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Eugene Vasiukov (1933 – 2018)
May 10, 2018
Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov was born March 5, 1933 in Moscow, USSR. Awarded the IM title in 1958 and the GM title in 1961, he was Moscow Champion in 1955, 1958, 1960, 1962 (jointly), 1972 and 1978. His best tournament result was 1st in 1974 at Manila. He won the 1995 World Senior Chess Championship. Vasiukov was also a FIDE Senior Trainer. [chessgames.com]
From chess-news.ru:
He was called, after Alekhine, "the most outstanding Russian combination player”.
Evgeni Vasiukov, grandmaster, passed away at 85.
A brief biography from the Russian Chess Federation website:
Born in Moscow, he learned to play chess at age fifteen. During the war, the eight-year child survived the evacuation of the Tula region. In 1943, in the battles his father died on the Kursk Bulge.
"Already in 1954, he became the master of sports of the USSR, and in 1961 - International Grandmaster. His first significant success achieved in 1955, was becoming the champion of Moscow, where he proved himself a great tactician. He later won the championship of the capital another five times and played for the team in Moscow. in a variety of all-union tournaments.
Vasiukov was always distinguished by his speed of thought, even in his fifties, he had a reputation as a specialist on the blitz. He won six times the Moscow Blitz Championship for the prizes of "Vyachorka" and twice shared the first place. Back in 1958, when 15-year-old Robert Fischer briefly came to Moscow, it was Vasiukov who defended the honor of the capital in blitz and who urgently invited to TSSHK, Tigran Petrosian.
Four years later, the Vasiukov "tripped" Fischer. It happened in the tournament contenders for the island of Curacao. Vasiukov, original analyst and theorist, had prepared a new idea to protect Korchnoi in the Ufimstev (Pirc) and introduced an innovation. Viktor applied it to the black game against Fischer and won a very important, a spectacular victory.
Vasiukov generously shared ideas, being a student, and the Soviet national team coach of the Olympic team, Consultant-Trainer to Karpov, Korchnoi, Tal Geller and other outstanding players.
He won more than 50 competitions, 11 times participated in the championships of the USSR. His best result was the victory in Manila in 1974 - ahead of Petrosian, Larsen, Portisch, Gligoric ... He won first place in tournaments in Reykjavik, Athens, Varna, Berlin and other cities. "
Until recently, Eugene Vasiukov remained an active chess player, participating in the veterans' tournament in the Russian team. Fifteen recent years led the most successful and perhaps the only real working committee of the Russian Chess Federation - Veterans Commission.
Developed handicap tournament system in which the player of any level always has a chance to compete with the strongest grandmasters. Competitions are held regularly in recent years and enjoyed success.
Eugene was a plain-speaker and did not hesitate to express his own opinion, even (and especially) if it went against the "majority opinion".
On the day of the 80th anniversary of Victor Korchnoi in an interview on our site Vasiukov said: "Now a lot of people who do not know the inside of many situations presented:" Oh, what a hero Korchnoi "I do not hold this position ...." (Vasiukov remarks in another interview that Korchnoi stamped on his family by his defection).
Most recently, in September last year he won another Moscow Blitz Championship. At the award ceremony, he received the gold medal and the veteran took the microphone and said that "Gorbushkin yard" – was the worst possible room for such tournaments. This year, the Russian team won the World Cup, European Championship, and recently I got the third medal in the individual championship of Europe (European Senior in 2016 without losing a game). The first two results were remarked by the president. At the world championships, our team won all the matches, we did not lose a single game, the participants took five first places on the boards. Neither during these tournaments, nor when they were over did I get a call from the Moscow Chess Federation to congratulate me or say some kind words.
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I believe that there are two books with contributions by Vasiukov:
Mikhail Chigorin, 1972, Fiskultura i sport by Vasiukov, Narkevic and Nikitin
Paris, Elista, Yerevan – the world chess championship 1996, Karpov-Kamsky by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov with commentary by Evgeny Vasiukov
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There is a full Wikipedia biography at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeni_Vasiukov
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Curacao Candidates 1962
Willemstad, Curacao
Fischer, Robert – Korchnoi, Viktor
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.O-O Qxc5+ 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Nd2 a5 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.a4 Nb4 13.g4 Bxg4 14.Bxg4 Nxg4 15.Qxg4 Nxc2 16.Nb5 Nxa1 17.Nxa1 Qc6 18.f5 Qc4 19.Qf3 Qxa4 20.Nc7 Qxa1 21.Nd5 Rae8 22.Bg5 Qxb2 23.Bxe7 Be5 24.Rf2 Qc1+ 25.Rf1 Qh6 26.h3 gxf5 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Nxf5 Qe6 30.Rg1 a4 31.Rg4 Qb3 32.Qf1 a3 33.Rg3 Qxg3 0-1
Position in Fischer-Korchnoi after 13.g4
Chessgames kibitzers:
(Was 10..a5, Vasiukov’s novelty?)
- Tremendous game! Not certain if this is in "My 60 Memorable Games"?! In any event, what an attacking masterpiece, IMHO. Victor, and Bobby, left us so much beauty and power in their respective creations on the 64 squares. I am grateful for their immense contributions. Thanks for this game, people!
- it's actually the only game in which Fischer fell into a book trap in the opening. It's not in M60MG, no.
- Yes, 13.g4? was Fischer's mistake. As Mednis later put it, "after that, the rest of the game is a slaughter."
May 10, 2018
Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov was born March 5, 1933 in Moscow, USSR. Awarded the IM title in 1958 and the GM title in 1961, he was Moscow Champion in 1955, 1958, 1960, 1962 (jointly), 1972 and 1978. His best tournament result was 1st in 1974 at Manila. He won the 1995 World Senior Chess Championship. Vasiukov was also a FIDE Senior Trainer. [chessgames.com]
From chess-news.ru:
He was called, after Alekhine, "the most outstanding Russian combination player”.
Evgeni Vasiukov, grandmaster, passed away at 85.
A brief biography from the Russian Chess Federation website:
Born in Moscow, he learned to play chess at age fifteen. During the war, the eight-year child survived the evacuation of the Tula region. In 1943, in the battles his father died on the Kursk Bulge.
"Already in 1954, he became the master of sports of the USSR, and in 1961 - International Grandmaster. His first significant success achieved in 1955, was becoming the champion of Moscow, where he proved himself a great tactician. He later won the championship of the capital another five times and played for the team in Moscow. in a variety of all-union tournaments.
Vasiukov was always distinguished by his speed of thought, even in his fifties, he had a reputation as a specialist on the blitz. He won six times the Moscow Blitz Championship for the prizes of "Vyachorka" and twice shared the first place. Back in 1958, when 15-year-old Robert Fischer briefly came to Moscow, it was Vasiukov who defended the honor of the capital in blitz and who urgently invited to TSSHK, Tigran Petrosian.
Four years later, the Vasiukov "tripped" Fischer. It happened in the tournament contenders for the island of Curacao. Vasiukov, original analyst and theorist, had prepared a new idea to protect Korchnoi in the Ufimstev (Pirc) and introduced an innovation. Viktor applied it to the black game against Fischer and won a very important, a spectacular victory.
Vasiukov generously shared ideas, being a student, and the Soviet national team coach of the Olympic team, Consultant-Trainer to Karpov, Korchnoi, Tal Geller and other outstanding players.
He won more than 50 competitions, 11 times participated in the championships of the USSR. His best result was the victory in Manila in 1974 - ahead of Petrosian, Larsen, Portisch, Gligoric ... He won first place in tournaments in Reykjavik, Athens, Varna, Berlin and other cities. "
Until recently, Eugene Vasiukov remained an active chess player, participating in the veterans' tournament in the Russian team. Fifteen recent years led the most successful and perhaps the only real working committee of the Russian Chess Federation - Veterans Commission.
Developed handicap tournament system in which the player of any level always has a chance to compete with the strongest grandmasters. Competitions are held regularly in recent years and enjoyed success.
Eugene was a plain-speaker and did not hesitate to express his own opinion, even (and especially) if it went against the "majority opinion".
On the day of the 80th anniversary of Victor Korchnoi in an interview on our site Vasiukov said: "Now a lot of people who do not know the inside of many situations presented:" Oh, what a hero Korchnoi "I do not hold this position ...." (Vasiukov remarks in another interview that Korchnoi stamped on his family by his defection).
Most recently, in September last year he won another Moscow Blitz Championship. At the award ceremony, he received the gold medal and the veteran took the microphone and said that "Gorbushkin yard" – was the worst possible room for such tournaments. This year, the Russian team won the World Cup, European Championship, and recently I got the third medal in the individual championship of Europe (European Senior in 2016 without losing a game). The first two results were remarked by the president. At the world championships, our team won all the matches, we did not lose a single game, the participants took five first places on the boards. Neither during these tournaments, nor when they were over did I get a call from the Moscow Chess Federation to congratulate me or say some kind words.
______
I believe that there are two books with contributions by Vasiukov:
Mikhail Chigorin, 1972, Fiskultura i sport by Vasiukov, Narkevic and Nikitin
Paris, Elista, Yerevan – the world chess championship 1996, Karpov-Kamsky by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov with commentary by Evgeny Vasiukov
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There is a full Wikipedia biography at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeni_Vasiukov
________
Curacao Candidates 1962
Willemstad, Curacao
Fischer, Robert – Korchnoi, Viktor
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.O-O Qxc5+ 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Nd2 a5 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.a4 Nb4 13.g4 Bxg4 14.Bxg4 Nxg4 15.Qxg4 Nxc2 16.Nb5 Nxa1 17.Nxa1 Qc6 18.f5 Qc4 19.Qf3 Qxa4 20.Nc7 Qxa1 21.Nd5 Rae8 22.Bg5 Qxb2 23.Bxe7 Be5 24.Rf2 Qc1+ 25.Rf1 Qh6 26.h3 gxf5 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Nxf5 Qe6 30.Rg1 a4 31.Rg4 Qb3 32.Qf1 a3 33.Rg3 Qxg3 0-1
Position in Fischer-Korchnoi after 13.g4
Chessgames kibitzers:
(Was 10..a5, Vasiukov’s novelty?)
- Tremendous game! Not certain if this is in "My 60 Memorable Games"?! In any event, what an attacking masterpiece, IMHO. Victor, and Bobby, left us so much beauty and power in their respective creations on the 64 squares. I am grateful for their immense contributions. Thanks for this game, people!
- it's actually the only game in which Fischer fell into a book trap in the opening. It's not in M60MG, no.
- Yes, 13.g4? was Fischer's mistake. As Mednis later put it, "after that, the rest of the game is a slaughter."
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