Artur Yusupov
Notable Games

Artur Yusupov

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Notable Games

  • 1979.11.30 Yusupov, Artur vsVaganian, Rafael A 1-0 Indian Defense: Pseudo-Benko 52 moves URS-ch47 Final USSR Championship 47 (Minsk 1979). An early scalp for the 19-year-old: doubled rooks on the g/h-files crash through Rafael Vaganian's king (47.Rxg7).
  • 1979.12 Yusupov, Artur vsTal, Mikhail 1-0 Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 58 moves URS-ch47 Final USSR Championship 47 (Minsk 1979). A win over former World Champion Mikhail Tal, Yusupov's passed a-pawn deciding the rook ending (58.Rh8).
  • 1985.05.01 Yusupov, Artur vsPortisch, Lajos 1-0 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine System 33 moves Interzonal-13a 1985 Interzonal. A Queen's Gambit Accepted win over Lajos Portisch from the Interzonal that launched Yusupov's Candidates run — the queenside break (b4–b5) and 31.Rd7+ deciding.
  • 1985.10 Yusupov, Artur vsSpassky, Boris Vasilievich 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation 33 moves Candidates Tournament Montpellier Montpellier Candidates Tournament 1985. A Queen's Gambit Declined win over former World Champion Boris Spassky.
  • 1986 Yusupov, Artur vsTimman, Jan H 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation 58 moves Candidates qf2 Candidates quarter-final, Tilburg 1986. A win over Jan Timman — then among the world's top three — from the match Yusupov won to reach the Candidates semifinals, the a-pawn queening in a long rook ending.
  • 1986.11.21 Yusupov, Artur vsShort, Nigel D 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Classical Variation 35 moves Olympiad-27 Dubai Olympiad 1986. A Queen's Indian win over Nigel Short — a future World Championship challenger — a kingside attack ending 35.Qh6.
  • 1987.09.24 Yusupov, Artur vsSokolov, Andrei 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation 39 moves Interpolis 11th Tilburg (Interpolis) 1987. A Queen's Indian win over Andrei Sokolov — the man who had eliminated Yusupov in the 1986 Candidates semifinal — squeezing home a bishop-and-rook endgame.
  • 1988.07 Yusupov, Artur vsSmyslov, Vasily V 1-0 Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation 37 moves URS-ch55 USSR Championship 55 (Moscow 1988). A Bogo-Indian win over former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, 37.Ng5+.
  • 1989.03 Yusupov, Artur vsKasparov, Garry 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense 41 moves World Cup World Cup, Barcelona 1989. Yusupov's greatest scalp — a classical win over reigning World Champion Garry Kasparov, grinding down a King's Indian to 41.Ng4.
  • 1989 Yusupov, Artur vsKarpov, Anatoly 1-0 Torre Attack: Classical Defense, Petrosian Gambit 37 moves Candidates sf1 Candidates semifinal, London 1989. A Torre Attack win over Anatoly Karpov, the queen raid 36.Qg6+ and 37.Rf3+ crashing through.
  • 1989.12 Yusupov, Artur vsSpeelman, Jonathan S 1-0 Torre Attack: Classical Defense 48 moves Hastings 8990 Hastings 1989/90. A Torre Attack win over Jonathan Speelman, Yusupov converting the rook ending (46.Rdxd4).
  • 1990 Yusupov, Artur vsLjubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation 34 moves Linares 08th Linares 1990. A Queen's Indian win over Ljubomir Ljubojevic — then world top-ten — the knight raid 30.Nxf6+/31.Nxh7+ netting material.
  • 1990 Yusupov, Artur vsGelfand, Boris 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation 66 moves Linares 08th Linares 1990. A King's Indian win over Boris Gelfand, a passed e-pawn decisive in a 66-move rook ending (66.e5).
  • 1994 Yusupov, Artur vsAnand, Viswanathan 1-0 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation 58 moves Candidates FIDE m2 Candidates match, Wijk aan Zee 1994. A Grünfeld win over future World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Yusupov's queen dominating the endgame (58.Qd5+).
  • 1999 Yusupov, Artur vsBeliavsky, Alexander G 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3 21 moves AUT-chT 9899 Austrian League 1999. A 21-move Queen's Indian miniature over Alexander Beliavsky — the Greek-gift 18.Bxh6! and 19.Qxh6 forcing resignation, 21.Qh4+.
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