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[lang_nl]Gurgenidze (74) overleden[/lang_nl][lang_en]Gurgenidze dies at 74[/lang_en]

27 May 2008, 14.33 CET | Last modified: 17:14 | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags:

[lang_nl]Op zaterdag 24 mei is de Georgische grootmeester Bukhuti Gurgenidze overleden, aldus de Russische websites Gazeta.ru en Novaya Gazeta, die refereren aan ITAR-TASS en de Georgische schaakbond. Gurgenidze werd 74 jaar.[/lang_nl][lang_en]On Saturday, May 24, Georgian grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze passed away, as reported by Russian websites Gazeta.ru and Novaya Gazeta, with references to ITAR-TASS and the Georgian chess federation. Gurgenidze was 74 years old.[/lang_en]

[lang_nl]Bukhuti Ivanovich Gurgenidze werd geboren op 13 november 1933 in Surami, Georgi?ɬ´. Hij was geoloog van beroep maar bovenal schaakgek. Hij werd elf keer kampioen van Georgi?ɬ´ – volgens Chessbase zelfs twaalf keer! Negen keer deed hij mee aan het kampioenschap van de Sovjet-Unie en met het Sovjet-team won hij zowel in 1957 als in 1958 het Studenten-WK.

Gurgenidze verkreeg in 1966 de meestertitel en in 1970 de grootmeestertitel. Hij eindigde gedeeld eerste met Mikhail Tal in Tbilisi in 1969?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú70 en won het toernooi in Olomouc in 1976.

Gurgenidze was de coach van vele Georgische topspeelsters: Gaprindashvili, Chiburdanidze, Alexandria en Ioseliani. Tijdens de jaren negentig was hij vice-president van de Georgische Schaakbond.

Zijn naam zal altijd verbonden blijven aan de Gurgenidze-variant van het Siciliaans (1.e4 c5 2.Pf3 Pc6 3. Lb5 g6 4.0-0 Lg7 5.Te1 e5 6.b4). Andere varianten die in ?ɬ©?ɬ©n adem genoemd worden met Gurgenidze zijn 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Lg7 3.Pc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5, 1.e4 c5 2.Pf3 Pc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Pxd4 g6 5.c4 Pf6 6.Pc3 d6 7.Le2 Pxd4 8.Dxd4 Lg7 en 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Pc3 b5.

Hier is een selectie van vijftien winstpartijen van Gurgenidze tegen sterke tegenstanders:

[/lang_nl][lang_en]Bukhuti Ivanovich Gurgenidze was born 13 November 1933 in Surami, Georgia. A geologist by profession, Gurgenidze became Georgian champion no less than eleven times – even twelve according to Chessbase’s data! Nine times he participated in the USSR Championship finals. With the Soviet team he won the World Student Olympiads twice: in 1957 and 1958.

Gurgenidze was awarded the International Master title in 1966 and the Grandmaster title in 1970. He shared first place with Mikhail Tal at Tbilisi in 1969?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú70 and placed first at Olomouc in 1976.

Gurgenidze was the coach of many top female players from Georgia: Gaprindashvili, Chiburdanidze, Alexandria and Ioseliani. During the 1990s he was Vice President of the Georgian Chess Federation.

His name is and will always be attached to the Gurgenidze Variation in the Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.b4). Other lines that are sometimes linked to Gurgenidze are 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5, 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7, and 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 b5.

Here’s a selection of fifteen wins by Gurgenidze, against very strong opponents:

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5 Responses to “[lang_nl]Gurgenidze (74) overleden[/lang_nl][lang_en]Gurgenidze dies at 74[/lang_en]”

  1. jazzkoo on May 27th, 2008 8:40 pm

    in the second to last game, Bukhuti Gurgenidze – Mark Dvoretzky, is there a typo?
    after 13. h3 black played13….Qg6? Something must be goofed up as that bishop appears completely free to me….am i blind??

  2. The_Anonymous_Person on May 28th, 2008 4:50 am

    When I last checked, Gurgenidze’s last FIDE rating was around 2150. He must have really loved chess in order to continue playing competitively well past his prime.

  3. peter on May 28th, 2008 9:27 am

    Indeed. I think his last rating was 2108, but he seems to be removed from the list already.

  4. peter on May 29th, 2008 2:06 pm

    @jazzkoo
    You’re right – this game notation in Chessbase’s database is incorrect. The game runs as follows:

    Gurgenidze-Dvoretsky
    Karseladze mem (Kutaisi), 1978

    Source: Shakhmatny Bulletin 1979/4 #59 / Ren?ɬ© Olthof

  5. jazzkoo on June 1st, 2008 9:02 pm

    thanks for game score peter! now my mind is at ease.. ;-)

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