Notable Games
Evgeny Sveshnikov
14 celebrated games · 1068 in the full archive
◈The games that made the legend
Sveshnikov – Ivanov · 1976 · 1–0
USSR Championship (First League) 1976. Sveshnikov's famous mating attack in a Caro-Kann Panov — a queen sacrifice finishes it, 36.Qf8+ Rxf8 37.Ne7#.
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Sveshnikov – Tseshkovsky · 1976 · 1–0
Chigorin Memorial 1976. A win over grandmaster Vitaly Tseshkovsky, the knight fork 36.Nf7+ winning the exchange and the game.
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Kuzmin – Sveshnikov · 1976 · 0–1
USSR 1976. Sveshnikov wins with the variation that bears his name — the Sicilian Sveshnikov (then still the Lasker–Pelikan) — over grandmaster Gennadi Kuzmin, the once-dubious line he single-handedly rehabilitated into main-line theory.
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Sveshnikov – Romanishin · 1978 · 1–0
USSR Championship 1978. A kingside attack beats grandmaster Oleg Romanishin, 34.h5 opening the h-file to 38.Qh7+.
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Sveshnikov – Kupreichik · 1984 · 1–0
1984. A win over the sharp attacker Viktor Kupreichik in Sveshnikov's own c3-Sicilian (the Alapin), a passed f-pawn deciding (46.f7).
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Sveshnikov – Balashov · 1985 · 1–0
USSR Team Championship 1985. An Italian Game win over grandmaster Yuri Balashov, a passed b-pawn queening (41.b8=Q).
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Sveshnikov – Vaganian · 1985 · 1–0
Moscow 1985. A French Advance win over grandmaster Rafael Vaganian — a world top-tenner — the kingside collapsing (34.Nxg6, 38.Qxd5).
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Sveshnikov – Psakhis · 1987 · 1–0
Sochi 1987. A crisp 25-move French Advance win over two-time Soviet champion Lev Psakhis.
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Sveshnikov – Short · 1992 · 1–0
European Club Cup 1992. Sveshnikov beats Nigel Short — a World Championship challenger the very next year — with the romantic Evans Gambit (4.b4).
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Sveshnikov – Timman · 1992 · 1–0
Tilburg 1992. A 28-move French Advance crush of Jan Timman, then among the world's very best (25.a4, 28.e6+).
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Sveshnikov – Polgar · 1993 · 1–0
Biel Interzonal 1993. A win over Judit Polgár — the strongest female player in history — in Sveshnikov's c3-Sicilian (the Alapin).
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Sveshnikov – Sax · 1994 · 1–0
Ljubljana 1994. A 28-move Sicilian win over the Hungarian grandmaster Gyula Sax.
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Kortschnoj – Sveshnikov · 2007 · 0–1
Chelyabinsk 2007. A Black win over the legendary Viktor Korchnoi — four-time World Championship Candidate finalist — in a Queen's Gambit Declined.
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Sveshnikov – Hort · 2018 · 1–0
World Senior Team Championship 2018. A 27-move Alapin-Sicilian win over veteran grandmaster Vlastimil Hort.
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