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 21 OF 23 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-04-16    Boomie: Uncle Vik has a page here - Viktors Pupols. May-04-16    offramp: Imagine what it would be like to have Kortschnoi as a chess tutor! Can you imagine the criticism!? VK has never beaten Anand, but after every one of VK's losses he has told VA that he has no idea about chess. May-08-16    HeMateMe: korchnoi was just too old by the time Anand was at the big boys table. Even in his 50s Korchnoi would have taken some games from Vishy. Kasparov made it look pretty easy at the WC match at the old WTC. Jun-08-16    HeMateMe: This 1981 article in sports illustrated gives some info on the working relationship between Yaz and Korchnoi <http://www.si.com/vault/1981/12/21/...> Aug-11-16    Chessinfinite: Nice commentary by Gm Seirawan. It would have been even sweeter if he did not pass judgement on innocent youngsters on disrespecting elders.. wow. Poor Chandra was being only respectfully playful..But Yasser had some sort of resentment of him i guess... Good luck to Seirwan - please continue the great work on chess itself, it is always a pleasure Oct-17-16    posoo: dis man looks like my BASBAL coch. dat was a LONG TIME ago before da trubles. Jan-09-17    RookFile: It's a pretty impressive thing to have wins against the likes of Karpov, Kasparov, Topalov, Korchnoi, Short, Reshevsky, etc. on your resume. Mar-16-17    pazzed paun: Not sure which page to post on but The Washington state champ has a cover article On the cover of the stranger.com With even a link to redhotpawn.com Good interview with some great chess anecdotes! Mar-24-17    lost in space: Happy Birthday, champ. Mar-24-17    Ironmanth: Happy birthday, Grandmaster! You have provided all of us unmatched enjoyment with your marvelous commentary, and we are blessed to share your unalloyed joy of our beloved game. Be well Yasser! Mar-24-17    Pantagruel: Yasser, he's the man. Mar-24-17    TheFocus: This is a very poor bio for such s great player!! Love your books!! And your games. Happy birthday, Yasser!! Mar-24-17    saffuna: Don't forget "Inside Chess." Mar-24-17    TheFocus: I have a full run of "Inside Chess." Mar-24-17    saffuna: So do I, but spread into every nook and cranny of the house. My only connection to the world of chess back in the 90s. Mar-24-17    hansj: I would like to echoe Ironmanth's fine words. Happy Birthday Yasser! and many good returns. Mar-24-17    Howard: Well, what about a certain GM who was world champion from 1957-58? As Yasser himself has pointed out, the two of them shared the same birthday. Mar-24-17    gars: Happy Birthday, Grandmaster Seirawan! I wish you the best. May-23-17    saffuna: A promising junior: http://cdn.simplesite.com/i/46/c1/2... May-24-17    Boomie: <saffuna: A promising junior...> Nice picture. That's the Yaz I kept in lunch money at 5 minute back in the day. Within about 4 years, Yaz was one of the best 5 minute players in the US. Aside from a boatload of talent, he worked harder on the game than anybody else. May-24-17    perfidious: Dang, that photo even antedates the tough player I first saw at the old Bond Court Hotel in Cleveland in May 1977. May-01-19    Helios727: Has anyone else noticed that in Seirawan Chess an Elephant generally defeats a Rook or Bishop Pawn on the 7th rank (even if defended by its king), while a Queen generally only draws? May-01-19    Joshka: The only American GM to visit with Bobby during his 92 Match with Boris. Bobby was very much appreciative. Happy belated Birthday and have many more!! PS You were the first GM I ever had the chance to meet and greet back in 1987 in Nevada at the National Open. You and Boris Gulko tied for first I believe and you guys were playing a tie breaker!? Anyway you were so gracious and made my first impressions on GM's very positive!! May-01-19    Joshka: Yasser also has a resume any chess player would be able to boast about!! Scalps from Spassky, Karpov and Kasparov!! You can also throw in Korchnoi! In fact Korchnoi thought so much of Yasser he hired him to be his second in a Championship Match against Karpov. Any other American GM's who can claim these same scalps!?? May-01-19    Joshka: He also must have played some blitz games with Bobby as well. Has anyone ever asked him if he was able to beat Bobby a game or two? If he did that would be 4 World Chess Champions plus Korchnoi , who most agree was the strongest NON World Champ!! Let's give Yasser some props!! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 23) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 21 OF 23 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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