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Artur Yusupov
Number of games in database: 1,901
Years covered: 1975 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2570
Highest rating achieved in database: 2680
Overall record: +575 -290 =991 (57.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      45 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (137) 
    A46 D05 A40 E00 A41
 King's Indian (113) 
    E60 E76 E73 E62 E92
 Nimzo Indian (96) 
    E41 E54 E52 E30 E29
 Slav (75) 
    D10 D19 D12 D15 D16
 Queen's Indian (70) 
    E15 E12 E14 E17 E16
 Grunfeld (62) 
    D85 D86 D89 D93 D87
With the Black pieces:
 Petrov (150) 
    C42 C43
 French Defense (113) 
    C18 C09 C19 C05 C02
 Ruy Lopez (89) 
    C80 C82 C72 C73 C76
 Queen's Gambit Declined (73) 
    D37 D35 D31 D30
 Orthodox Defense (73) 
    D56 D58 D52 D55 D57
 Ruy Lopez, Open (57) 
    C80 C82 C81
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Ivanchuk vs Yusupov, 1991 0-1
   Taimanov vs Yusupov, 1982 0-1
   Yusupov vs Ivanchuk, 1991 1-0
   Yusupov vs Anand, 1992 1-0
   Yusupov vs P Scheeren, 1983 1-0
   Yusupov vs Kasparov, 1989 1-0
   Yusupov vs Karpov, 1989 1-0
   Yusupov vs J Nogueiras, 1985 1-0
   Wahls vs Yusupov, 1991 0-1
   Yusupov vs A Reuss, 2005 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   WCC Index [ Candidates Montpellier 1985 ] by Benzol
   Bugojno 1986 by suenteus po 147
   Tilburg Interpolis 1987 by suenteus po 147
   Linares 1991 by suenteus po 147
   Linares 1990 by suenteus po 147
   Linares 1988 by suenteus po 147
   Yusupov Wins with Black (Classical, vs GMs) by coffee monster
   Linares 1989 by suenteus po 147
   WCC Index [Yusupov-Ivanchuk 1991] by Hesam7
   Linares 1983 by suenteus po 147

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ARTUR YUSUPOV
(born Feb-13-1960) Russia (citizen of Germany)

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Artur Mayakovich Yusupov was born on the 13th of February 1960 in Moscow, USSR. Awarded the IM title in 1977 and the GM title in 1980 he has also been a World Title Candidate. He was World Junior Champion in 1977. His tournament results include 2nd in the USSR Championship of 1979, 1st at Erevan 1982, 4th= at Linares 1983, 1st at Tunis 1985, 1st= at Montpellier 1985 and 3rd at Linares 1988. In the early 1990's he disturbed burglars in his Moscow flat and was shot. Lucky to survive this ordeal he moved to Germany where he now works as a writer and trainer. He was German Champion in 2005.

 page 1 of 77; games 1-25 of 1,901  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. M Berkovich vs Yusupov  0-136 1975 Moscow-chA07 King's Indian Attack
2. A Monakov vs Yusupov  1-029 1975 Moscow-chC77 Ruy Lopez
3. Yusupov vs Yurtaev  1-030 1976 Moscow (Russia)B33 Sicilian
4. Z Sturua vs Yusupov  1-041 1976 URS-ch U18D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
5. Van der Wiel vs Yusupov  0-128 1976 telexB33 Sicilian
6. P Popovic vs Yusupov  0-147 1977 Wch U20A00 Uncommon Opening
7. Yusupov vs C Ionescu  ½-½13 1977 Wch U20A34 English, Symmetrical
8. Kasparov vs Yusupov 1-048 1977 RigaE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
9. Yusupov vs G Morrison  1-074 1977 Wch U20B53 Sicilian
10. Kouatly vs Yusupov 0-135 1977 Innsbruck, AustriaA44 Old Benoni Defense
11. H Armando vs Yusupov  0-132 1977 Wch U20B33 Sicilian
12. Yusupov vs Skembris  ½-½10 1977 Wch U20A04 Reti Opening
13. Yusupov vs Kasparov  ½-½41 1977 LeningradA07 King's Indian Attack
14. Yusupov vs M Rivas-Pastor  ½-½43 1977 Wch U20A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
15. Nielsen vs Yusupov  0-140 1977 Wch U20C55 Two Knights Defense
16. W Ehrenfeucht vs Yusupov  0-130 1977 Telechess ol1 7778B33 Sicilian
17. Yusupov vs A Zapata  1-047 1977 Wch U20A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
18. Kasparov vs Yusupov ½-½20 1977 LeningradC42 Petrov Defense
19. R Vera vs Yusupov  ½-½13 1977 Wch U20C43 Petrov, Modern Attack
20. Yusupov vs M Sisniega  1-042 1977 Wch U20A07 King's Indian Attack
21. J Masculo vs Yusupov  0-174 1977 Wch U20A06 Reti Opening
22. Yusupov vs Groszpeter  ½-½37 1977 Wch U20A34 English, Symmetrical
23. Yusupov vs A Y Kharitonov  ½-½30 1978 URS-ch U26A10 English
24. H Bohm vs Yusupov  ½-½41 1978 IBM-BA45 Queen's Pawn Game
25. Yusupov vs Nielsen  ½-½20 1978 Wch U20A16 English
 page 1 of 77; games 1-25 of 1,901  PGN Download
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Oct-28-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  acirce: ..
<The third aspect that I wish to mention is that it is very important to look for new possibilities, moves which in the course of the game you paid no attention to because you were fascinated by other ideas. After analysis you begin to get a better feeling for the type of position being studied, you master the strategic and tactical methods which are typical of such positions. And the conclusions that you arrive at independently imprint themselves on your memory much more permanently than those obtained from other sources.

A final point. When analysing a game you have played, you need to give considerable thought to the opening phase, to try to improve on your play, especially if you were not entirely satisfied with the outcome of the opening. By adopting a critical approach to the problems that you faced in the opening it is possible to improve your knowledge, to outline new plans and to think up important novelties.>

Oct-29-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  suenteus po 147: <acirce> Fascinating reading! Thanks for posting the excerpt! It almost makes me wish I still competed in tournaments....
Dec-31-05   babakova: I was surprised to see Jussupow born in 1960.. He looks alot older, the chessmaster-look going and all.
Jan-14-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  ray keene: looks like zillions of games by yusupov just went up!! a highly valuable resource
Feb-13-06   BIDMONFA: Artur Yusupov

http://www.bidmonfa.com/yusupov_art...
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Feb-13-06   AlChess: Happy birthday to one of the worlds greatest players. Thanks for the great games you've played and for the great ones yet to come.
Feb-13-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  dakgootje: Lets give him a picture for his birthday ;-)
Feb-14-06   Daodejing: Happy birthday Artur!

Yusupov watching with his wife their daughter (14 years old, Elo about 1950)playing in a simul against Peter Svidler (960 chess).

http://www.schachclub-badsoden.de/i...

Feb-25-06   Badmojo: Artur could stand to lose a few pounds, don't you think?

Apr-29-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Ron: At the The Right Move website, Yusupov lists these as his favorite chess books:

1. my system/Nimzowitsch
2. candidates tournament Zurich 1953/Bronstein
3. Nottingham 1936/Aljechin
4. the 300 best games/Aljechin
5. 100 best games/Keres
6. my 60 memorable games/Fischer
7. the 300 best games/Smyslow
8. the best games/Botwinnik - 3 volumes
9. the best games of Capablanca/Panov
10. the central play/Euwe and Kramer

Sep-06-06   Poisonpawns: I was looking at the 1986 canidates match between Yusupov and A.Sokolov I noticed with 4 games to play in the match.Yusupov was up 3-1 with 6 draws.Then yusupov lost 3 in a row and drew the last game.losing the match 7.5-6.5.Is there anyone that knows what happened to Yusupov in this match?I mean what was the explanation at that time?Fatigue?sickness?
Oct-23-06   sitzkrieg: I believe i read that his trainer (Dvoretski)has said something about it. It were not external circumstances, i believe there was no particular reason. Ill try to find the book and report.
Feb-13-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  ianD: Happy Birthday!
Apr-14-07   sitzkrieg: PP, i still havent found it...
Feb-13-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Happy Birthday Mr.Yusupov!
Feb-13-08   whiteshark: Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, GM Jussupow!
Feb-13-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  eternaloptimist: Yusupov will go down as one of the all time greats w/o a doubt. Unfortunately for him a guy named Karpov got in his way of getting a crack @ the world championship. Yusupov's limited opening repetoire was one of the main reasons he had trouble w/ him (making it easy for Karpov to prepare for him). Karpov dominated him w/ 12 wins, 15 draws & only 1 loss. Also, a couple of guys named Andrei Sokolov & Timman spoiled things for him in the candidates trnt..
Feb-13-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  technical draw: Hey, GM Yusupov shares his birthday with my brother, Cool.
Feb-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: you can credit him with bringing back the Petroff to top level chess :)
Feb-14-08   Jim Bartle: Ha! A lot of kibitzers here would probably not say "credit," but "blame."
Feb-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Red October: < Jim Bartle: Ha! A lot of kibitzers here would probably not say "credit," but "blame." > true dat
Mar-09-08   whiteshark: <"...but why spoil an interesting game by senseless moves in time-trouble?">

Artur is not only defined by his mastery of the chess board, but by his noble attitude and admirable character. The best illustration of this was Artur's unforgettable line to his mentor Dvoretzky after a game versus GM Vasiliy Ivanchuk, saying, <"...but why spoil an interesting game by senseless moves in time-trouble?">

Yusupov vs Ivanchuk, 2000

Mar-09-08   whiteshark: <"...but why spoil an interesting game by senseless moves in time-trouble?">

Sorry, I linked a wrong game in my previous post.

Here is the applicable game: Yusupov vs Ivanchuk, 1991

Oct-11-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  just a kid: Does anybody know where I can get his book Training for the Tournament player?
Oct-27-08   myschkin: ...

Father and son: http://www.dauerschach.de/2004/dort...

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