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  • Efim Geller
  • Soviet chess grandmaster (1925–1998)

    Efim Petrovich Geller (Russian: Ефим Петрович Геллер; Ukrainian: Юхим Петрович Геллер; 8 March 1925 – 17 November 1998) was a Soviet chess player and

    Efim Geller

    Efim Geller

    Efim_Geller

  • Chess Olympiad
  • Biennial international chess tournament

    Finland Soviet Union 21 Paul Keres, Vasily Smyslov, David Bronstein, Efim Geller, Isaac Boleslavsky, Alexander Kotov Argentina 19½ Miguel Najdorf, Julio

    Chess Olympiad

    Chess Olympiad

    Chess_Olympiad

  • Geller
  • Topics referred to by the same term

    television producer Efim Geller (1925–1998), Soviet chess player E. Scott Geller (born 1942), American behavioral psychologist Esther Geller (1921–2015), American

    Geller

    Geller

  • World Chess Championship 1963
  • Chess match between Mikhail Botvinnik and Tigran Petrosian

    13½/19, and the remaining qualifiers were Victor Korchnoi with 13 and Efim Geller and Leonid Stein with 12. Notable players who failed to qualify from

    World Chess Championship 1963

    World Chess Championship 1963

    World_Chess_Championship_1963

  • Paul Keres
  • Estonian chess grandmaster (1916–1975)

    Flohr, Viktor Korchnoi, Efim Geller, Savielly Tartakower, Mark Taimanov, Milan Vidmar, Svetozar Gligorić, Isaac Boleslavsky, Efim Bogoljubov and Bent Larsen

    Paul Keres

    Paul Keres

    Paul_Keres

  • Bobby Fischer
  • American chess grandmaster (1943–2008)

    Efim Geller had told Spassky about the strong move 14...Qb7 during their preparation, but Spassky had forgotten the advice and played 14...a6. Geller

    Bobby Fischer

    Bobby Fischer

    Bobby_Fischer

  • List of chess games
  • Chronological list of notable chess games

    one of the most beautiful ideas he had ever seen. 1953: Efim Geller vs Max Euwe, Zurich. Geller's attack seems to be sweeping Euwe off the board, but the

    List of chess games

    List_of_chess_games

  • World Chess Championship 1966
  • Chess match between Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky

    Efim Geller, who finished 3rd in the 1962 Candidates. Spassky won, earning the right to challenge champion Petrosian for the title. Larsen and Geller

    World Chess Championship 1966

    World Chess Championship 1966

    World_Chess_Championship_1966

  • Candidates Tournament 1953
  • 1953 chess tournament

    he was told that Efim Geller would lose to him in Round 25, but that Geller had been told that he [Bronstein] had demanded that Geller lose to him. He

    Candidates Tournament 1953

    Candidates_Tournament_1953

  • Adjournment (games)
  • Mechanism in board games

    Envelope used for the adjournment of a match game Efim Geller vs. Bent Larsen (3rd place Candidates Playoff, Copenhagen 1966)

    Adjournment (games)

    Adjournment_(games)

  • List of strong chess tournaments
  • aan Zee Lajos Portisch Amsterdam Ljubomir Ljubojević Teesside Efim Geller Moscow Efim Geller Portorož, Ljubljana Anatoly Karpov Milan Anatoly Karpov Las

    List of strong chess tournaments

    List of strong chess tournaments

    List_of_strong_chess_tournaments

  • Boris Spassky
  • Russian chess grandmaster (1937–2025)

    vs. Efim Geller, Sukhumi Candidates' match 1968, game 6, Sicilian Defence, Closed Variation (B25), 1–0 One of three wins by Spassky over Geller in this

    Boris Spassky

    Boris Spassky

    Boris_Spassky

  • World Chess Championship 1972
  • Match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky

    Tigran Petrosian in 1966. In the 1969 cycle, he won matches against Efim Geller, Bent Larsen, and Viktor Korchnoi to win the right to challenge a second

    World Chess Championship 1972

    World Chess Championship 1972

    World_Chess_Championship_1972

  • Tata Steel Chess Tournament
  • Annual chess tournament held in the Netherlands

    76.6 Iivo Nei Soviet Union 27 1965 Lajos Portisch Hungary 10½/15 70.0 Efim Geller Soviet Union 28 1966 Lev Polugaevsky Soviet Union 11½/15 76.6 29 1967

    Tata Steel Chess Tournament

    Tata Steel Chess Tournament

    Tata_Steel_Chess_Tournament

  • Mikhail Tal
  • Soviet and Latvian chess grandmaster (1936–1992)

    games (+11−1=7) with the world-class players Petrosian, Keres, Gligorić, Efim Geller, and Miguel Najdorf among the other participants. Tal played in a total

    Mikhail Tal

    Mikhail Tal

    Mikhail_Tal

  • Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
  • Reference work on chess openings

    Bagirov, Vladimir; Botvinnik, Mikhail; Cvetkovic, Srdan; Filip, Miroslav; Geller, Efim; Gipslis, Aivars; Gufeld, Eduard; Hort, Vlastimil; Kasparov, Garry; Korchnoi

    Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings

    Encyclopaedia_of_Chess_Openings

  • Yefim
  • Name list

    director Efim Etkind (1918–1999), Russian philologist Efim Fradkin (1924–1999), Russian physicist Efim Geller (1925–1998), Soviet chess grandmaster Efim Jourist

    Yefim

    Yefim

  • List of chess players by peak FIDE rating
  • 2620 1972-07 Yugoslavia Ljubomir Ljubojević 2620 1976-01 Soviet Union Efim Geller 2620 1976-01 Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Hort 2620 1977-01 19 Soviet Union

    List of chess players by peak FIDE rating

    List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating

  • FIDE
  • International chess governing body

    Tournament in Curaçao, the Soviet players Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres and Efim Geller had pre-arranged draws in their games played amongst themselves, and

    FIDE

    FIDE

  • 1971 in chess
  • 2640 Lajos Portisch  Hungary 2630 Mikhail Botvinnik  Soviet Union 2630 Efim Geller  Soviet Union 2630 Lev Polugaevsky  Soviet Union 2630 Mikhail Tal  Soviet

    1971 in chess

    1971_in_chess

  • World Chess Championship 1969
  • Chess match between Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky

    included in his opponents' totals. Bent Larsen went on to win, with Korchnoi, Geller, Gligorić, and Portisch taking the next four places. There was a three-way

    World Chess Championship 1969

    World Chess Championship 1969

    World_Chess_Championship_1969

  • Viswanathan Anand
  • Indian chess grandmaster (born 1969)

    successes in this tournament was his win against Russian grandmaster Efim Geller. He was awarded Padma Shri at age 18. In the 1993 World Chess Championship

    Viswanathan Anand

    Viswanathan Anand

    Viswanathan_Anand

  • World Chess Championship
  • Competition to determine the World Chess Champion

    non-Soviet—specifically him—from winning. He claimed that Petrosian, Efim Geller and Paul Keres had prearranged to draw all their games, and that Viktor

    World Chess Championship

    World Chess Championship

    World_Chess_Championship

  • World Chess Championship 1984–1985
  • Chess match between Kasparov and Karpov

     Ulf Andersson (Sweden) 2610 ½ ½ ½ – 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 47.50 5  Efim Geller (Soviet Union) 2565 ½ 0 ½ 1 – ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 46.50 6  Guillermo

    World Chess Championship 1984–1985

    World Chess Championship 1984–1985

    World_Chess_Championship_1984–1985

  • Judit Polgár
  • Hungarian chess grandmaster (born 1976)

    men's team consisted of Lev Polugaevsky, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Oscar Panno, Efim Geller, Borislav Ivkov and Vasily Smyslov. The women's team consisted of Judit

    Judit Polgár

    Judit Polgár

    Judit_Polgár

  • List of Jews born in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
  • Yakov Estrin Alexander Evensohn Salo Flohr Semen Furman Boris Gelfand Efim Geller Eduard Gufeld Boris Gulko Dmitry Gurevich Ilya Gurevich Mikhail Gurevich

    List of Jews born in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union

    List_of_Jews_born_in_the_Russian_Empire_and_the_Soviet_Union

  • Bent Larsen
  • Danish chess grandmaster and author (1935–2010)

    for alternates, an eventual third-place Candidates' position, against Efim Geller by 5–4 at Copenhagen 1966 (the first time a Soviet grandmaster had ever

    Bent Larsen

    Bent Larsen

    Bent_Larsen

  • Sicilian Defence
  • Chess opening

    castle kingside and is a quieter alternative compared to 6.Be3 and 6.Bg5. Efim Geller was an early proponent of this move, after which Black can stay in "pure"

    Sicilian Defence

    Sicilian_Defence

  • Pawn Sacrifice
  • 2014 film by Edward Zwick

    Nigro Evelyne Brochu as Donna Katie Nolan as Maria Edward Zinoviev as Efim Geller Brett Watson as Chief Arbiter Lothar Schmid Ilia Volok as KGB Guy Director

    Pawn Sacrifice

    Pawn_Sacrifice

  • Desperado (chess)
  • Chess maneuver

    Swindle of the Century". Reshevsky vs. Geller, 1953 Reshevsky also fell into a stalemating trap against Efim Geller in the Zürich 1953 Candidates Tournament

    Desperado (chess)

    Desperado_(chess)

  • World Chess Championship 1954
  • while Reshevsky drew with Geller, and Bronstein also drew. In round 25, Smyslov defeated Reshevsky, while Bronstein lost to Geller, and Keres had the bye

    World Chess Championship 1954

    World Chess Championship 1954

    World_Chess_Championship_1954

  • World Senior Chess Championship
  • Annual chess tournament

    Smyslov (Russia)  Eva Ladanyine-Karakas (Hungary) 2 1992  Bad Wörishofen (Germany)  Efim Geller (Russia)  Eva Ladanyine-Karakas (Hungary) 3 1993  Bad Wildbad (Germany)

    World Senior Chess Championship

    World_Senior_Chess_Championship

  • Igor Platonov
  • Soviet chess player (1934–1994)

    Smyslov. Igor Platonov vs Efim Geller, USSR Championship, Moscow 1969, Two Knights' Defence (C59), 1-0 Fellow Ukrainian Geller, a strong tactician and many-time

    Igor Platonov

    Igor Platonov

    Igor_Platonov

  • Rashid Nezhmetdinov
  • Soviet chess player (1912–1974)

    competition so far, as it included other masters like Tigran Petrosian and Efim Geller, who were already ranked amongst the best players in the world. Nezhmetdinov

    Rashid Nezhmetdinov

    Rashid_Nezhmetdinov

  • Iivo Nei
  • Estonian chess player (1931–2026)

    (IM) title in 1964. He was one of Boris Spassky's seconds (along with Efim Geller and Nikolai Krogius) for the 1972 Fischer–Spassky World Championship

    Iivo Nei

    Iivo Nei

    Iivo_Nei

  • Tigran Petrosian
  • Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster (1929–1984)

    since Alexander Alekhine defeated Efim Bogoljubov in the 1934 World Championship. However, Spassky defeated Efim Geller, Bent Larsen, and Viktor Korchnoi

    Tigran Petrosian

    Tigran Petrosian

    Tigran_Petrosian

  • European Team Chess Championship
  • International team chess event

    Mikhail Tal Paul Keres Tigran Petrosian Vasily Smyslov Viktor Korchnoi Efim Geller Mark Taimanov Lev Polugaevsky Semyon Furman Alexander Tolush Vladimir

    European Team Chess Championship

    European_Team_Chess_Championship

  • Viktor Korchnoi
  • Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster (1931–2016)

    published in 1976. Korchnoi won his first round 1971 match against GM Efim Geller at Moscow by (+4−1=3), after which he went down to defeat in the semifinal

    Viktor Korchnoi

    Viktor Korchnoi

    Viktor_Korchnoi

  • Catalan Opening
  • Chess opening

    development. The Open Catalan line has been a favourite of Anatoly Karpov and Efim Geller as Black and of Oleg Romanishin as White. Usually, White will recover

    Catalan Opening

    Catalan_Opening

  • Vasily Smyslov
  • Soviet chess grandmaster (1921–2010)

    Amsterdam Interzonal, with 17/23. However, he lost his first-round match to Efim Geller. In 1983, at the age of 62, he reached the Candidates' Final (the match

    Vasily Smyslov

    Vasily Smyslov

    Vasily_Smyslov

  • Lajos Portisch
  • Hungarian chess grandmaster (born 1937)

    further three-man playoff for two berths against Lev Polugaevsky and Efim Geller, at Portorož 1973, by winning outright with 5½/8; however, Portisch lost

    Lajos Portisch

    Lajos Portisch

    Lajos_Portisch

  • Bela Soos
  • publications. He is noted for two wins over leading Soviet grandmaster Efim Geller, including a crushing win in 23 moves at the 1962 olympiad in Varna,

    Bela Soos

    Bela_Soos

  • List of Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR in chess
  • Grandmaster 1962 Lev Loshinsky [ru] Grandmaster of Chess Composition 1963 Efim Geller Grandmaster 1964 Nona Gaprindashvili Grandmaster 1965 Yuri Averbakh Grandmaster

    List of Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR in chess

    List_of_Honoured_Masters_of_Sport_of_the_USSR_in_chess

  • Linares International Chess Tournament
  • Traditional major international chess tournament

    ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 07 Jan Timman 31 2605 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 5 08 Efim Geller 57 2575 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 5 09 Vlastimil Hort 39 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½

    Linares International Chess Tournament

    Linares International Chess Tournament

    Linares_International_Chess_Tournament

  • USSR Chess Championship
  • Chess competition in the Soviet Union

    Yuri Averbakh 14½/19 (+10−0=9) 22 11 Feb–15 Mar 1955 Moscow Efim Geller 12/19 (+10−5=4) Geller defeated Vasily Smyslov in a playoff +1=6. 23 10 Jan–15 Feb

    USSR Chess Championship

    USSR Chess Championship

    USSR_Chess_Championship

  • 1979 USSR Chess Championship
  • Soviet chess tournament

    29 November to 27 December 1979 in Minsk. The tournament was won by Efim Geller. He won it at the age of 54 and was the oldest player ever to have won

    1979 USSR Chess Championship

    1979 USSR Chess Championship

    1979_USSR_Chess_Championship

  • David Bronstein
  • Soviet chess grandmaster (1924–2006)

    pioneering theoretical and practical work (along with Boleslavsky and Efim Geller) in transforming the King's Indian Defence from a distrusted, obscure

    David Bronstein

    David Bronstein

    David_Bronstein

  • Albert Kapengut
  • Belarusian-American chess player (born 1944)

    Championship in 1971, ahead of many high-calibre masters such as Anatoly Lein, Efim Geller, Rafael Vaganian, and Vladimir Tukmakov. He was the coach of GM Boris

    Albert Kapengut

    Albert_Kapengut

  • Leonid Stein
  • Soviet chess grandmaster (1934–1973)

    to three (in this case USSR). He had finished behind fellow Soviets Efim Geller, Petrosian, and Viktor Korchnoi. Despite winning a 3-way playoff against

    Leonid Stein

    Leonid Stein

    Leonid_Stein

  • Peter Biyiasas
  • Canadian chess grandmaster (born 1950)

    Sicilian Defence (B40), 1–0 A very attractive miniature. Peter Biyiasas vs Efim Geller, Petropolis Interzonal 1973, Sicilian Defence, Moscow / Rossolimo Variation

    Peter Biyiasas

    Peter Biyiasas

    Peter_Biyiasas

  • Robert Wade (chess player)
  • New Zealand and British chess player (1921–2008)

    the World Senior Championship, Bad Woerishofen 1992, on 7½/11 (winner Efim Geller). Wade was the only British player to have faced Bobby Fischer in tournament

    Robert Wade (chess player)

    Robert Wade (chess player)

    Robert_Wade_(chess_player)

  • Candidates Tournament 1956
  • 1956 chess tournament

    1½ 9½ 6  David Bronstein (USSR) ½0 ½0 ½½ ½0 1½ xx ½1 1½ ½½ ½1 9½ 7  Efim Geller (USSR) 00 ½½ ½0 1½ 10 ½0 xx 11 ½1 1½ 9½ 8  Dr. Miroslav Filip (Czechoslovakia)

    Candidates Tournament 1956

    Candidates Tournament 1956

    Candidates_Tournament_1956

  • Artur Yusupov (chess player)
  • Russian chess grandmaster (born 1960)

    finished in second place at his first USSR Championship in 1979 (behind Efim Geller). International tournament results in the next decade included first

    Artur Yusupov (chess player)

    Artur Yusupov (chess player)

    Artur_Yusupov_(chess_player)

  • World Chess Championship 1985
  • Chess match between Karpov and Kasparov

    Sergey Makarichev and Igor Zaitsev. Other assistance was provided by Efim Geller and Evgeni Vasiukov. Kasparov's seconds were Grandmaster Josif Dorfman

    World Chess Championship 1985

    World Chess Championship 1985

    World_Chess_Championship_1985

  • Donald Byrne
  • American chess player (1930–1976)

    game, Byrne wins against perennial World Championship contender Efim Geller: Geller vs. D. Byrne, Moscow 1955 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5

    Donald Byrne

    Donald_Byrne

  • Mark Taimanov
  • Russian chess grandmaster (1926–2016)

    competitions. He played in 23 USSR Chess Championships (a record equalled by Efim Geller), tying for first place twice. In 1952 he lost the playoff match to Mikhail

    Mark Taimanov

    Mark Taimanov

    Mark_Taimanov

  • Yuri Gusev
  • Soviet chess player (born 1921)

    Gusev played his last recorded game in 1999 at 77 years old at the Efim Geller Memorial. "Yuri S Gusev - Chess Games". old.chesstempo.com. Retrieved

    Yuri Gusev

    Yuri_Gusev

  • Kazimierz Plater
  • Polish chess player

    he shared 4th in Szczawno Zdrój at the 2nd Przepiórka Memorial won by Efim Geller . He represented Poland in Chess Olympiads: In 1952, at third board in

    Kazimierz Plater

    Kazimierz Plater

    Kazimierz_Plater

  • 1959 USSR Chess Championship
  • 10 10 Anatoly Lutikov 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 9½ 11 Efim Geller ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9½ 12 Eduard Gufeld 0 1 0 1 0

    1959 USSR Chess Championship

    1959 USSR Chess Championship

    1959_USSR_Chess_Championship

  • Svetozar Gligorić
  • Serbian chess grandmaster (1923–2012)

    well-known and skilled chess players such as Bobby Fischer, Tigran Petrosian, Efim Geller, Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal and Miguel Najdorf. He represented his

    Svetozar Gligorić

    Svetozar Gligorić

    Svetozar_Gligorić

  • World Chess Championship 1975
  • World Chess Championship match intended to be played in 1975

     Henrique Mecking (Brazil) 2575 - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 12 2-4  Efim Geller (Soviet Union) 2585 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 11½ 89.50 2-4

    World Chess Championship 1975

    World Chess Championship 1975

    World_Chess_Championship_1975

  • Luděk Pachman
  • Czech-German chess grandmaster, chess writer and political activist

    considered sharing second place in Havana 1963, with Mikhail Tal and Efim Geller, behind Viktor Korchnoi, his best tournament result. Pachman won the

    Luděk Pachman

    Luděk Pachman

    Luděk_Pachman

  • List of people from Ukraine
  • contest) Maurice Fox Henryk Friedman, seven-times Lviv Champion (1926–1934) Efim Geller, Ukrainian Champion (1950, 1957, 1958, 1959), Champion of the USSR (1955

    List of people from Ukraine

    List of people from Ukraine

    List_of_people_from_Ukraine

  • List of Jewish chess players
  • (born 1968), Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster, World Cup champion Efim Geller (1925–1998), Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster Harry Golombek (1911–1995)

    List of Jewish chess players

    List of Jewish chess players

    List_of_Jewish_chess_players

  • King's Indian Defence
  • Chess opening

    with prominent grandmasters (GMs) Viktor Korchnoi, Miguel Najdorf, Efim Geller, John Nunn, Svetozar Gligorić, Wolfgang Uhlmann, and Ilya Smirin having

    King's Indian Defence

    King's_Indian_Defence

  • Ilya Kan
  • Soviet chess player

    won). In 1955, he took 17th in Moscow (22nd URS-ch; Vasily Smyslov and Efim Geller won). In the 1931 Moscow Championship, he finished in second place, behind

    Ilya Kan

    Ilya_Kan

  • Yuri Averbakh
  • Russian chess grandmaster and author (1922–2022)

    players including Mark Taimanov, Viktor Korchnoi, Tigran Petrosian, Efim Geller and Salo Flohr. In the 1956 Championship, he came equal first with Taimanov

    Yuri Averbakh

    Yuri Averbakh

    Yuri_Averbakh

  • Ratmir Kholmov
  • Russian chess grandmaster (1925–2006)

    with 11/15 behind winner Efim Geller. Kholmov won the Soviet semifinal at Tashkent 1958 with 11½/15, ahead of Korchnoi and Geller. His first clear international

    Ratmir Kholmov

    Ratmir_Kholmov

  • Salo Flohr
  • Czech chess grandmaster and writer (1908–1983)

    Bronstein, Isaac Boleslavsky, Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov, Tigran Petrosian, Efim Geller, Mark Taimanov, Yuri Averbakh, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Tal, Viktor Korchnoi

    Salo Flohr

    Salo Flohr

    Salo_Flohr

  • Evgeni Vasiukov
  • Russian chess grandmaster (1933–2018)

    Bronstein, Tigran Petrosian, Mikhail Tal, Paul Keres, Mark Taimanov, Efim Geller, and Lev Polugaevsky. He was unable to defeat top-ranking Soviet stars

    Evgeni Vasiukov

    Evgeni Vasiukov

    Evgeni_Vasiukov

  • Borislav Ivkov
  • Serbian chess grandmaster (1933–2022)

    gets a nice win here. Efim Geller vs Borislav Ivkov, Belgrade 1969, Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation (B84), 0–1 Geller was a powerful theoretician

    Borislav Ivkov

    Borislav Ivkov

    Borislav_Ivkov

  • 1955 USSR Chess Championship
  • Soviet chess tournament

    from 11 February to 15 March 1955 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Efim Geller who defeats Smyslov in a play-off match (4-3). The final were preceded

    1955 USSR Chess Championship

    1955 USSR Chess Championship

    1955_USSR_Chess_Championship

  • Odesa
  • City and administrative center of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine

    natives of Odesa in the years before the Russian Revolution. Chess player Efim Geller was born in the city. Gymnast Tatiana Gutsu (known as "The Painted Bird

    Odesa

    Odesa

    Odesa

  • 1962 in chess
  • won by Bobby Fischer (USA) with 17.5/22. Tigran Petrosian (USSR) and Efim Geller (USSR) tied for 2nd–3rd with 15 points, Victor Korchnoi (USSR) and Miroslav

    1962 in chess

    1962_in_chess

  • 15th Chess Olympiad
  • 1962 chess tournament in Varna, Bulgaria

    4: Borislav Ivkov and Raúl Sanguineti 13½ / 16 = 84.4% 1st reserve: Efim Geller 10½ / 12 = 87.5% 2nd reserve: Mikhail Tal 10 / 13 = 76.9% At the other

    15th Chess Olympiad

    15th_Chess_Olympiad

  • List of chess players
  • born 1978) Boris Gelfand (Belarus, Israel, born 1968) Efim Geller (Ukraine, 1925–1998) Uzi Geller (Israel, born 1931) Petar Genov (Bulgaria, born 1970)

    List of chess players

    List_of_chess_players

  • Mikhail Mukhin
  • Russian chess player

    triple match-tournament of the country's teams - he lost 0.5-1.5 to Efim Geller and tied 1-1 with Ratmir Kholmov. In 1976, he successfully played in

    Mikhail Mukhin

    Mikhail Mukhin

    Mikhail_Mukhin

  • List of Russian chess players
  • Galliamova (born 1972) Viktor Gavrikov (1957–2016) Boris Gelfand (born 1968) Efim Geller (1925–1998) Edward Gerstenfeld (1915–1943) Anish Giri (born 1994) Evgeny

    List of Russian chess players

    List_of_Russian_chess_players

  • Oscar Panno
  • Argentine chess grandmaster (born 1935)

    third, only half a point out of second and ahead of such players as Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian, and Boris Spassky. (He beat future World Champion

    Oscar Panno

    Oscar Panno

    Oscar_Panno

  • Chess matches of Russia and the Soviet Union against the rest of the World
  • Historic chess tournament

    matches. For instance, ex-world champion Mikhail Botvinnik was below Efim Geller and Mark Taimanov. The lineup matched Taimanov against Wolfgang Uhlmann

    Chess matches of Russia and the Soviet Union against the rest of the World

    Chess_matches_of_Russia_and_the_Soviet_Union_against_the_rest_of_the_World

  • Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation
  • Chess opening

    frequently opted for the Classical/Opočenský Variation (6.Be2) (inspired by Efim Geller, who acted as Karpov’s second). The Classical Variation aims to castle

    Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation

    Sicilian_Defence,_Najdorf_Variation

  • Aleksandar Matanović
  • Serbian chess grandmaster (1930–2023)

    many other leading players, including Efim Bogoljubov, Savielly Tartakower, Svetozar Gligorić, Paul Keres, Efim Geller, Bent Larsen, Lajos Portisch, Leonid

    Aleksandar Matanović

    Aleksandar Matanović

    Aleksandar_Matanović

  • 1958 USSR Chess Championship
  • Soviet chess tournament

    1 12½ 2 Anatoly Bannik ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11½ 3 Efim Geller ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 11½ 4 Semyon Furman ½ ½ ½ - ½

    1958 USSR Chess Championship

    1958 USSR Chess Championship

    1958_USSR_Chess_Championship

  • Isaac Boleslavsky
  • Soviet chess grandmaster and writer (1919–1977)

    named after him. Boleslavsky, together with fellow Ukrainians Bronstein, Efim Geller, and Alexander Konstantinopolsky, beginning in the late 1930s, turned

    Isaac Boleslavsky

    Isaac Boleslavsky

    Isaac_Boleslavsky

  • Lev Aronin
  • Soviet chess player and meteorologist (1920–1982)

    strong performances from previous World Championship cycles. Taimanov, Efim Geller, Yuri Averbakh, and Tigran Petrosian all finished ahead of Aronin in

    Lev Aronin

    Lev_Aronin

  • Yuri Sakharov
  • Ukrainian Chess Master (1922–1981)

    taking 5th in 1951 (Bannik won), taking 2nd, behind Efim Geller, in 1958, tying for 4-5th in 1959 (Geller won), sharing 1st with Leonid Stein but lost to

    Yuri Sakharov

    Yuri_Sakharov

  • Evgeny Sveshnikov
  • Russian chess grandmaster (1950–2021)

    and Cienfuegos 1979. At Novi Sad in 1979, he shared second prize with Efim Geller behind Florin Gheorghiu. At Wijk aan Zee in 1981, he shared 3rd place

    Evgeny Sveshnikov

    Evgeny Sveshnikov

    Evgeny_Sveshnikov

  • Dieter Keller
  • Swiss chess player

    Keller beat many greats of his time: Robert James Fischer, Bent Larsen, Efim Geller, Jan Hein Donner, Arturo Pomar, Jonathan Penrose, or mentioned Oscar

    Dieter Keller

    Dieter_Keller

  • 12th Chess Olympiad
  • 1956 chess tournament in Moscow, Russia

    13 = 84.6% 1st reserve: Raúl Sanguineti 9 / 11 = 81.8% 2nd reserve: Efim Geller 7½ / 10 = 75.0% Due to a special rule for the top board at Olympiads

    12th Chess Olympiad

    12th_Chess_Olympiad

  • 1973 in chess
  • the Petropolis Interzonal, with 12/17, ahead of established players Efim Geller, Lev Polugaevsky and Lajos Portisch (all 11½/17). A play-off is held

    1973 in chess

    1973_in_chess

  • Pirc Defence
  • Chess opening

    committal move f2–f4 as Black castles and builds a compact structure. Efim Geller, Anatoly Karpov and Evgeni Vasiukov have all successfully used this system

    Pirc Defence

    Pirc_Defence

  • Morphy number
  • Connection distance to Paul Morphy

    Salov vs Vasily Smyslov, 55th USSR Championship (1988), Moscow URS, rd 4 Efim Bogoljubov vs Ortvin Sarapu, Oldenburg (1949), Oldenburg GER, rd 10, Jun-26

    Morphy number

    Morphy number

    Morphy_number

  • Semyon Furman
  • Soviet chess grandmaster and trainer

    openings. Semyon Furman vs Efim Geller, Leningrad 1947, Queen's Gambit, Semi-Slav Defence (D46), 1-0 Furman shows the rising star Geller a few things about precise

    Semyon Furman

    Semyon_Furman

  • Miguel Cuéllar
  • Colombian chess player (1916–1985)

    In 1962, he placed 22nd at the Stockholm Interzonal, defeating both Efim Geller and Viktor Korchnoi in individual games. In 1966, he took 7th in Havana

    Miguel Cuéllar

    Miguel_Cuéllar

  • Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
  • Annual elite chess tournament in Germany

    1986 Zoltán Ribli 15 1987 Yuri Balashov 16 1988 Smbat Lputian 17 1989 Efim Geller 18 1990 Alexander Chernin 19 1991 Igor Štohl 20 1992 Garry Kasparov 21

    Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

    Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

    Dortmund_Sparkassen_Chess_Meeting

  • Alekhine Memorial
  • Chess tournament

    Union)  Leonid Stein (Soviet Union) 11/17 18 1975 Moscow, Soviet Union  Efim Geller (Soviet Union) 10½/15 16 1986 Cascais, Portugal  Vladimir Bagirov (Soviet

    Alekhine Memorial

    Alekhine Memorial

    Alekhine_Memorial

  • List of Ukrainian Jews
  • Championship challenger Iossif Dorfman Louis Eisenberg Alexander Evensohn Efim Geller Eduard Gufeld Ilya Gurevich Mikhail Gurevich Nicolai Jasnogrodsky Gregory

    List of Ukrainian Jews

    List of Ukrainian Jews

    List_of_Ukrainian_Jews

  • Alexey Suetin
  • Russian chess grandmaster (1926–2001)

    beyond. He won the Hastings Challengers event of 1990/91, but was like Efim Geller, a chain-smoker, and found it difficult to adjust to the 1990 FIDE directive

    Alexey Suetin

    Alexey Suetin

    Alexey_Suetin

  • László Szabó (chess player)
  • Hungarian chess grandmaster (1917–1998)

    Championship title challenge. He tied for third place with Bronstein, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky, behind Smyslov and Paul Keres. Into

    László Szabó (chess player)

    László Szabó (chess player)

    László_Szabó_(chess_player)

  • Capablanca Memorial
  • Chess tournament

    won the tournament with 15½ points of 21. Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia), Efim Geller (USSR), and Fischer shared second through fourth, a half point behind

    Capablanca Memorial

    Capablanca_Memorial

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