Igor Platonov - Notable Chess Games

Notable Chess Games

  • Igor Platonov vs Lev Alburt, USSR Championship, Kharkov 1967, Reti Opening (A04), 1-0 Platonov shows off his new positional style in his first Soviet final.
  • Igor Platonov vs Ratmir Kholmov, USSR Championship, Kharkov 1967, Queen's Indian Defence (E14), 1-0 Platonov takes off one of the top Soviet defensive players.
  • Mikhail Tal vs Igor Platonov, USSR Championship, Alma Ata 1968, Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation (B95), 0-1 Former World Champion Tal has to tip over his King.
  • Igor Platonov vs Vladimir Savon, USSR 1968, Pirc Defence (B07), 1-0 A very attractive 24-move miniature.
  • Igor Platonov vs Vasily Smyslov, USSR Championship, Moscow 1969, English Opening (A17), 1-0 A player knows he has arrived near the top when he can win in the strategic English against former World Champion 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 Candidate, gets outgunned in a sharp variation.
  • Igor Platonov vs Leonid Stein, USSR Championship, Riga 1970, King's Indian Defence, Saemisch Variation (E80), 1-0 Stein was as dangerous an attacker as there was in the world during this era.
  • Igor Platonov vs Jan Hein Donner, Cienfuegos 1972, Catalan Opening, Open Variation (E05), 1-0 One of his best games from his strongest international performance.

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