Alexander Beliavsky

Alexander Beliavsky, 2002
Surname	Oleksandr Henrichowytsch Bjeljawskyj
Association	Soviet Union (until 1991) Ukraine (1992 to 1995) Slovenia (since 1996)
Born	December 17, 1953 Lviv , Soviet Union
title	International Master (1973) Grand Master (1975)
Current  Elo rating	2517 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2710 (July 1997)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Alexander Beliavsky ( Ukrainian Олександр Генріхович Бєлявський Oleksandr Henrichowytsch Bjeljawskyj scientific transliteration Oleksandr Henrichovyč Bjeljavsʹkyj ; born December 17, 1953 in Lviv ) is a Ukrainian - Slovene master . He was one of the best players in the world in the 1980s.

Career

Beliavsky in Tilburg 1986

In 1973 Beliavsky became World Junior Champion U20 in Stockton-on-Tees . 1975 awarded him FIDE the Grandmaster title . He won the USSR championship four times , which was considered the strongest national championship in the world. In 1980 in Vilnius Beliavsky and Lev Psachis were tied for first place. In 1981 (before Tigran Petrosjan ) and 1986 he won the very strong tournament in Tilburg . He celebrated one of his greatest successes in Belgrade in 1993 , when he won the very strong tournament ahead of the eventual world champion Vladimir Kramnik .

In 1983 Beliavsky was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the candidate fights against the eventual world champion Garry Kasparov with 3: 6. At the FIDE World Cup in Tripoli in 2004 Beliavsky made it to the round of 16, where he was defeated by Alexander Grishchuk . After the collapse of the Soviet Union , Beliavsky, who played for Ukraine at the Chess Olympiad in 1992, moved to Slovenia in 1996 and has since represented his new home country internationally.

Beliavsky also works as a chess trainer . In 1993 he was one of the seconds of Garry Kasparov in his competition against Nigel Short , in 2005 he supervised Alexander Morosewitsch at the FIDE World Cup. He also trained the German grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch . In 2004 he received the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. He wrote several chess books , mostly working with Adrian Mihalčišin . Beliavsky qualified twice for the World Chess Cup , but failed in the first round in both 2005 and 2013 .

In January 2015, he was in second place behind Luka Lenič in the Slovenian Elo ranking.

Team chess

Beliavsky (left), 1982 Chess Olympiad

National team

Beliavsky participated in 15 Chess Olympiads from 1982 to 2014 . First he played for the Soviet team, with whom he became Olympic champion in 1982 , 1984 , 1988 and 1990 , in 1992 he played for Ukraine, and since 1996 he has participated in all chess Olympiads for Slovenia. In 1982 Beliavsky also achieved the third best result on the fourth board, in 1984 both the third best result on the first board and the second best rating of all participants. With the Soviet team Beliavsky also won the team world championships in 1985 and 1989, where he achieved the best individual result in both competitions on his board (1985 on the fifth board with Hans-Joachim Hecht , 1989 on the second board). Beliavsky was placed on the sixth board of the Soviet team in the match between the USSR and the rest of the world in 1984 and achieved the best result of all participants with 3.5 points from 4 games (two wins against Yasser Seirawan , one win and a draw against Bent Larsen ). Beliavsky took part in all eleven European team championships from 1983 to 2011 , and took part again in 2015. He won the competition in 1983 and 1989 with the Soviet Union and took second place with Ukraine in 1992.

societies

Alexander Beliavsky played in the German Federal Chess League from 1999 to 2003 for König Plauen and from 2003 to 2005 for SG Porz , with whom he became German team champion in 2004 . In the Austrian Bundesliga and State League Beliavsky was registered with SK Merkur Graz from 1996 to 2002 , with Holz Dohr from 2005 to 2009 and with SK Advisory Invest Baden from 2009 to 2012 . He was Austrian team champion in 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 and 2012 . Beliavsky won the Dutch master class in the 2004/05 season with ZZICT / De Variant Breda . In Hungary, Beliavsky played for Miskolci SSC until 2004 and for Aquaprofit NTSK from 2008 to 2011 , and in the 2016/17 season he played for Lila Futó-Hóbagoly SE . He was the Hungarian team champion in 2000 , 2001 , 2009 , 2010 and 2011 . Alexander Beliavsky won the Ukrainian team championship in 2008 and 2009 with PVK Kiev , and in the Spanish team championship in 2005 he played for CA La Caja Las Palmas .

Game example

Beliavsky – Gelfand

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 24.Rxg6

Beliavsky won the following game with the white pieces at the world-class tournament in Linares in 1992 against Boris Gelfand .

Beliavsky 1-0 Gelfand

Linares, March 3, 1992

Slav Defense , D10

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5 + 6. Nd2 Nh6 7. Nf3 Nf5 8. g3 Ne3 9. fxe3 dxe3 10. a3 Bf5 11. Bg2 Bc5 12. b4 Bxb4 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. 0–0 exd2 15. Qxd2 0–0 16. Bb2 Da6 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. e6 f6 19. e7 Re8 20. Bh3 Qb6 + 21. c5 Qc7 22. Be6 + Kh8 23. Rxf6 Nd7 24. Rxg6 1 : 0

Web links

Commons : Alexander Beliavsky  - collection of images

• Replayable chess games by Alexander Beliavsky on chessgames.com (English)
• Literature by and about Alexander Beliavsky in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 76.
2. ^ Salo Flohr : 48th USSR Championship in Vilna . Schach-Echo 1981, volume 3, title pages (with cross table).
3. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: Beljawski winner in Tilburg! Schach-Echo 1981, issue 21, title page (with cross table).
4. ↑ Alexander Beliavsky's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Alexander Beliavsky's results at the World Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Alexander Beliavsky's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
7. ↑ Alexander Beliavsky's results at the Ukrainian team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
8. ↑ Alexander Beliavsky's results at Spanish team championships on olimpbase.org (English)