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Sergei Tiviakov
Number of games in database: 764
Years covered: 1987 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2648
Highest rating achieved in database: 2699
Overall record: +266 -109 =382 (60.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      7 exhibition games, blitz games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (192)      B22 B90 B23 B33 B43  Ruy Lopez (50)      C77 C86 C65 C85 C60  Caro-Kann (37)      B17 B18 B10 B16 B19  French Tarrasch (34)      C07 C06 C03 C05 C09  Sicilian Najdorf (31)      B90 B93 B92  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (20)      B67 B65 B64 B62 B66	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (149)      B30 B36 B32 B22 B51  Queen's Indian (68)      E12 E17 E15 E18 E14  Sicilian Dragon (61)      B36 B77 B35 B70 B34  Nimzo Indian (57)      E20 E32 E38 E42 E59  Scandinavian (25)      B01  English, 1 c4 e5 (16)      A20 A28 A29 A25 A22

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Tiviakov vs G Sargissian, 2004 1-0
   Tiviakov vs G Timoshenko, 1990 1-0
   Tiviakov vs V Arbakov, 1989 1-0
   J M Hodgson vs Tiviakov, 1993 0-1
   Kamsky vs Tiviakov, 2006 0-1
   M Al-Modiahki vs Tiviakov, 2006 0-1
   Tiviakov vs I Sokolov, 1994 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Ruy Lopez Worrall Attack by russep
   Bind by kefchess
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1996 by suenteus po 147
   Madrid 1994 by suenteus po 147

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SERGEI TIVIAKOV (born Feb-14-1973) Russia (citizen of Netherlands) [what is this?] Sergei Tiviakov was born in Krasnodar, Russia on February 14, 1973. He learned to play chess at age 5 and as a junior, won both the U-16 and the U-18 categories of the World Junior Championship. He is currently living in Holland and was part of the Dutch team that took first place in the 15th European Team Championship (2005). Tiviakov turned in many other strong performances in 2005, including 8.5/9 at the Gausdal Classics event and 8/9 in Neiva, Columbia. These victories caused his FIDE rating to increase by nearly 100 points, finally peaking at 2699 on the October list, his career high. In 2006 he won his first Dutch championship with a dominating 9/11 score, finishing a point and a half ahead of Ivan Sokolov.

page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 764  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tiviakov vs Handszar Odeev   1-0 31 1987 Riga B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 2. Tiviakov vs Khmelnitsky   1-0 37 1987 URS B01 Scandinavian 3. Tiviakov vs D Kljako 1-0 31 1989 Imperia op A00 Uncommon Opening 4. Tiviakov vs Miles   ½-½ 33 1989 Moskva (GMA) 47/198 B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 5. Tiviakov vs Shirov   ½-½ 24 1989 USSR 48/279 [Tiviakov,S] B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 6. Kholmov vs Tiviakov   0-1 56 1989 GMA op B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 7. Petursson vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 61 1989 Moscow GMA-op E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 8. Tiviakov vs V Arbakov 1-0 64 1989 ? B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 9. Tiviakov vs Kupreichik   1-0 42 1989 Moscow GMA-op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Psakhis vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 33 1989 Moscow GMA-op A46 Queen's Pawn Game 11. Anand vs Tiviakov 0-1 58 1989 Moscow B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 12. Adams vs Tiviakov 0-1 26 1990 Oakham 49/253 B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 13. Tiviakov vs D Norwood   ½-½ 9 1990 Ch World (juniors) B06 Robatsch 14. Tiviakov vs Blatny   0-1 102 1990 Oakham C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 15. Tiviakov vs Kramnik   ½-½ 32 1990 Sochi (Russia) B33 Sicilian 16. Krasenkow vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 26 1990 Kusadasi E12 Queen's Indian 17. Tiviakov vs G Timoshenko   1-0 48 1990 Cheliabinsk-A C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 18. Kramnik vs Tiviakov 1-0 40 1990 Sochi (Russia) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 19. Anand vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 16 1990 Oakham B32 Sicilian 20. Tiviakov vs Kudrin   ½-½ 26 1990 It (open) B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 21. Kramnik vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 32 1990 Ch World (cadets) (under 18) A22 English 22. Tiviakov vs Kramnik   ½-½ 24 1991 Ch URS C07 French, Tarrasch 23. Y Kruppa vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 28 1991 URS-ch U26 B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 24. Tiviakov vs Petursson   ½-½ 18 1991 Torcy op B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 25. Smirin vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 23 1991 Paris-ch op B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto  page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 764    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Tiviakov wins | Tiviakov loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing > Feb-14-06    lostemperor: After I asked him if I can make this picture (as a "request" from chessgames) he won his only and last round game at Corus A (the next day) and became open blitz tournament winner before Sokolov, Seirawan, Van Wely, Sadler, Kasimdzhanov, Timman among others. Purely coincidence of course:) Feb-14-06    offramp: This is one of the few pages on the internet that mentions both Randi and Ghandi. Feb-14-06    offramp: BIDMONFA: Sergei Tiviakov, Sergei Tiviakov. Feb-17-06    babakova: Tiviakov looks as if he wants to kill me in this pic, alas its a good one... Mar-31-06    SiberianChessFan: I remember seeing a report in an old Soviet newspaper that talked of him as a chess prodigy when he was 9. The interesting thing is that the report mentioned that they had done a story on him a year earlier as a mathematics prodigy. There is a write-up on him at the Corus 2006 page: http://www.coruschess.com/participa... Jun-29-06    stanleys: Superb win in the Dutch championship,congratulations Sergei! Jun-29-06    IMlday: Remarkable score in a very strong tournament! Bravo! Jul-08-06    Petrosian63: A great win by Tiviakov at the Dutch Championships with a fantastice score. By the way, does this guy ever smile in photos? Aug-30-06    OneBadDog: Didn't this guy host Dieter's Sprockets? Aug-30-06    chancho: <OneBadDog> Good to see you posting again. :) Feb-24-07    SNiraj: Tiviakov is the top seed in the Kolkatta Open. Prior to this, it seems that he has won the Goodricke tournament in the same venue twice! Mar-07-07    Tomlinsky: <By the way, does this guy ever smile in photos?> It takes many years of relentless dedication to, in-depth study of and fearless playing with The Scandinavian to acquire and hone a look such as that. Mar-07-07    elLocoEvans: Tivi is like a sort of James Bond in that pic up there ;) with license to check! Mar-07-07    hitman84: He looks so still in the pic, I'm beginning to wonder if its a wax model of Tiviakov, like the one.. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... Mar-07-07    VishyFan: <hitman84: He looks so still in the pic> that's because it is a still photograph.... :D how're u doin' buddy? Mar-07-07    hitman84: <VishyFan>Yes I know but its just too still to be real ;) I'm fine. Apr-20-07    russep: Does anyone know what's the next tournament Tiviakov will be playing in? Apr-28-07    percyblakeney: Tiviakov was eliminated in the Torre Memorial at the end of last year, when he lost on time with black in this position: click for larger view He writes slightly sarcastically about how his draw offer and appeal to the arbiter failed before his time ran out, and points out that he couldn't possible lose even if his pawns and the bishop didn't exist. Tiviakov calls his opponent's (GM Paz) behaviour unethical but understandable considering how also the top players behave these days, with accusations of cheating going in all directions... May-03-07    russep: Anyone know what's the website for the russian team championship and if you can view the game there?? May-03-07    Resignation Trap: <russep> The official site is http://www.chessliga.ru/article.php... . You can also follow it here: http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2007... And for live games go here: http://www.russiachess.org/online . Jun-04-07    russep: Does anyone know where I could view the games from the French Team Championship? Aug-20-07    dx9293: Tiviakov put himself on the map in June 1994 with his victory in the PCA/Intel Grand Prix (held in New York) with 8/11. 70 GMs played in this tournament! Most of the other 12 players either became GMs later or are strong IMs. 2nd-10th? Kamsky, Oll, Ehlvest, Nikolic, Speelman, Smirin, Khalifman, Vaisser, and Adams, each with 7.5. Wow. Aug-25-07    whiteshark: Have your seen the white king, Sergei ? http://chesspro.ru/_images/material... Aug-25-07    Karpova: Maybe he thought it was one of those aliens he once took a photo of in Cairo. Sep-03-07    notyetagm: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...: Tiviakov playing the Scandinavian as Black has lost only one(!) game out of 25, and that was to Peter Svidler. No shame in that. :-) Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 3) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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