Polugaevsky, Lev
Lev Polugaevsky (1934-1995) was a Soviet grandmaster and world-class opening theoretician who remained among the elite from the early 1960s through the late 1980s. He is best known for developing the ultra-sharp Polugaevsky Variation of the Najdorf Sicilian, which he analyzed with tireless devotion for decades and detailed in his classic book "Grandmaster Preparation."
Total Games
1892
Wins
678
Draws
956
Losses
255
35.8% wins50.5% draws13.5% losses
Most Played Openings
E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation63E12 - Queen's Indian Defense61E11 - Bogo-Indian Defense40B96 - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation39B85 - Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Main Line36A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit36A17 - English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense36A07 - King's Indian Attack32E18 - Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov Defense27A34 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation27
Featured Games
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Polugaevsky, Lev vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
Reggio Emilia9192
1992
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Polugaevsky, Lev vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
Tilburg
1985
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Karpov, Anatoly vs Polugaevsky, Lev
Biel
1990
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Karpov, Anatoly vs Polugaevsky, Lev
Tilburg
1983
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Polugaevsky, Lev vs Short, Nigel D
Amber-rapid 2nd
1993
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Timman, Jan H vs Polugaevsky, Lev
Tilburg
1983
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Feuerstein, Arthur William vs Polugaevsky, Lev
WchT U26
1957
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Polugaevsky, Lev vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
Amber-blind 2nd
1993
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Polugaevsky, Lev vs Andersen, Borge
WchT U26
1957
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Franzoni, Giancarlo vs Polugaevsky, Lev
WchT
1985
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0-1Capablanca mem 1962 B94
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Rossetto, Hector
1-0Mar del Plata 1962 B00
Guimard, Carlos E vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1Capablanca mem 1962 E69
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Guimard, Carlos E
1-0Mar del Plata 1962 A85
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Szabo, Laszlo
1-0Mar del Plata 1962 E83
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Nedeljkovic, Strecko
1/2-1/2EU-chT 1961 A08
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
1/2-1/2URS-ch28 1961 C16
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Khasin, Abram
1-0URS-ch28 1961 D42
Taimanov, Mark E vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2URS-ch29 1961 A27
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Stein, Leonid
1-0URS-ch28 1961 E82
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Khasin, Abram
1-0URS-ch29 1961 D34
Pogats, Jozsef vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1EU-chT 1961 B93
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Shianovsky, Vladislav I
1-0URS-ch29 1961 E81
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Cherepkov, Alexander V
1/2-1/2URS-ch28 1961 E14
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1/2-1/2URS-ch28 1961 D36
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Taimanov, Mark E
1/2-1/2Rostov 1961 D38
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Liebert, Heinz
1-0Rostov 1961 A80
Bondarevsky, Igor vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2Rostov 1961 A56
Pesch, Werner vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2EU-chT 1961 B32
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Vladimirov, Boris T
1-0URS-ch29 1961 B42
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Garcia Orus, F.
1-0EU-chT 1961 A54
Khodos, German vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2Rostov 1961 E51
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Lein, Anatoly
1/2-1/2URS-ch29 1961 D36
Gufeld, Eduard vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1URS-ch28 1961 B84
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Ujtelky, Maximilian
1/2-1/2Rostov 1961 D52
Kots, Yury Isakovich vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2URS-ch29 1961 B41
Lutikov, Anatoly S vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1URS-ch28 1961 B94
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Gipslis, Aivars
1/2-1/2URS-ch29 1961 B48
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1/2-1/2Rostov 1961 C76
Savon, Vladimir A vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1URS-ch29 1961 A37
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Nedeljkovic, Strecko
1/2-1/2EU-chT 1961 E14
Bobekov, R. vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1Rostov 1961 E98
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Bannik, Anatoly
1/2-1/2URS-ch28 1961 D58
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Vasiukov, Evgeni
1-0URS-ch29 1961 E92
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Estrada Degrandi, Walter
1/2-1/2Rostov 1961 A85
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Navarovszky, Laszlo
1-0EU-chT 1961 D48
Ujtelky, Maximilian vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1EU-chT 1961 A32
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Drozd, Ryszard
0-1Rostov 1961 D52
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1-0URS-ch28 1961 E55
Pogats, Jozsef vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1-0EU-chT 1961 B84
Ciric, Dragoljub M vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2Rostov 1961 B86
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1/2-1/2URS-ch29 1961 E42
Nezhmetdinov, Rashid vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1Rostov 1961 B92
Shamkovich, Leonid vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1URS-ch29 1961 B43
Simagin, Vladimir vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1-0URS-ch28 1961 E14
Bagirov, Vladimir vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1URS-ch29 1961 B43
Borisenko, Georgy K vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1URS-ch28 1961 A56
Nezhmetdinov, Rashid vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1URS-ch29 1961 B96
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Gurgenidze, Bukhuti
1-0URS-ch29 1961 E61
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Boleslavsky, Isaak
1/2-1/2URS-ch28 1961 E81