Vladimir Bagirov

Vladimir Bagirow, 1998 in Grieskirchen
Association	Latvia
Born	August 16, 1936 Batumi , Soviet Union
Died	July 20, 2000 Jyväskylä
title	International Master (1963) Grand Master (1978)
Best Elo rating	2560 (January 1980)

Wladimir Konstantinowitsch Bagirow ( Russian Владимир Константинович Багиров ; born August 16, 1936 in Batumi , † July 20, 2000 in Jyväskylä ) was an Azerbaijani chess player .

Life

From an interview with Bagirow in 1998 in Grieskirchen: "I am a typical Soviet person, born in Georgia, my parents come from Baku in Azerbaijan, where I moved when I was one year old."

His father was an Armenian engineer and his mother was from Ukraine . In 1937 his father was shot dead during the Great Terror . At the age of ten, Bagirov learned to play chess in the Pioneer Palace in Baku . He was promoted by the master Vladimir Makogonov , whose positional style strongly influenced him. After graduating from high school, Bagirow studied engineering and worked in the oil industry for a few years before devoting himself entirely to chess.

In 1960 he made his debut at the USSR Championship and sensationally finished 4th with twelve points from 19 games. Until 1978 he took part in eight other national championships of the Soviet Union. He also won the championship of the Azerbaijani SSR 13 times . In 1963 he received the title of International Master . He did not receive the grandmaster title until 1978 because there were few opportunities for him to take part in international tournaments and meet the required standards.

Bagirow - Klovans, 1999 in Gladenbach

Bagirov was a well-known coach , who worked with many top players, including nine years with Lew Polugajewski and with Mikhail Tal , whose Sekundant it during the inter-zonal tournament in Subotica was the 1987th In 1975 he also looked after Garry Kasparov for a short time , whose great talent he recognized early on.

In 1980 he moved from Baku to Riga and trained there between 1986 and 1989 Alexei Shirov . After the collapse of the Soviet Union , he took part in numerous Open in Europe to earn a living.

In 1998 he won the Senior World Championship in Grieskirchen .

1999 in Gladenbach he was second behind Jānis Klovāns at the ninth Senior World Cup.

Bagirov died of a heart attack during a chess tournament in Finland . He left behind his wife, Iraida Bagirova, with whom he had lived for 37 years.

He wrote books on the Réti Opening , the English Opening, and the Alekhine Defense , of which he was one of the best experts. All three books have also been translated into German.

Team chess

Vladimir Bagirov standing in the back, Mikhail Tal sitting on the left, and Tigran Petrosian on the top right , as well as others, such as Vlastimil Hort (white shirt), at the 1961 European team championship in chess ; in front the back of Aleksandar Matanović , opponent of Hort, and on the right Josef Maršálek

National team

Bagirow won the European team championship in Oberhausen in 1961 with the Soviet team .

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he took part with the Latvian team in the 1992 and 1996 Chess Olympiads , the 1993 World Team Championship and the 1992 European Team Championship.

societies

Bagirow won the European Club Cup in 1976 and 1979 with Burevestnik and in 1984 with Trud . From 1993 he played in Germany for SK Zehlendorf , temporarily (in the 1993/94 season ) in the German Federal Chess League . In the 1998/99 season he played with SVg Lasker Steglitz in the 2nd Bundesliga.

literature

• Gennadi Sosonko : The reliable past. New in Chess, Alkmaar 2003. ISBN 90-5691-114-7 , pp. 40-59.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview by Harald Grafenhofer with Wladimir Bagirow 1998 in Grieskirchen, interpreter: Irene Hinum-Saaremäe
2. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 77.
3. ↑ 8th World Championship for Seniors 1998 in Grieskirchen on TeleSchach
4. ↑ 9th World Championship for Seniors 1999 in Gladenbach on TeleSchess
5. ↑ ^{a b} Vladimir Bagirov's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Vladimir Bagirov's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
7. ↑ Vladimir Bagirov's results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
8. ↑ Vladimir Bagirov's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
9. ^ DWZ evaluation of the 2nd Bundesliga North 1998/99 at the German Chess Federation

Web links

Commons : Vladimir Bagirov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Replayable chess games by Vladimir Bagirow on chessgames.com (English)