Valery Salov
Notable Games

Valery Salov

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Notable Games

  • 1981.08.29 Salov, Valery vsShort, Nigel D 1-0 Modern Defense 39 moves World U20-ch20 World Junior Championship, Mexico City 1981, round 10, against Nigel Short, the future 1993 world title challenger, in the Modern Defense. 21.Ne6 posts a knight on e6, the queens come off with 24.Qxb6 Nxb6, the g-pawn advances with 32.g4, 35.g5 and 38.g6, and 39.Nf3 ends the game.
  • 1983.12.20 Grant, Edward vsSalov, Valery 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation 31 moves EU-ch U21 European Junior Championship, Groningen 1983, round one, against Edward Grant in the Taimanov Sicilian. 19...Re5 and 20...Rh5 bring a rook to the h-file, 24...Rxh3 25.gxh3 f4 gives it up for a pawn to open the white king, 26...Ng3+ and 27...fxe3+ follow, and 31...Qxe4+ ends the game.
  • 1987 Salov, Valery vsKhalifman, Alexander 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Main Line 26 moves URS-ch54 54th USSR Championship, Minsk 1987, against the future FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman, in the Sämisch King's Indian. After 11.O-O-O the white pawns storm the kingside with 12.g4, 17.g5 and 20.f5, and 24.f6+ exf6 25.gxf6+ Kh8 26.e5 ends the game in 26 moves.
  • 1987 Salov, Valery vsDe la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria 1-0 Indian Defense: Knights Variation 26 moves Interzonal-14b Szirák Interzonal 1987, round 16, against Jesús María de la Villa. Black takes the b-pawn with 5...Qxb2, 20.Rc7 and 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 give up the exchange, and 24.Nxf5, 25.Nd6 and 26.Bf5 end the game in 26 moves.
  • 1988.07 Salov, Valery vsSmyslov, Vasily V 1-0 Slav Defense: Czech Variation 57 moves URS-ch55 55th USSR Championship, Moscow 1988, round four, against the former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, in the Czech Variation of the Slav. 9.exf5 and 10.Nxc6 open the game, the queens come off with 26.Qxe3, 48.Rxe7+ Kxe7 gives up the exchange for the g- and h-pawns, which run with 49.h5, 52.g5 and 53.h6, and after 56.f8=Q a1=Q the game ends with 57.Qf7+.
  • 1988.07 Beliavsky, Alexander G vsSalov, Valery 0-1 English Opening: Agincourt Defense 39 moves URS-ch55 55th USSR Championship, Moscow 1988, round nine, against Alexander Beliavsky, in the Agincourt Defense of the English. 4...a5 and 5...a4 advance the a-pawn, 17...Rxa1 18.Bxa1 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Nxg4 wins a pawn, and 39...Nxh4 ends the game in 39 moves.
  • 1991 Salov, Valery vsAnand, Viswanathan 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line 51 moves Linares 09th Linares 1991, round 13, against the future World Champion Viswanathan Anand, in the Queen's Indian. The queens come off with 27...Ba4 28.Rxd4 Bxb3, the white king walks to d4 with 34.Ke3 and 37.Kd4, the kingside pawns advance with 36.f5, 38.g4 and 40.g5, and 51.Kc3 ends the game.
  • 1991 Timman, Jan H vsSalov, Valery 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation 50 moves Amsterdam Euwe Memorial Euwe Memorial, Amsterdam 1991, round six, against Jan Timman, in the Richter-Rauzer Sicilian. The queens come off with 12.Qxc5 Rxc5, the black rooks enter on the a-file with 33...Ra3 and 35...Ra1, 48...Bxb3 puts Black two pawns ahead, and 49...Rxe2+ 50.Kxe2 Bd1+ ends the game in 50 moves.
  • 1992.01 Salov, Valery vsSeirawan, Yasser 1-0 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation 36 moves Hoogovens Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee 1992, round 13, against Yasser Seirawan, the 1979 World Junior Champion, in the Queen's Gambit Accepted. The queens come off with 6.Qxd5 Qxd5 7.Nxd5, 25.Raxa7 doubles the rooks on the seventh rank, 27.Rxg7+ and 28.Rxh7+ collect pawns, and 36.Rc4 ends the game.
  • 1992 Polgar, Zsuzsa vsSalov, Valery 0-1 Dutch Defense 18 moves Madrid Madrid 1992, round seven, against the future Women's World Champion Susan Polgar, in the Dutch Defense. 12...Qh4+ 13.g3 Nxg3 14.Bxg3 Bxg3+ 15.Kf1 strips the white king's cover, 16...f4 and 17...Qxg3 follow, and 18...e5 ends the game in 18 moves.
  • 1993 Salov, Valery vsKramnik, Vladimir 1-0 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian 40 moves Linares 11th Linares 1993, round eight, against the future World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, in the King's English. The queens come off with 8...Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1, White castles long with 13.O-O-O, the kingside pawns advance with 17.f4, 18.g4, 26.f5 and 27.g5, and the game ends after 40...Nc7.
  • 1994.04 Salov, Valery vsSpassky, Boris Vasilievich 1-0 Catalan Opening: Closed 45 moves FRA-chT1 9495 French team championship, Montpellier 1994, round nine, against the former World Champion Boris Spassky, in the Closed Catalan. 20.Bd6 Bxd6 21.Nxd6 plants a knight on d6, 39.Qxh6 and 43.Qxf7+ break into the black king's position, and 45.Ne4 ends the game.
  • 1994 Salov, Valery vsTimman, Jan H 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System 44 moves Candidates FIDE sf3 FIDE Candidates match, Sanghi Nagar 1994, game seven, against Jan Timman, in the Rubinstein System of the Nimzo-Indian. 26...f4 27.Nxf4 Qxg5 28.Nd3 Qxe3 29.fxe3 takes the queens off, the center pawns advance with 39.e4 and 42.d5, and 44.d6 ends the game. Salov won the match 4½–3½.
  • 1994 Salov, Valery vsBareev, Evgeny 1-0 Zukertort Opening 57 moves Tilburg Interpolis knockout, Tilburg 1994, round seven, the final, against Evgeny Bareev, in the Zukertort Opening. 26...Nxf4 27.gxf4 Qxh4+ opens the white king, the queens come off with 35...Qxf3+ 36.Bxf3, 37.Bxb8 Rxb8 wins the exchange, and the e-pawn advances with 55.e5 and 56.e6 until 57.e7 ends the game.
  • 1994.10.23 Karpov, Anatoly vsSalov, Valery 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviations 67 moves Buenos Aires Sicilian Buenos Aires Sicilian tournament 1994, round nine, against the FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov, in the Richter-Rauzer Sicilian. The queens come off with 19...Bxf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 21.Qxf4 Nxf4, 28...Rxg3+ wins a pawn, 37...Rxh5 38.Bxh5 Rxc2+ trades rooks and takes the c-pawn, and 67...Nh5 ends the game.
  • 1996.05.08 Salov, Valery vsTopalov, Veselin 1-0 Indian Defense: Knights Variation 56 moves Madrid Madrid 1996, round one, against the future FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov. 7.hxg3 opens the h-file, 28.Rxh5 Rxh5 29.Qxh5 wins the h-pawn, White castles long with 30.O-O-O, 31.Nh6+ Bxh6 32.Qxh6 follows, and 56.f3 ends the game.
  • 1997.01.23 Yermolinsky, Alex vsSalov, Valery 0-1 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation 47 moves Hoogovens Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee 1997, round five, against Alex Yermolinsky, in the Symmetrical English. 19...d5 opens the center, 22...Rxc3 23.Rxc3 Nxd5 gives up the exchange, 25...Nxd3 and 29...Bxd3 take both white rooks and leave Black the exchange ahead, and 47...Qb7 ends the game.
  • 1998.01.24 Salov, Valery vsKarpov, Anatoly 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation 32 moves Hoogovens Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee 1998, round seven, against the FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov, in the Queen's Indian. 7.e4 cxd4 8.O-O delays the recapture, the rook swings across with 15.Re3, 16.Rb3 and 17.Rba3, 28.Nxb6 wins a knight, and 32.Qd3 ends the game in 32 moves.
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