Beliavsky, Alexander
Alexander Beliavsky captured the USSR Championship four times (1974, 1980, 1987, 1990) -- a remarkable feat during the most competitive era of Soviet chess dominance. He qualified for the World Championship Candidates twice and won four Olympic gold medals, reaching a peak world ranking of fourth. Remarkably, he defeated nine different world champions throughout his career, from Smyslov to Carlsen.
Total Games
3335
Wins
1267
Draws
1455
Losses
613
38.0% wins43.6% draws18.4% losses
Most Played Openings
E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation100D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack87D58 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense83C92 - Ruy Lopez: Closed63B07 - Pirc Defense59E32 - Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation58E11 - Bogo-Indian Defense57E04 - Catalan Opening: Open Defense56E05 - Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line51D43 - Semi-Slav Defense51
Featured Games
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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Short, Nigel D
FIDE-Wch k.o.
1999
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Polugaevsky, Lev vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
Reggio Emilia9192
1992
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Al Atar, S Salim vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
WchT U26 prel-1
1976
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Timman, Jan H vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
Linares
1988
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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Linares
1994
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Kamsky, Gata vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
Linares
1994
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Short, Nigel D vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
Dortmund
1995
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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Linares
1995
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Kasparov, Gary vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
Reggio Emilia9192
1992
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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Portisch, Lajos
Reggio Emilia8687
1986
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1-0Tilburg 1993 B15
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Salov, Valery
1/2-1/2Linares 1993 D35
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2Tilburg rapid20 1993 E15
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1Groningen PCA 1993 A28
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1-0Tilburg 1993 E06
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1Tilburg rapid20 1993 D37
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1-0Tilburg 1993 C11
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2Belgrade 1993 D37
Boersma, Paulus A vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1993 A14
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Nikolic, Predrag
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1993 C18
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0Tilburg 1993 C10
Anand, Viswanathan vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1-0Groningen PCA 1993 B80
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2Belgrade 1993 B76
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Shirov, Alexei
1-0Groningen PCA 1993 B33
Nikolic, Predrag vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1Tilburg 1993 D58
Bareev, Evgeny vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1-0Linares 1993 E12
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1993 A30
Jussupow, Artur vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2Groningen 1992 E29
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Anand, Viswanathan
1/2-1/2Brussels SWIFT rapid 1992 D43
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Lautier, Joel
0-1Biel 1992 D38
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1-0Biel 1992 C95
Hansen, Curt vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2Biel 1992 A34
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1/2-1/2Biel 1992 E15
Bareev, Evgeny vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2Linares 1992 D80
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1/2-1/2Linares 1992 B08
Adams, Michael vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2EU-chT (Men) 1992 B33
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Georgiev, Kiril
1/2-1/2Biel 1992 D37
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Manila ol (Men) 1992 E15
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Salov, Valery
1-0Reggio Emilia9192 1992 A30
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2Manila ol (Men) 1992 D48
Salov, Valery vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2Linares 1992 D37
Lautier, Joel vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1Biel 1992 C45
Miles, Anthony J vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2Biel 1992 B14
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter
1-0Tilburg 1992 E18
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Miles, Anthony J
0-1Biel 1992 E94
Gurevich, Mikhail vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1-0Reggio Emilia9192 1992 E39
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Illescas Cordoba, Miguel
1/2-1/2Linares 1992 D32
Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1Tilburg 1992 A45
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Hansen, Curt
1-0Biel 1992 B08
Anand, Viswanathan vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1-0Brussels SWIFT rapid 1992 C61
Georgiev, Kiril vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2Biel 1992 D58
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Gelfand, Boris
1-0Paris Immopar rapid 1991 E97
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Romanishin, Oleg M
0-1Reggio Emilia91 Top15 1991 C96
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2World Cup 1991 E20
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Epishin, Vladimir
0-1Reggio Emilia91 Top15 1991 A52
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2Reggio Emilia91 Top15 1991 D37
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Timman, Jan H
1-0World Cup 1991 B08
Polgar, Zsuzsa vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1Munich 1991 A80
Polgar, Judit vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1Munich 1991 C95
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Gurevich, Mikhail
1-0Linares 1991 E81