Evgeni Vasiukov - Notable Chess Games

Notable Chess Games

  • Evgeniy Vasiukov vs Mark Taimanov, USSR Team Championship, Riga 1954, Ruy Lopez, Classical Variation (C64), 1-0 Impressive win over a player who had tied for the Soviet title two years earlier.
  • Evgeniy Vasiukov vs Lev Polugaevsky, USSR Team Championship semi-final, Voroshilovgrad 1955, Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation (B22), 1-0 Vasiukov takes Polu out of book with a sharp, original opening, then brings home the point.
  • Tigran Petrosian vs Evgeni Vasiukov, Moscow Championship 1956, English Opening (A16), 0-1 White plays a bit passively in the opening, and Black builds an aggressive formation and scores with a strong Kingside attack.
  • Evgeniy Vasiukov vs David Bronstein, USSR Championship, Baku 1961, Caro-Kann Defence (B10), 1-0 Very unusual opening brings success.
  • Paul Keres vs Evgeniy Vasiukov, USSR Championship, Baku 1961, Sicilian Defence, Kan Variation (B42), 0-1 Vasiukov arrives at the elite level when he can beat world-class players such as Keres with Black.
  • Evgeniy Vasiukov vs Vasily Smyslov, USSR Championship, Tbilisi 1966, Ruy Lopez, Closed Variation (C92), 1-0 A patient strategical win over a former World Champion.
  • Efim Geller vs Evgeniy Vasiukov, Kislovodsk 1968, Pirc Defence, Classical Variation (B08), 0-1 Unusual to see Vasiukov playing an offbeat line as Black, but it works wonderfully here.
  • Mikhail Tal vs Evgeniy Vasiukov, USR Championship, Alma-Ata 1968, Ruy Lopez, Closed Variation (C98), 0-1 Former World Champion Tal over-reaches in his attack.

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