Today he has been disqualified from the Spanish Championships for refusing a doping test. He could be the very first player to suffer under the FIDE rules in this situation.

Oct-02-08		matey: Bravo, Manuel Rivas-Pastor, Bravo!

Oct-02-08		Ezzy: GM Manuel Rivas was disqualified from the ongoing Spanish Championship when he refused to submit to a doping test. Now, perhaps at some point there will be a substance that (a) substantially helps the performance of a chess player and (b) is dangerous and needs to be controlled, but in the meantime, what's the point? This stupid FIDE rule, which as far as I know had never previously been enforced, goes back to 1999 when FIDE had some hopes of becoming part of the Olympic movement. Since that didn't work out (chess was an exhibition sport in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and that was the end of that), can we stop pretending chess is a real sport - or at least the sort of sport where these blood tests are relevant? The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos.

Jul-13-09		brankat: Happy Birthday GM Rivas-Pastor!

Jul-13-09		WhiteRook48: he must be very religious

Aug-21-09		Everett: Concentration enhancing drugs are very effective, but so is having slight, specific autism that can make one slightly strange but an absolute killer automaton on the chessboard. The future will bring some interesting issues to the fore.

Aug-21-09		SugarDom: This is obvious to a lot of chess players...Look at Nakamura...hehe

Aug-21-09		Everett: I was thinking Carlsen as the most recent, and blatant, example.

Aug-21-09		SugarDom: I was going to say that, but i was afraid of Carlsen fans. hehe

Jul-13-10		wordfunph: 1990 Palma de Mallorca: 154 Grandmasters were entered out of 182 participants. GM Manuel Rivas of Spain was the last placer. GM Sammy Reshevsky, played and placed 179th-181st together with GM Vlastimil Jansa. happy birthday Manuel!

Jul-13-11		badenbaden: ¡Felicidades, Manolo! El Bobby del Claret...

Jul-13-15		eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to GM Rivas-Pastor!

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