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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Shtern, Igor
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Title
:
FM
Years
:
1984-2001
Number of games
:
119
Number of wins
:
59
Number of draws
:
16
Number of losses
:
44
White score
:
36/60 (60% - Average Elo: 2302.46)
Black score
:
31/59 (52.54% - Average Elo: 2327.42)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Shtern, Igor (2255) - Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (2475), Dallas Pinfork op2, Dallas (E13) - 1996
Shtern, Igor (2255) - Ardaman, Miles (2365), Dallas Pinfork op2, Dallas (A35) - 1996
Shtern, Igor (2265) - Norwood, David (2335), Pugi Memorial, Toronto (A70) - 1985
Annakov, Babakuli (2600) - Shtern, Igor (2261), Texas-ch, Dallas (E33) - 2000
Rajlich, Vasik G (2350) - Shtern, Igor (2245), Dallas Pinfork op4, Dallas (B32) - 1996
Hartman, Brian (2350) - Shtern, Igor (2265), Pugi Memorial, Toronto (B33) - 1985
Shtern, Igor - ? (57)
Ardaman, Miles (1/2)
Doss, Jason R (1½/2)
Rohrbaugh, James V (2/2)
Ahlstrom, S (1/1)
Anderson, Renard (0/1)
Anderson, Selby K (0/1)
Ashton, Jeff (1/1)
Benjamin, Joel (0/1)
Burnett, Ronald (½/1)
Campbell, Matthew (1/1)
De Sousa, Brian (1/1)
Dejmek, Mark W (1/1)
Donaldson, John W (½/1)
Dvoretskij, Alexey (0/1)
Fischvogt, Eric V (1/1)
Fishbein, Alexander (0/1)
Galkin, Vladimir (0/1)
Gallagher, Jim (1/1)
Garbett, Paul Anthony (0/1)
Gelman, Michael (1/1)
Grubbs, Steven M (0/1)
Gurevich, Dmitry (0/1)
Hertan, Charles E (0/1)
Holliman, Bob (1/1)
Howell, Jason (1/1)
Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich (1/1)
John, David C (1/1)
Kaidanov, Gregory S (0/1)
Lein, Anatoly (0/1)
Leininger, Robert (0/1)
Litvinchuk, John (0/1)
Lopez, Richard (1/1)
Marcott, Don (1/1)
Marfia, Jim (½/1)
McClintock, Doug (½/1)
Muecke, Mark (1/1)
Nakamura, Clyde J (1/1)
Nickoloff, Bryon (0/1)
Norwood, David (1/1)
Patty, John (1/1)
Pelts, Peter (0/1)
Phillips, David William (1/1)
Pohl, Ira (1/1)
Ruiz, Guillermo (1/1)
Rylander, Dennis (1/1)
Sazonova, Elena (0/1)
Shahade, Jennifer (1/1)
Shulman, Yuri (0/1)
Simon, P (1/1)
Sprague, Al L (1/1)
Stone, Raymond (½/1)
Strenzwilk, Denis (½/1)
Szmetan, Ricardo (1/1)
Vergara, Mitchell S (0/1)
Wiggins, Eric A (1/1)
Wolff, Patrick G (½/1)
Ziane, Noureddine (1/1)
? - Shtern, Igor (55)
Anderson, Selby K (2/3)
Finegold, Benjamin (1/2)
Gurevich, Dmitry (0/2)
Annakov, Babakuli (1/1)
Ardaman, Miles (0/1)
Bell, John (0/1)
Boissonnier, Kimo (1/1)
Buzbuchi, Ionut (½/1)
Day, Lawrence A (0/1)
Dejmek, Mark W (1/1)
Dokuchayev, Andrey (1/1)
Dzindzichashvili, Roman (0/1)
Findlay, Ian T (½/1)
Fischer, Robert J (1/1)
Gibson, William P (1/1)
Grubbs, Steven M (0/1)
Gufeld, Eduard (0/1)
Gurevich, Ilya (1/1)
Hartman, Brian (1/1)
Hendrick, John Kristan (1/1)
John, David C (0/1)
Kaidanov, Gregory S (0/1)
Ketcham, Richard (1/1)
Kutuzov, Denis (0/1)
Lee, Wellington (1/1)
Lester, Ron (1/1)
Love, David (0/1)
Milovanovic, Rade (0/1)
Morrison, Robert (0/1)
Morshedi, Ali (1/1)
Moss, Larry L (1/1)
Muecke, Mark (1/1)
Nedved, Kimball (1/1)
Nightingale, David (1/1)
Ozden, Oz (1/1)
Pajak, John T (½/1)
Rachels, Stuart (0/1)
Radomskyj, Peter (0/1)
Rajlich, Vasik G (1/1)
Rao, Vivek (0/1)
Rector, George (1/1)
Rubsamen, Cornelius (½/1)
Sarkisian, Drew J (1/1)
Sepman, Yulius (0/1)
Sutherland, Don C (1/1)
Unalmis, Omer Haldun (½/1)
Valvo, Michael Joseph (0/1)
Van Meter, Lester (1/1)
Waxman, Joseph L (1/1)
Whitehead, Jay E (0/1)
Wilson, Russell (1/1)
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (0/1)
Wolff, Patrick G (0/1)
Woods, Dana (0/1)
Ziane, Noureddine (½/1)
Openings played as White (48)
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2316.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
3/3 = 100%
E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2465
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2467.5
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
2275
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2365
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A30 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2161
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2179
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2097
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2535
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2605
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D05 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E10 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E16 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
1955
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C21 Center Game (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4)
Average Elo:
2090
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2245
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) System (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2215
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
2552
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E77 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D71 Neo-Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2309
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (36)
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
2233.75
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2333
Result:
3/5 = 60%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2378
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
E12 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
2/4 = 50%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2147.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
3/3 = 100%
B23 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2329
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B30 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2162
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2671
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2535
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2447.5
Result:
0/2 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2285
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A25 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
2605
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2298
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C28 Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C77 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2155
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D86 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D90 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E15 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2405
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2600
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 5.cd ed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
2280
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2)
Average Elo:
2475
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
0/1 = 0%