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Zurab Azmaiparashvili
Azmaiparashvili 
 

Number of games in database: 1,267
Years covered: 1968 to 2015
Last FIDE rating: 2637 (2619 rapid, 2608 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2679
Overall record: +396 -192 =514 (59.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 165 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English, 1 c4 e5 (65) 
    A29 A21 A25 A28 A22
 King's Indian (61) 
    E92 E60 E97 E94 E90
 Slav (56) 
    D10 D11 D12 D17 D14
 English (54) 
    A16 A13 A10 A15 A11
 Nimzo Indian (53) 
    E32 E21 E55 E58 E34
 Queen's Indian (41) 
    E12 E17 E15 E16 E19
With the Black pieces:
 Pirc (131) 
    B08 B07 B09
 Robatsch (116) 
    B06
 Queen's Pawn Game (87) 
    A41 A40 D02 A45 D01
 Sicilian (54) 
    B93 B22 B52 B89 B96
 Queen's Gambit Declined (25) 
    D37 D31 D35 D30 D39
 Grunfeld (24) 
    D85 D97 D91 D76 D73
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Karpov vs Azmaiparashvili, 1983 0-1
   J Polgar vs Azmaiparashvili, 2003 0-1
   Yakovich vs Azmaiparashvili, 1994 0-1
   Azmaiparashvili vs J Ye, 1988 1-0
   Azmaiparashvili vs Chernin, 1980 1-0
   Gelfand vs Azmaiparashvili, 2001 0-1
   Ganguly vs Azmaiparashvili, 2004 0-1
   B Gurgenidze vs Azmaiparashvili, 1986 0-1
   M Illescas vs Azmaiparashvili, 1989 0-1
   T Hillarp Persson vs Azmaiparashvili, 2003 0-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2000)
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Goglidze Memorial (1986)
   Albena (1986)
   Moscow-B (1986)
   13th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1989)
   Mercantile Mutual International Masters (1990)
   Toledo (1991)
   Dortmund Open-A (1992)
   Strumica (1995)
   12th International Junior Tournament (1978)
   Yerevan (1981)
   European Junior Championship 1979/80 (1979)
   San Sebastian Open (1991)
   URS-ch53 First League Minsk (1985)
   Reykjavik Open (1990)
   Manila Olympiad (1992)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Pirc by Cannon Fodder
   Madrid 1996 by suenteus po 147

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Liepajas Rokade Super
   E Romanov vs Azmaiparashvili (Aug-08-15) 1/2-1/2

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ZURAB AZMAIPARASHVILI
(born Mar-16-1960, 65 years old) Georgia

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GM Zurab Alekseyevich Azmaiparashvili (1988), born in Georgia (formerly USSR). In international tournaments he was 1st at Pavlodar in 1982, 1st= at Moscow 1986, 1st at Albena 1986, 1st at Tbilisi 1986, 1st at London (Lloyds Bank Open) in 1989, and 1st at the European Championship (2003). Georgian champion in 1980. On 11 August 2014, Azmaiparashvili became president of the European Chess Union by beating his predecessor Silvio Danailov with 33 votes to 18 votes. He is an International Organizer (2002) and a FIDE Senior Trainer (2004).

Wikipedia article: Zurab Azmaiparashvili

Last updated: 2024-10-07 06:36:37

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 page 1 of 51; games 1-25 of 1,269  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Vepkhvishvili vs Azmaiparashvili 1-0231968Friendly gameE70 King's Indian
2. V Vepkhvishvili vs Azmaiparashvili  ½-½621972Ch Chess ClubD01 Richter-Veresov Attack
3. Azmaiparashvili vs V Vepkhvishvili  0-1361975Ch Pioneer PalaceE77 King's Indian
4. N Aidarov vs Azmaiparashvili  0-1531976Dinamo Junior ChampionshipB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
5. Dvoirys vs Azmaiparashvili  1-0501976USSR Junior ChampionshipB89 Sicilian
6. M Gurevich vs Azmaiparashvili  0-1461977Ch URS (team) (juniors)A37 English, Symmetrical
7. Kolmakov vs Azmaiparashvili  1-0351977Ch URS (team) (juniors)B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
8. V Kuporosov vs Azmaiparashvili  ½-½221977USSR Junior ChampionshipB07 Pirc
9. Azmaiparashvili vs I Botvinnik  1-0611978USSR Junior ChampionshipD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. Azmaiparashvili vs I Novikov  1-0471978USSR Junior ChampionshipA13 English
11. V Kuporosov vs Azmaiparashvili  ½-½221978USSR Junior ChampionshipB07 Pirc
12. Azmaiparashvili vs Y Fedoruk  1-0671978USSR Junior ChampionshipE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
13. Azmaiparashvili vs N Andrianov  1-0811978USSR Junior ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. Dolmatov vs Azmaiparashvili  ½-½421978World Junior qualB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
15. Azmaiparashvili vs Yurtaev  ½-½351978World Junior qualA04 Reti Opening
16. Azmaiparashvili vs Psakhis  0-1411978World Junior qualA34 English, Symmetrical
17. Psakhis vs Azmaiparashvili  0-1411978World Junior qualB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
18. Azmaiparashvili vs Z Lanka  0-1391978World Junior qualE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
19. Azmaiparashvili vs B Taborov  1-0311978USSR Team CupE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
20. Azmaiparashvili vs Dvoirys  0-1481978USSR Team CupA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
21. Azmaiparashvili vs K Allen  1-023197812th International Junior TournamentA28 English
22. M Villermain vs Azmaiparashvili  0-140197812th International Junior TournamentB89 Sicilian
23. B Zueger vs Azmaiparashvili 1-054197812th International Junior TournamentE68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
24. Azmaiparashvili vs C McNab  1-023197812th International Junior TournamentA04 Reti Opening
25. N Ivell vs Azmaiparashvili  0-119197812th International Junior TournamentB24 Sicilian, Closed
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Dec-16-09  whiteshark: That's quite another cu8 of tea. :D
Mar-27-10  wordfunph: 50th birthday of gm zurab azmaiparashvili..

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Aug-02-10  cjgone: From what I read about this guy, he's pretty awesome. :D
Oct-10-10  splatty: I feel sorry for Gashimov, he is a virtuoso chess player and was left out of the Olympiad because of the politics of a self-serving ex-FIDE politician. Gashimov is more of a talent than Azmaiparashvili ever was, and it's a disgrace he inhibits a top young player from representing his own country. I already thought Azmaiparashvili was a thug and a selfish idiot from previous Chessbase reports over the years relating to his role as a FIDE vice president, and this has confirmed all of that for me and I'll be happy if I never hear his name mentioned again as he's done enough damage. (As an aside, he has been part of the corruption in FIDE to get fat and rich for years, and he is hypocrite enough to complain and try and sue when the tables are turned on him...)
Oct-03-11  Cemoblanca: Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders :D >>> http://www.amazon.com/Danger-Chess-...

P.S. This one would be a "decent and honest" motto for the FIDE (instead of "Gens una sumus"). ;0)

Mar-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy Birthday POTD!
Mar-24-12  King Death: <Jul-03-08 percyblakeney: It's only five years ago Azmai was a 2700 player, in July 2003 he had a 2702 rating (just behind Ivanchuk with 2710 but well ahead of Moro with 2679). This when such a rating was enough to be #15 (and not #30 as it is today).>

And that 2702 wouldn't even get you in the top 40 today, http://www.2700chess.com/

But there's no inflation, that's a conspiracy theory. Lee Harvey Oswald was a lone gunman too.

May-21-12  whiteshark: Quote of the Day

<A man that will take back a move at chess will pick a pocket.>

-- Fenton

'A man' as synomym for politicans and banksters!

Dec-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: I have always had a problem with moves being written down before they are made. That is not "recording". That is "making notes." FWIW, in the account, I think it made NO difference if he'd written a different move down or not.
Jul-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Would you buy a used car from this man?
Mar-14-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: I took the plunge and bought a second-hand Volkswagen Puppo from Azmai.

I later found out that it was two different cars sellotaped together!

Only the front end was a Volkswagen. Now he won't answer the phone.

Mar-14-14  Jim Bartle: Sounds about right.
Aug-13-14  Karpova: The new president of the European Chess Union.

Source: http://en.chessbase.com/post/fide-a...

Aug-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: The fix is in, baby!

Y'all want a title? A boost in rating? The Big A's your man! Slip him enough baksheesh and get anything!

Oct-23-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <“The true life story of Zurab Azmaiparashvili, famous fighter against chess corruption, and faithful servant of Makro&friends” FIDE>

http://danailov-for-president.com/?...

Sep-11-17  Mudphudder: Famous fighter against chest corruption....uses the word "gypsy" bahahahahhaaa!
Mar-16-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: I hate to see this scumbag as Player of the Day.
Mar-16-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: what specifically is this guy accused of, what has he done?
Mar-16-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <HMM>, this player, inter alia, was alleged to have fixed the result of Strumica 1995, the games for which will be found here:

https://www.365chess.com/tournament...

There have been other shenanigans since.

Mar-16-18  hashtag: Metoo

--> <FSR: I hate to see this scumbag as Player of the Day.>

Mar-16-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <HeMateMe> https://gregshahade.wordpress.com/2...
Mar-16-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Lurid accusations against Azmaiparashvili: http://danailov-for-president.com/?...
Mar-16-18  ChessHigherCat: <FSR: Lurid accusations against Azmaiparashvili: http://danailov-for-president.com/?...>

Great article but the Gandhi quote at the top of the page should be changed to:

"First they trust you, then they rue the day, then they arrest you and finally you're hired by FIDE"

Nov-03-18  Nina Myers: What a disgusting human being.

Zurab, the same guy that made Anton Kovalyov quit the World Cup and cheated his way into the world elite, now yells at a 13 year old chess player for blundering in round 11 of a long, stressful tournament on move 81.

Zurab himself blundered in the final game of the European Championship 2003 and just made another move in order to win the game. He propably wanted <Alexander Krastev> to do the same...

People like Zurab are a disgrace to chess.

Nov-03-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: This once, we are in agreement. Azmai is a disgrazia and a <point of sale>.
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