YASSER SEIRAWAN (born Mar-24-1960, 65 years old) Syria (federation/nationality United States of America) [what is this?] Grandmaster (1980) and FIDE Senior Trainer (2004) Yasser Seirawan was born in Damascus, Syria. When he was seven, his family emigrated to Seattle, Washington, USA, where he learned the game at the age of twelve. He is a four-time United States Champion 1981 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... 1986 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... 1989 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... and 2000 http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... , won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979, and played in the Candidates events at Montpelier 1985 and Saint John 1988. In July, 1990, he was #10 on the FIDE rating list at 2635. Seirawan is a notable author of instructional and historical works, and was the editor of Inside Chess magazine. In September 1983 he was Cosmopolitan Magazine's "Bachelor of the Month." In 2001 he released a plan to reunite the chess world; Ruslan Ponomariov had gained the FIDE championship in 2003, while Vladimir Kramnik had beaten Garry Kasparov for the Braingames title. Seirawan's plan called for one match between Ruslan Ponomariov and Garry Kasparov, and another between Vladimir Kramnik and the winner of the 2002 Einstein tournament in Dortmund, Peter Leko. The winners of these matches would then play each other to become undisputed World Champion. This plan became the Prague Agreement and was signed by all parties in question. Four years later the unification process was completed, although not under the exact terms dictated by the agreement. He is married to Yvette Nagel. Interview with Ann Matnadze Bujiashvili on 28 October 2011: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... Wikipedia article: Yasser Seirawan Last updated: 2025-03-24 09:03:31

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page 1 of 60; games 1-25 of 1,485  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Seirawan vs R Karch   1-0 41 1973 Seirawan - Karch C55 Two Knights Defense 2. R Karch vs Seirawan   0-1 29 1973 Seirawan - Karch E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 3. Seirawan vs R Karch 0-1 46 1973 Seirawan - Karch C11 French 4. R Karch vs Seirawan 0-1 67 1973 Seirawan - Karch D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. R Karch vs Seirawan   0-1 43 1973 Seirawan - Karch D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 6. Seirawan vs R Karch   0-1 28 1973 Seirawan - Karch C56 Two Knights 7. Seirawan vs Suttles 0-1 25 1973 74th US Open A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 8. Seirawan vs K Fitzgerald   0-1 34 1974 Eugene B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. A Mengarini vs Seirawan 0-1 23 1974 75th US Open B07 Pirc 10. C Madsen vs Seirawan   1-0 64 1974 American Open A40 Queen's Pawn Game 11. D Saxton vs Seirawan   0-1 66 1975 76th US Open A40 Queen's Pawn Game 12. Seirawan vs A Bisguier 1-0 53 1975 76th US Open A28 English 13. J Peters vs Seirawan ½-½ 47 1975 76th US Open B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 14. Benko vs Seirawan 1-0 56 1975 76th US Open B08 Pirc, Classical 15. Miles vs Seirawan 1-0 60 1976 Lone Pine B08 Pirc, Classical 16. Seirawan vs J Meyers ½-½ 100 1976 Lone Pine A34 English, Symmetrical 17. F Street vs Seirawan ½-½ 25 1976 Lone Pine A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 18. Seirawan vs D Berry   0-1 39 1976 Lone Pine A07 King's Indian Attack 19. de Firmian vs Seirawan   ½-½ 28 1976 Lone Pine A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 20. D Fritzinger vs Seirawan   ½-½ 29 1976 Lone Pine B12 Caro-Kann Defense 21. Seirawan vs C Barnes   0-1 30 1976 Lone Pine A25 English 22. Seirawan vs M Diesen   ½-½ 23 1976 United States Championship (Juniors) A28 English 23. de Firmian vs Seirawan 1-0 44 1976 United States Championship (Juniors) B01 Scandinavian 24. Seirawan vs K Regan   1-0 46 1976 United States Championship (Juniors) A10 English 25. M Rohde vs Seirawan 1-0 58 1976 United States Championship (Juniors) B01 Scandinavian  page 1 of 60; games 1-25 of 1,485

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 17 OF 23 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-16-12    spawn2: <Shams> Thank you for the info on proper etiquette for chess simul exhibition: ) Will watch the Kasparov video when I get home: ) Mar-16-12    Shams: <spawn2> Walang anuman. :) Mar-16-12    Everett: <Nova: On Saturday Yasser will be hosting a simul in which I will happily get to participate in. Any advice or what opening to play (or to avoid)? I expect to get crushed since I am only 1900 USCF, but what do you all think?> Where? and good luck! Mar-16-12    HeMateMe: Got a simul with Yaz? cool. Play something fun. You're going to get killed anyway, so get a signed scoresheet with some fireworks. Play the Kings Gambit. Or, the Cochrane Gambit, or maybe a Benko Gambit. Go for it, baby. Mar-16-12    Nova: Thanks for the advice! There are 30 people signed up, so not too many. I would love to win (but a draw would surely suffice!) My favorite openings as black are the sicilian and king's indian defense, so if he plays d4 or e4 I will steer towards them. I like the idea of keeping things complicated, and I will surely notate so that you may see the game! Mar-16-12    spawn2: <Nova> King Indian and Sicilian eh..then its going to be a slambang affair. Fastest with the mostest as one chess columnist always writes..go for mate! Will wait for the pgn. May the Force be with you.. Mar-18-12    pazzed paun: no criticism of Yasser but if he has not played in a tournament in 8 years joins the U.S. championship at the last minute, finishes with a less than 50% score, and is STILL ranked in the top ten of U.S. players is it just impossible to be a 2650+ player in the USA? Mar-18-12    Nova: <spawn2> Here is the pgn. A tough game, but ended once Yasser trapped my queen! [Event "Yasser Simul"] [Site "?"] [Date "2012.03.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Nova"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E84"] E84: King's Indian: Samisch Panno: 7 Nge2 a6 8 Qd2 Rb8 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ng3 c6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O c5 14. a3 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. b4 b6 18. Rb1 Qh4 19. g4 Rf7 20. Bg5! Qh3 21. Rf2 Rf4 (my desperation) 22. Bf1 Rxg4+ 23. fxg4 Qxg4+ 24. Rg2 Qf5 25. Bd3 1-0 Not exactly my best game, but a nice queen trap that I will never forget! Is there a way to submit this game to the database? Mar-18-12    wordfunph: <Nova> try PGN Upload Utility. Mar-19-12    spawn2: <Nova> Thank you very much. Will go through the game later. As expected, he opened with d4. How did GM Yasser fare against the 30 participants? Mar-19-12    HeMateMe: <Nova> 20. B-g5...a Bishop attacking a Queen on the diagonal *behind* the Queen often leads to horrible things (as if I would have fared better). Nice effort. Did he sign your scoresheet? Yaz was always a cool dude. He beat Karpov, back when nobody beat Karpov except for Kasparov. Mar-20-12    Nova: <spawn2> Yasser had 20 Wins 5 Draws 1 Loss. Funnily enough, the draws and his loss came near the end of the simul, I guess when he became very tired from all the games (if only I lasted till move 40!) <HeMateMe> 20. Bg5! Came out of the blue. What amazes me is that he saw this when he played g4 the move before. I had never seen such a trap and thus was caught off guard. I must say that Yasser was a super cool guy. He is the strongest player I have ever met, and was so cheerful and enthusiastic about the game of chess that he took a picture with me, signed my chess board, and even talked about chess books and funny anecdotes. Definitely an event I will never forget! Mar-20-12    spawn2: <Nova> <Definitely an event I will never forget!> I know how you feel: ) Being able to play with your chess idol, whether win, lose or draw is an experience you will carry with you until old age. Mar-20-12    Everett: Yasser is going to be in the US Championship again! Yay! Mar-24-12    brankat: Happy Birthday Yasser! Mar-24-12    twinlark: Still one of the best. Happy birthday. Mar-24-12    talisman: happy birthday to one of the good guys...anyway to get your "no regrets" book? Mar-24-12    wordfunph: "It was only after about eighty games that I discovered castling." - GM Yasser Seirawan Yasser, happy birthday! Mar-24-12    Penguincw: Happy Birthday Yasser Seirawan. Keep playing chess! Mar-24-12    Check It Out: Great to see you're back playing! Happy birthday, come visit Seattle again soon. Mar-24-12    laurenttizano: 2040 huh! March 24,2012 the calendar must not be joking?! Happy B-day Sir Yasser!!!!!!! Mar-24-12    Nova: Happy Birthday Yasser! It was an honor to play you in the simul! Mar-24-12    kamalakanta: Happy Brithday, Yasser! Kamalakanta May-20-12    ketchuplover: username Linden Lyons on redhotpawn.com is starting a quarterly periodical on Seirawan chess. To subscribe,contribute article(s),or contribute game score(s) email llyons.hawkelephant@gmail.com Jun-10-12    ketchuplover: Good luck vs. Karpov! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 23) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 17 OF 23 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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